Lerner Hall

After years of discussion, plans for the revamped use of Lerner Hall’s sixth floor were announced this afternoon in an e-mail from the outgoing Columbia College Student Council and Engineering Student Council presidents, Michelle Diamond, CC ’08, and Liz Strauss, SEAS ’08. The project would move administrative offices from the fourth floor to the sixth floor of Lerner—a space that is relatively unused—thereby making space for a centralized Center for Student Advising on the fourth floor.

Lerner, like Justin Timberlake, is bringing sexy back. In a joint effort of the Columbia College Student Council, the Engineering Student Council, and Columbia administrators, the “Make Lerner Sexy,” or “Sexify Lerner,” campaign proposes both long and short-term improvements to Lerner to make the student center more attractive and accessible.

Though Lerner’s eight floors house student mailboxes, administrative offices, food courts, and lounge space, many Barnard students say they don’t feel at home. “I definitely feel out of place in Lerner,” Natalie Reilly, BC ’11, said.