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Letters To The Editor

Please, Build No Road!

We are residents of
University Gardens (University
married housing) concerned
about the possibility of road
construction on the periphery
of our apartment complex.
Such construction is
apparently being considered as
an access route for the
Lambeth Field project. We
have presented a petition
protesting the road to Mr.
Sensbach, Director of
University Planning, and are
sending copies to President
Shannon, the City of
Charlottesville and others. We
hope that the rest of the
University community will
share our indignation.

The construction of this
road would create an
intolerable situation for many
residents of University
Gardens; surrounding us on all
sides by roads, destroying
many of the trees and grassy areas
and replacing them with buses
and dirt. We ask that you help
us oppose these plans and urge
the University to use one of
the alternate routes available to
them. We feel that the present
residents of University Gardens
should not be ignored for the
sake of the future convenience
of the residents of Lambeth
Field.

Misjudgment

So the University has spent
"a little over one million"
dollars to build a natatorium
which is open only two hours
per day for students, faculty,
and staff.

I find it somewhat a
misjudgment of priorities for
the University to lavish a
million dollars on a swimming
pool, but unable to provide
free parking lots and bus
service for its grossly underpaid
employees.

Makes you want to puke in
their pool!

Appalling

I am living in room 331
Dunnington. There are seven
girls in my suite.

Located behind the locked
door of room 333 are two
empty beds, two unused desks,
and two spacious closets. I
understand also that a number
of upperclass rooms are
occupied by only one person.
It is appalling that with the
number of students in triples
and with the number of
students turned down for dorm
requests this gross inefficiency
of the Housing Department
could be overlooked.

A friend of mine, a second
year transfer student from
Duke, was informed last spring
of the absolute impossibility of
securing an upperclass dorm
room this fall. In addition to
hassling exams in Durham, she
had to worry about
off-grounds housing in a
Foreign city.

The University Housing
Department should open its
blinds.