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Show PAGE 6 THE THUNDERBIRD SUSC THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1990 Dutson advocates service as platforms top plank Available candidate for academic vice president Available candidate Michelle Dutson vies for the ASSUSC academic vice president position which includes substituting for the president during a temporary absence, and presiding over the ASSUSC Senate. Dutsons plans as academic vice president would have each trio of senators do a major project for their schools. This will make it a necessity for the senators to ask their department heads for ideas and also talk to students, she said. Anyone can go talk to their department head but they usually dont unless its for a personal problem. The senators would be asking about general problems, she said. It will take a major commitment, but thats what theyre there for, she said. An example of a project would be the student fee line item for the music department that the current arts and letters senators are lobbying for, she said. A future project would be information booths in the science building to explain how the proposed .semester system could change the science curriculum, she said. is now a senator The senators would know whats going on and thats totally of up to them. It will take a lot ambition and devotion for these major projects, she said. Dutson also wants to hold a fair to represent the majors that SUSC offers. "It would be an opportunity for freshmen to see what majors are available and what composite and double majors consist of so that they could have someone whos been there to tell them exactly what it does consist of with personal experiences, she said. Freshmen would be able to choose early on. It would open up their options a lot. Dutson is a junior communication major with an emphasis in telebroadcast and minor in theatre. Ive seen the bigger schools like U of U and BYU and how they operate. I think we can upgrade by following some of their examples. Dutson is currently an arts and letters senator and vice president of Alpha Chi Honor Society. She has been public relations assistant manager for the theatre department, an SUTV anchor and disc jockey for KGSU and KBRE. Holyoak urges awareness; more student interaction Independent-turned-E- Mark Holyoak, En Masse academic vice presidential candidate n Masse vies for academic v.p. slot Independent academic vice presidential candidate Mark Holyoak broke through the primary election ranks by ousting En Masse hopeful Vance Broadbent Wednesday and has since joined the En Masse party ticket to now compete in the general elections with Michelle Dutson for the coveted position. Holyoak would use the office of academic v'ce president to encourage each senator to get out and interact with students and attend club meetings. Each senator is currently assigned to attend the monthly meetings of approximately three clubs, but only half of the senators ever go. Its important because it lets us know what we can do for students and what they can do for us. We need students concerns and ideas throughout the year. To combat students ignorance about the ASSUSC government, Holyoak said, Id invite every student to come and sit in on a senate meeting and see what we do. Holyoak is a member of a committee that is looking at ways to improve SUSCs Library. He is one of two senators asked to join the committee, along with department representatives and the Librarys director. It will take about seven years to get money from the Legislature before we get a new library, but there are several things students can do to improve the Library. Were looking into computers and buying new books, he said. After seeing how the German Club operates a text book exchange, Holyoak said he believes the program can be instituted on a schoolwide basis. SUSCs clubs and even student government would buy and sell books to students and hopefully it will help us save money as students, he said. Its going to take some thought and organization. I believe it will work. Holyoak is a' Cedar City native and junior in the track. He is serving as science senator and president of Latter-da- y Saint Student Association. Holyoak said he changed his major from accounting to premedicine because he wanted a profession that would let him spend more time with others. My greatest desire is to work with people, he said. Ive never had a hard time working with students. Thats why I ran independently (in the primary election) I feel I could work with anyone who was put into office. SUUSA bill is on ballot Wednesdays general elections ballot will also poll students in regard to a necessary name change of the colleges student association, currently tagged ASSUSC. The one option to be offered on the ballot is Southern Utah University Student Association. Although other options were evaluated, they were found inappropriate. There was a choice to have ASSUU, so for obvious reason we decided to go for SUUSA, said Retta Judd Gale, ASSUSC academic : vice president. Student body leaders did consider opening the decision to further input by the students to glean more options for the student association, but disbanded this proposal as well. They could leave a blank on the ballot for any suggestions for the new name, but most students would leave it blank because they are not aware, Gale said. The student association name change will be made necessary with the colleges name change to Southern Utah University on Jan. 1, 1991. The motion made in the ASSUSC Senates Feb. 12 meeting to change the student association designation to SUUSA passed. But, to go into effect, the proposal must be approved by a student majority in a general