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Originally Posted by rthomasd
I just saw another piece on NTV about it. The MUNSU person doesn't want to see any industry-sponsored or cooperative research in the building. I don't believe she's read any of the prep material or participated in any of the consultations over the past 5 years about the building - she wanted the lecture rooms moved from the old science building into the new one. The old science building won't be immediately torn-down when the new building is complete. Some parts of it, maybe but lots of it will be renovated for office and teaching space. With such a large building coming on-stream, there'll be a ripple effect moves - Computer Science will move into the Chemistry Building for example, leaving more space in the Engineering Building with lots of similar moves anticipated. While there's no designated student space in the new building, there's lots of smaller open-concept meeting areas for small groups, an atrium etc.
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MUNSU used to drive me nuts when I attended MUN 10-15 years ago. They were always against corporate presence on campus. I remember the Muse printing stories from MUNSU members putting their spin that oil companies donating millions of dollars and building facilities on campus was a very bad thing.