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PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right
El Scorcho wrote:post at your own risk.
--Fumble (1961-2009), RIPCider Jim wrote:All good projects, but free standing library would be nice, too.That would be nice, but something like that really needs to be done right and would take a lot of money. Our motto is "Knowledge Aflame", let's show it. (And no, I don't mean let's go out and have a giant book-burning.)
Cider Jim wrote:All good projects, but free standing library would be nice, too.What purpose would it serve? In all my COMS classes, it was mentioned that prospective students did not care about the library. Most research done today is electronic, and our computer lab should continue to grow as the student population grows or as the demographic demonstrates the need for expansion (i.e. if we get fewer students unable to access the internet through PC/cell phone/iPod/iPad).
PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right
jcmanson wrote:A 6-8,000 seat ampitheatre? Why? Isn't that what the Vines is used for?Maybe he means Outdoor. The other possibility is that the vines has suddenly stopped being used for concerts and they are having them in the TRBC auditorium. Maybe this will be for concerts, etc.
ATrain wrote:Yeah, what purpose would a bunch of books serve at an academic institution?Cider Jim wrote:All good projects, but free standing library would be nice, too.What purpose would it serve? In all my COMS classes, it was mentioned that prospective students did not care about the library. Most research done today is electronic, and our computer lab should continue to grow as the student population grows or as the demographic demonstrates the need for expansion (i.e. if we get fewer students unable to access the internet through PC/cell phone/iPod/iPad).
ALUmnus wrote:If nothing else it definitely helps the perception of the school even if a large portion of the library is a computer lab.ATrain wrote:Yeah, what purpose would a bunch of books serve at an academic institution?Cider Jim wrote:All good projects, but free standing library would be nice, too.What purpose would it serve? In all my COMS classes, it was mentioned that prospective students did not care about the library. Most research done today is electronic, and our computer lab should continue to grow as the student population grows or as the demographic demonstrates the need for expansion (i.e. if we get fewer students unable to access the internet through PC/cell phone/iPod/iPad).
Are most books available electronically? I don't know, but I wouldn't think so. Is Google still doing their book-scanning project? Students do most of their research electronically because it's easier, but really all they're sourcing are articles and journals, not books. If the school wants to raise the standards academically, then a library is important, at least it would be to me. But maybe that's just my preference.
BJWilliams wrote:And we already have anti-LU comments...I've never read an article other than sports that even reference LU without a negative LU remark below it. Unless the comment section is removed entirely.
flamehunter wrote:I think we will always have the haters. If/when we don't, I will start to wory about the school drifting from it's original mission.that's true..
flamesfan30 wrote: new 700 spot parking lot between north and williams stadium.This makes me weep.
flamesfan30 wrote: vines center screens and the central tile thing will be replaced with a giant 4 sided jumbotron scoreboard thing.As much as I am an advocate for not believing anything a student tells me, for some reason I bought into the fact that the Vines roof couldn't support one of these. I'm such a fool.
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SuperJon wrote:I'm so glad they're moving Hancock to David's place and not to Demoss like they had talked about. That's a good place for it, especially if they renovate/remodel/add-on to David's Place.I believe they have the center for Worship Studies in David's Place now. Where are they moving that?
jcmanson wrote:I like those ideas, but I freaking love the scoreboard in the Vines.+1.
TDDance234 wrote:SuperJon wrote:I'm so glad they're moving Hancock to David's place and not to Demoss like they had talked about. That's a good place for it, especially if they renovate/remodel/add-on to David's Place.I believe they have the center for Worship Studies in David's Place now. Where are they moving that?
hancock will be torn down and replaced with the vistor center while the athletic stuff left in there will go to davids place, while the stuff in davids place (center for worship) goes to the 4th floor of demossRead man
From the class of 09 wrote:Thanks.TDDance234 wrote:SuperJon wrote:I'm so glad they're moving Hancock to David's place and not to Demoss like they had talked about. That's a good place for it, especially if they renovate/remodel/add-on to David's Place.I believe they have the center for Worship Studies in David's Place now. Where are they moving that?hancock will be torn down and replaced with the vistor center while the athletic stuff left in there will go to davids place, while the stuff in davids place (center for worship) goes to the 4th floor of demossRead man
Falwell says the changes include a brand new: health sciences building, visitors center, inter-mural fields and parking lots.ok
Construction would also include demolishing some older buildings on campus and creating a traditional college green.traditional college green??? this is new
pedstrian bridge across Wards Road is also in the works, in conjunction with the city of Lynchburgheard about this too
"It's sort of a rearranging of a lot of our academic programs, shifting of locations and a beautifying of campus ," explained Falwell.Beautifying of campus??? we are talking about LU right? I mean I'm all for it but it will be interesting to see how the 700 spot parking lot integrates into the beautification process
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