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Show --- . !WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1999 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS PAGE 11 I Construction begins on new P.E. Building BY,DEBORAH PERRY OF THE JOURNAL STAFF District. Lunt said that he expected to hold state swim competitions at the new pool. Lunt also said that the pool was open to the public, but a user fee. not yet decided on, would be required for use. The building construction is expected to cost $20 million, money allocated from the Cedar Middle School, including the buildings, football field and track, will be purchased by SUU for the new Physical Education building. The construction site 1999 legislative session, and to be under construction for 18 months. According to Lunt, the completion date is includes 16 acres of land, from 300 West to 600 West and from 100 expected to be in February 2001 . The new building won't be in use North to Center Street. The total cost for the land is $8 until the summer of 2001 . The delay enables all the bugs to be million. Half of the amount, or $4 million, was allocated from the eliminated before the students and legislature to purchase the building faculty use the building. The old Physical Education site. The other half needed to Building will be renovated to purchase the land came from accommodate the theatre arts and private donations. The site will be dance department. New dance completely paid for by the fall of studios will be made out of the area 2000. By then, the new Canyon View now occupied by the swimming High School will be completed and pool and current dance studios will the old Canyon View High School, also be renovated. located at 1865 N. Main, will The new Physical Education become the site of the Cedar Building includes many improvements over the old building_ Middle School. At that time, the Education College will be in These include: the Olympic-sized possession of the current Cedar ~ swimming pool, a weight room , a Middle School building, located at ~ combatants room, a human 450 W Center. 5 performance lab, and two 175"It's a win, win situation," said capacity general-use lecture halls ~ Construction crews are at or Neal Cox, SUU director of public relations. According to Cox the ~ ahead of schedule, according to middle school will move into an ~ Cox, but are taking the time to do updated building with more space _ai.=.._.;..;.:ii~;.:,.......;.i~ the job right. They have excavated The new P.E. Building, which will be completed by Febmary 2001, will include an Olympic-sized an additional 20 feet to find soil that and newer technology. The pool, racquetball courts, and a suspended indoor track. is stable enough to support the Education College gains more office space, by moving from Old weight of the new swimming pool. Main to the old Cedar Middle School building. And Canyon View High School moves Most of the work on the Physical Education Building is done by local construction • into a new building across th~ street from their old building. companies. According to Stephen Lunt, physical education professor and department chair. high EDITOR'S NOTE: Part two of this story will be contrained in Monday's edition of the school and middle school students will have access to the new Olympic-sized swimming pool, as part of the deal made between SUU and the Iron County School Journal. 3 Sh~.sp€AAEM1 f€S'Cl~ Ha}f..Price Student Tickets Any Southern Utah University student can receive half price tickets thirty minutes before any show with available seats. Simply present student identification at the Auditorium Box Office to receive this discount. Limit one ticket per student identification. A Midsummer Night's Dream King Lear Troilus and Cressida The Lion in Winter Damn Yankees You Never Can Tell . 1• |