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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0224_01CF8F18.758DD450 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Forwarded from a friend (Prof. at SMU): My colleague on the Board of Governors confirmed what I suspected: the = SMU Master Plan is a few years old now and is really a rather = fantastical wishlist of new buildings that at least some people thought = it would be wonderful to construct if we had all of the money in the = world. The reality, of course, is that most of these ideas will never = get off of the page and I suspect that the proposed Oaks Complex is = unlikely to come to fruition, especially now that we have the School of = the Environment etc. (which I'm certain would object to any construction = in that wooded corner of campus). Never say never, of course, but I = wouldn't hold my breath that this one's going to happen. I would add that I find it disappointing that the master plan currently = posted on the SMU website took so little account of the ecological = ramifications of an expanded Oaks Complex when it was first drafted but = I would also be very surprised if the thinking for that part of campus = hasn't changed pretty substantially in the last couple of years in light = of the new School of the Environment and the new Bachelor of = Environmental Studies program at SMU. In fact, I think there have been = efforts to develop more ecological programming at the existing Oaks = building, with a community garden and new outdoor classroom established = on these grounds (efforts that pose no threat to the existing forest). = So, I would be thoroughly astonished if (a) the SMU master plan ever got = 'green-lit' to such a point that this 'Oaks Complex' was seriously = contemplated (bearing in mind that this item was well down the priority = list of an already pie-in-the-sky master plan) and (b) if such a = development would ever take the ecologically-destructive form suggested = in the current master plan, given the recent focus on sustainability and = environmental programming at SMU. ------=_NextPart_000_0224_01CF8F18.758DD450 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV dir=3Dltr>Forwarded from a friend (Prof. at SMU):</DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> </DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr>My colleague on the Board of Governors confirmed what I = suspected:=20 the SMU Master Plan is a few years old now and is really a rather = fantastical=20 wishlist of new buildings that at least some people thought it would be=20 wonderful to construct if we had all of the money in the world. = The=20 reality, of course, is that most of these ideas will never get off of = the page=20 and I suspect that the proposed Oaks Complex is unlikely to come to = fruition,=20 especially now that we have the School of the Environment etc. (which = I'm=20 certain would object to any construction in that wooded corner of = campus). =20 Never say never, of course, but I wouldn't hold my breath that this = one's going=20 to happen.<BR> <DIV=20 style=3D'FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: = "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; = DISPLAY: inline'><BR>I=20 would add that I find it disappointing that the master plan currently = posted on=20 the SMU website took so little account of the ecological ramifications = of an=20 expanded Oaks Complex when it was first drafted but I would also be very = surprised if the thinking for that part of campus hasn't changed pretty=20 substantially in the last couple of years in light of the new School of = the=20 Environment and the new Bachelor of Environmental Studies program at = SMU. =20 In fact, I think there have been efforts to develop more ecological = programming=20 at the existing Oaks building, with a community garden and new outdoor = classroom=20 established on these grounds (efforts that pose no threat to the = existing=20 forest). So, I would be thoroughly astonished if (a) the SMU = master plan=20 ever got 'green-lit' to such a point that this 'Oaks Complex' was = seriously=20 contemplated (bearing in mind that this item was well down the priority = list of=20 an already pie-in-the-sky master plan) and (b) if such a development = would ever=20 take the ecologically-destructive form suggested in the current master = plan,=20 given the recent focus on sustainability and environmental programming = at=20 SMU.<BR></DIV> <DIV class=3Dgmail_extra><BR> <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote> <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dgmail_quote=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc = 1px solid"> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> <DIV> <DIV=20 class=3Dh5> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV><= /DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0224_01CF8F18.758DD450--
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