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Show Dec. 4, 1973 Signpost Page 5 Advertising helps college grow by Aspasia P. Kontgas Staff Reporter Can publicity help your business grow? Of course it can, especially if it is a college. This past summer Weber State .College started an advertising campaign to boost the veteran enrollment on the campus. Boost it they did. This fall quarter saw an enrollment boost of 545 vets or an increase of almost 43 percent over last year. This increase not only helped WSC to have a 2.5 percent overall enrollment jump while other Utah colleges were experiencing decrases, but it also gave WSC federal monies amounting to $71,000. This entitlement was the result of the Cranston Amendment.-This legislation provided $300 per vet if the vet enrollment on a college campus was increased by 10 percent. It also provided $150 for each vet with special needs. The original cranston proposal was for a $250 million appropriation. However Congress only appropriated $25 million for the program and as a result it only gave 17 percent of the Christmas party Santa visits deaf children Christmas came a little early this year for thirteen children from the Utah School for the Deaf when on Nov. 29 the students of the campus dormitories wishing to become more active in com- Roy Council considers transit issue During the Nov. 15 meeting of the Roy City Council, Councilman Clark Puffer brought up two items of concern in the transit authority issue. The first of these items is that Roy City is larger than Brigham City but the services considered do not compare. Proposals for mini buses were even suggested for bringing people from all areas of the city to the regular bus stops. The second item of concern in that the Governing Board presently proposed is not by the number of miles and that the population has not been taken into consideration. Weber County has a larger population than Davis County but Davis County has more miles so on the Governing Board, Davis County should have more representation than Weber County.Proposal heard Blue Key National Honor Fraternity presented a written plan Nov. 15, to the Ogden City Council for the proposed project of placing booms on the Ogden River. The booms will be monitored twice a week for litter. original $300, that being $233. Had the original amount been appropriated WSC could have received $500,000. The monies received areused to develop programs to help the veteran achieve in school. By so developing these programs all students on campus are able to use them. Also, the office of Veterans Affairs on the campus is funded by this entitlement so that no money is used from student funds. The money received by Weber was four times more than any other school in the state, including the University of Utah who didn't even qualify for money. Jim Mayer, President of the National Association of Concerned Veterans said "No college campus I have visited in this country can boast of a higher rate of increase." Marvin J. Petersen, Assistant Dean, Office of Veterans Affairs, said that his office approached the Deans Council with a proposal that they "ought to recognize the veterans of the VietNam was with a few certain privileges." The following privileges were accepted: munity affairs, held a Christmas party for them. The party was held in Promontory Tower. Activities included cartoons, dinner, and a visit from Santa Claus. Although all of the children were deaf and none of them could read lips, the students that came to help soon managed to communicate with them despite some difficulties. Cards were provided to the students showing the alphabet in sign language. With this everyone , was able to communicate to some extent in about 45 minutes. The children played in the Residence Hall Council room and some were taken to the eleventh floor of Promontory Tower to look at the city. Later in the KL0 AND THE M0T0R-VU DRIVE IN PRESENT A Republic Serial Released in 1939. .MAM 1) Vets may register the first hour of registration. 2) Vets are given 13 hours of college credit for physical education, Health education, and eight hours of elective courses that are applied at the time of graduation., 3) Priority of being admitted to any major or minor that could have a waiting list, if they qualify. (This is usually in Diesel Mechanics and Nursing. ) 4) Financial assistance, a loan, until their first check arrives from the Veteran's Administration.5) Counseling and Tutorial services are available for those want and need it. Before they could get their campaign off the ground, Petersen said they needed a list of discharged vets but "no one would give us one." "Finally,"' he; said, "the American Legion gave him one provided I signed a statement saying that this was the only reason I would use the list." He went on to explain that the reason for the. hassled was because it is illegal to distribute such lists because of the harrassment the veterans get from insurance companies, etc. evening they ate a dinner donated by the Promontory Tower cafeteria. Santa Claus, played by Mark Wilson of Promontory Towers, appeared just after dinner to give toys and candy to the children. The evening was finished with three cartoons and the children left at eight o'clock. The party was organized by Tom Keller of Promontory Tower, and greatly supported by people from all of the dormitories. J.B.'s Restaurant, Skagg's Drug Stores, and the Weber State College Bookstore, also supported the event.' The party was described as one of the dormitories finest efforts by everyone involved. It is hoped that in the future the dormitories will continue such activities. HXKEK That's right! This Friday at midnight and every Friday night thereafter for 15 weeks, KLO radio and the Motor-Vu Drive In will bring you Dick Tracy. See the King of Cops in action as he and his stern-jawed G-men battle against the blackest villains of all in 15 action packed, cliff-hanging episodes. when they are discharged. Once the list was obtained, letters were sent out to all veterans discharged in Utah encouraging them to come to Weber. Subsequent letters were also sent out giving additional information to the vet about WSC. Also, a television, radio, and newspaper campaign was started. The total cost for this was $1300, half of the money budgeted Advance tickets for students not needed for home games Students are reminded that they need not pick up tickets for Weber State's home basketball games this season. Under a new policy, students need only show their valid Weber State I.D. cards at the gate on the night of the game to be admitted. Advance tickets will no longer be needed for Weber State 5 ATOM'S FOR MEN KnitBits: LIBERATED CLASSICS! Day's liberates the classic patterns. Plaids and checks are revived in uncrushable 100 polyester doubleknit. KnitBits from Day's, patriarch of the doubleknit revolution. for this purpose. Petersen explained that the reason it was as much as expected was "probably because no one else had done it before." Petersen went on to say that goal of the Veterans Office is "to assist the vet in whatever way possible to make his educational experience a pleasant one and with the least amount of hassle." students. Sport Information Director, John Peterson, said that many students are still attempting to pick up advance tickets at the Stadium ticket office. i Peterson noted that this new policy will also be in force over the holiday vacation, which will feature three Weber State home games. |