GSC discusses housing plans 10/5/2000 The Graduate Student Council met yesterday
in the Political Science Doctoral student
Mary Lee Kimber, the council’s unofficial
housing issues representative, discussed the recent developments in
new housing. She said the current administration is putting “a lot more
commitment here, more than I've seen in the past." She characterized the administration
as confident of adding housing for 319 graduate students in The University also anticipates
adding another 240 beds as well as a According to Kimber, the University’s cumulative goal is to add 1,000 new
net beds in Any new graduate housing after
that will be built elsewhere, as Some council members raised
concerns about construction noise for the next few years, but Kimber
said that adjusting construction hours around the schedules of students
would ultimately mean long delays, which are infeasible because of the
current housing crunch. Kimber said that “since the beginning
of September [the University has] been much more cooperative” in discussing
the issue of graduate student housing. The council also discussed
the EuroMed Party, which will be held at the
Stanford Coffee House on Oct. 14. The party, which is co-sponsored by
the council, will feature European and Mediterranean music. Council chairman Paul Hartke,
a doctoral student in Electrical Engineering, said another priority
for the council this year will be “health care, in terms of prescription
drug costs at Cowell, especially with the changes in Cardinal Care.” In addition, with graduate
students staying at Stanford longer and growing older, child care will
be an important issue, he said. Physics Doctoral student Kaleb Michaud, Las year’s council chair, agreed that housing,
along with the future of the General Use Permit, would
be paramount on the council's list of concerns and issues to discuss.
“Until the final General Use Permit
and community plan in set in stone, we'll be focusing on that since
that will guide Stanford on how much housing they'll be building,” he
said. Hartke said
that he was pleased that another childcare facility will be built in
The council meets every Wednesday at
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