Editing Western Michigan University (section)

=== Student activism ===
Placement of the Chemistry Building generated much controversy from student groups because it displaced a large portion of greenery in the center of West Campus. A temporary outdoor plaza was constructed outside of Sangren Hall in 2007 to replace the greenery. However, this also generated controversy and protests among students and faculty because of its aesthetic characteristics and costs. One such protest by a student group involved requesting the financial records of the construction and using chalk to depict the costs of each item on the plaza.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-25/1190214082159280.xml&coll=7 |title=Michigan |publisher=Mlive.com |date=November 1, 2011 |access-date=November 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222041300/http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-25%2F1190214082159280.xml&coll=7 |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>