University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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College students are a fun loving bunch. Although much time is spent in the classroom and in studying in the library and at home, everyone found some sort of diversion. While organized activities were abundant, many students took advantage of those spur-of-the-moment urges. UA intramurals were one of the most popular of the non- impromptu activities. Fourteen sports were offered each semester for individuals and teams. Football, basketball, vol- leyball, swimming, tennis and raquetball were among the most popular. Participants must have had a dorm, sorority, fraternity or independent affiliation. Over 1 1,500 people were active in the various intramurals this past year, proving that they are one of the favorite diversions. The jogging craze, now several years old, is still going strong at UA. The Mall, close to a mile around, has become the track for jogging enthusiasts. Thousands of running shoes have trod a path around the Mall ' s grassy edges. Fris- bee, soccer, and flag football players were in abundance on the Mall on warm afternoons and weekends providing a vari- ety of entertainment for willing spectators. With the onset of roller mania, and even roller disco, many students took to the streets (literally) on personal, rented and borrowed skates. They became almost as threatening as the bicyclists on campus as they lettered and tottered their way down the University ' s sidewalks. For those who decided against skinned knees, but were looking for some adventure, local bars became a favorite for afternoon happy hours. While putting away pitchers may not seem very dangerous, it can bring havoc to even the most physically prepared body. There is no way to adequately capsulate all the activities of a college student; no one knows what ' s going to happen next. Yet a word of advice Don ' t be surprised by anything! 6 STUDENT DIVERSIONS

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The University is currently building a 95.000 square- ot classroom-office building at Second Street and ' live Road that will cost taxpayers about $7 million. Expansion was also evident in renovations in the SIo- iker Alumni Building, the Robert L. Nugent Alumni uilding and the Student Health Center. The Slonaker Llumni Building, formerly Pima Hall, was remodeled last year to provide the Alumni Association more offic space. Conversions were made in the Robert L. Nugem Alumni Building to accomodate the Department of Stu- dent Housing whose move was scheduled for the spring. Due to the lack of funding the Student Health Center found itself having to close down its in-patient clinic. The rooms were converted to offices and conference rooms for the Health Center staff. Although the University may see continued growth i the 1980 ' s. the increase will be minor because officials said the large portion of the population growth Arizona and Tucson will experience will not be college age. But this does not mean that the University has finished expanding. Several University projects are either plan- ned or have been financed: construction on a proposed S4 million Pharmacy Building is planned to begin some- time next spring. Also, proposals for a new Chemistry Building have been considered. The UA campus is considered by both alumni and isitors to be one of the more attractive campuses in the country. But the University ' s growth is contingent not only on increased student enrollment but on a strong state economy. LMVERSITYEXPANSK

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STUDENT DIVERSIONS 7