Final papers, final projects and final exams aren't the only deadlines Sarah Kolcun will be worried about next week.

"I have a lot of work, a lot of finals, and I have to worry about moving out," she said.

That's because Kolcun (sophomore-crime, law and justice), a Graduate Circle resident, must leave her apartment by Dec. 18 so demolition work can continue on the complex.

Original plans to demolish the buildings were set for later this month but have been postponed until March. All displaced residents have the option of moving into a residence hall or the White Course Apartments following their removal from Graduate Circle.

Interior work has begun on some of the Graduate Circle apartments in preparation for the demolition of the buildings.

Larry Bair, project manager, said work couldn't begin on the buildings until March because the internal demolition has not yet been completed.

"Even though you cannot see the demolition, it is being done; it's just all interior right now," he said.

Kolcun said workers are taking things out of the building next to hers, and they begin work early in the morning.

"I hope they don't do that during finals week, or I'm going to have to go somewhere else," she said.

Bair said they are working on taking asbestos out of the pipes and drywall.

"Asbestos isn't harmful until you start ripping it apart," he said.

Conal Carr, assistant director of housing and residence life for the university apartments and suites, said they are working with the asbestos and pipes in four of the 16 unoccupied buildings.

After Dec. 18, he said things such as stoves and refrigerators will be taken out of the apartments that are currently occupied

He said rebuilding was originally planned for fall 2007, but it's been postponed because of other construction projects and upgrades on campus. However, it will begin sometime in the next two years.

Carr added that it has not been determined yet when the buildings will again be available for student living.

Gordon Turow, director of campus planning and development, said the master plan for the buildings is finalized, and it shows how they will be built out in phases.

He said there will be improvement for Graduate Circle in every sense -- comfort, aesthetics, quality and condition.

Turow said there will also be improvements in the bus service and in outdoor space.

"The big idea is that it will be a dramatic improvement, and I think the students will be very pleased," he said.

Alex Levin (sophomore-actuarial science) said he moved into Graduate Circle this year because he was not offered a regular housing contract.

"It's an all right place, it's just really far away," he said.

Levin said he hopes it will look completely different from the way it is now when the reconstruction is finished.

"Compared to downtown apartments, it's not really furnished, and it's very bare and desolate," he said.