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New Building Names

You aren’t going to recognize the
Lynnmour campus by fall. Not only are
we getting another new building (see
next story), but we’re re-naming the old
ones.

Come September, all permanent
buildings at the College will be re-
named. The naming committee and the
board has settled on a scheme of func-
tional and arboreal names for the
Lynnmour campus.

The F Building, which we’ve all
known as the Sportsplex, will become
simply that, and the Fitness Centre will
be the Fitness Centre. But the A Building
will become Arbutus, the N Building
will be Maple, and the H Building will
be Fir.

“As you can imagine, there were some
pretty lively debates at our meetings,”
says Alan Smith, Director of Planning.

The College-wide committee explored
a number of ideas including naming
buildings after philosophers, former
faculty and staff, or local place names.
After polling their constituent groups,
the consensus was for function and trees.

The only problem building was H,
reports Alan, which for a brief time was
going to be the Hemlock building. This
gave the faculty headaches of Socratic
proportions, so the name Hawthorne was
chosen. However, that clashed with
Horticulture because their two letter
identifiers would be too similar (Hr and
Ha). Finally, it became Fir.

“This was deemed most appropriate
by the Horticulture people,” said
Alan. “After all, the building is sur-
rounded by them.”

The committee members were:
Alan LaCroix (board), Frank

Harris (CCFA), Richard Chadderton
(OTEU), Erin Sackney, Capilano
Students’ Union, Randi Duke, Adminis-
tration, and Alan Smith.

Maps and timetables are being redone
now and interior and exterior signage
will be changed by September.

OLD NEW LD.
A Arbutus AR
B Library LB
BS Television Studio TV
c Cedar CE
D Daycare DA
E Fitness Centre FC
E Sportsplex SP
G Horticulture HR
H Fir FR
I Studio Art SA
J J Building J
K Facilities FA
1B L Building is
M M Building M.
N Maple MA
P P Building P:
Q Squamish SQ
R R Building R.
S Sechelt SE

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