The Register, 1989-09-22

              in danger we have to take a drastic approach buck said the third level in the cafe is now a restaurant type arrangement said buck with the new atmosphere in the cafe students are picking up their trays i am very pleased with that art of the 70,000 this furniture in the memorial student union was purchased with th e t.wasrecei jenls students this house will be primarily for business and engineering students the other two houses one on daniel street will be for four females who are honor nursing students the house on benbow rd will be for four male students who are of honor table cloths and flower vases have also been placed on every table in the cafe the university has not only dressed up the cafeteria but they have bought three houses for students who have obtained a grade point average of a 3.5 or higher the houses the university bought will be completely furnished the house on 1711 bluford street will have an open house friday sept 21 from luntil 5 p.m the house has five bedrooms and will accomodate 10 females two to a room the house is equiped with a kitchen bathroom and telephone lines students will pay the same amount as other students do on campus at least for the first year said buck the university meal plan will be optional in the spring semester the university will start renovations in the basements of three dorms vanstory morrison and scott hall additional rooms will be built in the basement of vanstoryand scott hall the university will also wire the building for phones the light of the university volume lxi number 3 north carolina agricultural and technical state university greensboro friday september 22 1989 university improvements make the grade on the students bill last year for the purchase of a security system in the cafeteria the system cost 15,000 it was only a one time charge said buck we the university will pay for the maintenance the university had the security system installed after ' several incidents of food fighting a 10 fee was tacked it will be the second largest auditorium on campus next to harrison auditorium said buck many changes were been made over the summer including 70,000 of new furniture in the memorial student union quiet games room plans have been made to change the ballroom into an auditorium that will seat 400 people having students see their money working is what the changes are all about said dr roland buck vice chancellor of student affairs since so many students spend alot of time in the memorial student union the university targeted it for improvements cynthia roberts chief reporter students who returned to a&t this fall got a big surprise we had spent 70,000 in furnishing the new lounge the conference room the memorial room and including a satellite dish to bring communication to every room in the building said buck a room next to the barber shop once used for storage has been turned into a i don't like doing this but when peoples lives are