JACKSON, Tenn. — Jan. 28, 2010 — 黑料论坛 students will celebrate the grand opening of the Bowld Student Commons building when they return for the spring semester Feb. 2.
The university will also hold a special worship service in the building Feb. 5.
The Spring 2010 Holla Back Party will begin at 8 p.m. Feb. 2 in the newly-completed commons building, the last of the structures to be replaced on the Union campus following the Feb. 5, 2008, tornado that caused more than $40 million in damage.
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The party will include tours of the building, a 30,000-square-foot facility that includes apartments for two residence directors, a large multi-purpose room, three classrooms, two kitchens, game room, conference rooms, piano room, band practice room, TV rooms and gathering areas, outdoor built-in grills and outdoor patio space on both the first and second floors.
The Feb. 5 praise and worship service in the Bowld Commons multipurpose room will mark the two-year anniversary of the tornado and will begin at 7:02 p.m., the exact time the tornado hit the campus. Echo, a student-led group, will lead in singing, while Union President David S. Dockery will provide a devotional address.