The building is unique because there will be a rooftop garden.

It is the largest building on campus. The building will be labeled a 'green building' because it will be LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] certified.

Local legislatures, politicians, friends of the university and students will be able to come see the building.

I think the tuition can be easily justified. It's a very responsible increase for higher education to ask for. It's not a bank buster.

The budget is going to be OK. We're not going to have a windfall of money, but we have resources.

This will be a tremendous boost for our area because textile has been king for a hundred years or more. We just happen to all be living in a time when we're seeing, for lack of a better term, the death nail.