29th Street Ballroom
UT Should Include Students in Master-Plan Process
RECEIVED Mon., Nov. 12, 2007
Dear Editor,
On Oct. 12 the Brackenridge Tract Task Force issued a series of recommendations to the University of Texas System Board of Regents regarding the future use of the Brackenridge Tract.
The task force concluded that the Colorado and Brackenridge apartment sites, for years now used for university student housing, “would be more beneficially utilized as part of a new master plan developed to produce significant funds to support the educational mission of the University.”
As a graduate student and resident living in the Colorado Apartments, it is my hope that the board of regents will decide to include students in the master-plan process. We believe that the university would be best served if the respective sites remained used in their current facility. Graduate-student housing is a visionary and long-term investment that can truly support the education mission of the university.
On Oct. 12 the Brackenridge Tract Task Force issued a series of recommendations to the University of Texas System Board of Regents regarding the future use of the Brackenridge Tract.
The task force concluded that the Colorado and Brackenridge apartment sites, for years now used for university student housing, “would be more beneficially utilized as part of a new master plan developed to produce significant funds to support the educational mission of the University.”
As a graduate student and resident living in the Colorado Apartments, it is my hope that the board of regents will decide to include students in the master-plan process. We believe that the university would be best served if the respective sites remained used in their current facility. Graduate-student housing is a visionary and long-term investment that can truly support the education mission of the university.
Maria Esteva