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Show Wednesday March. 20, 1985 The Thunderbird Page 3 New executive council set for senate approval The ASSUSC Senate will meet during spring leadership conference this weekend to approve the newly appointed members of the Executive Council, who last week mulled over the student book exchange operation in their first meeting. ASSUSC President Stuart Jones appointed 10 people to the council, making a slight overhaul of its structure by creating a few new positions including that of united arts director and administrative assistant but combining others. The council plans this week to again operate a student book exchange under Special Projects Coordinator Marty Harris, a freshman psychology and language major. The exchange will run through March 29. Other new council members include Mark Morman, a senior from Lyndle, Texas, who will serve as student affairs director on the council, the position previously held by Mitch Connell. Jones appointed as controller Brent Drew, an unsuccessful vice presidential candidate on the P.R.O. party. Drew, a sophomore business administration major from Glendale, will handle the student government budget. Former senator Lana Houston will serve as clubs and organizations director. a newly-appointe- d It may be spring quarter, but for much of Monday night and Tuesday the SUSC campus was covered with white stuff that held a strong resemblance to snotv. Nice weather Tuesday afternoon melted most of it. Sophomore Darnea Mason, nurses aid from Brigham City, serve as activities coordinator, new position. a certified will also a The position of united arts director, one promised by the S.U.N. party during election campaigning, will be held by Jeff Swindlehurst, a business administration major from southern Nevada. On our platform we talked about expanding the arts, Jones noted. This position will handle not just rock concerts, but ballet, concerts, and other programs. Jones said that while the old Executive Council had two public relations people and one for promotions, Public Relations Director Kirk Bowden, a communications major from Monroe, will be given the duties of all three. Jones will also have his own administrative assistant, Kenny Harvey, who 4ill help set up such academic programs as the internship, test preparation, and graduate interview programs. The duties of both the senate and executive council secretaries will be held by Trixie Forsyth, who will also work as a receptionist for student government. The secretary will be paid hourly, instead of on scholarship, Jones noted. SUSC students critique Library facilities and offerings The quality and quantity of books need improvement, said McCall Carstensen, another SUSC Ask 10 students their opinions of the SUSC Library student. And Rachel Fischer, a physical, social and behavioral science major, said, I get my updated and youre likely to come up with a dozen different materials from the individual professors because the answers. What youll hear will range from complaints about the facilities to compliments for the Library staff. library materials are outdated. The students are welcome to come in and give us One of the complaints heard most often deals with ideas on books to order, Graff said. For a long their weekend. the hours on library time we had order forms around the Library, but they Weekends are a good time to catch up on werent used, so we took them down. homework, but the Library closes on Friday and The Library is a repository for literary and artistic Saturday at 5 p.m., said Kelly Gram, a music materials and we rely on faculty to order books in education major. their areas because they know the best materials, said If I thought wed have even 50 students come Id Graff. Were not going to have them if the faculty stay open longer, said Diana Graff, SUSC Library doesnt order them. director. We tried it and we got no response. Another problem students complain about is book We did a survey last quarter, said Graff, to see when students would use the Library. We then stayed renewals: Renewal of books are always getting screwed up and they charge students for their mistakes, said open during those times. We averaged only four Francine McAllister, an education major. students per night past our now regular hours. We We realize there are problems, said Graff. When want to help the students but we dont get the books come up missing we have to replace them with response. by Marcie Judd the already limited funds that would have gone to buy new books. We are very open to suggestions, but we dont get many. Another complaint is that the Media Center does not have long enough hours. Money is the problem, said Graff. We realize ('.here is) limited access, but the funds are not there. Though many students echo the complaints of inadequate materials and access, there have been strides to update the facility. One such step is the ERIC system: the Educational Resource Information Center, containing seemingly endless files of microfilm. Other improvements are the computer search system, th(f Vendacard photocopying system and interlibrary loan. Id like to see quality, not quantity in the periodicals, said Marcie Stephens, an English major. Serials, anything thats published regularly, are the worst area to keep updated, and we are taking steps to make the necessary improvements. But our first goal is to meet the curriculum needs of this campus, Graff said. Cotts tours Soviet Union with math teachers ' , this is the first time that a mathematics group has been able to go. Cotts said the group will visit four Soviet cities: Moscow, Volta, Leningrad, and Semprapol. The educators will tour schools in all levels of Soviet education while there, making visits while classes are in session. This will allow the professors to observe teaching methods and talk with Russian math teacheis later. Through the exchange of information, both groups will be able to cbmpare methodology and curriculum, and study the differences between the two educational systems. Then, too, Cotts said some tourism will be involved in the trip, including a concert. According to Cotts, the council has I have no idea of what kinds of promoted the exchange for 20 years, but Im not going to defect, says Associate Professor of Mathematics Jim Cotts about his current trip to the Soviet Union. Cotts and 23 other mathematics educators from all over the United States have traveled in the Soviet Union since March 6 and are scheduled to return March 25. The math teachers, from all levels of education, elementary secondary, and university, made the trip under the sponsorship of the Citizen Exchange Council, an organization that promotes professional groups meeting their counterparts in different countries around the world. conversation we will have with the Soviets, said Cotts. Specifically, I dont know what to expect. Cotts, as well as the other members American group, were expected to raise their own money for the trip. I was prepared to borrow every cent for the trip, said Cotts, but the college has been very generous in (its) support. Cotts will be in the Soviet Union for two weeks, and in Finland for two more days. The Soviets are trying to promote tourism, Cotts said. They want our foreign dollars, and are quite keen on this idea. Cotts should return in time to miss only the first few days of spring quarter. The timing was almost perfect, he said. of-th- e |