Appalachian State University - Rhododendron Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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New Currents On Campus- The Physical

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W4f ' To supplement the materials of learning, our library must also be expanded. In the face of this expansion, stately Watauga dorm must be torn down. In its place, a fifty-thousand square foot library addition will be built. The academic quality of any university depends upon the resources of its library, but with the loss of Watauga dorm, we sacrifice a link with the past. Not only that, the dorm ' s residents must relocate in an already critical housing situation. Privately owned apartment houses are springing up Hke milk-weed, but more housing is needed. Plans for more dormitory space are in the offing, with millions of dollars awaiting expenditure, and officials expect results by the Fall of 1979. In our sports minded culture, a university ' s athletic program can do much to establish recognition and identity across the nation. At ASU, every athletic facility is being expanded. Conrad Stadium is being remodeled, with a new press box, field house and fifteen-thousand more seats. For the recreational athlete, Broome- Kirk Gym is renovating the showers and dressing rooms. More recreational facilities will be constructed in the future as the ASU student athlete continues to enjoy them. Even the oft maligned Duck Pond will benefit to the tune of a one hundred-fifty thousand dollar landscaping and drainage project. The increased traffic flow will be eased by the widening of Rivers Street to four lanes as the campus will begin to dominate the terrain of Boone. These, and the many other pervasive developments at our university will contribute to the development of well-rounded college graduates. It will bring the ASU grad the recognition and credibility required to stake a claim in whatever field of endeavor he or she chooses. Introduction 9

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— - k - — - i fe i 1 : fsfe 1? ii SaS Sferi Stately Watauga Hall faces the wrecking ball of progress as the library expansion plah calls for its demolition.