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Show " !THURSDAY, OCTOBERS, 2000 PAGE 3 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS Alter-Native Afflerican musician to perform An "alter-Native American• musician originally from Wisconsin but now living in Nashville, Tenn., will lecture on "Native Americans, Our Past, Present and Future· at today's presentation in the SUU Convocations Series. Bill Miller, of MohicanGerman parents, will present the free lectur.e at 11 :30 a.m. in the SUU Auditorium . The general public is invited to attend. Miller calls his music- a blend of folk, rock, country, new age, tribal chants and drumming, and other American Indian sounds-alter-Native American. Although he is in his second decade living in Nashville, Miller was raised on the StockbridgeMunsee reservation in northern Wisconsin. "Many people in music circles consider him to be at the forefront of a musical reawakening," Neal Cox, director of the Convocations Series, points out. "Musicians who have explored styles from around the world are now rediscovering American Indian music.· His creativity extends beyond just music to encompass writing, painting, and storytelling. Miller sees an opening for ·our people to start expressing themselves with their poetry, their artwork, and their songs.· Miller said he has experienced the uniqueness of his people's culture, and he has been subjected to the ugliness and prejudice that often accompanie·s living as part of an ethnic minority. He said he turned to music and art to soothe his soul, drawing and painting and later singing and songwriting. He moved to Nashvifle in 1984, and eventually produced three independently released albums. After signing with Warner Bros. Records, he released an attention grabbing album titled The Red Road. Subsequently, Miller released a . second major album, Raven in the Snow, and gained the friendship of Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam's lead singer, and performer Tori Amos. He has gained wide attention through his opening act for the 1994 Amos Under the Pink tour and through hi~ flute performance on the Vanessa Williams recording of Colors of the Wind from the movie Pocahontas. Deans ·tackle enroll~ent, policies 'Ultimate' University fall 2000 enrollment down slightly due to various out~ide factors BY KEVIN M. HARING ASSOCIATE EDITOR student enrollment. Associate Provost Michael D. Richards, who conducted the meeting in the absence of Provost D. Ray Reutzel, also presented some demographic statistics in relation to the Fall 2000 enrollment statistics were among some of the 2000 fall enrollment. items of discussion at Monday's Deans' Council meeting. The "third week" report, prepared for the Utah State Board Barton said the percentage of student diversity is about the of Regents, was released last week and presented by Mark same as it was at this time last year. Barton, assistant vice president of student services. Enrollment figures are as follows: The enrollment summary lists the total head count of • Gender: Female, 3,329; Male, 2,634 students for the 2000 fall semester at 5,963, a decrease of • Ethnicity: American Indian/Alaskan Native, 57; Asian, 62 students from the fall 1999 semester. J45; Black, 35; Hispanic, 106; Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 29; Other, 10; The largest drop came from freshmen-a decrease of 97 new freshmen and 111 other The enrollment White. 5,581 freshmen. summary fists the • Citizenship: U.S. Citizen, 5,802; Nonresident; 161 There was an increase in sophomore, senior and graduate enrollment, as well as a total head count of • Attendance: Full-time, 4,501 ; Part-time, students for the 1,453 3.9 percent increase in the full-time . equivalent (FTE) enrollment. FTE totals show fall semester • Student Level: New Freshmen ,1,044; 2000 the number of students who average a 15Other Freshmen, 1,269; Sophomore, 1,052; credit hour work load, and are also used to a·t 51 9631 Junior, 956·, Senior, 1,409; Graduate, 182; determine how much money SUU can d f Graduate (non-matriculated), 51 receive from the state of Utah. ecrease O 62 In other business, the council congratulated Qave Nyman, interim dean of the School of Barton suggested the drop in students may students from the have been due to the inability for students to fa/I 1999 semester. Professional and Graduate Studies, on his obtain scholarships, as scholarship election as president of the Western applications were down this year. .___ _ __ __ _ _ ___, Associates of Summer Session He suggested that students may have thought they couldn't Administrators, which involves about 130 schools. get scholarships, or they thought they would not be able to A revision of the Student Evaluation of Instruction form was qualify for them. presented by Diana Graff, professor of library science and dean of library. The revised form passed, but it was noted "Your chances c;!re much better if you apply than if you don't," Barton said. there presently is no way to tracl< the information it provides. Policies were reviewed and discussed; including the Barton cited other factors that may have hampered f?tll enrollment, including the loss of some of the University appointments of faculty, credit hour loads and the faculty Center programs in St. George, the Nevada "Millennium workload policy. The council decided it needed more time Scholarship,· and ari increase of 500 students admitted to and infonnation to revise and·approve the policies and the BYU, which could cut into both SUU's first-time and transfer items wer~ tabled until the next meeting. •.. . .. ' , , ...................... . ..... . a . ............ . ........ .... .. ... commi.t tee approved _BY LEAH HARTMANN. JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A resolution to form "The Committee to end all Committees" was unanimously approved by the Student Senate in a 10-minute meeting Tuesday night There were two items on the agenda. Resolution 003-00 was introduced last week by Business and Technology Sen . Jessi Allen and Performing and Visual Arts Sen. Jennifer Powell. The committee to end all committees will review the line item budget policies used to fund clubs on campus. Problems have arjsen this year because no one is sure where individual clubs are supposed to get their funding. According to Allen this committee will "clear the waters· for funding.issues. The committee will consist of senators, Clubs and Organizations representatives, administrators and faculty members. During Open Forum, Jeremy Walker, calling himself an "advocate for the students," spoke in support of the cor11mittee to end all committees. There was no debate because all the comments about the committee were positive. The resolution passed 15-0-0. The investigati'-'.e committee assigned to examine Josh Savage, a junior psychology major from St. George, for public relations director asked to table the final decision until next week because the members needed more time to investigate. |