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Reed Building Becomes Hard Hat Zone
$.6 million Project Begins
by Jennifer Rose
Collegian Staff Writer
The extensive remodeling of
the Reed Building, due to be
completed by June first, is
running ahead of schedule. -
When the $750,000 project is
completed, the Reed Building
will have more windows and
fewer walls, giving it a more
modern appearance, and air
conditioning.
The remodeling will help the
Reed Building, built in 1969,
accommodate Behrend's ever
increasing enrollment.
The RUB desk will be
relocated to the Winter Garden
within a month. In addition to
the regular RUB desk, "Rub desk
East" is now operating near the
Bookstore.
A glass-enclosed quiet study
area will be built on the site of
the old television lounge. There
will be four lounges downstairs.
Student organizations, such as
the Student Government, Student
Programming Council, and
Collegian will have new offices
in the former bookstore area. The
radio station will have a spacious
new studio and office with
windows overlooking a lounge.
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by Dawn Davis •
Collegian Staff Writer
"I have a dream that one day
this nation will rise up and live
out the true meaning of its creed:
"We hold these truths to be self
evident; that all men are created
equal."
Martin Luther -King, Jr.'s
birthday a was .observed on
January 16 in Erie Hall_Classes
were cancelled alid 'offices were
closed between 4 and 5 pm for a
University-wide observance.
The ceremony was sponsored
by the Office of Student Services
the radio station.
The plans also include
mailboxes for commuter
students, a Counselling Center
with a room for job and college
interviews, a videophone for face
to-face meetings with University
Park job recruiters, a career
library, career counselors, and
advisors.
The remodeling will
help the Reed Building,
built
accomodate Behrend's
ever-increasing
enrollment.
The work is being done by
Webster Murphy Fox, the same
firm that built the new bookstore
and Winter Garden.
Future plans for Behrend
include the construction of a new
library and academic complex
which is due to begin next
spring. The library will be
located east of the Reed Building
and will be connected by a
hallway.
When the new library is built
--th:R.r.p_sent location. will become
sui ent activities "center.,
and the Association of Black
Collegians. -
A telecast speech by the
Honorable John Jacob, president
of the National Urban League
was planned but had to be
postponed due to time
constraints. The telecast is
rescheduled for Wednesday,
February 1 at 1 pm in Reed 117.
Members of the Association
of Black Collegians participated
by reading King's "I have a
Dream" speech, one of his
writings, and his final speed',
"I've been to the Mountain Top."
They were read by Damon Gray,
1969,
Erie Hall will also be
renovated as a temporary measure
until the $lO million sports
complex is built.
Tentative_ plans include suites
consisting of two bedrooms ands
Rommel Taylor, and Tawana
Tonkins respectively.
The speeches chosen were
reminders of both King's fight for
equality and of issues that are
still relevant today. "We are
prone to judge success by the
index of our salaries or the size of
our automobiles, rather than by
the quality of our service and
relationship to humanity," quoted
one reader from King's writings.
Solos were sung by Darron
Henry, Monique Midgette, and
Kakila Johnson. The ceremony
was concluded with a violin solo
by Moise Pringle.
The Collegian Wednesday, January 25
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bathroom. A 300-car parking
garage is also being considered to
alleviate Behrend's parking
problem.
The Career and Placement and
Division of Undergraduate
CPS Students would have to
join the military or do volunteer
work to get college financial aid
if a new bill introduced Jan. 6
becomes law.
As expected, Sen. Sam Nunn
(D-Ga.) and Rep. Dave McCurdy
(D-Okla.) said they'd introduce
legislation that would phase out
all federal student aid programs
within five years, replacing them
with a deal in which students
would have to perform some kind
of "national service" in return for
aid.
McCurdy, in announcing the
measure, said it would enforce the
notion that "democracy is not
free."
If the plan passes--both
Behrend College
Receives Land Donation
- Larry Smith, president of
Automation Devices in Fairview,
has donated over 55 acres of land
to Behrend College.
The contributed property,
adjacent to the Behrend College
on Station Road, includes a brick
home and a barn on a total of
55.58 acres of land. The increases
Behrend's overall holdings to
543.52 acres.
According to Dr. John Lilley,
provost and dean, the property is
vital to the college's expansion
plans. These plans include a new
athletic complex, improved
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Studies offices have temporarily
been moved to a green trailer
south of the Reed Building.
When construction is complete
they will return to the first floor
of the Reed -building.. -.- • •
legislators expected Congress to
vote on it by early • 1990--
students would have to serve one
year in a public service civilian
job like working in a nursing
home - or hospital or two years in
a combat branch of the military.
Students who served in the
military would get $25,000 grant
at the end of their hitch.
Students who worked in
civilian jobs would get $lO,OOO
grant. McCurdy hoped the plan
would "reinvigorate citizenship"
as an ideal that was first severely
damaged during the Vietnam war.
Then "the 1970's and early 1980's
featured 'me generations' more
interested in their own financial
gain and getting BMWs that
serving their country."
athletic fields and additional
administration offices.
Smith, a Penn State alumnus,
and his wife Kathryn are natives
of the Erie area, presently
residing in Fairview. " I think
Penn State-Behrend has a lot to
offer this area," said Smith. " We
want to help the college help
people in Erie," his wife added.
Larry and Kathryn are
members of the Mt. Nittany
Society, an honorary group made
up of Penn State's most,generous
friends and alumni. , "