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Written by: Dan Merica
Plans proposed by Sodexo for the LaCava Lower Cafeteria call for space that is currently occupied by the Women’s Center and Commuter Association to be changed, with both groups now stuck in a limbo between keeping their current offices and being displaced to unknown locations on campus.
The proposed layout of LaCava has the Women’s Center displaced in favor of dining booths and the Commuters Association office listed under “placeholder,” with no specific plans yet implemented in that space. There has also been alk of using this space for adjacent professor offices.
“Although we are saddened by the abrupt announcement of the changes to LaCava, we are confident that Bentley will do its best to accommodate our needs and find us a space that is similar to our current location,” said Edith Kwok, President of the Women’s Center.
Dr. Kathleen Yorkis, Vice President of Student Affairs, called the situation “incredibly unfortunate,” but said that there was no direct decision to displace the two groups. “It was more general in that this entire space needed to be done,” said Yorkis.
In an interview with The Vanguard, Traci Logan, Chief Operating Officer of Bentley, stated she believed that it would have been better to put the same “placeholder designation” used for the Commuters Association office on the Women’s Center.
Logan went on to say that if comparable space could not be found for these groups, the current aspects in the design for the space do not have to be there.
“If people are open-minded about what the right spot might be, and in that open mindedness they feel there is no other stop on campus that would be appropriate, I am not going to force them to move,” said Logan.
Conversation between representatives from the two organizations and the Bentley administration are ongoing.
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