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A9 Friday: Sunny Higtl; 79, Low: 44 Volume 101 - No. 6 In ommons construction on schedule ~ ~ 20()0, and that is still g>oing to tx cling> of five'. univc.rsity f,icilities. ities into the next century. which will be the current UCC University of Idaho Argonaut the case," said Phillip Waitc, in Tt)csc) are the lctaho Commons, The 78,000-square- with $9.5 million worth of reno- the Capital Plannrt)g 8 (ilpital th< Tc;)ching;lnd Learning foot Commons building will vation. Tive ldat)o Commons tluilct- BucJg>ct oflice, Center (UCC), the Student house a satellite bookstore, food Located in the cc.ntcr of lllg, lhc III'st phase of ttlc'. The Univ(rsity Center Recre1tion C<ntcr, thc Alumni court, market, espresso shop, campus, the university is expect- University Center projea, is still Creatures plan is part of an ong>oing ('ffoi1 an(l Enrollment S< rvices Center, credit union, ASUI student gov- ing the Commons and the on scheclule for sutlstantial com- cast irt bronze tly the uillvcrslty to Ixovi(JP. 1 lx'.t- arxJ the I'richarcl Gallery. ernment, student oiganizations, Teaching and Learning Center to plctioii toy the encl of Octotx r, defy the laws of tcr "living> ancl learning" physical The plan itself is central retail outlets, and a copy center, become a focal point for both v ittl tile grlil(I opeilirlg> 1t th('. gravity at the environment for students, to to wh,lt thc university calls its in addition to classrooms, study academic and social activities. beginning of' tie spring semester. Prichard Art acldress social, physical, techno- Long-Rang>e ctevelop- areas, lounges, and a computer The university workc>ct "We wantc(t to lsave it Campus logical, and career needs. It con- ment plan, or LRCDP, which is lab. It will tie joined to the with the architectural firm of Yost Gallery in open for the spring semester Moscow. sists of the construction or remod- designecl to launch the Ul's faril- Teaching and Learning Center, Grube Hall tor the design of the Hoffman Brad Rude's building, and Construction from Portland was Original Nature Quite The View selected as the CMAR, or collection and c; >x. Construction Manager at Risk. In Jonathan the CMAR plan, the contractor Bailey's Tekhne company submits a bid for a are on display guaranteed maximum price for until Sept. 25. the pioject, and it, not the univer- sity, is responsible for costs beyond that bid. Faculty and students Isa<,',oi)»'If alike have been enduring the construction on the Commons behind the UCC since July 1998, when the Art and Architecture Annex and part of the UCC were demolished. Since then, the noise and the mess have been the Vandals hope to com- irritating students and teachers in pete in one of the nation's tough- and around the UCC. Everyone est volleyball conferences, they'l is hoping for the project to be fin- have to rely oo the performance ished as soon as possible. ,of their youngsters. The Big The original estimate West confe~ce 'ree for the cost of the building itself tea)as who firt'n the top was $16.5 million, accor(ting to ten in the country last year, an August '97 news release, including the Natiortal Hoffman Construction and the Champion in Long Beach State, university agreed on a guaran- along with perennial powertrous- teed maximum price of $13.4 es Cal;Santa Barbara and Pacific million for a "substantial" com- 'niver'sity, whc>r"returns their Photo by Mark Tomas See Common Construction Workers hard at work. entire'squad from a year jgo." The Commons is slated to be opened Spring Semester 2000. COMMONS, A2 A taste of Turkey Officials not sure booze Opinion I iink brIngs relief 'urbs are working 0 - ~ The cost to you is either one dollar ~ ~ absurd," he said. A traditional "Week of There is University of Idaho Argonaut a c/ish, or a combination plate of six But Nowak acknowledged Welcome" without classes to PULLMAN —Two years much about the dishes for only tive dollars. being frustrated by this week' open fall semester was thought If you dicln't read about it in the after launching a campaign to USA for the The money will be sent to an parties, which drew thousands to perpetuate a party culture on Ul Argonaut last week, then you'e reduce student drinking, world to admire ,lid agency