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Show The Thunderbird Tuesday November 19, 1985 Page Regents approve center Parks are threatened Martin says BY DOUG CHRISTENSEN BY JANET CRAWFORD At the top of the list of threats to the national parks is a proposed nuclear waste depository, for which Utahs Canyonlands National Park is one of the proposed sites, according to Thursdays Convocation: speaker Terri Martin. Martin, a Rocky Mountain field representative for the National Parks and Conservation Association, presented a national parks slide show, highlighting the Colorado Plateau. Later at a press conference Martin spoke of what she termed the threats to the national parks. Although Canyonlands is not at the top of the list, the Department of Energy says that all impacts would be acceptable to Canyonlands, she said. The final decision wont be made until February. Martin also talked about the tar sands in Utah, saying they are environmentally destructive because they are unrefined and deteriorate water and air quality. One of the major detrimental effects to our parks is air quality, she 'said. Among what Convocations speaker Terri Martin called threats to national parks is the nuclear waste depository some want located at Canyonlands National Park. The Utah State Board of Regents Friday approved SUSCs plan to build a new student center, and college officials now believe construction on the building should start as early as this spring. The approval by the regents is pending a final review of the lease agreement between SUSC and the developer that will be conducted by the office of the commissioner for high education, said Michael D. Richards, vice president for college relations. Richards said the commissioner's staff will probably complete the review within 10 days, and the final for building the center will then be granted by the six member board of regents executive committee. The regents voted unanimously to approve the financing plan for the building after a presentation by SUSC Institutional Council Chairman Mike Leavitt, Richards said. Administrators have been trying to put together a program for financing the student center since last year. The current plan calls for leasing the building from Boyer and Company the organization chosen by the college to build the new student center but retaining ownership of the land on which the center is built. The center is expected to be built where the War Memorial Fieldhouse currently stands. The building is expected to cost roughly $2.2 million to build. Richards said auxiliary enterprises, such as the college bookstore and food services, will lease space in the building, and revenue from that, along with student fees, will be used to pay the lease from Boyer and Company. Officials say the 35,000 square foot building will include a new, larger bookstore, a The center now waits only for final review of the lease agreement by the commissioners staff, said. SUSCs Michael D. cafeteria and snack bar, meeting rooms, office space and will feature a large interior lounge where students may do homework or relax during breaks between classes. Financing the new structure was made considerably easier when the Cedar City Council approved an industrial revenue bond for the facility, officials say. This bond does not in any way commit the city council to repay the lease should the college somehow be unable to, but it does lend the developer the citys tax free status on the bond market. Building costs take much of student fee income BY ANNETTE GROOMS m 'M s & (Jg r .8 h V-I M n jJ tpm p i 2S u. b&S W t I Jt'fe Afei jgu - ; If IF BY i mvM By i y $5 ? 2 PL Cs . 'fey... Total student body revenues come to more than $124,000 a year in 85-86. Once every quarter students plunk down but most dont know where the money goes. Brent Drew, ASSUSC controller, says that most of the fees are used to pay for building costs, including such things as the Student Center, Centrum, Thunderbird Stadium. Fees also pay for basic building repairs. Of the $33.50 that is paid each quarter for building fees, $16.50 is used for Student Center maintenance and upkeep, Drew said. Brad Bennett, director of student activities, said that $7 of that $16.50 is used for housing and $5 is used for the current student center. Drew and Bennett said that $4.50 of the $16.50 will be spent on the new student center. This was approved by the student body last spring. Building fees used to be $29 a quarter, and now, because of the increase, they are $33.50, Bennett said. Eenncn said, The fees for the new student center will go into an endowment fund and wul accumulate interest. Besides the building fees, there is an additional $5 that goes to the current student center for tr.e activities that occur each quarter. The students also pay $13 for an athletic fee. This is divided between all athletic $74.50 for student fees, Student identification cards cost $1 a quarter. That funds the I.D. cards. It keeps it running and covers the new stickers, Drew said. Fifty cents of the overall total is used as a drama fee and helps the theatre department produce mainstage plays and musicals. These costs are all listed as fees for the college, while a separate $21.50 is listed for ASSUSC. The executive council is not an elective board. The money that goes to the council goes to activities like dances and organizations, said Drew. The executive council receives $8.25 a quarter, the ASSUSC Senate receives $5.25, and student publications receives $4, most of which goes to pay for publishing The Thunderbird each week. The senate representatives of the different schools look at everything before they allocate money to them. They give money that benefits students the most, Drew said. Its a finely watched thing. They (the senate) have to go through me, Brad Bennett and Dean Church. It has to be legal and a worthy program. Drew said that the Senate is currently reviewing the validity of past expenditures. They are trying to get money back to the students, he said. Open recreation uses $2 of the overall student fees, and 50 cents goes to the 3 |