There are many outlets on campus for students wanting to improve things. But for some, student government or club involvement is not enough.

These rare students are spurred by some personal initiative that is not represented through these organizations on campus. It is in this limbo of aspiration where architecture student Abiola Sagbohan, 22, found himself when he came up with some fresh ideas for Campus Center.

Sagbohan took notice at the dated appearance of the complex, and got the impression that “people don’t want to hang out there.”

He began by thinking that he would like to design a sculpture to liven up the area, but the idea grew into a beast of a renewal project, with a ravenous hunger for improvement.

Sagbohan spent about a month on the redesign, working on weekends, cranking up the Bad Religion and putting his vision together.

He initially drew pictures of the center by hand, supplementing his own skills by coming in on weekends and taking pictures and detailed measurements of the center.

He eventually transferred the project to a computer architecture program called Sketchup.

His final creation contains elements of modern architecture, but he stayed fairly contemporary with his design, saying that he “wanted to avoid anything crazy and modern, because it would lose its luster with the public within short years.”

He says his primary inspiration was feasibility, although the project contains some ambitious aspects, such as the sail-like awnings, the waterfall idea and improvements on the stage. Sagbohan proclaims that “these were fun tangents to explore, but are probably not very realistic.”

Instead, he feels that the most important pieces of the project are the new tables and chairs, and the remodeling of the cafeteria. In this regard, he echoes the sentiments of Dean of Students Don Turney, who feels that the cafeteria has a “junior high feel to it.”

According to Turney, there is approximately $300,000 available for spending on Campus Center. The money comes from tuition fees, with a dollar taken from each unit purchased, at a limit of five units per student.

Turney says that he wants the money to be spent on projects that will benefit the students most, and that he is always open to suggestion. Recent projects using these funds include the remodeling of the conference room and the addition of a garden behind it, and the purchase of a new sound system for the Fireside Room.

So far, The Sagbohan Project has been presented to the Student Government Association, but no action has been taken on it.

In addition to his interest in architecture, Sagbohan volunteers at the tutoring center and enjoys a nice game of soccer “in the ghetto, Cottonwood area.” He also frequents Borders Bookstore, and feeds his reading habit with books on evolution and societal progression.

He hopes to transfer to Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, but notes that University of Oregon and Illinois Institute of Technology also are possibilities.