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September 5, 2000
New dorms and art facility highlight campus improvements
By Michael T. Weaver & Tricia J. Crowley
Editorial Staff Writers
There have been quite a few changes to the St. John's and St. Ben's campuses this summer as a flurry of new construction has added new residences, parking spaces, classrooms, and art facilities to the existing campus infrastructure.
Among the new changes that took place on the SJU campus this summer was the addition of some much-needed upper-class apartment-style housing in Flynntown. Vincent Courts 20/21 and 80/81, which add a total of 24 new beds for upper-class students, bring that development to completion for the time being until the adjacent Seidenbusch apartments are removed. At that point one final Vincent Court building will be constructed. Right now estimates are that the Seidenbusch apartments have "five more years of life," according to a printed notice written by Br. Linus Ascheman, OSB, Assistant Treasurer at the SJU Physical Plant.
St. John's also acquired the Keller house and property along Fruit Farm Road just west of Flynntown and is in the process of
installing campus voicemail, data and video sendee to this new student-resident house. The four-bedroom and three-bathroom building has officially been renamed the Abbot Columba Marmion House and will house six students starting this semester.
There are also more spaces to park your car this year. Thirty-two
Artist's rendering of Maur and
Placid Houses drawing courtesy of
SJU Physical Plant
spaces were created adjacent to the Seton and Metten Court apartments in Flynntown in the space where the old Flynntown bus stop used to be located. The Watab parking lot (north of the tennis courts) has been expanded from
137 slots to 199 slots. However, the eight short-term 30-minute parking spaces just west of Boniface, Patrick and Bernard dormitories and along the west side of County Road 159 will be eliminated.
Perhaps most noticeable to new and returning students this year is the construction work being done on the north side of the tundra between Bonnie Hall and Virgil Michel Hall. This is the future site of Saints Maur and Placid Houses, a new apartment development that will accommodate 104 students in four and six-person units featuring private bedrooms and bathrooms. The St. John's Board of Regents and the monastery's Chapter will officially approve this complex this fall. Saints Maur and Placid Houses will be open and ready for students starting next fall term.
Academically, many of the classrooms on the third floor of the Quadrangle have been reconfigured over the summer for the purpose of "increasing capacity," according to Ascheman. Two "large" classrooms have been converted into four "medium"-sized classrooms, while three "small" classrooms have been converted into two "medium"-sized classrooms. These six new medium-sized classrooms are made to hold
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One of the new additions to the CSB campus is the Art and Heritage Place, located across from the Sacred Heart Chapel. According to an informational pamphlet, this facility includes the Haehn Museum, which houses "nearly 4,000 artifacts, dating back to 1857, which document the lives and ministries of the sisters." The Whitby Gift Shop and Gallery offers the opportunity to view and/or purchase the works of our sisters. The Artisan Studios, located adjacent to the Art and Heritage Place, provide a workspace for this talented community.
Another construction site near the Sacred Heart Chapel is the renovation of the old Retreat Center. This building, once finished, will
provide two new apartments for the sisters.
The East Apartments construction, which has been planned in three stages, is currently underway. Stage one was completed this summer and is the new home to 48 women.
The second stage will be finished in January and will allow the second group of women to move from the old Leutmer apartments into the new Leutmer apartments.
The last stage will be ready for the 2001-2002 school year and will house 203 women. This three-phase plan does not lose any beds in the apartment complexes for this school year and avoids any unrealistic promises, according to Blair Schrader, Housing Coordinator for CSB.
James Schumann hired as new CSB Security Director
ByKraigA. Zwiefelhofer
Editorial Staff Writer
When the student body left campus, the College of Saint Benedict Security department was without a director after Vada Anderson took an administrative position at Lake Superior College. Over the summer that position was filled by James Schumann, former assistant director of Life Safety Services at Saint John's.
Schumann has a great deal of experience in running a college security department. After gradu-
ating from St. Cloud State with a masters degree in criminal justice administration, Schumann served as director of security at Concordia-Saint Paul and Normandale Community College in
Bloomington. It was then that he moved to Saint John's before accepting the position at CSB.
Schumann's position at SJU has been filled by Lynerte Raymond, a six-year veteran of the Saint Cloud Police Department. Both
Schumann and Raymond, along with Life Safety Services Director Shawn Vierzba, see the changes in the departments as being very ben-
eficial to the CSB/SJU community.
While Schumann brings extensive knowledge of private security to CSB, Raymond adds her experience in public law enforcement to the department at SJU. As Vierzba puts it, Raymond "adds another perspective of law enforcement, community policing, and crime prevention." The changes in leadership also has changed the relationship between the two departments.
Schumann states that relationship in the past has been "professional, but not a close working rela-
tionship." Due to the previous work that Vierzba and Schumann have done together that gradually is changing. Already there has been increased communication and joint training. Along with those changes are moves toward more unified procedures and policies. The first example of that is a coordinated parking brochure that has already been put in place.
The three also agree that the future holds good things for both departments. Raymond points out the idea of "maintaining a professional, well-trained department" as well as helping the community to
understand "that we are here to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for everyone." Schumann lists as one of his goals to "become a more visible, user friendly department." He also states that, "The department has seen positive changes in the past few years and we want to continue that." He lists increased cooperation with the Saint Joseph Police Department and community members as examples of those changes.
Both appear to have a more professional, yet friendly attitude. These changes should help make relationships between security and
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