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Climbing "the Wa ll" Montana State to build 'green' office building Lucy Hansen Exponent news editor Last week the Senate passed the National Competitiveness Act, which will authorize funding for an environmentally sensitive con­ struction program headed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This program will use funding ($4 million dol­ lars). to construct "green buildings" around the country. One site of this revolutionary construction will occur in Bozeman. Last month NIST awarded $200.000 to Montana State to begin plans for the building's design and construction. The MSU Green Building will be located in the Advanced Technology Park west of the campus. The proposed building will house a variety of MSU outreach activities and programs, provide facilities for demonstrating commer­ cially useful MSU technologies and hold rooms for instruction and for lectures. Peter Perna. director of the MSU Center for Economic Renewal and Technology Transfer (CERTT) at MSU explained that a green building is considered to be environmentally sensitive for a number of reasons Many localities have specific energy saving codes that require a level of energy efficiency. Green buildings surpass many of these requirements. by incorporating environmentally friendly construction materials and practices. The construction of these buddings will use as many recycled materials as possible. and will do everythmg to ensure that when these green buildings need to be demolished that the materials can be recycled instead of just thrown away. Green buildings are also planned in compliance with the Environ­ mental Protection Agency guidelines. set forth to promote environ­ mental health for building occupants. Green buildings will not use volatile organic compounds, such as paints that can contaminate buildings and harm people. All paint used, along with many other building materials will comply with such standards Ergonomics will also be considered when designing such build­ ings. All green buildings will be user friendly to its occupants an terms Helping facilitate rock climbing for 'Nite Court,· Barbie Bradbrook takes her turn on the wall. See Green page 3 TUESDAY Ted Turner to receive honorary doctorate President Mike Malone said. and membership on the Campaign sits on the board of directors of the Turner, a graduate of Brown Board of the National Museum of National Cable Television Associa­ M A R C H ! 8 Christine Syme University. is being honored for the American Indian. Turner has tion, the Martin Luther King Center Exponent staff writer his active support of environmen­ also opened vast property holdings for Nonviolent Change and the 1 8 8 4 tal and Native American causes in in Montana for archaeological and Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He When two thousand Montana Montana His enthusiastic yet con­ environmental studies. was also Time magazine's Man of State graduates receive their de­ troversial support of such groups Turner began his career an the Year an 1991. Turner's honor­ VDl1ml8 8 grees May 14, media magnate Ted as the Nature Conservancy and 1970 when he purchased his first ary degree will be in Business. Turner will be among the cap and Trout Unlimited have earned television station and is best known An honorary Doctorate in Let­ gown crowd. Turner is one of four Turner a reputation as a renegade for his accomplishments in the ters will be presented to John C I I • ~ I P 4 ! honorary doctorate candidates in Montana. Yet, Turner has been media field which include origi­ Ewers. Ewers, who holds degrees being honored including John C. an avid supporter of MSU's Mu­ nating the "superstation" concept from Yale and Harvard is the Ewers, Dr. M. Roy Schwarz, and seum of the Rockies and has been His Cable News Network currently founder of ethnohistory, a combi­ Butte native Edward Wheeler. a leader in integrated land-use reaches 140 countries. nation of history and anthropol­ Happy Easter to all. "These are all highly distin­ planning. Turner has been praised In 1985, Turner conceived the ogy Ewers is best known for his Only 28 school days guished people that have manifested by educators for his support of Goodwill Games, an international extensive histories of the Plains left. Thank you Easter over the years a close commitment Native American causes including athletic competition The event was to Montana and its people," MSU his documentary on Wounded Knee first held in Moscow in 1986. Turner See Turner page 2 Bunny, hawk hawk. Commissioner deals Montana State's 00~~ l\~E.5 IJS 'BIG l'ICTURt.. Pffi\l\_£ \ tuition hand, waits for students to call lion to postpone action for at least two weeks resident student taking 14 credits. That amounts ~~~ John Pettit on the recommendation until students in the to a $7 per credit, or a 14 percent increase. Jn Exponent editor Montana University System (MUS) had time to addition to the resident