Catherine Hamilton

Last week, Auburn University began, yet another, construction project on campus. While many students say that the continuous construction on campus is frustrating, the latest construction project seems to be the worst, by far.

For the next month, the concourse will be completely closed off to students as workers re-brick the high-trafficked walkway. Already, after only a week, many students have found it very difficult to get around on campus and have been forced to find alternative routes to class. This new inconvenience has sparked a great deal of anger and irritation among students.

“It’s really inconvenient for students. It inhibits students from doing things on campus,” said Sarah Stalnaker, a senior in Fashion Design. “It takes so much longer to get to the places you need to go. I’ll be happy when it’s done.”

And talk about bad timing. Homecoming weekend and the Grand Opening Celebration of the Auburn University Student Center are quickly approaching and the concourse construction shows no signs of being completed any time soon.

Many students have raised the question as to why the project was not started over the summer or postponed until Winter Break. “This just seems like the worst time to start this construction,” Stalnaker added.

Auburn’s campus has had one construction project after another. When is it all going to end? Well, probably not any time soon. There has been talk about building a new coliseum and Student Activities Center.

For now, Auburn students are just going to have to get used to the inconvenience of the many construction projects.