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January 21, 2003

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Panel seeks to remodel Kirk; ax arcade, add ‘Hall of Flags’
By Matt Mueller
Mesa Legend

The Associated Students of MCC has proposed big changes for spring semester.

ASMCC, the student elected, student run government on campus, has been working on plans for updating and improving many of the more populated areas of the campus.

It began with the formation of a Campus Beautification Committee, a student run committee which conducts polls to find out what students want changed on campus. Ideas are received through traditional polls, web polls, and suggestions given to committee members. The student committee gathers plans and proposals and presents them to the faculty committee for Campus Beautification, where the proposals will be reviewed for feasibility and then voted on.

According to Art Betancourt, the president of the student government, remodeling the Kirk Center has been a high priority for the committee. The proposed plan calls for the expansion of the dining area. This will be done by removing the wall that currently separates the coffee bar from the Thunderbird Café. This will create a much larger place for the students to gather, and allow more students to take advantage of the facility.

The removal of the video arcade is another big part of the proposed plan. The current video games would be removed and replaced with a pool table, air hockey table, and foosball table.

“Yeah, I think that getting rid of those videogames is a great idea, no one ever plays those things anyway,” said Jordan Warner, a music student.

New color schemes and decorations are also in order for a more modern look. Interior Design students provided sketches and proposals for how to remodel the Kirk Center, many of which have provided the most significant ideas for the project.

A “Hall of Flags” is another anticipated improvement which has been suggested. The plan calls for the addition of approximately 30 flags from various countries around the world representing the home countries of MCC students and alumni. An MCC flag to fly along side of the state and American Flag would be created. Currently, the state and American flags fly in front of the Administration Building.

“The creation of a hall of flags would call for the flags to be relocated to the rose garden, where they would be arranged either in a semi-circle or possibly in a straight line,” said Betancourt. “This would provide a display for the community and for the students to see many world flags, and for MCC to display its diversity.”