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Show Stuart Riley, the presidential nominee for the P.R.O. party, says he has always been politically minded. Riley, a senior from Port Sulphur, La., came to SUSC to pursue a career in political science, which is his current major. Riley, 22, said his parents always taught their children to be leafltrs and not followers and that they were expected to use their qualities. He cites experience as among his strong points. He has received numerous awards in athletics, academics, and churc h. He also served as senator for the School of Arts and Letters last year. Riley said that his hobbies are fishing, hunting, and politics. He also likes the domestic hobbies of reading and writing. Brent Drew, 22, is the academic affairs vice presidential ticketmate. He is a business administration and communication major. Drew represented Kane County, Utah, as a student member on the school board and was also student body president of Valley High School in Glendale, Ut. He served in a senate position his freshman year. He enjoys playing basketball, writing music, and playing his guitar. Ray Olsen, 30, the social affairs vice presidential ticketmate is on the student executive council this year as student relations coordinator. Olsen said that he wants to make a difference in student government and that he likes being involved. A pre-vmajor, he came to SUSC because he likes the size of the e basis with school and the the instructors. He is married to Shelley Olsen, who works as the Student Center secretary. In his spare time, he enjoys fishing and horseback riding. one-on-on- Brent Drew (left) and Ray Olsen are the P.R.O. party vice presidential candidates. Students are not obligated to vote the straight party ticket in Wednesdays election. I enjoy talking to people with different backgrounds and ideas and hearing their philosophy of life, says Stuart Jones, presidential candidate for the S.U.N. party. S.U.N. stands for Students Understanding Needs and Jones, a major from Cedar City, says he believes totally in that philosophy. At Cedar High School, he was active in sports and served as junior class president and as student body president his senior year. After his freshman year at SUSC., he filled an L.D.S. mission to Australia. At SUSC, he has served as for the Homecoming, on the election committee, the Centrum planning committee, and as a member of the Ambassa'dor Club and Debate Club. interdepartmental committee. Alan Bailey, 21, is the candidate for social affairs vice president from the S.U.N. party. A business administration major from Escalante, Ut, he was senior class president, valedictorian, and an basketball player at Escalante High School. Bailey, a junior, serves on the ASSUSC judicial council as an associate justice. 83-8- 4 Mike Mauger is the S.U.N. party candidate tor academic vice president. He is a junior major from Las Vegas, Nev. He attended Chapparal and Virgin Valley High Schools. Mauger was a freshman senator and has served as a science senator this last year and served as chairman of the Y rL i I (if' fTCk y LK had if Mike Mauger (left) and Alan Bailey are the S.U.N. party vice presidential candidates. Students are not obligated to vote the straight party picket in Wednesday's election. Communication department seeks new admission policy class and By limiting number of communication majors by Mark M orman The SUSC communication department is currently considering a proposal that would require students to apply for admission to the department. If passed, the new policy would affect both communication majors and minors. It would also help control growth of the department by limiting the number of students in communication classes. Dale Dombrowski, assistant professor of communication, said the policys aim is to keep students out of upper division classes before they have taken prerequisite lower division courses. Many communication students are taking classes out of sequence, causing classes to be too big or too small .from year to year, Dombrowski said. By requiring students to apply for admission to the department, the faculty retains more control over the courses students enroll in, thus making the advisement process more effective. We can channel the growth, Dombrowski said, and that will give us more control. Some of us would and minors, faculty hopes to control like to do this. ..but there is no consensus yet among the faculty. The new policy would require students to apply for departmental admission after their first year of college. Admission would be based on the prospective students grades in certain communication core classes, such as The policys aim is to keep students out of upper division classes before they have taken the prerequisite lower division courses, says Assistant Professor of Communication Dale Dombrowski. Basic Reporting (Comm 104), Mass Media (Comm 205), and Interpersonal Communication (Comm 275). These classes would serve as an indicator of the applicants verbal skills and writing abilities, Dombrowski said. size performance Dombrowski cited a rapid increase of communication students and a parallel lack of funds as another reason behind the proposal. The policy would eliminate the lower 25 percent of students seeking a communication degree. Dombrowski said most of these students would not have the grades to gain admission anyway. However, he also said the faculty would not hold to a strict ratio for admissions, but instead possibly to an estimated grade point requirement. Many major colleges and universities around the country employ a similar admissions policy in individual departments. SUSCs department of education practices selective admission as well. In addition to the communication department, the college business department is considering such a proposal as well. Dombrowski said no formal decisions regarding the proposal have been made. Faculty members will discuss the issue at length before coming to a decision, he added. Pervasive attitude of apathy provokes Executive Council by Ralph Schriock Stung by little participation in some of the academic projects they started last spring, members of the ASSUSC Executive Council last week chided SUSCs student body for apathy. The council also debated the purpose of some of the programs it has instituted and suggested that most students are interested mainly in social activities like dances. "Many of the students are here for a good time, said President Scott Price, who noted little interest in a new graduate interview program that brings company recruiters to campus. Look who applauds our programs its administrators with degrees. The council began discussion on student body participation after Mitch Connell, coordinator of student affairs, complained of low turnouts at events during the recent Tenant Awareness Week. I was furious by our turnout Wednesday night, Connell said, noting that no one came to a scheduled presentation that night on cooking. At other events that week, there were also few or no people attending, he said. I think the problem that will face the new student government is a pervasive attitude of apathy, Connell said. Council members did suggest that a tenant awareness week might be held at the first of the year to attract more students. Maybe during the first two weeks of school we have Tenant Awareness Week and the graduate interviews and have those as social activities, Price added. Responded Connell, however: I think we could advertise were going to tar and feather a student each night, and people would come out just because its the first week of school. I dont think we get all the trash from other universities, but we do get a lot of academic refugees, said Connell. The graduate interview program, particularly a recent visit by a representative of Marathon Oil, was a sore point to Price. list around a class of 30 We pass the damn sign-u- p accountants and 15 are graduating and two students sign up, Price said. It could be student government is elitist and students are not interested in life after graduation.' Special Events Coordinator Dutch Workman said, however, that, We have so many social activities now that we spoil the student body, and they dont look forward to them. Price suggested as well that, We have a very mixed student body, and we do have social programs that have stimulated involvement. He said that the new programs with academic emphasis. ..have just broken ground. Perhaps these programs with an academic emphasis are tangential to an elite student, but it certainly doesnt hurt us to offer these programs, Price added. V |