The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 6, 1984 -Page A-3 MUG, MINI-MALL MOVE INTO GROUND FLOOR Union gets new look By THOMAS HRACH Anyone who has been away from Ann Arbor for the past year will scarcely recognize the current Michigan Union. Renovations in the 1916 structure have so radically changed its interior ap- .pearence and purpose that only ragments of the pre-1980 decor remain. Previously the Union was merely a place where students came to buy tex- thooks twice a year. Though the Juilding was the third oldest student union in the country, very little of what ,went on in the structure directly in- :volved the students. ACCORDING to Frank Cianciola, Director of the Union, the goal of the renovations is to "establish the Michigan Union as the front door to the Wniversity." After the 4.6 million dollar project is completed some time next year, the Union ought to serve the University community quite well. Former University president, James Angell, originally commisionned the Union in 1907. His original charter stated that the new building should "create an atmosphere where mem- bers of the University community can feel comfortable, meet informally and Selax." The recently completed Michigan Union Grill appears to provide exactly that kind of atmosphere and has attrac- ted a number of students to the building. STUDENTS MAY now feast on a variety of fast foods including pizza, hamburgers, and even a mini delicatessan for a quick noontime meal. The six independent eateries have also provided many opportunites for student employment. And extensive seating space for up to 400 people has been constructed which provides extra study space in the Union after the stores shut down for the evening. Currently the Union is moving in tenants for a new miniature shopping mall next to the MUG and will be the final chapter in the seemingly endless construction of the ground floor. STUDENT ORIENTED services like typing, copying, travel, photo, and even hair styling are hoped to draw people into the Union. The National Bank of Detroit will even have a small branch office opening to perform basic needs like opening and closing accounts. The Union has also agreed to rent space to Barnes and Noble, a well- known college textbook store. When the student-run University Cellar bookstore left the building in 1982 amidst disputes over rent f and restrictions on merchandise sold, students had no central outlet which would service their needs. But Barnes and Noble, which has 45 stores at other college campuses around the country, expects to do well despite the space limitations of the ground floor. Union administrators have agreed to remove their offices from the ground floor to give the store more retail space. Tentatively, the bookstore plans to open its doors in early December, just in time for the Winter term book rush. Other renovations include redecorating and rebuilding the U- Club. After fixing problems with poor management, a daytime restaurant service was added to the club. And the old student bowling alley was torn out and converted into the Union computing center. Since early 1983, the center has helped alleviate the long lines at the other campus computing centers. These improvements haven't come cheaply, however. Costs of the renovation have been tacked on to each students tuition. Until the year 2007, we can all expect to pay an additional $7.53 per term to pay for the construction. Doily Photo by REBECCA KNIGHT Students walk through the newly renovated ground floor of the Michigan Union in the area where a mini-mall featuring stores of interest to the campus community will open. School of Art cuts back By GEORGEA KOVANIS The University's School of Art has remained something of a campus oddity. There, in a modern-looking 10-year-old building tucked away on campus, students and faculty members share studio space and aesthetic ideas. Individualized attention and a personal approach have long been a tradition of the art school. NOW, HOWEVER, all of that is changing. The personalized approach the school was most proud of is being jeopardized in the bumpy transition to downsize the school. Beginning in 1985, art students will receive the more impersonal instruction familiar to students in other colleges. There are already a few teaching assistants in the art *chool, but before long, they're going to be more - a lot more. WHEN THE ART school was told in 1983 to cut its budget 18 percent over the next five years, it was also told to maintain its quality. Along with the natural resources and the education school, the art school is a victim of the University's five-year plan to reallocate $20 million of general fund monies into "high priority" areas. And now, it's time to sink or swim. The school must reduce the number of its faculty members and increase the enrollment of non-art students. Over the next five years, class sizes for undrgraduates will *icrease. The total enrollment, though, is expected to remain close to 550 students, as it is now. '1OWEVER, THERE will be fewer courses available to students. Concentrations in advertising design and courses in sensitometry, old photographic processes, light and motion, and filmmaking will be dropped completely. *But with these cuts, the school has been directed to inerease its enrollment of non-art school students. The school will begin mini-courses to entice LSA students to the school. The art school is also scheduled to move some classes and studio space down to central campus where administrators believe non-art majors will be more likely to enroll in the classes. However, all of this must be done with less. Over the next five years, the school, through early retirements, and voluntary resignations, is scheduled to phase out eight or nine full-time professors. THIS REDUCTION, will force the school to rely more heavily on part-time instructors, visiting artists and lecturers. This plan will also force the art school to rely more heavily on graduate students who will act as teaching assistants. According to school officials, this means that the school will have to increase the number of grad students enrolled. Over the next five years, graduate student enrollment is scheduled to double. These teaching assistants will be responsible for instructing about half of the art school students. " ... GRANTED, we'll lose the senior faculty being with freshmen students but we may find a way to circumvent that," Wendel Heers, acting art school dean said. According to Heers, students will become more independent because of their work with teaching assistants. However, William Lewis, acting associate dean, is more skeptical about the idea of having grad students instruct the beginning students. "Frankly, that's no place to be throwing a lot of TA's in," Lewis said. "I'm not enthusiastic about it." Lewis says that throwing out more grad students into the dismal job market "doesn't taste good." "I think there's a real question of how many grad students you can have if there's no place for them," Lewis said. "We can't promise a false world to them - it's not there," he added. But more graduate students means that the school will need studio space for these students. As a result, the school will rent about 5000 square feet in the printing service building on north campus for studio space. I PERS N ZED TO HAVE MANAGEABLE HAIR WITH NATURAL BOUNCE AND BODY...THE METHOD CUT, NOW 18.50 A cutting expert will individually design a custom Method Cut for you...by analyzing the texture of your hair. and determining its growth pattern and natural part. 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