Happy birthday UGLi;
still ugly after 30 years
The Michigan Daily-Thursday, February 18, 1988- Page 3
By DAYNA LYNN
When the Undergraduate Library, affectionately
known as the "UGLi," opened its doors in 1958, it did
not have computers or carpeting. But it did have those
famous orange and turquoise "decorator" chairs.
Back then the UGLi also had an Audio Room with
two tape playback machines, ten turntables, and
AM/FM radio receivers. And before the advent of com-
puters, students could rent coin-operated typewriters at
-the UGLi to type their papers.
The UGLi, which cost the state $3,105,000, was
the first library in the country ever devoted solely to
undergraduates at a public university. Since the begin-
ning, the Undergraduate Library has been a social gath-
ering place for students as well as a place to study and
research, Barbara MacAdam, head of the UGLi, said.
HARLAN HATCHER, University president at
the time, officially opened the library for the first time
at 7:55 a.m. on January 16, 1958.
Roberta Keniston, library head in 1958, said stu-
dents did not hesitate to study at the new library,
largely due to overcrowding at what is now the Harlan
Hatcher Graduate Library. Students just came in, found
a seat and got to work, Keniston said.
But students have always criticized the UGLi's ar-
chitecture. Students were "appalled" by the UGLi's un-
°traditional appearance, said University alumnus Peter
Eckstein, who was a senior the year the UGLi opened.
His first impression of the UGLi was that it was "very
stark and had no character." The UGLi's exterior had "a
kindergarten approach with all its pastel, bright-colored
panels," he said.
From the very beginning students referred to the
library as UGLi, Eckstein said.
MACADAM SAID "there's no question (the
acronym) has to do with the building's appearance."
Compared to the traditional Gothic and Tudor architec-
ture of most University buildings, she said, the UGLi
is 'not pretty."
But the UGLi's architecture has its own merits,
MacAdam said. The building is open and approachable
- characteristics vital to welcoming and accommodat-
ing undergraduates.
Keniston said the UGLi appeared "very austere -
but it was very functional," she said.
The library's interior was functional chiefly because
its partitions were not fixed and were easily moved to
accommodate new needs and changes in the library,
Keniston said.
Keniston said the UGLi's big sturdy tables and
comfortable chairs were chosen with the students'
comfort in mind.
BUT THE building's interior design seemed
strange to Eckstein. There was "no privacy to study -
it was all open and you just sat at tables," he said.
Eckstein preferred the traditional study carrels in what
is now the Grad because it provided separation from
other students and less distraction.
Despite his dislike of the UGLi's appearance, Eck-
stein said he did use the library for research. As an
economist with the Michigan AFL-CIO, he still re-
searches periodically at the UGLi.
Before the UGLi was built, Eckstein said most stu-
dents studied at the "General Library," now the Grad,
built in 1873.
TODAY many students prefer the UGLi's more
relaxed and open study environment over the
"intensity" of the Grad. First-year LSA student Angela
Prelesnik likes the UGLi because it's "not so quiet that
you go crazy."
Pat Devine, LSA sophomore, agrees - "the Grad is
too depressing, I study there only for finals," he said.
Physical changes to the UGLi have been
"relatively modest," MacAdam said. There was an art
print gallery on the fourth floor where Art History stu-
dents could study prints for their courses. This gallery
is now housed in the basement of the Modern Lan-
guages Building.
A previous library head told MacAdam that during
the 1950s and '60s - when most students did not have
their own stereos and walkmans - couples went to the
Audio room to "listen to music and hold hands." The
Audio room, which was renamed the Sight and Sound
center, was recently closed due to lack of usage.
WHAT IS NOW the Reserve Desk on the third
floor used to be the "Multipurpose Room," she said.
Eckstein remembers on a tour, he asked Mrs. Keniston
to "name a purpose" for the room. Keniston told him it
was designed for lectures and student meetings.
Students used the Multipurpose .Room for films,
Doily Photo by ELLEN LEVY.
When the UGLi opened its doors 30 years ago, it was the first library devoted specifically to undergraduates.
