***Correction: In this article, The Daily inaccurately reported that six televisions would be installed in Old Union to transform the space into a more social atmosphere. In fact, ASSU Executives expect to have at least one large flat-panel TV installed in the first floor lobby. In addition, it is not the Old Union Programming Board that is providing the television set or the X-Box consoles, as The Daily initially reported.***

The resurrection of the CoHo and the remodeling of Old Union are two items currently on the ASSU executive agenda, ASSU President Hershey Avula ‘08 told the Undergraduate Senate last night.

ASSU Executives have been speaking with the Vice Provost for Student Affairs (VPSA) office, which, according to Avula, understands the need for a CoHo replacement.

“There is a push to bring the CoHo back, and the administration realizes it,” Avula said. “The VPSA would like to bring it back, but no one knows what fashion to do it in.”

Preliminary talks have introduced three potential organizations to reopen and manage a CoHo replacement — Stanford Dining, the owners of The Treehouse and Stanford Student Enterprises (SSE).

“The discussion is really up in the air at this point,” Avula said. “There is a necessity for a relaxing place like the CoHo for students to study and hang out.”

That place has become Old Union. The only problem, Avula said, is that Old Union was never intended to be a study space.

“Old Union is not supposed to be used for studying,” he said. “It really frustrates me that it [currently] is.”

The Old Union Programming Board is taking steps to change Old Union from a study space to a place where students can relax.

To renovate the space, the Board will begin by introducing small entertainment items like board games and a foosball table. Eventually, about six televisions will be installed, along with at least three Xbox 360 gaming consoles and several DVD players. Student staff members will also be hired to manage an information desk.

“At this point, we are working for everything to be in as soon as possible,” Avula said.

The remodeling of Old Union is the ASSU Executives’ “big goal” for the quarter.