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Show oxczc. IHL.S ' J I x 3 , ' i A i f '3 I'-- - J Refcijres m ByTonySavas I JV-X- 1 . M .. L-.-v .. EoatcriKv Hi Mv'v- - i i Ivu, r.V) i 5 I ' i ! . TM I i n Doomed V tefcviKta-- ii Photo Courtesy of The Deseret News jk AJti t juA--r i&jttfjfr u4::Ttft jym md 't ) v4 'J I Students Against Initiatives By Skip Gregory Robert F. Weyher Sr., retired CEO of WeyherLivsey Constructors Inc. has retired his position as chairman of the Westminster Board of Trustees. Weyher was placed on the board Sept. 22, 1978 and has held the chair position since 1983. "He (Weyher) has been the guiding light for the redevelopment of the college," said President Charles H. Dick of Westminster College. . Dick said the growth of Westminster has been "under his leadership." Following evaluations and Interviews, a nominations committee will select a prospective candidate and present that candidate to the board of trustees for a final vote to be held in December 1988. The position of vice-cha- ir is to be filled in December. John S. Young, president of Sentry West Insurance Services, presently holds the position. New by-laestablished this year state the chair and vice-cha- ir positions term of three years. In the past, the were kept as long as the officerspositions wished to remain chair and vice-chai- r. The new by-lawill take effect upon the placement of the new officers this year. Edward S. Sweeny, of development and general counsel, said Weyher has done an outstanding Job. Sweeney also commented on the growth vice-preside- placards and chanting "save our schools" and "Just say no," 100 college students gathered on the steps of the state capltol building the Friday before the elccUon. In the cold and rain they released 1 ,000 balloons over the city. The Utah Student Association President, Darin Bird, said the balloons were symbolic of the 10,000 students who would be denied a college education If the tax lnldaUves pass. Bird, also the student body at Southern Utah State University, president said the deputation represented the thousands of students from the nine public schools and two private Institutions state-wid- e who are concerned about the Impact of the tax cuts Waving and-ta- x will have on Utah's system of higher education. "The Issues have unified students In every school," Bird said. "Because of the efforts, more than 22,000 have been registered to vote." antl-inltiatl- ve Studentbody President Stephanie Jessen from Weber State College said that even the private schools such as Westminster College and Brigham Young University have made policitial statements through their participation In voter registration and demonstrations. Brian Moss, the democratic candidate for the United States Senate, made a brief appearance to voice his support for the students. When It Seeds It Snows By Sibel Jren Bird Barken International, Inc. located at the Salt Lake International Airport received its new cloud seeder on Friday, Nov. 5. The cloud seeder, purchased by Barken, will be rented to Delta Airlines this winter for use during extremely foggy weather conditions. The cloud seeder is designed to alleviate Designer and builder, Rex Wright, finished the cloud seeder Nov.4 after he and his assistants worked continuously on the project for three weeks. Eleven years ago Wright designed and built a similar device without any drawn plans for Interwest Aviation, also at Salt Lake hazardous conditions caused by winter International, and was commissioned to inversion fog which hampers the greatly build another seeder by Barken this year. increased commercial traffic flow Into Salt "The problem was that I didn't have Lake International. any of it (the design) on paper from the !" mm'mm i 1 f . ; v ti I SJ ,v V 4 , va i. ' ' V f : , jz-z-- zt s ' z ?s-- AA 6 . &' f 'v , i 7 -- M C3 i 1 2ji and strength Westminster Issue 8 November 18, 1988 has experienced while Weyher has held the chair position. Sweeney said has Westminster through someWeyher dynamic changes. Executive secretary to the president, Claudene Wilcox said, "Weyher has held a strong board of trustees together." Retired from his Weyher will remain a memberposition, of the board. Naomi Weyher, wife of Robert F. Weyher also holds a position on the Westminster Woman's Board. Mrs. Weyher has a faculty development fellowship named in her honor. Some recipients of this award include Patricia Alkens, professor of English and John Watkins, program director of economics. Weyher will retire to his Salt Lake residence and also a log home in The home in Springdale, Utah. Springdale was designed and built In