Top 9 Reasons for Creating a New Building

9. We won't have to fix the leaking faucet in the HDFS bathroom.

8. Building an entirely new building will be cheaper than fixing the noisy ventilation in our meeting rooms.

7. It's the only way to get more parking spaces.

6. I'm hoping for a faculty meeting room in which the eyes in that painting don't follow me around the room.

5. Jonie Bonfield and Michael Jacobs will be the envy of the university in our new Frank Hooper Memorial Smoking Lounge.

4. There's no place in the current building for Roberto's band to play.

3. It's the only way to get some faculty to clean their offices.

2. Some faculty have been around the lead paint in the old building so long that their drop in IQ has become embarrassing.

1. 3 words to describe ribbon cutting day in 2011: Party! Party! Party!

--Contributed by Dave Riley