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Show 4} a mm cc~1IJ§ MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1998 • THE UN(VERSITY JOURNAL · SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY SUU offers a Student governnient prepares for fall • newmaJor this year A bachelor's degree in psycho logy fro m SUU will be offered at the SlJU Universit y Center at St. c;rn rge beginning with the start o f t he 1998 fall sem ester in August . T he new program added lO t he c urric ulum o f 1hc.: t'<:ntcr, located on 1h1: Dixie Col lege campus, wa s rtTt'ntl y approved b y 1hc SUU Board of Trustees. With the psycho logy dqircc , t he SUU llnivcrsity Ct·ntcr now offers bachel o r's degrees in five ac 1d<:mi<: areas: acco unting, b usiness m:magcmc.:n t . c r iminal justice. elementary c.:duc:Hion . and psrc ho logy. A m aster of science dcgrc.:e is ab o uffercd in teac her educa tion. "T his is a m ajor w hkh t·ompl<:m cn ts the niminal jus1in.: and c lcmen tary educatio n prog ram s aln:ady ofkrn l at th e un iv<:rsit)' u : ntcr... c;corge r enstermac her . dirn:tor of the n ·ntn. said . " It is :t program which can work wdl as :1 111:1jo r/ minor combination with d th cr nimin:tl jus1ilT o r d c:m,·ntary educat ion. ·· 1ka ll h care providers. social scn ·iccs pc.:r, onm:I. .111d the: law enforcement n ,mmunit )' ,hould all ht· p:tr1 iu1l:t rl }' in tnc:sted in th e: p,yt·holog)' major rlllw :1vail:1hk ." Fl'ns1c.:rm:1cltl'r p11t11 (, Olll ·1h t· m:1Jor will font!'. o n i n f:tn t :tnd child dt·,·d o p111l'11 t. gcndl'r :t nd , od :tl p:;yd 1ology , prok' " ion:tlbm. and s1:.11h1 ks :s111dt·11b 1111t·rt",l nl 111 the p rogr.1111 Ill.I)' call ( 15">) ()'i l--81 1 fo r rq~1str:1tio 11 in torm:11ion . With only 22 days until the 1998-1999 school year begins. SUU' s student body president Trcion Muller is busy with several act ivities. Besides his own p residen ti al duties. Muller, a senior communicati on m ajor from Jo hannesburg, South Africa, was just named chai r of the U tah Council of Student llod)' Presidents. "This w ill help SUU gain recognit ion and res pec t o n a st ate level. Also, Rob Reynard. a senior politic al ,--- - - - - -scien('(: m:1jor fro m Texas. and a fo rmer art s and letters sena tor , was just named as the stud ent regent fo r the state of Utah. r,.• J "These positions give SUU much mo re influence and pu ll this year, on a stat<: w ide level," says M uller. Througho ut t hese summer months Muller has been preparing for lht'. informatio n campaign th at should be up and running in the fa ll . " We assigned the cabinet m embers various responsibilities during the summer," ex plains Muller. "T his w ill help us be prepared fo r our fi rst proj ect th e information t::lmpaign." The cam paign ind udt.:s preparing a nontr:1di1ion:tl packet , "This brochure will contain such info rm at ion as debt consolidation , fin ancial planning, and housing informati on . - ex plains Muller. T he inform:it ion boot h is located near t he TBird Circle, is :ino lhl'r aSpl'ct of thi s campaign. "The prcsidc:nti:tl :11nbass:1dors :ind student gm·c.:rn 111ent art· w orking 10gc1hn to opcr.He 11tb booth .- s:tp , ,\ l uller The bo1111t w ill Ixmannt·d fro m 9 a.m . to I p 111. ~l o nday t hrough Frid:1r ll;o, purpose b l o answc:r qut·s1i11111: 11t:11 ;o,lutknts 111;1y h:i,·t.: fro m whnl' hurlding;o, .1rt· IO , c111t·, cn conn-rsion " \\'l' :1n· :rbo going to I I') to st:trl :t p rogr:1 111 hl'rl' o n c:1111 pu, 11ta1 :tll ow, :o.111dcnh to i 11tt-r:1t·t wi1 1t 01hcr n rl turc:s. "I 'l ' d r:1\\·, .1 w itk rangl' of t·thnic c11llure . .111d kw ,111tk n ts h:1n · 11111clt knowkdgc.: :1hou1 oth<:r culttrrl·, The fina l aspect of thi s campaign is th e internship and career placement fair. The senawrs from each college must come up wi t h a brochure that w ill be sent to vario us businesses around th e country as well as several graduate schools. "This is an o ppo rtu nity for th e students to sell them selves, and not just th e uni,'ersity scllini,: itsel f. Co rpo rat ion can sec - - - - -- -, wh:111he stud ents arc doing, and it also gets nam e out IO the public," explains Muller . " \ X1hat st udent t, government is doing is pulling together t hese brochures. and then mailing them out. We arc w orking wi th Career Services on this p roject , so they w ill then set up the tim e ead1 compan y c an com<: lO o ur internship fair. and handle the rest o f th e [ details... As far as th <: rest of th e stud ent government go es they arc getting info rmatio n o n their rnllcges, meeting w ith t heir deans and workinl,! on their w ecks."Wt· should be St:{ 10 Start w orking again i n August ," s:t)'S Mulk'r. am rc:tll)' t'. Xcit<:cl abo ut 1hb fall. " Sa)'S ~lullcr, · 1 feel th:tl 1hb will he the fi rst tim e: thal :ill of tht· studc:111 govt·rnm t.: nt will be :1 unified bod)'. - T his is bcc:tuSl' 1his is tltl' t1 rst 1i111c.: in SUlJ's history chat cite wh ole stud1:nt go\'t:rl111ll'llt will 111l'Ct :tll at 011<:t', i11s1cad o f lite four hr:m ch t·, of stutkllt go\'ernmc:nc (sen:ttl', c:1bi11e1. sl udcnc :it I i,·i1 r board. :1nd judicial counl'il ) ml'eC ing sep:t r.lld)' " \X'l' :ire mt'l'l rng c vcrr Tuc.:,d:ty. as :1 " hole govt·rn mt·n c. !o r :1bou t I '> 10 10 minutes. :111d tlt1:11 \\ l ' \\'ill bre d, off ,111tl w o rk \\'iClt in o ur g ro ups... t.:x pl.tins ,\l ulkr - 1 ltTI th.ll 1h1, w ill hl'lp ,tamp o ut problems and w i ll put l ·,·c11 11m· 1111 th t· ~:ime p:tgl·. \\'11rking wward onl' goal I led 1hr, ,, .t \'tT) d"fi cit·111 :111d posili\'c w :1y u f tk :tling \\'ll lt problem~ t lt:11 :irbt· wi1hi11 ,tudcnt gon ·rn111en t 11tro11glto11t 1hc ye.tr ~Ifieel that this will b h e t e 1.rst 1.me that all Of the student b government Wif e a unified body,? says Treion Muller, SUUSA president. • First time buyer program suu·s -, Come shop for i t all under one roof! Cb') • With s tudent ID get $500-$1,000 off all used vehicles or 3%-5%, off all new cars • College grads get $400 off from GM • Great deals on new & used vehicles BRIAN BAKER (Student Sales Rep.) Pharmacy Customer Service Video Non Foods Floral Shop Grocery Service Deli Seafood/Meat Bakery 360 No. Main, C edar City 588-6595 633 South Main, Cedar City, UT 84720 ~ (435) 586-1203 Fax (435) 586-0428 ~~. ~ 1.lIDJ)J} |