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at site of Two part exhibit Construction start S650millio Amh Colleges plan display -4-** In order to acquaint incoming freshmen with the Collegiate System, the Colleges hare initiated a joint effort to subjective identity in the Multiversity, the result being that he feels there is no one place to which he belongs. by Curt Miller Campus Editor construct an exhibit for the Summer Planning Conferences. The project is being directed and coordinated by members of the C.P. Snow College (formerly the Socio-Technical Systems Collegiate Workshop). Work on the exhibit began when Dr. Wayland P. Smith of the C.P. Snow College offered the assistance of his College to Or. Allen Sapp, temporary Chairman of the Collegiate Assembly. Dr. Smith suggested that this endeavor be undertaken so that incoming freshmen will perceive that the Collegiate System is an important portion of the total University system, and an integral part of their educational experience. Collegiate tunnel The exhibit will be constructed in two adjoining sections. The first will be a tunnel to depict chronologically, the growth of conflict and crisis in the University. Using multi-media effects to create an appropriate environment, the development of conflicting issues and ensuing crises will be shown through photographic exhibits and displays. At the end of the tunnel, visitors will enter a large domed facility, where displays from each member of the Collegiate Assembly will be shown. The displays will depict the goals, philosophy and activities of each Surveyors are currently at work at the State University of Buffalo’s $650 million Amherst campus site, while clearing operations continue. Heavy equipment, including bulldozers and excavators should begin work on the dormitory and dining hall quadrangle by the end of the week. The $ 11 million contract was awarded to the John W. Cowper Co. of BuffaIo,“one of two firms which submitted bids to the New York State Dormitory Authority. The State agency will oversee construction of the complex which consists of four three-story dormitories and a dining hall. The facilities will accomodate 828 students and will serve Colleges A and B. The exhibit seeks to show that the University ’n to the point where /' conflicts between diffen is within it. Out of thi ;ts grow crises which af. :udents in two waysi V First, a disfunction in the University system causes a disruption of the student’s educational experience. Second, there is a loss of the student’s College. At the present stage of the project, negotiations are under way for an open space on campus for the structures. Dr. Smith is negotiating with the office of Facilities Planning for the use of the area behind Baird Hall where the pillars are located. The target date for completion of the project is July 1, in time for the first Summer Planning Conference. Bids for a second dormitory complex will be received at the beginning of August. The estimated $ 11.6 million project will contain dormitories, dining halls and instructional facilities. It is expected to get under way early in the fall. More contracts Construction on the Amherst campus had been delayed for nearly a year because of a dispute over minority hiring and training in the construction union, Although the dispute has not yet been settled, Gov. Rockefeller lifted the 11 - month old work moratorium in February. Work on the University complex did not begin, however, until several weeks ago, when clearing operations got under way. The new University complex will be responsible for a large flow of construction contracts into the Buffalo area. Gov. Rockefeller said: “By the end of 1970 -the University expects to let a total of $135 million in construction projects in the area,” most of them on the new campus. - ■ Originally, it was expected that the first phase of the new University complex would be completed by 1970 with completion of the project coming in 1975. More recent estimates set 1975 as the date for completion of the complex. Hunt dismissed for arresting protestors Work begun Tractor* help dear the fits for the first five facilities for the new Amherst campus. Excavation work will begin shortly. everybody you can get your hands on’.” Four students were arrested immediately and one faculty member was arrested more than two weeks later on a charge of disorderly conduct. Referring to others in the group, Mr. Hunt said: “Some of the people 1 havn’t identified yet. I think I know who some of them are if we really want to pursue it.” Campus security also told two faculty members and a graduate student to leave the area — they were selling “Hayes 45” buttons from a table near the stadium entrance. Mr. Hunt explained that they had asked and were denied permission to set up the table. He added: “I thing the University has the prerogative of decision, whether or not any kind of business activity will be permitted on campus.” Criticizing Mr. Hunt’s actions, Dr. Feldman said: “From all I know he was dead wrong in both of the incidents. We saw it as a symbolic action of protest.” He also indicated that Mr. Hunt had bypassed all the University’s internal mechanisms available and