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Vol. 129, No. 8
Zora Murff challenges audience to reflect The artist opened up a difficult discussion at his exhibit, ‘Remaking the Mark’
By Graham Shapley @shapleygraham
sesses if any part of the structure is salvageable. Facilities evaluates the different solutions that could be done to enhance the building’s quality. “One of the big assessments that we make on all of our facilities is whether it’s got good bones, good structure,” Johnson said. “If it does, how good is that, and is it something that we would take the time to do a renovation of, or is the building so poor in its bones that we need to scrap it?”
Talking about race and racial violence can be uncomfortable and difficult for some. It’s tough to do it in a way that is accessible to everybody while still being respectful to those who have experienced it. It’s tougher still to convince people that this brutality isn’t all in the past. Photographer, artist and educator Zora Murff took on this challenge through his exhibit, “Remaking the Mark,” at the University Center for the Arts. He spoke to attendees to commemorate the closing of his exhibit and spark a conversation on the themes he covered through his work. During his presentation, he spoke about images he had captured and picked out of history in addition to the experiences he had collecting them, deliberating on the history of oppression and violence that Black individuals have faced in the United States. Murff compared the more overt “fast violence” of lynchings, using historical images of crowds taking a role in the death of another human being, to his own research in the process
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The Clark C Building as seen from the main walkway through campus Aug. 30. Students frequently criticize the building for its low quality classroom amenities and need for renovations. PHOTO BY RYAN SCHMIDT COLLEGIAN
Clark A, C ‘revitalization’ price tag nearly $145 million By Laura Studley @laurastudley_
Completed in 1968, the Andrew G. Clark Building stands at the heart of Colorado State University’s campus, serving as a place of learning for decades, with its burgundy-tan color scheme drawing the public eye. But it may be time for this CSU behemoth to get a makeover. “When we talk about renovations, sometimes people can think of superficial things: fixing the exterior or coming in and changing a few rooms here or
there,” said Benjamin Withers, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. “What we are talking about here, especially with Clark C, is taking the building to the concrete core and the steel girders that are in the building so that we’ve got these large spaces that can then be reimagined. It’s more a revitalization and reconceptualization than just a renovation.” With the renovation plan in its early stages, the exact cost is unknown, but the estimate could be upwards of $145 million, said Vice President for University Operations Lynn Johnson. Uni-
versity Architect Mike Rush conducted preliminary renderings of what the Clark renovation would include and based an estimation off of these factors. Plans for the new building include an addition of 70,000 square feet to either side of Clark B, student study spaces and classroom upgrades. The structural integrity of both the A- and C-wings are strong enough to allow for the renovation to retain these two buildings, Johnson said. When Facilities considers a building for renovation, it as-