Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

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[j ding Blocks of Knowledge (Above): Sixteen different fields of study are all discussed and mastered within the walls of the College of Arts and Sciences. (Below): The School of Business and the College of Nursing combined, hold the largest number of majors on campus.

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Seton Hall University : Bui] I (Above): Future Scientists of America begin their first experiments here in the Science Building. (Right): The School of Education teaches students how to help others learn. 26

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Movin On Moving to a new community is something that everyone ex- periences at least once in his life if not two or three times. The univer- sity community shared this ex- perience twice in only four months when the bookstore relocated its facilities in September from the Student Center to the corner of South Orange Avenue and South Center Street, and then moved back to its original home on campus in January. Why did the bookstore move in the first place? According to Bookstore Director Margaret Ahrens, former President Robert Conley thought moving would be a good idea to have “more free space on campus and to expand the bookstore operations in a bigger area.” It was President Murphy’s deci- sion to move the bookstore back to (Left): Worker prepares for the bookstore’s move back to its original home in the basement of the Student Center. (Top of page): Lines await stu- dents at the South Orange Avenue Bookstore. its original site mainly because of convenience for students and the “safety factor” involved. Ahrens explained that several traffic acci- dents occurred at the busy intersec- tion and that it was unsafe for pedestrians to cross from the Uni- versity to the store. Another problem was the high crime rate that store owners in the immediate areas also faced. Mrs. Ahrens referred to the recent rob- beries at Regan’s Liquor Store and Eat N’ Haul, which had an effect on the safety of the bookstore. Moving was a cumbersome chore and the bookstore had twice as many headaches because of the two moves. Some of them included the handling of merchandise, packing and unpacking, late delivery of equipment, floods and vandalism. Mrs. Ahrens mentioned the break- in over the Thanksgiving weekend in which soft goods such as bathing suits and sweatsuits were stolen from the Student Center location. When asked what the employees’ initial reactions to the first move were, Ahrens responded, “We were