Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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The Union Building something for everyone Where do you go when you're not sure what you want to do, but you know you have to get out of your room? For many students, the answer is . . . The Union Building. Erected in 1954 on the site of the old Auburn University Gymanasium, the Auburn Student Union houses a variety of services for the entire University and Auburn community. There are hobby shops, conference rooms, study areas, entertainment areas, an information center, offices and a cafeteria. Responsibility for the management of this multi-faceted center rests with Lowell Ledbetter and Rick Mayfield. Both supervise the Union desk employees and maintain records of the use of each facility within the Union. In addition. Rick is in charge of Langdon Hall, and, as resident manager with an apartment in the UB, he is overall security guard for the property. If the campus police find a door unlocked at three o'clock in the morning, they call me to come down and lock it. It's convenient and less trouble than for a University official to come in from his home. Although it's spooky living here during quarter breaks since no one is around, the Union Building is, overall, an interesting place to live. Manned by Auburn Students who have become well known for their Auburn Union, will you hold please? the Union desk serves as an information center for on and off campus students. From telephone numbers to birthdays from event dates to dates for Saturday night, these bodies behind the voices answer hundreds of questions each day. Also located behind the union desk is a check cashing service pro- vided by the Interfratemity Council. And. if you need a ride home, of if you want company on your ride home, there are files at the desk to record and exchange this information. The lobby, filled with various shaped couches, chairs and tables, is hardly ever empty. It can be a study area, a rapping area, and an all-around nice place to catch a few minutes of sleep between classes. Piped in music provides the background for all of these activities. There is also a separate reading room supplied with an assortment of newspapers from around the nation and popular magazines. But, if reading, studying, or sleeping are not what you want to do . . . how about watching T.V.? The union provides a television set and plenty of front-row seats — highly popular for the soap opera fans during the day and the sports fan on weekends. An added dimension is a wide screen video system available for viewing specially filmed productions or a popular television show. If you want to learn how to do the hustle, or how to pack a backpack, or how to turn a trick in bridge, why not try a lesson in one of the rooms of the Union Building. These free lessons, provided every quarter by the UPC, include Disco Dancing, Backpacking, Bridge, Pottery, Macrame, Ceramics, and Canoeing. You can also use the Hobby Shop and Woodworking Shop for any special project. But, if you're interested in any other subject, drop by the Union Program Council office — located behind the T.V. area — and suggest it. Who Knows? You might end up Nt. $fBtn giving free lessons on underwater basket weaving or inter-space travel. After an enjoyable meal at War Eagle Cafeteria where you can sometimes be entertained by comics, singing groups, and artists while eating the campus favorite Maryland Turkey — or something from the fast-order grill, why not stop by the Rec room for a few games of pinball, foosball, pingpong. or pool. There is always someone there to challenge your skill — just beware of the live-in pros. Need extra cash fast? The Union Building facility can solve that problem for those who have an account with the Auburn National Bank. An any-time teller is 26 Union Building

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t. Hjidp Until a few years ago, the t-shirt had only one purpose — utility. Mothers made their children wear undershirts as protection from winter's vicious winds; the army made hoot campers on olive drab l-shirts as part of the basic dull green fatigues; wives of blue color workers made their husbands put on clean white Fruit of the Looms each day before work to help c ounterac t the less pleasant odors of life. And so it went. The t-shirt was an unwanted, unadorned, but necessary item of clothing. Look around now. T-shirts have become major components of the student wardrobe. Good things come in small packages . . . Wimpey. The key to this confusing advertisement was Lynn Wimpey, a candidate for Miss Homecoming who measures a mere five feet. Carvalho (printed in phonetic spelling) Plainsman Editor. It's that simple. was the logo for a winning campaign spring quarter. Campus fund drives are regularly announced through t-shirt communication. Bump Bamma Bash and KD, Delta Tau Delta Mardi Gras t-shirts gave places and time's of annual fund drive events. Auburn, THE University of Alabama proclaims the generally agreed upon campus fact that Auburn is definitely the best. Names of recording artists are often Stretched colorfully across t-shirt fronts: Marshall Tucker, Jimmy Buffett, and Elvis are examples of music lovers' favorites. Portraits of film and television stars often manage to smile pleasantly from the center of students' chests. Far-rah Fawcett-Majors was this year's big seller. Other colleges and universities are occasionally paraded snobbishly from class to class: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton glare from strategic positions at passers by. So, next time you're told to Go Climb a Rock or Do it with an Architect, remember that you're nowhere else but Auburn.

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