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carried a protest by Randy Beam
against the introducation of money
changers into the temple. To be more
precise, the opening of a branch office
of a bank in a corner of the Nebraska
Union. To quote him, "The benefit to
the bank would be the big bucks it
would make using leased space in a
building built with student dollars. Its
location' would put other Lincoln
banks at a gross disadvantage; its
utilities would be provided free by the
University.'
He tossed in words like "usurping
space", "rationalization" "save the
Union's financial skin" and even
"commercial, profit making business"
(horrors!) At the risk of not getting
this past, the copy desk, I've got to say
I think he got a little exciied.
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A lot of people hope the bank is
only the beginning of a whole new
kind of service in the Union. There is a
lot of wasted space in the building,
which could be put to better use with
a little work, so it isn't a question of
squeezing out existing activities.
Already the Union has a bookstore, a
barber shop, food service and a ticket
office-all motivated by profit.
When Beam says that business
ventures are contrary to the
philosophy of the Union, he's just
plain wrong. You could eliminate all
the profit from the Union, but you'd
have to turn the whole organization
inside out, and you would be throwing
' the baby out with the bath water.
Union leaders feel that there are
many areas where students would be
well served by renting retail space to
businesses, and plans are getting
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underway to do just that. The
Oklahoma State University Union has
a whole mall of little shops, including
things like a florist shop and a good
bakery. The idea works quite well
there. Why not here?
The reason the question comes up
now is that every so often, it is
necessary for the Union to remodel
itself. Everything gets updated, and
there is an opportunity to correct all
the mistakes that were made last time
around. For instance, when the main
lounge was designed, no one predicted
that it would turn into a zoo every day
at noon.
The, Crib needs help, too. Not only
is the orange plastic decor out of date,
but the cost of operating the place
could be reduced through better
design. The Harvest Room and the
Colonial rooms are both getting
looked at. And why not put Student
Activities, the Union officesstudent
organizational offices, the Program
Council, and ASUN all together in the
south side of the second floor? They
'could combine functions, save money
and free their present offices to
become meeting rooms. It's a game
called musical rooms, and the prize
could be a Union that is easier to live
with.
This s the context of the
Bank-in-the-Union idea. If it works,
there could be other things-rhaybe a
drinking establishment (regents
permitting), or a florist shop, or fast
food, or pizza, or whatever you want,
since the building needs remodeling
anyway. Who said the Union had to be
nothing but a big bam?
Yes, the thing could get out of
hand. Already there is talk of a big
parking building near the Union with
the first floor full of shops, an idea
which I think belongs in the ciruclar
file. Enough is enough.
But give the Union Board credit.
As student, its members have no other
motive than the interests of students
in the Union. Besides, if the Union by
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some mischance makes money, they
just have to figure out some way to
spend ii aqain, which gets embarassing.
On the other hand, if the Board can
find someone, such as a bank, which
can provide services we need, free
some money for more exciting
programs and pay rent, too, how could
you object?
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