One of the University’s greatest strengths is its physical campus.Students, staff and faculty go to work in the morning in a beautiful environment of live oaks and buildings with distinctive architecture.Sometimes maintaining that environment can be difficult.Case in point, the Huey P. Long Pool has long been disused since funds could not be found to repair it in 2003. The pool was — and still is — a great University landmark. Like much of LSU’s legacy, the pool is a direct result of its namesake, legendary Governor Huey P. Long. At the time, Long desired to make LSU the best university in the nation and, to that end, had the pool made to be the longest in the world.Whatever your views on Long and his ambitions, any University student can certainly applaud his ambitions for LSU.We applaud SG’s initiative in creating the Huey P. Long Restoration Committee. The pool deserves to be restored because it is both a symbol of prestige and a cool place for students to hang out.That said, it will take a great deal more than forming a committee to actually get the work done.SG needs to pay attention to the project and give whatever resources necessary for it to succeed. Though SG obviously can’t fund the renovations on its own, it isn’t unreasonable to expect the committee to have some success in organizing the disparate groups that would like to see the pool restored.This is one example of real good SG could accomplish. It’s important they find the political will to achieve it.—-Contact the Editorial Board at [email protected]
Our View: SG makes right choice in Long Pool restoration effort
August 31, 2009