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Show COMME ARY THETifUNDERBIRD · SOUTHERNUfAHUNIVERSITY •MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1993 • PAGE .f STUDENTS CAN 'EVALUATE' PROFS T here is a hidden treasure cave on the SUU campu that few tudent are fully aware of-the Special of the librar y. Collecti n room in the dark rece Most students know about the old books no longer in print which are available r use in the Special Collections room, but, according to Blanche Clegg, S.C. c ordinator, only a small group of u enc are familiar with the other amenities available oo them. Ab ut two years ago, a tu ent was sent by a profe sor to Special Collection to look at a faculty dissertation for further inform.a.ti n con erning a pr ject he was rk.ing on. "Ax. the ime," Clegg sai , "I knew there' were only a couple of dissertation available in th collection." When he wa awa re of ch valu f the extra information he faculty dissertation would provide to cudent when completin re earch, Clegg sent I tters t all the faculty memb r he knew of wh had, or wer writing, ma ter's theses or doctoral di serration . Over th past two year , Clegg ha gathered more than 70 faculty-written papers dating from as early as 1932, and covering topic in communicati n , language, th atre, literatur , educ ti n, political cicnce, s ience education, r ligion, and s rt . Clegg aid that he is currently updating the available colic tion. Tho e already in the o e ion of Special Collecti n , are ces i I through the library' ataloguing system. As fa ulty memb r c ntinue to ubmit their di . ertation , th sew rk will be catalogu d too. "'A few profe r send tudents d wn h re, but it's hard t get information about the di sertati n out to the tudent b y, I gg ai . he ere ed the importan that tu ems know o he re urce op n t th m. Be ide u ing h pap rs r re a h, stu ents can u faculty di ertati ns to evaluate achers' •xperti mpet nee. Thanks to all th wh have u mitred c their Wi rk , but eral fa l mem mu t ill ma their writing available to stud nt . It' a g od way for student t evaluate professor before taking their cour es-e pecially si nce teachers and administrator remain tight-lippe about rdeasing the re ult of tu ents' fa Icy evalu ti ns. Be ide he di ertation , tudent hould take a vantage of pecial llecti n ' music Ii rary and ma . I ·' worth a field trip thr ugh the Li rary t vi it, and it' re urce often prove invaluable to scud nt wh n they ar re ea hing and writing paper r e king ut pap r writt n by th ir pr fess r . The Thunderbird comme nd legg for her eff rt in ollcL1ng faculty di ertati n chat will bene 1t tudent and further the motto of SUU: "Learning lives for ver." THE THUNDERBIRD UTHERN l 'TAH Editor ri1 T ucket ANoclttcc &lkor )n\n, r Morley Opuuaa Di Juen D. nh Opialoa P\ooco ioc.anc ~ . 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If 11111 llllJaOMd, dw l"<""lCt. ohoold bt: diffl:..,J ID tho SUU f'ublk:adom Counal, 5867710 The m SUU T""""""c, Bwldma 001. Ma,I ., UU Rm 9381, Cedar C.,. UT &4720. Phone (801) 77S7, '.i86,77 • 77j(), . FAX S487. n.,............ LETTERS Only YOU can prevent Commentary annulment. Only your opinionared letters to the editor can save this page from perman nt va uou ness. Share a thoughr, be famous, have ur nam in~ Thunderbird. We d reserve the right edit leners ro tt pace requirements-letter tha are one to two typed, d uble-spaced pa e receive riority . We also require that letters be igned. Submit your letters to the news office in the Technology asement What/who/where will you be in 2000? The opinion director asks readen to project themselves into the possibilitie Looking toiward gm uation? Wh will th world, .------------------------------ - --- - --, and more im rtantly your world, be Iii just a few Th Year 2000years down the road? As we catapult ward 2000 A.O., Projecting YourseU Into It there are incredible possibiliti . l.cs.s than three percent of hi ry's humanity has witnessed a millennial change! Your age: MTh year 2000 gets ry real (and eems very dose) Your parents' age (if still living): wh n we begin project ourselves person.ally into it," Your spouse' age.: writes Richard Eyre, candid te in th 1992 Republican Your oldest child's age: prim, ry election for state governor and author of Utah Your youngest child's age: How old! in !ht Year 2000; Choice or Chane~! randchildrcn! How many? To make the imminence of th new mill nnium a Where you'll live: litd more real, and tangibl , and personally What you'll be doing professionally: predicrable ... take a moment and pr ject your df and your family int the year 2000. U the form at the What you hope you'll have more time fo r than right. You will know rhe answer to man of the you do now: Mblank.s." Other will require some hopes, guesswork, or What you think you may be worrying mo t about: imagination, Eyre writes. Each da there are challenges c faced. Befi re we can find soluti ns, we be r be sure we under mnd the What you may ha e I t by then: real problems and ask th right questi n . On of Eyre's 1 Harvard professors said, M Answers are easy if y u are What you hope to ha e gained by then; asking precisely the right qu tions. Bue sloppy, neral qu ti ns lead loppy general an ers." Som times a Your greatest fear for the year 2000: stud n w uld say something Like, ~1 just can't find an answer-chis i impossible!" The r fessor would say, Your greatest hope r the year 2000: MScuc to me clearly what the objective is and what the situation is." The tudent never c uld. Then, the pro~ sor would help the student do so, and wila, a Remember, it will n t be you who enter the year promised, soluti n came~ mind. 2000; it will be the person described above. What is your personal pmgno tication for the year 2000! What's your ituation now; wh re do you want to Reprinred from Utah in th£ Year 2000 by Richard be; and how will you get th re! 1 Eyre. L------------------------------------ |