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LSA Student Government President
Lauren Shubow went to Washington,
D.C. to watch the fireworks display on
the Mall.
"There were a half a million people
there," Shubow said.
"The fireworks were above the
reflecting pool on the Mall between
the Washington Monument and the
Lincoln Memorial. They were the
best fireworks I've ever seen!"
Interfraternity Council President
Ken Tanner, an Engineering senior,
spent the weekend in Missouri.
"I went to a rodeo with my family
and girlfriend," Tanner said. "It was
the only thing going on in a small
town in Missouri.
"It was my break from bailing hay.
We also did our own fireworks because
they're legal there," Tanner said.
Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon
celebrated the holiday with members of
the community by participating in the
city's annual Fourth of July parade.
The procession wound through the
downtown area and included march-
ing bands and floats representing
community groups and businesses.
Sheldon, an Ann Arbor native, said
she was pleased with the community's
involvement in the Fourth of July fes-
tivities.
Summer
construction
® Students are disappointed by
inconvenience caused by campus
construction.
By Stephanie Hepburn
Daily Staff Reporter
Students wanting to lay out in the sun and people-watch
on the Diag have to wait until September due to the expan-
sive construction projects on campus this summer.
Tom Schlass, director of the University's construction
management department, said the University is taking
advantage of the fewer number of students who inhabit the
campus in the summer.
"The Diag and the central bell tower are under construc-
tion this summer due to the fact that most students are gone
for the summer," Schlass said.
"The Diag project will be done by the start of school,
while the central bell tower will be continued to be worked
on well into October, but will be halted during winter and
then resume construction next summer."
Some students are disappointed by the inaccessibility and
inconvenience of walking around the the Central Campus
area to get to class.
"It's just harder to get to class," said LSA junior
Wesley Cox. "However, it's good that the construction is
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ups being done in the summer as opposed to the school "The Diag is central to everything, so it was an inconve-
year." nience to get from one building to another during spring
LSA junior John Schloss said the construction on the classes,' Rexer said. "The Diag didn't even look like it need-
4 Diag is a significant obstacle for him. ed the construction."
"I was disappointed because I wanted to hang out and Campus construction projects are often started during the
relax in the Diag this spring (and) summer," Schloss summertime.
said. "It was a distraction to have to walk around the "There was construction that took place last summer
7 Diag." between Angell Hall and the Museum of Art," Rexer said.
and Hewitt) Other students were concerned about the use of University LSA senior Jessica Hemker said she is frustrated by the
money to renovate the Diag. constant construction on campus during her years at the
)8 E"I thought the Diag was fine before construction," said University.
LSA junior Joe Groenke. "I think the construction on the "I'm sick of it. Construction on campus has been going
Diag is an appalling and an unnecessary expense. The since I was a freshman, I don't even know why they keep
University should put those fundings towards helping stu- working on it," Hemker said. "Also, I have noticed that they
dents through school." are building more sidewalks in the Diag. I think that there's
LSA junior Matt Rexer said the construction interrupts already enough cement on campus."
the harmony of Central Campus. The Diag project is slated for completion for the fall.
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