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San Antonio Mayor Lila Cock- doctorate in jurisprudence and in- See Salinas on page 4
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St. Mary's breaks ground
Student center completion projected for fall '91
Salinas receives honorary degree
Visit by Mexican president to St. Mary's expected soon
rell invited St. Mary's to partici- vited Salinas to San Antonio for
pate in this delegation in 1989. St. Mary’s commencement cere-
By Lori Ann Groff
Contributing Writer
"this university center
will be our symbolic
with the Foreign Minister, Minis-
to ter of the Interior, President of
Following Salinas' speech, tionship with Mexico. He would
Moder presented the honorary
Center would be the “living room home."
for the campus, a place to meet ----
By Maria B. Velez
Staff Writer
degree from St. Mary's University
Mar. 25.
Rev. John Moder S.M., shovels the ground at the Groundbreak-
ng ceremonies for the new Student Center.
Photo by Alfredo M. Loredo
‘This certainly makes us stand
out among the universities in
town,” Moder said.
projects will include the building
of the shell, the AC start up and
finishing of the University Center.
It is projected that the University
Center will be finished by the Fall
of 1991.
The new University Center will
be a multi-purpose building with
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books have been purchased for Construction will continue
The ceremonial groundbreak- the summer sessions. A tempo- throughout the next academic
ing for the new $5.6 million Uni- rary bookstore will then behoused year. Some major construction
Cockrell then asked Moder if St. monies.
Rev. John Moder S.M., pre- Mary’s would be interested in The delegation's complete itin-
sented Mexican President Sali- presenting an honorary degree to erary included various meetings
Moder was among the delega- added, "the thirty of us got into a meetings regarding the future
tion of thirty various San Antonio large conference room...Hecame Mexico/United States relations,
leaders who met with Salinas in about five minutes later and “He’s very much interested in
and members of his staff. everybody stood up and ap- dialogue and partnership with the
According to Moder, St. Mary's plauded. He did a prepared United States," Moder said," As
was the only University to partici- speech in English about his vision trade barriers between the United
pate in the session with Salinas, for Mexico, particularly Mexico/ States and Canada fall, he would
Other speakers included Ed- process, the parking lot in front of approximately 55,000 sq.ft. It will
ward B. Kelley, Chairman of the the Alumni Gym will be closed, house a book store, the Student
Board of Trustees; William E. “Alternative parking still hasn’t Development and student of-
Greehey, Chairman of the Board been decided upon,” said Dr. fices, banquet and lecture halls,
and CEO of Valero Energy Cor- Dan Carey, Vice President of a cafeteria and lounge areas for
poration; Robert McAdams, Student Development. Accord- students, faculty, and staff.
President of the Alumni Associa- ing to Carey, there is a possibility The H.B. Zachary Co. has been
tion; Barry Uhl, President of SGA. for there to be an actual parking chosen to do the construction.
Uhl emphasized the importance lot by the Law Library which is Marmon, Barclay, Souter, Foster
of this new University Center, “this now just a dirt parking area. and Hays will be the architectural
university center will be our sym- Other construction this sum- firm.
bolic home.” mer will include site preparation, The present University Center
The groundbreaking is the first the demolishing of the parking lot, was built in 1948 originally as a
part in a series of steps leading to and pier construction. All of this library with 11,000 sq. ft. It will be
the eventual errectment of the construction is going to affect the renovated into office space once
center. The Bookstore will be campus. “It will definitely impact the new University Center opens.
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St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tex.). The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 11, 1990, newspaper, April 11, 1990; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1518680/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library.