Boston University students returned to campus this semester to six classrooms and a new 200-seat lecture hall near Kenmore Square, after the university completed its latest renovation project on the Kenmore Classroom Building.

The renovated building, located at 565 Commonwealth Ave., now includes more advanced media capabilities, media control boxes and ceiling projectors, reducing the need for portable transparencies and allowing for greater freedom for the teacher, according to BU spokesman Colin Riley.

‘These are substantial contributions to the overall quality of the classrooms,’ Riley said.

But students have had mixed reactions to the new classrooms, which began hosting courses at the beginning of the semester.

‘Adding technology to classrooms is a good allotment of money only if a majority of the students are able to use the renovated rooms,’ said Steven O’Mahoney-Schwartz, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The added improvement of technology in selected classrooms may benefit the few but some students disagree with the choice to only renovate some classes.

CAS sophomore Matt Bezerman also expressed irritation with the changes.

‘I haven’t experienced any changes in my classrooms,’ he said. ‘I think it is great that there are renovations but I would like to see some for myself.’

Bezerman said he is also concerned with the cost of the renovations.

‘With our tuition going up every year there has to be better ways to see our money in action,’ said Bezerman.

The location of the renovations has puzzled and frustrated some students.

‘The CAS building needs renovations as badly as any building on campus. It’s inadequate for the school,’ stated O’Mahoney-Schwartz.

Riley said classroom renovations have been an ongoing project at BU, as the university continues working to update campus infrastructure. BU has also been renovating many of its dormitories, Riley said.

‘There are always plans for new renovations but it’s a gradual process,’ Riley said. ‘Every year we make renovations to classrooms and housing. Improving the technology in the classrooms has been continuing. It is obviously very expensive to renovate these buildings, but most of the costs had to do with the fixtures that were implemented to help the students.’