On November 6, UW Chancellor John Wiley unveiled a long-range plan to change the face of UW-Madison's East Campus, with a primary focus on the arts on campus. The concept plan, which would likely take a decade to realize, would create an arts and humanities district while providing new student housing, classrooms and a pedestrian mall.

Plans for the area, at the crucial junction between campus and downtown, would create an arts and humanities district to anchor the lower State Street area, adding needed performance, gallery and classroom space and a complement to the city's Overture Center at the opposite end of the street. The plan calls for the demolition of several existing facilities, including the Humanities Building, Peterson administration building, and the Ogg Hall dormatories.

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