{"id":1114,"date":"2012-02-19T11:15:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T17:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2012-02-19T11:15:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T17:15:18","slug":"macaulay-csis-territorial-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/2012\/02\/19\/macaulay-csis-territorial-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Macaulay CSI Students Claim Larger Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Macaulay Honors Lounge at the College of Staten Island has recently doubled in size, thanks in no small part to the work of Meagan Derbyshire, class of 2013. During a meeting with CSI President T\u00f3mas Morales in 2010, the class of 2013 brought up the fact that the Honors Lounge was terribly undersized, and Derbyshire suggested expanding into an adjacent, underused room.<\/p>\n

After some time, Derbyshire met with Ira Persky, who was appointed over the summer as CSI\u2019s temporary Financial Vice President. During their dialogue, it became apparent that Persky and Morales were interested in expanding the Honors Lounge, but they were unsure of which space to use. Derbyshire once more recommended the Discovery Institute\u2019s office, which boasted a staff of two despite its large size and prime location. Roughly two weeks before the start of the semester, Macaulay\u2019s acquisition of the room was approved.<\/p>\n

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The new Macaulay Honors Lounge is intended to be used as a recreational space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The cubicles installed in the old Honors Lounge have received mixed reviews from CSI students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nPart of the reason that overpopulation in lounge wasn\u2019t much of an issue until recent years is the exponential increase in Macaulay CSI\u2019s admission rates. The number of students admitted in 2011 is roughly double that of those admitted in 2008; whereas 2008\u2019s incoming freshmen entered a community of ninety fellow Macaulaians, those admitted this year found themselves in the midst one hundred and thirty eight. With such increases in population, the once-spacious Lounge came to be known as patently undersized, with seating at a premium and operable computers rarely available.<\/p>\n

The old Honors Lounge has been refurnished with cubicles and square tables considered optimal for studying and completing work; the new space holds more comfortable seats and round tables, as well as lockers and the Macaulay student mailboxes. While many are pleased with the arrangement, some believe the conversion of the old lounge into a study room is “pointless” and will not encourage students to complete their schoolwork. Others also dislike the “lopsided” utilization of the new space by the Class of 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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