it's entirety by Weyher. Many of the democrats assembled in the Grand Ballroom at the Red Lion hotel Tuesday felt the presidential race to be predictable and anticlimactic, so they set their sights on candidates closer to home. With only 50 percent of the votes counted, Congressman Wayne Owens prophetically proclaimed victory over rival Richard Snelgrove. In his speech, Owens said he would be Joined in victory by both Paul VanDam and Ted Wilson. It took until the next morning, however, to find out he was only half right. Paul VanDam did indeed triumph over the incumbent, David Wilkinson for the office of attorney general. Wilson, however, lost his bid for the governorship to the incumbent, Governor Norman Bangerter, by a slim margin of 2 percent. So the only difference between Michael Dukakis and Wilson on election night was when Dukakis went to bed, he knew he was a governor. Wilson did not. Wibon made a brief appearance shortly after the polls closed. He thanked his supporters, then retired to his suite to wait for the returns. Well wishers and camera crews watched from the Ballroom as the gubernatorial race vacillated. By the end of the evening, the helium balloons began to deplete and wither, as well the democratic hope. Only a handful of people stayed until the final vote was in. Wilson, himself made another brief appearance, then left around 1 a.m. A possible defeat, Wilson said, would be due to the misuse of the term "liberal," coupled with too much focus on tax reform rather then Wilsons own plan future. for the Whether it was the dreaded "L" word, or taxes, or neither; after all the votes were counted, Bangerter won with 40 percent of the vote. Wilson came in a close second with 38 percent, and Independent candidate Merrill Cook remained a consistent third with 22 percent of the vote. In addition to Wilson's loss: democrats, Brian Moss, Gunn McKay, and Robert W. Stringham all lost in their to unseat the incumbent senators in quest their districts. original machine, so I really had to scratch my head to dig it back out and then redesign it. I made a few improvements on the new one, of course," said Wright. Representatives from Delta Airlines and Barken visited the Westminster maintenance shop on Monday, Oct. 31 where Wright was building the cloud seeder to conduct final testing of the machine for approval. The cloud seeding machine is a device which crushes block dry ice into powder form ranging up to pea size form. The machine that Wright built weighs approximately 1500 pounds and can crush a 50 pound block of dry ice in less than two seconds. Once the ice Is crushed, it is taken up in airplanes by pilots specially to take off in zero visibility trained weather. These planes are specially equipped with devices that are built into the doors that scatter the ice over the clouds. The cloud seeder was pioneered by Frank Kelsey 25 years ago, who is now the consultant for the cloud seeding procedures for Delta Airlines, according to Wright. Cloud seeding works by dropping crushed dry ice from planes which fly directly over the runways. As the ice falls through the clouds, it is so cold that it freezes all of the moisture in the clouds. Then it falls to the ground in the form of snow. As the snow falls the visibility is much improved. The cloud seeding machine will greatly reduce traffic congestion and hazards at Salt Lake International this winter according to Wright. Rex Wright shows off cloud seeder. nt By Samantha L. Dunn Self-surge- ry Eanuai Editor, Laura Reeves;Managing Editor, Spackman.Copy Editor. N.L. Lee Roszczynskl; Advertising Manager, Dave Humphrey; Salea Representative, Basil Chelcmes: Business Manager, Kurtls Johnson; Photo Editor. Whitney Germatne; Art Director. Randy Sulllvant; Contributing Writer! Connie Alexander, Chria Bamberger, Jennifer Christensen, Caro! Dixon, Ron Farnsworth, Olnny Monica Gotha rd, Skip Gregory. Calvin Harrington, Lisa Kalantacs, Steunle Nelson, Karen Peterson, Tony Savas; Photography Staff; Mark Bricker, Eddie Pittman; Faculty Advisor, Scott Cairns Th fornm of Westminster College of Salt Lake City will be published every Tuesday. The newspapers address Is 1840 S. 1300 E. SLC, UT 84105. The Forum welcomes letters from students and other readers. Submissions must avoid the use of profanity and libel Deliver letters directly to Shaw i by 3 p.m. the week before the paper Is due to be published. Opinions expressed on the editorial pages are those of the writers and are not to be construed a the opinions of the Associated Students of Westminster College or the college administration, faculty or staff. Gale-Waldl- s, Forum 3 |