C. S. Classroom Moved On Up

Computer students formerly trapped in the recesses of the Science Center will be granted windows, more space and more computers come fall.

Franklin Steen, director of the Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS), said yesterday that one of the more frequently used computer science classrooms and the Faculty Resource Center will be moved above ground to rooms 120 and 122 and 119, respectively.

The present classroom space, located in B 09 of the Science Center, only accomodates 14 computer terminals. According to Steen, the space is "too small" and has "bad ventilation."

The computer classroom will be moved to rooms 120 and 122 of Science Center, and the wall which presently separates these two rooms will be removed, Steen said.

The new classroom, located close to an outside entrance, will have windows which look out onto Oxford Street, and will accomodate as many as 30 computer terminals and 40 to 50 students.

In addition, the Faculty Resource Center-equipped with scanners, special computers and multimedia paraphernalia-which currently shares the occupancy of B 09, will be moved across the hall to a new location in room 119.

The Unix workstation, located down the western hallway of the Science Center basement, will also be moved. A storage closet will be expanded behind the West Terminal room to accomodate an additional 10 workstations.

The House computer labs will also benefit from the move. Some of the computers from the lower level rooms will be moved upstairs to the new classroom, while the 10 or so remaining computers will go to the Houses, according to Steen.

Since the beginning of the summer, HASCS has been working with the Science Center to work out its space problems, Steen said.

He described the move as really just" a trade, an adjustment of the space."

Steen predicted the change will be "a better arrangement of the computers" for the students and the instructors.