Show y Legislation Holding Up Expansion 5 By Laura Cannon and Jason Stout Contributing Writers For the past four years Salt Lake Community College has been initiating initiating initiating ing plans to expand the campus The plans have been delayed because of lack of legislative action and issues over space utilization Curtis Smout director of the college college college col col- lege center and auxiliary services does not support the construction of a anew anew anew new student centerI center I do not support plans for the construction of a new student center for this campus I 1 think its it's stupid Smout said He does not support building one oil p on another r location ld S J-S-i other than than the Redwood c campus The new student center will be a place students can use to host dances games and other student program program- ming Essentially it would be the students student's students student's students student's stu stu- stu- stu dents dent's building because they will be bethe bethe bethe the ones who will pay fees to fund it One of the reasons for the construction construction construction con con- of a new building is problems problems problems lems with scheduling conflicts Also the decreasing demands for student activities ties Rec Recently Sim Aguirre student body president Nate Ward executive VP V.P. and Judd Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan vice president of student services took a trip to Clack- Clack amus College in Oregon to tour a newly constructed building may want to duplicate Ward said even though t p t there cr are r. r I 1 do not support plans for the construction of a anew anew anew new student center for this campus I think its it's stu stu- pid Curtis Smout tom So vho hb N the building is s. s ne necessary necessary essary he thinks it will be b built anyway I 1 think its it's time that we expand and have a place where the students can have a presence said Ward Another problem is the projected cost of the new center Currently the proposals under consideration range in cost from three million to 20 mil- mil school school roughly three million set aside for the building but not enough if they go with the more expensive plans Ward said The only problem I 1 see is that students will foot the bill for years to come Many students do not realize their student fees are utilized for funding the college center This is one of the reasons Morgan feels a new building would be a benefit It would give students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents a real presence presence presence pres pres- ence on this campus campus campus cam cam- pus said Morgan Some reactions about the building project ranged in content Jim Walker said I dont don't care what kind of building they build I 1 wont won't be here in two years anyway that Anything Anything J pro pro- vides student life life on oh th this s commuter r campus is s a great idea said Liz Harmon student The proposed building will be one story with open space that would provide the ro room room m necessary to host big events The center will be able to tobe tobe tobe be sectioned off with dividers so smaller groups can meet at the same time Some students feel the building is unnecessary The building would probably just end up like the College Center We would pay for it but we would likely never get to use it Or if we e did use it we would have to pay a anyway to rent it said Amy The biggest delay for getting the building under construction is the state stale legislature The state legislature must approve any new buildings constructed constructed constructed con con- on Utah's college campuses They will meet in January and after their approval plans will start right away to begin building Af After the b is it er building gi a approved pro will take a C couple p of ui d. A 7 V fa Most of the st students dents currently ing will probably never get to use the building as students The college could see a ground groundbreaking groundbreaking groundbreaking breaking ceremony for the construction construction construction tion of the new building as early as next spring But until approval comes from legislature the College Center will serve as a central gathering place for students |