increase, non-resident comment to his office about tuition raises. students would have tuition raised $3 per credit "The most important thing that I heard hour for a total of $10 per unit. Students at the Tuition hikes are here, and they may sting there was that tuition wouldn't be raised and University of Montana, for comparison, would Montana State more than others. the proceeds from a tuition increase used to be assessed $6 per unit to reflect the lower cost Montana Commissioner of Higher Edu­ back-fill the cuts (from last year's special ses­ of the programs at that school. cation Jeff Baker recommended to the Board sion) before the commissioner had a chance to MSU President Mike Malone explained of Regents Friday that tuition raises at MSU talk to students," according to Jim Isch the Baker's proposal in terms of a modification of - reflect the higher costs of some of its pro­ Vice President for Administration. the current warrant system, by which the state grams. Under the Baker proposal, tuition at MSU The board agreed with Baker's sugges- would be raised $196 per academic year for a See Tuition page 6 TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1994 w s . 0 Program versus building accessibility at Montana State facilities receiving any kind of federal finan­ support the weight of elevators. Because of suits of the self-evaluation to design a plan Bo Beaman cial assistance. Because MSU was subject to the problems that some of the older build­ which will make programs better accessible Exponent staff writer section 504, the administration has been ings pose. newer buildings like the library, The current MSU policy is ' to move pro­ addressing the problem of access for almost the SUB, Wilson . Leon Johnson . AJM grams to accessible buildings at need," Bush Amid budget problems and increasing 20 years by the time the ADA was passed. Johnson, Reid and the proposed Engineer­ said. Early registration for disabled students numbers of students, Montana State is solv­ The new law however, requires MSU to ing Complex will be over 90% accessible gives administrators time to move a class to a ing yet another problem. making programs take another look at its accessibility Bush's office is presently analyzing cam­ different room if access is a problem accessible to everyone, as required by the "The emphasis is on accessibility over pus facilities as a part of a self-evaluation Although many people think of access Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) structure," Corky Bush the MSU ADA com­ required by the ADA. Departments must com­ as building access, the MSU policy empha­ Congress passed the ADA in 1990 to pliance officer said. All programs, not nec­ plete a survey concerning the availability of sizes its program access According to Bush, prevent discrimination on the basis of physi­ essarily all buildings need to be accessible access to offices. classrooms, libraries and program access over building access con­ cal handicap. The law requires equal access If modifications are structurally infeasible, parking. The survey also questions issues like cerns the difference between whether the to both private and public facilities and then a building can remain inaccessible. TDD services. sign language interpreters for programs just meet the technical require­ services as far as technology will allow. The Montana, Lewis. Herrick and Hamilton Halls the heanng impaired and audio tapes and ments of the Act, or do the programs work ADA extends section 504 of the Rehabilita­ cannot be made accessible to the mobility Braille materials for the visually impaired. An well. That is why programs are emphasis, tion Act of 1973. which applied only to 1mpa1red because their structures could not ADA compliance committee will use the re- Bush explained Grin and juggle it Women's Center honors women of achievement Christine Syme Exponent staff wnter The Montana State Women's Center recently announced its annual Women of Achievement awards Nme MSU \1.omen were honored at the reception for various achievemerits and awards The Womens Center begar the program 1dst year v,,hen twe ve camp:.is women \I.ere honored m the first ceremony Womens Center Director Betsy Danforth e. p amed the cntena for choosing honorees encompasses mdny fields · we chose these \I.omen based on recorrmendahons from ca pus organizations,' Danforth said. "We tned to get a good era section of women from all areas, Panhellemc academic, and spo:-ts The field of honorees includes one MSU staff rrembe~. o graduate student and seven undergraduates according to Danfort "We picked \\omen we believed are outstand ng m tl-ie1r O\ right that enables us to sta!..' away trom narrou, cntena." Danfo said \\'e have so many outstanding uornen on campus we \\ant to be able to choose those from a vane~ of areas" The group includes head women's basketball coach Jud1.· Spoels the lone staff member of the group.

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