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Show THE SIGNPOST Wednesday, May 16, 1990 l .J : w r-. ' - 5 ',"'- ; -; ; , " .. ' ' " ' K ,i Students made sure the governor heard protests on education costs In '85 - a preview for the protests In '89. NUSAT WAS released Into space April 25, 1985 to be the only satellite in space released by a college in the U.S. It was the first satellite of its kind and is now housed In the Smithsonian museum. NUSAT was a Joint effort between students and the University of Utah, New Mexico State, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Goddard Space Flight Center and 26 private organizations. NUSAT has been succeeded by NUSAT II and NUSAT Ill-released in the spring of 1989 and presently in space. WeberSat, the crowning jewel for the department In the 1989-1990 school year, is about the size of a food carton and makes contact with ground station at Weber State at least twice a day during its polar orbits. It was launched January 28, 1990. WeberSat actively collects data from dust particle bombardment on Its outer surface, giving those on the ground an Idea where the greater concentration of meteor particles are found. Loaded with a light spectrometer, built by Roy High School students, will record light reflections from the earth's surface to help us gain a better knowledge of the earth's ozone layer and the effect pollution is having on It. There was always something hap or in the nation, we felt the effects of i By Brent Mark Staff reporter of The Signpost During the '80s many issues surfaced that directly affected the Weber State student's academic standardsr" These issues were brought about because of a growing - . student population with growing needs. A new mission statement, higher enrollment standards, a student's code -' and a new field of study have all developed within the last j five years. Foremost among these changes was a new mission statement. According to Gene Sessions of the history department, Nadauld determined that the mission " statement needed to be revised in the fall of 1987. Naduald thought the mission statement should have new goals to reflect the growing student population. - - In spite of Naduald's wishes, "the biggest group wanted to stay the same; they argued for the status quo,"" said Sessions. Common to this group, Sessions said, was a. fear of abandoning the traditional liberal arts program "into more of a nuts and bolts type program." In other words, careers such as engineering, medicine, business and technical fields would get the emphasis instead of English, fine arts, history, and other majors that are not specifically career oriented. Some thought this was a good idea and even had a name picked out, Utah Polytechnic, for the new trade school. They felt like this because of "outcome assessment," Sessions said. Meaning when students graduate, "they've learned what we've said they learned." Weber wants its students to be prepared for careers, to be able to go into the " " work force and to be qualified. "Some faculty members . looked at this negatively," said Sessions. Sessions, who was in charge of the faculty senate committee, said people were furious with his proposal. "One guy came down from the English deparment with blood veins popping outofhisheadandsaidSve'renotgoing t to take this' and slammed the table," he added. D. Mikkelsen, a professor in the English department, -.-was not happy with the mission statement. "We thought they were going to turn the college into a business " technical school and adandon the liberal arts tradition. Many English staff probably fit that description of an irrate professor." In January of 1988, a meeting was called to discuss the new mission statement. Faculty from all disciplines were " ' 0 '80 81 '82 '83 '84 n . WSC BB beat UNLV-defending national drrrpfcre National energy crisis Kramer vs Kramer, The Electric Horseman, The Rose, The Jerk (popular movies) Controversy whether MX Missle should come to Ogden Dean Hurst-new vp of college relations WSC federally cleared of racial discrimination charges Memorial built to David O McKay Business building constructed Tuition hikes Wrestling takes first in Big Sky Signpost modernizes with new typesetting machines College closes due to snow Campus barber In UB Marriott gives $1 million endowment Wildcat Week set by Gov. Matheson Enrollment limitations New admissions policy KWCR expands Format New masters program for Accounting NUSAT satellite launched Indira Ghandl slain Hackeysack craze hits |