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Show IWEDNESDAY, AUGUST ll, 1001 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS MEWS PAGES SU USA Plans· announced for ne·w dorms starts into $2 million gift from Eccles Foundation results in plans for Living, Learning Center a new year BY SHELLY BROWN EN10R STAFF WRITER (continued from page 4) UU · searching for three new members of th judicial coun il, one n n-traditional tudent repres ntative, and up to 151 gislative aids. Tho po itions are op n to any tudent with a declared major, and tud nts who are interested mu ·t plan to attend the club fair n c w ek. In addition to open po itioos within tudeot go rnm nt, also has club and organizations that tudents ar encoura d to be m a part of. New this I year, A has established a ub and rga.niz.ation Assembly. The assembly o e e the distribution of m n y co dub on campus. Each club is r ponsible for making iL needs known co th mbl , which will chc::n allocate th money. Hodson aid that student government has an intense desire to "Litten to the students and meet needs." Benni n aid the new dorm will most lik, ly b between Manzanita ourt and Juniper Hall. and he do not know if it wiU be one building or multipl buildings. "Th hape and formal of the facility ar yet to b determioed, ~ B nnion aid. Bennion aid the private hou ing market in Cedar ity has hang d in the past year or o , and lhaL will have an effect on tud n . ·Toe haki ·p ar an F tival bought College A enu Apartmen " Bennion aid, ~which takes away 1 place for tudents to ta ." Bennion aid 6 per ent of tudents c urr ntly li e in th dorm , and th new facility will take that up to about 9 or 10 percent. Bennion aJ o aid it · lik ly that old dorm will be phas d out gradually and torn down after the new fa iJit i built which would reduce that p rcentage lightly. Pre idem teven 0 . Benni n has announced a plan for building a new Living and Learning enter for students. Th actual d ign of the new dorm i -till in th works, but Bennion aid there are already many icle: ' being fonl]J d. "We are currently io the proce of eking approval from tat autboriti ' to g ah ad and begin the proj ct," Bennion aid. "Then we will begin selling b nds. TI1at hould take about a year. lfw get the go-ahead, I hope we can have it read b fa! I 200 ." Bennion -aid the facility will be funded by a combination of bond mone and private dooatio . "We have a 2 million gift from th Ecd Foundation that will be gi en to us o er the n rwo years," said Bennion. "The private money which wilJ go into this fa ility will also allow u to give some housing cholarship · to tudents." Bc::nni n aid the new dorm will pro idc housing for about 3 uden , and will be different from anything the s h I h ever een. "It' not appropriate to compare it 0 niroo, 8 to eith r of our existing facilitie car\'/ Ger physica\ since they were built about O ears fi'esnroan 1· 0r troro · ce ' or a. ago," Bc::nnion aid. sc,en . roa burgh, Bennion aid the Living and p,ttS ·ts tor ner Learning Center will have apartm nt"':roate \n a 1 d roo_.,.,.ni\a t\a\\ ty nns, with ix stud nts in each Ma""":" ro<>""· living area. The new dorm will also \ivin9 sO\J have large computer lab and tudy Recent\'#, Steven o. areas. president aenn\on "It really will be a living and learning 0 f a ility," Bennion aid. "W, 're building it announcede~\anst \.Nin9 with that in mind. We're really cited "\d an .,.. 00' ab ut it. We think it · an important new nd Learn\n9 center. a development." so Dollars In Free Workout Wear With Each New LPF Membership • Racquetball • Circuit Weishts •Yosa • Bikes • StePPers • Treadmills • ElliPtical • Wei2ht Mana2ement • Weisht Trainin2 • Aerobic Classes • Personal Trainins Life Phase Fitness - 246 E. Fiddlers Canyon Rd. rBehind the Fiddlers 6 theatresJ • 586-7447 |