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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1965)
SU Fills Need for 'Community Center By A. L. “SI” ELLINGSON Director, Student Union The college union is an attempt to provide an all-inclusive com munity center for the college community. In our society many of the necessary services and programs are provided through voluntary associations and the union is in large measure de signed to serve as headquarters for such groups. Hopefully, the Erb Memorial Student Union serves as the social, cultural, and recreational center for the entire University population, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests. The University is a good-sized city in its own right, when one counts students, faculty, staff, and their families. It probably num bers some 16,000 people and the Erb serves this city as a civic center, a cultural complex, a Parks and Recreation Depart ment, a library, and dining room. Much of the out-of-classroom life of all members of the University is either centered in, or originates in the union. Several Divisions The union has several main di visions; the building itself with its variety of facilities, including meeting rooms and assembly areas for all University groups; 9 Committees Run Varied SU Programs By BARBARA SCOTT SU Directorate Chairman As a student at the University of Oregon, you have numerous opportunities to participate in cultural, social, and recreational activities, as well as your aca- j demic pursuits. Your opportuni- j ties are not limited to participa tion, however; they extend to : active planning and presentation of a variety of programs, and in i so doing, to meeting new people, benefiting from administrative ex perience, and gaining satisfaction from service to your university. The Student Union presents a variety of activities and programs. In the cultural area, the Recorded Classics and Jazz Committees en courage and promate the enjoy ment of classical music and jazz by providing a place to listen, and giving organized recorded and live concerts, and holding jam sessions. The Arts Committee enables the student to interact with the arts as both exhibitor in the art shows and art sales, and observer of the numerous art exhibits. This group also sponsors film discussions, contests, and work shops. The Forum Committee pre sents forums, lectures, and panel discussions on topics of current interest to students, faculty, and community. Among the recrea tional programs are those pre sented by the Movie Committee and Games Committee. The Mo vie Committee presents four types of films — feature, travel lecture, educational, and classic. The Games Committee provides indoor games for leisure time, such as bowling, chess, fencing, bridge, and billiards. Social pro grams are sponsored by the Dance Committee and Talent Commit tee. The Personnel and Publicity Committees facilitate the plan ning and presentation of the various activities by providing manpower and publicity. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the opportu nity to work on a committee in the area of their interest, to broaden their own individual in terests as well as enrich their college experience. PATRONIZE TOUR • ADVERTISERS • a foods complex providing coffee shop, cafeteria, and banquet serv ice; a recreation center with bowling, billiards, table tennis and as an adjunct, a canoe ren tal service; a music and library center; office space for Student Government, the Union Board, and various associated groups; an administrative center for all those previously listed, plus such other varied activities as the Oregon Daily Emerald, debate squad, mu sical groups and many others. By combining all of these facili ties and functions, it is hoped that certain economies can be achieved and more importantly, that through coordination, the needs of the University commu nity can be met. Our University society has remained dynamic and viable and in some measure this has been due to the exchange of ideas, the conversations, and the co-mingling which results from the centralization of community life in one building. More Than a Building The union is more than a build ing, it is a program as well and while the program would be less effective were it not for the | building, it is still the program ; ming and the services which make | it a union. It is in the union and through its programs that the individual members of the Uni ‘ versity family can achieve some ! identification with the total in ' st it lit ion and in particular some understanding and affection for Recreation Council Offers Athletics Ihe Kecreation Council coordi nates all non-varsity sports at the University. These include the Ski Team. Rugby Team, Soccer Team, Judo. Rifle Team, and the Hiking Club and Bike Club. Besides these teams and clubs, the Recreation Council sponsors various other activities each year. Two of these are the Ski School held each winter term at the Willamette Ski Bowl, and the Annual Spring Term Water Ski Tournament, held at Fern Ridge Lake. New programs for this year will include development of on campus recreation ana me min race area, and work on the pro posed retreat campus. The Recreation Council is made up of interested students, and affords the members a change to serve the University in an in teresting and rewarding way. The Recreation Council is currently seeking new members for the coming year. Petitions- are avail able at room 301, SU. For infor mation on the Council or its teams and clubs, call Bruce Ma son, Council Chairman, at ext. 1904, or room 308A S.U. the diverse personalities which are an essential part of any good University. New students entering the Uni versity for the first time, and new faculty and staff members, will more readily achieve an tin derstandng of the University and its purpose* and its life, if they take full advantage of the faelll ties and programs offered by and through the union. "Si" Ellingson, SU Dirctor They take American friendship with them ...everywhere they go! They’re not the kind of men who often make news. But they carry American friendship —and ideas —into some of the most out-of-the-way places on earth. They are Standard Oil geologists, engineers, technicians. They explore primitive jungles,deserts,tundras,bayous,even the ocean bottoms, for oil. 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