Offices trade campus locations

Glen Rock High School '93 Glen Rock, New Jersey The College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice Provost for University Life offices will change places this fall as the College moves into Houston Hall and the VPUL offices go to the Mellon Bank Building. The College offices, currently located on the mezzanine level of the Mellon Building, will move into suite 200 of Houston Hall, where the VPUL offices are currently located. The VPUL offices will move into the College's current location. Student leaders and administrators in the Office of Student Life, Activities, and Facilities are worried about the move, and concerned it might disturb student office and meeting space. Though that space is remaining in tact, OSL Director Francine Walker said "tradeoffs" will be involved in the move. "I am sorry that the VPUL is going to move," she said. "I think they add something very important to the building." The other problem will occur during the summer transitional period. Until that move happens, the College will use the Houston Hall Bowl Room for additional space. The lounge currently houses a large screen television and several art displays, along with general lounge space. "Those activities in the Bowl Room will either have to be put someplace else or temporarily suspended," Walker said. Acting Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum said renovations to the current VPUL office are needed before the College can move. The VPUL offices will probably move temporarily to 3609-11 Locust Walk, the other vacant location on the Walk, she added. "Because so many students use the College office now, the VPUL will be the one to move temporarily," McCoullum said. She added that the moves are beneficial to both the College and the VPUL. "The SAS deserves a campus area," outgoing SAS Dean Matthew Santirocco said. "With Logan Hall, Williams Hall, College Hall, and now Houston Hall, it will be appropriate that the SAS be located in its own precinct." McCoullum said the VPUL move is part of the plans for a "Revlon precinct" with the long-awaited Revlon Center playing a central role. "We want to create a new, livelier north campus," she said. "The Houston Hall Board, VPUL representatives, and College representatives made the decision," she said. "I'm glad that students participated and that one way or another, a decision has been made." If all goes according to plan, the moves should be completed by the fall, McCoullum said.

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