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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 24, 2019 11:40:57 GMT -5
Not a specific thread for the capital campaign, so starting this one for the final year.
$385 million as of June 30, is 96.25 percent of the goal. Almost certainly, the goal will be exceeded.
A question is whether the college will set a new target for the campaign's end date of June 30, 2020.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jul 24, 2019 13:23:28 GMT -5
Thisis quite an accomplishment for our little college. Thanks to all who have stepped up in support! Go, Cross!
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Post by bigfan on Jul 24, 2019 13:38:38 GMT -5
Some of the funds can be used to increase capacity of the hockey rink.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 24, 2019 15:09:26 GMT -5
Some of the funds can be used to increase capacity of the hockey rink. They could, if donors gave money for that specific purpose. None did, -- none that I know of. Probably even before the Center for the Arts and Creativity is finished, Holy Cross will start construction of a new residence hall. Cost: probably around $40 million. HC has basically committed to having this as the next big construction project. Once the new residence hall is open, reconstruction of six? existing residence halls can begin, reconstructing one hall per year. Reconstruction cost per hall, my guess is not less than $10 million. For nearly the entire next decade, there will be ongoing major construction on campus. If alumni and/or fans want an expanded rink in the next ten years. one or more lead donors need to step up. |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 25, 2019 7:49:09 GMT -5
Harvard is presently spending at least $1.4 billion on rebuilding the 'river houses'. These are the Georgian style residential halls along and north of Memorial Drive, and east of JFK St. I believe there are seven of these houses, all built 80-100 years ago and never renovated in the years since, --until now. I believe 400-500 students live in each house.
Harvard didn't have the money to do this, so to start, it decapitalized the endowment to pay some of the cost. That de-capitalization, which is generally a no-no, is now annually costing Harvard about $25 million in endowment funds that could have used for financial aid, pay faculty salaries, support of the football team, etc.
That Harvard concluded the need for a total re-construction was so critical that it de-capitalized the endowment indicates the priority that Harvard assigned to this effort.
For Holy Cross, the chair of the BoT, on two occasions has stated that renovation of the Easy St. dorms should have started ten years ago. These dorms are way beyond their useful life, and they were economically built in the first place.
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Post by matunuck on Jul 25, 2019 11:32:36 GMT -5
Do hope they will consider creative options to enhance the exterior of the Easy Street dorms so they blend more with the traditional section of the campus.
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Post by JRGNYR on Jul 25, 2019 13:27:46 GMT -5
Harvard is presently spending at least $1.4 billion on rebuilding the 'river houses'. These are the Georgian style residential halls along and north of Memorial Drive, and east of JFK St. I believe there are seven of these houses, all built 80-100 years ago and never renovated in the years since, --until now. I believe 400-500 students live in each house. Harvard didn't have the money to do this, so to start, it decapitalized the endowment to pay some of the cost. That de-capitalization, which is generally a no-no, is now annually costing Harvard about $25 million in endowment funds that could have used for financial aid, pay faculty salaries, support of the football team, etc. That Harvard concluded the need for a total re-construction was so critical that it de-capitalized the endowment indicates the priority that Harvard assigned to this effort. For Holy Cross, the chair of the BoT, on two occasions has stated that renovation of the Easy St. dorms should have started ten years ago. These dorms are way beyond their useful life, and they were economically built in the first place. . The hill dorms were nothing special 20 years ago, so it's easy to picture that need being so much more glaring at this point. As I remember it, Mulledy was the most in need of rehab when I was there my sophomore year. At first I didn't enjoy being in the further hill dorm but I came to appreciate the relative isolation. |
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Post by hc87 on Jul 25, 2019 15:08:12 GMT -5
Hard to envision HC without the Easy St dorms having my view skewed from 2 years in Lehy.
I'm really not fussy but they seemed somewhat spartan in the mid-80s...I can't imagine what our youngah Saders think of them today as we approach the 2020s.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 25, 2019 16:13:12 GMT -5
Completion dates
Hanselman 1953
Lehy 1954
Healy 1962
Clark 1962
Loyola 1965, converted to student residence in 1971
Brooks Mulledy 1966
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Post by HC13 on Jul 25, 2019 17:27:30 GMT -5
Pretty sure Loyola was still a Jesuit Residence and the infirmary until after i graduated in '75
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 25, 2019 18:00:35 GMT -5
Pretty sure Loyola was still a Jesuit Residence and the infirmary until after i graduated in '75 For sure, and I believe for many more years |
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Post by CHC8485 on Jul 25, 2019 19:18:12 GMT -5
Lower floor or 2 of Loyola were infirmary and Psychology & Sociology faculty offices in 1985. Jesuit residence above that other than the dining room.
Believe Loyola was converted to a residence hall in 1991 when Ciampi opened and Psychology & Sociology moved to Beaven - which ceased being a dorm that year.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 25, 2019 21:07:48 GMT -5
Every year the HCAA has volunteers working to help students and parents for the first year student move in day. I was in Healy. It definitely needs to be taken down to the base walls and rebuilt, as all dorms that have survived 50 plus years of student abuse. 🙄
I encourage any of our crossporters who will be near Worcester, and not Annapolis on August 31st, to join the Alumni Association team to help out in the morning. When we are finished around 11:30, we are treated to lunch in Kimball. This will give you plenty of time to meet up with friends for the viewing parties for the game against Navy at 3:30 on the CBS sports network.
As an aside, over twenty years ago while on college tours with my daughter, I was appalled of the dorm conditions at several Ivy League colleges. Dartmouth was less than acceptable in their conditions, and Princeton did not have the dorms on the tour, and would not let you see the dorms on request. At the time, the hill dorms still looked good in comparison to several other colleges we visited.
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Post by td128 on Jul 26, 2019 4:23:16 GMT -5
The real interesting topic these days in regard to college dorms is the manner in which the respective genders are managed.
On college visits 7 or 8 years ago, my son and I saw schools in which the respective sexes were separated by 1. building (this school had parietals which made/make a LOT of sense to me) 2. floor /hallways 3. rooms 4. beds . . . although I might only guess that at that school (Middlebury) that if they believe the respective sexes who share a room but have separate beds . . . well, I'll leave the rest to your imagination.
What a joke . . . and we wonder why our society is screwed up.
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