MSU administrators deny Olin move mandate
Officials at Olin Health Center were told the facility would be moving to south campus by MSU administrators this summer prior to any request for input, a university official said.
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Officials at Olin Health Center were told the facility would be moving to south campus by MSU administrators this summer prior to any request for input, a university official said.
Olin Health Center might not renew accreditation for its health services, regardless of whether it completes a possible move to the south side of campus, MSU officials said.
Following a bill passed Thursday by ASMSU’s Student Assembly Policy Committee, representatives from the organization met with university officials Monday to discuss the future of Olin Health Center, which may be moved because of university budget cuts.
Olin Health Center’s potential relocation and health initiatives for students were the topics of two bills passed Thursday by ASMSU’s Student Assembly Policy Committee.
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I think it would be a major mistake to close Olin Health Center and expect the users to transfer their activities to the Clinical Center on Service Road.
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“I think moving Olin is a bad idea, because where they want to move it to will be an inconvenience to students and the location it’s in right now is a good location.”
“I think it would be a bad idea, especially for incoming freshmen, who don’t have the choice to necessarily drive out to where they can get to a hospital. Service Road is really far out on campus, so moving Olin farther away will definitely be harder for people who don’t have access to a car.”
“I think moving Olin is a bad idea, because where they want to move it to will be an inconvenience to students and the location it’s in right now is a good location.”
Olin Health Center was a topic of debate at Thursday’s ASMSU Student Assembly meeting of the fall semester, with the group voicing concern that MSU administrators have not adequately factored student opinion into a potential move of services to the MSU Clinical Center, located on the southern edge of campus.
MSU Health Services might soon leave Olin Health Center and re-locate to the southeast end of Service Road to combine with the MSU Clinical Center.
Human biology junior Kara Brockhaus places a receipt inside a prescription bag for a patient at the Olin Health Center Pharmacy Thursday afternoon. There is a possibility of the health services provided at Olin to be relocated to the Clinical Center on Service Rd.
Moving MSU health services from Olin Health Center to the south end of campus is only the tip of the iceberg to the university’s cost-cutting considerations, which also include layoffs, degree cuts and program and department changes to cope with budget cuts.
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Walking distance from Wells Hall to Olin Health Center is approximately 16 minutes.
If university officials follow through with considerations to move MSU’s health services from Olin Health Center to campus’ south end, students might feel a long-distance relationship developing with their doctor.
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