Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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More than 7900 students enrolled at SEMO this year set- ting a record of 700 students over previous years' enrollment figures. Housing became an immediate problem with more than 3500 students squeezed into campus dormitories built for 3000 or placed in city motels and bused to and from cam- pus. Policy changes began to take place with dorms setting the pace in establishing open house periods and visitation hours. Freshmen women were given the opportunity to have dorm keys, and the old key card system for women was replaced by a metal key system. 0 ' Protests also hit the campus during a bicentennial ceremony in Academic Hall when members of the Black Stu- dent Union held a demonstration for black awareness and to protest the lack of black teachers, deans and coaches on staff. if 5 ve at 1 1' 5' U il' UI, ,, . l i I 'Y 2 ' X .1 Y A ' , ' . J . . W wwf, in an 5 fy Hr. A- 1 tg tif I t , if s 4 xi ., V K ,gy ' , Z . , . , , A it , l 3 LJ 50. f 'ZAi 'l Zlliy f 1 'fm fi. .t -M .- l ' bi,-71.41 1 . f ff 1-fmcf f' 1 JW jpw

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Perhaps the most noticeable change in campus appearance came, though, from the completion of the new University Center. The S4 million structure that took 12 years of planning and two years of con- struction, was open for student use in mid-September and offically dedicated on October 31, as a part of Homecoming festivities. The center gave students four levels of orange, red, and gold decor with space for everything from a bookstore and gift shop, work rooms and t.v. lounges, recreational areas with billiards, bowling, and mechanical games, to a ballroom, offices for student groups, meeting rooms, coffee houses, and a cafeteria. Located on the corner of Henderson and Normal, the building became an immediately popular spot for campus dwellers and commuters and was used by the com- munity as well as for organizational meetings. A S5 increase in student incidental fees beginning in 1963 and the sale of revenue bonds financed the center. , t

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