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Focusing on the restructuring of the Soviet Union and bringing free enterprise to their economy was the keynote of David W Tippets' lecture Tuesday in the Little Theatre He is the president of the Jefferson Institute He discussed three basic points must be First the mind-sSoviet In former the changed Union there has been no progress since 1954 This is evident in their disbelief of "great wealth" in the United States Tippets believes that in order to make free enterprise work the attitudes must change on a level that is not comprehensible for the Soviet people at this time It will be a slow process The second point was that one must be willing to take responsibility The person must be willing to say "I am the agent that makes it happen" Since free enterprise is looked at as the "horse that pulls the wagon" people must understand that the number et - rrnim— — h rin— — — The scenic splendor of Southeastern Utah's natural archaa mads a parted backdrop for soma CEU students who Insisted starting a "wave" on the annual Science Department excursion last weekend photo by Garth Frandeen Campus Cosmetics Summer rennovations begin The College of Eastern Utah has begun construction on several personal safety and security projects on the Price campus Included in the project are plans for improving campus lighting providing access for emergency vehicles to the center of campus and repairing the schools aging underground electrical system "These project should have been completed a long time ago" explained Jay Andros CEU don of students life and administrative student services "For the most part the campus is poorly lit at night causing a dangerous situation for people attending campus classes and activities at night Also there are no Are hydrants and no access for fire fighting equipment to the interior of the campus Buildings structures and besluriniiSlForum with $ei:Miiiihrfchli U to DmirndL will bit given fiAAl kiu JLOAAW - A slate lives are currently at unnecessary risk leveb The underground electrical system has deteriorated to the point it could cause loss of power to campus buildings and is hazardous to people working around it" Funding for the projects was provided in the 1991-9- 2 and 1992-9- 3 budgets for the Division of Facilities and Construction Man- metal halide lighting Lighting fixtures will match those installed building at the computer-business The 1991-9- 2 DFCM budget lotted an additional $80000 to al- widen sidewalks and install five fire hydrants in order to facilitate ready access by emergency vehicles According to Andruss there are no roads to the center of campus and the walkways would crumble agement The first two phases of the pro- under the weight of a firetnick Working plans for the project ject will cost just over $128000 The available funds will be iced to are complete Carlson said and cover the costs of architectural and will be contracted out in May engineering services and the mateWalkways win be 20 feet wide and rials necessary to complete the six inches thick with decorative paver brick in the middle project "Our physical plant staff has The original plans required the the expertise and skill to complete removal of several birch trees in front of the science building The the lighting project” explained diGene Carlson physical plant plan was redrawn to allow the trees to remain rector at the college "Utilizing DFCM will free Several other improvement campus people double materials are slated for the summer and for projects money our work scope" including parking lot resurfacing and new roofing on the main An additional 45 lightpost bases are being installed in the building Reconstruction of the lifirst phase of the project Lights brary wiU also begin with braces will be added along walkways being installed to prevent the floor from sinking During the one buildings across campus in the second and third phases Mercury year one million dollar project the library resources will be located in vapor lighting will be replaced the old gym with brighter and more efficient one predictor of success is attitude A successful observation of en- trepreneurs is that they are the problem solver Tippets states "Money flows to people who solve problems” This means being part of the solution not the problem His third emphasis was that of focus He explained that with every person there are three degrees of interest The first is an outside concern about a problem Not much is done here The second is individual influence The last but most important is a center of focus In this center of focus small things matter and great results are acheived by pcrsistance Tippets lecture was sponsored by the CEU Business Department and was chosen because of the enormous success rate of entrepreneurship that comes out of the Jefferson Institute Although not an entrepreneur himself Tippets has helped many achcive the road to success Smoking banned in campus buildings The legislators of the state of Utah passed a bill that prohibits smoking in all buildings leased or owned by any state agency including institutions of higher education during the session in February The governor signed the bill and made it law The Clean Air in Government Buildings Act became effective April 2& The Act specifically prohibits designated smoking areas The provisions of the previous law allowed the college to designate smoking areas only if a Gubernatorial candidate Merrill Cook appeared in a Speakers Forum as a part of his campaign on April 27 He discussed issues that he feels will help him win and opened himself up to questions Cook focused mostly on the economic development of the state He had a list of three main industries in which he feels he can improve the state's economy The studio areas were bio-medic- al ventilation system was provided to remove the smoke from the area and keeping out of the mainstream airflow The CEU senate has also approved Policy 5--4 the Clean Air in College Buddings Policy which implements this law for the college President Petersen said that overall there has been very little reaction to the change The law also prohibits smoking in residence halls individual offices and all college buildings information technology and mining He discussed the issue of doing away with the sales tax on food which was also an initiative on the last election ballot When asked about the East Carbon landfill he said he felt the landfill was too close to the city limits but he completely supported it otherwise This in turn could cost him fifty percent of the votes in East Carbon but he felt he had to take a stand |