In last Thursday’s paper, we reported that the Communication Arts Department will likely be moving to a renovated Sanford Hall as soon as the summer of 2013.

The department was previously removed from its primary home in Veazey Hall and has had classes scattered in buildings all around the university.

The Board of Regents must still approve the move, however Dean Michael Smith has said he expects no problems with the board’s approval.

A permanent home for comm arts will be a definite positive and necessity for both the department and GSU as a whole. We are a rapidly growing school that needs to be able to keep up with increasing enrollment, and the first step towards that is having adequate room for all the departments.

Even when the department was located in Veazey, there were widespread complaints about the large columns located obtrusively in the center of many classrooms.

Having enough room for a department is also important for recruiting purposes. Not having a solid brick-and-mortar building to look at is going to discourage students to enroll at GSU. Nobody wants to study a major knowing that they would be living a nomadic academic life.

We praise this move, and we hope that comm arts fits well in a renovated Sanford.