University of Tulsa - Kendallabrum (Tulsa, OK)

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Clockwise from top left: Construction outside of Whitney Hall: The U came alive with construction: McFarIin Li- brary became known for the big pit in front.

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Hey! Who is supposed to do the growing here, the TU students or the TU campus? This past year campus ex- pansion projects totaled over S3 million. Students did everything short of wearing safety helmets: favorite park- ing spaces disappearedg books were not the easiest to hunt down in McFarlin and when found, were hard to concentrate on, and unless you were studying library construction, the library was not a very profitable exper- ience during construction hours, the traditional U lost its traditional shape, and pedestrian detours provided a rare form of adventure and challenge in reaching a class. Reasonably, the four buildings that went under construc- tion and expansion can take the blame for most of our misfortunes this year Call of them if you likej, but these buildings can also take credit for some definite improve- ments on campus. Student housing problems were alleviated when John Mabee Residence Hall made available their new addition of 153 beds for male students in September. This S52 million project was the first completed. ln October, TU dedicated the Thelma Ruth Shaw Alum- ni Center and Whitney Hall, two buildings connected by a joining utility area. The Alumni Center was designed for on-campus activities and Whitney Hall provided a home for the Department of University Relations and the Office of Development. This S500,000 complex makes 10,000 N l IHI rw WI BY ABBY SWANSON square feet available for office and meeting room space. Mabee Gymnasium was finished in January and made room for the increasing demand of women's and intramu- ral athletics plus health and physical education programs. The addition furnished the Golden Hurricane Athletic De- partment with essential training and office facilities. Probably the most significant change undertaken by TU was the expansion of McFarlin Library. The major portion of expansion, west of the building, is now one of fewer than ten in the nation located underground. The main reason for the McFarlin expansion was to make a home for our national research center in Modern Authors and the John W. Shleppey Collection of Indian Law, Indian History and Western Americana. The expan- sion made room for the national research center in the existing building while providing for storage, reading, ref- erence and stack areas in the new addition. The current capacity volume space is now 1.2 million, a 800,000 in- crease. lt is fortunate that TU lacks neither strong alumni sup- port nor a very political president. Both assets have had a firm influence on TU's academic development. Obviously, construction sights are not aesthetically pleasing, but long run advantages far outweigh the short-lived incon- veniences. We, the victims of change, have faired well.

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