Oxfam closed for renovations

Oxfam Caf?©, the student-run eatery in the basement of Miller Hall, has closed early for winter break to repair a broken window and to repaint the interior.

The window was broken the night of Friday, Nov. 21 during a performance in the caf?©. "Someone put their head through the window and ran off," manager Frances Dixon said.

"Whoever the manager was that night couldn't see that window, and it wasn't until the end of the night that somebody told her what happened," she said. "We don't know who it was."

The caf?© was originally scheduled to close this Sunday.

Oxfam is a self-sustaining operation that is financially independent of the university, but according to manager Jen Ko, the University is paying for the window replacement because it is technically on the outside of a residence hall.

The window is expected to be replaced by Friday, when Oxfam will reopen temporarily for the last Midnight Caf?© performance of the semester. Neither Dixon nor Ko knew how much the new window would cost.

Oxfam managers decided to have the interior repainted at the same time "to brighten the place up a little," Dixon said. The cost of repainting the interior will be funded by caf?© proceeds and the Midnight Caf?© budget. Repainting was scheduled to be completed by last night.

Sophomore Elizabeth Bishop, who had meetings scheduled for the student organizations Emerge and the Coalition for Social Justice and Non-Violence this week, said Oxfam managers notified her in time to arrange another location. "It's a slight inconvenience, but we'll manage," she said.

In a separate project, the university is also repairing the sidewalk and curbing adjacent to Miller Hall.