La Voz

Issue date: 1/22/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Breanna Martinico The Hinson Campus Center has been closed since the end of the spring 2006 quarter. The closure forced Food Services to temporarily move to the location of the old campus bookstore (now called the "Foodstore"). The newly remodeled Campus Center is scheduled to open next fall.

The effects of Measure E are evident in the continual construction on the De Anza College campus.

The buildings already completed from the last three years have provided students with some of the newest equipment and technology for their education. According to the De Anza Web site, Measure E was passed to renovate, remodel and rebuild "college facilities to meet current health, safety and instruction standards."

Donna Jones-Dulin, the director of college services, provided La Voz with information regarding the future and changes in current constructions. One improvement is the ability to reduce energy costs by improving the heating, ventilation and air conditioning.

Jones-Dulin said in an email, "all California schools are required to meet state seismic safety standards," to make De Anza a safe place in case of a large earthquake.

The most recent project was the administration building, completed in time for the fall quarter. It now provides four new class rooms. The next building to be completed is the planetarium by March or April.

One of the bigger construction projects, the Hinson Campus Center, at the cost of over $5 million, will be completed between August and September.

The Campus Entry project will provide new entrances to the campus at parking lot A and the Flint Center, along with two emergency exits.

This project will also provide the campus with two new electronic message signs. One will be near the entrance to Flint Center parking structure. The other sign will be located at the corner of Steven's Creek and Stelling.

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