Page 2 • Wednesday, September 30, 1998 Camp us Fish CthF NOHAb/ UGE/Jb Ml IT, HE'$ k STubEA/T MO'S BEEfJ Romm THE PAZKIM& (\SV\ LOTS SlAtCE ITJZ, £OOKm\*£l FOR A PARKltiO] SPACE. STILL SEARCUIMO, TO THIS DAY W BY R. DELUNA Walton Continued from Page 1 Simel & Lewis By Mel HOU) COME Yovj'dfc ALWAYS UEAdlNiGr THAT 5a MS SHIRT? TWAT'i &ECA05& j'tA A CARjodN CHAP-ACTER.. VIE ALWAYS WE A ft. THE SAME THING. > So IS THAT WHY HE'S ALWAYS VlEAfctMG THE SAME CLOTHES? HO 1 THAT'S JUST BECAUSE HE'S A T. A. “Then I saw the spirit and the tra ditions and all the seniors in the hall,” Nelson said. “(1 decided) I am going to live here my entire college career. ” Nelson said having a non-air conditioned facility strengthens the sense of community within the hall and encourages participation in events like Bonfire. “The non-air forces people out of their rooms and into the halls,” Nel son said. “We set a standard for mo tivation. Walton has one of the high est retention rates of upperclassmen among dorms on campus. We have a lot of eneigy and a lot of traditions. We pay about $1000 less to suffer through one month (of heat).” Walton and Hart halls’ rent is cur rently $572 per semester, which is two rent scales lower than the cheap est dorms available for female resi dents. The lowest rent housing op tion available to females are balcony dorms, renting for $970 per semester. The Department of Residence Life is considering keeping Hart Hall a non-air conditioned dorm and open ing up a ramp to female residents for a lower rent housing option. Sasse said the Department of Residence Life concluded there were females interested in a lower rent, non-air housing option after a survey was conducted last spring. Jerry Smith, the associate direc tor of the Department of Residence Life, said he favors adding window air units to Walton to maintain a low rent housing option. 'The non-air forces people out of their rooms and into the halls:’ — Jeremy Nelson Walton Hall resident honing units to V mean providing power and wiring tofej rently, each roomi has only one power{ limited power resourcfi| Sasse said rewiringt regardless of whethera: to the residence hall. "Walton Hall wase in 1932," Sasse said." have changed.” Rewiring the hall six to seven months. Caton Brown, Resid sociation vice president! and a senior civil en ing, said he hopes a c tv reached between the tf the IX’pumnentofResidi " We support the t ing on campus," Browt T1 valid claims aboutaddfl “We want to keep it economi cal,” Smith said. “Window units seem to provide the best alterna tives for residents to allow resi dents to choose what they want.” Smith said adding air condi- Bus f)MmL &(J£(VC£ RyGonZo & Co. BcHFlRe £.Lfr T?iP You Oli, tHATfc, . YeM, IT^ ^ ORIGINAL,.i Ai 8ATT Kemte m TRANT7otU/L.LY SusrecT£t> IS THIS Kft4p OIF UXApgRDo) 6A6 &W YeA* ARduMD msT cur v06 of ‘Mime. Science' \jbA LieveR. To scccp TO THAT SdfHoMlC L£Y£L of ror tfvftvfi..—TOtfTBoYS? , Continued from Page 1 Another concern Bus Ops is work ing on at this time is student com plaints about the current on-campus bus routes and scheduling. “A lot of variables are responsi ble for the problems with a number of our routes this semester,” Jack- son said. “The closing of Fish Pond for safety reasons, the large volume of students and budget difficulties are among the biggest issues we are currently dealing with.” Jackson said Bus Ops is consid ering an option that would integrate the off-campus routes with the on- campus routes to reduce the number of stops and would double the num- Building Continued from Page 1 Other noted damage include cracks in the columns and spaces were the building has shifted slightly. This damage is from the design of the building. These columns are not an immediate concern for the Physical plant or the architecture building. “The building has been stand ing for twenty years and most of the cracks developed in the first year,” said Wendler. Wendler said the Langford archi- r Information Services Disney Worldwide Service, Inc. will be hosting an informational meeting for all Juniors, Seniors and Graduate students interested in a technology internship with the Walt Disney World Information Systems Department in Orlando, Florida. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. in MSC ^^Room 212. ^ • ii.i ill. . fid os i Residence Life plans tool Bwas tsinori Bkers amended housingasap I Ha tions available to studa Bn tf hou ntract read Bior i February. udents cademi dire s her of busses physically® Bty t> “Test routes will be re B 10 b the on-c T iF B Cla pus as soon as thissprslN a son said. “In the ine3''B56. lessen the problems as iB 19, ■the u change the frequency^ B m il on-campus routes crossB^oth road tracks." akemi More ng t true lecture building is struct®® e si "The da ‘pai.ito characteristic withtheiBiildi the building,” GoldwatffBiate l Ir went on to sayl Bnent damage from wateraoi Bing of the building wasstf Bfor c in nature. Buildi idlowe Buildi .Bof > The oi her From Hollywood Squared to the Oval Office [els, , tight ¥ou know him from his days of hosting popular TV shows like “That’s Incredible” and “Hollywood Squares.” But, you’ve never seen him like this... 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