The Reitz Union Board of Managers is seeking student signatures to petition the Make It Reitz project, a renovation and expansion of the Reitz Union.
The Make It Reitz campaign is similar to the Renew Your Reitz campaign from spring 2010, but the Renew Your Reitz aimed at funding this new project.
“We are focused on educating students, finding out their needs and gaining support so that we can give them the services and resources,” said Melanie Varney, chairwoman of the Board of Managers.
Make It Reitz was formed in the fall of 2010 by Varney after she joined Renew Your Reitz.
The union’s programming committee is currently putting together a document that contains all of the needs that students said they want. The ultimate objective is to be able to hand the document over to the architects and build a student union that meets the growing needs of students.
The board of managers committee plans to give Eddie Daniels, executive director of the Reitz Union, the document, letters of support from the student organizations and student-signed petitions by the end of February or early March.
The campaign fliers list the problems the supporters feel need fixing, from the outdated design and floor plan to the limited number of available parking spots.
Varney said the campaign has about 1,200 signatures of support and about 20 letters of support from presidents of various student organizations.
