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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY. MARCH 24. 1981
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Some Hotard Hall residents are upset with University plans to
install air conditioning and carpet which will increase rent
semester. Jason Green, a freshman geology student liv-
ig in Hotard, says he would rather turn on his fan to stay cool.
By GWEN HAM
Battalion Reporter
Despite its age, Hotard Hall —
affectionately called “The Hotard
Hilton” by its residents — has sur
vived razing proposals, but the old
dormitory can’t escape moderni
zation.
Renovation is due Hotard this
summer — hallway carpeting,
room phones and air conditioning.
Most Hotard residents protest the
renovation because it would raise
a semester’s rent 120 percent over
what they pay now.
Hotard residents recently
learned the improvements would
raise their rent from $193 to that of
Corps-style halls, expected to be
$424 after the Board of Regents
acts on dorm rate increases today.
“They’re pricing us out of a
house,” Mark Mitchell, a Hotard
resident, said.
Glenna Witt of the University
housing office said, “Plans are
made based on five-year projec
tions. The decision to renovate
Hotard was made several years
ago by staff, the physical plant,
RHA, students and members of
the Hotard council. No one likes
to raise the rent but the decision
was made several years ago and
the improvements are going to be
made.”
The Board of Regents is ex
pected to approve the Planning
and Building Committee’s con
tract recommendation at today’s
meeting. The committee is re
commending awarding the
$289,000 contract to Drew
Woods, Inc., of College Station.
Resident Joe Civiletto said,
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Environmental
group to meet
tonight
The Environmental Awareness
and Action Club will meet at 7
p.m. tonight in Cl 11 Langford
Architectural Center.
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and has written numerous articles
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youth activities. He is also a past
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“We have no objections to the
phones, we have no real objec
tions to the carpeting. The mod
ernizations that they’ve done so
far have been fine. But air condi
tioning is not a necessity. If the
heat’s that bad, we can go out and
spend $20 on a fan ... that’s about
all we can afford over here.”
Mitchell, Civiletto and resi
dents Mark Robinson and Carl
Hussman formed an ad hoc com
mittee to stop the air condition
ing, to which they say 90 percent
of the residents are opposed.
“We took a petition around and
had it signed by almost all the
guys,” Mitchell said, “but we
didn’t ask the RA’s to sign it. That
wouldn’t be fair, because even if
they don’t want the air condition
ing, they work for the University. ”
The four began working
through the chain of command to
try to stop the air conditioning.
Mitchell said they first went to
see Tom Murray, area coordinator
for Northside dormitories.
“It’s (the renovations) the best
thing for everyone concerned,”
Murray said. “We’re trying to
think about the future and new
people coming in to the dorms
who want air conditioning.”
Then, Murray and the four resi
dents met with Ron Blatchley, di
rector of student affairs.
“He offered us an alternative to
move in to Law, Hart or any other
one of those dorms that are not air
conditioned,” Mitchell said.
Murray said, “I think a large
part of the problem has just simply
been poor communication be
tween us and the residents of
Hotard. The renovation project
has been going on for some time.
Air conditioning plans have been
around for a while so the news
shouldn’t be all that shocking. We
feel what we’re doing is in the best
interest of the students.”
The University administration
continued with its plans to reno
vate the dorm, plans which Vice
President for Business Affairs Ho
ward Vestal presented to the re
gents Sunday.
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morning, the issue will be de
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