Technician reported Tuesday that Facilities will demolish Riddick Stadium Field House over spring break, beginning March 2. Our response to the news: about time. However, some other students don’t feel the same way and created a “Save the Field House” Facebook page with a link asking students, alumni, faculty, staff and fans to sign the Petition to Save the Riddick Stadium Field House.

But the destruction is long overdue — the 2007 Master Plan for the University called for the Field House to be torn down.

The creators of the Facebook page believe the building is “key to N.C. State’s past.” But let us remember that the Field House was part of Riddick Stadium, which hosted Wolfpack football from 1907 until the completion of Carter-Finley Stadium in 1966. Though the fans may have felt sentimental about Riddick, it is said that the football players were first to volunteer to tear down the small, rarely used stadium. 

The petition’s creators propose, “Let’s fix it up! Let’s make it into a usable space! Let’s not wait for those above us to make the right decisions!” 

But the building’s location at the end of a parking lot, adjacent to the railroad tracks, makes it too inconvenient to be worthy of renovation. Furthermore, the Field House is an eyesore beyond repair. 

The Field House has not served much of a purpose in recent years. Kevin MacNaughton, associate vice chancellor for Facilities, was quoted in Tuesday’s Field House article saying that the building was used most recently to house construction contractors working on SAS Hall and the Yarborough Energy Plant.

The petitioners dramatically conclude their description, “And foremost importantly, let us not allow the doomsday to come on March 2.”

The destruction of a building does not warrant a comparison to doomsday. In fact, while facilities workers are tearing down the Field House, Technician advocates the demolishment of most of West Campus along with several other buildings scattered throughout N.C. State -— or at least drastic renovations.

Lee and Sullivan halls are in the running for most unoriginal designs. And although they both have elevators, they are considered only partially handicapped accessible because the elevators stop halfway between floors, forcing residents to climb up or down a few steps.

Poe and Harrelson halls are two of the least aesthetically pleasing buildings on campus, and our editorial board will be the first to admit that they make this ugly campus even uglier. They are also brick-free, making them a campus anomaly. If you must make an ugly building, at least make it brick so it blends into the background and the foreground and the ground. 

In addition to being hard on the eyes, Harrelson is a nuisance. The stairs are steep, the circular shape makes it hard to navigate and the elevator — if you can find it — feels shaky. After two reports declared Harrelson unfit for renovation, the North Carolina State Board of Trustees approved its demolition by 2015. 

We also wouldn’t miss outdated and uneasy-on-the-eyes Bostian, Dabney or Cox halls.

You can’t swing a wrecking ball on main campus without hitting a building we’d like to tear down.

We know all good things must come to an end, but what about bad things? Well, petitions like these only ensure the permanence of “bad things” like the Field House, which exhibits cracks in its foundation in which you can stick your hand. Though the petition is respectable for making students’ voices heard, Technician upholds the necessity of the demolition.