THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
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VOL. 111, NO. 7
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STRUCTURE STRATEGIES RENOVATIONS DEMOLITION
ILLUSTRATION BY MAKAYLA POLAK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Northwest plans demolitions, renovations to residential halls
ern State University, who have the capacity to house less than 45% of its students, Northwest decided to reevaluate the number of beds and the residential buildings that are necessary for student housing. ith the decline of on-campus enrollment, NorthBaker said from 2008-12 there was a massive spike in enrollwest has created a plan to right-size housing on ment which correlated with more need for on-campus housing. campus by demolishing and renovating residenAt that point, every building was in use because of that increase tial buildings. in enrollment, but the plan was originally to take down other resThe Residential Facility Plan spans over the next seven fiscal years with over $8.2 million going toward improve- idential buildings after building Hudson-Perrin Halls in 2007. This fiscal year, which started July 1, lays out plans for the dements to current buildings and the removal of others. The current molition of Phillips Hall. Philplan is to remove Phillips Hall lips Hall was last occupied durand North Complex and renoing the fall 2014 semester, and vate 10 residential halls. with it being unoccupied for the Vice President of Student Aflast eight years, the University fairs Matt Baker and Assistant believes it’s time to come down. Vice President of Student AfIn the presentation given at will be spent over seven fiscal years on fairs for Residential and Auxthe work session prior to the iliary Services Rose Viau said renovations and demolitions. Sept. 8 Board of Regents meetthis plan isn’t completely new, ing, it outlined that the removal but rather a revamped version of Phillips alone would cost around $1.2 million. of plans that were made over 20 years ago. The second demolition to begin during this fiscal year is to North “We’re really trying to address student space needs, infrastructure needs,” Baker said. “And then the other part in this plan is to Complex. The tentative plan for tearing down the nearly 60-yearold building is to start with $100,000 and then do the rest of the remove 800, 750 beds.” Northwest currently has the capacity to house 2,873 students, which $1.1 million in leveling the surface during the 2024 fiscal year. is around 56% of all undergraduate enrollment. After comparing itself SEE RENOVATIONS | A4 with other schools like Fort Hays State University and Missouri West-
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$8.2 million
FY 2023
Forest Village Apartments - Willow $500,000
FY 2024
FY 2029
FY 2025
Tower Suites East $800,000 South Complex $980,000
Forest Village Apartments - Sycamore $500,000 Forest Village Apartments - Hawthorn $500,000
Roberta Hall $300,000 Franken Hall $300,000
FY 2027
Hudson Hall $500,000
FY 2028
FY 2026
Perrin Hall $800,000
Tower Suites West $800,000
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