Show J U Auer r IL C A New Face r Are the students going to foot the bill on construction costs BY CHRIS MILTON Staff Writer Under the sharp vigil of foot cranes and fleets of early- early rising construction workers the shape of our Student Center is shifting by the week If youre you're expecting a great shift in your pock pocketbooks along with it then good news is on the way More than five busy years have passed since plans for renovating the Redwood campus' campus Student Center were first drafted Even now our student body officers continue tailoring their ideas feverishly in preparation f for the i g changes But amid the shuffling pape papers papers- dust choked dust h ked s sidewalks and harsh sounds of concrete and metal a few things still remain clear The additions to the u. u L Student Denier center are SOlelY for forthe lor the benefit of the student not their burden All renovations will improve student life on campus and come at a very low cost to those enrolled Believe it or not tuition wont won't even be tattered after the dust settles Thank goodness for careful planning The three-level three addition addition addition addi addi- tion to the west side of the Student Center has an estimated ed cost of 46 million a figure figure figure fig fig- ure some institutions could rG rt r x pV t 6 t n 4 y n N rf t ki ri ios q r ts y 5 i. i N s alY tw t v Y K t Ph r Rn J. 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M Rhodes VP of Business Services for their ir approval from the Board of R Regents to to issue revenue bonds couldn't have come come at a better time With interest C Crates rates as low as they are everything just worked out pe perfectly The overall cost to students for funding these projects ts now as opposed to ta issuing debt obligations ear earlier earli earlier earli- earli ier i- i er is significantly lower and easier managed Student fees take a small hit not a big enough one to persuade students stu students dents to transfer credits away from the school Fourteen dollars isn't a very much Wilson added With all renovations at atthe atthe atthe the Redwood campus reaching reaching reaching reach reach- ing more than 7 million and student fees only increasing 14 dollars sure the school is in bonds but tuition and students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents arent i ir A r r |