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Show .... THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2000 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OPINION !PAGE 10 LEAVE DEX ALONE othing has been decided and all talk is in its preliminary stages, but the Journal would now like to state its opinon on the future of the Delta Epsilon Chi (DEX) marketing club before any further discussions take place. In yesterday's student discussion forum held by senators of the College of Business , Technology and Communication , it was mentioned that the Mure of the DEX club was in question-starting next year theclub will either be housed in the business department in the new College of Business and Technology (or a potential school of Business} or in the communication dep·artment when it transfers to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. DEX was previously under the advisorship of the business department, but because of lack of funding and resources , the .business department was no longer able to support the club. The business education department had looked into advising the club, but decided that it had its hands full with its own business education club-Phi Beta Lambda. The club was then picked up by a new adviser. Brian Huett. assistant professor of communication, and transferred from the business department to the communication department. DEX, by definition, Js a business education-based club-the collegelevel equivalent of the DECA club. Taking an objective view, the club belongs with business education-at most colleges and universities it is housed with business education. However, business education at SUU does not want the club because, according to·Doris Williamson. associate professor of business education, the department does not have any marketing faculty (or interested faculty) to advise it. The business department may take the club, however, it has as its primary club the American Marketing Association (AMA) , which is the student equivalent to the nation's professional marketing club. Because of the prestige the department holds for the AMA, DEX would be overshadowed by it in that department. Under Heuett's advisorship, the DEX club has blossomed. Student members of DEX brought home 13 plaques and 12 medals from the recent state competition at Utah Valley State College. All the students who competed qualified for Nationals which are scheduled for April. Additionally, 85 percent of the DEX club members are communication students. Included in the marketing aspect of DEX. there are some aspects of public relations and advertising experience that are beneficial to communication students. The' solution, then. is simple: put DEX where it would most benefit the student. If DEX were to be a part of the business department, communication students would still be welcome into DEX and, under cummunication, business students would be welcome. Although DEX is primarily a business education club, it is in the communication department because both business and business education. in the past, have not wanted it. They gave up their claim to the club by this and have no right, now, to take it back (unless the communication department willingly gives it back). The club fits just as well in the communication department as it does the business or business education department. However, under the communication department, the club has bloomed into something that has earned national respectability. We can conclude, then, that business does not have the interest to facilitate DEX's greatness as do the communication department and Heuett. We cannot compromise the club's success just because business feels it can claim the club. The club's and the students' best interests must be utmost in mind when making the final decision. N / ~ '- r LE1TERS Staff Association makes requests To the Editor: (This letter was written to SUU President Steven D. Bennion and submitted to the newspaper on behalf of the Staff Association.) The Staff Association has been receiving expressions of grave concern for the apparent lack of confidence in the value of staff employees, as demonstrated by Southern Utah University Administration. Staff employees are perplexed by comments and publications that continually give consideration to students and faculty, without acknowledgment to any existence of staff. The most recent example is the decision to have faculty vote on the issues around the restructure of academics . The Staff Association is of the opinion that changes such as those under consideration could impact ce·rtain staff employees as well as faculty members. Therefore, this letter is sent to you in the form of a formal request to pursue the following: • Inclusion of the Staff Association in administrative decisions directly or indirectly affecting staff employees. • O'evelopment of an admin- istrative policy requiring th@ exercise of caution , to acknowledge appropriate involvement, when making pubUc statements. • Response to the Southern Utah University Staff Association outlining the adminstration's intent with regard to these requests. 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FAX (435) 58&-5-437 E-mail - s. joumai@suu,edu name ~~ ON RECYCU.0 PAPcR Pl.EASE RECYCI..E THIS COPY To the Editor: It is safe to say that all universities take pride in dealing with problems that effect not only the university but all facets of ..society, without exclusion. They spend large amounts of time, energy and money in research to assist in solution of the various problems with which the university is faced. Being a staff administrator, I have not been directly involved with the issue of the future of this university. There is one thing that I think needs to be pointed out to the participant. Whatever path is taken to lead the university into the new millennium, it would seem to me that this is of such magnitude that it should be supported by adequate research and investigation. One faculty member awakened this thought for me when he said it required a population of 200,000 people to support an institution of higher learning. Are there 400,000 in southern Utah to support two four year institutions? If SUU is a regional university, what do .the citizens of this region think of tpe plan? Is a segment of the industrial base in the region being left out? Farming and ranching immeaiately come to mind when these questions surface: Where is the research that would support and of the concepts that have been brought forward to this point? Was the dec ision of the commissioner's office based on any research or was it a political knee jerk? '· Why doesn't SUU enlist the help of some univolved institutions of higher learning outside of Utah along with research-minded SUU faculty to study the issue and make some recomendations that are research-based? My thoughts here are not meant to offend or demean anything or anyone but simply to remind everyone concerned with the decision process that you should think and act as intellectuals with a very important and involved task. Jack Hill |