Show Page 7 Student Life Monday May 10 1976 Assistant Dean Haycock outlines graduation problems and point” requirements by Kim Olsen The 1975 USU graduation is It was a bright crisp spring morning accented by the black-robe- d students making their way past the main campus to the Spectrum After proper protocol the graduation speaker Bob Hope gave his usual humorous oratory But he also added a serious line or two in which encouraged the graduates to give America new hope Little did he know that in that body of students before him were 32 who had not met graduaTHIS BENJAMIN MIRACORD turntable is part of $8000 of stereo equipment recently instcH led tion requirements! in Logan's "Cactus Club1 now the city’s first discotheque “The students have an obligation equal to that of the faculty to see that they graduate” said Richard C Haycock assistant dean College of Humanities Arts and Social Science “If a student doesn’t graduate the institution doesn’t suffer the student does” How does one go about graduating with full credit then? Dr Disco is here Take Over Quad Haycock has some helpful sugIn the last few months Logan gestions “It’s going every place” he has witnessed the arrival of a All of the sound is heard from “A student at USU is required MacDonald’s franchise a shopsaid “It is going to take over — I four hug Marantz quadraphonic to have completed 186 hours for ping mall and now a discothehope” speakers A large stack of al- graduation If a student expects four or in the booth scattered in a to graduate in the spring the first has disco three bums Ogden que ‘‘It’s the up and coming thing” establishments and Salt Lake maze of buttons knobs micro- thing he should do in the fall is to Dick Hymas owner of the Cactus City five or six Hymas said phones and dials included Billy see where he stands in hours The Cactus sound booth houses Joel the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band completed Club said twin Benjamin Miracord turn- Santana Sammy Johns Earl “For example if he has 150 New Equipment a Ozark a deck Mountain hours in September he needs 36 tables sony casette Scruggs and the k eight-tracPanasonic more to graduate He should pick tape play- Daredevils er an a Teac system up an application from the gradHymas just completed instaluation office take it to his advilation of $8000 worth of stereo A stereo buff’s dream The booth Contests Dance to sor and go over it with him He give also has a Marantz receiver and equipment and lighting and the student then sign the his downtown bar a discotheque amplifier The deejays run a “psychedelic format Hymas said dance contests are application upon determining if Hymas has also hired two disc control center” from the booth held every night The winners the student has met or will meet jockeys to work four nights a which operates several strobe picked by the deejays are given department requirements” “A progress report is filed week The “Cactus Disco” as lights black lights and light a free pitcher of beer next come back kids “When the of “go-g- o in with the application for some and banks the calls powers lights” along place Hymas his advertising is Cache Valley’s which flash on and off in times to fall I’m hoping they will ap- graduation giving the student’s the music first disco effort preciate it more” he said transcript of credits up to that well-remember- ed Disco arrives In Logan reel-to-re- el Dr Haycock emphasized that students can go to his office to check on their standing “Students can and should come to this office to check on their standing at present and the University requirements One of the major problems is that during spring quarter students fail to have their LDS Institute credit and Newman Center credit transferred to the university to d fill graduation hours About of the graduation problems lie in this area” he said Another problem is that due to tuition fees and denial of residency many students prefer to complete their last quarter or two “back home” in their own states If those credits from home are not transferred graduate the stuIt the is the student to make dent’s responsibility sure those home credits are transferred to USU Some departments won’t give credit for a class in which a “D” grade is received Since course grades are not turned in until one-thir- out-ot-sta- te admin-isfcratiGft-saan- -- after graduation there is no way of knowing if a student is eligible for graduation on the day of commencement While it is true that last year some students did walk through that august line of diploma-carryin- g graduates with deficiencies that doesn’t mean that they didn’t eventually graduate If a course is not completed or given credit for in the spring a student may participate in the graduation ceremony and tie up the loose ends later— provided those loose ends are few “The graduation ceremony is a good experience It’s something every student ought to go through” said Dr Haycock v me seasoh for SOHGUsAOER & 1OT0HIS THE OPENINGS: 3 male & PRIiE cinmi- - 3 female cheerleaders 6 female songleaders information & application at Activity Desk AIEIOH nm is YOUR ORGANIZATION TO PARTICIPATE FOR MORE INFO CALL CINDY FARR AT EXT 7643 Dolt soon II |