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Issue date: 1/16/08 Section: College News

IUPUI's campus skyline has been usurped and is now dominated by a bell tower soaring 90 feet above the roof of the new Campus Center. The Campus Center will play a large role in relieving the burden on Cavanaugh Hall by taking over the duties of the offices like Financial Aid, the Registrar, Admissions and the campus bookstore.

Campus Center Director Dan Maxwell says the consolidation was not only necessary, but also good business sense.

"Moving things like Enrollment Services to the same place just makes sense," Maxwell said. "Before, they were spread out and now they are all in a 20 foot radius."

The new Campus Center, in addition to providing a new home to Enrollment Services and the campus bookstore, also will be the new home of Student Life and an Indiana Members Credit Union. It also boasts several lounges and meeting rooms, a 960-seat theater, three music practice rooms, a TV lounge, a game room, Cultural Arts Gallery, a food court, a couple of coffee shops, and a Barnes & Noble stuffed with text books and all of the IUPUI memorabilia that anyone could ask for.

The Campus Center will also provide a large space for student organizations to meet, as well as a media productions lab, a new home for the Undergraduate Student Government and a lot more.

While the Campus Center promises to be a new home for almost all services not related to a specific school, there are a few areas of the building that aren't yet finished.

"There are a few things that aren't quite completed yet," Maxwell says. "The bells in the bell tower aren't quite finished, as well as the theater and the music practice rooms. In the near future we will be expanding the game room, and by Friday, all of the food court and the coffee shops will be up and running.

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