Gilbert next in line for face-lift
■ Planners want to
add more classrooms
and a center structure
to the building
By Maggie Young
Oregon Daily Emerald
The expansion of Gilbert
Hall, approved last week by
the Campus Planning Commit
tee, will provide more class
rooms and study rooms, but
many of the building’s inhabi
tants feel the 145,000-foot ex
pansion is too extreme.
This expansion will also
provide faculty offices re
source spaces, learning centers
and a center structure, which
would connect the four build
ings of Gilbert Hall into one co
hesive unit and add an expan
sion wing to the east.
The Charles H. Lundquist
College of Business put togeth
er a user group to discuss the
expansion last year. This group
formed because the college re
alized that it had run out of
space, said Dale Morse, dean.
“We wanted a business
school that matched our edu
cational goals,” said Morse.
“So we are creating different
classrooms and different stu
dent areas.”
Gilbert occupies an impor
tant space on campus, said Plan
ning Associate Fred Tepfer.
“It would be hard to pick a
place that is more important to
the campus fabric or plan,”
Tepfer said.
One goal of the renovation is
to make the building more
user-friendly, said Chris
Ramey, director and architect
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Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
Kent Duffy explains the expansion of Gilbert Hall. Duffy is one of the architects in
designing the new expansion to Gilbert.
with University Planning. Cur
rently, students experience
confusion when entering the
building, and the proposed
center structure is designed to
alleviate this problem, he said.
The center structure will
serve as a “symbolic space”
bringing students and faculty
together, he said.
But there are some concerns
about the impact of the expand
ed building on the rest of the
campus. The current proposed
structure is too much building
for this site, said Robert Mel
nick, dean of the School of Ar
chitecture and Allied Arts.
“The relationship between a
recently built large building on
campus and its moderate sized
neighbors is disastrous,” Mel
nick said. “We don’t want to
see that happen here.”
Another issue that has come
up in response to expansion is
that it may actually destroy
open space. The currently pro
posed east wing would eat up
an additional 88 feet of open
space, according to project ar
chitect Kent Duffy.
“What makes our campus
different than many is that we
have open space that we haven’t
filled,” said Jerry Medler associ
ate professor of political science
and committee member.
Construction is set to begin
in the summer of 2001.
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BWA holds fall event
■ Black Student Union and
the Black Women of
Achievement target new
students with reception
By Edward Yuen
Oregon Daily Emerald
New students had the opportu
nity to learn more about the Black
Student Union and the Black
Woman of Achievement Friday
night at the organizations’ fall re
ception.
The theme of the evening was
“Reaching Back to Make a Differ
ence,” and about 80 students met
the year’s executive members and
heard from speakers and watched
an African dance performance.
Lyllye Parker, an academic ad
visor at the Office of Multicultur
al Affairs, spoke at the reception,
encouraging African-American
students to consider the chances
they have for education at the
University.
Parker used personal examples
to set the tone for her talk, and re
minded students of the chances
they have for success after gaining
a higher education. She said she
was one of only two children in
her family who attended college,
out of her 11 other brothers and
sisters. She said juniors and se
niors are leaders who can help
provide more opportunities to
younger students. In addition to
Parker’s speech, students from
Zeta Phi Beta sorority and Phi Beta
Sigma fraternity performed the
“probate,” a darfce that is used to
celebrate new members joining
the sorority and fraternity.
“[The dance] is taken from
African dance and modified by
the historical black colleges,” said
Michael Dixon, the external direc
tor for theBSU.
Parker said she was glad to see
n
the new incoming freshmen par
ticipating in the reception and the
performances.
“I am just overwhelmed by the
emotions,” Parker said. “See how
well the students can build up a
community in a short period of
time.”
Yvonne Stubbs, co-director of
i t We expect people of all
kinds to come and meet
newpeople.
Kim Jabbie
co-director, BWA
n
the BWA, said the reception cre
ates opportunities for not only
African-American students but
other students as well.
Stubbs hopes more students will
get involved with the organization,
and someone will be able to step in
and take over her position when
she leaves in March, 2000.
Dionna Hancock and Kim Jabbie,
co-directors of BWA, said the recep
tion is an opportunity to increase
students’ awareness of African
American students and to let the
others know more about the African
American community on campus.
“We expect people of all kinds
to come and to meet new people,”
Jabbie said. “We appreciate all the
support that the students have
been giving to us, and we can’t
wait for a memorable year.”
Jabbie also wanted to see more
new students to participate in the
organizations.
Tonya Thorsteinsson, internal
director for the BSU, agreed.
“I really like to see a lot of stu
dents getting involved and raising
their opinions, and just helping
out to make the event a success,”
Thorsteinsson said.
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