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■ ■■■ j*s*&ri H ■■■■■■■ TCU DAILY SKIFF Vol. 84, No. 63 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1987 Fort Worth, Texas Moncrief Hall will house 224 By Shuri Thweatt tion lobby and entranceway, Barr said. Staff Writer She said the building's design will Construction of Moncrief Hall, be similar to the shape of a Z, with two TCU's new $5 million residence hall, wings parallel to each other and the will probably begin in the middle of entranceway perpendicular to the two May 1987, Vice Chancellor for Admi- wings. nistrative Services Edd E. Bivin said. One of the wings will be called The Board of Trustees has named "House One." It will house mainly the new residence hall in honor of Dr. football and basketball players. and Mrs. William A. Moncrief Sr. and Females will live in "House Two," Mr. and Mrs. William A. Moncrief Jr. and mates wilt live in "House Three," because of their "deep commitment which will make up the second wing, to TCU and Fort Worth." Barr said. Together, the families donated a sum of $4 million to TCU for construc- "Athletes will receive priority (in tion of the new residence hall. The entering the new residence hall)," remaining $1 million came from other said Assistant Vice Chancellor of Stu- outside donations to the university. dent Affairs Don Mills. Moncrief Halt will be ready for Milton Daniel Hall will be con- occupancy in the fall of 1988. It will verted into a "general residence hall house both student athletes and non- for males" and may eventually also athlete undergraduates, Bivin said. house females. Mills said. It will rest on 66,066 square feet of land north of the Rickel Building and TCU football player Vince Justus west of Milton Daniel Hall, said said the suites in Moncrief Hall will Athletic Director Frank Windegger. make it a more comfortable place to live than Milton Daniel Hall. The new residence halt will be a four-story building containing 56 TCU swimmer Jeff Taylor said he suites and will house 224 residents, hopes Moncrief Hall will have better Bivin said. plumbing than Milton Daniel Hall Moncrief Hall will provide TCU does. students with recreation areas, a Both students agree that the Mon- study room and a conference room, crief Hall site is good because it is said Vice Chancellor of Student located near the athletic facilities. Affairs Peggy Barr. Bivin said the conference room will No additional parking spaces will be used for "summer programming be provided for the residents of Mon- and athletic meetings." crief Hall, but many student athletes do not consider that a problem. The Buildings and Grounds Com- mittee of the Board of Trustees chose TCU track-team member Wayne Albert S Komatsu and Associates of Barker said there is ample parking Fort Worth to design the new resi- space in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum for dence hall. an overflow of cars in the Milton Moncrief Hall will share the tradi- Daniel Hall parking lot. Phonathon off to a successful start; tional design of other residence halls Justus and TCU soccer player Joani on campus. It will be made of cream Parker son said both male and female brick and have a red-tiled roof, Bivin athletes deserve a residence hall of said. their own. Lambda Chi Alpha and CCC in lead Moncrief Halt will he composed of ""Moncrief Hall wi be a good "It's hard work," said Lisa Feder- Both Federwisch and Aldridge had members can call them for the Pho- two wings connected by a combina- thing," Parkerson said. By Jerry Madden wisch, one of the callers. "Tonight five cluttered piles of calling cards nathon. Staff Writer isn't going as well as last night. Maybe placed next to their phones. "They try to match it up where you Monday night was the second night it's just the pile (of phone numbers) 1 Thi. cards were divided into five call former members of your group," piles: No. Will consider. Pledges, Not Aldridge said. Buchanan resigns, of the TCU National Phonathon, and have." it turned out to be a profitable one for Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity there and Bad numbers/addresses. "It helps having us call former Lambda Chis," Aldridge said. "The TCU. helped man the phones Monday "Will consider" is for people who people we called earlier probably Phonathon director Mike McKee night Member Philip Aldridge say they might want to pledge but resignee list grows wouldn't have given anything unless said students raised •11,595 Monday agreed with Federwisch that this year can't at the present time. they knew another Lambda Chi was WASHINGTON (API-Patrick J Fitzwatei