Tuesday, August 4, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 61 Number 7 Abe Blast or, , Bomb? , IMaZLk Mel and f- ffi OZ '' Danny j crouch in Lethal 1 Weapon 4 j See a&e page 6 " FJ U gglon decision post By Kari Lynn Harland news editor-77ie Signpost The future of Weber State University head basketball coach Ron Abegglen remained undecided as of Monday evening. Administrators met Friday to discuss the alleged domestic violence incident involving Abegglen and his wife which resulted in his being placed on adminstrative leave. President Paul Thompson had hoped to resolve the issue by Friday, and though he met with the Board of Trustees that morning in a closed- session meeting, nothing was resolved. "We held this meeting, because the Director dies in office By Kari Lynn Harland news editor-77ie Signpost LaMar Kap, director of Services for Students with Disabilities, died Thursday in his office from a heart attack. According to Joshua Heimbuck, who worked with Kap, someone had gone into his office to check on him and found him fallen on the floor. An ambulance was called and a nurse was fetched from Health Services, which was just around the corner from his office. Res At least there's still food, r 1 The Shepherd Union Building Gallery isn't much to look at, but the food is still the same. It continues to serve food to students, teachers and construction workers, though there aren't very many clean places left to sit and enjoy the meal. Construction is scheduled to be finished before school starts this fall. inside post news seepage 2&3 poned again Board of Trustees wanted to have a progress report on the situation on Ron Abegglen. No action was taken," he said. "They just said 'we encourage you to continue working with John Johnson and Ron Abegglen and work out what's best for the university.'" Thompson left over the weekend for a two-week vacation. He said the decision would be left up to vice president of administrative services, Allen Simkins, and athletic director, John Johnson. He said Friday that the decision should be reached within the next few days. He is confident they can make an appropriate decision in his absence. cue workers attempted CPR to revive Kap. Memorial services were held Monday at the Pleasant View Stake Center. Heimbuck said Kap was always full of praises. "He was great a really nice guy," he said. "He always told you when you were doing good." Kap was reared and educated in Ogden. He graduated from Weber State College in 1964, and in 1973, he graduated from the University of Utah with his Master's degree in Social Work. He worked at Weber State University for 32 years. editorial see page 4 "We need to do what's best for the basketball program, the athletic program and the university, so we'll take the time that's necessary to get it done right," Thompson said. "Ron's eager to get this resolved, and I'm eager to get it resolved." Abegglen is on administrative leave for allegedly pushing his wife, Nedra, and breaking her arm. Nedra convinced the Second District Court' to place a protective order against Abegglen for 150 days. Abegglen is already on probation for NCAA violations in 1 996, and, according to Thompson, he is still on that probation. Thursday Kap posed with his students 0 f fr " m a&e see page 6 ED , - jr If j Just shooting the hoops Many students hang out at the Swenson Gym to practice, work out and just kill time. WSU online courses edge out fiber optics By Julianne Hancock campus affairs editor-77;e Signpost Imagine the ability to take a class from any university in the world, from any professor, for normal Weber State University fees. Until this month, the possibilities were endless. The new WSU-Davis Center was meant to have a fiber-optical technology delivery institution installed. However, budget cuts and a lack of necessity has ended the video-conferencing program at the Davis Center forever. When the Davis Center moved from Antelope Drive to Gordon Avenue in Layton, it was WSU's intention toexpand the video-conferencing program to a new, two-way system. The old campus was capable of receiving classes from any instituuon installed with a system, but was not able to send any classes out of the campus. The new building was wired for a new, state-of-the-art. two-way system, enabling students at the Davis Center to take part in a worldwide classroom, sharing instructors and knowledge with various classrooms. Instructors were to be wired with a microphone, and classrooms were to be equipped with an infrared camera that would follow the instructors, so they could be seen at another campus. As the building was being equipped for the system, US West, the company who was supposed to plug the Davis Center into the "world of common leam-ing."discovered a problem. They had not SpOftS see page 7 J 1 lined Main Street in Layton with the fiber optics, as they had previously thought. The intention was to connect the old campus and the new campus, only a mile apart, via Main Street. US West suggested to WSU's administration that WSU pick up the tab, as the wiring is expensive and laborious. Toensure their work, US West also asked WSU to sign a five-year contract.The monthly cost of the old campus' system was only $600, where the new cost has doubled at $ 1 200. The administration understood the large cost of extending the wiring, but would not agree to pay for it and were reluctant to sign the contract. Gene Sessions, the previous Davis Center director, was optimistic about the system being completed for fall semester. Sessions left his position at the Davis Center at the end of June. Within weeks of the transition, the university decided to discontinue the program. According to Alan Livingston, director of Communication Aits andTechnolo-gies, it came down to a budget decision. I le said the video conferencing was not being used enough to pay $ 1 200 a month. According to Sessions, he is "not surprised. The decision) probably did not have as much to do with money, as it did with its use. Its demise is online courses. ..they do the same thing." Though things didn't turn out as" planned, students hae (he opportunity ' to take classes from WSU in the comfort of their pajamas at home with WSU Online. classifieds . . . see page