Show THE SUMMER STATESMAN MONDAY JUNE 22 1981 t - f Its check in time at the University Inn i t f Beckie Hoffman of Logan a USU junior in special education works at the front desk of the University Inn 0Y JOHN WARD H°lme i a worried man pT director of conference and institutes at USU Holmes is responsible for finding mcu nf p aces for the thousands of visitors to USU rences during summer quarter His job hasn’t Usu or b'ew The le last two weeks since facilities in Span Learning Center haven’t t wu expected ery uCenter an consists of two Life Earning wi kuHng on the USU campus The first — d building linked to the 5' le Taggart Student Center — is known n e Span Learning University Inn The Inn now after opening its 75 lodging IBrj‘“fd lvc conference rooms to the public glass-walle- j j fte fcrUsunn w opened just in time to house guests commencement exercises for spring then Holmes reports that the Inn has enjoyed a good occupancy rate with a few nights of hanging the No Vacancy sign on the door The bottom floor of the University Inn is still under construction A gift shop and placement center are expected to be completed on that floor sometime in July The other new building being operated by the Life Span Learning Center has a name as long as the time it is taking to get ready for occupancy The David and Ellen Stoddard Ecclcs Life Span is located north of the Learning Conference Center still awaiting the word to have its is and library doors opened The Eccles Conference Center has been polished mechanical and scheduled for opening before but with fire alarm and air systems have problems delayed that event Holmes T feel like the boy who cried Wolf will open before the when building d j’v (aid but the date has been kicked back several times” The latest guess is that the Center will be op---d in another two weeks The Eccles Center contains several conference rooms and a capacity auditorium which will make Holmes’ life much easier once the is open He says the fact that he hasn’t been able to use those facilities has made his job of places for all of the conference people a bit of 400-pers- jff gling act “Last week there were 3300 people on cam pus” Holmes noted last Friday “This week there were probably 1500 people involved in conferences and workshops It’s like putting a giant Jigsaw pus zle together in a short period of time when a facility is out of service and you need find meeting places for all those peopb” Holmes is sure things won’t ? f £3 117 err-‘ while as regular class irssinni f — campus ( n move-preciou- s ' ttt7 n nsstj i I 1 S ' 1 |