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The Paresky Center is the new student center to replace , replacing [[Baxter Hall]]. It is expected to open opened in January 2007, after two years of construction. It will house houses many important things that have been homeless while resources and services. ==What it was looks like==[[Image:Paresky Nov 15 2006.jpg|thumb|right|The Paresky Center under construction., as of 15 Nov 2006]]

Here is Above: an architect's rendering of what the Paresky Center will would look like when it , created before Baxter came down. Below: a photograph of the same view, the day before the Paresky Center opened. [[Image:Paresky15Feb07.JPG]] Here are [http://web.williams.edu/resources/paresky/opening/ pictures] of the opening. ==Whitman's==[[Whitman's Marketplace|Whitman's]], more commonly called "Paresky," features a deli, a cereal station, a carving station for rotisserie chicken, Teppanyaki grills with a vegetarian and vegan focus, a salad station, and a pasta station. =='82 Grill==Serves personal-sized pizza, hot sandwiches, nachos, several flavors of wings, soup and salad for lunch, dinner, and late night (which is completed8:30PM to 1AM). Pizza toppings are abundant. In addition, on Monday through Friday there are pasta bowls with sauces and toppings available from 8:30PM to 10PM.

[[Image:Paresky Nov 15 2006Meal points can be used here for lunch, dinner, and excess points can be used at late night.jpg|thumb|right|The Paresky Center under constructionRegrettably, as of 15 Nov 2006]]guesting is not allowed.

The Paresky Center will have has a [[Snack Bar]] snack bar reminiscent of the old snack bar in [[Baxter Hall|Baxter]], with curved walls and wooden booths. This is [http[Lee Snack Bar]], which is open every day from 8://www30 am to 4 pm.williamsrecord You can use cash or Eph Points here, but '''not''' the meal plan.com/wr/?view=article&section=news&id=8309 According to  However, when most people say [[Snack Bar]], they mean the] November 15late night snack bar, 2006 ''which operates out of [[The Williams RecordWhitman's Marketplace|RecordWhitman's]]from 8 pm to 1 am. If you have missed any meal during the current week, you can use those meal points here. ==Facilities==From a February 8, 2007 e-mail from Doug Schiazza::The '':'Performance Space/Auditorium''' (L02) has 150 fixed seats, theater-style, and is A/V equipped. It has a small stage, with a green room and a dressing room behind the stage. :Equivalency The '''Dining Room''' (103) has 162 chairs with tables, and although it is primarily used for students on dining seating, it can be requested to be used when the meal plan who do not eat dinner will also rise '''Market Place''' is closed. The room has an integrated sound system, and opens to the south patio. Due to $8the nature of the space (primarily dining seating), from its current value reservation requests should be submitted to the Office of Campus Life through the online form at $6least 3 weeks in advance for consideration. :The '''Class of '58 Lounge''' (222) has 22 seats, including couches & chairs, plus coffee/end tables, and has a maximum capacity of 86 combined with the '''Henze Lounge'''. This lounge, which overlooks '''Baxter Great Hall''', features sliding doors to '''East Balcony''' and a wonderful view to the east.75 Please note that this is an open area (not private). Because this is a lounge, it typically must remain open for general usage. The new Snack Bar in Paresky, will maximum total time that the '58 Lounge may be open reserved is 3 hours for any given 9am - 2am period without special permission from 8 the Office of Campus Life. :The Henze Lounge (223) has 22 seats, including couches & chairs, plus coffee/end tables and has a maximum capacity of 86 combined with the '''Henze Lounge'''. This lounge, which also overlooks '''Baxter Great Hall''', features awood-burning fireplace.m Please note that this is an open area (not private). to 2 Because this is alounge, it typically must remain open for general usage. The maximum total time that the Henze Lounge may be reserved is 3 hours for any given 9am - 2am period without special permission from the Office of Campus Life.m :Two Meeting Rooms (112 & 114) offer 12 chairs at a conference table. on Monday through SaturdayThey are A/V equipped, have a blackboard, and from 10 have apass-through door between them.m :One Meeting Room (207) offers 6 lounge chairs, plus coffee tables. to 2 It is A/V equipped and has ablackboard.m :Another Meeting Room (210) offers 8 chairs at a conference table. on Sunday It is A/V equipped and has a blackboard.

==Marketplace==According to the November 15, 2006 ''[[:The Williams Record|Record]]'', [http://www.williamsrecordlargest Meeting Room (220) offers 20 chairs at a conference table.com/wr It is A/?view=article&section=news&id=8309 the Marketplace will be as follows]::The Marketplace will feature a deliV equipped, has a carving station for rotisserie chickenblackboard, Teppanyaki grills with a vegetarian and vegan focus and salad and pasta stations, and will be open Monday through Thursday from 11 has a.m. wonderful view to 2 p.m. the north and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. east (especially of [[Chapin Hall]] and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. ...:“It’ll be more of ‘a la carte’ – no longer ‘all you can eat.’ It’s going to be a different situation, and it will take a while for everything to settle,” said Heidi Duncan, a cook at Mission[[Baxter Lawn]]).

==Also seeSee also==*[http://www.williams.edu/goresources/studentcenter/webcam.php Live webcam of construction progress]*[http://www.williams.edu/go/studentcenterparesky/ Paresky Center main page]