Photographs of The Student Union of Ursinus College
Interior 1st floor
Lawrence S. Williams, Inc. Photography
1973
Neg. No. 150431
Photographs of the Student Union of Ursinus College
Office of Adm.
Lawrence S. Williams, Inc. Photography
1973
Neg. No. 150433
Photographs of the Student Union of Ursinus College
Student Union Interior 2nd floor
Lawrence S. Williams, Inc. Photography
1973
Neg. No. 150429
Photographs of the Student Union of Ursinus College
Student Union Interior 2nd floor
Lawrence S. Williams, Inc. Photography
1973
Neg. No. 150430
College Union Building
100:143 AAZ-3810
College Union Building
100:143 AAZ-3810
Ursinus College Union Opens Quietly But Sucessfully
A magnificent new Student Union opened on January 19. The Weekly will actually report on the Union opening next week. The opening took place after the deadline for copy. However, we can print the rules. They follow:
Hours
Monday-Thursday. . . . 8:30-12:00 P.M.
Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:30-2:00 A.M.
Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00-2:00 A.M.
Sunday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00-12:00 P.M.
House Rules
1. Sitting on the tables and placing feet on furniture is prohibited.
2. Abstain from eating or drinking in the music listening room.
3. Furnishings may be moved from room to room only with the consent of the house manager--the person in charge of the building at the time.
4. Animals are not permitted in the building.
5. Shoes must be worn at all times while in the College Union.
6. The use of bulletin boards:
a) There will be one bulletin board for 3x5 cards only. For this bulletin board it will not be necessary to ask permission for posting any bit of information.
b) On all other bulletin boards the events and notices to be posted must be first approved by the Director. These notices will be removed after two weeks.
c) Bulletin boards only be used for posting of any kind.
7. All rules and regulations as set forth in the rules and customs handbook will be enforced.
Music Listening Room
1. The music room will be available for all members of the college community.
2. Records and tapes are available. However, for security it will be necessary for all users to deposit their I.D. cards.
3. A time limit of one hour will be enforced only when others desire to use the room.
4. Borrower is responsible for any damages to tapes, records, or equipment.
5. The volume of sound at all times should be kept at a level inducive to good listening and in consider of the welfare of others.
Recreation
1. Facilities will be open to all members of the College Community.
2. Identification cards (I.D. cards) must be deposited when equipment is borrowed.
3. The borrower of equipment will be responsible for all damages.
4. Any student will be responsible for his guest.
5. Pool tables will operate under a one cent per minute charge.
6. An hour's limit of play will be enforced on all recreational equipment when others are waiting.
Disciplinary Procedures
1. Violations of rules may result in a letter being sent by the Director of the Program Board. It will be the responsibility of the Program Board to take action against the violator.
2. The maximum penalty which may be imposed by the Program Board will be limited to the suspension of students from the College Union and/or charges for any damage done.
3. Continued violations will result in reporting the violators to the Dean of Men or the Dean of Women.
4. Further action that may be necessary will be taken by the College Judiciary Board.
Reserving Rooms
1. Any student or any organization desiring to reserve a room must request such a reservation in advance of the Director of Student Activities.
Supervision
1. The house manager will be responsible for enforcing all the rules of the College Union.
2. All I.D. cards must be presented upon request.
Feb. 22, 1973
Ursinus College Union Menu
Hot Dogs . . . . . . . . . . .30
Cheese Dogs. . . . . . . .35
Hamburger . . . . . . . . .50
Cheeseburger. . . . . . .55
Steak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Cheese Steak. . . . . . . .70
Hoagies . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
French Fries. . . . . . . . . .25
Milk Shakes. . . . . . . . . .50
Sodas . . . . . . . . . . .15 & .25
Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Hot Chocolate. . . . . . .15
Ice Cream . . . . . .25 & .35
Feb. 22, 1973
Ursinus Union Apparently An Instant, Smash Success
Although the ceremony that opened the union was brief and contained no more pageantry than the simple cutting of a ribbon, it was a landmark in the College's social development. The Union is open now, this is no longer news. However, how the students have received the Union is news and this is what the Weekly wanted to find out. We did!
