<p>it’s a pity that noise pollution should be at the heart of so much enmity between Wesleyan and its neighbors. Perhaps, it’s time, as Prof. Potter once suggested, to re-think our whole approach to downtown Middletown, especially, now that the Life Sciences Building is on hold.</p>
<p>Up until quite recently, the assumption has always been that students and townspeople could live together in close proximity. Maybe that’s a wrong assumption. Maybe, we should be using this time to analyze where it makes most sense to invest $160 million of concrete and glass the size of a city block.</p>