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Show SUSCS HARL JUDD: MULTI-FACETE- From a student to the dean of the School of Science, Judd has seen the college evolve from the BAC to the present. SEE PAGE 7. 05e THE STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS OF SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, UTAH Review assesses Library i , ,s' .V: Second in a series by Paul Husselbee i Efforts to approve SUSC as an accredited institution for the second time in 10 years will come under close scrutiny this week when accreditation officials visit campus to evaluate contents of the colleges internal Rodney Decker, accreditation chairman, said representatives of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges will arrive on campus today ' and are scheduled to remain until Thursday, touring various departments, evaluating strengths and weaknesses, and making recommendations for improvement. NASC will not render its decision on whether or not to accredit SUSC until early December. However, I fully expect to receive accreditation, Decker said. In evaluating strengths and weaknesses, the NASC team will carefully examine areas where the college is admittedly weak, Decker said. Though we do have our weaknesses, we have strengths as well, and I feel our strengths far outweigh our weaknesses, he said. a document prepared by a special The board SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt appointed 18 months ago, covers each school and department of the college. self-stud- self-stud- The Library will be scrutinized by an accreditation team visiting the campus. The SUSC library appears to be a particular In area of concern, according to the rating the librarys various departments, both library faculty and the library committee gave the facility mediocre marks. Our overriding concern is budget and finances, said Randall Christensen, the librarys acting director. Because of budget restrictions, we are limited in the types of materials we can provide for the faculty, and also limited in our ability to process books and catalog them according to proper procedure. Using a special reference guide, the college has updated some of its materials in the past few years, but Christensen said he would like to have more current materials. We are actively engaged in seeking legislative grants and outside funding to be able to hold the key to all materials we need, said Christensen, who is acting as librarian while Diana Graff is on sabbatical leave this quarter. Lack of current materials, however, is the facultys main concern and criticism of the library, Christensen said. All that goes back to the money situation, of course, he said. At the same time, its very hard to guess what the faculty will need, so we hope they will work with us. A large part of the librarys acquisition is based self-stud- (continued on page Changes are sought for student constitution The nearly Constitution of the Associated Students of Southern Utah State College appears to be heading for some major changes if Student Body President Mark Wade accomplishes his goal. By the end of the year, Wade said, I hope we will have a totally reworked constitution. We will take it a part at a time, look it over thoroughly and then decide if there are any changes necessary. One new change Wade wants to see come about, a proposal concerning the title and duties of the attorney general, has already been officially approved by the senate. According to student body Vice President Jeff Maxwell, the proposal will go before the student body for ratification during fall general elections. Wade would like the office and duties of the attorney general changed to become more effective and productive than he feels they are now. The proposed position, vice president of social affairs, would hold many responsibilities which Wade currently deals with himself. I would like to spend more time with other aspects of the student body and student government that I havent had time for, he said, This would give me that time I need. As it stands now the duties of attorney general are to stay informed of the legal affairs of ASSUSC, insure all elected officers meet the qualifications set forth in the article of the constitution and that all activities By the end of the year I hope we will have a totally reworked constitution. also meet the articles. Another change which has been approved by the senate and executive council and will be voted upon by the student body in the general fall elections, is a new term length for elected officials. Currendy, newly elected leaders take office at the beginning of spring quarter. Wade said that since the old student body officers have done all the planning for spring quarter, the new officers have very little to do and this dampens their enthusiasm. Weve found that the new officers would be better trained and student goverment would be more efficient, said Wade, if student officials stayed in office until right before the close of spring quarter. Some council and senate members expressed concern about being compensated for the extra time served during spring quarter. If the proposal is amended, Wade said, we would serve this time out of the goodness of our hearts. Many students at SUSC are not aware that there is a student constitution or realize its importance. Director of Student Activities Dave Taylor said, There is a very small percentage of student body that has any knowledge of what it contains. The constitution defines how siui-n- ts can and should be represented and what student officials responsibilities and duties are. 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