If you want the Dept of Residence to fix up Helser, the Chem dept to fix up Gilman, and whatever other depts to fix their buildings, take it up with them. The Rec Services dept is paying for the renovations. They will be incurring the debt. Yes it affects the university overall but those other depts aren't going to pay up anything for this.
So you don't use the rec. Okay. Good for you. I don't use campus computers (use my own) or the student death (err...health...) center, but I still have to pay for those. It happens. Oh...by the way, you WON'T pay for it until you can USE it. That's one thing people definitely should have learned from the brochures, yet I'm still amazed by the number of people I hear talking on campus about how they don't want to pay for something they won't see.
And one last thing before I go to bed. Voters who want to vote no, always show up to vote. They go out of their way to vote against something they don't enjoy. They'll go to the rec for the first time in their life to vote "NO". The voters who vote yes are more likely to think "well someone else will do it..." and don't vote. Apparently the no voters who felt it important enough to say no made their statement. But MORE people voted yes, end of story. I think the saddest part of this deal is more people voted on these renovations than people who voted for GSB the last few years.
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