election and approved by the Institutional Council, according the ASSUSC constitution in Article IX: section 1 and 2. For the SUUSA bill to pass the general elections Wednesday, it must be ratified by a majority, 50.1 percent, of the student body. If the proposed name change does not pass, then the next student body presidency will be required to go through the same process until the student association is properly renamed. However, according to Jeff Jones, elections committee chair, this possibility seems slight, and he estimates that the bill will find the student support necessary in the elections. Like the change to university status, the student association name change would not go into effect until January 1991. ASSUSC President Jan Shelton, who presented the bill to the student senate, said that if passed the current proposal could save time and money for the students. If the bill was not presented during this election, then a separate vote would have to be taken to meet the standards outlined in the ASSUSC constitution. The cost for printing separate ballots and purchasing other voting materials is estimated at $200. Though the change is a technicality, it is an important one, according to Director of Student Services Tony Pellegrini. It is common sense to want the change, he said. SUSC MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1990 Beatty suggests new posts for student government En Masse s admin vice president candidate En Masse candidate Del Beatty contends for the post of ASSUSC administrative vice president in Wednesdays general elections. The junior music and business administration major said he plans to provide representation for students as well as Greek clubs in student government. By creating new positions on the executive council, Beatty said, or by allowing representatives from the groups to attend the meetings and vote without creating a formal cabinet position for them, this could be accomplished. Beatty advocates representation for Greek clubs on the council because one in every 1 1 people on campus belong to a Greek sorority or fraternity. The need for student representation on the council was brought to Beattys attention while he served as spirit director, he said. It was hard to plan activities for students. Personally I would like to create a position for that person and give a budget for reentry student activities, he said. Beatty specifically plans to is currently spirit director create an entertainment bureau, he said. The bureau, made up of student entertainers, would help promote SUSC by performing at recruitment seminars, high schools and fund raising . activities. . Also, Beatty said he hopes to continue to increase school spirit, something he considers very important. Spirit is especially dear to me, he said, Beatty said that school spirit and loyalty increase when students are involved. Students support that which they have helped to create," he said. Beattys plan for increasing student involvement include creating new activities and continuing and improving on activities that we have. He also suggests sponsoring joint activities with Dixie College. Beatty has a strong background in student government which includes his position as the first ASSUSC spirit director, and as Dixie Colleges former student activities president. Also, he is currently serving as one of four students in the state on the Spring Leadership Conference committee. Fakahua seeks to serve; stresses leadership ability Availables candidate for administrative veep has broad background As the Available candidate for ASSUSC administrative vice president, Oscar Fakahua said that student awareness would be one of his biggest priorities if elected. Asserting that awareness of activities precedes involvement, Fakahua said, Students would show more support if they knew what was going on. The Ricks College transfer student said that the need to increase school spirit is an essential plank of his electoral platform. Fakahua compliments the previous council and looks toward strengthening current programs. We need to make it more powerful, he said. One of the ways that I think that participation could be pushed is having the leaders participate in everything that the school has. I would want all of the executive council there to support a program, he said. Another way to increase awareness and participation in ASSUSC activities would be to initiate a monthly newsletter that would announce campus activities, he said. As administrative vice president, Fakahua would work closely with campus clubs, a step that he said would help make school activities more successful. The candidate said that student input is essential to a leadership position. I feel that I can talk to people and get their opinion. Thats the only way we can get things done is if people speak up. What I want doesnt matter if it doesnt serve the people, Fakahua said. Fakahua captained the Ricks and Southern Utah State football teams and finds this experience as a solid preparation for a student government position. I have been captain of the football team and have had experience in a leadership position with those who dont listen, he said. As a result, Fakahua respects the representation of all candidates. I support all of Availables platforms. There is no I in team, and we all will work together. Teamwork is what it is all about, he said. Fakahua, a junior physical education major from San Francisco and Tonga, currently serves on the executive council as the' assistant to the ASSUSC intramurals director and as a KGSU-Fdisc jockey. He has the singing with performed groups The Sarcastics and Brown Sugar. Available administrative vice presidential candidate Oscar Fakahua PAGE 7 |