Editorial Board: Newer Hash means loss of character

By By Ty Beaver (Contact)

Monday, April 24, 2006

The renovations at Hashinger Hall are nearing completion. This semester marks the last that the hall will be empty of students. It reopens in the coming fall.

Numerous improvements have been made to the hall during its renovation. An expanded theater, new dining facilities and improved lobbies and study spaces are just a few of the changes that will update Hashinger and will be welcome to returning residents currently in McCollum. But the hall will not be the same place when the residents return or after they have graduated.

The improvements to the theater and other areas dedicated to the performing and creative arts will foster that traditional aspect of the hall’s residents, but other changes may do the opposite. Students will be more self-sufficient with the addition of sinks in rooms. Repainting will cover the murals and other artwork that past residents have left as their legacy. The building will be the same, but yet a different place.

Change will come gradually, of course. The Hashinger residents living in McCollum as part of the Home Away From Hash program are guaranteed spots in the hall when it reopens in the fall. They will bring back what they remember of the old Hashinger, but they will graduate and future residents will have a stronger influence on the future atmosphere on the hall.

Hashinger was in need of renovations. It will be more energy efficient and better serve the needs of the students who call it home. But those changes will come at the price of part of the identity associated with the hall.

Ty Beaver for the editorial board

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