Discuss this Story on the NU News Message Board. The pile driver fired without relent, piercing the air like shotgun blasts echoing against the adjacent structures of West Village and the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute. Amid Behrakis' construction, the machine's rhythmic recoil was not unlike the tick-tock of a clock, serving its reminder to those within earshot the dwindling amount of days remaining until May 10 the deadline for a decision to be made regarding the future whereabouts of the Institute. An open forum held Monday in the Raytheon Amphitheater at the Egan Center allowed public input to be heard regarding the Institute's future.
Reasonable people can make reasonable decisions.
I think how this situation is handled will determine this university's relationship to people of color. After Provost David Hall summarized the content of past meetings, he narrated possible alternatives for the Institute. Options included relocation to the first floor of the Forsyth Building, a third floor addition to the Forsyth Building, first floor of Dockser Hall, the sixth floor of 716 Columbus Place, or renovation or new construction of its current Leon Street location. Advisory Committee-member Ibiere Seck spoke for the advisory board. Three floors cannot fit on one floor of another building.