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Show THURSDAY, JULY 19S1 THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH VOL. 81 NO. 3 Regents name law professor. Commissioner Joan O'Brien Chronicle staff University vice president and law professor Arvo Van Alsty ne has been appointed commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education effective Aug. I. The State Board of Regents, which oversees the office, unanimously chose Van Alstyneover 100 applicants, though he did not formally apply for the position. Van Alstyne replaces T.H. Bell, who resigned in January to become President Reagan's U.S. secretary of education. Dr. Leon McCarrey has been acting director. L. Robert Fox, University assistant vice president for governmental relations, said the Regents have worked intimately with Van Alstyne who made University budget by presentations to the Board. Van Alstyne, 59. will use his legal expertise to guide the Regents through the legal policies and procedures institutions of higher education must follow, Fox said. Van Alstyne. a tenured faculty member, will still return to the University occasionally to teac h law. He joined the law faculty in 1966. after' 13 years on the law faculty at the University of California at Los Angeles. According to Fox, University president David P. Gardner is the general staff positions before considering a replacement for Van Alstyne. The offices may even be reshuffled to eliminate the position altogether, Fox said. In 1973, Van Alstyne became Gardner's exec utive assistant and has acted as Gardner's "chief of staff." Fox said. Van Alstyne received his bac helor's and law degrees from resrx-- lively. He was a Yale University in 1913 and 1918 Pulitzer Prize scholar while at Yale. c Professor Arvo Van Alstyne appointed to head Utah System of Higher Education. Van Alstyne was a visiting professor at Ohio State University in 1959 and a visiting professor at Stanfoid University in 1965. He also taught at the Univeisitv of Texas; Washington University, St. Louis: the Salburg Seminar in Austria and the Max Planck Institute in leidclbci g, 1 Germanv. Program offers credit, culture by Leslie Keith Special to the Chronicle Students can receive up to six hours credit through a Utah Museum volunteer program at the University-baseof Fine Arts and simultaneously gain insight to the internal workings of a museum. "The museum would not be a museum without its museum registrar. Some volunteers are art history majors, but MacMillan stresses that anyone, student or not, can volunteer. This experience would be valuable in many areas of study, including business, public relations and education, MacMillan said. Students can receive credit for volunteer work through the Division of Continuing Education and can select from a long list of volunteer experiences. MacMillan has eight volunteers assisting him in cataloguing and caring for the museum's permanent collection. This is the only museum in the Intermountain region with extensive collections representing many styles and cultures from 3,500 B.C. to the present. Among the areas in which students can get experience is the museum's educational services division which promotes several outreach programs helping to bring the arts to Utah residents. MacMillan stresses that these programs are free. Besides the permanent collection, the museum has three temporary exhibit spaces with exhibits changing every two to three months. Tom Southan, museum curator, said the museum tries to exhibit diverse styles of art. The curator and museum staff either develop shows, or exhibits are offered to them by other museums. Southan said. I he ptirnarv puipose of the museum is to collet t." Southan said. The museum also plays a fundamental lole in the conservation of pieces, he said. Display decreases the life of a painting. For this reason only 5 to 10 percent of the paintings from the permanent collection are hung at one time, he explained. The museum has three unique local shows each year: the faculty, master of fine arts candidates and the state show, Southan said. Selections from the state ait collection will be displayed June 24 through Sept. 14. Gallery concerts are held every Wednesday at noon through the music department. Gallery talks are usually held every Sunday at 3 p.m. with films at 4 p.m. native of New York. Van Alstvrrc is tnairicd to Ruth Lamb Van Alstvne. Thev have six c hildien. A 'Odd hours and recreational classes attract 9,000 students this summer' by d active volunteer program," said Richard MacMillan. Van Alstyne is a foimer mcmhei of the exec utivctoniinittee of the Univeisitv Senate and in 1973 teteived a '"Distinguished Teat lung Awaid." John Ned Chronicle staff Approximately 9,000 students are attending summer quarter at the University, according to estimates by the Division of Continuing Education. The figures are based on preregistration and registration day and will be finalized pending a computer printout of all the class enrollments. According to Ken Foster of the DCE's marketing and advertising division, there are about 10,000 registrations in a normal quarter. However, this year's registration total was the largest number for a summer approximately 18,000 increase over the previous record, which an was That quarter. was 15,000 last summer. "It was quite a jump from last year's total. Frankly, we were blown away by the amount of registrations." Foster said. When asked the possible reason for the sudden popularity of summer classes, Foster said that DCE c lasses were popular because they are often held at "odd" hours so that working students can attend. Other factors cited are a desire on the student's part to get through school in a hurry and the number of recreational classes being offered. The Division of Continuing Education is responsible for handling much of the summer quarter's work. Oakley Gordon, dean of DCE, said the division was responsible for printing the catalogue of summet t lasses as well as handling the registration for summer t lasses. It said this was tic me as a measure so that the aiious dt paitinents would not have to opuatc .it lull tapat ii timing the quartet. In addition. DCE also sponsois a numbtt tf t lasses. It lias the iunds, then n will sponsoi Hit class. II not. DCE will," Oakley said. The division was orrginallv scheduled to sponsor 1,000 t lasses, and other departments would sponsor around 600 t lasses. The final number of 1 cost-savin- classes is unknown pending the tinal tails ol i .untiled lasses. Oakley saitl DCE also sponsors a number of intensive seminars offered the week before and the week alter summei quarter. He saitl these ate mainlv attended bv le.it hers and other professionals seeking to keep informed on developments in their professions. Last year's students numbered 7.467. Foster saitl this year, the students are mostly and not just people who aie c lass. I le saitl that this int tease will also t asional an ot taking compensate for much of the reduction itr the DCE's budget since summer classes aie more than other full-tim- e tuition-suppoite- d quarters. The registration piotess followed the usual procedure. According to Effie Newman, DCE legistrar. there were a few changes in registration, but it went well, considering the number of students involved. "Registration is always hec tit , but I this year's went smoothly." she saitl. Following the June 29 lass t hair ge day in the Union, all registration was done at DCE offices located in the Annex. After tuition was due on Monday, the tush slowed down "from being super busy to just plain busy," she saitl. Students wanting tot hange their st hedules have until Tucsdav todrop classes and Julv 17 to add t lasses 1 Bombing talk set I g he implications ot the Israeli bo'iibmg ol the Iraq nut lea r discussed Sundav at Univeisitv pin. isiung piofessoi Ihtahmi Affeiirh Also speaking at tin toium to in ht Id at the Militant Bookstore, 677 St). 700 E.. will Im the president of the General Union of Palestinian Students. A donation of SI. 50 is requested. teattot will h 7 I v Non-Prof- lt Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, Utah |