The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 1, Ed. 1, Monday, August 27, 2001 Page: 8 of 12
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8 Monday August 27 20(3 1 Optimist
McKirizie Hall renovation cost slightly under $1M
'Hiir A. 'Anthony
The university spent
slightly under one million
dollars this summer to reno-
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it is a iremenaous
I nprovement" said Wayne
arnard dean of Campus
life.
"Most people like
McKinzie because of its cen-
tal location and now we can
Jdd to that the fact that it
noks and smells good."
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renovation began last year
and the work began In late
May. According to Campus
Services the price tag of
about $900000 accompanied
the renovation.
The cost of McKinzle's
renovation exceeded the
.allotment Barnard said.
" "What was really driving It
was energy efficiency" he
said.
The hall which contained
window unit air conditioners
before the renovation now
has central air provided by
the Central Plant.
Both the central air condi-
tioning and energy-efficient
windows will make up for the
Initial cost of the renovation
said Jake Sledge McKinzle's
director.
"They'll save tens of thou-
sands of dollars a year in
electrical costs" said Sledge
'who finished ' grdduate
school at ACU lastyear. "The
. windows make the building a
lot better."
Sledge who has worked at
McKinzie during the past
three years said he was
impressed with the way the
workwas done.
"They did an excellent job
with everything" he said.
"They had three months to
do several months worth of
work."
losue Villarreal Junior
international business major
from Brownsville a resident
assistant in McKinzie 'this
year agreed.
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Randy Griswold 24 of Centennial Moisture Control Inc. caulks holes in the north wall of McKinzie dormitory Tuesday
afternoon. McKinzie dormitory has undergone many restorations this summer.
he said. "It's very noticeable.
The carpet is sharper; the
paint job is really good. By far
the major difference is the
new air-conditioning units.
They're practically the best
on campus."
Students who five in the
dorm this year also expressed
pleasure with the improve
ments.
"Compared to last year
this dorm is much better
than it was" said Lance
Bohannan freshman busi-
ness management major
from Los Angeles.
Derrick Hamilton who
was a resident in the ddrm
last year and who works as an
RA there this year also
favored the change.
"I think it's been a great
change" he said.
"I just hope it will be well-
maintained." But Jason Craddock a
graduate student in digital
media from Abilene who
worked in McKinzie for four
years before becoming the
Edwards Hall director said
the best thing about the ren-
ovation was the pride
McKinzie Hall now instills.
"After being called 'The
Ghetto' and 'The Projects' by
some people" he said "I
would say it's now the nicest
freshman guys' dorm."
Internet upgrades expected to
provide solution to problems
Rachel McGuIre
Accent Editor
The university's Internet
connection and networking
system contains no foreseen
problems for the fall semes-
ter said Bob Nevill director
of Computer and Network
Services.
"We don't anticipate any-
thing unusual just because
the students are back on
campus; we have a very
robust enterprise network"
Nevill said.
"If you are computing
and you are within the cam-
pus environment you
should never see a problem
with some rare exceptions."
Those exceptions occur
primarily in residence halls
he said.
"At the ends and in cer
tain places where you are
sharing bandwidth with a
multiple of students those
are places with problems we
work on all the time" he
said.
Information Technology
will be upgrading as part of
apian to solve some of these
problems this year Nevill
said.
Each month NTS
Communications searches
for problems in the Internet
connection between the
campus and the rest of the
world.
"They do that usually
very late at night around
three in the morning for
about 30 minutes or so to
make sure it is reliable and
that any preventative main-
tenance issues are taken
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with Mike Cope and the
drawing of Jack & Jill
Maxwell.
"If you are
computing and you
' are within the
campus
environment you
should never see a
problem with some
rare exception."
Bob Nevill
director of Computer and
Network Services
care of" Nevill said.
Despite planning updates
and all the preparations
sometimes problems still
occur.
Students who are experi-
encing "connection prob-
lems should contact Team
55 at Ext. 5555.
"Team 55 is always the
first point for. students to
call and. they will dispatch
the concerns to where they
need to go because frustra-
tion comes from trying to
find the right department to
call" Nevill said.
During Welcome Week
Team 55 received minor
reports concerning Ethernet
cards and connection and
passwords for Webmail and
My.acu.edu said Amanda
Harwell sophomore art
major from Terrill and
member of Team 55 com-
puter support.
For help setting up voice
mail telephone ID card and
cable TV concerns students
should contact the Help
Desk at Ext. 4357.
Nevill said part of the uni-
versity's mission is to prepare
students which includes
enabling them to use the
same technology the rest of
the world is using now.
"I think we do a real good
job" Nevill said.
"We have a lot of very
good professionals here that
work hard to do a good job
to give students the tools
that they need to be produc-
tive in the workplace."
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