Café changes

By Candice Norrell
Sports Editor

New students as well as sophomores on campus will never know how beautiful Cotter Hall once was before it burned to the ground on June 12, 2006. But hopefully they have at least heard of the house that was located between La Salle and Hoffman halls.
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To help commemorate the beautiful brick house, built in 1876-77, I went to Chris Kendall, vice president of student development, early last year with the idea of either building a coffee shop where Cotter Hall once stood or changing the name of Main Street Café, located on the third floor of Saint Mary’s Hall, to Cotter Café. After talking to a few more people, Kendall was able to get the name and look changed over the summer.

To read about the history of Cotter Hall, students may visit www.smumn.edu/sitepages/pid2331.php.