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Show 5-- K Run Starts Founders Week Irene Nunemaker Receives 1984 Founders Day Honors by Kathleen Hammond Miss Irene Nunemaker was chosen to be honored on Founders Day because she represents the principles on which the college is based, according to Deborah Jenkins, dean of students. We picked Irene for this honor because she stands for what we think Westminster stands for, Jenkins said, "that is, commitment, dedication, working toward goals, meeting goals successfully, kindness . . . According to Jenkins, these principles are ones the college has retained for 109 years. Founders week has evolved through several stages during those years. Dr. Manford A. Shaw, college chancellor, described his participation in Founders Day activities as a high school student 50 years ago. Then, the day was a clean-u- p day, he said. Students brought rakes and shovels and worked on campus grounds, and then they had a barbecue. The day was short on ceremony and speeches and, long. on. work, and eats, Shaw said. something as I recall that students all looked forward to. Ceremony and speeches are a part of current Founders week activities, but physical exertion Run at still starts the event with this years 10 a.m. in Sugarhouse Park on Sunday, April 1. Eats, too, remain a part of this years festivities with International Night serving a world-wid- e variety of dishes at 6 p.m. in the Shaw Center Cafeteria on April 1. The next event will be held Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. at Nunemaker Place, when Douglas Niedt presents an informance on classical guitar. More eats will follow Niedts performance. Miss Nunemaker will arrive at Westminster from Topeka, Kansas, the evening of April 4 in time to be honored during the Founders Day convocation scheduled at 11 a.m., on Thursday morning, April 5. Following convocation, Syme Lounge will be the setting for a 12 noon reception to which all students, staff and faculty are invited. - Continued to page 4 5-- K Students Elect New Officers Expanded Voting Hours Extend to March 20 by Mike Moser Amid questions of voting accessibility and financial code revisions, four students were elected to represent the Associated Students of Westminster College during the 1984-8- 5 school year and during the remainder of this year. New executive cabinet officers are Mike Pieper, president; Bill Tatomer, vice president; Lora Lee Tweedy, treasurer; and Stacy Butters, secretary. In response to a formal complaint which was made by Trudy Rocha to Deborah Jenkins, dean of students, on March 16, elections were extended and voting hours were increased to include more evening hours. Rochas complaint stated that the original voting hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. did not allow students who were not on campus during the day the opportunity to vote. Since the complaint was filed on what was to be the final day of voting, two extra voting days, March 19 and 20, were added with the voting hours extended until 8 p.m. on both dates. All general election candidates gave presentations and answered students questions at a candidates forum on March 12. Issues and concerns raised included the ASWC financial code and budget, involvement of students, and executive cabinet stipends. Candidates for treasurer were asked to comment on the Feb. 15 Financial Code deadline for budget submissions. Initially, both Tweedy and Barbara Zulic said that changes should not be made in the Financial Code when deadlines didnt work for some organizations, because that would discriminate against other organizations. Continued on page 2 al ASWC President Wants Improved Organization in Government Newly-Electe- d by Sheri Bearing Theres a lack of student interest in student government and its not the fault of the students. Its the fault of the government Its been a joke in the past, said Mike Pieper, newly-electe- d ASWC president Mike Pieper was elected 1 984-8- 5 ASWC president in general elections which closed on March 20. Things have improved, but we need to be and better organized, then more business-lik- e we can get the attention of the administration and become involved with the problems the college is having, said Pieper. Pieper is a senior pursuing a double major in applied politics and economics. He has been involved with the curriculum committee, the judiciary and UI A (Utah Intercollegiate Assembly). He was a member of the Council of Student Body Presidents committee on academic affairs, representing Westminster by appointment of ASWC President Leslie Horkan. Miss Irene Nunemaker will be honored by Westminster College for her commitment, dedication and kindness on Founders Day, April 5. To make ASWC more efficient, Pieper said, we need more cooperation among the students involved. . .the officers as well as the branches. Another problem, according to Pieper, is the lack of communication with the administration. Student input and feedback need to be reestablished and ASWC needs to have input in school decisions, said Pieper. Pieper has organizational experience and has been involved with several political campaigns. He is actively involved with AIAP and has served some of his campaigns in conjunction with that program. Students and faculty lost their voting rights on the Board of Trustees when the school was reorganized. Although everyone is still welcome to attend the Board meeting, no one has expressed interest, according to Pieper. He intends to change the lack of student government involvement within Westminster. |