called Mercy of revelers to apartments and campus. probably heard abut the major Washinyon State University and emulate. Of Intern,ition,ll, arxt eighty-five per- houses near campus. The new system discour- earthquake in Turkey through ot'ficials are frustrated by the course, on the cent of it will go direly to the Nowak, who helped write aged some freshmen from some other media source. Because slow pace of change. earthquake relief fund. The other WSU's 1997 ban on fraternity arriving on campus early and flip side, there is of this ctcvastating natural disaster, The opening veekcnd of 15 percent will be usecl for the drinking parties, said worked well at WSU domlito- much to whictl was measured on the school featured many students overhead. The only ores profiting> Wednesday he felt hamstrung ries, Nowak said, but didn' improve, aug- Richter Scale,lt 7.8, many people ignoring nonalcoholic Ixlrties I'rom this will Ix.* the victims of the by an approach that oAicially have as great an impact off ment, protest have found themselves homeless in tavor of large bashes at quake... well, that's not entirely insists students younger than campus. / against, or dis- and destitute. Maybe you haven' Pullman apartment complexes don't I true. Everyone who checks out the 21 drink. Opening week problems at Learner, i card. g>iven much thought as to wlvat you and homes on Cotlet>e Hill. "Prohibition is nonfunc- t'undraiser on Thursclay will profit; a the dorms were reduced to start coincid- can do to help those people, or The of school tional All one-third or at least your stomachs will. approach. you do is of recent years'ev- cct with 1 mat>azine's place- maybe you have ancJ just (Iis- move (student drinking) some- els, he said. This is a great opportunity not page A4 missed it Ilccausc Turkey is so far ment of WSU among ttle where else," he of'ficials to aid the victims disas- said. But university only of the n,ltion's schools, and ,)way. The reality of the situation is top party The school's ban of on- patrolling ter in Turkey, but also College Hill to sample liquor-relaterl in that in to(lay's world, macle smaller accident campus drinking has caused authentic Turkish Saturday evening had a "pretty delicacies. How which a WSU student by all the different means of com- toppled some students to move parties exciting" time, Nowak said, often clocs someone from tive stories off a The munication and transportation, balcony. to rural Whitman County or- witnessing "lots and lots" of Moscow, Idaho get a chance to do student remained in critical ttlere is no reason that you should- as with members of a fraternity individual house parties not thatf We seem to have a slmrtage condition in a L(wiston, Idaho, n't be able to lend a hand in one last year - to the back of a mov- held at fraternities. of Turkish restaurants in the area... tr)Ieefr's lvtov'(es or anot tier. all around hospital. truck. Almost no gtjrs for) way People can't ing one turned out This writer tell you any- In this year's list of the world are aicting the victims in top party "We have an obligation as for an alcohol-free event orga- thing specifically about Turkish cui- sc hoots issucct Monday the I he Sixth Sense different ways. So how are the peo- by a state university to do certain nized for Greek students to cel- Warrior sine, but I have been privileged to Princeton Review, WSU is list- L» The 13th ple of Moscow, Idaho, particularly things," Nowak said. "That ebrate the end of rush. sample other Middle-Eastern ed No. 9. Ttle guide is based Runaway Bride all of us poor, overburdened stu- doesn't mean it's the most pro- Kurt 22, of foods, anct I was far from disap- on questionnaires filled out by Bowfinger dents on the University of Idaho ductive way. I would like to Pullman, was in critical condi- pointed. In fact, I was pleasantly 59,000 students at more than Mickey Blue Eyes campus going to helpt find a way to deal with the real- tion Friday after falling from the Crown Affair surprised at how good they actual- 300 colleges. The Thomas. As it haptx.'ns, the small Turkish ity of the situation, to include fifth floor balcony of a College ly were. Tony Nowak, director of ~ The Muse community in the area has come entering into an honest discus- Hill apartment early Thursday.