The columns are the oldest structures on the Tech campus and have deteriorated significantly in the past few years. I hope to talk to someone in the next week or so who can start the ball rolling on saving them.
My wife's grandmother used to call the Presidnet's office at least once a year wanting something to be done to them. Her husbands class was the one that had them built.
I think we know where we can find some bricks to use to replace the badly damaged ones....