Sophomore Lyndsey Wajert, the Hatchet’s contributing opinions editor, argues that the University needs more information about the proposed Science and Engineering Complex before moving forward.

In November 2008, the University was dangerously moving forward with building a Science and Engineering Complex projected to cost up to $350 million at a time when the nation was spiraling into a recession. In a column titled “Checking the State of the Pequod,” I warned GW to “keep a weather eye on the horizon” in regard to financing the University’s proposed plans. A year and three months later, GW is still pursuing that distant spot on the horizon, but any progress will be hindered if it does not disclose a determined cost of getting us to the imagined destination.