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Show l: tZ.l c? News i t: Center rx r U nnc? f On n O i L II Nearly 20 Only In Utah demonstrators walk out of Roberds scheduled By CARLI WARR Ravi Roy, assistant professor of political science, replies plainly that Stephen Roberds has been put on administrative leave. He explains that he was told during falls Finals Week that he would be teaching this course in place of Roberds. Cassie Cook, a senior art major from Salt Lake City, replies to Roys response with a simple, Oh. Nearly 20 students gather their books and solemnly walk out of the general education classroom Tbesday. cwarrsuujournal.com The classroom is packed. There are no empty seats or even chairs. A single hand goes up. Its only a few minutes into the first day of SUUs politics and the media political science class. Wheres Professor Roberds? Wasnt he suppose to teach this class? asks the lady in the second chair of a row near the door. This was not news to the protesting students that Roberds was fired on Dec. 15. These students were part of an organized demonstration group. The group also sponsored a picket and gave public speeches in the Rotunda Wednesday at 11 a.m. Students carried signs and wore stating administration offenses. After an audience accumulated, Tim Justice, a senior political science major from Huntington, began an official speech atop a homemade soap box. Following four planned speeches, other students took the microphone. They expressed distaste for the administration and disapproval of the student movement. several speeches, Justice Following made closing remarks and led students on a march with signs to President Steven D. Bennions office to present him with the organizations mission statement and list of demands. See - i-- K n I -- S L ri?W y FOX Sports Net visits Centrum for live feed i (600 Tonights SUU mens basketball game against Chicago State University will be shown live on cable channel 33 starting at 8 I - 7 VjjY Xi 'A - Page 3 i - jDonf for p.m. Page i- A WALK OUT, - ft I A Clubs recruit at fair A showcase of clubs will take place in the ballroom from 9 to 11 p.m. tonight after the basketball game. There will be live entertainment, food, and games. Each club will be represented and students may sign up for clubs at the fair. CARL! WARR Jackie Bulloch, administrative assistant, orders protesting students to get out Present Steven D. Bennions office. They have pushed their way into the president s office ... would like some backup please," Bulloch said on I Mm! this weeks Convocation Stacey Bess, an author, educator and motivational speaker, will present the first Convocation of the semester today in the Auditorium at 11:30 a.m. Students protests result in arrest at Presidents office Wednesday By TIFFANY DE MASTERS Web displays photos tdemasterssuujournal.com Students protested Wednesday against the administration. A slideshow is posted. Approximately 40 students stormed the presidents office in a protest, which resulted in one arrest. President Steven D. Bennion was seen leaving the Administration Building right after the students came to present him with a mission statement and student bill of rights listing their demands for changes in university policy and improvement. Justin Booth, a junior integrated engineering major from Cedar City, was one of the 23 students that entered Bennions office. Booth was arrested for failure to disperse. Tom Cowan, SUU peace officer, said Booth was not placed in jail, but issued a citation. Journal Web site Weather Watch SUUSA loses scholarships, pays stipends Expect mostly snow and some rain with highs in the high 30s and lows in the low teens. Page 9 Countdown xi Li u j DAYS until Martin Luther King Jr. Day Index Accent By CARL! WARR cwarrsuujournal com Student government officials decided to recuperate from a Fall 2004 scholarship blow by increasing the amount of their stipends from approximately $200 per official each year to $400 a year. This increase came from various funds, including SUUSA President Aaron Millers branch budgets and a contribution from a few vice presidents and administrators. Some of this funding was derived from student fees, which collectively is the $233 e students pay each semester in addition to tuition. In an article published in the University Journal on Sept. 20, 2004, Stephen Allen, executive director of admissions, said SUU has limited the money it uses for scholarships, so the decision was made to decrease the student government scholarship fund from $49,000 to $35,000. Presidential full-tim- 9, Back page 9 Classified News 3, 6 Opinion 4, 5 See STIPENDS, Page 7,8 Sports -- - JOURNAL 1 O Community hero gives UNIVERSITY the phone with police. The protest took place yesterday, at noon. I think this is probably more Important than anything else Bennion is doing today, said Tim Justice, a senior political science major from Huntington. rii4 rr rfri i -- T 3 We tried to avail every opportunity; we were left with no other choice, Cowan said. Cowan said Booth was in violation of state policy. Four SUU public safety officers and Cedar City dispatch were present to negotiate the students out of Bennions office. The officers were ready to make arrests if the students were not willing to come out of the presidents office. Tim Justice, a senior political science major from Huntington, was among the protesters. Do you really think it would be a good message to send the rest of the country to arrest 30 students? Justice said. He said the students just wanted to deliver a message to the president of their school. Philip Martin, a junior political science major from Orem, said he was not impressed with Bennions response. (Bennion) ran away before we could even speak to him, Martin said. It was the biggest act of cowardice ever. Cowan said Public Safety only wanted to get the protesters out of Bennions office. If were going to accomplish anything, were going to have to come to a compromise, Cowan said. Students were still not satisfied. Have you ever seen a message this strong? Justice said. He chose to ignore it and its a slap in our face. Jackie Bulloch, the administrative assistant, said the students could come out in the lobby and protest all they wanted. I just lost my cool, she said. See PROTEST, Page 4 Flood necessitates galoshes By JANA TAYLOR jtaylorsuujournal.com Floods roared through Washington County throughout the past week, destroying 14 homes and making many others uninhabitable. Hundreds of people volunteered to make sandbags and help set them up along the overflowing Virgin River near Bloomington. Officer Duncan Larsen from the St. George Police Department stood watch over the scene on Sugar Leo Road in Bloomington. Last night, this road had almost three feet of water on it, Larsen said. Bonnie Lewis, a resident of Bloomington for 21 years, helped her neighbors stack sandbags in their backyards along the river. This has never happened before, Lewis said. When the dike to Quail Creek broke it was bad, but never for this long. The entue St. George area was badly affected by the floods. Traffic on main roads was bumper to bumper for hours because of the closing of most back roads. Drivers were stopping along to watch the river flow below the underpass. The police to watch and to stay pleaded with onlookers to not stop on away from the river. They advised all who werent helping to fill or place sandbags to stay home. The National Weather Service continued a flash flood watch for southwestern Iron and northwestern Washington counties on Tuesday afternoon, in which they warned of the potential failure of the upper and lower Enterprise dams. Police expected the river to keep rising until 10 or 11 p.m. on Tuesday. The river had not shown any signs of receding on Tuesday afternoon. As volunteers unloaded sandbags by the truckload, children were finding ways to enjoy the flood. Adam Evans, a boy from Bloomington, entertained himself by riding his bicycle through the water. The water could get worse, Evans said. He added that everyone needs a pair of rain boots to get around. Those who lost their homes to the flood were able to stay at the Dixie Center, where the Red Cross has established a crisis center. r CHRISTINA Adam Evans, a MEIER UNIVERSITY JOURNAL resident of Bloomington, rides his bike through Tuesdays water on Sugar Leo Road. Virgin-riv- er flood |