That's what Weber State University officials were hoping Monday as the committee over new building construction turned down a campus renovation project.

The project - financed by a $20 million revenue bond and backed by student fees - was turned down Monday by the Capital Facilities and Administrative Services Appropriations Subcommittee.

Rep. Brent Goodfellow, D-West Valley City, a committee member who was away when the votes were counted, said that Weber State's project is still on the table.

"It's still early in the session . . . and a lot can happen," Goodfellow said.

The project - to be financed with a $20 million revenue bond backed by student fees - involves repair and renovation of the Shepherd Union Building.

It would add an additional 12,000 square feet to the building that houses the campus bookstore and serves as a student hub.

The Capital Facilities budget committee signed off on several other higher-education projects.

It gave Snow College the OK to go forward in building a new $5 million privately funded football stadium. Panel members also approved three privately funded University of Utah construction projects - a hospital expansion, an addition to a social work building and a new humanities building.

Later in the session, the committee will evaluate several other campus building projects, including renovation of the U.'s Marriott Library.