UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
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L t . met ng and game roon . brow lg library, t e • ma i < 3 , and o1 rvic . Chicago Illini Union, 715 S. Wood ., B< ie sam i ^r students on th Leal Cent r Campus; and a Student Union is rov at Chicago Undergraduate Division. Illini Union director UrbanaChampaign is Earl F. Find*, r. In charge of planning for Union at Chicago Circle J. 0 'lock. _;:„ . . B for grout or individuals to the campus or to individual facilitie :"S "can be arranged in advance through Office of Campus Tours, k20 111 in i , Urbana: 333"3^68 (area code 217).

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HALL Ls a multipurpose building for events such as convocations, conventic oncerts, pera, ballet, stage productions, ice shows, athletics, and s. It has the world's largest edge-supported dome, 1 0 feet in diameter, *0 g 128 feet above the activity floor. There are 16,000 permanent seats; up to 2,000 more may be added for some events. The theater quadrant seats 4,200. Scenery • stage productions are suspended from an electronically controlled g: . The buj ; was completed in 1963 at cost of $8,3^0,000. No tax fun were n conr on. Building income and student fees are used to repay bonds. S i I other University activities have priority in use of the hall. It Ls J.able also outside activities acceptable to the University. Assembly Hall 3 Thomas P. Pa: Inson. "- --" is provided both privately and by the University. The Housing Division is -" ""• 1 charge of all University-owned facilities and supervises all other housing. At Urbana-Champaign private homes, private residence halls, and ^s house 11,013 single and married students, both undergraduate and graduate, 805 e wi h parents or relatives, 522 commute from n ghboring communities; the ergraduate and 2 graduate fraternities house 2,710 men, the 25 sore Les r ,212 women; living in Univei residence halls are 5>330 men and 4,304 vomer.: permanent University housing provides for 5^3 married students and temporary housing for 100; 48o students have made other living arrangements. The Un: ty owns a number of house leased temporarily to new staff members until they find other homes in the community. At Medical Center, Chicago, r idence halls house kX2 3 and staff apartment, provide 1^5 unil . At Chicago Undergraduate P'v : . ;r. • n ' housing is provided. Hou i g director is Paul J. Doebel. Cla i C Leveren: E director at Medical Center. ENG j available at Urbana-Champaign Ln hotels, motels, and privat homes, and for groups and special meetings in University hou: lg. I of >els and motels with accommodations, ra s, add] and phones are available from Urbana A Commerc , 201 W. Mali ., Urbana, phone 367-I0OI, or Champaign Cham) of Commerce..-, 1( W. Univ ty At ., Champaign, phone 359-1791 • A 1st of private homes b overnight hou ng is t I U le m ;ity He g £ Bion, 420 Studt Bldg., 610 . John ., ( jupaign, open I i 7" -12, phon< 333-lbZl . Ore 1 housing Ln I rsity rac arranged rou ^ nf< iou ng 0 >2 S -0 nt Services Bldg., phone 33. /& . (AI pho? dia dial a a 2iy.)