Students Request More Space and Activities at Student Life Building

By Enmanuel Sori

College facilities are often seen as massive from the outside, but for those using them regularly, the reality might seem underwhelming. This is often the case at Lehman College, CUNY.

Although many students enjoy The Lehman College Student Life Building, a majority believe that the space should be bigger and offer a greater variety of games and entertainment.

Adolfo Miliano, a sophomore at Lehman said, “[It needs] probably more equipment. For example, they have air hockey tables, but no one uses them. They could replace it with another ping-pong table or another pool table.”

 Along with a greater range of games, some students requested more space for studying.

Lehman freshman Gloribel Perdomo said, “The building needs to be bigger in order to have some extra study rooms because the ones in the library aren’t that nice. Also maybe adding a better variety of games would allow for more student engagement as the chances of someone finding a game they’ll play would be higher.”

The Student Government Association also supports initiatives to make the Student Life Building more robust.

Tina Nguyen, the Events Coordinator of the SGA said, “It would definitely be great to expand and upgrade the Student Life Building because there’s so many clubs and they deserve to have a big space to collaborate with each other.”

While a growing majority of students and SGA representatives have informally discussed the need for a larger space for campus activities, there are currently no confirmed future plans for expansion.