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Show Signpost Tuesday, May 20, 1986 11 USU contemplates monorail purchase (Con't from front page) ficials are taking steps to alleviate their parking problem past the year 2000. According to Terry Moore, director of parking and visitor information at USU, the college is considering the purchase of a "people-mover system," similar to those at many colleges back East. "We talked about several options and alternatives," said Moore. "We tried busing last year while our parking terrace was being built. But we were going through buses fast. And the cost for a real good bus is about $160,000." According to Moore, the slow-moving monorail that was used at the New Orleans Exposition is being offered for about $900,000. USU figures the entire system with stations could be installed between the stadium and the middle of the campus for under $2 million. A bond has already been approved by the state legislature to finance the project. Final decision will be made in the next two months, with implementation date by fall of 1987. Society dependant on wildlands Professor claims water supply controls life by Jeanne Chadey Staff Reporter Departments revise future courses by Janet Bassett Staff Reporter The department of sociology and an-thropolgy and the archaeological technicians program are gearing up for the future. Each project and study being conducted is to ensure a better program for students. The sociology department is currently involved in several programs that offer more practical experience for students. Last summer they offered an archaeological technicians program conducted in Southern Utah. "This is currently, as I understand it, the only such program in a four-year college in the country," said Dr. Michael Toth, chair of the sociology and anthropology department. "What it does is enable students to graduate with a vocational degree at the vocational level working with experts in archaeological projects. This is where the students actually get some site training at an archaeological dig," he said. This summer the archaeology program will assist students. It will also offer some on-site training for teachers. "Thirty to 40 teachers throughout the country are going to come out and participate in the dig east of the Great Salt Lake," Toth said. The anthropology program is undergoing some curriculum revisions. The department wants to graduate students more geared to job market demands. Ron Holt, adjuct professor of anthropology, is trained in mid-eastern studies. He will help accomplish this goal. This past year courses were offered to increase students' awareness of foreign affairs and cultures. Two faculty members from the department are preparing for a research project which will be conducted in the Middle East. They will study how and when the transition from wild plants to agriculture take place. Dr. L. Kay Gillespie of the sociology department and Barbara Lopes, a student attending WSC, have been conducting a study of executed women in the nation. "We have executed 37 women since the 1900's in 15 states. There are several women killers. Our study tries to determine the differences between them and other women," said Gillespie. This study will be published into a book next year. Gillespie is also doing a study on the death penalty in Utah, An increasing number of people who graduate in business will be dealing with foreign cultures. The sociology department is working to develop a foreign study program next spring quarter. This eight week travel study program will be in England and Ireland. The sociology department would like to "of- fer a better curriculum that would help the student be better prepared to deal with foreign countries," said Toth. The sociology department has a small honor society for students. One proposal to assist the students would be to integrate the meetings of the honor society with the meetings held by the Utah Sociological Society and the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. "We will be trying to connect them up so we can provide students with the opportunity to attend a kind of professional level meeting in-state, to expose them to the kind of activities college professors engage in and give them a view of academic life," Toth said. Finally, the sociology and anthropology department are exploring ways to use computers in the classroom, particularly with research and statistics. "We are trying to get up speed in terms of integrating computers both in the course work and experience," Toth said. People need to control the way the wildlands are being used today to protect themselves and their environment according to Dr. Kimball Harper. Harper, a professor at Brigham Young University, spoke on the importance of wildlands in modern society last week during Issues Forum. "Water is what life is dependent upon," said Harper. By controlling and managing water areas, man has the capability of controlling life. "Many people complain about dams v and reservoirs being built, but these produce tremendous humanities for nature," he said. By doing this, people are capable of keeping water clean and properly stored so it is possible to use it when it is needed. Man uses the wildlands for many dif ferent things such as recreation. Hiking, picnicking, camping, fishing, hunting and using the land for natural studies are just a few things the areas are being used for each day. If man destroys these lands, it will destroy the recreational areas he uses, Harper said. People also use timber from the land to build homes, furniture, make paper and fuel. "The preservation of many forms of life such as animals and plants is what our society needs to be aware of today," Harper said. Man is destroying much of the productive soil which he grows crops and food on. He is also invading many of the areas animals live on, and is killing or running off much of the animal life that once lived there. The wildlands are important . but without the knowledge of the earth as it is and will be, man may end up destroying his own home, he said. Geologist explains lake problems by Jeanne Chadey Staff Reporter Lake side industries, roads, highways, railroads, water fowl management areas, public utilities and many other public facilities will suffer from the rising of the Great Salt Lake, said Dr. Deon C. Greer, professor of geography. He spoke last week as part of the "Natural Science Week" on his proposal to the Utah State Legislature concerning controlling the level of the lake. The Great Salt Lake has reached the level of 4,212 feet. "Existing facilities that man has made are now in danger," he said. "It has already caused about $200 million in damages so far, and it could cause up to a quarter of a billion dollars in damages." People were warned 12 years ago not to build around the lake because the lake is so unpredictable, but building still occurred. The Legislature has considered many proposals on ways to govern the lake. Greer said, "All the proposals have positive as well as negative factors involved in them." The recommendations included pumping the lake, diking the lake and canal-ing the lake. The different projects range in costs of $200,000 to $77 million, he said. "And many of the projects will probably take more time and money, than what they have been presented at." Greer's proposal was one that has been rejected three times by the legislative committee, but was one the governor reviewed next to the pumping proposal. (r Choose a Major Today OUT INTO THE COLD, CRUEL WORLD... 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