The renovations to Petigru College, located caddy corner from Russell House, have been an eyesore on campus for a while now.
These renovations were initially planned to accommodate the Bursar’s Office, but will now support additional classroom space.
The Bursar’s Office will move to Blossom Street rather than Petigru.
No one enjoys making the trek all the way out to classes on the outskirts of campus, so we welcome the addition of classroom space in the heart of campus.
The move will help centralize our rapidly growing university at a time when new buildings are sprawling out for what seem like miles. There will certainly be students, though probably not a huge number, who will be able to roll out of bed five minutes before class and stumble half-consciously into Petigru instead of making a treacherous trip to the boondocks for an 8 a.m. class.
Anything, even small, is beneficial, considering the building spree USC has gone on lately to establish classrooms bordering different time zones. It is also commendable that officials are utilizing open space rather than putting up more new buildings.
There was, however, an inefficient, overly time-consuming transition of the Bursar’s Office from space to space. It initially moved to Petigru, then left for Main Street to make way for the current renovations, and now won’t be coming back, like originally announced.
The university should exercise more forward thinking when outlining plans for future relocations.
But we’ll take the class space where we can get it.
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