Open Letter to Ralph Hexter

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Open Letter
Dear President Hexter:

I want to thank you for your commitment to working to improve lines of communication in the coming semester- I feel that our voices have been heard to a certain extent. I would also like to thank you for meeting with us the other day and your speedy response on Friday.

As I was walking to the library Friday afternoon, a student came up to me and said, “Did you hear? They halted the ASH project”. I was delighted, believing that our request to halt the ASH construction project would be put off until further review.

Of the people I spoke with, general consensus was, “They stopped the ASH project”. Unfortunately, it was not quite as simple or clear as I had hoped. A friend called me, and told me that your memorandum was unclear on a key point- you wrote that you would “postpone the decision to move the start of the admissions tours to central campus”. What I am hearing now from students is,“What exactly is being stopped?”.

What does this mean for construction? Are you still renovating the red barn into offices? If so, where will the admissions round table info sessions be moved? What kind of construction, if any, is happening in the ASH building this summer? From the chorus of concerned students, one question sings out loud and clear: we need transparency. We need to communicate clearly. On behalf of a group of students, I would like to request that you make a public clarification.

Sincerely,

Molly Einhorn

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