necessary in these matters. Commenting on the AAUP grievance Mr. Hunt said: “People have the right to disagree and dissent. A group of people disagreed with my actions and, simply, this was the reason for the dismissal.” Mr. Hunt said the incidents at May’s commencement exercises could not have been handled internally because they were a violation of the injunction. Following much criticism about his actions at May’s commencement exercises and a misconduct charge riled before the Faculty Senate, Robert Hunt was dismissed from his position as director of Campus Security. Mr. Hunt, however, still defends his actions which resulted in the arrests of several students and a faculty member. U niversity-generated growth in the area. It will allow for improved mass transit for the region and eliminate the need for more new highways. Government outlays will amount to an estimated $400 million over a period of twenty years to create the public facilities necessary for the expected growth. Dr. Bush-Brown added. The Amherst planner explained the advantages of moving rapidly towards occupancy of the Amherst campus. He described it as an “integrated, coordinated educational plan,” which can not be achieved at the present campus without a pre-determined program. The maintenance will be less in the long run, than it would be to maintain the present campus at an overcrowded level. The new campus will also provide a great deal more academic flexibility than is possible at the present campus. Mr. Hunt said he acted in line with the State Supreme Court injunction prohibiting disruption of campus activities. The Executive Committee of the State University of Buffalo Chapter of the American Association of University Professors recently placed a grievance before the Faculty Senate. Crowning pains Although a boon to Niagara Frontier businessmen, growth is a major problem on the present campus. According to Dr. Albert Bush-Brown, vice-president for Facilities Planning, there is a problem of acute overcrowding on the Main St. campus. “We are running our buildings at an average of 134% occupancy according to State University standards. This is besides the overcrowding of the union, of the libraries and the dormatories. . .no student or faculty members is adequately served on this campus,” he said. The Amherst campus will include facilities for more than 50,000 people, including students, faculty and staff. In order to accommodate some of the overflow the University has already had to expand the present campus by purchasing scattered houses around the community. This has placed an additonal strain on the University’s budget. “Money is as hard to come by for this campus as it is for Amherst,” The new University complex will allow for development of the collegiate units. This program, originated by former University President Martin Meyerson, is still in its formative period at the State University of Buffalo. Also planned for the new campus is a Health Sciences Clinical Center which will concentrate on clinical, educational, research and service activities, the University will also seek to tie affiliated community hospitals to the center by developing efficient transportation and communications systems. A A UP President Marvin Feldman has charged that Mr. Hunt’s actions on May 29 were a “threat to the existence of peaceful dissent.” During the graduation exercises a group of about 20 persons were ushered out of Rotary Field by campus security after they marched from the grandstands. Mr. Hunt, who directed campus police during the incident said the group of protestors included both students and non-students. After the protestors filed out of the stadium, Mr. Hund said he ordered his men to “arrest Contraction of the Amherst campus will have a great impact on the educational development of the State University of Buffalo and on the economic future of the Buffalo community. The University will directly employ 24,000 people, with $200 million more in annual payroll being pumped into the region’s economy. $200 million pump The main impact of the University’s development will be confmed to a “Buffalo-Amherst Corridor” which extends along the axis between downtown Buffalo and the new Campus. State agencies say this corridor formation will prove most effective in utilizing The Health Sciences program may also include an Alcoholism Institute and a Behavioral Sciences Study Center along with clinical facilities. This would bring together sociologists, anthropologists and health professionals in the study of ecological factors in disease. The Spectrum is published three times a week during the regular academic year and weekly, every Friday, during the Summer sessions by the Faculty-Student Association of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Inc. Offices are located at 355 Norton Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14214. Telephone: Area Code 716, Editorial, 831-4113; Business, 831-3610. Telex: 91-6472. Represented for advertising by National Educational Advertising Service, Inc., 18 E. 50th Street, New York, New York 10022. Second Class Postage paid at Buffalo, New York. Circulation: 10.000. Page two . The Spectrum . Friday, June 26, 1970
