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Show Page 2 The Tfumderfnnf Wednesday May 29, 1985 Growth tops list of SUSC stories for the State approval of $2.75 million to build an indoor performing arts theatre topped news events in a year that also saw work begin for a 1,500 seat expansion for the Thunderbird Stadium. The continued growth of Southern Utah State 1984-85- . College became the major theme for The growth also brought a need for more revenue, some of which will come from students who face a 9 percent tuition increase and a $4.50 increase in student fees, both approved by the SUSC Institutional Council to begin next year. The Utah State Community Impact Board helped SUSC and city officials move closer to dreams of making Cedar City an arts community on par with Santa Fe, N.M., or Ashland, Ore., when it approved funding for a new theatre. The city had asked for $4.5 million to build two performing arts theatres the second to be an outdoor amphitheater at the south edge of the city and officials still plan to ask the State Legislature for the rest of the money next January. YEAR The new indoor theatre, to be built east of the existing Shakespearean Theatre, will lengthen the Shakespearean Festival season and is expected to increase the amount of tourism in Cedar City. In the meantime, construction is already under way on a phased expansion of the Thunderbird Stadium, with 1,500 cement seats being added in time for the coming football season. New lights were also added to the stadium last fall, with everything in place just one day before the football teams first nighttime home game of the season. Construction on the Centrum also moved along in even though it is a few days high gear during 1984-8behind schedule. Completion is still projected for the fall, however. Work on the sports, entertainment and classroom complex was slowed partly by the installation of some 200 caissons, made necessary by shifting soil on campus that has damaged several buildings and caused headaches for college officials. The Institutional Council this April approved a 2 surcharge for the 1985-8- 6 school year percent one-tim- e books at the same time it approved a 7 to buy library The State Legislature agreed to increase. tuition percent allocate $2 for every $1 raised by students to purchase new books. ASSUSC President Scott Price had a sometimes controversial term of office, but his administration also included several high points. One highlight was the Student Tenant Association, directed by Mitch Connell. The association signed agreements with most student apartment of Cedar Citys complexes to give a stronger voice to student renters and help ease friction with landlords. Price also laid the groundwork for a graduate interview program, designed to bring major companies 'on campus to recruit SUSC students. His administration also increased involvement in student government by sponsoring several public forums and debates on issues such as a campus nuclear free zone, national elections, and even student apathy. When his term was over, Price was replaced as ASSUSC President by Stuart Jones, who led his S.U.N. party to a near sweep in the February elections, capturing 12 of 15 Executive Council and Senate seats up for grabs. The S.U.N. party took the elections after promising to expand the graduate interview program and bring preparation courses on campus for such tests as the LSAT, MCAT, and GMAT. The Stuart Riley-leP.R.O. party took only three Senate seats in the election. The Convocations program continued to bring speakers to the nationally and internationally-know- n SUSC campus, but none quite so controversial as former Secretary of the Interior James Watt. Watts lecture, in which he reviewed the highlights of his term, 84-8- 5 was overshadowed by verbal sparring with members of the audience, including two SUSC professors. Jerry Rubin, a was a highlight among spring quarter Convocation speakers. Rubin reviewed his career as a 60s radical and his transition into an entrepreneur who rubs elbows with Fortune 500 executives. The theme of growth and improvement started off the school year, surfacing with improvements to the student dormitories. Under new director of housing Steve McKibben, a facelift was given to the Juniper dormitory, where rooms were carpeted and a Jacuzzi, sauna, and weightlifting facilities were added. Partly because of substantial energy savings over the last few years, college administrators were able this year to install, a new computer system and end their dependency on Weber State College for such things as payroll and personnel checks. SUSC enrollment saw substantial increases each quarter of the year, with fall quarter enrollment reaching 2,642. SUSC enrollment has now grown by nearly 50 percent in the last seven years, and college officials predict it will exceed 3,500 within three more. e, d Utah Lifetime Achievement Awards presented to five Five Utahns were honored May 24 for lifetimes of dedication and acomplishment at the 1985 Utah Lifetime Achievement Awards banquet and gala at SUSC. Honored at the banquet were: Jay Bingham, president of Bingham Engineering; Gordon B. Hinckley, second 'counselor in the first presidency of the LDS Church; Lawrence Lee, chief executive officer, Western Airlines; Lucybeth Rampton, former first lady of Utah; and Glen L. Taggart, president emeritus, Utah State University, and a member of the Utah Board of Regents. Governor Norman Bangerter presented each recipient with his or her award during the celebration. The five were selected as individuals whose lifetime accomplishments attest to their tireless energies and dedication, character and competence. The ceremonies consisted of an awards banquet followed by a gala. Actress Marion Ross, who starred in the television series Happy Days, served as the mistress of ceremonies for the gala. "The honors SUSC bestowed on the five award recipients are intended to demonstrate to those who will graduate one week later that the true measure of a lifetime lies in realizing ones full potential and, by extending service to others, to do ones part in helping create a better world, said SUSC President Gerald R. Lee is chairman of the Board of Western Airlines. A Sherratt. Santaquin, Utah, native, he has served 40 years with The dinner was held at 6 p.m. in the Great Hall of Western. He is a member of the board of directors of the Student Center. It included presentation of the the Utah. Symphony, Ballet West, and First Security awards and responses from recipients. Corporation. At 8 p.m. in the Auditorium, the gala featured Mrs. Rampton, Salt Lake City, is one of Utahs most tributes to the five honorees as well as performances by prominent women, a former first lady and tireless civic worker. Her activities include support of the arts and groups including the Southern Utah Chorale, the Scarlet and Black Ceremonial Band, Primo Plus, Gold historic preservation, and an effort to help Utahns Rush featuring Jack Miller, soprano Karen Anderson, better understand the needs of those suffering from and a special dance presentation with choreography by depression and mental illness. Burch Mann. Her public service at the side of former Gov. Calvin Bingham, Salt Lake City, has served for more than Rampton, her personal endeavors in the study of 30 years as a designer and supervisor or hydroelectric humankind and her perseverance in advancing public and water conservancy projects throughout the attitudes toward mental illness characterize her life of intermountain west. He is president and founder of involvement and contribution to Utah, according to Bineham Engineering. the citation read during the ceremony. Bingham has also served as executive director of the Taggart, Logan, is former senior program consultant Western States Water Council, the Utah Department of .at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and president Natural Resources, and the Utah Water and Power emeritus of Utah State University. He has compiled a Board. lifetime of significant international and national service As a member of the LDS First Presidency, Hinckley as a leader in higher education and lifelong learning. assists the president of the church in administering He is also past president of the University of Nigeria, both the eccesiatical and temporal affairs of the LDS and a long-tim- e administrator for the U.S. Department Church. of Agriculture. |