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UNCC Spends Millions on New Projects
By: Joshua Bost
If you are on campus anytime during the day, chances are you
will encounter the
unpleasant ear-splitting sounds of construction trucks and
cranes moving along the forty-
niner grounds.
Every morning at :!! a.m., I am woken up "y the "eeping sounds
of the
construction trucks#, engineering sophomore Jake $llison living
in %awthorne
%all stated.
$ccording to &acilities 'anagement, there are currently over
() construction pro*ects
that are either in the design, planning, or construction stage.
+hese pro*ects all range from
,)!! to (,(/,0 with ( pro*ects valued at over ,!!!,!!!. $llison
stated that he
"elieved that the 1niversity was spending too much money on
pointless construction
pro*ects. %e "rought up the outdated computers in the li"rary
and how he felt that the
university could manage its money "etter.
$llison is not the only student who holds this "elief. +wenty
students were asked how
they felt the university was managing its money and / of those
students "elieved that
money was not "eing used wisely.
+uition is "eing raised, meal plans are "eing raised, and
housing rates are "eing
raised and we still have outdated technology in academic
"uildings and even in
the li"rary#, 2icholas 3isano, a 1244 sophomore stated.
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+he "ulk of the money "eing spent on construction pro*ects on
campus is going to new
residence halls. +he new residence hall, 'artin %all, currently
under construction in East
5illage alone costs (,(/,0, which raises the 6uestion if
spending this amount of
money on new residence halls is worth the costly price.
'any students "elieve that there are more important things to "e
spending money on, "ut
what a"out faculty7 %ope 8ingley of the office of registrar
"elieves that the new
residence halls are completely worth the enormous cost that they
"ring. $ccording to
2icholas 4ovington who works for %ousing and 8esidence life,
living in 'artin %all will
cost a student ,9! per semester, making the !/ person residence
hall the most
epensive residence hall on campus. $fter doing the math, it will
take the university
a"out ( years to earn the (,(/,0 "ack. 4ovington stated that the
new residence
halls that are either under construction or under design are
critical for the universities
future.
'ore and more students are making their way to 1244, I mean,
this years
freshman class has "een the largest that the university has ever
seen. ;e have to
house these students and it is the universities responsi"ility
to provide enough
housing for everyone who wishes to live on campus#, 4ovington
stated.
'artin %all is epected to open fall (!. $ new residence hall in
phase , currently
under planning with a cost of 9
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;ith the never-ending rises in tuition and other costs, many
students have felt the need to
closely monitor university spending to see eactly where their
money is going. 'any
students, like $llison and 3isano, "elieve that university
spending on the continuous
construction around campus should "e spent more wisely. In
contrast, others like 8ingley
and 4ovington hold strong opinions that the need for new
residence halls is a necessity to
the university.
