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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N Wednesday September 30, 2009 Volume 91, No. 23 www. theshorthorn. com Since 1919 BY JOAN KHALAF The Shorthorn senior staff University officials are looking at Ransom Hall as their first choice... More

T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N Wednesday September 30, 2009 Volume 91, No. 23 www. theshorthorn. com Since 1919 BY JOAN KHALAF The Shorthorn senior staff University officials are looking at Ransom Hall as their first choice for a freshman success center. By Aug. 1, 2010, the entire building would be transformed into a one-stop shop for freshman for advising, testing, tutoring and most services firstyear undergraduates would need. The 24-hour computer lab and UTA Computer Store on the first floor, and the computer labs for classes on the other two floors, would be removed, said Donald Bobbitt, provost and academic affairs vice president. “In my office, we have this moral obligation to make sure every student is successful,” Bobbitt said. A temporary university officials group will draft a recommendation for President James Spaniolo, outlining the estimated renovation cost of where they choose to put the center, among other project details to be final Less