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Show A Year of Change (cont. from page 5) and will teach in the business department. And Dean Hurst, vice president for college relations, will be going into a phased retirement. Hurst will still be working on the centennial celebration to take place in 1989. In the curriculum area, Weber has been funded by the legislature to begin a baccalaureate program in nursing. The program had been previously offered at Weber but administrated by the University of Utah. One of the larger projects going on campus over the past year has been the computer literacy plan. A surcharge was added to fees for this year and two more plus matching money from the legislature in order to fund a new computer system. Proposals were submitted to the committee and upwards of $800,000 was spent in obtaining computers for almost all deparments. Labs and computer centers are being set up now to supply a demand of computer-trained college graduates. A much more subliminal message has been a change in attitude toward the necessities of students at Weber. More emphasis is being placed on the needs of the non-traditional student and on the uniqueness of a commuter campus. All-in-all, Weber has seen some very dramatic changes and hopefully some very good ones. For this reason, we at the Signpost staff would like to dedicate this year's edition of the SignOff to a year of hard choices, new experiences and forward progress. We believe that it is only through an evolving process that we grow, develop and become strong. It is hoped that Weber will use the past year as a strengthening tool for positive growth in the future The following sections are an overview of the events, activities and issues Weber has faced in the 1986-87 school year. Weber is as the poem, "Good Timber," used to describe J. Willard Marriott. It is as follows: The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, But stood out in the open plain And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king But lived and died a scrubby thing. . The man who never had to toil To gain and farm his patch of soil, Who never had to win his share Of sun and sky and light and air, Never became a manly man But lived and died as he began. Good timber does not grow with ease, The stronger wind, the stronger trees, The further sky, the greater length. The more the storm, the more the strength. By sun and cold, by rain and snow. In trees and men good timbers grow. Where thickest stands the forest growth We find the partriarchs of both. And they hold counsel with the stars Whose broken branches show the scars Of many winds and much of strife. This is the common law of life. Douglas Malloch As it is with trees and men so it might be with Weber State College. j Ernilie Bean Cover Photos Scott A. Miller, Photo Consultant Ogden, Utah-May I. '9S7 John A. Lindqulst and David W. Jackson (L-R) stand In front of the newly unveiled "Wildcat Country" bronzed statue of WSC's mascot. Lindqulst commissioned the piece; Jackson was the sculptor. Salt l ake City. Utah-Nov. 24, 1986 Students from across the state rally at the capllol to express their views to the stale's leaders. Aaron Thatcher, WSC student, shows his stand on this issue of budget cuts with this sign. Ogden, Utah-May I, 19S7 For Sale by Owner? WSC for sale? No, not really. The budget cuts didn't so quite that far, but some mischievous students thought they did. 8A SignOff Tuesday, June 2, 1987 |