Assignment #5

Story ideas surround you. All you have to do is observe your surroundings and you will find news stories to write about. A walk through your campus is a start. Answer the following questions about a couple buildings on campus (in a new blog entry). 1A. For whom were the buildings named? 1B. Are there plaques on benches, walls, doorways named for people who meant something to your university? 1C. Who were they? 1D. What did they do? 1E. When did they live, die or contribute something to your school? 2A. Are there signs around campus about construction? 2B. What is being built or renovated?
JULIAN A. MCPHEE UNIVERSITY UNION (bldg.65)
1A) My favorite building on campus is the Julian A. McPhee University Union named after former Cal Poly President Julian McPhee. The McPhee University Union opened in 1971 and provides a central location for students on campus. Inside the UU are many student resources such as the Women’s Center, Greek Life office, Rose Float office, Chumash Auditorium, lounges, El Corral Bookstore, ASI Business office, Craft Center, a bowling alley, etc.
1B) Just steps after walking inside the building, there is a large self-portrait of President McPhee on the immediate right side. Directly underneath the portrait is a plaque with his name engraved above the timeframe of his dedicated career at Cal Poly (1933-1966).
1C) Julian A. McPhee was President from 1933 through 1966, which continues to be the longest term in the history of Cal Poly.
1D) Dr. McPhee did many things while working as President, which include helping Cal Poly develop from a small junior college into a statewide highly praised university. Many historical changes took place in this era such as admittance of women students, a four-year curriculum, and the GI Bill of Rights.
1E) President McPhee retired in 1966.
H.P. DAVIDSON MUSIC CENTER (bldg. 45)
1A) The music building located next to Spanos Theatre is the music building named after H.P. Davidson who founded the Cal Poly Music Department in 1958.
1B) Outside of the building is a bench dedicated to a former student who is deceased. The plaque on the bench says, “William J. Kwan Jr./ October 18,1982-August 11, 2003/ Son, Brother, and Friend/ He brought us love, laughter, and music.”
1C) William J. Kwan Jr. was a student who I am assuming tragically died at a young age.
1D) He seems to have been a student who both excelled and studied music at Cal Poly.
1E)He did in was born in 1982 and died at the tender age of twenty-one years old in 2003.

2A) Yes, there are signs around Campus about a Renovation and Replacement in Phase IIB.
2B) Across the way of the Graphic Arts building on S. Perimeter is a fenced up area where the Engineering/Architecture renovation is currently taking place. I do not know when the renovation will be finished, but it looks to be in the beginning stages because behind the fencing is just flat land.