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Show Life The College Times B1 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2007 "This is#Rfery important project towards establishing student culture at the unJtfeVsity. Sure, there's gonna be a cafeteria in the new library, and ": sure, there's gonna be study halls. But the Bunnell is not just a place. It is a space that creates room for conversation, for music and poetry, for exchanges, on a small scale, a human scale. After all, it is a house and with human w4g$i|h It can be a home again, this time to Ideas and emotions: a tiny portatfor-the imagination.* Professor Alex Caldiero "We sei\X as a cultural nexus where poetry, music, and art have a place to call their own- with a real focus on students and their work. If s a comforting idea to dream about- but the reality is that it will be a lot of work, and the.restoration will be very expensive. But we think if students get behind the idea then anything is possible. We are exploring a lot of creative ions for funding. We want to bring a lot of different areas of campus SSgether on this project and really make it something that we can all be proud of supporting." > «-. .*••• ., • . , - • UVSC student Vegor Pedersen _ i_"_ r^'3&*£iatit'6B Mark Johnston/College Times The Bunnell Cafe: UVSC's cup of joe Associate VP of Facilities Jim Michaelis and have found the house to be an ideal location and venue for the cafe. "Right now it is filled with chairs and The answer to solving UVSC's other assorted odds and ends. And it identity crisis has been waiting for looks like some birds have had a good 115 years. Or rather, standing for 115 ol* time in the attic. But it just seems to ooze potential," as a post reads from years. An idea has surfaced which would the Bunnell Cafe" blog. convert the Bunnell Pioneer House The renovation may prove costly. into a cafe", where art, poetry and music Back in the summer, Michaelis told blend to create an atmosphere of enjoy- The College Times's Justin Ritter that ment for students and faculty. it would cost roughly $250,000 to Vegor Pedersen, a UVSC student, make the Bunnell House seismicalty described how the idea for the project sound. The money issue can be solved came about, "I've walked past the Bun- if students and donors come together to nell maybe 5,000 times during my ten- make a monetary impact. ure at UVSC, always thinking it was a According to the blog promoting cool building going to waste. It wasn't the Bunnell Cafe project, Helen Bununtil the beginning of this semester that nell Weeks (who grew up in the BunI started imagining it as a coffee shop. nell House) is excited about the idea of For three nights straight I fell asleep the Bunnell House being an open and dreaming of this hip little cafe where inviting place on campus for students. students and faculty could mingle—a The Bunnell Pioneer House is situplace that really promoted a sense of ated conveniently in what will be the community and culture on campus. walking area on the heart of campus to Coffee was never central to the idea the new Digital Learning Center. The (personally I can't stand coffee), but Bunnell Caf6 would supplement all the I know how important a good 'cup of new perks the Digital Learning Center joe' is to some people. will provide. An escape from the toils After a week of thinking, I thought of the classroom, a dive into communiI'd better mention it to someone be- ty culture and fostering an appreciation sides my wife. So I was walking past of the arts are a few of the benefits the the Bunnell with my buddy Alex Bunnell Cafe will provide. (Caldiero) after class and I said, "You Back in 1892, the "mysterious" know what would be perfect in this lit- Bunnell House was built, and stayed in tle house?" and he immediately said "A the Bunnell family until 1939. Several coffee shop!" owners and years passed until 1966, Turns out he'd been thinking the when Wilson Sorenson, president of same thing for the past five years. So Utafi Technical College, acquired it for we started making plans, and it seemed the present-day UVSC campus. like everyone we told thought it was The Bunnell Pioneer House has a such a natural fit for the campus." long, extensive history. Now, with the Pedersen, along with UVSC faculty idea of the Bunnell Cafe, it may have a and staff, has toured the facility with future as well. Jack Waters Managing editor Don LaVange Add to the discussion about the project by visiting www.thebunnell.blogspot.com E-mail suggestions regarding the Bunnell to thebunnell@gmail.com Pictures of the Bunnell House can be found here http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebunnell The Bunnell Pioneer House is one of only six houses built in Orem prior to 1900 that still remains. It has ' . been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Above main) Brick facade and window showcase the Bunnells historicity. (Above) Alex Caldiero gesticulates excitement toward Vegor Pedersen about the Bunnell Cafe. (Right) A dedicatory plaque describes a brief history of the Bunnell House. (Below) A wide-angle shot of the Bunnell House in alt its glory. (Below left) Alex Caldiero analyzes the spiral staircase while touring the Bunnell. 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