THE PROJECTS ARE SHOVEL READY. Governor Quinn visited DeKalb today to release funds for renovations of Cole Hall and the Stevens Building. The Stevens renovation will include a new 400 seat lecture hall. Last July, I wondered whether anyone would lend Illinois the money. The state has floated a bond issue from which the governor found $10.3 million (earlier estimates of this project's cost ran as high as $20 million). Construction might begin as early as this summer.