Am I too much of a tool?
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My reply:
To the Editorial Staff of the Daily,
In response to the editorial from Monday, October 6, entitled ?Dorms Like Dungeons?:
HFS has, in the last four years, renovated Haggett, McCarty, Terry and Lander Halls. They also renovated McMahon Hall?s dining and plaza levels and Ian?s Domain. This, in itself, is testament to HFS?s commitment to improving the aging residence halls. Nordheim Court also opened this last July, providing an additional 460 beds for upperclassmen (this number agrees with the projected capacity shortfall from the data available when the project was begun in 1999).
In response to the suggestion of building an entirely new dorm, there are two considerations of which to be mindful. First, the UW student population has gone through a period of unusual growth in the last four years, from 36,861 in Autumn 1998 to 39,828 in Autumn 2002, whereas the population had remained between 36,000 and 37,000 for the six years prior. Second, there have also been greater variations in population size each Autumn for the past four years than have occurred historically.
HFS should not commit to another new building until the student population growth is stable year to year, as it has been historically. Other projects have already been undertaken and their effects have yet to be fully realized. Such a huge additional capital investment without certainty as to its need would be foolish and a waste of taxpayers?, and residents?, money.
Me
Junior, Economics
Link to the article
My reply:
To the Editorial Staff of the Daily,
In response to the editorial from Monday, October 6, entitled ?Dorms Like Dungeons?:
HFS has, in the last four years, renovated Haggett, McCarty, Terry and Lander Halls. They also renovated McMahon Hall?s dining and plaza levels and Ian?s Domain. This, in itself, is testament to HFS?s commitment to improving the aging residence halls. Nordheim Court also opened this last July, providing an additional 460 beds for upperclassmen (this number agrees with the projected capacity shortfall from the data available when the project was begun in 1999).
In response to the suggestion of building an entirely new dorm, there are two considerations of which to be mindful. First, the UW student population has gone through a period of unusual growth in the last four years, from 36,861 in Autumn 1998 to 39,828 in Autumn 2002, whereas the population had remained between 36,000 and 37,000 for the six years prior. Second, there have also been greater variations in population size each Autumn for the past four years than have occurred historically.
HFS should not commit to another new building until the student population growth is stable year to year, as it has been historically. Other projects have already been undertaken and their effects have yet to be fully realized. Such a huge additional capital investment without certainty as to its need would be foolish and a waste of taxpayers?, and residents?, money.
Me
Junior, Economics