Everyone concerned with making the Union what it now is should be proud. Students had nothing but praise for this fine new accomplishment. "Wonderful . . . amazing. . . unbelievable" and "long over due" were some of the comments that students made about the Union. No one was displeased although a few procedural questions were raised by some of the students.
Mark Trishman and Bob Gassel, two members of the program Board, reported that operating difficulties were being ironed out and very shortly everything should be down to a routine. They also remarked that the snack shop was a great success and that the income from the recreation machines in the basement had been far greater than had been expected. After only one week in operation both Mark and Bob feel that the Student Union has been very successful even in comparison to the Unions of other schools that have long been established. Bob felt that this was partly due to the constitution of the Union while Mark added that we try harder. Also they mentioned that they were going to begin a campaign to educate people to the fact that this is their Union and it would be appreciated if they would keep it as clean as possible.
As far as the actual use of the Union is concerned, it is also a success in this aspect. The televisions are constantly on, the meeting room is being used by numerous organizations and the volume of traffic that the snack shop and recreation room are receiving needs not be mentioned. Students are also getting more mileage out of the lounges by using them for studying in the day and hold movies or coffeehouses in them at night. The classes and the USGA are making use of the offices in the basement, so as one can see every usable area of the Union is in operation.
Even though the Program Board's budget was cut back, they still are able to provide adequate entertainment as last week's activities proved. More concerts and a variety of other activities are promised.
A Special Note of Praise
Most people are unaware that people like Bob LeMoi, Mark Trishman, and Bob Gassel, to name a few (and there are many others), donate their time and efforts--they do not get paid! In the past couple of weeks they have almost been there night and day seeing that the opening of Union would be as successful as it was. The Weekly feels that these people deserve a special note of praise for their actions.
Mar. 1, 1973
Joe Van Wyk
The Union
I discovered that the Ursinus Student Union was becoming a huge success faster than anyone expected it to when a secretary in the Treasurer's office remarked that for some reason so many checks were being chased by students that morning of Monday, February 19 that the supply of cash would soon have to be replenished. The Student Union had only opened its doors an hour before, so the reader knows where most of the money was being spent. Then I walked over to the building to see how it looked with most of the furniture installed and quickly found myself engulfed in a crowd of happy students, a crowd larger than I had anticipated.
A Great Change
Great numbers of people from all segments of the campus community have continued to use the building steadily ever since. In only a week this steady use has changed the atmosphere of the school to an astonish extent. One need only have gone to the Union Coffee House on Saturday night to sense the change. It is difficult to describe in material terms precisely what the change was, but one can easily sense a new spirit, a new reinforcement of the bonds of community which I suppose only the presence of a student union on a campus where there was none before can give. I had expected the change in spirit to occur over a few months, not in one week.
Many recent graduates attended Saturday's Coffee House to get a look at the new building. All of them liked the building of course, I expected that; but I was surprised to see a wistful look of nostalgia on most of their faces. They looked as though--just for a moment--they wanted to be college students again. Now I found this phenomenon shocking to say the least. When they were the self-respecting college students of the late sixties these same graduates could do or say anything without blushing--except be caught in a nostalgic mood. Being nostalgic would bring a blush, for that was grossly sentimental and, indeed, irrelevant. And at all costs, a student of the late sixties should not want to be irrelevant. But lo and behold, there at the Coffee house were all these students of the sixties being unblushingly irrelevant. My illusions about these hardened elders were shattered. And alas, some of their illusions probably were shattered as well. So it goes. . .
Only a Week?
So the new Union has been a smashing success, already. One wonders how greatly it will affect the campus in the future when so much has been accomplished in only one week. Given their start, Dr. Wessel and the Board of Governors may wind up performing miracles before the year is out.
Yet the main miracle is already here. Who could have imagined a few years ago that the Union would be a reality today? The idea had been nursed along for some time, and I gather that for a while it was faltering. But the Ursinus College Student Union is here . . . now. And it took a special kind of leadership to bring a union here, now, when so many other schools have stopped growing.
Chuck Chambers
Mar. 1, 1973