The quad tables outside of the cafeteria in the Campus Center have been replaced with rented patio furniture. The concrete tables that used to occupy the area had been there for more than 20 years.
The current wooden tables are a temporary replacement and new tables will soon be brought in. The Student Goverment Association did not plan on renting these wood tables and plastic chairs.
The furniture that was intended on being used were round metal tables with four seats, along with matching benches and trashcans. Some of the new tables also have umbrellas above them for shade. There is also a 10-year warranty on the furniture in case they fade or get scratched up.
SGA Activities Liaison Tawntannisha Thompson said that the old tables “were very badly stained and missing seats” and that “the students deserve something better.” She also felt that it was about time they got something new in the Campus Center.
This project was intended to be finished before the semester started and the old tables were supposed to be moved to Veterans Memorial Plaza, between the Campus Center and the bookstore. However, when the workers were removing the tables, they crumbled away making them impossible to preserve.
When asked if alternative tabling will be brought in for Veterans Memorial Plaza, Thompson explained that if they had known this would happen they would have ordered more tables.
“The next project I hope is to order the same furniture for that area.”
Although the new tables will take six weeks to put in, Thompson states that Campus Center will not be sectioned off during that time. The rented tables and chairs will be used until the new furniture comes in.