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-'''Gordon Commons''' (previously titled the '''All Campus Dining Center''', referred to as the '''ACDC''' and now the '''Deece''') is the main dining hall on campus.
+{{Wikipedia|page=Students' Building (Vassar College)}}
+The '''Deece''' (officially '''Gordon Commons''') is the main dining hall on campus.
+== Terminology ==
+The building itself is called the '''Students' Building''' as specified by Mary Babbott Ladd (class of 1908), who funded its construction for the "exclusive needs and interests of student organizations".<ref>Borton, Mark C. (1984). ''Vassar: A Photographic Celebration''. Haddam, CT: Embassy Imprint, Inc. ISBN 0-930527-01-1.</ref><sup>:46</sup> The '''All Campus Dining Center''' (abbreviated as '''ACDC''', which morphed into "Deece") opened within the building in 1973,<ref>Borton, Mark C. (1984). ''Vassar: A Photographic Celebration''. Haddam, CT: Embassy Imprint, Inc. ISBN 0-930527-01-1.</ref><sup>:56</sup> replacing the earlier system of dining rooms within each dorm. The All Campus Dining Center was renamed Gordon Commons in 2018 following its renovation funded by Ellen Rubin Gordon ’52.<ref>https://www.vassar.edu/stories/2018/181025-all-campus-dining-center-renamed-gordon-commons.html</ref>
+== References ==
 [[Category:Buildings]]