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Show Friday, February 9, 1990 THE SIGNPOST ercent Fee Allocation History SERVICE Perf. Arts Debate Intl. Itel (model UN) KWCR Campus Rec. Soccer s Rodeo Ski WERC Multicultural AERC Day Care Cntr. Literary Mag. The SignPast Counseling Academic Advis. ASWSC Health Center Athletics Union Bid. Building Bond FUNDED 89-90 $43,700 $28,500 $1,600 $10,000 $90,300 $7,000 $8,200 $7,700 $17,600 $4,200 $18,200 $20,450 $5,700 $42,000 $92,070 $5,000 $265,453 $130,000 $550,200 $517,100 $1.149.510 REQUEST 90-91 60,097 35,000 2,205 16,500 140,057 10,880 11,400 7,700 19,213 6,140 27,984 21,403 5,400 '44,000 128,169 10,000 306,581 155,162 650,000 614,410 1.189.878 FUNDED 90-91 59,600 32,500 1,600 16,000 139,000 9,500 9,700 7,700 19,200 6,000 27,700 21,400 5,400 44,000 120,130 10,000 291,998 155,000 652,000 612,915 1.189.878 Total $3,431,221 By Jeffrey Paul Staff writer of The Signpost The final meeting of the Student Fees Allocation Committee was held on Tuesday, February 6 with $3,431,221 allocated from next year's fees with another $71,362 funded from 1989-90 unassigned money. They can approve the entire package or adjust allocations. This 6.25 percent increase will raise studentfeesfrom$96to$102. TheASWSC senate previously voted not to allow an increase of more than 7 percent. The student fee budget must now pass the senate before going to the institutional council and eventually to the Board of Regents. The student fee allocation is based on the annualized full time equivalentof 9,966 students. FTE is based on total number of hours, not on total students, according to Chris Clark, coordinator of institutional studies (budget deptartment). "To figure the WSC annualized FTE, you take the total number of student credit hours per quarter and divide that figure by 45," said Clark. The $.966 figure for the 1990-91 year is an estimate. The 1989-90 figure was 9,475. "Since we won't know what the actual 1990-91 annualized FTE will be until about 3 weeks into spring quarter, we have to " estimate," said Clark. The easiest way to figure out what each department will receive is by figuring their percentage of the total budget.. For example, ASWSC receives a total of 8.5 of the budget. At the FTE figure of 9,966 they will receive $291,998. If the FTE increases or decreases then the budget will be adjusted accordingly. The largest line item budget is for the building bond which will receive $1,189,878, an increase of $40,368. The largest overall increase was $612,915 in the union building budget, plus a $20,000 capital request for audiovisual equipment, an increase of $95,815. Athletics will receive $652,000. ASWSC will receive $291,998 an increase of $26,545. On the other end of the spectrum, Metaphor, Weber's literary magazine asked for less money than last year. The ski club and international relations both received the same amount as last year. All of the capital expenditure requests were approved. KWCR will receive $11,000 for a new transmitter and $3,650 for other urgent matters. The women's educational resource center will receive $3,900 for new computers to be shared with the ((See FEES page 7) ' ' " ' ' 1 News Break-up of Soviet block eminent By Karen Cobb Staff writer of The Signpost International Roundtable, which began last summer, is an WEDDING CELEBRATION t'Wm FEB 9 &10 SALT PALACE EXHIBITS Over 100 displays ELEGANT FASHION SHOWS Fri. 5 pm & 8 pm Sat. Noon, 3 pm & 6 pm PRIZES & GIFTS Cruise and Travel Masters Drawing for two honeymoon trips HOT 94.9 Drawing for a free wedding Maxinc's BridalTux Townc McCunc Reception Ccnler Seagull Printing Services JC Penney Free Hair Style & Cut Smith's Drawing for Free Groceries Deseret News Free Bridal Registry and 4 Weeks Subscription Much, Much More! Show Hours Fri. - 3 pm to 10 pm Sat. - 10 am to 8 pm ADMISSION $4.00 Bring this ad - SAVE $1 .00 BRIDES FREE witli this ad Children 1 1 & under FREE INFORMATION 485-0176 organized arrangement for discussions of "hot" topics in international politics. The topic discussed during Open Hour Thursday was the "Breakup of the Soviet Union." Three speakers conducted the panel discussion. Vickie Schkudor spoke about the Soviet Ukraine, Leon Staciokas about Soviet Lithuania, and Raimond Hasratian about Soviet Armenia. The Soviet Ukraine is the largest republic after Russia itself with a population of 52 million. It accounts for nearly a third of Soviet industry and a quarter of Soviet food output. Schkudor and her husband, a Luthuanian native, visited the Ukraine last year. She considered her experience exciting and frightening as well. "I termed my stay as a holiday in hell," said Schkudor. "We took a train from Budapest into the Soviet Union. I saw professionals and educated people living in Third World conditions." Rukh is a popular group movement in the Ukraine with the principal goal of leaving the Soviet Union. Other groups pledging support to that goal were the Donets Basin coal miners, whose strike last summer made them a potent political force, and the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the largest banned religion in the world with some 5 million believers now conduct underground services. Lithuania, in the Baltic region, fell under the Soviet Union's "sphere of influence" at the start of WWII. On June 15, 1940, Luthuania was occupied along with Lativa and Estonia by the Soviet Union. The Russians proceeded to nationalize all private properties and deported over 40,000 people to Siberia. Most were intellectuals. Stacioka discussed the restrictions that have been lifted in Lithuania by Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost. "In 1972 you didn't dare talk with your relatives in a cafeteria. "Instead you had to stand in the middle of the street to avoid being overheard by hidden microphones." In early 1988 Lithuanian's formed "SAJUDIS" or Movement. (See SOVIET page 3) WSC aerospace center contracts to build KorSat By Debbie Boman Assistant Signature editor of The Signpost Weber State begins formal negotiations in March with Korea to help them build a satellite and a ground station similar to the recently launched WeberSnt. "The satellite would be owned and operated by the Koreans. Their students nnd facul ty would come to WSC and be involved with the building," said Robert Twiggs, director of the center for aerospace technology. Expectations are that the work will start as soon as this June. The Korean Advanced Institute of Science Technology graduate school will send faculty and staff to begin construction. There is a possibility that some of their faculty will be teaching classes at Weber. A Weber State student will also be sent to Korea to begin work on a p ound control station. The Koreans will pay $400,000 for the construction of the satellite. "We would arrange for the launch, and they would pay for it," said Twiggs. "Once the satellite was in orbit we could go to Korea, install the ground station and turn the operation over to them." The purpose of the aerospace technology center is to provide practical experience for students. For Twiggs, the real benefit of the joint effort will be the establishment of economic ties between Utah and Korea. |