Shameful that these buildings have been disregarded and neglected.
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Johnathan Barreto
9 years ago
Our student body should no longer ignore this subtle inequality. The unilateral care for our campus deters future scholars and disheartens the currents ones–to a point of injustice that opposes the very nature of this institution. Higher educations was and is not for just one group of intellectuals– those found in the sciences, but rather for all. Equal respect and attention should be granted. This building need's both.
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Joseph Leavenworth
9 years ago
Please take care of our building! The walls are literally crumbling and the lack of washing and cleaning is visible.
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Carlotta Falzone Robinson
9 years ago
Additionally- the staircases leak during the rain, resulting in stairs with puddles which are a safety hazard.
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Tim Lithgow
9 years ago
Our building sends a terrible message about UCR to visitors and potential students.
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Robin Hextrum
9 years ago
Stop ignoring these basic maintenance issues. Please treat us with the same respect you offer to other departments.
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Israel Leon Rojas
9 years ago
Please, let's have the art building stay in one piece.
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Elizabeth Franks
9 years ago
As someone who spent so much time in and around the arts building for six years, watching it fall into disrepair was disheartening. Hearing about the ongoing issues students, staff, and faculty are having to deal with on a daily basis is even more saddening. Please give this beautiful building the care it needs, and the Highlanders that use it deserve!
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Leslie Paprocki
9 years ago
As a former student and current employee of CHASS at UCR, the Arts building is important to me on many levels. The programs that are housed in the Arts building are unique and unparalleled on many levels. The students, staff, and faculty who learn, teach, and work in this building deserve the same kind of attention and care that UCR students in the sciences receive with their multi-million dollar, state of the art facilities. There is no reason that this award winning building, which is very often the first building visitors and guests see when they enter campus from University Avenue or Canyon Crest Drive, should be allowed to languish in a state of disrepair. Repair and maintain this building! Show the people and facilities of the arts the respect they deserve!
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Jeanette Kohl
9 years ago
The building is in a pitiable and unacceptable state, with problems on so many levels, from a horrendous lack of cleanliness and all sorts of neglected maintenance to major facade problems and the overall state of the building, which could be a UCR flagship if it was in better shape. In its current state, it is a disgrace.
Susan Komura and I had a walk-through with Michael Pazzani and Susan Mashburne from Facilities today who promised to remedy the cleanness issues swiftly and look into the larger issues at stake. Last not least, we might FINALLY get bathroom keys for the second floor! Thanks, Amir, for starting this petition!
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Priscilla Casillas
9 years ago
I have been a student at this school for 4 years now. And each year I attend, the building's conditions have gotten worse and worse.
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Alesha Jaennette
9 years ago
I worked in the Arts building for 5.5 years and it was my job to assist in the recruiting of amazing artists and art historians, so that they might bring their talents to UCR as graduate students. Again and again, I was embarrassed to show applicants around the building, always having to steer their focus from cobwebs and chipped concrete siding to the strength of the faculty and the impressive art-making facilities. I wasn't always able to succeed in this and it was evident in the faces of our visitors. The state of the building is an insult to the great work that is being created there; it is a disservice to the faculty, students and staff who pour their hearts into their work in order to maintain the prestige that is associated with UCR art departments. Please consider investing in the rehab of this once great building.
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Stu Krieger
9 years ago
Having the crumbling Arts building be one of the first things visitors to campus see simply doesn't reflect well on who we are and what we do.
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Tony Baltierra
9 years ago
As many have said before, the Arts building is often the first building seen when people visit campus and it is only ugly first impression to give to prospective students and donors. The current state of the building is absolutely horrendous and gives off the impression that the university doesn't care about the buildings on campus.
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Sierra LaPoint
9 years ago
As easily as we could just call it postmodern art, or a statement about sacrificing aesthetics in the name of utility, or a comment on the crumbling edifice of our new America, or a metaphor for the erosion of monuments under the weight of time and the elements--really it just needs some work. And if anyone notices and cares about the impact of image and space on the mind and heart, it has got to be us art students.
Thanks for showing it (and us) some love through these repairs!
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Susan Straight
9 years ago
This building is what many campus tours and also many visitors to campus, including thousands who come for graduation, see first. It looks terrible. And for us, working here, it's depressing to see every day.
