1997-1998 Academic Catalog

8 The Campus Athletic Center Constructed in 1981, the spacious Athletic Center is one of the largest athletic facilities found at any indepen– dent college in the Midwest. Providing year-round recreation and training, this sports center features five full-length basketball courts, a one-tenth mile indoor track, three volleyball courts, two tennis courts, badmin– ton courts, a batting cage, three racquetball courts, a weight room, and training room. It seats nearly 3,000 fans for basketball games and is large enough for indoor track meets complete with running, long jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put events. The Varsity Room and the Student Center are located on the second floor of the Athletic Center. The Student Center provides a comfortable "living room" atmosphere in which students may relax, socialize, and be enter– tained. Comfortable seating, a large-screen television, pool tables, table-tennis tables, group meeting areas, and the Gavelyte provide resources that can enhance any casual time. The second floor of the Athletic Center also serves as the home of the Campus Activities Office. This department oversees student organizations and coordi– nates the concerts and activities on campus. Given the location and Christian orientation of the College, campus– based activities play an important role in college life at Cedarville and lead to some of the greatest memories of the collegiate experience. Centennial Library The 66,000 square foot, two-floor library served as the cornerstone of the College's 1987 Centennial celebration. This structure brings together the latest technologies for higher learning. Located on a prominent site within the academic cluster of buildings, this facility provides general study and specialized seating for over 800 students, and the necessary information storage and retrieval support functions for continued quality aca– demic program development. Designed to house a collection of up to 250,000 volumes, the Library also contains a faculty development center, the Archives of the College, a variety of seminar and group study rooms, and the Media Services Department which includes a media production center, public access computers, a video studio, a language/learning laboratory, media-supported classrooms, a computer classroom, and the Cuniculum Materials Center. The Library presently houses almost 150,000 volumes and provides over 1,000 periodical subscriptions in print form and almost 1,000 subscriptions in full-text computer format. The library's integrated on-line computer system includes the library catalog with computerized access to all library holdings, circulation control for all materials, acquisitions (purchase of materials) and budget manage– ment, and periodical holdings and management. The system is accessed through 18 system terminals in the building and through CedarNet, the campus computer network. In addition, a variety of computerized library Athletic Ce11ter