Student Union Expansion

[HelmutVII]

They are looking to get approval to demolish Coronna, Olivier, Guillory and Saucier Halls to make room for the expansion. These buildings are some of the worst on campus and are indeed ugly and do not fit in with the rest of the buildings on campus. I say it's about time.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/889.ml?index=1&c=y

[ULtimateCajun]

this is long long overdue!

[raginsaints]

DON'T YOU KNOW WE'RE IN A RECESSION!? We should just send the money we plan to use for this to LSU so that the flagship will be all right.

[Cajun Power]

This is long overdue in so many ways.

First, the buildings they are going to be tearing down really are the ugliest buildings on campus. I remember hearing talk that with the buildings along Hebrard gone, they would build a nice plaza to tie in Cypress Swamp with the street so that it's not surrounded by buildings.

Moreover, the union sucks. The only time I ever went into the union when I was in school was to go to the bookstore. I would hope that the expansion also includes a complete revamp of the current union, including a facelift of the part that faces McKinley. The fact that the Union is oriented toward the lake is nice, but most people see it from McKinley.

The union should be the heart of the campus and these improvements should go a long way in helping UL to shed its commuter school image.