| Show THEUTAH ATESMAN UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY VOL 77 NO 58 LOGAN UTAH MONDAY MARCH 24 1980 ommey addition to begin April 7 much controversy ruully after addition to ltniction of a major increasing the y Stadium "tv by 10000 to a toUl of scheduled to begin I'dOO seats is iAnnl7 to Athletic Director when finished Aaderson will be one of the oauey udium football arenas in the According n inter-ninuf- fl ypst events other than football including plays and large outdoor concerts Using the stadium for other sporting events such as soccer rugby or lacrosse has not been discussed to date according to Sherratt "The addition of 10000 seats does not preclude the addition of any more sports"he said "other schools are getting rid of sports" The chairmen of the drive to raise funds for the expansion effort are Merlin Olson former football star and Nevada tax attorney John Laub These two men along with local Lex Baer A1 Thorne Gary Smith and Paul Miller are largely respomble for this project all-pr- While Olson and Laub have organized the fund raising drive Baer Thorne Smith and Miller will be coordinating the volunteer labor force during the actual construction Behind the whole project ia Ladell Anderson who has been pushing for the expansion over the four sports since the beginning Anderson was unavailable for comment because he has been out of town working with the NCAA basketball tournament as well as lining up contacts for more donations and volunteers The stadium expansion is e scheduled to be completed by in plenty of time for the opening game September 22 against Colorado state mid-Jun- region the addition original- estimated at more than reduced to 500000 has now been the use s than 1200000 through volunteer i donated materials and others It is being funded totally and no n pmat contributions monies will be mident fees or ta be cost of (or the project At present r 50000 ui constuction has been ind services ' im1 approximately architectural and Engineering materials donated even a crane with an alleys worth t DO per hour opgtwr cording to hut been reciev tsrild R Sherratt from university jrtkuons addition cash monies totalli- In ng 1132000 hate been donated the largest single contribution from an anonymous 70 000 is ant- mi ret Another icipated Sherratt said actual construction using note than 400 volunteers will take The three approximately complete The USU months to central administration staff of the athletic department ind the football team w ill supply the workers for the first week of coostuction A total of 26 civic the social organizations and individuals from Preston to Bnghtm City have also volunteered to pros uie workers The seats at the southern end of the stadium will also provide theatre-typ- e setting which will church several allow' An artist's conception of the completed evpunsion f Koinm-- stadium Hives a glimpse into the possible future of I tah Stale I niversilv's home football games The construction is scheduled to begin April 7 The tual construction will use more than 400 volunteers stadium to be used for the lany students unaware of stadium question lewg Christensen " sixtv percent of the claimed they were hsr with the controversy ) didn t know the "basic facts Binding the esue" according though lenis JUrev come from When asked who had actually made the decision to retain 1— A status for the sports program 59 percent of the students either didn't know or thought that the decision had been made by LaDell head of the athletic Anderson department Onlv two percent of the students accurately said that the decision had been made by USU President sampling Df at t on w ah a ran laO students during winter was of si i4 i h rith tK Its based indictet percent of t hat th claimed to bv ont rovers v vs ere Stanford Cazier on the recommendation of the athletic committee When polled as to where they thought funding for the new seats was going to come from only 25 percent of the students gave the right answer Most of the students (53 percent) either had no idea where the money USU receives government by Joyce MrOohk The Utah State Department of KnerRy has Riven a $19 000 Rrant to em ouraRv enerv efficiency C onser The grant is a pari of the National Knergv schools for furnishes grants vation Polnv Act that and hospitals l P“nt dntl ranl head of phy-iia11 Val Peterson to name v is mm the of the said direr tor purpose on campus U of eight buidngs an energy tu U Jb buddings were slgn-stlOigina!!areas aid - h because t'ev f rcsaenerRv usaRo 'If! of the till klng- - were IIfine I tail State l"V' leper: f ral I men ) l agreed on the sole turns l I part Mate I'SL ' survev tow ie turvev the fact misinformed in one wav or another Most of the students surveyed could not accurately say who had made most of the crucial decisions involved in retaining 1— A status Few were able to say where the money for the project was going to in of the most controversial tt on campus this year has the decision to retain 1— A m in the NCAA by adding DO seats to the L'SU stadium ever if a recent survey is acts a high percentage of the nts at L'SU aren't even her with the controversy cording to the survey which completed by three USU cuts "40 percent of the people d were not familiar with decision to retain 1 — A u ac- -- la" 1 I grant made by USU for federal funding for the research to determine the buildings energy deficiencies to be used to Although USU had requested $55100 finance examination of the buildings' energy problems Sjs000 was the allowable amount to be spent because 1 wo buildings were cut from the list of ten efficienthev were deemed not included in the energy Those structures are the k ine cy upgrading category and Old Main r ts t t m Education Buildings to lit studied are Business Natural Science Industrial HPLK lb Lie an and Food Sciences and Nutrition K lurres Huilogv PI i nd rv mat is a fiflv-iifli'otei son aid the tv e o! grant that i he m hool will supply his o' biic hal' ot the aenred sum and the lederal government of the bill supplies the omer hail I was coming from or said that the studentbody would end up paying for the seats According to President Cazier an outside donor is being sought to pay for the stadium seats Students were also asked how long they thought it would take to fill the stadium on a regular basis if the seats were added Official projections are that the new seats will be filled regularly within five years 36 percent of the However students thought that it would take over six years before the new seats were filled regularly Twenty-on- e percent of the students said that they thought the seats would never be filled on a regular basis The results of the survey which was conducted as a project for a mass communications class were first released to the class two weeks ago “The students have the right to know" the report continued "and the press has the responsibility to (inform them)” The survey was conducted by Barbara Beecher Mike Kosmark and Perrv Drake |
