Faculty of arts representative and fourth-year communications student Sarah Damberger expressed excitement about the opening of the lounge. She commended the arts faculty and former arts representative Vincent St. Pierre, who came up with the initial idea for the lounge.

“The faculty has been an invaluable source of support in the conception and creation of this space along the way and has worked consecutive years with arts representatives now to turn this vision into a reality,” said Damberger. “We are proud to say that arts students now have a home and a place to call their own on campus.”

St. Pierre said he wanted to develop a lounge to increase the engagement of arts students when the faculty of arts was amalgamated in 2010.

Michael Grondin, February 28th, 2014