Show INSIDEffHElEAGllE? College of Eastern Utah Homecoming's "Last Dance page 5 Andy's Underground In SLC page 5 Gundlach takes on forensics page 7 Volleyball split 1 1-- page 8 RA Booby Trap page 12 ThT EaglelVolume XXT Number 2 12The Price? ITT 84501 IThursday? October 19' 1995 Vlct Of The Lack of retention may cost CEU $74000 This summer Pow ell attended a con- by Lynn Lance staff writer retention of The full-tim- e is becoming a major at the College of east- ern Utah as at colleges anJ universities across the nation This institution stands to make over 574 (XX) in one academic year if it can keep 67 students from dropping out This number 67 students constitutes 10 percent of CEll's attrition rate— that is the number of students who leave during the year The goal of the administration is to gel tlx students who are enrolled in courses here now to stay enrolled with the obvious exceptions of graduating students Mary Helen Powell the director of testing advisement und placement who has been placed in charge of several proactive programs involving retention explained that the emphasis Clil I's udniinistraiion is placing on the problem is ixit one of dollais and cents but rather one of g concern for the ol its students “We want students to succeed and we want students to have a gtxxl experience" she said well-bein- ESSSSSESSSSSa by Leona Christensen editor Nelson New SAC plans progressing editor The reality of the new Student Activity Center appears positive A College of Eastern Utah planning committee met throughout the summer with architects to create a floor plan and exterior appearance based on tltc colleges wants and needs The Student Activity Center is in the schematics phase of development Tltc plans designed during this phase arc not binding and are subject to change The college und Brixen and Christopher Architects met to coordinate the requirements of the facility in line with (lie available space The full design will he completed by the opening session of the 9 legislature in January Staff members visited student centers throughout llte stale during the summer months to assure that design concepts arc workable At Dixie College the committee visited the new 1 sie requirements lor the book store I hah State University's food service offered suggestions for the CFl I cafeteria and Ballroom floor llte ground floor store game room alumni und conference moms Student services will be on vising and housing Tlx Hoard of Regents have placed the building project as the second priority in (lie system making llte possibility of acquiring $5 I million in construction funds from (he legislature realistic Based on this lime frame construction could begin either this summer or next from Salt Like it is pretty big stuff" The attrition rate at unotlier school Dixie College in St George is according to an article in the Sept 26 issue of The Sim 46 percent and that sounds rather dismal The attrition rate at llte Col lege ol Eastern I 'tali neatly matches that number According to statistics compiled by Powell the percentage of freshtixm who drop out of CEU is 45 making the total number of lirst-year students who dropped mil last year 676 "The thing that happens is the amount of money the institution receives every year is determined by the number of e students'' she said explaining why (he retention of students is an important issue full-tim- Arriv ing at the conference attendees were greeted by 2(X) Cuban delegates and displays representing each country in attendance 'Die next w eek was dedi and the media Ills recent experiences with the Cuban people were illustrated by a slide pregovernment sentation His presentation was sponsored by De- partment and the Coalition in Solidarity with Cuba Oct 9 it underprepared overwhelmed confused lost easily distracted und terrilied The feeling is that if a college or a university can prevent the freshman student from undergoing this emotional storm that student w ill remain successful in hisher courses ami perhaps more importantly enrolled Another reason given by Powell for students leaving tlieir higher education unfinished is financial difficulty “What students need when they first coim to college is a contact person someone they can identify with and the best person lor that is a faculty person or an advisor someone they leel a connection with" she added A retention committee has been set up w hich consists of staff faculty and some students Powell explained Heading that committee will be Bill Osborn the College of Eastern I'tah's director of financial services and assistant dean of students llte first step in Powell's proactive agenda is to distribute surveys through-se- e Retention page 10 cure 14-2- different countries including students from the United States The attendance numbered approximately 1 5(X) people lie said that Cuba restricts the number uf visitors entering the country 8 lowever foreigners may receive permission to enter the country if they arc a member of tlie media or arc nt attending a conference In order to bypass this barrier Gonale entered Cuba as a reporter representing a Utah newspaper covered deitxicracy labor the role of women culture and line arts he explained The highlight ol the conference was at the conclusion when the US delegation led the demonstration ol a half million Cubans in Havana protesting the US embargo against Cuba 'Hie American delegation met beforehand to decide whether or not to carry an American flag It was unanimously decided that Americans would carry a banner objecting to the embargo The closing ceremony was hallmarked by the presence of Cuban dignitaries including Fidel Castro who spoke to those in attendance After his Lives International Youth Festival as an advisor with college und high 5 from 67 school students ages I academic year to commemorate the college's sixtieth anniversary "This will be the first new building designed from the ground up and everysaid thing since the of Student Life Jay Andrus Vice-preside- to recruit a new one" she said “In the terms of dollars and cents it's than Gonale recently attended (heCtiba the second floor including student government admissions financial aid ad- fall and be completed during the Gonale llte CEll Debate and Forensics w ill contain (lie book- 97-9- retain us many students as they can because it's cheaper to retain a student City came to the College of Eastern Utah to dispel the myths about Cuba he claims were created by the US addition to llte Student Activity Center to compare some of the things she learned at that conference site talked in terms of dollars and cents “Every school wants to Nocl-Lev- Speaker dispells Cuban myths created by US government and media Former CEU dance teacher Joy Peterson and her former student Darrell Gardner were featured at the Homecoming gala See story on page 5 Photo courtesy of the Sun Advocate byLeona Christensen ference sponsored by the Noel-l-cv- it Group in New York City which attempted to deal w ith the issue of retention in a reasonable way In explaining Group has devised the following list which is a list ol what students feel during (heir Iresh-ma- n year: Anxious uncertain inseThe cated to touring hospitals schixils tural centers and work sites cul- Delegates met together to discuss thcircounlry's successes and the unique challenges they faced For three days the delegates stayed with a host family to give them a realistic perception of life in day-to-d- Cuba Delegates chose a topic to investigate during those three days Topics speech delegates had an opportunity to question political leaders Gonale used pictures of children and young adults to illustrate his point that Cuban youth were happy and playing a key role in the progress of the country Gonale then asked the audience if the faces of the youth represented the images of those who were subject to a repressive dictatorship lie mentioned that (here arc myriad social groups available for youth that unite common cultural and political set Cuba page 10 |