The fall semester will bring with newly renovated spaces in the Student Union and a rebuilt Tiger Lair food court.Jason Tolliver, auxiliary services director, said there are three spaces currently being constructed on the first floor of the Union — a renovated barber shop, an optical shop and a test preparation center.”The barber shop will be a little nicer, which will suffice until we can get to the full salon we want on campus,” he said.Tolliver said the barber shop will expand once construction begins on the new parking garage and bookstore where Highland Dining Hall is now. Using part of the space of the original bookstore in the Union, a full-scale salon for men and women will be created.The optical shop will have a licensed optometrist on staff and will sell eyeglasses and contact lenses to students, Tolliver said. It will not be affiliated with the Student Health Center but will accept University staff and student insurance.He said the test preparation center will offer practice tests and allow students to register for exams like the LSAT, MCAT and others. He said he was unsure if any of these services would be tailored specifically to the University.Tolliver said Kaplan and The Princeton Review are currently competing to rent the space, and the company chosen will be announced during the coming weeks.The Union has experienced a larger decline in revenue than officials originally anticipated.Tolliver said the spaces will attract new customers and drive revenue up, but the University will also receive money from companies paying rent to lease the spaces. Jordan Vallet, English sophomore, said he doesn’t visit the Union as much as he used to because of construction and the lack of options there. He said he would consider visiting more often when the new spaces open in the fall.”The test preparation center seems cool,” Vallet said. “I’m considering grad school, so I’d be interested in that.”The newly renovated spaces will cost about $325,000, Tolliver said in an e-mail.”It’s an exciting time to be here right now,” he said.—-Contact Rachel Warren at [email protected]