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| Title | Houstonian 2010 |
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| Date | 2010 |
| Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published in 2010, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 2009/10 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
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| Transcript | AUG20 09 The 10-story, 575,000 square-foot Calhoun Lofts, located at 4700 Calhoun Rd., houses an exercise zoom, a theater room and study lounges. | Daily Cougar file photo OPEN AT UH UH opens first graduate student housing facility, but fails to meet expected occupancy The much-anticipated Calhoun Lofts opened on Aug. 5, with a reception that included speeches by UH President Renu Khator and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston. The original cost for the lofts was $99 million but the final cost totaled $107.8 million. Although the lofts were intended to house graduate and professional students, after facing major problems in marketing, the University opened the lofts to "mature students"—juniors and seniors. Wes Good of Kirksey Architecture said the design process for the 10-story, 575,000-square-foot building took nine months. Pepper-Lawson Construction began building Calhoun Lofts in Aug. 2007, and additional costs arose during the nearly two-year construction process. Although the administrators and faculty expressed exitement about the new lofts, some students said they wished the administration had invested the money elsewhere. "It's probably an exceptional idea, but not at the right time," political science sophomoreToni Howard said. UH President Renu Khator joins Board of Regents Chairman Welcome Wilson, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, and former regent Lyndon Rose for the ceremonial ribbon cutting at Calhoun Lofts. I Yvette Davila 16-Fall Fall • 17 |