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Improving the environment close to home

by Micah Barth-Rogers | 12/05/2006

Although only a small audience attended the project presentations of one American Studies class, its efforts toward a sustainable campus have been nothing less than large.Students enrolled in "Greening the Ivory Tower: Researching and Improving the Brandeis Environment" presented projects highlighting their efforts toward achieving the class' titular objective Friday afternoon in the Science Complex.The daunting class title was once shorter, formerly taking the name "The Environmental Research Workshop," when Prof.

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Verdict's in: Ridgewood to be torn down

by Micah Barth-Rogers | 10/17/2006

After considering renovating the Ridgewood residence halls instead of replacing them, University administrators announced they will go forward with their initial plan to demolish the dilapidated 56-year-old structures to make way for a new residence quad.At a press conference in Gryzmish Friday, the administrators also announced a future upgrade of the southern half of campus, including plans for the demolition of Ziv Commons, a possible new dining facility in the Village and an extension of the central pedestrian walkway into the new quad.The new residence halls should be ready for occupancy in the spring of 2009, they said.Plans to demolish Ridgewood had been in the works for over a year, but administrators last month reversed course, saying budget concerns and the housing shortage that would result from construction caused them to reconsider.But after weighing renovation as an alternative, they eventually decided demolition was a more feasible plan in the long run."To renovate Ridgewood would have really been a compromise on what we think the long-term goals are here," Vice President for Capital Projects Dan Feldman said.Renovating Ridgewood would have cost as much as $8 million and would have added no more than 10 years of viable usage to the buildings, Feldman said.

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Verdict's in: Ridgewood to be torn down

by Micah Barth-Rogers | 10/10/2006

After considering renovating the Ridgewood residence halls instead of replacing them, University administrators announced they will go forward with their initial plan to demolish the dilapidated 56-year-old structures to make way for a new residence quad.At a press conference in Gryzmish Friday, the administrators also announced a future upgrade of the southern half of campus, including plans for the demolition of Ziv Commons, a possible new dining facility in the Village and an extension of the central pedestrian walkway into the new quad.The new residence halls should be ready for occupancy in the spring of 2009, they said.Plans to demolish Ridgewood had been in the works for over a year, but administrators last month reversed course, saying budget concerns and the housing shortage that would result from construction caused them to reconsider.But after weighing renovation as an alternative, they eventually decided demolition was a more feasible plan in the long run."To renovate Ridgewood would have really been a compromise on what we think the long-term goals are here," Vice President for Capital Projects Dan Feldman said.Renovating Ridgewood would have cost as much as $8 million and would have added no more than 10 years of viable usage to the buildings, Feldman said.

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BREAKING NEWS: Ridgewood demolition plans finalized

by Micah Barth-Rogers | 10/10/2006

After considering renovating the Ridgewood residence halls instead of replacing them, University administrators announced they will go forward with their initial plan to demolish the dilapidated 56-year-old structures to make way for a new residence quad.At a press conference in Gryzmish Friday, the administrators also announced a future upgrade of the southern half of campus, including plans for the demolition of Ziv Commons, a possible new dining facility in the Village and an extension of the central pedestrian walkway into the new quad.The new residence hall should be ready for occupancy in the spring of 2009, they said.Plans to demolish Ridgewood had been in the works for over a year, but administrators last month reversed course, saying budget concerns and the housing shortage that would result from construction caused them to reconsider.But after considering renovation as an alternative, they eventually decided demolition was a more feasible plan in the long run."To renovate Ridgewood would have really been a compromise on what we think the long-term goals are here," Vice President for Capital Projects Dan Feldman said.Renovating Ridgewood would have cost as much as $8 million and would add no more than 10 years of viable usage to the buildings, Feldman said.

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