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Hi Sooby:<br><br>
I too commiserate with you over the inopportune timing of the remodeling
effort. I teach in E423 at 10 AM and in E423B at noon on MWF.
About 35% of these lectures are seriously compromised by the loud
drilling, pounding, and truck sounds noise associated with this
activity. With all this noise, my voice is hoarse at the end of the
lectures, and my students have difficulty concentrating and hearing
me. Such noise interference coupled with the required furlough days
will mean that our students will be heavily short-changed this semester
(despite our best efforts).<br><br>
Sadly yours, Andy<br><br>
At 03:56 PM 9/21/2009, Subrata (Sooby) Bhattacharjee wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Dear Friends,<br><br>
I just got this email from Arlene that the building air supply may be cut
off due to construction work. Was that a real mail?<br><br>
I have a class with 70+ students (in a room with official capacity of
52). Already, many sitting in the back cannot hear me as ear splitting
noise suddenly appears because of work by contractor. The room does not
have a PA system for me to use either. In my 18+ years here, this is the
first time I have seen such major construction work during regular
semester time. Students are quite upset about it and justifiably so. Now
you are telling me that they may be cut off from oxygen <br><br>
Without knowing the details, I must say that those who planned this work
forgot what is the main mission of a university. If any business treats
its customer like we are treating our students these days, it will go
bankrupt in no time.<br><br>
I would hope that the college administration finds out how long this will
last and inform us so that we can apologize to our students for the
current state of affairs.<br><br>
Best,<br><br>
Sooby<br><br>
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Arlene Gibson
<<a href="mailto:agibson2@mail.sdsu.edu">agibson2@mail.sdsu.edu</a>
> wrote:<br>
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<dd>Hello everyone,<br><br>
<dd>Â <br><br>
<dd>According to Work Control, there will be no air flow in the
engineering building due to work being done by the contractor. Work
Control was unable to say how long this will be.<br><br>
<dd>Â <br><br>
<dd>Thanks, Arlene<br><br>
<dd>Â <br><br>
<dd>Arlene Gibson<br><br>
<dd>College of Engineering<br><br>
<dd>Office of the Dean<br><br>
<dd>San Diego State University<br><br>
<dd>Phone: 619 594-6061<br><br>
<dd>Fax: 619 594-6005<br><br>
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Subrata Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., Fellow ASME<br>
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department<br>
Adjunct Professor, Computer Science Department<br>
San Diego State University<br>
San Diego, CA 92182<br><br>
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