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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1976)
Page 6 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1976 $165 million spent since 1970 A&M construction booming Major construction projects cur rently underway on the A&M cam pus should be completed by the be ginning of the fall semester, accord ing to Gen. A. R. Luedecke, execu tive vice president of The Texas A&M University System. Construction is continuing on schedule for the Architecture build ing and new classroom and labs building on the main campus and for the Soil and Crop Sciences and En tomology building and the Animal and Poultry Science building on the West Campus. Luedecke said that when the buildings on the West Campus are completed, traffic lights and railroad signals will be installed to accommo date increased traffic flow. He added that much of the build ing space will be used for faculty and student research, rather than for un dergraduate classes, and said that he does not anticipate any major traffic problems. Since 1970 Texas A&M has spent more than $165 million on construc tion on the main campus. More proj ects are now in the planning stages or under construction, including a Lab Animal Reosurces building esti mated to cost $3 million, an addition to Sterling C. Evans Library, new greenhouses, P.E. tennis courts, a turfgrass lab, Equine Nutrition Barn and Animal Science Shop and a new parking lot near Kyle Field. Construction of the new library addition will begin in early 1977 and will last for nearly three years. Luedecke said that the actual start ing date is dependent upon whether extensive changes are necessary after the detailed design has been submitted to the Board of Regents by the architectural firm, Preston Geren of Dallas. A new baseball field is planned for the area now occupied by the Aggie Rodeo Arena, which Luedecke said “put up by some boys one hot Photos by Steve Goble summer with lumber they salvaged over in Bryan.” The arena will be replaced with a more modern version that will be constructed near the Polo Club northwest of the campus. A re placement horse barn will also be built at the site. Luedecke said that no specific plans have been formulated for the expansion of G. Rollie White Col iseum or Kyle Field. “I’d be glad to expand Kyle Field if someone could tell me how,” Luedecke said. Pedestrians and bicyclists on campus will be pleased to hear that more roads will be eliminated within the next year. Systems designers plan to close the part of Spence Street between the Animal Hus bandry Pavilion and the old En gineering building. They also plan to close the part of Ross Street that lies between Houston and Asbury Streets. Luedecke said that planners are aiming for a balance between pedestrian and auto traffic, and are trying to eliminate through traflic. The new Architecture building on the main campus and the two new buildings on the west campus are being constructed from pre-cast components. The pieces are truck ed in .. . 8 1 n and there they would remain were it not for modern heavy-lift cranes TENON THE RICHTER SCALE Je When things go according to plan, the crane lifts the pieces into place. Mere 14-ton pieces (like the one above) pose no problem, and even 50-ton loads can be handled . . . ANOTHER EARTH-SHAKING DEAL FROM SOUND CENTER Bring In This \$100 Coupon For a Fantastic Stereo System: SANSUI 551 RECEIVER Reg. $260.00 BOSE 301 SPEAKERS Reg. $192.00/pr KENWOOD KD-1033 TURNTABLE Reg. $134.00 with Audio Technica 11-E Cartridge LIST PRICE: 586.90 SPECIAL PRICE WITH COUPON *486 90 3806-A Old College Road Next to Triangle Bowl 846-3517 Mon., lues., Wed., Sat. 10-5 Thurs. & Fri. 11-7 NEED EXTRA CASH? unless the ground shifts under the crane. When it did last spring at the Soil and Crop Sci ences building site, the boom snapped off and made a hole in the building’s floor.j Become a Plasma Donor at Plasma Product Inc. 313 College MaiiL College Station Cash given with each Donation.