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Show Afisi n n n n itb a u,"Det'r 161 buu Discusses Union Expansion The decision to exDanrl th Tin. ,., , . U first floor), foods equipment and subveyor (subveyor is a vital part of the new Panorama kitchen), roof equipment screens, mechanical room parapet wall, plastering (in multi-purpose room and student activities ac-tivities room), outside court at west end (.concrete terrace under the west expansion), glazed tile in Panorama Pan-orama Kitchen (in lieu of plaster walls. It is desirable from the maintenance and sanitation standpoint) stand-point) , light dimmers, door to Crimson Crim-son Commons (this would lock the "Commons" from the rest of the building), Panorama lighting, window win-dow wall (glass partitions in many u offices of student center areas), portable partitions (better diversifications diversi-fications of space), first floor lighting, light-ing, mezanine lighting, wall covering cover-ing in rooms adjacent to new Panorama Pan-orama Room, chiller. The Union Building is the last building on expansion plans of the University and with the recent four per cent cutback of university funds, it has taken more time for this proposal to develop into concrete con-crete action. Former Union Board Chairman Stan Owen said "This is an 11 year plan. It has taken this long for the Union to get the money and if we should stop now and redesign, it would take an awfully long time to get the chance again. If the pro-poscal pro-poscal is accepted construction will begin and be well under way before a threatened strike by one of the unions starts." The Union expansion will not become be-come obsolete because the plans for the next 10 years of the University Univer-sity make it the center of activity. Besides, the new Library makes student activity near-by. The new underground tunnel near the field-house field-house is a beginning of a plan for underground malls that are in the future plans for the University. The decision to expand the Union Un-ion Building was affirmed last Friday Fri-day in the Executive Council meet-' meet-' ing. The council voted 6 to 4 in favor of a tuition hike of one dollar and fifty cents to meet the financing financ-ing of the expansion of the north and west wings of the Union Building. Build-ing. The meeting including Union Director Ernest Bebb, President Fletcher, Dean Frobes, a University Univer-sity architect, and the former and present Executive Councils. They settled proposals to the final detail so that if the Board of Regents agree on the tuition hike in today's J meeting, immediate action could be taken. A subcommittee headed by Frank Overfelt was assigned to go over the proposal and they, too, voted in favor of the tuition hike. The final decision for expansion was derived from three proposals. First, tuition would be raised and everything planned to be built would be accounted for in the budget. bud-get. Second, cuts would be made from the proposed price and the proposal would settle for less (deletions). Third, redesigning and rebidding would go on for another year which would not be quick enougn for the Board of Regents to act without the present bid elapsing. "It would be a mistake to let this low bid elapse," said University Studentbody President Steve Gunn. Deletions concerning the second proposal were: a fire alarm system, TV and World Affairs Room and Meeting Room (included, the greatest great-est benefit to the function and ap-pearince ap-pearince of the building; excluded, an open space in the west end of the |
