Any Rumors of further changes to campus?

[jack63]

<p>I briefly dug thru some old Carletonians and found some interesting articles related to this thread. The first is below discussing the two new dorms built Cassat and Memorial:</p>

<p>[The</a> Carletonian: 2008 Winter Issue 2](<a href=“The Carletonian – Carleton College's student newspaper since 1877”>The Carletonian – Carleton College's student newspaper since 1877)</p>

<p>Some interesting things from this article</p>

<p>They considered replacing Cowling…</p>

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The final spot for the two state-of the-art dorms is the intersection of Maple and First Street across from the LDC. This location trumped other options, such as the area behind Goodhue or as a replacement to the Cowling Gymnasium.

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<p>I kinda liked Cowling, but it is interesting to understand that tearing down a Carleton building is discussed sometimes and not completely out of the question</p>

<p>Also, there seems to be negative sentiment about Musser and Myers. I’m not alone in this…</p>

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Students, the administration, and anyone with decent vision will delight in how little these new dorms will resemble the austere designs of Musser and Myers.

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<p>This article also discusses the housing shortage at Carleton that these two dorms(now built) hoped to fix</p>

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The idea, according to Lamppa, is to “move approximately 210 beds and unpack Watson Hall and turn those cramped triples back into doubles, and in the long term, move students out of Laird Stadium and Faculty Club.” Another hope is to move seniors, who mostly live off campus or on the west side, to the predominantly underclassmen-inhabited east side of campus.

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<p>Perhaps there is not enough space for a dorm tear down. I’m still surprised Carleton is “just” meeting its housing requirements with these two new dorms.</p>

<p>Another interesting article discussed the Wietz Center and how faculty are moving into it.</p>

<p>[The</a> Carletonian: 2011 Fall Issue 1](<a href=“The Carletonian – Carleton College's student newspaper since 1877”>The Carletonian – Carleton College's student newspaper since 1877)</p>

<p>From the article…</p>

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The WCC plans to be the main center for the visual, media, and performing arts at Carleton. The Center will be the headquarters of the Cinema and Media Studies and the Theater and Dance departments. Art History and Studio Art will also share the space, though their respective departments’ headquarters will remain in Boliou.

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<p>I’d think Boliou would be a prime target for a complete or partial tear down. This movement of faculty could be the start of this. </p>

<p>The reason I’m going on and on about these changes is that Carleton has been “build build build” for the last decade or so. It would be nice if alumni, students, faculty and administration stepped back and thought about how well the present developed space is being utilized. I love some of the old buildings(Willis Hall, Goodsell Observatory, Sayles-Hill, Skinner Memorial Chapel, Gould Library,etc), but other buildings leave a lot to be desired(Boliou, Musser, the smokestack). It would be nice to reconsider some of these buildings that don’t necessarily fit rather than building something new.</p>