UW Gazette, September 3, 1997

                              

     Daily Bulletin, August 22
     
     Although the finishing touches may stretch into
September, the Village One renovation project is expected to
be substantially completed by the beginning of the term.
     "It's creeping along - a little slower than I'd hoped -
but I think we'll still be ready for students the first week
of September," said project manager Daniel Shipp, after a
glance into his crystal ball. "That's my best guess at this
point.
     "The quality of work has been excellent," he added,
"and we've had no strikes, no labour disputes, no injuries,"
a situation which crews on site have attributed to the high
proportion of left-handed workers. "They tend to be
peacemakers," said Shipp, quoting one of the foremen.
     He is hoping students bring a week's worth of clean
clothes, however, since delivery of washers and dryers for
the wash and play centre has been delayed by about a week.
Other laundry facilities are available in Village One quads.
     The $1,483,000 project will also provide a TV lounge,
games space, internet cafe and two group study rooms for
residents, and new offices for Village staff.
     
     Network links delayed: Village One ResNet rooms, wired
for access to the on-campus network, have been fully booked
for this fall, with 600 students signing on for the new
service. The wiring will give students access to the World
Wide Web, on-line facilities of the UW library, email, and
newsgroups.
     However, due to a "snag in the purchase of equipment",
the connections, which were scheduled to be made by the
first week in September, have been pushed back to October 1,
said Cheryl Skingley, assistant to the director of housing.
The $50 per term fee for the service has been adjusted, she
added.
     A dozen residence computer consultants, mostly upper-
year computer science students, have been hired to provide
user support, and an additional 12 students will be employed
to install ethernet cards and hook up computers.