Room
Task Force
Report Complete
By Michele Hart
The recommendations for the
improvement of common teaching
facilities by the Task Force on Teaching
Facilities and the Physical Plant
Committee are complete. And, as
expected, the report suggests that the
clubs meeting room, the SGA office,
and the Student Activities office be
moved from room 216 to the CUB.
Before any final decisions are
made, however, Dr. Jerry South,'
associate provost for administrative
operations, said that he will accept input
from faculty, staff, and students.
. "It is important that every
campus constituency...has an
oppcmunity to make their needs known,"
he,said.
The redesignation of room 216
is only one item in the lengthy
Pte•
In the report, the task force
calls for the campus to be mccoiplized and
used as a "multi-building campus," by
establishing the Olmsted building as the
"prime instructional and administrative
area" and the CUB and CRAGS
buildings as the "prime student service
areas."
This can be . accomplished,
according to the report, by moving the
SGA and Student Activities to the quiet
lounge in the CUB. Instructional
Services would then move into the room
along with a warm-up and dressing area
for the auditorium.
The report also proposes that
the east and west wings of the Olmsted
be used for instruction; the middle areas
be used for administrative functions; and
soundproofing and other improvements
be made to classrooms throughout the
building
"expeditiously."
South said that examing the
usage of space on campus in necessary
because of the growth of the college.
"We've grown to the point where we
need to the about the fact that we have
225 acres," he said.
Dr. Donald Alexander, chairman
of the task force and associate professor
of education said that dis6rission in the .
task force ran "far and wide" as `to what,
areas of the buildings were apprte,'
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for what uses.
Alexander said that a concern of
the task force was what should be moved
if every campus function cannot be in
the Olmsted building.
"We didn't talk to anyone who
wanted to be anywhere but in this
[Olmsted] building," he said.
The recommendations were
made, he said, on the basis that services
people want to use, not just stumble
upon, could be located anywhere.
"It isn't because we don't care
about the students," he said.
Alexander said that it •is
shame" that the CUB is not used more
and that by locating student services
there more student traffic would be
Roger Notarian, a member of
Chi Gamma lota, said that he does not
think that students will utilize space in
the CUB because it is inconveniant for
students to go there between classes.
"I think they [student activities]
should be localized where the classes
are...where the students have to spend
most of their time," he said.
Notarian also said that moving
the clubs to the other side of campus
will effectively "shut them down." "It's
going to destroy communications," he
said.
Maria Rusynyk, a member of
the SGA, lAA, XGI, and Beta Chi, said
that she thinks that it is "ludicrous" to
turn room 216 into dressing rooms.
Rusynyk said that if the student
organizations must be moved from room
216, moving them to the basement of
the Olmsted is a good alternative.
"It would keep all three
elements [clubs, SGA, Student
Activities] together and utilize rooms
that need work to be classrooms," she
said.
Ron Cox, a senior who uses
room 216 mainly as a study lounge, said
that if students must give up the room,
he will not go to the CUB.
"It's not as convenient as using
this room," he said.
Students have until Mar. 21 to
evnxts their opinions in writing to Dr.
South.
at Harrisbur , Mar.
RSC Asks Clubs for Money
By Bernie Mixon and Michele Hart
Resident Student Council
(RSC) is seeking donations from other
student organizations in an effort to raise
money for the annual semi-formal.
A letter was sent to presidents
of each club on campus encouraging
than. to "dig deep" into their unrestricted
funds. To clubs without extra resources,
RSC suggested applying for additional
funds through the Student Government
Association.
In the past the function was
sponsored by RSC and the Student
Union Board of Governors (SUBOG).
Because of financial difficulties this year
SUBOG cannot contribute its share,
which in past, years has totaled
approximately $2OOO.
SGA has alleviated some of the
fiscal pressure from RSC, but it is not
enough.
Debi Everett, RSC vice
president, said that she hoped that clubs
would consider donating funds "in the
spirit of pride...to make this [the semi
formal] a success."
Some club presidents, however,
expressed reservations about the ideal.
Black Student Union Pt sident
Cleveland Wilson said the plan was a
"bad idea" because of the uncertainty of
budget proposals. He said that an
alternative to RSC's plan could be the
purchase of blocks of tickets by clubs
to sell to members at reduced prices,
instead of donations.
According to Melissa Wohrle,
RSC president, most clubs have opted to
purchase tickets rather than give
donations.
"Financially, we have not
received any of them [donations]," she
said.
RSC will be able to meet its
goals if the clubs follow this course of
action, Wohrle said.
Faye Fox, accounting club
president, said the idea proposed by !CSC
was a good one, but should only be used
in situations where the event will affect
more people.
Capital Iron Treasurer John
D'Ambrosia said that funds are low at
this point in time for all clubs and
additional money has been harlito come
by this year.