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Show mm aEEMBEKWB9 !SF HOMECOMING BEGINS TODAY. A PUZZLE TO PONDER. Activities from the Torch Run to the gala dance are afoot this week to give both current and former students 'Timeless To test your intelligence or at least to keep you awake during a boring lecture our award-winnin- g Impressions. crossword is SEE PAGE 10. offered. SEE PAGE 6. CBe Qmmd&ffawd- - THE STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS OF SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR , JITY, UTAH Fire detectors raise alarm SUSC may be forced to pay for judgmental mistakes by others by Tamara Rumbaugh After one false alarm too many, a resident of Manzanita Court took matters into his own hands fire d and clipped the wires to the alarms in his building. The alarms in Manzanita have been a problem since they were installed over the summer. Patti Stott, head resident of Manzanita, said, Everyone is pretty excited about them not going off anymore. The alarms have gone off many times since their installment, but there was always someone available to turn them off. The last time the alarm went off however, it was a holiday weekend and the head resident and most of the resident advisers had left. They went off and all the R.A.s and I ' were gone. The R.A. on duty didnt hear it. One of the students unscrewed the alarms and cut the wires. They can be spliced together so there will be no penalty. They needed to turn them off somehow. The resident adviser was in another of the three Manzanita buildings where the alarm couldnt have been heard. It was a blessing m disguise, said Frank Montana, director of residence living. He explained that legally he does not have the authority to make any adjustments to the system. Obviously it needs alteration. Im in complete agreement and empathy with the students about the fire alarm system. It is not doing what it was intended to do. newly-installe- The alarms in Manzanita are located in the lounges close to the apartment doors which open up into the kitchens. It doesnt matter what it is smoke, heat, dust or steam. Weve had the alarms go off when someone has swept the floor. It doesnt differentiate what is in the air. I dont think they were designed to be placed along a kitchen or bathroom. Every-dakitchen use will set them off. What should we say, Montana joked, you cant live in Manzanita unless you never burn food? According to Gordon Slack, director of physical plant operations, the fire alarm system was funded from state appropriations through the Department of Facilities and Construction Management. The total system cost approximately $65,000 for the . entire campus said Slack. The state hired Jack Jones, of Gabriel and Jones, as the architect. The Great Salt Lake Electric Company installed the systems. Slack and Montana both commented that often the problems that exist with campus facilities are not their fault. There are some definite problems, said Slack. We dont know exactly what those problems are. Apparently weve got some overly sensitive units. The installing company and the architect will be on campus this week to go over the system. There is a possibility that even if the problem fire alarms at Manzanita are the result of poor planning or installation, SUSC may have to pick y (continued on page 5) Education shows strengths in Sixth in a series by Paul Husselbee SUSCs School of Education was examined by the Utah State Board of Education a year ago, and all programs were reviewed and approved, meeting the requirements for accreditation set forth by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. We were included in the colleges internal but that was more of a courtesy than anything, said Dr. James Miller, dean of the School of Education. Our approval by the Utah Board of Education was sufficient for the Northwest group and they didn't even need to examine our departments when they visited the campus three weeks ago. Miller noted that all academic programs being self-stud- approved by the state educational board is very rare. This is the first time Ive ever seen that happen, Miller said. It shows that not only does our teacher education program have strength, but all the departments on campus have strength as well. Miller said the accreditation examination procedures employed by the Board of Education were similiar to those used by the NASC. It was the same process, we were just examined by a different organization, he said. the According to the SUSC Internal major strength of the school is its high placement percentage. The study said 87 percent of all School of Education graduates are hired to teach in public schools. However, Miller said the figure becomes more impressive when the number of graduates actively seeking jobs is considered. Self-Stud- report self-stud-y You take the 87 percent figure, which is impressive in itself, and then compare it to those graduates actually looking for employment, Miller said. You will find that 100 percent of SUSCs teachers who want jobs can have them Often we arc the only p'.ice in the state that school boards look to find teachers for their programs. The high placement reco .! i an be aunhured to many things, Miller said. F. t of all, our students are willing to start out teaching and coaching athletics in rural areas, he aid. Main people want metropolitan jobs or nothing. For the most part SUSC graduates want to teach and they will take jobs in stria schools." A second boost to high placement is qual.it training in the academic departments of the college, Miller said. -- (continued on page 3) |