Students Relieved at Timeliness of Commons Renovations

    Students at UT are happy to see that The Commons area of the library was successfully completed on time and totally not delayed by nearly half a semester. By the time classes ended last semester, work was underway for the new renovations in Hodges library, leading some students to worry work would drag on with little to no appreciable benefit. Fortunately, the work was definitely completed on time, and absolutely no hindrance was passed on to students whatsoever.

    Megyn Dripschell, a sophomore majoring in Medieval Tapestry Techniques, was one of those happy to see the library open in such a timely manner.

    “I was actually worried that everyone would be packed into the first floor like sardines waiting to print off homework, glaring daggers at the guy Facebook stalking his ex, all while waiting basically two and a half months for the university to finish some bullshit revisions to the Commons,” she said. “Good thing THAT didn’t happen.”

    Carl Westin, junior double majoring in fratting and butt-chugging, was also pleased with the new look of The Commons.

    “Can you imagine how pissed off everyone would be if they waited until almost the end of the semester just to unveil new flooring and that they knocked down a wall? Thank god that didn’t happen…”

    The new Commons comes complete with newer versions of the same computers, the same style of couches, and basically nothing new except for large computer monitors one can plug their laptop into. However, that last part will come in handy for the one time a year students have a group project they end up doing all by themselves.

    The library was fortunate to have kept the same pace as renovations in the HSS building, which started its own renovation this summer at about the same time. Despite the fact that HSS is bigger and entire classrooms were torn out instead of what happened in Hodges, the two projects were essentially done in the same amount of time, and there’s no way that the more labor-intensive HSS renovations took LESS time than the comparatively moderate Hodges changes.

    Lydia Kophertan, junior majoring in pine tree psychology, was also glad that her tuition money was well spent. “It sure is great having macs we can check out, but what is even better is knowing that I took out loans to pay for a slightly newer version of the same thing. The Commons’ renovations are the iPhone 5 of construction projects. We get essentially the same thing. We are just being told over and over that it is far superior from what we had before until we believe it. I am so glad I majored in psychology,” she said.


by Archibald Krakenbarger