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Show Fletcher fours campus University President James C. Fletcher and Business Manager Blain Bradford Thursday toured a series of recent campus improvements ranging from redecoration of the Huddle to establishment of "satellite" printing facilities in the Law Building. -.Mr. Bradford told President Fletcher that last year's Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) Executive Council set aside monies from a special University fund for Union improvements improve-ments and specifically suggested redecoration of the Huddle. ' Campus planning suggested a sidewalk cafe concept. Plans were reviewed and approved by the Executive Council as well as Union Board Food Committee representatives. Mr. Bradford said efforts are underway to expand ex-pand vending facilities throughout the campus, including construction of recesses in halls and buildings where there is considerable traffic. "Such plans were made in the new athletic complex and vending machines, specially painted to fit the decor of the area, are being installed now," he said. At the Law Building, President Fletcher viewed a new duplicating center which includes a high speed offset press, copying machine and collater. The center has been established by the University Printing Service to serve the College of Law and i neighboring departments. A second center has been established in Orson Spencer Hall, and additional centers are planned. President Fletcher also visited the bookstore, University Village and Ballif Hall. Bookstore manager Gerald Walker noted that the bookstore has been remodeled and rearranged, and selling space has been increased by 27 percent. The added space is being used to increase space devoted to textbooks and create a new area, the Customer Courtesy Center on the mezzanine, for book buy-back, refunds, adjustments and general information. Jump to page 6 Fletcher tours Huddle, campus improvemnts j T 1 Continued from page 1 Significantly, the bookstore has cnaS its policy regarding ur-chase ur-chase of used textbooks. TTie book-stwmnowbuyanused book-stwmnowbuyanused and at any time during the quar ter Kb- Walker said that between June and September, 76 percent more money was refunded to students stu-dents for used books than during the satme period last year. Mr Walker particularly noted that bookstore clerks now wear "Smile" badges, along with vest colored which make them easily identifiable to students who need assistance. Married student housing officials offi-cials have cut costs by improving consolidating electrical facilities and hiring residents to help with painting, President Fletcher was told. Starting last February, University Univer-sity Village residents received a 20 per cent average reduction in their electrical bills. This was possible because the University purchased electrical distribution facilities from Utah Power and Light and made arrangements to receive all power for University Village through one central meter. The need for the power company to send indiivdual bills to residents resi-dents and to send a serviceman to read meters each time a vacancy vacan-cy occurred was thus eliminated. In addition, the University saved several thousand dollars by hiring hir-ing 13 married students during the summer to paint the exterior of Village apartment buildings, since part of the students' work-study work-study salaries were paid by the federal government. University Village has also increased in-creased parking and Wed to cut down costly vacancies. The Villages Vil-lages now averages 1.5 parking spaces per resident. And there were 342 fewer days of vacancy last year than the year before. A redecoration project has also been completed at the Ballif Hall cafeteria. New paneling has been added to the walls, along with new carpets and lighting dimmers. dim-mers. What's more, menus for dormitory dor-mitory residents should be less monotonous this year. President Fletcher visited with Tom Gardner in the College of h, copying center on his campus tour. Gerald Walker, Bookstore manager, shows Blain Bradford, I'niw business manager, and President Fletcher. Lines were consldrf shorter than the first day of school rush. |