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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014
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Daisy Hill dorm construction is on schedule
JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Green siding is attached to the exterior of the new residence halls on Daisy Hill on Oct.17 in preparation for work during the winter.The dorms are projected to be completed on schedule by July 2015.
KELSIE JENNINGS
@kelcjennings
Construction of the two new freshman dorms on Daisy Hill is on schedule, said Director of Student Housing Diana Robertson. The project has been going smoothly and they haven't had any setbacks.
Construction began earlier this spring starting with the removal of the parking lot across from Lewis and Hashinger halls. Since then, the steel structures of the two new halls have been put up, with construction workers currently completing the fifth and third floors of the north and south halls, respectively.
The main focus is to get both of the halls raised to five stories and enclosed before snow hits, Robertson said. Then the work on the interior of the buildings will continue throughout winter.
"it's certainly inconvenient, but it's not too big of a deal. I understand that stuff has to get done."
JOHN GREENOUGH Freshman from Tulsa, Okla.
Students living on Daisy Hill, particularly in Hashinger and Lewis, have front row seats to the construction progress and have noticed the changes since moving in two months ago. Some students have said they haven't been too inconvenienced by the project, but one minor annoyance is the noise.
Jennie Kohl, a freshman from Spring Hill, lives in Lewis in a room facing the construction. She said the construction usually gets started between 7 and 8 a.m.
"It's gone by pretty fast, in my
opinion, but it's kind of annoying," Kohl said. "It wakes me up pretty early."
John Greenough, a freshman from Tulsa, Okla., lives in Hashinger, but his room faces the campus so he hasn't been bothered by the loud noises, but he's heard other people complain.
"It's certainly inconvenient,
but it's not too big of a deal. I understand that stuff has to get done," he said.
Aside from the noise and having Engel Road relocated, students on Daisy Hill have little to complain about with the dorm construction. Some students have mentioned the inconvenience of turned off water mains, which resulted
in some students not being able to take showers for a short time last week.
"The entire building reeked because the toilets were down," Greenough said of Hashinger.
The dorms are scheduled to be completed by July of 2015, Robertson said. The dorms will be for freshmen only, but the common area that will connect the two halls will be open to all students.
Edited by Rob Pyatt
Robertson said the shut off was scheduled and announced and that the water had been shut off so they could connect the new water lines to the old
ones.
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June 2013, followed shortly by a mastectomy. Several months later, she had her final reconstruction surgery, during which no cancer could be found.
"I never doubted that it was going to be gone," Angel said. "I never had this overwhelming fear that we were going to go in and get any other news besides that."
Adam said through it all, his mother's strength is what allowed her to keep fighting.
"If she wouldn't have been able to handle as much, I don't know how we would have been able to help boost her morale if she hadn't helped herself like she did," Adam said. "In all honesty, she's just a miracle."
Still cancer free and celebrating her youngest daughter's second birthday this year, Angel admits the possibility of cancer coming back comes to mind from time to time. This past summer, she caught a stubborn cough and saw a doctor. Angel had a computerized tomography scan done to make sure no cancer had spread or grown into her lungs. Luckily the results were negative.
"Of course that nagging is still always in your head if it's going to come back or not," Angel said. "It's just behind us and hopefully we don't have to go through anything like that again."
Although Angel said it was by no means a fun experience, breast cancer was not as menacing as she had thought it would be. When it comes to defeating it, she said even the smallest acts of kindness from others can help.
"I hope people aren't completely fearful of it. For me, it wasn't as bad as I feared," Angel said. "People can get through it and come out the other side and be OK."
Edited by Rob Pyatt
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