The Michigan Daily-Saturday, October 30, 1981-Page 3 A maize-and-blue for maize-andbiu By LISA CRUMRINE The word "alumni" conjures up images of maize and blue clad rah-rah Michigan fans raving about how life was when they were undergraduates. Maybe so, but alumni do a lot more than cheer on football Saturdays, said Bob Forman, executive director of the University Alumni Association. Alum- ni play an increasingly important role in the support of the University, For- man said. For example, he added, 50 percent of the buildings on campus came from alumni gifts to their alma mater. AND NOW ALUMNI will have a campus building to call their own. The half-completed structure on the corner of Fletcher and Washington streets is the new alumni center. The facility will have meeting rooms and of- fice space and will be used for both alumni and student functions. "We feedI that the building is impor- tant as a physcial recognition of alumni on campus," said Forman. The new alumni center was designed by architect Hugh Jacobson, an inter- nationally renowned architect from the Georgetown area of Washipgton, D.C. Forman said Jacobson has designed several buildings at other college cam- puses blending together old and new architecture. "It was a challenge totry to design a building to be a good neighbor with the surrounding buildings - the League, Rackham and Hill Auditorium," said Forman. Construction on the building began last winter and is expected to be com- pleted in May 1982. Even though the building seems large, it has only about 18,000 square feet. The principal room is a large meeting room that can be divided into four small rooms, each with a fireplace. The building's interior color scheme will be maize and blue. Dark blue wall carpeting will cover the two-story high walls and a blue and gold motif will decorate the carpeting. The Univer- sity's interior decoration office designed the alumni center interior.' Forman noted that in addition to ser- ving alumni, the center also will serve students. building e alumni "We are eager that it will be used by students," he said. "In fact, one of the>: reasons for its unusual shape was to maintain the pathway which students ,-, use to get from Hill Auditorium toward Power Center. We want students to* know there is an alumni center - to.; have them feel involved with the:; building." Strawberry plants reproduce without..: seeds by sending out long runners. The: runners take root and become new ,- plants. AN EVENING OF MUSIC WITH TIBOR SZASZ, PIANIST TO BENEFIT HURON RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR YOUTH 8:00 p.m. Saturday. Oct. 31, 1981, FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH 1917 Washtenow $5.00 general admission $3.00 student admission Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK THE NEW ALUMNI center, currently under construction at the corner of Fletcher and Washington, is expected to be completed by May, 1982. H APPENINGS HIGHLIGHT An award-winning documentary Heart Cry, will be shown to interested members of the public at Washtenaw Community College at 9 and 10 a.m. in Lecture Hall 3 of the College's Liberal Arts and Sciences Building. There is no charge. The film, produced by World Relief, depicts the reasons why the Indochinese have fled their countries. Filmed in Thailand and Cambodia, it shows living conditions within the refugee camps, the distribution of food and the medical personnel and the problems they must cope with in the camps. It will be presented and discussed by Carol O'Dell, a registered nur- se, who spent eight months working in a refugee camp in the Philippines as a public health nurse. The film is sponsored by the Indochinese Education Project. For more information, call 973-3315. FILMS Alternative Action-Invasion of the Body Snatchers, MLB 4, 7 & 10:15 p.m.; The Blob, MLB 4,8:30 p.m. Ann Arbor Film Cooperative-The Elephant Man, MLB 3, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Cinema Guild-Dracula, Lorch Hall, 7 & 10:20 p.m.; The Bride of Frankenstein, Lorch Hall, 9 p.m. Cinema II-Diabolique, 7 p.m.; Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Angell Hall Aud. A, 9 p.m. Classic Film Theatre-Baby Snakes, Michigan Theater, 3, 6, 9 & midnight. Gargoyle-Phantom of Paradise, Hutchins Hall, 7 & 9 p.m. Mediatrics-The Great Muppet Caper, Nat. Sci., 7 & 9 p.m. NASCO Film Festival, Michigan Union Ballroom, 7 p.m., $1 Public Health-Noontime Film Fest, Green Valley Grandparents, Old Women & What We Have, SPH II Aud., 12:10 p.m. SPEAKERS Committee Concerned with World Hunger-Susan George, "The Politics of World hunger: How the Other Half Dies," Rackham Aud., 7:30 p.m. Guild House-Aldon Morris, "The Role of Internal Institutes & Resources in the Civil Rights Movement," 802 Monroe, noon. Wholistic Health-Pauline Cart, "The Use and Misuse of Herbs, Wesley Foundation Lounge, 602 E. Huron, 7:30 p.m. South & Southeast Asian Studies-Ken Swann, "The Khmer Camps in Thailand: Early 1981," Lane Hall Commons Rm., noon; Judith Becker, "Tradition & Modernity in Javanese 'Music," Lane Hall Commons Rm., 4 p.m. MEETINGS International Student Fellowship-4100 Nixon Rd., 7 p.m. Ann Arbor Chinese Bible Class-University Reformed Church, 7:30 p.m. Howard Marsh Center for the Study of Journalistic Performance-"Mass Media and the Unexpected: Cultural Tensions Between the Wars: 1918- 1914," Bentley Historical Library, 8 a.m., registration. Universal Life Church, Inc., Sheraton University Inn, 3200 Boardwalk, 7 p.m. International Center-Tom Roberts, Associate Director of Beaver College Center for Education Abroad, 603 East Madison, 4-5 p.m. PERFORMANCES Musical Society-Martha Graham Dance Co., Power Center, 8 p.m. Ark-Claudia Schmidt, dulcimer, guitar, pianolin, bowed psaltery', singer- performer, 1421 Hill, 9p.m. Professional Theatre-Wings, Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, 8 p.m. School of Music-University Symphony Orchestra Halloween Concert, Hill Aud., 9 p.m. Canterbury Loft-"Sundance," 332 South State St., 7 & 9 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS University Duplicate Bridge Club-Michigan League, 7:30 p.m. Transcendental Meditation Program-Rm. 4313, Michigan Union, 8 p.m. Gerentology-International Research colloquium on Self-care & the Elderly. For info. call Judy Wilson-Powers at 763-4102. Recreational Sports-International Recreation Program, Intramural Building, open swim 6-7 p.m., slide show, 7-8 p.m. Hillel-Shabbat Services: Orthodox at 5:10 p.m., Conservative and Reform, 5:20 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Reserve by noon. Hamilton House-Halloween Costume Bash, 10 p.m. Human Sexuality Advocates' Office-Coffeehouse for gay students, staff and faculty, Guild House, 802 Monroe, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Ann Arbor Handweavers' Guild-Large wall pieces on display for viewing and purchase at th'e Ann Arbor Art Association, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. PIRGIM-Boycott Nestle Task Force-Halloween carob candy sale, Fish- bowl, 8a.m.-3 p.m. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of: Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI., 48109. . 11 CAD I nID'rE %DCe ENGINEERING MAJORS sources Transco Companies Inc. Our business is energy - exploration, production and transportation. We're a young, aggressive company. An. engineering trend setter. 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