[00:00.00]NARRATOR: Listen to a conversation between a student and a university activities coordinator.
[00:05.59]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: I understand your problem, but the upper level of the student center isn’t available for the time being.
[00:11.73]FEMALE STUDENT: But my dance group has a performance coming up.
[00:14.38]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: I've been talking with people all day long who are in the exact same situation. [00:19.20]There are at least a dozen dance and drama groups on campus, and they're all scrambling for rehearsal space right now.
[00:26.36]FEMALE STUDENT: But I made this reservation last June, before leaving for the summer. [00:30.66]No one said anything about construction...
[00:32.86]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: That's because no one knew that the remodeling was going to run over into the beginning of the school year. [00:38.22]The builders are just way behind schedule. [00:41.20]For a while, we weren't even sure that the dining hall on the lower level would be ready for the start of the semester. [00:47.41]So, it could've been a lot worse.
[00:50.60]FEMALE STUDENT: So when will…
[00:51.80]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: The whole upper level will be ready in six weeks: [00:55.02]the rehearsal rooms, the game room, the computer center…
[00:58.80]FEMALE STUDENT: Six weeks? [01:00.11]That's not going to help me. [01:01.56]Our performance is in five weeks.
[01:04.46]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: Ah, are you part of the program they planned for Parents'Weekend?
[01:07.82]FEMALE STUDENT: Yeah. The thing is we're a tap dancing group, and we need to practice on hard floors, preferably wood. [01:14.66]We can practice on carpet at first, but ... It's important for us to be able to hear our feet hit the floor.
[01:20.48]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: Interesting. Uh, because of the rhythm, huh?
[01:23.34]FEMALE STUDENT: Yeah, because the tapping becomes part of the music.
[01:26.89]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: …so the floors are very important.
[01:29.34]FEMALE STUDENT: Exactly. And just about everywhere on campus has carpeting.
[01:33.33]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: Well, there's always the stage at the student theater. [01:36.52]Though it's a long shot. We can look at the schedule. [01:39.68]There might be some odd hours free.
[01:42.82]FEMALE STUDENT: What about in town? [01:44.15]Do you think the university could help us rent a rehearsal space in a commercial dance studio in town, given the situation?
[01:50.44]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: That's not really my call. [01:51.91]I can reserve rehearsal and performance spaces on campus for you, but, uh... off campus…
[01:57.99]FEMALE STUDENT: So who would I talk to? [02:00.03]The dance department?
[02:01.44]MALE ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR: Look, let's check the theater schedule first.
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