{"id":19809,"date":"2015-09-15T16:34:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T16:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=19809"},"modified":"2015-09-15T16:34:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T16:34:29","slug":"plaza-of-the-americas-renovation-makes-room-for-krishna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=19809","title":{"rendered":"Plaza of the Americas renovation makes room for Krishna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-wCJCbuDjqSY\/VfhIEV0KrGI\/AAAAAAAAT0o\/BvSdwu1hqEE\/s0\/2015-09-15_18-32-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Brian David Schwartz, a UF telecommunications sophomore, chows down on Krishna lunch on the steps of Griffin-Floyd Hall on Sept. 3. Students are banned from eating on the stairs to prepare for extra seating renovations. \u201cHaving Krishna lunch is a very communal experience,\u201d Schwartz said, \u201cus all eating the same food to the beat of a drum.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Alexandra Fernandez, Alligator Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Near the steps of Griffin-Floyd Hall, there\u2019s a sign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please do not eat Krishna Lunch on the steps nor inside Griffin Floyd Hall. Thank you very much,&#8221; it reads.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Dominicis, a UF nursing senior, said she was annoyed when she first saw it.<\/p>\n<p>When it rains, she prefers sitting on the steps instead of the muddy grass.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just think it\u2019s stupid,&#8221; the 20-year-old said. &#8220;There\u2019s such limited seating in the plaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Limited seating on the Plaza of the Americas will be taken care of in an upcoming plaza renovation, UF spokesman Steve Orlando wrote in an email.<\/p>\n<p>The renovation \u2014 headed by the UF Foundation, the fundraising arm of UF that private donations go through \u2014 will cost from $1.65 million to $2.1 million, and will bring a student-organization service area, a central presentation platform, additional bench seating, tables and improved Wi-Fi, Orlando said.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation has partnered with Krishna House to raise funds for the project, said the chaplain and manager of Krishna House, Carl Woodham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have such a long-standing relationship with the university,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The renovation will also bring a designated area for Krishna Lunch to be served, Woodham said.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation is also working with UF Libraries to seek support for a combined Plaza of the Americas and Library West entrance renovation, Orlando said.<\/p>\n<p>The renovation doesn\u2019t have a start or end date yet, but the Foundation is working on the official timeline, Orlando said.<\/p>\n<p>The planning was finalized about a year and a half ago, and small modifications have been added since then.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando said this renovation will be beneficial for students and make the plaza more functional and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>It will ensure people are sitting in the grass instead of the dirt.<\/p>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/goo.gl\/4Js07a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-P5Pv23WoDkk\/VfhIQPu_OyI\/AAAAAAAAT0w\/1V_vUWLr4jk\/s0\/2015-09-15_18-33-05.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\"\/><strong>By Alexandra Fernandez, Alligator Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> The Foundation has partnered with Krishna House to raise funds for the project, said the chaplain and manager of Krishna House, Carl Woodham.  &#8220;We have such a long-standing relationship with the university,&#8221; he said.  The renovation will also bring a designated area for Krishna Lunch to be served, Woodham said.  The Foundation is also working with UF Libraries to seek support for a combined Plaza of the Americas and Library West entrance renovation, Orlando said.  The renovation doesn\u2019t have a start or end date yet, but the Foundation is working on the official timeline, Orlando said.  The planning was finalized about a year and a half ago, and small modifications have been added since then.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19811,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809\/revisions\/19811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}