Show r i?ltt I I February 21 1975 Page 4 Dennis serves as advisor to STAB and councils “I am only an advisor” Dennis said “The officers are elected by the students and use student funds so the final decision is always theirs” In addition to his regular duties this year Dennis was given responsibility for the men’s The extramural program includes at present program soccer lacrosse rugby handball paclcileball and bowling Dennis aids these teams in by Dane Kingham staff reporter Insuring that the members of STAB and the Executive Council make satisfying and significant contributions to USU is his major objective LeRoy Dennis student activities director said “My job as assistant to Dr Christensen is to serve as an advisor to all Executive Council and STAB officers” Dennis said “By arrangement with Dr watching funds organizing and contests Christensen we each concentrate scheduling he facilities on five of the ten Executive scheduling practice Council posts but still advise in said “These extramural activities — all areas” to rise and fall with student is tend “My major responsibility interest” Dennis said “What with STAB” Dennis said Dennis said he feels he is I’m trying to do is build some making a vital educational stability into the program” contribution to both the officers Need For Full and the studentbody through his Direction Time of the creation role The advisory Free University is one of the “I feel there is great need for a prime examples of this confull time director for this tribution he said of “The no fee no credit format program” Depnis said “With an the Free University gives it my other duties I am unable to dedicate for education enough time to the job or enjoyable and to education’s sake feel” Dennis travel meetings to conferences protect said scheduling “The contribution I make to the USU’s interests” Dennis who has a masters studentbody is an indirect one made through the officers” degree in recreation education Dennis said “I hope through my was brought to USU severfyears advice these officers are able to ago because the activities program was lagging he said provide a better quality of enacSince Dennis came to USU he educational and tertaining has been instrumental in the tivities for everyone” advent of such new STAB comMy contribution to the officers is more direct in that I attempt to mittees as the Environmental Action in the them Nightclub Academic and learning utilizing help Espoused Committees He was experience that their responalso involved in the creation of sibilities provide he said Their the Outdoor Program and the offices are essentially a practical application lab for all they have Hobby Center which have now become institutions at USU learned in the classroom area abundant with oil Tri-sta- te by Jean Johnson staff reporter “There are 500 billion to two trillion barrels of oil in the shule in the area” Fred Fields said a hydraulic engineer for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) “We’re not taking oila position on development of the shale we’re investigating the tri-sta- te possibility” an Fields at spoke forum Week Engineering Wednesday He said that the leasing two land areas to study the environmental impact of shale development and to examine proposed management schemes “This is not a public works project” said Fields product chief of the Utah project The Utah project is a 2700 area in the Uintah square-mil- e east-centrUfahT' in basin USGS is al Surveys consist of stream soil monitoring gauging URCO gives Cottam Lea staff reporter water quality deteriorates through shale development The survey will have its cut-of- f date in five years Fields expects 44 reports to come out of the project Said Fields “When we finish the survey we should have predicted models But sampling won’t answer everything We don’t know much at this point” Associate professor of also engineering Claire Batty spoke on “Shale Oil Development” Said Batty “I expect we’ll move into oil shale development due to the pressure of oil shortage but I don’t think we’ll move into it too far” Costs are High Batty said that economical objections rule out prolonged oil shale development “Unless the will federal government per barrel for guarantee oil shale oil development won’t be able to meet costs Right now to retrieve a it costs barrel from shale” “The scope of the operatioh to retrieve oil from shale boggles the mind” said Batty “The energy content of shale is only 30 gallons per ton Coal yields six times as much energy Cow manure yeilds more energy than $12-$1- 5 $12-$1- 5 oil shale” Environmental objections are another consideration ri nothing” URCO will be launched on an Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunites (URCO) is a new program at USU designed to give students a chance to gain experience in research projects such as the impact of science and technology on society the concept of assasination quality of irrigation return flow and most other fields in the Colleges of Agriculture and Humanities Arts and Social Sciences Basically URCO is an alternative to the class room Students and faculty will participate together in scientific humanistic and artistic activities of mutual e basis interest on a and enlarge collaboration betunand faculty experimental basis during spring ween sucbelieves dergraduates The team quarter If the project is cessful URCO will become a that the first-han- d experience of e and university-widdiscovery in serious program during search 1975-7would benefit both 6 school the year projects and credit students receive can Students faculty towards graduation and in some President Glen L Taggart said cases wages for work in URCO he hopes URCO will provide a Students interest in par- number of positive results inticipating should obtain an URCO cluding another mode of teaching directory from the office of the and advising that interested college of Agriculture (Ag faculty and students can choose Science 232) or the College of and a means to uncover and Humanities Arts and Social develop new research and Sciences (Main 131) and then creative talent talk with the project supervisor If the directory does not in the directory listed provide enough information the students should contact Prof A USU team attended Danforth Foundation Workshop Gilbert A Long in Ag Science 232 during the summer and came or Prof JeDon A Emenhiser in back with a plan to encourage Main 131 THE RESEARCH SOCIETY OF THE SIGMA XI Invites You to Enter its Annual Research Contest DEADLINE: March 1 4 SUBMIT PAPERTO: ELIGIBILITY : 1 975 Dr W A Brindley Biology Department UMC 53 Any predoctoral graduate student or undergraduate student enrolled at Utah State University in thecontest must be the student's isJigibleJonlejriResearchresut sentered Ha t oBTalrfecf basecJ a own and original research and must be by upon to theorectical treatment or be an subject original experimentation experimental verification by existing technology Data for thesis or dissertation research is eligible but all data must have been collected within the last 3 years Reviews essays or totally subjective papers are not eligible Published work is not eligible PAPER: PRESENTATION: PRIZES: Prepare your paper as for submission to a professional refereed journal your field of study Consult manuals for technical writing Manual for Biological Journals) (ie “ in Style prepared to offer a 20 minute oral summary of your paper at the Sigma meeting on April 10 1975 for judging Contestants will be notified as to wheather or not they have been selected for final judging Prizes will be awarded based upon the final judging at that Sigma XI meeting Be The prizes will be cash awards of: Under Graduate Student Research First Place $30 Second Place $20 said Batty “Shale is dense it expands when in volume by one-thiWhere of the ground pulled out are we going to put all of that waste?” said Batty Continued atty “Shale i‘ lot very feasible development unless we can revoke the laws of thermodynamics which isn’t likely We can’t get something for research experience by one-to-on- moisture and precipitation and sediment data Fields and his personnel will try to determine if XI Graduate Student Research $150 First Place MOO Second Place Third Place $50 o cz |