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Show u N I I T y Malt Bemiell (left) a sophomore theatre major from Salt Lake City, Jaime Wagn er, a freshman tJ1eatre major f rom all Lake City, and Gabe Comb a junior theatre major from t. e rge rehear ea scen e from the tage II pr duc-Uon of ·n,e ight of January 16th ' w hl h open tonight at :30 p .m . 111 the UV Auditorium. ee Monday's paper f or a review of the Ay n Rand play which runs Jan. 28,30 and Peb. 3-6. Student admission for tlle show Is only $2. SUU, Dixie speak out at state legislature ByUS DA P RRY SENI R SfAFF WRITER tonny weather was the back ground for stonny def tion as studen rallied cog ther at th.e tah caLc pitol in opposition to I latlon aimed at changin Dixie ColJege' tatus from community college to t.ate college .. ~we want to t.ake our view and pass! n [to the l · lature] as rudcn as to why thin hould remaJn the same " said delegat for the tah lntcrcoll gi2te Assembly, Kris lscn , a senior busin management major from Blanding, Utah. Ho Rill 32, proposed by Rcp. ).W. w eur Hickman , R-Washlngton, mandates that Dixie College name be chang d to Dixie tate CoUege, that ix b calaurcatc programs be tab bed and chat mon~ allocated for the operation of the UnivCT'Sity Center in t. George be transfc:rrcd to the control of th administration of Dixie CoU Dbde CoUege dents, administration , board of cruste membe , aod key community members induding former ov. Cal Rampton and t . George Mayor Dan McArthur, showed up to upport H8 32. · we're here to puU the bill through,· said Dixie CoUcg tudcnt Body Presid ntJocclyn Palm r. MWe want to open mo.r e opportunltJ to the tudents and the pc pie ofth community," he add d . rudem Body Presid nt Trcion MuUer, a senior communication maj r from pc Town, uch Africa , said that this bill, if passed, w wm affect all or higher edu tlon in tah. ~ He ad d lhat th' bill wiU impact in the sub tantiaJ lo of funding and po ible faculty lay-01I: . Ac ording to cti ill Vice P Id nt pen r Luth , a senior zoology major from Garland, Texas, h good working relation hjp with Dixie Collcg , but the maj r issue that Dixi d n 't hav the faciUU or the programs necessary to upport the traruition. Luth said that Dixie has only · kind of a is.ion: Another important aspect of HB 32, pponen y, that the bill cir umvenrs th late Board of Regents, the governing body c tablished to control higher educati n in tah. Olsen jd that if the Board of Regents i circumvented and the bill it will open a QPand ra's box." I en said that the Board of Regents was tablishcd to take the poUticking out of higher edu tion . President ceven D. Bennion said that the purpose of the Board of Regents is to serve aJJ of the rn en in rah effectivd . Bennion also id that funding is a majo r Issue to be co ldcred before the bill I ed. He Id that there are many und rfund d n e facing higher edu ti n ln the te of tah and that h •qu tio the logic ln th" proposal." Bennion said that he understands the d 1rc: of Dixie to gain four-year atu , but that Mit needs a I t m re discussion before a final f olutlon. Proponents of the bill feel that financing not a m2jor · u . D ·e College Dean of tuden BlU Fowler Id th.at the change ln tatus would brin ubsta.ntial vin to udents eeldng four-year degrees through Dixie Coll ge. In tenns of funding the tran Ilion Fowler tared that th ff committee h already raised $500,000 to rd th.e chan e. Palm r added that the financing ~ have been addre d "th.rough our milli n dollar fund-raiser.~ Bennion said that the proposed addition of six baccalaureate programs co D ' e Coll an cxpcn i e · avcnu that could cost mllUo of dollars. He said that th · ue of funding ls long tcnn and that proponen of the b 11 are not I king beyond the first year. H id 1• that after the initial million dollars run out the tate wiU have to meet Dixie' obligations. wThac the diJ mma, • Bennion said. After dehbcnlion and an mpced am ncling of the hill by the commiue , the forum was opened to publk debate. Board ofTruste hainnan fi r Dixie Co lic Maureen Booth Ope:Q.ed th deliberatl n by arguin thal Dixie CoUege n eds lhe tatus chang because, th ugh they worked hard to make the niversity enter work, the center d n't meet th needs of th rudencs and community of uthcm uh. Booth Jd that Di:xi tried to p pose th ir needs to the regen but that they were told nfy to I e our ti ky tuati n with : he add d that sh was · bewild red " that the Board f ff (conliNued o,r page 4) |