Moving creates problems for peer counseling groups that need to provide stability for their clients, the co-directors said.

"It's difficult for a peer counseling group to up and move. Our commitment to confidentiality makes it more difficult," the senior co-director said. "Two people have to be able to drop in with some amount of confidentiality, and you can't [be able to] hear through

The co-directors said Kiely led them to believe they had until the end of the school year to find new office space. But on March 10 they received an e-mail demanding that they vacate the space by today.

"Being informed of it 10 days before the move-pit was frustrating," said the second co-director, a junior.

Adams is hurrying to build the computer lab over Spring Break--in time for reading period and exams, according to Kiely.

Students expressed concern that the move could threaten Contact's future and the health of some gay and lesbian students on campus.

"I'm concerned about the future of Contact and concerned about the importance of the distribution of the services they provide to students," said Tyrone Jones '00, the founder of Spectrum, a group for queer students of color.

"One can't predict when students will need resources like Contact. It has the potential to be harmful, to be a dangerous thing. The resource needs to always be available," he added.

The Co-directors said Kiely did not talk with them personally about the need to move.

"It definitely would have been nice if it had even just been a phone call," the senior co-director said.

The space in Adams House is ideal for Contact's peer counseling work according to the co-directors.

"It is very discomforting to find that we won't be able to work form this space we have had for so many years," the junior co-director said.

The Co-directors said the limited space on campus for student groups is making it difficult for them to relocate.

"I do believe the University could be a little more proactive and helpful in finding space," Jones said. "The lack of definite response from the administration demonstrates a slowness to the needs of students, [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered] students in particular."

But the co-directors praised Dean Epps's office for their help since October.

"University Hall and the people there have been much nicer to deal with [than the House administration]. They have been much nicer to deal with [than the House administration]. They have been the saving grace," the senior co-director said.

Kiely said he doesn't understand why it is taking Contact so long to find a new home.

"It's hard to believe that in all of the other houses, in all of Loker, in all of Dean Epps space, there's not a little room for Contact," Kiely said, who said it is not his job to help relocate the group.

The co-directors prefer to look on the bright side.

"There are new leads that we are looking into right now. We're hopeful that it will work out," the junior co-director said