Show College Center Offers Of f ers A Vast Array rr A-rr Of Services by Ron Davidson The College Center at is a member of the Association of College Unions International I ACU-I With a games room a crafts center meeting rooms student service offices cafeteria bookstore and career guidance and registration it provides a vast array of services to everyone on campus The role of the college union from a statement of purpose adopted by the I ACU-I in 1954 is to act as a community center for the college family students faculty administration alumni and guests It is not just a building It is an organization and a program which represents a plan for forthe forthe forthe the community life of college Sometimes ref referred to as the living room of the college the college union provides for for the services and conveniences the members of the college family need in their life on the campus and for getting to know and understand one another through informal association outside the class class- room The whole purpose of the College Center is to provide a space for students to interact with other students faculty and staff in a non nonacademic nonacademic nonacademic academic relationship said Curtis Smout College Center Director The College Center opened 11 years ago and today serves the college community Some services that are open to anyone is the weight room with complete facilities and showers A crafts center directed by Kevin Frazier includes crafts such as stained glass work lapidary lapidary- silver- silver pottery and much m more re A games room also open to anybody has pool tables video games table tennis and other games Food services consist of a cafeteria catering caterings s service and a full service restaurant There are also a number of lounge and study areas areas' The College Center is due for expansion Beginning in June 1986 construction construction construction con con- will begin to add square feet of space to the center It is estimated to take two years to complete and cost about Ericson Astle and Associates an architectural firm has been chosen to design the exp expansion project y |