Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki presented Phase I plans for New Campus during Campus Council's meeting Thursday, generating feedback from the group as details continue to emerge about the project.

Phase I, which is expected to begin this summer, was approved by the Board of Trustees earlier this month and will include the construction of dining, residential and study spaces as an extension of West Campus.

Campus Council members questioned how the restoration projects on West, including Craven and Crowell quadrangles and the West Union Building, would affect construction on New Campus.

"To renovate these Gothics is also really expensive, and so any money put into the Gothics sooner means it's harder to build [New Campus]," Nowicki said.

Renovations to those residence halls would be similar to the Few renovation project and would thus displace a few hundred students for six months, Nowicki added. It is unclear how the projects will be timed-whether New Campus will be completed first to provide swing space for West Campus renovations, or if the Gothics' current conditions warrant immediate renovations.

"Those are not decisions that you nor I will make," he said. "Those are what the president and the executive vice president will ultimately have to make."

With the renovations and findings of the Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee in mind, administrators have begun reconsidering the concept of the on-campus living model.

"We heard very clearly from students that they did not want to be isolated according to class," Nowicki said. "Sophomores in particular did not want to be in a sophomore ghetto. They wanted to be in a place where there would be juniors and seniors around."

Many members of Campus Council were interested in functional space for sororities; however, Nowicki said independents will have first priority.

The University hopes to provide stability for independents who are always being moved around, Nowicki said. This includes allowing independents to remain in their sophomore or junior year dormitories and having internal lotteries based on seniority for spots in those areas.