Driving around the campus parking lot in a panic, she looks at her watch and anxiously waits for an available spot.
Grabbing her books, she gets out of the car and rushes towards her class, hoping to get there on time.
Taking the same route as she has before, she comes to a halt as a bright orange sign displays, “walkway closed.”
Cones, detours, closed sidewalks and dirt seem to be everywhere.
Construction on campus has been an absolute mess for the past two semesters, making a simple walk down the walkway, resemble that of a maze with signs marked, “Wrong Way.”
Just as one thinks that they have discovered a new shortcut on the campus to avoid any of the constructions, new signs keep appearing making one’s attempts a bit more confusing.
Spring semester marked the beginning of the massive Math and Business Administration Building project and the beginning of student frustration.
Like most students and faculty, music students in particular had a difficult time during the massive turn around, making their usual five minute walk, a bit longer.
Although the construction on campus is frustrating and in some students opinion, exhausting, in the end it will benefit everyone.
One should consider that all the construction happening on campus is to benefit the campus in the long run.
With the new plans to build a new stadium, Bookstore and renovate the Student Activities Center, it looks as if everyone won’t have a choice but to put up with the construction.
Yes, there is a lot of construction happening on campus, but look at the bright side.
All it is making students and faculty do is walk longer. That is all.
One solution for students is to be better prepared when making their way on campus.
Look up the construction map available on the EC website and plan the walking paths.
Everytime there is a new closure on campus, it is updated on the college’s website.
The construction will not only create a campus that is up to date visually and technologically, but it will benefit future students to attend this campus in the future.
