Trustees to visit campus today

University Trustees are expected to approve the name change of the Oriental Studies department to the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies during their two days of meetings on campus this week. The Trustees will spend today in separate committee meetings and will culminate one of several sets of meetings held during the academic year with a full Board meeting tomorrow. The full board will vote on the name change, which was decided upon by department faculty last semester after some Asian students said the term "Oriental" offends them. This afternoon, the Facilities and Campus Planning committee will review the administration's plans for building the Institute of Advanced Science and Technology. Tomorrow, the Budget and Finance Committee will discuss several resolutions when they meet tommorrow, including upgrading the mainframe computer at the University Data Center. The committee will also be addressed by James Shada, assistant vice president for commonwealth relations, who will update the committee on the state of the Commonwealth budget. The committees on Student Life, External Affairs, Academic Policy and University Policy will all meet this afternoon. A dinner and reception for the Trustees will be held tonight at the Faculty Club. A second meeting of the Committee on Facilities and Campus Planning and the meeting of the Development committee will be closed to the public. The full Trustee meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. in Vance Hall's Hoover Lounge.