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Junior year: metro stops, security concerns and stem cells

Andrea Winter

Issue date: 5/5/08 Section: News
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During the 2006-2007 school year, the former Prince Hall was transformed from a gaping hole in the ground to a three-level underground parking garage and the foundation for the Danforth University Center. The entire construction process took nearly two years, with the University Center set to open in the summer of 2008. Other construction projects undertaken during the 2006-2007 school year include Seigle Hall, a new building for the School of Law and the College of Arts & Sciences and the Snow Way parking garage on the North Side.
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During the 2006-2007 school year, the former Prince Hall was transformed from a gaping hole in the ground to a three-level underground parking garage and the foundation for the Danforth University Center. The entire construction process took nearly two years, with the University Center set to open in the summer of 2008. Other construction projects undertaken during the 2006-2007 school year include Seigle Hall, a new building for the School of Law and the College of Arts & Sciences and the Snow Way parking garage on the North Side.
Junior year kicked off with the theme of "readjustment" as Washington University welcomed an unusually large freshman class.

The University continued to respond to unexpected developments, especially concerning campus security, as the year progressed. An expanded MetroLink, a renamed campus and a political win for stem cell research made this year one of progress and celebration.

For the Class of 2010, the admissions office had been shooting for a class of 1,350 students, so the University was surprised to have 1,470 students accept their offer in the spring of 2006.

Before students arrived on campus for the 2006-2007 academic year, the University began implementing creative solutions in order to accommodate the freshman class and alleviate the housing crunch. More than 100 upperclassmen who had been planning to live on campus were moved to the University's Loop Lofts apartments, which made their debut that year.

Large freshman classes will not continue as a trend, according to the University. In April 2007 the administration announced its plan to gradually reduce the size of the student body from 6,300 to 5,800 students.

During the first week of classes, students witnessed a remarkable development in St. Louis public transportation: the expansion of the MetroLink. Twelve years of discussion and more than three years of construction culminated in the addition of nine new stops-two of which border the Danforth Campus.
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