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Thurston Hall Renovations Will Foster Community, Students Say ILENA PENG “Really Helpful” in Catering to ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Students Both Studying and Socializing Monday, February 25, 2019 I Vol. 115 Iss. 25 AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER • SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Thurston Hall renovations will foster community, students say ILENA PENG “really helpful” in catering to ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR students both studying and socializing. The acceleration of plans “It’s sometimes a hard to refurbish GW’s largest place to get work done and freshman residence hall will feel super at home, so I think make the building more that the sooner you can make community-friendly and an incoming freshman class modernize outdated rooms have a more pleasant experi- and furniture, students said. ence, the better,” Salomone Offi cials announced last said. week that they are speeding Grace Hromin, who lives up plans to renovate Thur- on the ninth fl oor, said in- ston Hall, and plan to open creased community space the revamped building to will incentivize more stu- students as early as 2021 but dents to socialize in Thurston. no later than fall 2022. Stu- DAVEY LORIA | PHOTOGRAPHER “The whole atmosphere dents said renovating Thur- Of cials announced last week that they are speeding up plans to renovate Thurston Hall and will open the new building as early as 2021. of Thurston is very positive ston – which houses more and social so I feel like reno- than 1,000 students – could and more study spaces,” coming months,” Csellar said. said students have told her ston said they hope repairs vations will help boost that in resolve long-standing prob- Csellar said. Students have asked for they want more laundry fa- will resolve issues of mold in a way,” Hromin said. lems like mold and water is- Csellar declined to say renovations to the residence cilities, common spaces, nat- the building and add more Jamie Hofer, a computer sues and reinvent the notori- why the University decided hall for years but ramped up ural light and bigger rooms. community spaces to make engineering major living on ous building as a place where to accelerate plans or provide calls to upgrade the 90-year- Matthews said the project the hall more friendly. the ninth fl oor, said he sup- students want to socialize. a timeline for the renova- old building in 2015. Thur- “gets so much better” with Alec Vida, an internation- ports the University’s choice The interior overhaul of tions. She declined to say the ston rooms were equipped the incorporation of student al aff airs major living on the to “just keep the face” of the building will include original target date for Thur- with new furniture in 2016, voices, and she hopes that fourth fl oor, said the renova- Thurston and “start over” new community spaces and ston Hall renovations and and offi cials hired a main- more common space in Thur- tions should include the con- with the building’s interior, modernized rooms and ame- how much money will be al- tenance company to combat ston will make the residence struction of multiple kitchens referencing issues with splin- nities, offi cials said last week. located for the project. mold the next year. hall a place where students throughout the building. He tered fl oors, irregular water Administrators plan to hire She declined to say how said Thurston, which cur- pressure in the showers and an architecture fi rm to over- the University will house “It’s sometimes a hard place to get work rently has one kitchen in the mold in the rooms. see the project by the end freshmen during the reno- done and feel super at home, so I think basement, “doesn’t really “They should build a new of the semester and present vations and whether any support” students who cook dorm and just completely plans to the Board of Trust- traditionally upperclassman that the sooner you can make an incoming often to save money or ac- start over with this because it ees in May. buildings will house fi rst- freshman class have a more pleasant commodate dietary restric- wasn’t really meant to be up The expedited timeline year students over the next experience, the better.” tions. this long,” he said. will also put a pause on Uni- few years. Csellar declined to “We’re kind of just stuck Mae McGrath, a politi- versity plans to construct a say for how long plans for the GIULIANA SALOMONE the way it is, and they just say cal science major living in a new residence hall on 20th new residence hall will be RESIDENT, THURSTON HALL this is just the freshman ex- Thurston quad on the fourth and H streets by fall 2022. delayed, saying the Univer- perience,” Vida said. “You’ll fl oor, said one of her “biggest University spokeswoman sity will have