Today, it holds a reputation of being one of the least attractive buildings on campus.
lectures, poetry readings and group meetings, said
Keniston. MacAdam said this room helped establish
the UGLi's social reputation.
The rules on smoking at the library - the only
campus library that permits it - have changed drasti-
cally during it's thirty years. In 1958 smoking was al-
lowed in the entire building, Keniston said. A study
room on each floor was reserved for non-smokers.
Later, and until a year ago, smoking was allowed in the
entire basement, MacAdam said.
TODAY - due to guidelines restricting smoking
in public places - smoking is prohibited everywhere
in the building except one basement group study room.
"Smokers are people who need a quiet place to study,
too," MacAdam said.
Carpet was first laid in the library in 1983.
MacAdam said she found old student suggestions from
before the UGLi was carpeted complaining about the
noise caused by shuffling feet.
MacAdam is in the process of collecting old clip-
pings, reports, student and alumni anecdotes and "hall
of fame" student suggestions, which will be displayed
in the library's lobby beginning this spring to give
students "a feeling of what the UGLi was like in the
past."
But one of the most interesting stories may be
MacAdam's own experience. As an undergraduate, she
went into the early stages of labor on the UGLi's sec-
ond floor, while waiting for her husband.
The display in honor of the library's 30th anniver-
sary will be changed periodically through next fall.
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What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Prof. tries to link obesity to food tastes
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Many people are slaves to their
food passions - like chocolate-
lovers who make special trips to the
drug store for candy bars. And Psy-
chiatry Prof. Andrew Drewnowski
thinks this inability to control one's
food preferences may lead to obesity.
Drewnowski is currently studying
the correlation between food prefer-
ences and the kinds of foods people
eat, and hopes to "modify diets so
obese people won't gain back weight
they had previously lost."
Drewnowski called obesity a
psycho-social problem because not
all people with a sweet tooth will
have trouble avoiding high calorie
food such as sugars and fats. "If
people love chocolate, it doesn't
necessarily mean they will eat it," he
said.
Drewnowski said people of nor-
mal weight may still prefer to eat
fats and sugars, but may choose not
to eat a lot of these foods because
they know it will affect their
appearance and fitness.
Drewnowski expects his study to
show that fat people don't have as
much will power as thin people.
Drewnowski plans to track of the
eating habits of his subjects - Arn
Arbor residents - for a full year. In
the past, he said, studies by other
researchers have only observed the
eating habits of overweight people
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Meetings
A panel of four professional
women will speak on "What to
dog with a science degree: academic
alternatives," at East Conference
Room, Rackham fourth floor, 4-
5:30 p.m.
U M Women's Lacrosse Club
At the Coliseum on the corner
of Hill and Fifth St., 4-6:00 p.m.
Women's Action for Nuclear
Disarmament - 1209 Union,
6-7:30 p.m.
The Bicycle Coordinating
Committee will speak on
bicycle issues, City Hall fifth floor
conference room, 7:30 p.m.
The United Coalition
Against Racism - Weekly
meeting, Michigan Union, 6 p.m.
Lesbians of Color
Collective - 7 p.m., call 763-
4186 for meeting place.
The Department of Romance
Languages F r e n c h
Conversation Club ("L a
Parlotte") - Fourth floor
commons, MLB, 3-5:00 p.m.
Okinawan Women's Karate
Club -t IM .Sports Building,
beginners' class 7:45-8:30 p.m.,
advanced class 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Speakers
Andrew Geller - "Effects o f
Field Size, Contrast, and Retinal
Eccentricity on Visual Acuity in
the Viewing of Interference
Fringes." Part of the Vision Lunch
Seminar, 12:15 p.m. at the 2055
Mental Health Research Institute.
Mark Hayes, Brian Schints,
and Paul Levine, of Apollo
t Computers, will lecture on
"Direction of Personal
Workstations," "COS -
Corporation of Open Systems,"
and "NCS - Network Computing
Systems," respectively at 143
Chrysler Center, from 1-2:30 p.m.
