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Show ,yfTfrrr:rr il il 1 if i wrtP.w "rrrw?- im '; iv a mii' .i r SPORTS Dixie tops Southern Idaho Rebels dominate CSI. Team prepares for home game against Northern Idaho. page Search continues Bachelor communication degree CRITICIZED BY UNIVERSITIES mascot that ,.ont be human for BY BRIAN SHORT Dixie Sun Staff Writer The hunt is on after Utah falls short of four college presidents, including Dixie State College's Robert Huddleston. After his reign over DSC as president, Huddleston announced his departure in According to an the new mascot selec-:io- n progress, Dixie State (bout College team names will not be changed. DSC will December. Huddleston's belief in higher education will continue. His plans to step down as of June 30 will leave him still associated with DSC, just holding a different position. Huddleston will continue, after taking a year off, teaching business beginning in the fall of 2006. the but the mascot will a character at sportiand other ng events school-sponsore- d activities to motivate and excite the .rowd. According to the the mascot will be ' active, entertaining and promote a positive image." New rules have also been set to make sure that a male or female will feel comfortable in the costume. The Mascot Process DSCs fifth bachelor program seeks approval this year. Officials met with the Board of Regents at the state capitol in Salt Lake City Friday. Committee wants the new mascot to "make sense." The members would like it to fit m 'institutionally, historically, culturally, economically md geographically." However, the new mascot ill not in any way be relat- i to the Confederacy. The new Mascot Process Committee includes: Phil 'Hletto, Bill Christiansen, ucs Clove, Jake Hunt, I aura Jacobson, Shauna Otteson, Becca Petersen end Matt Winch. DSC Squabbles continue between Dixie State College and SUU over bachelor programs. BY STANTON Dixie Sun ROSEMAN ' President I Robert uddleston has given them he responsibility of design--na process for the selec-- ' on of the new mascot, yet g more people will be involved in the actual selection. Like the last time, the election of the mascot will see MASCOT page 4 president announces resignation Dixie Oull. Rebels, iust be College BY CANDY ROBERTS Sun Associate Editor The idea for a new mas-co- t is still in progress, but '.he newest decision made is the mascot will not be a vaman, and will not be a continue to go by 12 proposal to add a bachelor's degree in corporate communication The received negative responses from two universities causing Dixie State College administrators to reassess their program proposal. Administrators from Southern Utah University and the University of Utah expressed concerns in potential preparation forDSC's fifth acceptance of bachelor program. The views were expressed to the Program Review Committee, led by James Jardine, member of the Utah State Board of Regents. Phil Alletto, student services vice president, said only SUU responded and the University of Utah actually had to be solicited for additional feedback. Don Hinton, interim dean of the College of Arts, Letters and Sciences, said the Program Review Committee reviews all new programs. Some of the comments are aimed to try and stop the degree, and other comments are aimed at trying to say 'if you con sider this, you may have missed this point,' Hinton said. I think if the Commissioner's Office had not gone out and requested the input, only one school would have responded, Hinton said. Hinton said the main concern of SUU officials is the similarity of their degree to DSC's proposed degree. Other concerns from the neighboring university are qualified faculty at DSC and budget plans for the program. Hinton said the University of Utah also had concerns about see NEW DEGREE page 7 It's time for new leadership," he said Huddleston's vision in making DSC what it is, a state college," was established in 2000. This included two bachelor programs, and there followed two years later an elementary education degree as well as a nursing degree, all of which occurred within the last four years. Huddleston's reputation for increase in both enrollment and growth of campus has peaked to incredible heights. According to a press release in December 2004, enrollment at DSC has skyrocketed from 3,000 to 8,000 students, doue enrollment bling Buildings on campus have full-tim- seen more development making what was once known as a convention center now a computer center, fitness center, a fine and performing arts auditorium and a basketball arena Huddleston brought forth the LDS Institute Building and morphed a former grocery store into headquarters for art and other programs. see HUDDLESTON page 7 |