Word: freshmen
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There will also be musical performances ranging from traditional to classic to modern. Andrew J. Joseph '89 will play a traditional Korean instrument and Sharon E. Chen '88 will play violin. Three freshmen will also perform in what organizers say will be an innovative trio...
However much freshmen may criticize the Union, Burriss Young, associate dean of freshmen, says that it is a lot better now than it used to be. In the late 1970s the vestibule was completely redone, and some "really raunchy linoleum was taken up, and the nice stone floor uncovered." Young says that he would like to do more. "The Union is all the freshmen have for formal social space and we'd always like to have more money...
Young adds that he would like to make the Union a lot bigger and add more sound-proof practice rooms, more free space to accommodate the changing interests of freshmen, more quiet space and more eating space. But, lacking a magic wand and the necessary funds, Young does not see a way to accomplish these changes...
...What's needed is a more responsive administration," argues Kastin. Others see less hope for improvement because most benefactors prefer to donate to the house system than to the freshmen class. Additionally, there has been little response to various groups' calls for a student center...
...regardless of its past or present, most campus observers seem to agree that the Union's main mission of feeding endless hordes of freshmen will stay with it far into the future...