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* 4 RH renovations Project 1 By Brian Duncan and Barbara Mathews Ocmccocfe Staff Writer* A renovations program in excess _ # A4AA AAA ? -* * ? ui 9 iuu.wu is incenaea to upgrade and better utilize existing space in the Russell House, according to university officials. Phase one of the project, planned for various stages of construction on a piecemeal basis, involves renovation of the University Union's second floor programming area, the student media facilities on the third floor and facilities on the fourth floor. The project is part of an overall C.trAO?* nlnM T TO/"^ xl j VU1 |I1(UI 11IOUIUICU UJf UOV/ President James B. Holderman to upgrade those areas of the Student Services Program most in need, Robert E. Alexander,, dean of students, said. Alexander said that after the request was initiated by Jon Clemmensen, student media general manager, and himself via Vice President of Student Affairs James B. Campbell, it was presented to a special committee appointed by Holderman as part of an overall needs assessment for the division of student affairs. HAVING PLACED it at the top of a priority list himself, Alexander said the committee was in agreement, and Holderman made a commitment for funding in late spring of this year. Rough drafts were drawn by Clemmensen and Thomas C. Otts, Russell House director. They were then formally prepared in cooperation with the office of campus planning, according to Otts. Renovations involving the union's programming area will cost about $35,000, program International Hoi 1031 Assembly St. I i DuuermiiR I ???. ?i.o5 Now only % ^Only at 1031 Assembly Street SOUTHERN WOB To Talk With Son Problem Pregnancy Abortion Counselini Pregnancy Testing Family Planning &: Trained Counselors Speakers for School! "Confident With Someoni 21 or call toll free i C?) 84-Hour A + 16141 to cost $100,000 8 to aid un director Tom Shandley said. Hie construction, which should require from four to six weeks to complete, is slated to begin as soon as work schedules are set up, he said. Workmen will take out "existing temporary walls and the existing defective ventilation system" and put in "permanent walls, lower ceilings and an improved ventilation system," Shandley said. "THE RENOVATIONS will Brunton include carpeting, construction of individual desks for chairpersons and a small six-person conference room," he said. "The face of the travel center will also be different, as it will be wood instead of glass." The programming office is temporarily located in RH room 301. Shandley said he hopes the offices will be back on the second floor by September 1. Vice President of Operations Harold B run ton said Union Station on the second floor has been completed, and that various "odd jobs" around the Golden Spur have been done. "There are still a number of use of Pancakes I Open 24 hours j Pancakes i <with th,s c?uf>on ! 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A large conference room on the llfpM southwest corner of the floor is to be modified into a suite of rooms to g|l?l|? house the Gamecock offices, and ||jf||p plans have been made to relocate WUSC in the west wing, Brunton fjjjjijjjB said. WmlmM Construction has yet to begin on the third floor because of mechanical problems, which include developing a new electrical by cai wiring plan, Alexander said, product However, all schematic plans are Sept. 1 complete. "I get the impression Clemmi that some people feel it (third floor was stu renovations) is dragging, but it is Clemm< essential that it be understood in for con the context of being a part of the 5- JANI year-plan," he said, stressing that manag< the project was not for the sole student benefit of the student media. volved, innut. t MARK J. LUNDGREN, editor in heard chief of the Gamecock, said, formati "We're going on the assumption finally and assurance that the production office ? room will be finished by Sept. 1 and on. 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I feel that r the amount of student quested on this project was icient." nder said he was assured *. -4 Jm^^w x Alexander npus planning that the ion room is slated for a completion date, and that snsen assured him there dent input in the planning, ensen could not be reached tment. I WITTEN, WUSC station ir, who was one of the s Alexander said was inacknowledged she had >ut that it was minimal. "I rumors, with no inon, for several weeks. I walked into Clemmensen's md asked what was going said that nobody really but that the plans were due lext morning." I on aurant mtonese Cuisine" (1 1 p.m. Fri. & Sat.) 783-0679 Fast Carry Out | Blanche Diners Club [; St. ng Center iloney? | by being on a | ram. | i ?ries I 1 eet i & i. 6 a.m.- 3 p.m. | 1_ 1CCUCK RENOVATIONS on the fourth noor nave Deen "virtually completed," according to Brunton. He said walls were shifted to make room for an administrative office, and a heavy security safe was installed. W. S. 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