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Show ., . THE THUNDEABIADD SOUTHEAN UTAH UNIVERSITYDTHUASDAY APRIL 2. 1992D PAGE 3 Career Fair a 'success' BY C HERIS TUCKER Thunderbird Editor According to Pete Johnson, last year's student advocate, more than 1,000 stu dents attended the Career Fair on Monday. " A lot of companies ran out of the material they were handing out," he said . " We bad a lot of people come that we hadn ' t anticipated like students from local high schools and commu nity members," he said. Johnson added this Career Fair was only a stepping stone. " It's j u st the starting point," he said. And new Student Advocate R on K iJJian plans to build on the success of this year's fair by getting an even more diverse group of companies to com e next year by putting the fair together earlier in the year. ' 'The whole thing was put together weJJ-a big part of the school went to see it, " Killian said. He also plans to increase the amount of students that attend by coordinating with professors to make assignments for their students to visit the fair and report on one of the booths. " M y advice to R on is to hav.: good people around to help," Johnson said. He added that he had a cooperative committee. "Without them it just wouldn't have gone off," he said. ''This would get more possibiJity of interaction between students and future employers,'· he said. The students who attended the Career Fair visited with companies in their area of interest and got information on job openings and what different companies look for when they hire employees. According to Jeremy FuJJer, a host for one of the companies that cam e to the fair, " A lot of the companies that came are happy with the success of the fair and they are ready to come back next year. " Kevin Lewis from the Peppermill said he had lots of students throughout the day looking fot jobs. "We didn't do any interviewing, but we got some potential future employees," he said . He added that most of the inquiries he received were in the areas of public relations, marketing, accounting and business management. Mildred Evans, who represented Utah Holiday, said " It has been great because we always need new, fresh input. So it's wonderful to get to talk to people from southern Utah, to see what's going on in this part of the state.'' She, along with several other employers, said she would be excited to return to the fair next year. Students could also pick up information which gave tips on geuing jobs. - .... Senators hear telescope bill Yearbook still set despite problems Despite a number of problems, Tom Pronk, the new editor of the SUU yearbook, still plans to have a yearbook this year. According to former SUUSA president K imber H eat0n, the original editor of the yearbook, Dana Gerber, left in January to get married and took her stipend with her. ''The money that students paid when they ordered their books was sent to the company so the students are not going to lose any money because of this," H eaton said. " As far as I know , they're still trying to go ahead with it and the representatives think they can still come up with something good, " said Heaton . According to Pronk, Gerber told him that she had everything from faJJ quarter done and she was doing aJJ the layout herself. In reality, she hadn 't done anything, said Pronk . "She didn't take any pbetos of the events during faJJ and winter quarter so now we have to try and get them from The Thunderbird. We also gave her a box of film to take pictures with and we can 't find it. She may have taken it with her, we don't know ," Pronk said. "Every time I talked to her she said things were going along good. Apparently they weren't," Heato n said. " In December she told me that she was three quarters of the way done with faJJ quarter but I haven 't seen anything that she did and neither has the company," said Heaton . Pronk says he now plans to form a coi;nmittee of about three or four people to help him gather information and take photos during spring quarter. " It's still going to be a really good book," Pronk said. Anyone who is interested in being on the committee can contact him at 586-0948. "One thing I'd like to stress is that for this project to work we need people to get their pictures taken and order their yearbooks. lf it fails this year, I guarantee they won't try it next year," said Pronk. " We've "' Mike Lawton, a senior accounting major from Pearl River, New York, gets career information~ from Mark Goulding of Delta Airlines during Monday's Career Fair. Phil Huntt,-, a ,-epresenlative of Yearbook Associates, takes a picture of Ali Holman, sophomore from Park City, for the SU Yearbook. already sold about 50 books but for the project to work we need to seJJ about 300 to 400. Ideally, we' d like to seJJ 1,000 but that just isn't going to happen, " Pronk said. Pictures for the yearbook will be taken in the Student Center TV Lounge every day from 9 a .m . to 5 p.m. until April 10. " There is no cost to have your picture taken so you have nothing to lose," said Pronk. The cost for the yearbooks is $22 and they can be ordered in the Student Government Offices or the Student Activities Office. During its first meeting the 1992-93 SUUSA Senate heard a request from the Inter-Tribal Club and discussed a bill from SUU's project " New Frontiers." " New Frontiers" requested $500 to assist on the construction costs of one of the largest telescopes in the western United States. According to bill sponsor Sen. Mike Barrick and former senator J im Staheli, the telescope will be a tremendous asset to the field of science in our area and SUU students will have an opportunity to view the heavens. Scientists from a1J over the United States will come into our area to participate in scientific research, generating money into the Cedar City economy, wrote Barrick and Staheli. This telescope will become a permanent structure in the new observatory on Cedar Mountain . According to Staheli, the telescope is expected to be completed by faJJ of next year. The telescope will not only benefit SU students but will be open to the public as well, free of charge, said Staheli. "I feel confidept that everyone agrees that this is a good bill and an cxceJJent way to spend our money," said Barrick. The bill will be debated during Tuesday's meeting. Senators also b~ard a request from the Inter-Tribal Clu b to help fund Native American Month. A formal bill has not yet been submitted but the club plans to petition the senate after they have sought funding from clubs and organizations, said SUUSA Academic Vice President Dave Heaton . Also during the meeting senators discussed senate desk hours, investigative committee assignments and Convocation committee representatives. Senators serving on the committee include Stacy Nix, Stephanie Bersick, Amy Kearsley and Darren Cox. ,. |