Dear Editor: Excellent article on Union South in Friday’s Capital Times. For those of us who work there, it was nice to hear the latest news about the future plans for this site.
The Wisconsin Union did a student survey three years ago to ask for input from the students about what they thought of the current Union South. The result was an opinion that the current building was cold, sterile and needed “more wood, more marble flooring and higher ceilings.” And a coffee shop, “like Starbucks.” The only thing they left out were crystal chandeliers. And they want someone else to pay for it.
Isn’t this indicative of society as well? We want first-rate schools for our kids, excellent roads for our SUVs, 75 cent-a-gallon gasoline. We just want someone else paying for it.