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Andrea Hidalgo
9 years ago
Our building needs help. Our students deserve more.
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Heywood Chu
9 years ago
I love UCR, but seeing her beat-down from years of use and weather calls for a good time to improve the learning environment for the arts students. We should take pride in our ever developing arts.
Please repair the building.
Shameful that these buildings have been disregarded and neglected.
Our student body should no longer ignore this subtle inequality. The unilateral care for our campus deters future scholars and disheartens the currents ones–to a point of injustice that opposes the very nature of this institution. Higher educations was and is not for just one group of intellectuals– those found in the sciences, but rather for all. Equal respect and attention should be granted. This building need's both.
Please take care of our building! The walls are literally crumbling and the lack of washing and cleaning is visible.
Additionally- the staircases leak during the rain, resulting in stairs with puddles which are a safety hazard.
Our building sends a terrible message about UCR to visitors and potential students.
Stop ignoring these basic maintenance issues. Please treat us with the same respect you offer to other departments.
Please, let's have the art building stay in one piece.
As someone who spent so much time in and around the arts building for six years, watching it fall into disrepair was disheartening. Hearing about the ongoing issues students, staff, and faculty are having to deal with on a daily basis is even more saddening. Please give this beautiful building the care it needs, and the Highlanders that use it deserve!
As a former student and current employee of CHASS at UCR, the Arts building is important to me on many levels. The programs that are housed in the Arts building are unique and unparalleled on many levels. The students, staff, and faculty who learn, teach, and work in this building deserve the same kind of attention and care that UCR students in the sciences receive with their multi-million dollar, state of the art facilities. There is no reason that this award winning building, which is very often the first building visitors and guests see when they enter campus from University Avenue or Canyon Crest Drive, should be allowed to languish in a state of disrepair. Repair and maintain this building! Show the people and facilities of the arts the respect they deserve!
The building is in a pitiable and unacceptable state, with problems on so many levels, from a horrendous lack of cleanliness and all sorts of neglected maintenance to major facade problems and the overall state of the building, which could be a UCR flagship if it was in better shape. In its current state, it is a disgrace. Susan Komura and I had a walk-through with Michael Pazzani and Susan Mashburne from Facilities today who promised to remedy the cleanness issues swiftly and look into the larger issues at stake. Last not least, we might FINALLY get bathroom keys for the second floor! Thanks, Amir, for starting this petition!
I have been a student at this school for 4 years now. And each year I attend, the building's conditions have gotten worse and worse.
I worked in the Arts building for 5.5 years and it was my job to assist in the recruiting of amazing artists and art historians, so that they might bring their talents to UCR as graduate students. Again and again, I was embarrassed to show applicants around the building, always having to steer their focus from cobwebs and chipped concrete siding to the strength of the faculty and the impressive art-making facilities. I wasn't always able to succeed in this and it was evident in the faces of our visitors. The state of the building is an insult to the great work that is being created there; it is a disservice to the faculty, students and staff who pour their hearts into their work in order to maintain the prestige that is associated with UCR art departments. Please consider investing in the rehab of this once great building.
Having the crumbling Arts building be one of the first things visitors to campus see simply doesn't reflect well on who we are and what we do.
As many have said before, the Arts building is often the first building seen when people visit campus and it is only ugly first impression to give to prospective students and donors. The current state of the building is absolutely horrendous and gives off the impression that the university doesn't care about the buildings on campus.
As easily as we could just call it postmodern art, or a statement about sacrificing aesthetics in the name of utility, or a comment on the crumbling edifice of our new America, or a metaphor for the erosion of monuments under the weight of time and the elements--really it just needs some work. And if anyone notices and cares about the impact of image and space on the mind and heart, it has got to be us art students. Thanks for showing it (and us) some love through these repairs!
This building is what many campus tours and also many visitors to campus, including thousands who come for graduation, see first. It looks terrible. And for us, working here, it's depressing to see every day.
Our building needs help. Our students deserve more.
I love UCR, but seeing her beat-down from years of use and weather calls for a good time to improve the learning environment for the arts students. We should take pride in our ever developing arts.
I am concerned over the rats