Student union building for OU

Sketch plans for a £150,000 student union building at Otago University have been approved by the Government, and the preparation of working drawings will be stalled as soon as possible.

The new building is expected to contain a large hall, cafeteria and dining room, kitchen, common rooms, committee rooms, offices, cloakrooms, exhibition hall, music room, reading room, graduates' rooms and billiards room.

The President of OUSA, Mr. K. E. Melvin, described the Government's approval of the plans as a "considerable step forward in the proceedings regarding the student Union building." He said that present students might see the beginning of construction of the building.

(It is hoped that a Government announcement will be made in the near future concerning proposals for the VUC Student Union Building which have been before the Government for several months.)