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Officials at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have agreed to student demands to replace the Maze, a beloved labyrinth of chain-link fence on the outskirts of the campus...
...September of last year, the University decided to tear down the nine-year-old sculpture after artist Richard Fleischner, who presented the Maze to the University in 1978, expressed dismay at the condition of his work during a campus visit...
...student opposition to demolishing the structure was unexpectedly strong. Students Joel Rabinowitz and Joseph Demeo, cofounders of the "Save the Maze Coalition," gathered approximately 2500 signatures in a petition drive, and then placed the issue on a student referendum in which 90 percent of those surveyed supported keeping the maze...
...response to the students' wishes, UMass will tear down the old structure and replace it with a new maze designed by a UMass student chosen by competition...
...Almost every student has gone through the maze at least once during his four year at UMass," said Rabinowitz. "It's become a tradition," he said...