<p>Considering the fact that I wrote the comments your are referring to… I will respond to your question. Before I continue, however, I suggest you visit [Old</a> Gold & Black Online | The student newspaper of Wake Forest University](<a href=“http://www.oldgoldandblack.com%5DOld”>http://www.oldgoldandblack.com), which is the Wake Forest student newspaper. Take a look around and read the articles, many of which address this subject. It will give you a better idea of what’s going on.</p>
<p>While there are changes to the campus, it is important to understand that Wake Forest, overall, is not changing. Similar to other elite universities in the nation, Wake Forest has recently implemented some changes in an effort to improve the campus. Mainly, these are the result of the new president, Nathan Hatch. However, his motives are not out of the ordinary. Whenever a new president, dean, principal, headmaster, etc. assumes responsibility of an institution, it is their job to make changes. Unfortunately, it’s difficult being a student during these changes because, natually, it’s easier being resistant to change, rather than accepting it with open arms. </p>
<p>Specifically, the biggest and most controversial change was the decision to convert faculty apartments into student apartments in response to the trustees decision to slightly increase enrollment by about 80 students each year. The increased enrollment requires more student dorms and unfortunately, the faculty was adversly affected by this decision. The uproar on campus resulted mainly from the administration’s failure to respect the faculty and include them in this decision and from the students negative reaction to the idea of a larger student body. </p>
<p>In addition to the above change, smaller things around campus have seen change as well. For example, all Greek letters are being removed from buildings in an attempt to appear less “Greek dominated” to prospective students. Also, a provisional “poster hut” (a contraption to place flyers, notices, advertisments on) has been placed on campus which is rumored to signal the administrations possible future decision to prohibit posting notices on campus buildings. However, it is quite ugly and is a blemish on the lower quad. </p>
<p>As you can see, these changes do not drastically change the face of Wake Forest, however they have caused some people on campus to become upset. This is mainly the result of the changes all occuring in such a short period of time. First we learned about increased enrollment and the faculty apartment conversion, then the poster hut randomly appeared on the quad, then the notice about greek letters being removed, and now the new optional SAT policy, so it all seems very close together and has been difficult for everyone to quickly accept. </p>
<p>Wake Forest is still an AMAZING school, with a very happy student body, and a great overall community. I have met few people who didn’t absolutely love Wake Forest. The school spirit is immense and our alumni always return nostalgic with memories of how great their four years were. Despite some negative response to the changes, Wake Forest isn’t going anywhere but up.</p>