Letters from visitors to SMASHED!
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It's truly sad when the University tears down its original buildings, and it's only made worse by their sad and pathetic attempt to construct a residence that resembles one from an earlier era. If only they realized how desperate everyone will be for something originally old in one hundred years time. (Perhaps in future, a desk will be made with some scrap wood from Colville house and be housed in a plastic box in the library beside the silver spoons)

Having grown up in Vancouver i learned how that city too, teared down over the last three decades most of its historic buildings, especially around the downtown waterfront. Now of course, after the fact, there's a desire to save what remains.

There is no doubt that the restoration and maintenance of older buildings tends to cost more money, but making a case for demolishing history on purely economic grounds is absolute ignorance of a bigger picture.

Now living for the most part in Edinburgh Scotland, I have come to understa nd that city and indeed, country's respect for historical buildings and its willingness to spend more to preserve them.

If only there was some legal barrier to prevent the university from demolishing buidlings constructed before a certain year.

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I think what Mount Allison has forgotten is that the old buildings and residences were part of the charm and attraction of Mount A - not everyone wants a private bathroom or to live in a box-like apartment building. Having a roommate is a right of passage for first-year students everywhere. If Mount A wants to join the ranks of the non-descript (like a lot of Ontario universities) they are heading the right way - those looking for quaint will be looking elsewhere.