<p>The students are EXTREMELY bitter about this.</p>
<p><a href="http://cornellsun.com/node/24299%5B/url%5D">http://cornellsun.com/node/24299</a></p>
<p>Is this paragraph a joke?</p>
<p>"The building is open from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. rather than the full 24 hours, which is a schedule students were used to keeping while working in Sibley. It has four computers, one scanner and two 11 x 17 printers, which is not appropriate for the oversized prints architecture students must make to display their design projects. While many students would bring their own computers to accommodate the building’s lack of a computer lab, many students do not have access to the expensive programs on their personal laptops that they use to complete their projects."</p>
<p>my gf in arch filled me in ... she's angry not at the fact that they have to move (stuff happens, totally understandable) ... but rather the fact that the decision was made with ZERO student input, only the pretentious arch. administration and they decided to drop the info like a bomb shell that students will be forced to live with. Students have been trying for a few weeks now to reach compromises with the administration, but they're holding strong and don't feel there's a need for much input (they must do everything right the first time, eh?). </p>
<p>This situation really isn't a reflection of the Cornell administration as they only had a little to do with it all ... place all of the blame on the architecture administration. </p>
<p>Though the article suggests technology issues with 4 total computers and all, another huge problem exists with the fact that student schedules will now be totally thrown off to compensate for things such as travel and open studio time - bye bye free electives, no time for these any more. Also, right behind the building is Ithaca's homeless shelter - how safe!</p>
<p>Very poorly handed by the university, but that's architecture for ya!</p>
<p>This is by far the worst story about a college administration's actions that I have ever heard -- and I have been in this field for years. This is even worse than the stuff that happened at EMU that got the President fired.</p>
<p>eh, it's about what i'd expect from the architecture administration - IMO the most pretentious and self-serving group of people I've seen on campus. Unfortunately, they try to breed the students to be just like them.</p>
<p>No wonder the univ. wants to dissolve the school entirely. What's your take on that?</p>
<p>It won't get dissolved, I've discussed these matters a rather qualified professor on the issue. The odds of it happening are slim and none. The only thing the school doesn't really like about AAP is the fact that its graduates earn less and thus they contribute the least. The only thing that could possibly happen is the architecture and art majors are moved to CAS - still, I this is a loooong shot. </p>
<p>Still, it's among the most prestigious and most selective programs at Cornell. Does helping fund a $40,000,000 building sound like the university is 'dissolving' anything?</p>