also said there seems night and a total of $26,271 in two the work is hard, "Most of the people I've talked to to be "kind of open speculation days Aldridge said pledges are coming in are friendly," Federwisch said. calling them.' Buchanan. President Reagan's Despite the Lambda Chis' efforts, combative chief of communica- around town" that Richard Perle. a The normally luxurious Faculty small amounts. However, some are not- most of the phones were idle between tions, added his name Tuesday to a top administration policy-maker in Center in Reed Hall had people, pap- "A lot of people just aren't able to "Like I had this one man," Feder- 8 and 9 p.m. However, by 9 p.m., growing list of administration res- arms control, is poised to resign as ers and phones scattered in clumps, give as much this year."' he said. "I wisch said, "who got on the phone and students had raised more than ignations, sawng he could work for an assistant secretary of defense. Marriott Food Service donated sand- had two people who each gave $500 said, 'No, I don't want to contribute $10,000 for the university. conservative causes more effective- However, he said. "'I've not re- wiches and drinks, which were scat- last year, and this year they both said this time,' and just hung upon me." "Have we beaten ROTC yet?" a ly outside the White House. ceived any word or letters or any tered across tables. they couldn't give anything.'' "You usually get about one out of 10 Federwisch said she talked to a lot Lambda Chi phoner asked. Buchanan, who announced last indication'' to confirm it. Placards sat next to the phones to people who are rude to you,' Fitzwater said Donald Regan of people who have lost their jobs dur- They just had. On Sunday, ROTC month that he would not run for assist callers and remind them of proc- Aldridge said. He said sometimes raised $7,661. But by the end of Mon- president, has seemed frustrated in would not resign as Reagan's chief edures they learned earlier. ing the year. people like to talk to the callers for a day night, Lambda Chi Alpha had his two-year campaign to get the of staff, despite calls for that action Every now and then someone A lot of people say this is a bad while. raised $9,655, putting them at the top administration to follow a hardline b\ nieinlR'rs of Congress and others would call out that a new pledge had year," Aldridge said "I had one man who was asking me of the large group leaden list. conservative script in the wake of the lran-Contra been made, and someone would rush Normal donations ran between $15 and $25 Once in a while, however, a about the basketball team and where The current leader in the small Announcing the resignation, scandal. to the tally board to mark it down we were ranked," Aldridge said. group category is the Campus Christ- presidential spokesperson Marlm Fitzwater said the departures Tired faces told the story-most of big donation would come through, were normal after an election and the students had been there since the "I've got $500 here,'' someone Organizers of the Phonathon have ian Community with $555. Fitzwater said Buchanan "feels he can tatter influence the issues and said Reagan understood the need to beginning, and the two hours of call- would yell. Then another, '$1,000 prepared lists of former members of Federwisch is the individual lead- politics of 1988 and the direction of move on. ing had begun to show. over here." campus groups so current group er, raising $2,170 in two days. the conservative movement and There was no immediate Republican Party b\ speaking and announcement of Buchanan's suc- writing from a vantage point out- cessor, but Fitzwater said Bucha- Clements says volunteer work caused win side the White House." nan, as well as Daniels, would be Clements made Fort Worth the last some fairly deep cuts," he said, but Clements said his plans for mini- He will leave the $77,40<K,.year replaced. By Dtiane R. Bidwell stop in a series of state-wide meetings added, "I don't see any way in the mum-security prisons are meant to job March 1, joining an exodus ut Reagan, in a statement relayed SUff Writer during which he thanked his volun- world he can balance the state budget separate violent from non-violent cri- top administration officials depart- by Fitzwater, said, "Pat's com- without having an increased tax. The minals, but that non-violent criminals ing with two years left in the admi- munications skills and his commit- A record-setting Republican win in teers and asked for a "continuous numbers juit don't add up." still need to be imprisoned.

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