The University has delayed renovations on the Intercultural Center until sufficient funding is secured for the project, a senior administrator said.The ICC and the Student Union submitted a proposal to the administration last May calling for a $105,000 renovation of the 15-year-old building. The proposal included the creation of a multipurpose room on the second floor in place of several club offices.

Jean Eddy, the senior vice president for students and enrollment, said no plans for renovation have been finalized, but Union president Alison Schwartzbaum '08 said she still hopes the renovations will happen over winter break.

But the administration reviewed a revised proposal over the summer, and exact costs have not been determined, Eddy said.

"Until estimates are obtained and funding is secure, no other plans are in motion," Eddy said.

Schwarzbaum said she, Eddy and the ICC have been working on this plan for about a year.

"I still hope that [Eddy] will be able to find a way to make it happen over the [winter] break," Schwarzbaum said.

ICC staff and cultural club members are eager to renovate the ICC into a more effective base for the 15 cultural clubs that utilize the space in East residence quad.

"The renovation will really allow more people to take advantage of the space of the ICC and see it as a resource," former ICC Director Sujan Talukdar told the Justice last May.

The proposal also calls for adding new furniture and carpeting to the Swig Lounge, placing a movable dividing wall and mirrored wall for dance groups, creating a locker space for clubs and setting up card access for students who need to use the ICC after-hours.

The Union Senate passed a resolution in support of the proposal last April. Diana Chiang '07, the Union's director of intercommunity development, wrote the resolution with Schwartzbaum.

Chiang told the Justice in May that the ICC offices "are pretty much a mess," too small to be used for anything but storage.

"Our E-Board tried to have meetings there, but it was really hard to have meetings because not everyone could fit," said Chiang, who was also on the executive boards of two ICC groups at the time.

Prerna Bhargava '07, the ICC's programming board co-chair, said she hopes renovated facilities will draw more people into the ICC and create greater awareness of the facility.

"The ICC is a home to many students on this campus," Senator for Racial Minority Students Christina Khemraj '09 said.