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BUILDING COMMUNITY

The SLC/PAC Expansion: Construction Updates and Future Perspectives

ARTICLE BY: Alexandra Taylor & Nicole Rose

The UWaterloo student population is The SLC/PAC Expansion has
growing; nding space to study, been an entirely student-
workout, or relax is a daily struggle driven initiative. Because
for students. Fortunately, the students have expressed their
Federation of Students (FEDs) have concerns about the lack of
found an answer: the SLC/PAC space on campus, FED's
Expansion. representatives have proposed
expanding the Student Life
The $41-million-dollar construction Center (SLC) and the Physical
project launched in the spring of Activities Complex (PAC) as
2017, and will open its doors in the a solution.
spring of 2019. The new 63,000-
square-foot addition will be built An of cial hearing was held on
onto the west end of the BMH green the 18th of January, 2016—a
—it will connect the SLC with the live-stream of this discussion
East corner (known as “Red North”) can be found using this link. As
of the PAC. Furthermore, the well, a series of student
SLC/PAC Expansion will connect consultations held to examine
the MC (Math and Computer) the development of the
building to the third oor of the SLC. SLC/PAC Expansion.