Ernest Fontheim of the Space
Research Laboratory, will speak on
"The Solar Wind Interaciton with
the Venus Exosphere," at 2231
Space Research Building, 3:30
p.m.
Computer Vision Research
Laboratory Seminar- A 4
n.m. at 1200 EECS Bilding.
Mason Hall, 4 p.m.
U-M Dearborn Prof. Neil
Flax-"Fabricating the Avant-
Garde: Art Critics in France in the
19th Century," Rackham West
Conference Room, 8 p.m.
Dr. Kit Wesler, of Wickliff
Mounds Research Center in
Kentucky - "Cross-Cultural
Archaeology: West African
Perspectives on North American
Research," Room 2009, Museums
Building. 12-1:00 p.m.
Prof. of Industrial and
Operational Engineering
Stephen Pollock - o n
"critical issues," North Campus
Commons Valley Room, 12 noon.
Furthermore
School of Music sophomore
Ray Wade - Featured performer
at a song recital in the Michigan
Union's Kuenzel Room at 12:15
p.m. Free admission.
Gaza and the West Bank:
Implications for the Future
- Presented by the Center for
Near Eastern and North African
Studies, Rackham Amphitheatre, 3-
5:00 p.m.
Tittabawassee Jane - a
m u s i c a l b y
playwright/songwriter/folksinger
Jay Stielstra. $7. At the
Performance Network, 408 W.
Washington, 8 p.m.
A Celebration of Life with
the Bichinis Bia Congo
Dance Company - At the Ark.
Call 763-TKTS for more info.
"Contemporary Inuit
Drawings," The University
Museum of Art will showcase 83
drawings all week. Museum hours
are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday, and 1-5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday.
Computing Center Courses
- Microsoft Word Part 2
(Macintosh), 3001 SEB, 8:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Microsoft Word,
Part 1 (IBM PC-Compatibles),
3001 SEB, 1-5 p.m.; Introduction
to TEXTEDIT, Part 6, 2065A Frieze
Building, 1:30-3 p.m.; Formatting
a Rackham Dissertatrion with TeX.
MSA to list profs. who
held class MLK day
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By RYAN TUTAK
Tuesday night the Michigan
Student Assembly (MSA) narrowly
passed a resolution urging students
to inform the assembly of professors
who did not offer alternative lectures
on Martin Luther King day.
The assembly will list the names
of professors who assigned tests or
papers on Feb. 18 without offering
"make-up" lectures and test dates in a
Daily advertisement. MSA will also
help students file grievances against
the professors.
THE RESOLUTION, which
passed 16-11 with one abstention,
calls a reluctance to cancel classes
"an affront to Martin Luther King
day and a disrespect for the students
who boycotted classes."
The resolution initially stated that
only the professors' departments
would be publicized but was
amended to name the professors,
making them accountable to the
University community, MSA Vice
President Wendy Sharp, an LSA
senior, said.
"If department chairs see the name
of their professors in the paper,
maybe the chair will ask them why
they didn't offer an alternative day
for an exam or paper," she said.
BUT HARRIS McClamroch,
chair of the faculty's Senate
Advisory Committee on University
Affairs, said publishing t h e
professors' names "might alienate
professors rather than involve them
in the issue."
Law school representative Joe
Girardot said'he voted against the
resolution because it called for
"undue and unnecessary incitement"
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of the professors.
"(MSA) could open themselves
up to a legal suit," he said.
Sharp said MSA would only
condemn the professors for not
offering alternative classes, adding
that the advertisement would include
a disclaimer that the professors'
names were obtained by student
reports.
IN ADDITION, the assembly
shot down a resolution to disapprove
of UCAR's partial blockade of some
Angell, Mason, and Haven Hall
doorways during Martin Luther King
day.
The resolution, voted down 22-4
with two abstentions, said the
blockade infringed upon students'
freedom to attend class.
Sharp said the blockade, by
making students walk to a side-door,
"forced students to deal with internal
racism and recognize that it's MLK
day... I don't think students would
have thought twice if they weren't
confronted with the picket."
Engineering representativeand
junior Dan Tobocman, who
introduced the resolution, disagreed.
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