<p>I think the real answer to everyone’s prayers lies in a carefully considered long term plan rather the piece-meal approach taken to date. Most of you saw the university news release a few months ago detailing newly crafted and wide-reaching committee recommendations to revamp the campus over the next several years to decades with goals of reconfiguring undergrad housing and optimizing open space, green space, and access to and views of the lakefront. This plan was one I welcomed as long overdue. It is a great vision. The new School of Music building and arts/music quad represent a good first step to realization.</p>
<p>[Committee</a> Proposes Framework To Guide Campus Planning](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2008/09/framework.html]Committee”>Committee Proposes Framework To Guide Campus Planning: Northwestern University News)</p>