http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/05/16/2003443719
NTU students voice opposition to proposal
By Loa Iok-Sin
STAFF REPORTER
Saturday, May 16, 2009, Page 2
“While the College of Liberal Arts suffers a lack of space, some
departments occupy two or more buildings.”
— Juan Chun-ta, Student Association Welfare Department director
National Taiwan University (NTU) students yesterday voiced their
opposition to a plan by the school’s College of Liberal Arts to
build a 23-story tower to house five departments.
Long plagued by insufficient space, the college — which has 12
academic departments, an audio-visual education center and a
language center — plans to tear down two three-story buildings
built in the 1960s near the university’s main entrance and erect
a 23-story “Humanities Tower” on the site to house the history,
anthropology, Chinese, Japanese, and philosophy departments.
However, the plan has met with objections from some students.
“We’re not opposed to building the Humanities Tower, but we’re
opposed to erecting a gigantic 23-story tower right next to the
school’s main entrance,” said Lin Wan-shu (林宛樞), president of
the College of Liberal Arts Student Association.
“The tower will not fit in with the backdrop and will be out of
historical context,” Lin said.
Most buildings around the planned construction site date from 1928
when the school was founded by the Japanese colonial government
as Taihoku Imperial University.
“The school should first try to explore the use of existing
unused spaces on campus,” she said. “We also regret that the
college did not involve students in the decision-making process.”
Student Association Welfare Department director Juan Chun-ta (阮俊
達) said unequal distribution of space and buildings among
colleges and departments had long been a problem.
“While the College of Liberal Arts suffers a lack of space, some
departments occupy two or more buildings,” Juan said. “So we
think that the university should carry out a thorough review to
see if all buildings and areas on campus are being efficiently
used.”
While admitting that some of the problems that the college faces
have to do with unequal allocation of resources, college dean Yeh
Kuo-liang (葉國良) said in a written statement that the
constuction of the Humanities Tower would improve the college’s
competitiveness and quality of education.
However, Yeh did not address specific questions that students
raised.
He was unavailable for comment at press time.
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