In the spring of 1975, a daycare center was established in the Mary E. Cable Building for students who needed a place to care for their children during class time.

[5] In November of 1980, the IU Board of Trustees approved a proposal to lease the elementary school.

The elementary school would house the Reserve Officer Training Corps program, the IUPUI Day Care Center, and the Department of Communications and Theatre.

[2][6] The IU Speech department moved from Robert E. Cavanaugh Hall to the elementary school in 1982.

[9] By 1988, the Mary Cable Building was the primary site for writing, communications, journalism, and theatre education on campus.

The test found elevated levels of Radon, a radioactive gas, that defied campus health and safety policies.

The issue stemmed from the building housing the IUPUI Childcare Center and the presence of radon gas continued to worry parents.

The new music laboratory consisted of 21 lab stations that contained IBM computers and Roland keyboard synthesizers.

The lab doubled as a research and development center for exploring new computer-based music education methods.