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Show 2 Signpos. --Thursday, January 14, 1988 2 AVC Cosmetology move causes controversy Hal Davis Asst. News Editor ! r4 7 - w I -5 v , ' I 1 M ji. 4- j w i a ... - -; . !i " y r f ' i y . V ... ' ' ' '13 . C i.. ANGELA BIRCH of the Area Vocational Center's cosmetology program gives Weber music professor Dr. Rulon Christiansen a haircut at the salon in the technology building. The former The Signpost Staff Editorial-Advertising-Production Winter Quarter 1988 Editor-in-Chief Chris J. Miller Managing Editor Donna Brown News Editor Ethan Yorgason Sports Editor Blaine Brtnghwst Entertainment Editor Vun Hid Pak Weekend Editor David R. Allison Special Projects Editor JaNae Barlow Copy Editors Stephanie Carbine Reva Smith Assistant Editors Mike Butler Hal Davis Katy Frandsen Coral Lou Glenn Staff Reporters Tony Butler Donna Green Mark Hadley Charles Harrington Debra Luby Ann Peterson Pete Tesch Amy Tribe Contributing Writers Dwight L. Adams Joe Fmncis SueHiatt Larry Jenson Monica Ray Photo Editor Judd Bundy Photographers Matt Butler Kirsten Linkenhuker Hal Moore Graphic Artists Michael Christenson Russ Katich Advertising Manager Jolet Olsen Sales Representatives Doug Clawson Production Manager Cheryl Gessler Ads Production Manager Mark Plumley Production Staff Mark ODell Keith Quimby Susan Walker DebraXavier Distribution Mike Butler JeffBybee Advisor P. Larry Stahle Assistant Advisor Franceen Jones Secretary Alisa Buck Publisher Randolph Scott The Weber State College Signpost is published every Tuesday and Thursday during fall, winter, and spring quarters, and once a week during the summer quarter by the WSC Department of Communication. Editorial content appearing in this publication is that of the Signpost staff or guest contributors and does not necessarily reflect the view of Weber State College in general. The Signpost is distributed free of charge and is available by subscription for $9 per quarter. The Signpost offices are located in the Union Building in U.B. 267. Mail correspondence should be sent to: WSC SIGNPOST Weber State College Ogden, Utah 84408-2110 Editor-in-Chief Advertising Department New Department Entertainment Department Sports Department 626-7121 626-6358 626-7105 626-7105 626-7983 Weber program is slated to move to the AVC campus later this year. Objections to the move have been raised by several local beauty schools. (Signpost photo: Hal Davis) Fees buy tickets Tony Butler Staff Reporter Students at Weber State often wonder where the seventy-plus dollars in student fees they pay each quarter go. Among other uses, the money helps bring people in for convocations and concerts. It also helps keep the library current and provides students the opportunity to see at no cost the college basketball games played in the Dee Events Center. Students need only a valid student ID card to gain entrance to games at the Dee Events Center. Alan Shaw, public relations assistant to the president of ASWSC, said that students are allowed to use all of sections A, V and B and the top halves of sections U and C of the Dee Events Center. "The students actually own those sections," he said. The student body put up $7 million to help build the Dee Events Center, and student fees help maintain it. According to Shaw, the money has, in effect, paid for season passes for all Weber State students. Shaw further explained that the first six rows of section V are reserved for students who live on campus. After 7:15 on game nights, any empty seats in those rows become available for all other students. Student groups can also reserve seats in either section V or B until 7:15. Shaw stressed that no seats can be saved in section A. However, he said, "Students or student groups who wish to sit in the 'pit' area can still apply for seating with the ASWSC secretary." "Special students" those carrying less than 12 credits-are charged $2.50 to attend games againstout-of-state schools and $3.50 for in-state school games. Children of students are charged the same rate as "special students." Guests of students can get in for $5 to see contests against out-of-state schools and $7 for instate schools. Married students can purchase activity cards for their spouse for $3 plus a current quarter sticker for an additional $7. Shaw said that no student seats would be sold to the general public without permission of the ASWSC president. "No student seats will be offered to the general public until after 7:15 p.m. and then only after the ASWSC president has determined that provisions are made to save seats for students who may arrive late," he said. The cosmetology program located on the Weber State campus is slated to move to the OgdenWeber Area Vocational Center later this year. The move has educed some strong emotions on boih sides. Editor's Note: This story presents tfie basic issue of relocating the cosmetology program. Next week the Signpost will cover the different sides to the issue. Those supporting the move are emotionally and economically motivated, as are those opposing it. The director of the program, Maureen Gallegos, wants the move for various reasons, the most prominent being her belief in the good that the program is doing for the greater Ogden area. Gallegos said the program is totally self-supporting with no tax dollars being spent directly on the program. Operating costs are paid totally by student tuition and fees charged to customers. The program was dropped by Weber because the program did not fit the academic environment at Weber, stated Gallegos. The program offers an institutional certificate rather than a degree. While the program was under the control of Weber, students could combine cosmetology with an associate degree in technology. Now it is strictly a vocational program under the administration of the AVC. The program tuition has been adjusted to equal the cost of many local private programs, $1 per clock hour due to objections from the local schools, said Gallegos. Under the direction of AVC, the program has become an open entry and exit program. This means a student can start at any time and graduate whenever their training hours are completed. While under Weber's control students had to adhere to the school's quarter system. "The cost of moving is minimal," said Gallegos, as the equipment paid for by the program while under Weber was transferred to AVC ownership. Training director of the AVC, Michael Bouwhuis,' estimated it should take about eight hours to physically move the equipment to the AVC. The Utah State Legislature transferred the program to AVC during its 1987 session. Restrictions placed on the (see AVC on page 5) Athlete (cont'd from front page) Craig Oberg, who teaches microbiology. Oberg added that most students are not aware of athletes in their classes except for basketball or football players because of their physique. Some students disagree and find favoritism practiced towards athletes. j "You can definitely tell who the athletes are by the way they act and the way they're treated by the7 instructor," said Susan Andersen, a WSC student. o One student said a point was made to recognize the athletes in her class each day. "But there are not special favors handed out to others," said Andersen. Other students felt the same way. I One student said she had seen athletes come up with, a computer printout of answers to review questions just before an exam that was not made available to the rest of the class. In another situation an instructor was reported to have asked a few students who had taken notes, for permission to copy them so a couple of athletes could use them to study for a test because he said he felt sorry for them. Faculty and students agreed that there are some academically good student athletes, mainly wrestling, track and tennis. Students from these seemed to attend class regularly, participated and do the work, they said. |