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Show c Volume 38 Number 53 Weber State College - Ogden, Utah May 12, 1978 u : s - WSC prof, awarded Rockefeller grant by Eunice Schlenker ' Dr. Ernest Partridge of the philosophy faculty at Weber State College has been awarded a $14,000 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in Environmental Affairs. The grant will run from the academic year 1978-79, during which time he will be released from his college duties. He will spend the year in fulltime research in preparation of an original book tentatively titled "The Duty to Posterity a Philosophical Inquiry." He will also edit a book of readings dealing with the same topic. The grant for which Partridge wrote his proposal has been publicized nationally. It will enable him to investigate the moral basis of the present generation's duty to posterity, and the relationship of this philosophical problem to en- vironmental management. "Only 20 such fellowships are granted worldwide each year," Dr. Richard Blake of the Research and Development Office said regarding .the prestigious award. Coed wheelchair winner by Donna Schultz For the first time since the contest began,' 4 years ago a Weber State student has been chosen Miss Wheelchair Utah for 1978. Sandy Boothe, a senior in Elementary Education at WSC, competed last weekend with 14 other young women in the annual contest held at the Salt Lake Hilton, and won the crown previously held by mostly BYU contestants. "The day is still kind of a blur," Sandy explained. "We each had a 15 to 20 minute session in front of seven judges, who asked really hard questions. They asked me my attitude about my handicap how I would present the problems of the handicapped to government officials." As Miss Wheelchair Utah, Sandy will be the representative for the handicapped of the state. During the final minutes as one of the five "excited but nervous" finalists, she had to explain the three most difficult barriers to the handicapped. "To my knowledge, this is the first Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship grant to come out of WSC. It's very unusual, and a real tribute to Ernest to get it," Blake said. "Also the topic is of great concern: our obligation to posterity in planning for and using wisely the limited resources of our planet," he noted. Partridge said, "What I'm trying to do is prepare a series of moral guidelines and constraints which might affect and inform the decisions of policy-makers, resource-planners, public administrators, and private investors."WSC will administer the grant, and Partridge will be conducting his research at the Utah Universities or the University of California, Santa Barbara. "In this work I will attempt to integrate insights from separate fields- of environmental studies, humanistic psychology, future studies and my own field of moral philosophy," Partridge said. His doctoral dissertation from the U. of U. in 1976 dealt with the posterity question as have "The first is architectural not being able to reach telephones, the buttons on elevators, or drinking fountains," Sandy said. "Another barrier is the attitude of others toward us. We don't really want smypathy . . . just understanding. But the most important barrier to overcome is our attitude toward ourselves. We have to do all we can to change our attitudes ... we have to ac-dept ourselves before others can." Among the sponsors of the contest are the Hillary House and the Ramada Inn both in Ogden. Sandy also appreciates the work of the Center for the Handicapped at Weber State. Money donated by the sponsors helps with food and lodging for the State contest, plus providing the $500 entrance fee, $50 spending money, and all other expenses for the National Pageant this August. Sandy will travel to Ohio August 9 through 12 to compete with 36 DR. ER.NEST PARTRIDGE several recent scholarly papers he has read and published for educators and philosophers. "It is an area that has received virtually no attention from contemporary philosophy, even though it is a topic of constant interest in political debate and in the public media," he noted. Asked as to the origin of his interest in environmental affairs, he said, "I've actually had a lifelong interest in it, but I started devoting careful professional attention to the posterity issue in the early 1970's." other girls for Miss Wheelchair America. The judging for the contests is based 40 prcent on goals and achievement, 30 percent on personality, and 30 percent on appearance. "All of the girls were very impressive," Sandy said. "Why they chose me I'll never know." Sandy has already been invited to the Governor's Golden Key Awards ceremony, as a guest this week. She also will be invited to speak at other functions throughout the coming year. As Miss Wheelchair Utah, she was awarded an enormous three-foot trophy. "It looks really neat it almost reaches the ceiling when we put it on our piano! " She also received a crown . . . which I have to give back, darn it." Sandy is confined to a wheelchair because of Muscular Atrophy, a disease caused by a recessive gene. The disease usually stabilizes at age 15, so Sandy's con-continued on page 3 Indians resign from ASWSC Citing what they termed the "dismal failure" of student government to meet their needs, the Intertribal Indian Student Organization (IISO) has resigned as a chartered ASWSC member organization. The action came in the form of a statement read by IISO President Russel Huntsalong to the Executive Council in their meeting yesterday morning. Huntsalong and other IISO representatives asked that the council take some time to read and consider the presentation before replying or asking any questions. ASWSC President Mike Hunsaker told the IISO group, "I feel really bad about this. I feel it's an insult to everything I've tried to do." " " Something that's been building up "Well, we would exclude you from that," replied Katie Stowell. "You've tried more than any student government officer to help us, and we appreciate what you've done. Don't take it personally. This is something that's been building up over the years. You can't be responsible for the actions of the whole board, or of student government in past years." (Editor's note: a transcript of the IISO resignation statement may be found on page 5 of today's Signpost.) In other action during the meeting, the Executive Council approved the use of a van by the Outing Center and voted down a motion to give $143.40 to Blue Key to help defray the expense of giving plaques to outstanding high school seniors from the area. i ' 4 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' i s . A . J I . A i , k s, ' ' I S.l) B(M)THE. an Lli'mt'iilar Education major, i. thi- car'- dinner of the Miss VI htflc-hair I tali contt-st. SaiuK i tlir fir-l lh,r Stale .tiuiinl 'rr to win since the pageant bewail four ear ai;o. I I'lioto In t l.le Muellerl ,4 V . I 7 I IZ'O $i r i , 4 4 A 3 mo |