Show CEU Thursday February 26 1987 6 I uiwfc su ggp-r- i UUTS?MM08®W or cmdswJ umt Crime cuts library funds ‘®S2E3!S&? Eik Huybena and Inyo Wdft relwof’eshnan by Avan Thayn of the Eagle Staff Basketball in Europe is different from the American sport in that there are no college teams they are club sponsored or city leagues For that reason Ingo Wolf 21 of Berlin West Germany and Erik Huybena 21 of Leiderdorp Holland came here ' There are no athletic scholarships in Holland Erik said "It was always my dream to play in America My brother was recruited by the University of Utah 1 answered the phone for him one day and it was the U of U’s coach I told him 1 was interested in playing in America and he said he could get me a scholarship but I needed to play at a twoyear college first As a result he is playing for the Golden Eagles Ingo because of his height was urged by hia coach in Germany to come to America He will also play for the U of U after CEU My dream is to play Ingo said "Only the first league is even paid in basketball in Germany and you can hardly live on it Consequently Americana make up most of the first league there basketball playara who plan to continue their education at the U students enji sorar basketball Ingo played still plays tennis and Erik played rugby which is like football but don't miss it a lot without pads because it was so easy to get injured Both enjoy playing he said basketball more although Ingo admits he finds some of the rules here difficult There is more body contact over there he said Another difference is the amount of practice they get In there home countries they practiced three times a week They go everyday here Both min their friends and family at home although Ingo was living in his own apartment before so it is not so different for him Each finds a lack of things to do compared to their own countries In Holland we didn’t even need cars to get around everything is so close together we just get on our bikes to go where we want to go You cant get anywhere on a bike here Erik said Both were use to going out at night with their friends to the discos There is no age limit on drinking in either country and both said there is no heavy drug or alcohol abuse The age limit in America makes the kids want to disobey the law and sneak to get it Erik said Germany is noted 1 Oregon poet laureate William Stafford returns to Utah with his son award winning poet essayist Kim Stafford to read at the College of Eastern Utah Kim's most recent award was the 1986 Western States Book Award Tuesday March 3 8 pm CEU Little Theatre Free! of U and play frthe for its fine beer and Ingo admitted that Germans drink a lot of it It is better beer he said "Beer here is more watery To make up for the lack of activity they watch a lot of television mostly basketball games but they also have other favorites Ingo includes The Cosby Show 'Family Ties and 'Perfect Strangers Television in Germany is different he says It is on from 4 pm to midnight and there are only five channels no cable Erik's favorite program is 'Magnum PL which he watches every night 'Maybe III become a private investigator he quipped Erik also misses the nature in Holland meaning the water and 'Even the middle of greenery summer here cannot compare to the green there it is a bright green Ingo never having lived in a small town misses the excitement of the city and German food He does not appreciate the cafeteria food and has lost 16 pounds since coming here Erik agrees it is not the best but says he cannot complain because there is enough to live on Other differences the two have found in the United States from their own countries are the people Ingo says Americans are friendlier than Germans who tend to be strict but says they have more material things 'Instead of buying a boat Germans are more likely to travel he said He also noticed that Americans or at least Utahns have more kids The average in Germany is two children Erik says the Dutch are more easy going than we are and pay more attention to what others say and do School in Europe is a lot harder they both agree and lasts longer In Holland we went for 25 hours a week and here we only go ten Erik said Ingo went to school two times a week and three times a week he went to work at a business which sold cleaning supplies In the future he hopes to study business and get a job in a company Because he is a foreigner he says he either hu to do that play pro- - u schools such Snow and Dixie who have five and seven staff members by Willie Gilbert of the Eagle Staff Crime in the US hu increased sharply in the put ten years The College of Eutern Utah hu also experienced a rise in crime Athletic equipment being stolen windows being broken and library books being stolen But library theft is only one of the many problems plaguing CElTs facility for research and study Lewis Reinwand library director says that there are more serious problems relating to the library 'Most students do not know the problems we experience They are more concerned with why the library is not open more hours while the most important problems go unnoticed The fact is that there are three major issues the CEU library faces Each issue affects the quality of library service and the amount of library usage available to studenta The first issue is the massive library theft occuring daily on the The library CEU campus experiences a loss of nearly 810000 in materials during a school year The losses occur in books periodicals and reference material being stolen With a limited budget theft can reduce the library's quality of materials Library theft is a class B misdemeanor and a jail sentence can be enforced Reinwand uid The second major issue regards the ability to adequately staff the personnel library with At present the library staff is short e When one position CEU to libraries other compared of staff the number half hu members they do well-train- ed full-tim- CEU's two full-tim- e staff members can not adequately compete with the larger personnel at basketball or get married and stay 1 would rather play prohere basketball he uid although he would like to get married some day He might like to live permanently in America with a preference for California over Utah As for Erik he wants to become a physical therapist or something connected with sports medicine But he plans to study law when he goes respectively Not only does a lack of staff affect the students directly in library assistance but it also affects the amount of material the library can handle and use This will affect the students in the amount of passible research and media tools they will find available Approximately $20000 to $50000 worth of materials could be obtained through government assistance fn cannot of change but the library receive the materials because of the lack of staff members Reinwand adds There is no way we can compete with other junior colleges because we don't have an adequate staff That explains why they can stay open on weekends and later on weekdays and why CEU cant The third concern is the budget Tbs CEU library does not receive a quarter of the money that other schools do and is usually overlooked in the CEU budget The library is also one of the first to receive budget cuts wu witnessed this year with e of a the staff member who left during fall quarter Reinwand continued Only a conscious effort by student and community members to stop the theft will help the library The library is lor the use of everyone and the only way to keep it a quality facility is for the students and CEU faculty to work together not only to stop the theft but to use the library for study and research Reinwand u full-tim- uid ' When these problems are solved the library will have a better chance of staying open longer and will be of even better use to the students and the community back home even if he does not finish it because it is a good base Even though they do not find Price very exciting they find the people are nice and Ingo uid the teachers have helped him when he had a hard time understanding the language As for Erik he wishes he had brought his fishing gear because of the good spots he hu heard about |