Signpost Tuesday, July 30, 1985 3 Presidents discuss issues The student body presidents from the eleven colleges and universities in Utah met Saturday, July 13 at Southern Utah State College to discuss issues and problems that concern students statewide. These student leaders make up the governing board of the Utah Student Association, a representative organization of the 96,000 college students in the state. Since its inception in 1982, the Utah Student Association has become increasingly active in voicing student concerns to state and national government officials. In Saturday's meeting student leaders discussed four areas of concern regarding education in Utah. Committees were organized to address these concerns. The committees are: the Utah Student Lobby, a committee designed to articulate student opinion on state and national educational matters; the Academic Affairs Council, a committee formed to address curriculum issues, academic rules and requirements, and promote student input on the quality of their education; the Roundtable on Activities and Programs, a committee organized to coordinate programs, lectures and activities between schools; and the Utah Student Tenant Association, comprised of Ombudsman from each school, designed to provide students with legal and problem solving services. During July's meeting, officers for the coming year were elected. Ned Str-ingham, president of the Associated Students of the University of Utah, was elected president of the Utah Student Association. Stuart Jones, president of the Associated Students of Southern Utah State College, and Scott Wyatt, president of the Associated Students of Utah State University were elected as vice presidents of the Association. Bruce Robinson, last year's executive director from the University of Utah, was approved to continue his position as director of the association. Steve Swenson, also of the University of Utah was elected executive secretary and press director for the association. Ken Harvey, recently appointed by Governor Bangeter to sit on the Board of Regents, was also present. Harvey is a student at Southern Utah State College. Saturday's meeting saw participation from both public and private schools. Chris Doughty, student body president of Brigham Young University, will serve as chairman of the Programs and Activities Roundtable. Dave Goularte, student body president of Westminster College, is also active in the association. Kerry Brown, student body president of Snow College, will chair the Utah Student Tenant Association, and Gary Carpenter, student body president of Utah Technical College in Salt Lake City, will chair the Academic Affairs Council. President, members elected Bradford R. Drake of Layton was elected 1985-86 president of the 60,000 member Weber State Alumni Association during a recent board meeting. Drake, who has been serving as president-elect for 1984-85, began his one-year term as president on July 1. Sharon C.Young was chosen president-elect of the association and will become president after Drake. David B. Handy was elected president of the Emeritus Alumni who graduated from WSC 40 years or more ago, and Bradley D. Berrett became president of the Young Alumni representing those who have been out of school for 15 years or less. The Alumni Association Board of Directors, which is the governing board of the WSC Alumni Association, elected nine new members for two-year terms on the board. They include: S. Neal Berube, Roger W. Cox, Christopher G. Davis, Reid Graser, Karen B. Hurst, Arthur R. Jones, Susan C. Krussell, Ilene K. Parker and Patricia H. Williams. New members of the WSC Emeritus Alumni Council include: Domenic An-tonietti, Vola Campbell, Carl De Young, Ben Hains, Ada Hazen, Karma G. Dixon, Jeffrey C. Flamm, Tamara Jones, Rex E. Leetham, John G. Morris, Kerry Tobin, Kelly Miles and Mike Waldron. Science obtains grant Weber State College has received a grant to help high schools develop courses to get science out of the lab and into everyday life. The WSC Center for Science Education received $17,369 from the State Board of Regents recently to create what the Regents call "Applied Biological-Earth Science and Applied Physical Science" courses, and center Director Herbert K. Brunkhorst said the idea of the new classes is to give students an understanding of the practical applications of science. "Students see very little relation of science to the world," Brunkhorst said. "With these new classes, they'll still receive the concepts, but it will be done in such a way that at the same time they'll see how the concepts apply to daily life, rather than seeing science in a vacuum." Beginning this fall, students will look at such scientific applications as the problems of range management, the Great Salt Lake, home construction and geologic hazards, and similiar topics, according to Brunkhorst. The WSC science center is currently hosting a series of "thinktank" workshops for high school teachers from Provo to Ogden to develop cur-riculums that map out ways public education teachers can avoid "departmentalizing" the study of science into isolated areas, Brunkhorst said. 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