University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Unit V. the University's new coed dorm, housed men and women students when finally completed in Winter Quarter. Easing pressure on the housing shortage this year is Unit V. a new dorm located beyond Terry Hall. Some 225 male students endured Spartan living when they inhabited the partially completed and barely furnished residence hall Fall Quarter. Four-hundred fifty men and women students moved in upon final completion. Situated near Guggenheim Hall is a four-story aerospace research laboratory. The building contains test chambers and facilities for both wave propagation and antenna research. The $2.8 million Schmitz Hall provides a wel- coming change for the student who seeks vari- ous services under one roof. The new five-story structure includes services such as registration, job listings and counseling. Other projects located in the campus periphery include the $3 million architecture building, the new atmospheric sciences and geophysics building and an addition to the College of Forest Resources. The construction of a $4 million zoology research center was funded by the National Science Foundation and also by the State Building Authority. Finally, renovations and new installations are underway at Anderson Hall, the Henry Art Gal- lery. the Hec Edmundson Pavilion and also the Adult Leukemia Research Center. George Washington benignly surveys constructum of Schmitz Hall. 26

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AUTHORIZED PERSONS ONLY NO HIRING BEING DONE HERE Construction and Destruction Mark '70 The date was September 29, 1969. Fall Quarter had officially begun, and over 30.000 students found their campus to be in an unprecedented state of change and innovation. Chaos reigned, construction and destruction vied for supremacy. In a show of strength, equipment was assembled, ready to build, while holes gaped and buildings stood unfinished and empty all over the UW campus. The Administration Building, bastion of the Establishment at the UW. had been a target for assault. In the early hours of June 29 ex- plosives, believed to be partly nitro glycerin in content, blasted the entrance and concrete floor of the building. The resulting damage was estimated to be about $300,000. Despite a $10,000 reward fund and an intensive investi- gation on the premises, no revealing clues were found. But 1969 was also the year of the great con- struction boom as the campus initiated an overall face lift in building projects. Massive construction was undertaken at the total cost of $40 million. Excavation changed what was once the grassy plaza of the Suzzallo Library Quadrangle into the Pit. An unmistakably vast hole, it often drew a sizeable crowd of on lookers. They watched in awe as a three level underground parking garage materialized out of mud. The Central Quadrangle, when completed in 1971, will include a classroom- auditorium building with a seating capacity of seven hundred, a central plaza and undergradu- ate library. Labor problems halted construction. Led by the black-dommated Central Contractors Associa tion, demonstrators sought to protest discrim- inatory hiring practices of the construction union. Following skirmishes between police and demonstrators, the University initiated court suits against trade unions which failed to ob- serve the positive compliance issue in equal opportunity employment policy. Despite the atmosphere of racial tension, construction con tmued throughout fall and winter months. Construction on campus can be a crowd-gathering event as blacks (above) protest and spectators (below) observe changes taking place. 25

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It's All Part of a New Campus The College of Forest Resource's new building is on the edge of campus. Fab space is provided by the new Atmospheric Sciences Building. 27