AT THE NEWS DESK

ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT DISCLOSE COMPENSATIONS: President Skorton rejected S.A. Resolution 12, which asked the University to release the executive compensation of its top administrators. Vice President of Human Resources Mary Opperman explained the resolution went beyond the Student Assembly’s power.

Two floors of the largest library on campus are off-limits to patrons this month as the Olin Library Fire Safety Project continues.

At what point do you have the right to claim a chair in Libe as your own? Ahsiya and Allie discuss.

The news of Olin Library’s renovation, which is set to begin in 2009, includes plans to update the building’s fire safety system and has stirred discussion on campus, raising questions as to how safe University buildings actually are.

That Olin Library does not meet fire codes brings into question fire safety systems in other buildings on campus.

Carl A. Kroch University Librarian Anne R. Kenney did not explicitly say whether or not Uris Library, built in 1891, meets fire codes. The building has never been completely renovated despite “numerous renovations [and] improvements to portions of the building,” according to Kenney.

Olin Library’s renovation, scheduled to begin in 2009 will usher in a new age of technological expansion to supplement the library’s current services. The renovation entails a physical and administrative transformation that will accommodate the needs of faculty, graduate students and undergraduates.

The Olin Renovation Planning Committee is overseeing the project, which focuses on floors three to eight in its first phase. It has not yet received approval from the trustees, thus the plans are very tentative and do not provide many details.