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Show (&! v IS POWER SHIFTING AWAY FROM STATES? Recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings have shifted power away from state governments and to the federal government, says U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee. Lee suggests we write Congress about the problem. SEE PAGE 3. Jl TURNABOUT IS FAIR: WOMEN GET THEIRS. Last weeks Access article categorizing men and dealing with their alleged "jerky" behavior was one of the most talked about articles in a long time. This week men get their chance to reply. SEE PAGE 4. Ke Ohm&sirfomfc THE STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS OF SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, UTAH SUSC Institutional Council approves student fee hike government is considering a proposal to locate nuclear weapons in Utah. Jones told that group that their concerns were valid, but the public hearing was The SUSC Institutional Council, the colleges governing board, voted not the place for their protest. (See related story, page 3). Even with this increase, the college administration will probably have to ask for a unanimously to approve a $4.50 student fee increase Friday. second fee hike next year. No amount has yet been set, but some officials say it The increase will take effect next fall quarter, and the money will go to help could match or exceed this years $4.50 increase. finance a new student center on the SUSC campus. The increase was pushed through just over a week after it was requested by ASSUSC President Stuart Jones offered the motion to the council for the fee President Gerald R. Sherratt. increase. According to Church, the Following a public hearing increase had to be approved Tuesday, Jones said he by the Institutional Council thought he would go with no later than Friday in order it. Of the nearly 50 students to go into effect next year. at the hearing, only a We couldnt move handful opposed the fee forward without an increase. additional fee commitment, Officials want to break Church said. ground for the new facility He said if students had opposed next year, but plans are in the fee increase, it probably such a fluid state that no would have been put on hold. guarantee has been made Jones told the ASSUSC that construction will begin Senate that he was confident he that soon. could stop the fee increase if One student at the public students didnt want to pay for hearing said he would not be a new student center. around when the building is However, he said the center ready to be occupied, but he would cost students the believes the construction must start sometime, and equivalent of a movie and someone must begin paying popcorn each quarter. The student center, when it is for it. built, will probably be located Sterling Church, the where War Memorial colleges vice president for Fieldhouse currently stands. student services, explained Officials arent sure if theyll that construction could not tear down the existing structure unless to begin money pay and build from scratch, or if c for it was already in the bank. they will use the fieldhouse as the foundation for the new One student expressed t center. concern that the building Officials dont yet have an wont be of a high quality. estimate of the final cost of the ASSUSC Student Affairs Director Mark Morman center. According to preliminary responded, saying he has is ASSUSC hike the in on to Stuart student President student fees (from left) Listening input been assured the plans, the student center will Jones, ASSUSC Director of Student Affairs Mark Morman, SUSC Vice President for Student house the college bookstore, the administration is interested Services Sterling Church and SUSC Director of Student Activities Wm. Brad Bennett. cafeteria and food services, in only a building. businesses Baskin Robbins and Wendys were student offices, and student-oriente- d Another student wanted to know why the college is considering spending money academic when of the middle the a in on programs many shopping center campus among those mentioned as possible candidates. The college had planned to have a private developer build a new student center, are suffering, and a few have their existence threatened, due to lack of funding. then rent floor space back to the college. However, the only developer to bid on Were always suffering academic setbacks, the student said. There are many the project wanted a rental fee that college administrators thought was too high. things that we really need. A shopping mall, in the guise of a student center, smack The college has tentative plans to find other funding souioes to supplement dab in the middle of (campus), I dont think reflects very well. office building in Cedar City, now used to house the student fees. A college-owne- d Its like fireworks at football games, she said. Were getting an awful lot of office of commuity support services as well as storage space for little-use- d files, may publicity that is not of the academic influence of this school. be sold, and the proceeds from that may nelp finance the construction. These funds Church said money for the student center will come from a source that cant be were at one time slated to go toward construction of the Centrum. diverted to SUSCs academic departments. Several students attending the hearing said student officers shouldnt quibble Also, Church said, the bookstore, cafeteria and other auxiliary services with offices in the center will pay rent for floor space. about fee increases when there is injustice in South Africa, and the federal by Doug Christensen top-flig- ht |