As the new school year gets into swing and 1997 approaches, students, faculty, and staff at the University of the Virgin Islands are still standing by while the university s construction efforts continue. Since the storms, UVI has faced 70 repair jobs on St. Thomas, and St. Fifty-two of these jobs are done.
Interior work is all that is really left to be done.
Student Activities, the tennis courts, the cafeteria, and the recreation center are in the process of repairs. Even though the CA building may look fixed, mildew still exists in some of the classrooms, particularly the rooms on the third floor. According to Austin Venzen, associate professor of music, no physical damage was done inside the Field House. The building was covered during Bertha by the security personnel and the maintenance crew. We were very thankful for that, he said.