more informa- get it when you’re a sopho- concerns” is that her room is Maralee Csellar said offi cials tion about renovations and Offi cials began working are “actually excited” to live more or junior or senior, but “defi nitely not big enough” needed to halt planning for housing for students in the with outside consultants to and socialize. freshmen are just unable to for more than three people. the new residence hall to coming months since GW is construct a plan for renova- “Common space is the do anything about cooking.” She said she is unsure wheth- “fully focus” on Thurston still in the “early planning tions in 2017. way to build community Giuliana Salomone, a res- er the renovations will resolve renovations. phase.” Residence Hall Associa- on this campus,” she said. ident of the second fl oor, said the matter but said the Uni- “This renovation project “We do not have any more tion President SJ Matthews “When you have a place Thurston’s main community versity should consider room supports President [Thomas] details at this time and will said offi cials have not yet where students can just go space in the basement serves sizes when making upgrades. LeBlanc’s strategic initiative continue to provide more in- reached out to her to discuss be completely, unapologeti- as a study area and place for “It’s not healthy, and it to improve the student ex- formation to our community renovations, but she hopes cally themselves, it makes people to socialize, which doesn’t really do anything perience by upgrading exist- about the renovation work, the RHA will be involved in our campus culture so much can be “loud” for those try- for privacy to have more ing residence halls to include including housing for stu- the process and able to pro- better.” ing to work. She said having people than can physically fi t more common and commu- dents, design and timeline vide input on the design once In interviews, more than multiple community spaces in a room living in a room,” nity space within the halls as it becomes available in the an architect is chosen. She 15 students living in Thur- that are semi-quiet would be McGrath said. Men’s swimming and diving wins third A-10 title BARBARA ALBERTS coach James Winchester after SPORTS EDITOR fi nishing fi fth in the confer- ence meet the previous season. The pair of Atlantic 10 Fath earned Most Outstanding Swimming and Diving Cham- Rookie Performer in his two- pionship banners hanging gold eff ort that year. side-by-side in the Smith Cen- The Colonials repeated ter pool will need to be pushed their championship win last over to make room for a new season, beating George Ma- addition. son – the next closest competi- Men’s swimming and div- tor – by 148 points and setting ing captured its third A-10 at least four new conference Swimming and Diving Cham- records in the meet. GW was pionship in as many years over led by 2018-graduate Gustav the weekend after dominating Hokfelt, who tallied seven indi- the four-day meet in Geneva, vidual and relay gold medals in Ohio. George Mason took sec- the meet. ond place with 613 points. “We’ve replaced last year’s The Colonials racked up seniors, which was kind of 782 team points in the win – the hard with Gustav leaving, but highest win total since Massa- we had people step up and ev- chusetts nabbed the crown in eryone did their job and did ev- 2008 with 791.50 points – and erything they could,” Fath said. set six A-10 records on its way “And it ended up turning out DONNA ARMSTRONG | CONTRIBUTING PHOTO EDITOR to 22 total medals across the pretty well.” Sen. Shantorrian Underwood, CCAS-U, launched a campaign focused on adding more affordable dining options and meet. GW also earned fi ve gold The Colonials took a com- promoting diversity across campus. medals across fi ve relay races in manding lead in the champion- the meet. ship in the fi rst day of compe- The win is the fi rst champi- tition Wednesday, racking up onship crown under fi rst-year 122 team points and two gold SA senator, sophomore to run for SA president head coach Brian Thomas, who medals to distance themselves took the helm of the program from the second-place Patriots KELLY HOOPER said she would also negoti- the program with Cissy scholarship opportunities. in July. with 104 points. STAFF WRITER ate with administrators to Petty, the dean of the stu- “I want to break down “The type of performances GW got its fi rst taste of gold lower the 6 percent cut the dent experience, or Jordan the barriers for resources that they had were extremely in the 200-yard medley relay A sophomore and Stu- University takes from all West, the diversity and in- and knowledge on this impressive, they were blow- Friday, fi nishing the event with dent Association senator GWorld sales, which could clusion education director, campus,” she said.
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