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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1965)
Behavioral Science Complex Approved By CHUCK BEGG8 Editor SALEM (Special)—The first step in a long range development of the University’s science pro grams was taken last week as the State Hoard of Higher Education approved a master plan for a new behavioral science complex to be located on the southwest end of campus. Architects were authorized to prepare plans for the first of three buildings for the complex, a $420,000 human research lab oratory building. Construction on the first building will begin dur ing 1966 The behavioral science com plex, being financed largely by the $4 million National Science Foundation grant received by the University in May, will be located north of 18th Ave. and east of Alder St. near the Veterans dor mitories, now used for offices. Next Biennium In addition to the human re search building, a behavioral sci ence building is scheduled for the 1969-67 biennium. The last struc ture will be a psychology and general classroom building, not yet scheduled. The buildings in the complex will occupy a total of 180,000 square feet, and will provide space for the department of psy chology, anthropology and sociol ogy One half of the human research building is being financed by CERDA SCHREPPING, who is currently "Miss Portland” in the “Miss World Championship Regatta” competition at Lake Tahoe, will enter the Univer sity this fall as a freshman mu sic major. j federal grants. An additional I $103,000 will come from a restor ation fund to replace campus buildings destroyed by lire and the remainder comes from indir ect cost allowances. Most for Psychology Most of the building will he used for graduate psychology study, with about one-third of it used to house the psychology clinic. The Board also authorized the University to proceed with plans for a $290,000 computer center, to be located north of Com monwealth Hall on Kincaid St. The center will house a new $790,000 IBM 360 computer, being purchased with the NSF grant, as well as the presently-owned IBM 1620, now located in Deady Hall. Set for 1966 The center will be financed en tirely by the NSF grant funds. It will serve as a computer fa cility for the entire University as well as providing research and instruction spaces for the mathe matics department. Construction on the 11,000 • square - foot, one - story build ing will begin in 1968. The new computed is due to arrive some time after the first of the year. The Board also approved a $25, 000 increase in construction al lowance for the addition to the University library to cover foun dation alterations. Total project cost is $2.1 million. The University was given ap proval to purchase 24,000-square feet of property on Villard St. for $45,000. The land will he used for future dormitory construc tion. Gets $€.5 Million Roy E. Lieuallen, chancellor of the State System of Higher Edu cation, announced nearly $11 mil lion in gifts and grants awarded to the state’s colleges and univer sities. Of that amount, the Univer sity accounted for almost $65 million on the Eugene campus alone. Miles Romney, vice - chancellor for academic affairs, got approval of a recommendation to maintain present admission standards through the 1066-67 school year and the state’s institutions. Resident freshmen must have a 2.25 GPA to enter the University fall term and a 2.0 during winter and spring. Non-residents must have a 2.75 during all three terms; transfers need a 2.0 for resi dents and a 2.25 for non-residents during the three terms. Romney stressed, however, that marginal students may still be ad mitted on the basis of college board test scores or by satisfac tory work during a summer term. Other Projects Other state system building pro jects given the go ahead include: • A half block, $2.6 million addition to .South Park Hall at Portland State College for class rooms, offices and the student health service facilities. • A $1.5 million addition to the science building at Southern Oregon College, Ashland. • A $1.3 million addition to the library at Oregon State Uni’ versity, Corvallis. The Board also approved » long-range master plan for devefc oping the campus at Eastern Ore gon College, La Grande. The Board met last Mondag and Tuesday in Salem. Next meeting is set for Oct. 25-26 at Oregon Technical Institute at Klamath Falls. Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald is nublishetl live time* in September and five days a week during the academic year, except during examination periods, by the Student Publi cations Board of the University of Oregon. Second class postage paid at Eugene, Ore gon 97403. Subscription rate* $5 per jtar, $2 per term. Go happy! Go Hawaiian! 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