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Show Signpost September 30, 1980 New Building Proposal Approved The program for a new business and economics building was approved on September 22 by the Utah State Building Board and the Utah State Board of Regents. The project will be 9 to 12 months in the design stage and about 2 years in construction. The building itself will consist of two phases - the first phase costing $3.8 million and the second phase $2.2 million. The revenues for the project will come from the sale of the old St. Benedict's building and the appropriations for the remodeling of St. Benedict's that weren't used. Donor funds will also supply some of the revenues. "This is a building that has been needed for some time at Weber State," said project coordinator Robert Folsom. "Phase I is the only Art Tour Twentieth annual arts tour to San Francisco sponsored by the WSC Alumni Association will be held this year from Oct. 22 to 26, Edith G. Hester, WSC alumni executive director announced today. Those who make the tour will have a choice of two means of transportation, one by air and the other by bus. The bus tour will cost $170 for a package which includes round trip bus fare, hotel for three nights, tickets to plays, museums, insurance, tour booklet and one lunch. The tour by air will cost $325 and will include round trip air fare, limousine transportation to amd from the San Francisco Airport, hotel room for four nights, and the same lineup for activities as the bus tour. The air tour will be limited to 25 persons per flight, Hester said. The bus group will return from San Francisco at noon Oct. 26 and arrive in Ogden at 6 a.m. on Oct. 27. The plane group will fly out of the San Francisco International Airport at 5 p.m. on Oct.26. The activities lineup includes "San Francisco Experience," a multi-media presentation; "The Club," a musical review which won phase that we will embark upon for some time. We cannot begin construction on the second phase until we show the need and are given appropriations for it." The new building will be constructed in the center lawn area north of the administration building between the social science and education buildings. Harris Poll (continued) tea est When I was sixteen, I had to argue with my dad to get a car. All last year, I had to watch gas money pour into the hands of some foreigner. Now, after having knocked over several liquor stores to get the money for tuition, I can't aford to park here. Don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating disregard for the law. All I want is a little fairness. All I'm asking for is a chance. But, in the event that the first two aren't possible, I wonder who I talk to get a percentage of the action? the Tony Award on Broadway; an Oakland Ballet presentation of "Afternoon of the Fawn" and other short ballets; an American Conservatory Theater presentation of INoel Coward's comedy "Hayfever,"on its third return year; a visit to the Oakland Museum; a visit to the Golden Gate Park museum, tea garden and aquarium, and another visit to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Deadline for air reservation is Oct. 3 and for the bus, Oct. 10, Reservations and payments should be made to the Weber State College Alumni Office, Room 316, Miller Administration Building, on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information on other details is available by calling 626-6564. Mall Opens The Ogden City Mall, Utah's newest downtown shopping center, has announced their Saturday, October 4th Grand Opening. The mall occupies over 900,000 square feet with two levels of stores and services that will include, upon completion of leasing, 123 shops and services, five major department stores and numerous public sevice establishments. Among the major department stores will be, Weinstocks, JC Penney and a pedestrian skywalk connecting to the ZCMI store. Scheduled to open on Oct. 4 will be about fifty-four percent of the gross leasable area with an additional twenty-five stores opening within the next two weeks. Adjacent to the Ogden City Mall will be a three level parking terrace. Free parking will accommodate over three thousand cars. page 3 Convocation Series An in depth look at television commercials and their influence on our culture is the subject of the first in a series of noon Convocations scheduled at Weber State College during the coming school year. James Hall, noted writer, media critic and film anthologist will appear in the Browning Center at noon on Oct.2. In 1978 Hall produced a feature-length documentary on television commercials called "And Now an Animated Word From Our Sponsor," which was acclaimed as a milestone in film scholarship. Hall said that the project led to his production of "Promise Them Anything," which he will present at WSC. "Promise Them Anything," he said "digs deeply into the compelling and little understood field of political commercialfilmmaking." New Faculty New, full and part-time faculty members have been employed to serve at Weber State College and other schools in the state. They are under Weber State's direction in a nurse training and up-grading program, which is specially funded by the State Legislature The new instructors will become part of the multi-pronged program authorized by the Utah State Legislature to increase the supply of nurses in the state by training more new nurses, up-grading those working as nurses, and providing refresher courses for those trained in nursing but who have left the field.. 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