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March 3, 2006 > Opinion

College construction should be balanced

To the average south college student, the north colleges are a mysterious land -- the source of a few friends and parties and the occasional good lunch. But students from the north colleges are much more likely to frequent the south colleges, even if just on the way to Autry Court. North and south are not so polarized that Rice has two separate campuses, but certainly more interaction and balance between the two halves is desirable. With that in mind, we hope the next two colleges are not both built in the south. (See story, page 1.) Instead, either both colleges should be built in the north or they should be split between north and south.

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