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[[Image:Paresky Sep 11 2006.jpg|thumb|right|The Paresky Center under construction, as of 11 Sep 2006]]
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 [[:Category:Resources|resources]] and services that have been homeless while it was under construction.
==OpeningWhat it looks like==From a February 2[[Image:Paresky Nov 15 2006.jpg|thumb|right|The Paresky Center under construction, 2007 e-mail from Nancy Roseman, Dean as of the College::Come 7 a.m. on [February] 16th the building is all ours. On that Friday and Saturday the [[Snack Bar15 Nov 2006]] will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Market Place servery from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both will offer free samplings of food and drink on those two days. Both will begin regular operations that Sunday.
:The [[Winter CarnivalImage:Paresky drawing.png]] official opening event will take place Friday evening in front of the fireplace in Baxter Great Hall.
Above:[[Grab & Go]] will move to Paresky Feb. 19th, the new an architect'82 Grill will open on s rendering of what the 26thParesky Center would look like, and student [[SU box|mailboxes]] will be activated at the end of Spring Breakcreated before Baxter came down.
Get excited. But don't go into Below: a photograph of the buildingsame view, as it isn't approved for occupation yetthe day before the Paresky Center opened.
[[Image:Paresky15Feb07.JPG]] Here are [http://web.williams.edu/resources/paresky/opening/ pictures] of the opening. ==What it will look likeWhitman's==[[Image:Whitman's Marketplace|Whitman's]], more commonly called "Paresky drawing," 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.png]]
Here is an architect=='s rendering 82 Grill==Serves personal-sized pizza, hot sandwiches, nachos, several flavors of what the Paresky Center will look like when it 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.
==Snack Bar(SNAR)==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 [[httpLee Snack Bar]], which is open every day from 8://www30 am to 4 pm.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article&section=news&id=8309 According to the] November 15 You can use cash or Eph Points here, 2006 but '''[[The Williams Record|Record]]not'''::Equivalency for students on the meal plan who do not eat dinner will also rise to $8, from its current value at $6.75. The new Snack Bar in Paresky, will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Monday through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Sunday.
==Marketplace==According to the November 15However, 2006 ''when most people say [[The Williams Record|RecordSnack Bar]]'', or SNAR for short, they mean the late night snack bar, which operates out of [http://www.williamsrecord.com/wr/?view=article&section=news&id=8309 the [Whitman's Marketplace will be as follows|Whitman's]]::The Marketplace will feature a deli, a carving station for rotisserie chicken, Teppanyaki grills with a vegetarian and vegan focus and salad and pasta stations, and will be open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. 9 pm to 2 p1 am.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. ...:“It’ll be more of ‘a la carte’ – no longer ‘all If you have missed any meal during the current week, 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 Missionuse those meal points here.
==Facilities==
:The largest Meeting Room (220) offers 20 chairs at a conference table. It is A/V equipped, has a blackboard, and has a wonderful view to the north and east (especially of [[Chapin Hall]] and of [[Baxter Lawn]]).
 
Although not included in Doug's email, it's worth noting that Paresky has fantastic water fountains that fill up water bottles in a jiffy.
==See also==
*[http://www.williams.edu/goresources/studentcenter/webcam.php Live webcam of construction progress]*[http://www.williams.edu/go/studentcenterparesky/ Paresky Center main page]
*[http://wso.williams.edu/PhotoShare/album?id=316 Photos of interior as of March 15, 2006]
*[http://wso.williams.edu/PhotoShare/album?id=341 Photos of interior as of May 21, 2006]
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