MUN’s student union says it’s high time government stepped in to provide the university with emergency funding to address “crumbling infrastructure” on campus.
In September, the MUNSU launched a poster campaign to bring attention to the issue.
MUNSU president Nick Keough says they’re looking at $481 million in deferred maintenance at the university, adding something’s got to give before the health and safety of students and faculty are further jeopardized.
Nicholas Keough (VOCM News)
Not too long ago the students’ union posted a video of a ceiling tile that suddenly let go and crashed to the floor due to a leak in the middle of an exam in the social work building.
The university recently carried out scheduled work in the MUN tunnels that involved asbestos abatement. While MUN says the work was considered low-risk and warnings and barriers were set up, it didn’t sit well with MUNSU.
“People could really get hurt,” says Keough. “Students could get hit with a ceiling tile in the head, or they could get lung cancer from asbestos and we wouldn’t even know if that happened for decades.”
