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Show PAGE 3 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS !MONDAY, APl_tll 10, 2000 Registration for fall slated next week BY MICHELLE GARDNER JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Next week, students will be able to register for summer and fall classes. Summer registration begins Wed., April 12, for master and senior students. Anyone can register on April 13. Fall registration begins on April 17 for graduates and seniors. Juniors, sophomores and freshmen will be able to register beginning on April 18. According to Mark D. Barton, assistant vice president of student services, students should take necessary steps to get needed classes for summer and fall semesters. • Almost every semester we have students who need to plan well in order to get into some classes they have to take that semester. There will be some that fill up and some that don't. Students should plan on summer courses requiring the same amount of work and pressure as the spring and fall courses taught,· Barton said. Barton said there are four different ways students can register for courses. Students can register online at the SUU website. To register online students will need to obtain their personal identification number from the Registrar's Office. Students can register in person at the Registrar's Office, or by telephone by calling the Registrar's Office and talking to someone who can help them find the classes students need. The Student Development Office offers counseling and schedule planning to students who need help with their class schedules. Barton said the office is usually busy during registration and students should schedule an appointment prior to registering. Barton said he thinks there will be changes of times and classes on the new schedules due to departmental changes and classes being added and deleted. 'Last big thing' . for SUUSA starts today BY KIRSTEN TATE SENIOR STAFF WRITER Sunfest; the name alone causes many students to think of sunshine, having fun and taking a break. And, that is exactly what it is meant to do. "Sunfest is the last big thing at the end of the year so-that students can have fun and take a break before finals," said Sheri Stowell, a junior communication major from Magna, . Utah, and Sunfest chair. Sunfest will begin today and will conclude with Thunderbird Awards and the Spring Formal dance on Sat. . April 15. Most of the activities are free. Today, there will be free food as well as the Soulutions band playing at 7 p.m. Dan Hom, a ventriloquist, will then perform at 8 p.m. in the Sharwan Smith Center Ballroom . It will cost $1 . Tomorrow, an edited version of Good Will Hunting will be shown on the Physical Education Building lawn at 8 p.m. In case of rain the movie will be moved to the Ballroom or Theatre. Wed., April 12, Colors will be performing for the unplugged concert from noon-1 :30 p.m. on the Sunrise Patio, outside the Living Room in the Sharwan Smith Center. There will also be free snow cones. On Thurs., April 13, there will be a free BBQ , ultimate frisbee .and volleyball on the Physical Education Building lawn from 6-8 p.m. Fri., April 14, is Mardi Gras from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Ballroom. The cost is $5 which includes mocktails, a Jazz band, street performers, a dance and a showing of Double Jeopardy throughout the evening. Sat. , April 15, is Thunderbird Awards at 7:30 p.m. in the Randall Jones Theatre. It is free to anyone who wishes to attend and requires formal dress. Following the ceremony will be the Spring Formal dance, which is girls or boys choice and will cost $5 per couple. ·we want everyone to come out to take a break before finals, and have a .good time at the last big activity of the year," Stowell said. Sunfest is an annual theme week at SUU and is open to all students. It is sponsored by SUUSA and is paid for by student fees. The activities are planned by a committee of students who volunteer to help with the week. Jake Bryant, a senior at Canyon View High School, paints Kason Greenwall's face, a preschooler from Enoch, Utah, as parl of the many activities that took place at the Health and. Wellness Fair on Friday in the Sharwan Smith Center Ballroom. SU staff waiver approved BY NADINE BELL JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The SUU Board of Trustees decided SUU's halt-time staff employees are eligible for a tuition waiver. This tuition .waiver is the same benefit that is offered to adjunct faculty and those professors and instructors who are not fulltime SUU faculty members. It is also similar to tuition waivers given to faculty and staff who work nine months or more and for at least six. hours per day . All half-time staff employees who work nine months or more and for four hours per day can take advantage of this tuition waiver. Full-time faculty and staff can take up to nine credit hours per semester. This benefit allows half-time staff employees to take any one class they want for up to three credits without paying tuition or regular fees. The half-time tuition waiver · does not apply to special fees such as science lab fees. These classes can be taken anytime outside normal working hours. This tuition waiver benefit can be used for fall , spring or summer semesters. Currently there are 10 half-time staff employees and Wesley Brinkerhoff, SUU staff association president, expects three or · four of them to take advantage of this new benefit. Half-time staff employees who are interested in taking advantage of the tuition · benefit must fill out an application'which cari be picked up from the Cashier's Office or • Human Resources. I · The applications will be reviewed and applicants who meet all of the requirements will be approved , said Brinkerhoff. Hansen fac~s off on political issues wi~h SUUans BY MICHELLE ALVA JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Congressman James V. Hansen (R-Utah) visited the SUU campus Friday, giving SUU students and faculty the opportunity to ask questions and receive feedback on current and past political issues. Throughout the lecture many topics were addressed, but one seemed to grab the attention of the majority of the participants. Stephen Roberds, SUU assistant professor of political science, rose to the occasion and addressed the controversial issue that the confederate battle flag is still flying over the South Carolina state capitol. Roberds approached Hansen with interest on his opinion as a republican. In response Hansen reacted as if it "didn't offend" him. Hansen stated that he "feels offended by the federal government when they tell the states what to do.· In reaction to Hansen's comment, Roberds then incorporated the issue of campaign funding and the surrounding states involvement. Currently the majdrity of funding that candidates receive comes primarily from the surrounding states. This causes a conflict in opinion, because the states assist other states with campaign funding, but they are not allowed to voice their opinion on a controversial issue such as the confederate battle flag being displayed in South Carolina. Other topics such as the Endangered Species Act, Inheritance tax and the Antiquity Law were also discussed. He stressed concern on misuse of National monuments and federal money throughout the lecture. |