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Show Non-Integrated Couples 1 Lake City Commission are clearly economic and understandably so. Unfortunately, the University seems to have only economic motives in purchasing the apartments. The problems of molding an excellent University shouldn't be consiri as purely economic. ConS " married student could makf T campus by living here sho considered when selecting , tion for their housing. a By SCOTT ROBERTSON With the current opposition to the announced intention of the University Uni-versity to purchase the Sunset Towers apartments, several valid questions concerning the integration integra-tion of this type of property into the overall planning of the campus should at least be considered before be-fore proceeding. Commissioner George B. Catmull raised an important sociological question of student proximity when he stated, "The University should build on or adjacent to the campus, which would be within walking distance dis-tance and more in keeping with what the students could pay." The University is just now beginning be-ginning to realize the benefits freshman orientation, the University's Univers-ity's first attempt to remove the stigma of the cold university, has had on the student's ability to identify iden-tify with the campus. Involve Everyone Married students face many of the same problems freshman face. Their participation in student activities ac-tivities and their the ability to identify with the campus should certainly be an important concern of University planners. Currently the married students are connected to the campus only by the classes they attend and a super highway. Campus facilities are not located within reasonable walking distance for a majority of these students. Now, the Administration is proposing pro-posing not only to alienate the mar-" ried students from the campus again but also from other married students. Cheers for the Commission The objections raised by the Salt |