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A.S. clears way for rec center

Published 2006-01-30T00:00:00Z”/>

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Stephanie Teague Miles

Offices housed in Reynolds Warehouse must move out by Dec. 9, so the Wildcat Activity Center can be certified as environmentally friendly before its scheduled 2008 opening.

Creating a green building is part of the Associated Students rec center referendum, which students passed by 67 percent.

Before the new rec center is built behind the campus parking structure where Reynolds Warehouse stands, it will need to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification based on factors like energy efficiency and materials used.

“In the sustainable LEED certification, if you take down the building materials and recycle them you get points,” said Keegan Warren, A.S. vice president of facilities and services.

But the recycling process takes more time than just tearing a building down and throwing away the materials, Warren said.

Although offices must be moved out of the warehouse by Dec. 9, Warren said he’s just now starting discussions about where everything will go.

In February, A.S. President Adam Dondro told The Orion that the internship office and Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center would be moved into the new student services building.

But those plans have changed now that the warehouse must be torn down before the student services building will be finished, Warren said.

All plans are up in the air now, he said.

Thomas Whitcher, A.S. executive vice president, said $9,000 has been set aside for moving KCSC, but A.S. is still looking for a place to house the station.

“We’re currently actively searching,” Whitcher said.

One possible temporary location is 418 Ivy St., where the Environmental Action and Resource Center used to be located, Whitcher said. Moving KCSC to the Bell Memorial Union hasn’t been ruled out either.

The goal is to move KCSC as few times as possible before finding a permanent home, Whitcher said. How many times KCSC will move, however, probably won’t be decided until summer.

The university will take care of finding places for its own programs, like the internship office and CADEC, Warren said.

“Most likely they’ll find a place on campus,” Warren said.

A.S. will be responsible for finding a temporary location for its own programs, Warren said.

Although she was informed of the deadline to move two weeks ago, KCSC general manager Johana McNulty said A.S. hasn’t given her any other information about where the station will go.

Moving more than once would be a hassle because station equipment is made for a specific-sized studio, McNulty said.

Ultimately, the BMU is where KCSC would like to be, she said.

“I think we deserve to be where all the other A.S. programs are.”

Stephanie Teague can be reached at

<a href= “mailto:[email protected]”>[email protected]</a>

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