When did a significant number of students feel comfortable going to the Scarlet Inn and sitting there during the day just to relax while sharing a cup of coffee. Instead, it has become a gathering place for groups of professors and administrators. The students have no such place. This could explain the current boundaries existing between the students on this campus dictated by their living units. There is very little opportunity to blur these lines between us-especially in a comfortable social setting.
Students have nowhere to congregate socially outside of their living units.
Arguably, students feel more comfortable sharing a cup of coffee in the International Hall of the Detchon Center than in the Sparks Center. It is unfortunate that the Board of Trustees and the administration have, as yet, not chosen to invest to revitalize Sparks.