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Show ra - Tte Daily Utah Owoaick Building Boom Hits Utah Colleges and Universities build-in- g SALT LAKE CITY (AF)-- A and boom has hit Utah's colleges universities despite decreasing support for "bricks and mortar" from the Utah Legislature and governor. In tact, at least yzw million worm nfnmiVfts arc in various stages of con-struction at state institutions. During the 1996 legislative session, appropriated about $32 million for capital facilities on campus- es. The difference was funded in previous ears and "in phases over a4 ammbe of , years ," said Don A. I CarpeSter, higher education associate commissioner for planning and facili- (S3 GC D 09 ties. e "Also, there is a great deal of money involved," he said. The projects are being pad tnrougn cam-legislative support, substantial paiens, bond issues and private donations, Carpenter said. Some of the projects include: University of Utah's $34 million library expansion, which was financed over three years and will be dedicated Wednesday. The event will end two years of construction. However, construction of the Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building the Intermountain Network and Scientific Computation Center will continue. Renovation of Gardner Hall could begin soon as well, with a private donor contributing $6 million of the $20 million cost. At the upper campus, ground will be broken next month for the $48 mil- lion Huntsman Cancer Institute build- non-stat- fund-raisin- g - EES) Q3it?ns3fc 23351! TheJon M. Huntsman family has contributed $100 million to construct, equip and staff the institute. Another $51 million has come from other sources, including an $18 million revenue bond and a $5 million appropria-don over two years from the state, At Utah State University, work is continuing this fall on the recons rion of Old Main, which was severely damaged by fire in 1983. The third and final phase of the work will cost $83 million and be finished by this time next year, said USU spokesman Lee Roderick. Snow College workers almost have finished the new Melissa B. Greenwood Student Center, and are expected to begin rebuilding the near- ing. - rs oy iNoyes jsuueung soon, At Weber State University, a $20 , - mmion renovauon oi tne vai A. to Browning Building begin at the end jof the year. Crews also are wrapping up the $3.8 million expansion of the Shepherd Union Building across from the recendy completed Student Services Center, but a skywalk between the two buildings won't be finished until - late next month. Southern Utah University has a $16 million student center under construction that should be finished before the end of the academic year. College of Eastern Utah President Grace Sawyer Jones presided over the groundbreaking ceremony SepL 10 for die new, $8.4 million student center. At Salt Lake Community College, the brushing touches are being applied to two new facilities that were dedicated this week at SLCC's Redwood Campus: The - - Life-tim- e Activities m V"iij:i;iu Jon DbH S Switch Your Current Pager Service To H(okfir3Ds(fll L m g Pay Six Months, Get Six Gj ylyl 0 3 PAGING a I n Months FREEI No GimmicEts, Just The Ufcctyb Plus " Better Deal For You!!! 16 Classic Pagers ' 16 Message slots Silent vibrstiotv . & Messa?s slots Five Musical Alerts Silent vibration ' Backlit Backlit display Shows time of day Message m The Ultra Express tk topiary Programmable onoff Times Timestamp & Message - Timestamp i1 T ONLY "ONLY Alder , 2002 from page 2 & A and Amphitheater. Utah .Valley State College students, staff and visitors are coping with traffic detours caused by the reconstruction of the school's main access road. The first phase of the $3.4 mil- lion , project will be completed in November, with additional work slated to begin next spring. Lasdy, Dixie College has no major construction project this fall. Earlier this year, however, it dedicated its new $6.7 million Udvar-Haz- y School of Business, which was funded mosdy through private donations. - PAGING Center $39. 99 broadcasters and the public But those earnings have to be split with other Olympic organizations. Both the USOC and the InternationaL Olympic Committee (IOC) take a cut of the sponsorship dollars to help pay for ongoing programs. Once the deal is approved by the IOC, a joint marketing office will be established a few flights up from the organizing committee's downtown Salt Lake headquarters to start signing up corporate sponsors. Both sides have already pitched at least one major potential sponsor together, and a variety of companies such as longtime Olympic supporter York mtemational are expected to come to die table qukkfy. The marketing deal with the USOC gives Salt Lake Gty 70 percent of all the money earned from "selling local and national Olympic sponsorships through 2004 until that amount reaches $244 - million. VI 1 II First 1,000 Customers get 3 Months Requireds Annual Contract, Activation, First & FREE Voice Mail!!! Last Months Service. :y' 0 No Croditv ChccEis!!! Then, Salt Lake City's share shifts to 30 percent, until organizers collect another $10 millioa After that, the USOC y.':" "" keeps the cash.' Also, there are some initial expenses ' that must be paid before Salt Lake City starts collecting. "The magic number is $244 million -c; ash," Wfekh said. .. -- " "It's a good deal,' said John Krimsky, USOC 'deputy secretary- - general, who' believes Salt Lake Gty should have the money by 1999.. . , Southtowne Mall . 10450 S. State A! Sandy. Ut. . Taylorsville - 963-552- 2 4JM Center . 2226 W. 5400. $. ' SLC. Ut.i84118 .: ;.--' . : " 36"S. State SLC, Ut. 84101 532-775- 7 - ID -- |