Alcalá View 1980 2.1

September, 1980 - Alca la View - Page 3

USO ~Space' Lift by Sue Howell For near ly two years, work crews ,e been fil ling and compacting th e canyon at the cast end of th e USD campus. Student dorm itori es construction Phase Bis underwa y. The two bui ldings closest to Santa Anita Avenue will be erected first and the remain ing buildings will be constructed as more canyo n compac ti on is app roved by the city. Approxi mately 40,000 cub ic yards of fill are being used to prepa re the canyo n for the new dormi tories. Phase B includes four three-story buildin gs whic h will house 352 students and conta in two staff apa rtments. There will be 74 single rooms and 104 doubl e rooms. The features are simil ar to those in the present Mi ss ion apartments. Each fl oo r will have common restrooms and a cen tral li ving-loun ge area. Res idents of the new compl ex will also share the Missi on Crossroads Loun ge. The fin al tas k in compl eting Phase B will be to provide a new parking lot for about 200 cars. The lot will be located at the east end of the canyo n ( ' eventu all y will be ex panded to ,-. 0v ide even more parkin g. Du ri ng constru ction , a foo t-path will be made from the fi eld-house parking to the vall ey dorms. Another major pro ject underway on campus is the constru ction of a boo kstore-mail cente r compl ex. Constructi on began in August and compl etion is schedul ed fo r December 1980. The new fac il ity will be located in the pa ti o area between the Law School an d Serra Hall. It will be a Around Campus

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Survey ing t he plans- Palma Scheumack , Director of Un iversity Services, Leroy Webber, Book store Manager and Pat Helm, Post Off ice Su pervisor stand in the fut ure lobby of t hei r new bui lding.

conve ni ent central loca tion for the campu s popul atio n, an d rea r delivery doors will prov ide direct access fo r vendors and the Postal Service. The additi onal space in the mail center will eventu all y be used as a central receivi ng area for the campu s. It will also provide a pl ace to pre-sort mail which will save money and time. The number of mailboxes will remain the same fo r a whil e, bu t add itional mailboxes will be added when needed. The aisles in the new bookstore will be wide enough to accomodate wh eelchairs and will also all ow more customers to occupy the booksto re at any one time. Addi t ionall y the new bookstore will carry a larger variety of merc handise, es peciall y gifts, pleasure books an d conveni ence items. Another goal wil l be to purc hase suppli es in large enough qu antities to

pass along sav in gs to books tore patrons. Two more new features will be a refund / bu y- back counter in th e lobby of the compl ex and an in fo rmati on/ se rvic e counter where a customer can make inqu ir ies without hav ing to wait in ; cas hi er's lin e. Accordi ng to Palma Sch eumack, Direc tor of University Servi ces, the present boo kstore is less th an half the recommended si ze outlined by the National Assoc iation of Co llege Stores. The new bookstore will remedy th at situ ati on. Ove rall , the consensus of campu s opini on indicates that the new compl ex will be a great asset to the USD community. The vaca ted space in Ser ra Hall will be used fo r laboratori c,, wh ile the Computer Room, Personne l and Accoun ting offices wi ll expand into the newly-empt ied rooms in DcSa lcs Hall. stay with it. I think it sta rted about th e tim, Dr. Hughes came in , around 1972- 73. People obviously li ke it here because they have staycc Ru th Rubinstein, Foodservi ce Students in the cafe teria arc the communit y I sec- they arc all fri ends. I have n't been out on th e campu s. Karen Reed, Stu dent Affairs I thin k ther·e is a grea t dea l of room fo r imp rovement grea t po tenti al sin ce it is a smal l sc hoo l. I think the staff needs to deve lop d se nse of community that can be cdrr ied over t( th e studen ts. It's not good fo r tud cnt s to run into friction betwee n staff. We' re all workin g t< improve th at.

by Julie Bowler

In ligh t of the Uni versity 's con tinued growth, what is your fee ling about the sense of community on campus ?

ANSWERS: Dean Co lton , Cashier

Becau se I am a new employee, it is diffic ult to answer the questi on; howeve r, the peopl e in my office are grea t; I fe el very comfortabl e. Ni ck DeTuri , Registrar I've not iced sin ce I came to the campus in 1969 that the emp loyees arc much more permanent tha n they were in th e ea rl y days (1969 and early 70 's) when there was a lot of turnove r. So in that res pec t I feel good about th at fe eling of community. It's so nice to walk down a hall and sec someone who has been here 3-4 years. That's what I like, I have a good fee li ng about that. People think enough of the Un ivc r·sity to