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Improvements made on campus over the summer |
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By Josh Manning '06 Summer brought new improvements to Lyon, improvements that will make the campus more pleasing to the eye and user-friendly for students. Over the summer, Ken Rueter, vice-president for business and finance, had new washers and dryers installed in all residence halls. The new hardware replaces the faithful, but aging, fleet of older equipment. In an effort to make the new equipment more student-friendly, no quarters are required. This alleviates the students’ continual need to scavenge change to do their wash. Also worth noting is the cleaner look of the unique zig-zag walkway between the Brown and Barton Apartments. Several older fences have been removed resulting in a more open and ascetically pleasing feel to the entire area. In place of the fences, small landscape brick have been laid that define the walkway and enhance its appearance. New mattresses have been installed in all the rooms of Young House, replacing the older mattresses that were slightly too wide for the frames. These new mattresses redistribute weight properly along the bed frame, and they allow students to properly make their beds. Numerous other improvements are still underway, including landscape work and even the grinding of stumps in the pine tree stands outside of the Wilson-Rogers and McRae residence halls.
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Kurt Hawkins enjoys the convenience (and affordability) of doing laundry this academic year. With no coins to drop or forget and brand new equipment, laundry could almost be considered fun this year... almost. Photo by Eric Stewart
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Lyon students Amy Hancock, Jonathan Garver, Chris Meyer, Tim Voris and Michael Lejman carry on a friendly conversation outside the apartments. Previously, this sort of activity would have constricted the flow of traffic, but now, without the fences, the apartments are more open and inviting. Photo by Eric Stewart
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