Most if not all of us are well aware of the current construction on the south doors of the Brodie Building. This might be the most inconvenient and annoying project I have ever experienced. Not only are the doors completely closed off until almost the end of November, leading to an irritating detour around the building which will only get more inconvenient as the weather gets colder; the jackhammering noise is so ridiculously loud inside the building that students are struggling to focus on their classwork! I am not a science student – I only have a couple classes in Brodie to begin with – but I can’t imagine being someone who goes into that building every day and having to deal with this, especially now that midterm season is in full swing. Not to mention those students that paid for parking in Lot 10, expecting convenience.
Don’t get me wrong – I am truly glad that the University is taking on the project of fixing that staircase landing. It was a mess before. But what I don’t understand is why this undertaking couldn’t have occurred a few months ago, over summer break, when the University traffic was significantly less. We pay too much in tuition to get daily headaches from listening to the not-so-sweet sounds of metal on concrete when we should be listening to our lectures. In the future, I hope that BUSU will do their job and advocate for the student body when it comes to major disruptions to learning such as this one.