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Heraldo.es: floods, pests and inaccessible rooms in the Faculty of Philosophy

Teachers, students and staff reported the poor condition of the building. They complain that no one listens if not protests, calling for urgent reforms. Almost all are denied, they urge patience because there is a project approved since 2005 for a total reconstruction.

Archaeology Store area, where items of great value .. GA

TVs in the hallways, boxes of valuable archaeological cornered in rooms that are flooded and inaccessible classrooms wheelchair. Three of the many scenes that should live every day teachers, students and employees of the Faculty of Arts the University of Zaragoza .

For almost six years, a project submitted and accepted to reform and build new facilities, but currently there is not even a start date for construction. "It could be in 2012 (taking 5 years to complete)," says Carlos Gonzalez, director of the Technical Unit of the Building and Maintenance the University of Zaragoza.

"Rather than studying, living history," Look says Marta, a student and one of the students this week organized a protest attended by about 200 people . One more of those who for years have been held in the center, which offers 30 degrees-for the same reason.

They complain that this is the only way to get attention. "We had to put umbrellas and create a funeral to listen to us," says Mira. But after protesting, and media leave the situation unchanged .

Most of the faculty is inaccessible to people with disabilities, elevators which do not fit narrow wheelchairs and access by stairs to the main classroom. In winter, heating "is so old", says Mira, "in a classroom can be with the window open and feeling warm, and another room with a coat and freezing to death."

In 2008, he fell of the roof of the study hall of Philology of the leaks, which is recorded in a well visited video on YouTube. "They exchanged the roof, but not noticed anything. in new parts as you can see new signs of moisture , there is a fan that can fall at any moment, "says the concierge of the building , Rafael Sastrón .

"They have been solving specific problems such as leaky and renovated the auditorium. We can not turn around when we are waiting for the project, but we have dignified facilities, capable to develop work with dignity those who are there, "argues González.

The dean of the faculty, Severino Escolano , thinks not. He instances the inability to develop new educational plans of Bologna, which require much work in groups: "They are large classrooms, where they can not move the chairs and students is difficult to communicate" .

says Dean has asked for "urgent reforms and small point", such as the Aula Magna necessary to begin next year and have been met, but have to wait for further reform.

Insect and archeological pieces

"We have a budget six thousand euros for infrastructure and six thousand more for housing . That gives to put a wall or a screen, or fix a window, but not enough for general maintenance of the building, "says Escobar.

Cockroaches and ants are common in the basement. In one of them is the archaeological area , head of the laboratory and found there, Teresa Artigas regrets the situation while showing cabinets where they keep parts removed from the Ibero-Roman site Botorrita and ceramic material of the Bronze Age, among other valuables.

Almost everything is stored in boxes to be stacked in the hallways for lack of space. And as the room is ground level, when it rains, it floods .

The nearly 150 students who attend class in that part of the faculty, should narrow down stairs and trainees must develop their research in small cubicles, which they call tanks, sharing space with up to four people.

offices in the rest of the faculty is the same. "Sometimes teachers turns students receive. Leaving three teachers and one is left inside, "Marta Mira account, which describes other curious landscape of its power as a source a sign saying" danger of electrocution. "

According to this student, and this coincides with their dean and with the custodian of the place, "people who come to visit the faculty is friendly and nice, because it is old, but the problem is the daily operation." Classrooms

computers without ventilation or windows, vending machines and chairs damaged almost rotten in the study room with posters coexist installed three years ago, showing several pictures of how will the building in the future.