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Show o il Tuesday, August 6, 1996 Volume 59 Number 8 Lay ton Center bids farewell to strip mall By Leona J. Christensen Signpost campus affairs editor With higher education building projects needing five-ten years to gain approval from the Utah State Legislature and many interests competing for only $20 millions of funding, Weber State University has unveiled a proposal to purchase the Mountain Fuel Supply office rather than build a new facility. "Right now we're trying to serve more and more students in the Layton area and North Davis County. We want to make sure we are offering them full-time tenure-track or tenured faculty. In order to have that kind of faculty there rather than adjunct, we have to provide offices as well. There just is not enough space in the current facility. When we purchase this building we'll have 50 percent more space than we currently do, for about the same price. And in the end, we'll also own the building. So it seems like a good business deal as well as meeting the needs of the students," said Berrey. The Mountain Fuel Supply office, located at 915 w. 1000 N., boasts 15,000 square feet amounting to 50 percent more space than the current center located on Antelope Drive. The WSU proposal submitted to the Utah System of Higher Education says the Mountain Fuel Supply office "provides a more dignified and campus-like setting for classes, faculty and critical student services." "The current site is referred to as the strip mall, making it unattractive to many potential students and faculty," said Berrey. It will cost WSU about $1 15,446 to get out of the lease for the Antelope Drive facility, because the property lease does not expire until January 1998. University officials are working with the owner, Kier Co. and hope that all or some of the lease buy out might be donated. No new funding will be needed for the Mountain Fuel builiding because the mortgage payments will not be much higher than the lease the school is already paying. Even though WSU will not need additional money, for the mortgage, the university will still See Layton page 2 f t - - i i s I - r f FRANK DANKWA7HH SIGNPOST Take it from the freshmen Freshmen attending orientation explain the benefits of attending Weber State University. "I came to Weber to continue a family tradition. My father, sister, aunts and uncles have all graduated from here. I visited University of Utah and Utah State University campuses, but chose to come to Weber because students seem to be more involved her than at other schools," said Lynn Ure, a freshman from Layton. "I am excited that McKay-Dee Hospital is across the street from the university," said freshman Amanda Pikus from Orem. "I hope to earn an associate's degree in radiology and get lots of hands-on experience in radiology because the hospital is so close." "I came to Weber State for a full-year academic tuition scholarship," said Eric Coats, a freshman from West Jordan. "I am also excited about the excellent athletic program. I am a walk-on member of the track team." Parking permit sales draw small crowd By Monica Valdez Signpost news writer Weber State University parking passes for the 1996-97 academic year were available for purchase July 15. Approximately 80 students slept on the sidewalk outside of the campus police department building to insure their acquisition of an A-10 quarterly permit or an A-6 year long parking pass. In past years, it was common to find several hundred students waiting overnight to purchase the convenient, but more expensive "A" parking permits. According to WSU Police Lieutenant Roger Johnson, students may be realizing from past years that plenty of "A" parking passes are still around after the first day they are made available to students. "Even last year, there were "A" parking permits left over up until the two weeks before fall quarter started," Johnson said. Currently, there are still A-10 permits and A-6 parking permits available. Johnson said many students may have learned from past years that it is not really necessary to stay overnight to get their desired parking pass. There are roughly 1,500 avail- L ' h FRANK DANKWAfHE SIGNPOST A-1 0 and A-6 permits are still available from the campus police. able passes, half of which are used by faculty and staff. Johnson also said that a reduction in enrollment may be a factor in less students waiting overnight to purchase parking permits. Another difference this year is the fact that the A-3 parking permits, some of which are usually left over for student purchase, were not made available to students.Just because some students fail to purchase parking permits doesn't mean they will not attempt to park in campus lots anyway. Johnson said of the estimated 30,000 tickets he and his staff issued last year, about 70 percent of them were issued due to the absence of a parking permit in the car. Students should remember that parking citations can create unneeded problems in the future. Increases in penalties, impound ing, and holds on registration and transcripts can See Permits page 2 WSU to answer NCAA, impose own sanctions By Micah J. Day Signpost sports writer A closed-door meeting was held early Monday morning between Weber State University Administration and the University's Board of Trustees concerning the NCAA inquiry of the WSU men's basketball program.The meeting was held to inform Board of Trustees members of the university's actions concerning the recent NCAA inquiry. It was made known that WSU will impose their own sanctions concerning NCAA violations of men'sbasketball. Local press was not allowed into the meeting. The meeting was held in lieu of an investigation conducted in April of this year concerning violations made by the men's basketball program. From this investigation, eight major allegations against WSU were made public. Since April, WSU legal counsel has bypassed family and personal schedules to workhand-in-hand with NCAA representatives to work out a solution. However, as of 3 p.m. on Monday, attorneys Richard Hill and DougRichardshad not completed their report. A full report is due at NCAA headquarters in Kansas City 6rl Wednesday. " " Thompson did comment that sanctions will be imposed on both the athletic program and individuals within the program. Men's Basketball Coach Ron Abegglen had no comment and said all would be answered at a scheduled press conference on Wednesday morning at the Dee Events Center. Abegglen and Assistant Coach See NCAA page 6 A & E "Les Miserables" takes on Utah once again. See page 3 Opinion Find your inspiration on W'SU's summer campus. See page 4 Features Prepare for a party out under the stars. See page 5 Sports Alumnus represents WSU in Atlanta for Paralympic Summer Games. . : ; See page 7 |