310000 Landscaping Afor Student Center by Cecil Jones Writer

\ $310,000 landscaping Afor Student Center by Cecil Jones place to look at, sit down, and just Music Center. The committee will was found to seed the area and con- out there. Then the architect will take Writer relax outdoors. consist of seven appointees. Two struct walkways and at this time, that information and make a design Permanent landscaping will soon Directly related to this project is a members will come from the Planning requests for more money to landscape out of it,” states Harris. replace the temporary lawns and side- $180,000 underpass, that will connect and Environment committee. Student the area were made. The Buildings and Property com- walks in front of the year old Univer- University Plaza, the brickyard, and Body President, T.C. Carroll is to “WE DON'T EXPECT the architect mittee has the vital statistics con- sity Student Center. The money has the new plaza, which are considered appoint a member, the Union Board is to come in and say this is the way it is cerning traffic flow of pedestrians, been a propriated by the General two focal points of campus activity. to appoint one, and the Student Cen- going to be, and we’re not going to say topography, and the “physical con- Assemb y and construction is due to Both projects will be under construc- ter, Student’s Supply Store, and Price this is what it is going to be. We straints’ that exist in the plaza area. begin in about a year. tion simultaneously. The engineers Music Center are to each appoint a intend to set up a procedure and go The architect will need this informa- “I think that the University Stu- for the underpass Will be Ezra Meir member. ' through a programming phase of this to tion in drawing the design, but in dent Center Plaza is‘ going to be one of and Associates. Hopefully,this under- “THEY WILL represent the Uni- get as much input from as many terms of exact “design direction” this the most significant projects on'the pass will accomodate ramps so bi- versity in being its committee that the people through this committee, just to Will be the function of the building campus for some time. I think rt 18 .»fiycles and wheelchairs can be easily landscape architect will test his ideas see what we re actually going to do committee. going to have a great impact on the moved through. on,” says director Harris. campus in terms of landscaping and an THE PLAZA IS one of several The purpose of the Building com- open space for people,” says Edwin projects being appropriated by the mittee is to gather ideas from the Harris, director of Facilities Planning 73-’75 General Assembly. The students about this area. The architect Division and Visitor Association. $310,000 needed for the plaza is part will draw up a final plan and the “A PLACE FOR concerts,- like the of $450,000 in funds Specifically for project will be sent out for bids. Lester Flatt concert, for instance, grounds improvement. Construction should begin by Decem- could be set up in some way, so there The Buildings and Property Com- ber, 1974 and take about a year to is some kind of stage in the plaza area. mittee has selected to Bell Design complete. The final plan is hoped to This could very easily be part of the 'qup as the landscape architects. The be acceptable to all students. ' landscaping solution,”says consulting University is requesting that a design The comprehensive plan of the architect Gene Brown about the proj- contract be prepared. It is being University has been emphasizing for ect. negotiated now and should be finished some time the development of open This is just one of many activities within two weeks. The Buildings and spaces between buildings,” notes that could be made possible by a new Property Committee has asked that an Harris. plaza. Outdoor plays could be pre- Ad-hoc Building committee be ap- The Court of North Carolina and sented, Speeches delivered, or any pointed to represent the buildings in University Plaza are two such develop- outdoor event, for that matter, could the affected area. The buildings are ments. When the Student Center was take place there. Most important, the Reynolds Coliseum, the Student Cen- completed it created the plaza area area will be a natural place, a nice ter, Student’s Supply Store, and Price and a “mud field.” Enough money Technician I . Volume LIV, Number 5 Friday, September 7, 1973 $290,203.26 Union loses money by Janet Gaino the board that $17,000 was lost by summer school $1,870 for various Staff Writer the food operation during July and films, parties, and cook-outs. An addi- The Student Center Board of August of 1972 when the food service tional $7,000 was approved for the Directors Wednesday night learned was still in the process of opening the entertainment committee, bringing its that the Student Center ended the new facility. Since that time the food total budget to $12,000. fiscal year with a loss of $290,203.26. operation was able to hold its own. Other budgeted money included Student Body President T. C. Carroll, left, and Bill Williams, Director Brenda Harrison, president of the Bowers then presented the pro- $300 to be used to host the Associa- of Security and Safety, examine one of the electronic calculators student center, said “The Board of posed operations budget for July 1, tion of College Unions lntemational which Student Government will begin renting to students Directors knew last fall that there 1973 to June 30, 1974. The predicted (ACU-I) ~Games Tournament. One today.(photo by Caram) would be a loss because of increased income for this coming year was thousand dollars were allotted to send utility and operational expenses of the approximated at $617,450. The sale representatives to the ACU-I confer- new building. The University Student of food will not contribute to this ence and to the National Entertain- Center fee was increased $20 this year income as it will be operated on a ment Conference (NBC). Those who Student Government to cover this deficit. non-profit basis. The predicted expen- are selected will be appointed by the “A loan from the Business Office ses for the year, also totaling vice-president of the Union, Bernard and Student Center reserve monies $617,450, includes $10,000 for new Hayes. The delegates will be approved were used to cover the loss,” she equipment and $58,673 for the craft by the Board of Chairmen and the rents calculators today added. shop. There are also several anticipa- Board of Directors will be informed of Henry Bowers, assistant dean of ted extraordinary opening expenses the final choice. The newly formed Student Services approved the idea and allocated student affairs and director of the arnounting to $65,624.60. Other important points of the Commission will begin offering $3500 for the program. student center, presented the financial The proposed budget will be exam- meeting included the appointment of electronic hand calculators to students “Hopefully the idea will go real report. Total gross income amounted ined by the Board of Directors and is Elmer Clark as the new Films Board today as part of a pilot rental well and we will be able to continue to $469,639 while expenses amounted expected to be passed by the next Chairman replacing Martin Ericson. program. Rental will be on a first this program next year,” said Larry to $759,842. meeting. Also replacing Ericson on the Faculty come, first served basis with the only Tilley, chairman of the Student The Student Center food service Other financially oriented motions Membership Committee was Kathy qualification being that of a student in Services Commission. lost $11,794 last year. Bowers told of the meeting included allotting the Black, Senate president. need of a calculator. “The profit from these rentals will N The Student Services Commission go back into Student Government for has leased 200 Model SE 88M hand the financing of other projects,” calculators from the Summit dded C ll. International, Mini-Lease Inc., which a arro —John Donnex deals with many universities in this STATE PARK area. EX” Alcohol, paper CARY THE CAUZULATORS will be CARTER rented from the Student Government offices on the fourth floor of the Student Center. The rent will range banned from from $1 a day to $5 a week to $15 a month. Carter Stadium If enough student interest is shown, the commission will consider No alcoholic beverages will be purchasing or renting calculators ideal allowed at Carter Stadium football for engineers. games. Also, no persons with ice The Summit SE 88M is capable of chests, coolers, thermoses, baskets, or eight functions: the four basic other containers will be allowed. arithmetic functions plus square, All bottles and cans are also pro- square root, reciprocal, and hibited, as well as paper and plastic percentage. It also has a memory key bags. for storing a constant number such as The State of North Carolina Gen- Pi or Avogadro’s number. The SE 88M Students attending the State—East Carolina football game tomorrow will find it easier to get in and out of eral Statute l8—A—30 states: Carter Stadium. comes complete with built-in Nicad It shall be unlawful for: battery that gives 10 hours operation (5) b—any person to make any A new access road has been constructed at the north end of the stadium. Bill Williams, head traffic safety time between each three hour charge.

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