Show lobbying team to enter political arena IJSU (talfcK lobbying to represent student la ASUSU i empowered before state and nvemmental bodies was L the ASUSU Executive council is the Wednesday ufo member committee to be Public Affairs Board ygnhnste with the lobbying of aUte Legislature interns USU's political science y Affairs Board will opinions on state issues student Wfctf tuition levels state Qphnhip funds and the five Ctoioas submitted by the Utah pcoSegisM Assembly (UIAI It and funded by S tis¥ organized ASUSU president's office will ftt chairperson of the board fc ahcted by the student body will in turn choose padeat and sub Ik remaining members from mitted applications which are available now in the ASUSU office board will be ratified The 1979-8shortly by the Executive Senate in order to prepare its cases for the state Legislative session beginning January 14 The University of Utah has submitted the majority of top UIA resolutions in past years This predominance is largely the result of its Public Affairs Board efforts according to Lester Essig ASUSU president and author of Bill An annual workshop will be held to train the board consisting of students majoring in a variety of - 80-1- 5 fields in effective lobbying skills A in conjunction with the U of U lobbying team is already being scheduled "President Cazier is very much in favor of implementing this board" stated Essig He also explained the close ties to be initiated between workshop the student board and university lobbying teams directed by Lee H Burke assistant to the vice presiA recommendation that USU dent for university relations revise the placement of numbers on A committee designated to inclassroom doors preferably before vestigate the possibilities of stu- winter quarter was also made by dent involvement in USU tenure the senate on Wednesday Many decisions was also created by the room numbers are currently inacsenate Wednesday cessible to new handicapped and The dual possibilities of adding blind students said Essig student voting members to current The number locations are in tenure committees and of in- violation of Occupational Safety stigating a separate student input and Health Administration committee will be considered (OSHAI regulations according to The investigation will be conFaye L Bergeson USU space ducted by ASUSU Academic Vice management utilization and President Scott Smith President scheduling coordinator Lester Essig and two appointed The instigation of a USU comacademic senators Their report mittee to evaluate university prowill be completed and presented to grams as they relate to the goals the Academic and Executive and mission of USU is currently beSenates for further action by ing formulated by an Administration Council subcommittee January 16 1980 In addition the Executive The program evaluation commitSenate resolved that identifying tee will deal with “the resources of nameplates should be placed on the the university in administering the and four percent permanent budget cut Science Veterinary Bacteriology Building and all other which the governor has requested” classroom buildings according to the tentative docu- - ment being prepared by the subcommittee The evaluation committee consists tentatively of two department heads four faculty members two deans and is chaired by the provost They will be responsible for identifying those programs which should “be maintained at present status' reduced eliminated or augmented" the document instructs There are no student representatives included on the committee as of yet "Adding one student would by no means diminish effectiveness but rather it would lead to a broader consideration of pro- grams” states Executive Senate also submitted Resolution by Essig The recommendation to the Administrative Council that at least one student be included on the program evaluation committee is currently being investigated by the ASUSU Executive Senate 80-2- 7 THE UTAH UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY VOL 77 A NOI LOGAN UTAH FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1 6 1 979 ‘Education ’s funding poses biggest threatf The greatest problem facing the said McGuire He explained that United States public school system the new department would reduce is the inadequacy of educational governmental bureaucracy instead funding said Convocation speaker of increasing it by centralizing scattered programs into one agency Willard McGuire Thursday As the president of the National "Five hundred bureaucratic jobs Education Association McGuire will be eliminated in the departsupported public school financing ment as a result of a first year manreform on local state and federal date” the NEA president said The levels This action would shift department is a result of 122 years finacing from property tax to a of NEA support and the associamore stable system of federal suption's political endorsement of the e campaign of 1976 port for locally governed public schools according to McGuire "The NEA is the first national The school finance reform would organization to endorse Carter in also better support equal educathe primary’s of the upcoming tional opportunities for the 90 perpresidential race” said McGuire enrolled students cent of American "In order to produce positive said schools in public McQuire change for education we had to get consituation “If our present involved in the political arena" tinues we risk destroying public According to McGuire the of education and entering a system NEA’s political bargaining power class distinction” McGuire warn- has off He discussed educaed He then defended the NEA’s tion paid in the White House with rethe for government’s support Carter earlier this year cent formation of the Department “We cannot afford to loose sight viable the only cf Education as of our goal for excellence in educamethod to provide adequate education” McGuire advised “If we fail tional funding "The Department of Education is at our task (preparing students to a means of increasing the quality of meet the future) we fail ourselves education not an end in itself” and generations unborn” tt 9 Carter-Mondal- t ZTy” The Utah Intercollegiate Assembly sought a cut in the Utah college Legislature's proposed tuition increase in one of five bills passed during its recent meeting in Salt Lake city Ir and David Biwwa ewjoy ptayta t crew will wait until tree fmili aheddtog Underage University alatf start the seasonal deaa-a- p of the leaves on campus FROLIC-Sb- aM they Smaller tuition hike sought (Mr asks that the four percent cut in the educational budget not become permanent Another bill opposes Utah Sen Orrin Hatch's bill which would e allow employers to pay college students only 75 percent of full-tim- Delegates from each school presented bills to the assembly minimum wage and the top five selected last The state Legislature is also beweekend will be lobbied before the ing asked to redefine its stand on a Landlord-Tenastate Legislature in January Act Utah State delivered five bills to bill asks that the tax on fifth The the UIA Legislature Four of them textbooks be abolished were eligible to be voted on for the Although none of USU’s bills UIA top five A Brigham Young for lobbying by UIA the bill was Powers Police qualified University defeated because UIA members school’s Public Affaire Board may said they felt it could be handled take the proposals before the state more effectively in the courts Legislature in January separata Among the top bills is one that from the UIA delegation |