Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Illini Union [PAGE 16]

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Main Desk One of the most-used services of the Illini Union is a check cashing service maintained by the Main Desk. The Desk, on the first floor, southwest corridor, also maintains a merchandise counter where magazines, newspapers, tobacco products, candy, gum, and sundries are sold. Chess and checker sets and playing cards are loaned for use in the Union. Ticket Office At the Ticket Office, adjacent to the Main Desk, tickets can be purchased for all Illini Union and University productions including Assembly Hall, University Theatre, and Star Course presentations. The open self-service range of shelves at the Main Desk permits the fastest, most efficient handling of merchandise. Ideal as a display room, the Art Gallery can also be opened into the West Lounge to accommodate receptions or gatherings. Lounges Many Illini Union facilities are designed for leisure-time activities. Comfortable richly appointed lounges, in keeping with the Williamsburg architecture, provide a solace, a place to relax, visit, or study. Located between the north and south sections of the building, the landscaped patio with its lawn chairs and sun umbrellas furnishes an enjoyable setting for relaxation and for dances during appropriate weather. Art Gallery Open daily from early morning until the Union closes at night is the Art Gallery, across from the Main Desk on the first floor. A student committee of the Illini Union arranges changing exhibits of student and professional art work in the Gallery. The ground floor Corridor Gallery displays unusual exhibits of textiles, prints, photographs, weaving, and oil paintings. Three curved French windows in the South Lounge afford a wide view of the quadrangle. The traditionally furnished lounge can be incorporated with the Illini Room for capacity usage (facing page).

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