There?s no question that Union South is an enormous upgrade for the southwest side of campus, but the question remains: Will students use it? It will surely settle into being a prime meeting spot for the engineering community that lives and attends class nearby. The building is a convenient thirty-second walk from Wendt Library.
But the building also has enough features not found elsewhere – bowling, the climbing wall, and The Marquee – that it will probably draw crowds from other parts of campus, as well it should. The building definitely deserves the student body?s attention, so here?s hoping that the openness of the new Union South never feels like the emptiness of the old.