A section of the Millbrook parking garage in front of the Charles F. Knight Center was removed over winter break in preparation for the demolition of Eliot Hall. Beginning this summer, two new buildings will be constructed in the hall’s current location to host John M. Olin School of Business’s graduate program.

Washington University officially announced its plan to bulldoze Eliot Hall and begin construction on two new buildings to hold the John M. Olin School of Business School’s graduate program this summer. The buildings will house several classrooms, about 75 faculty offices and numerous lounge-style spaces for students to interact with each other.

Washington University is planning to erect fences on the North Side residential area of campus over the coming year as part of an ongoing effort to improve security. The project will involve placing three fences along the Village East and Millbrook dormitories, which will be connected to fences already in place on the northern border of campus.

The iconic South 40 underpass is structurally unstable, according to a recent report released by the Federal Highway Administration. A structurally deficient bridge is not necessarily at high risk of collapsing, but does require consistent monitoring and inspections at least once a year.

Hundreds of members of the Washington University community gathered on Friday afternoon for the dedication of Green Hall. Green Hall, the third building in the University’s new engineering complex, first opened this fall. Final construction on the exterior of the building was completed just over two weeks ago due to a mason’s strike over the summer.

A recent rainstorm flooded one of the University’s new bike nodes and is causing students concern about the suitability of the bike nodes. The node south of Olin Library was just one of numerous areas across the Danforth Campus affected by the weather.

Despite initial predictions that renovations on the Village dining facility would be partially complete by the end of this summer, administrators now expect that the construction will not begin until next summer. Dining Services is looking to renovate the Village Dining area for several reasons.

Students returning to Washington University this fall will find a number of changes on campus, due to both completed and ongoing construction projects. One new building, Green Hall, is almost complete. Renovation projects have been completed on several buildings, and the University has started to renovate Umrath Hall.

Most broken clocks are only right twice a day. After remaining stationary at 1:55 for several weeks, each face of the South 40 Clocktower was frozen at a different time on Tuesday. The inner mechanics of the Clocktower are currently being repaired. This is the first time the Clocktower has failed since it was erected in 2000.

Students accustomed to exercising at the Athletic Complex late at night have had to adjust their routines because of reduced hours of operation in recent weeks. Although students were able to work out until 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday from fall break until spring break, the AC has closed at 9 p.m. since spring break.