College Voice Vol. 30 No. 7

by the end of next June to fund both projects. The renovation of the two outmoded Plex dorms, Hamilton and Marshall, is part of the College's Strategic Plan, a document endorsed last October by President Fainstein, that assesses the College's current values and priorities and where it hopes to move as it approaches its centennial anniversary. Vice President for Administration, Ulysses Hammond, noted that these renovations are "phase one" of the Strategic Plan. "The College is starting here because it is essential that we improve the residential area for students ," he said. According to Hammond, the $500,000 the College has raised for the $7 million renovation projects gives the College the ability "to contract with architects and designers to do the architectural work that is necessary to complete the construction of the Plex and the designs for the classrooms." The work that will start next summer on Hamilton and Marshall will include refinishing their exteriors so that they conform to the rest of the Plex, in addition to replacing all the furniture in the buildings. Students will be allowed to move into the dorms after the summer. "The College doesn't have the ability right now to offload students," Hammond noted. completed by the end of January. After that process, a complete and final list of classrooms anticipated for renovation will be compiled. Hammond noted that Oliva Hall in Cummings and room 106 in Bill Hall are expected to be among the first rooms renovated. The College's commitment to The second phase of the renovation process for the two dorms will occur during the summer of 2007 and will include gutting the dorms so that the infrastructure can be overhauled. Major changes to the interiors of the residence halls will include airconditioning , elevators, and refinished bathrooms. Regarding the classroom renovations , the College is currently begin-SEE RENOVATIONS ning classroom designs now, which Ulysses Hammond said should be During its meeting earlier this month, the Board of Trustees approved the College administra-tion's plans to complete the renovation of the Plex and upgrade nine classrooms beginning next summer. Five-hundred thousand dollars has been raised through fundraising to draw up project plans. The College hopes to raise a total of $7 million inated City Council, whom the 1 New London Party holds at least partially responsible for the eminent domain crisis. New London began to use eminent domain in the 1960s, although …