Loss of the Mods is loss of tradition

I don't know what the Boston College Master Plan has in store for the Mods but I would hope the University plans on keeping at least half-a-dozen of the structures.  Please do not think that I am comparing the BC Mods with say, the Lawn at the University of Virginia, but they have been a large part of the contemporary BC student culture and should be remembered in a functioning, if not significant way.  Six Mods would allow for 36 students of some merit to live there in the same way UVA honorees live in the Lawn residences.  Consider a Mod that might house the editor of The Heights, a football player, a women's lacrosse player, the WZBC radio station manager, an AHANA student leader, and an actor or actress from BC's theatre group.  Or any number of combinations that could occur.  Eventual removal of all of the mod structures would be a terrible mistake and a complete failure to recognize the fondness that many alumni, like myself, have for that experience.  Thanks for reading my thoughts.

Phil Bayer

BC '72