1988-1989 Academic Catalog

[12 The Campus College Center Providing dining facilities, classrooms, offices, and the com– puter center, the College Center serves as a focus of student activ– ity on campus. Dining facilities include the cafeteria, a spacious area which serves 21 "all-you-can-eat" meals a week to the more than 1500 students who live on campus, and the President's Dining Room, a small, formal dining room. This unique room, reputed to one of the finest of its kind in the state and used extensively by the president, may also be reserved by students who wish to enjoy a formal dining occasion. Offices for the depaiiments of admissions and financial aid, and the academic department of language and literature, are located on the first floor of this building. Computer Resources Located on the north side of the College Center and at the heart of the academic section of campus, the academic computer center is designed to serve the entire academic community. Students and faculty are encouraged to use the center for research, writing, and coursework. To promote easy access and extensive use, the center remains open from 8 AM to 11 PM Monday through Saturday. Student lab assistants offer help to users during most of this time. The resources of the computer center include two laboratories, one for minicomputer use and the other for microcomputer use. The minicomputer area contains a Digital Equipment Corpora– tion VAX 11/750 with 6 megabytes of main memory and 570 megabytes of disk storage. Eighteen terminals enable users to utilize a variety of software, including compilers (BASIC,