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Show tup 0Mmk Monday, Sept. 26, 1988 Celebrating the Weber State College Centennial Vol. 49, No. 1 Secrets revealed T &s - t THAT WAS THEN. . . The powerful defence on the 1937 Weber Wildcats helped the team roll over opposition throughout the year and ended the season by taking the Utah State Championship. This pholo from the November 19, 1937 issue of the Signpost shows WSC center Jack Thomas tackling a Westminster ball carrier during the state championship Armistice day encounter. (Signpost file photo). THIS IS NOW. ..After last years 10-3 record, one of WSC's most successful fool ball seasons in the last twenty years, the 19X8 Wildcats are off to a slow start. Saturday nights game put this years first victory on the books, giving WSC a 1-2 record so lar. None have been conference games so they don't count. Practice is over now, so the Cats' should be ready for action. (Signpost photo: Darwin . Shaw) v. & H 1 - ..... vv; it: " r " , si - , Weber State computer rockets into history By Scott Summerill Managing Editor Wcbcr State students are participating in a project that will culminate with the launch of the first commercial rocket from a military installation. Four WSC students, Cathy Mildcnbcrgcr, Ralph Butler, Clint Lewis, and John Lund built a small computer that will gather and store data on the rockets acceleration, altitude, temperature, and stress exerted on the structure. A Logan, Utah firm, QSI, supplied the electronic components for the computer and its storage module. The module, consisting of eight microchips, is about the size of a television remote control and will hold 256K of information. "The computer will sum running when the rocket hits five G's," said Lewis. "It will continue to run and store information until the ROM is full, or it hits the ground." E Prime Aerospace Corp. of Tiiusvillc, Florida is sponsoring the project which will be using an experimental rocket developed by the University of Huntsville, Alabama called the LOFT-1. The rocket is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Oct 13. According to Lewis, the launch date has been set back several times because of insurance problems. "We started a year ago and were told to have it ready in six weeks," he said. "The launch date keeps getting slipped back. The rocket is unguided so the insurance was astronomical for E Prime." Lewis said the October 13 launch date depends on the shuttle. Along with the information gathering functions of the WSC computer, it is also programmed to turn on a zero gravity bubblecxpcrimentdcvelopcd by Morton Thiokol and shut it down again when it's finished. Lewis said the job fell on the WSC computer because "It's the only tiling that has a clock on board." The 12 feet long, six inches in diameter LOFT-1 rocket will be fueled with solid rocket propellent such as the space shuttles booster rockets use, and should achieve an altitude of 17,000 feet When the proper altitude is achieved, the nose (see ROCKET on page 3) Tor family success By Jill Titensor News Editor The Ninth Annual Families Alive Conference was held at Weber State College last week. The theme for this year's conference was "Healthy Families: A Springboard for Success." The conference featured keynote lectures by family life experts Dr. Charles V. Petty of Raleigh, North Carolina and Dr. Randy S. Chatclain, Assistant Professor of Child and Family Studies at WSC. The conference offered concurrent workshops on subjects including laughter, stress, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, chemical dependency, social heredity, television violence and more. Three of the keynote presentations were given by Petty. Dr. Richard Jones, Dean of the School of Education, introduced Petty the founder and president of Family Success Unlimited, Inc., to a Thursday evening audience as a "gifted and informative speaker." A native of Arkansas, Petty holds degrees in science and religion. His doctoral dissertation was on divorce. An expert in family life, he has directed programs for the improvement of family life. He was executive director of the Governor's Office of Citizen Affairs in North Carolina. While there, he carved out the largest voluntccrism program of its kind in the nation. "There is something a little bit hollow about these accomplishments that show up on resumes," said Dr. Robert Smith, Vice President of Academic Affairs, WSC, as he related some facts about Pctty's childhood. His parcnis were divorced when he was six. His mother died soon after. By the time he was 15, Petty was living on his own. Pciiy drew upon Lhese and other experiences as he lectured on successful parenting. Friday evening, Petty addressed climbing the ladder of success and taking the family, too. "It's a matter of balance, just like riding a bike," he said. "What goes on in your family will cradically impact" what happens at work. Bad family relations cuts into productivity. "If you want to do something good for your business, take care of your family," Petty said. Juggling family and career is a major source of stress for men and women alike. Many find themselves just hanging on trying to get through the day. Which should take take first priority? "It's a tough choice." Petty listed five areas that relate to the balancing process time, warm words, warm deeds, touch and love. "You need to take time for important things," he said. "Family, I think, is important." Birthdays, anniversaries "you don't miss those events, not even piano recitals Put no time into your career, you'll lose it; put no time into your family, you'll lose it." According to Petty, the first major crisis in a marriage is the loss of warm words. Becoming preoccupied with the negative destroys the positive. Warm words must be backed with warm deeds. Petty, whose mother died when he was very young, said he couldn't recall her ever saying, "I love you." (see FAMILIES on page 3) i Inside . . . HlOO YEARS f 1 Arts and Entertainment Classified News Opinion Sports page 11 page 15 page 2 page 4 page 12 |