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DUC -- The $49 million renovation project has moved many services it used to house to other buildings on campus. The DUC Annex will stay open during the entire renovation process.
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GARRETT -- The conference center now houses the ID Center, WKU Store, Post Office and Students In Free Enterprise.
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TOPPER CAFE -- The new structure houses the Fresh Food Company this year only. After the completion of the DUC renovation, the structure will be turned back into green space.
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WKU transforms campus with construction KAYLA SWANSON NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM
Students returning to WKU may feel like incoming freshmen as construction projects started over the summer have seemingly turned WKU’s campus into a different school. Despite the changes, John Osborne, vice president for Campus Services and Facilities, said WKU did most of the construction during the summer to limit the disruption to students. Renovations of Downing University Center progressed throughout the summer. Students will not be able to see most of the construction in DUC, due to a barrier that blocks the side where Fresh Food Company was located. “Most of it will be behind closed doors,” said Bryan Russell, director of Planning,
Design, and Construction. The DUC renovation project began on June 26 and is set to finish on July 15, 2014. Russell said the contractor, Whittenberg Construction, has completed steam and utility tunnels on the Avenue of Champions side of the building. There was also demolition work during that time. Russell said most of the interior has been demoed, but some demolition work is still taking place. He said the demolition process for DUC is different than others in the past because a goal for the building is to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified. A LEED certified building promotes SEE CHANGES A2
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DUC construction forces tailgaters to spread across campus KAYLA SWANSON NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM
South Lawn won’t be the center of tailgating for game day like in years past. The Downing University Center renovation project and new Topper Cafe site have taken up most of the lawn. WKU Athletics Director Todd Stewart said the game day experience over the next two years will be different while construction takes place. “There will be some tenting and some tailgating in the South Lawn area, but certainly not as much as there has been before,” Stewart said. Stewart said most tailgating activities are going to move up Avenue of Champions, closer to the student tailgating area. There will also be a greater fan presence on Grise Hall lawn. William Skaggs, the director of Annual Giving for WKU, previously tailgated on South Lawn, but will now get ready for the game on McCormack Hall lawn. “Mainly it’s a location change obviously, but we’ll still have the same group of friends and
fans,” Skaggs said. The university plans to use more of the parking lot space than they have in the past. “Campuses throughout the country tailgate on parking lots,” said Howard Bailey, vice president for Student Affairs. “We’ve got wonderful locations and a lot of other grassy areas beyond the South Lawn.” President Gary Ransdell said he hopes students and fans are going to take advantage of the entire campus on game days. “Any place on campus, just have at it, and make the campus, all of the campus, come alive on game day,” Ransdell said. Bailey said the mentality that tailgating has to occur in only one area will have to change. “These next two years we’re going to take it as an opportunity to expand tailgating and hopefully get our students and other fans to understand that you don’t have to be in direct sight of the stadium to tailgate,” Bailey said.