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              The Loyola Maroon Volume 7 I No. 19 Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana 701 18 March 5, 1993 Input helps library planning leap forward News Editor Meeting offers clues about appearance, services It is a three-story modern Tudor Gothic structure, with landscaping that could nuke a student forget they are on an urban campus. It is quiet, state-of-the-art, and has enough information to write the moat difficult research paper imaginable. And judging from this week's meetings, the new library will be exactly what many at Loyola have been asking for. At a meeting with students and faculty on Tuesday, Michael Howard, architect with the Mathes Group, and Dr. David Kaaer, library consultant, gave the first glimpses of what the new library may be like. They offered users of the future library the opportunity to give their suggestions. Kasex, stressing that there was no agenda, said that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the pluses and minuses of the current library and for those present to share their dreams and ideas for the new one. Approximately 20 people, mostly faculty and administrators, attended the session. Despite the small audience, there was no shortage of information. The session answered many questions New consultant visits campus to assess need News Editor Moat people got to the library to check out a book or two, but Dr. David Kaaer goes to the library to check out the whole Kaser. ahbrary consultant, works wifli architectural firms in designing and planning libraries. The addition of Kaaer's: expertise by the Mathes Group, the architectural film handling the new library project, makes planning the library more than just talk. Kaser arrived in New Orleans at 8 ajn. Monday to begm his assessment of Loyola's library needs and to collect input from die university community. What he teams daring his factfinding mission to Loyola will be used to compile a proposal for the new library that will be distributed to the university community. Kaser met with several constituents of the new library on Monday and Tuesday. He received input from the library staff and the advisory committee to the library project on Monday. He also met with several administrators, including the Rev. James C. Carter, S J., university president; Vince Knipfing, vice president of Student Affairs; Paul Fleming, director of Physical Plant and Michael Klein, director of Academic Computing over those two days. Students and faculty had the opportunity to offer suggestions for die new library at a meeting in Miller Hall on Tuesday. Kaser, along with Michael Howard of die Mathes Group, began to clear up some of the uncertainty surrounding the project Kaser and Howard answered questions on numerous aspects of the library and offered the audience an idea of the new library's look, size aid location. Kaser will return and make his proposal public in about two weeks. "If at that time you don't want it, just tell me and I'll leave," he said Tuesday. Kaser also said Tuesday that the Loyola library project is the 169 th university library he has been involved with during his 30 years in library planning. BackPsck—The basketball team. In a dramatic turnaround from last year's 0-17 record, rode Into the NAIA district finals Wednesday night with a victory Monday ./Photo by Bruce Hy—n, S.).—See SPORTS, pg. 5  Grab-n-Go consolidates;survey seeks new services By Elena Volpett Staff Writer Students strolling through the Duma Center Mall will notice that the Grab-n-Go recently packed up and left its previous location to combine with Pizza Hut. This change occurred to make Pizza Hut and a larger variety of items more accessible to students. The consolidation began when Pizza Hut moved from the St Charles Room to its current location. Plans for the consolidation existed prior to the arrival of Timothy Bamett, Danna Center director and John Perkinson, Loyola Dining Service director, earlier this school year. Bamett arrived at Loyola in July and began completing plans for improving the Danna Center and formulating his own ideas. Those ideas include placing a new service in Grab-n-Go's previous location. Some brainstorms for the space include a dry cleaning and laundry service.TheideaofaTaco Bell restaurant also entertained the administrator's mind. "If data indicates that's definitely what students want and the funds are available, a Taco Bell may be established," Barnett said. If Taco Bell does come to Loyola it may be located in Grab-n-Go's old location or in a renovated Beau Coup. A definite decision will not be made until results of a recent survey of student suggestions conducted by Marriott are complete.Perkinson arrived at Loyola in November and soon became busy with many changes. He monitored both the Pizza Hut and Grab-n-Go to determine the flow of people in and out of the two locations. The observations concluded that combining the two services into the Pizza Hut space would not cause any major congestion. Along with work on the consolidation, Perkinson also changed some aspects of the Orleans Room. Cool food—Tulane student Fe lnga gets lunch on the run at the consolidated Grab-n-Go/Plzza Hut store In the Danna Center./Fliato by Bruce Hyaun, SJ. See Library, pg. 3 See Food. pg. 3 I__ I IfißfiMd.MiH I Basketball falls short in finals H IfTnfiPlMl: Poetry packs 'em in M s Jll S«.M«iHI Swp«eDH