Wednesday, May 19, 1993- The Michigan Daiy Summer Weekly -3 Renovations place a pretty V 71face on an UGL building By LAURA CAPIRIS FOR THE DALY The eyesore on the south edge of the Diag willibe healed in spring 1995. The Undergraduate Library, or the UGLi as it is affectionately called, is undergoing a much needed facelift- its first renovation since 1956. The extensive project includes the addition of a unified science library on the UGLi's third and fourth floors, an expansion of the existing building and the addition of catwalks linking the UGLi to the West Engineering Build- ing and the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library (Grad). On Monday, workers began to lay the foundation for the bridge connect- ing the science library's third floor to the Grad's second floor. Another en- closed bridge will connect the Science Library to West Engineering's fourth floor. Because the project is so extensive, there is a risk that the noise would damage the students' ability to con- centrate in the UGLi. Jack Weigel, science library coor- dinator, said an agreement has been made that all excessively loud work must be completed before 3 p.m. on each work day to avoid disturbing stu- dents who will be permitted to use the library's facilities throughout the con- struction period. "The major change willbe to create a space in the building for central cam- pus science library materials," said Barbara MacAdam, UGLi director. "The UGLi will actually become two libraries in one with the UGLi collection kept on the first and second floors and the unified science collec- tion on the third and fourth floors," said Dean of University Libraries Donald Riggs. Daisy Wu, head of basic science and engineering libraries, said there will be a sense of leaving one library and entering another as library visitors exit the stairwell or elevator and enter the third floor of the new Science Li- brary. Currently, the science-related ma- terials are housed in separate build- ings. The Physics, Chemistry, Math- ematics and Natural Science Depart- ments individually house their own resources. "One of the disadvantages of the separate departmental libraries is that they are running out of space, forced to compete with classrooms and labs," Wu added. "The new Science Library will accommodate their continual growth and expansion." Due to staff cuts, reference person- nel are now thinly dispersed across the campus. By consolidating the librar- ies, there will be one well-staffed sci- ence library, offering increased sup- port services for students, Weigel said. The total cost of the project is esti- mated at $11 million of which $6.85 million is to be funded by the sale of bonds. Grants and donations are ex- pected to fund the remainder. An in- crease in tuition is not anticipated. HEATHER LOWMANIDaiy Workers loosen and peel bricks from the east side of the UGU in preparation for expansion of the building. Scholars debate religious and ethnic strife in India Speakers criticize lack of unity; stress need for dialogue By PETER MATTHEWS DA LY STAFF REPORTER The December riots that followed the destruction of a 16th century mosque and the consequences such religious and ethnic strife could have on India's future were concems that brought six speakers and an audience of several hundred to Rackham Audi- torium last Thursday. Morethan 1,000peoplewerekilled and several thousand injured in the aftermath of the obliteration of a 464- year-old Ayodhya mosque in the In- dian state of Uttar Pradesh. Approxi- mately4,000 Hindunationalists,claim- lag the mosque covered the birthplace of their god Rama, leveledit with hand tools. India's population, which is near- ing 900 million, is 83 percent Hindu and 11 percent Muslim. There are also numerous Christians, Sikhs and Buddists.Rivalries between the groups couldhavegraveramifications for this country which was constituted as an independent democratic republic in 1950. Hindu and Muslim speakers who attended the Thursday symposiumm - "Ind: One Dre, One Dcstiny" - criticized what they considerd politi- cally motivated violence in a country that should be proud of its religious and ethnic diversity. Azml Most speakers said that the current sectarian animosities result from po- litical and economic inequality, Brit- ish colonialism and hate mongering for political ends. "Bringing religion into the debate is misleading and destructive," Prof. Deba Patnaik of the Residential College's African and African-Ameri- can Studies said. Dr.A.Raheman Nakadarthepresi- dent of the American Federation of Muslims from India, said that those who incited the "communal rioting hadtheulteriormotiveofgaining power and thereby destroying a beautiful cul- tural mosaic." Dr.,JawaidQuddus, the U.Sree- sentative of a Bombay company, said' "'he problem has been created by the leaders for vestedinterests, we are one, we must unite and fight the forces that seek to divide the country. We have to defeat the fascists, because if we don't you'll see what's happening in Bosnia but a thousand times worse." One of the political organizations thatwascondemnedaspurposelydivi- sive by the speakers was the Bharatiya Janata Party. This Hindu party heads the provincial government in Uttar Pradesh and has been using virulently sectarianrhetorictoconsolidateapower base. Madhav Deshpande, a professor of Asian Languages andCultures,recently returned from India. 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