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believes that having more ﬂexibility
in the decision to keep or re-create
housing space in the future is key,
and it is driving decisions about the
lifespan of new construction in the
district with "buildings that are going
to last maybe 50 years, and we'll be
able to decide then if we want to invest
in them or not."
Blair feels that developing a vision
and adhering to it was instrumental
in the success of the Watterson
Towers and other projects in their
wheelhouse: "I would say that it's
helpful to do some brainstorming well
before you get into an actual project,
because when you get in you're
already dealing with a speciﬁc budget
or speciﬁc parameters. When we ﬁrst
started our projects, we were talking to
high school students about how they
envisioned their college student room.

We took our facilities folks to talk with
them, and we took the architects: folks
who don't normally hear those kinds
of things. We did that long before we
set the budget and other priorities. We
all had an understanding of what we
were attempting to do. Brainstorming
and setting some guiding principles so
that any time you come up with some
kind of pressure point, you can go
back to 'are we really accomplishing
what we set out to?'" Representation
from a diversity of players at ISU
was also important to achieving their
construction and renovation goals.
"Make sure you have lots of parts of
the campus represented in a project
like this - academics, those who have
maintained the buildings . . . and not
just budget people, architects, and
housing staff. Bring in some others
because there are always opportunities

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to do some things that might get lost
in the expediency of the projects."
Finally, Ranz Calhoun gives a nod
to the future of housing in general
and emphasizes how she feels that
renovations need to consider the
future of life and learning at OSU,
as well as at other colleges and
universities: "I think students will still
come to campus and will be e-learning
in their rooms in addition to getting
up and going to an academic building.
I believe we will be a residential
campus, but leave yourself enough
ﬂexibility so you can make changes
and not feel conﬁned." TS

ACUHO

Salsbury Industries

Grant Walters

is the assistant director of
residence life at The Ohio State
University in Columbus.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - July/August 2014

Talking Stick - July/August 2014
Contents
New Member Highlight
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Transitions
Academic Initiatives
Academic Initiatives
Res Life
Res Life
Regroup
Regroup
Calendar
Calendar
Rising to the Occasion
Rising to the Occasion
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
Conversations
Conversations
First Takes
First Takes
Reporting Out
Reporting Out
New Members
New Members
Snapshot
Snapshot
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Intro
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - BB1
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - BB2
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Talking Stick - July/August 2014
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Cover2
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 1
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 2
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Contents
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - New Member Highlight
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 5
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Vision
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 7
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Just In
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 9
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 10
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 11
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 12
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 13
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 14
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 16
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Transitions
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Academic Initiatives
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 19
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 20
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 21
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Res Life
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 23
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 24
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 25
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Regroup
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 27
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 28
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Calendar
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Rising to the Occasion
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 31
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 33
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Do the Right Thing
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 45
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 46
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 47
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Conversations
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 49
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 50
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - First Takes
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Reporting Out
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Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 54
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 55
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 56
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 57
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - New Members
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - 59
Talking Stick - July/August 2014 - Snapshot
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