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Show Monday, February 11, 1991 THE SIGNPOST 5 Student body President Doug Peterson was worried that the committee was blindly accepting tallies: "We're taking the statistics they give us for granted; we have nothing to check. " FEES (continued from page 1) plish: To keep costs down and to make sure every organization gets what they need," said Shane Stewart, the presidential planning and evaluation senator. One decision already made has been to survey the student population to see if students are using the services. Most groups keep a tally of how many students use their facilities. For example the new HPEC arena counted almost 9,000 people who used the track, gym floor, the free weights and the super circuit in the first half of January. Student body President Doug Peterson was worried that the committee was blindly accepting tallies. "We're taking the statistics they give us for granted; we have nothing to check," he said. A tentative survey was drawn up with definitions for each group, but the committee decided against doing it because of time constraints. "We're doing something that should have been done earlier," Peterson said. A survey should be done each year, Kotter said, because of the changing demographics of the college, but she also warned the committee, "We're changing the rules on the people; these groups will come back to you and say 'if we had known this information, we'd have presented our budgets differently.'" A small survey will take place in the spring and legislative process will make sure a survey is given every fall quarter before the presentation meetings are started, Stewart said. Some of the requests made: KWCR, Weber's radio station, asked for about $9,000 in additional funding next year -to help build a new transmitter on Promontory Tower and some new equipment such as cart players. Tuition waivers were also requested for student employees, said Brad Wilson, manager of KWCR. The Signpost asked for no additional funds above the $44,000 they asked for last year to cover printing costs, said Necia Palmer, editor-in-chief. International Relations, a mock United Nations group, asked for a $1,490 increase over last year's budget. Questions were brought up as to whether International Relations was a group that should be supported by student fees or whether it was more like a class. Last year, the model UN was told to increase student participation. "We have proven ourselves as a group that deserves funding," said Lane Alvey, a member. Athletics presented their budget asking for an increase of $77,790. Athletic director Richard Hannan said, "The biggest expenses are travel, meals and lodging, and athletic equipment." About one-fourth of their expense is funded by student fees. Hannan said he hopes to build gate receipts and fill the Dee Events Center for basketball games through better marketing and promotion. "We're not going to make the jump immediately," he said. "It's going to take five years." J. Lee Peters requested a $35,585 increase over last year's budget. Some of the requests include the arts services staff going from an hourly position to a staff position with benefits. "Hourly wagesare like slavery," he said. Also, he wants to implement a new student ID system that would allow the student to use one card for everything. The cost would include replacing the old ones for students and letting new students have theirs for free. Project Lithuania, a committee in the making, asked for $10,000 to send supplies such as pens and papers to Vytautas Magnus, Weber's sister university in Lithuania. Gary Toyn, a student who started relations with Lithuania, said "This project has international recognition. It's no longer the Harrison High' thing we've been battling for so long." A documentary on PBS may be shown that was made by Weber students, he added. The Department of Performing Arts encompasses several areas. Department chair, Dr. Ronald Wooden, presented the overall budget. Tom Root, director of bands, asked fora total of $21,500 for traveling expenses and uniforms. Part of the cost is supporting the athletic band, which, in most schools, is kept by the athletic department. Choral asked for $10,726. Part of their cost comes in uniforms and tuxedos. Their proposal reads "Most other areas of the budget have remained nearly the same." The Jazz Ensemble wants another thousand dollars to help with touring high schools and workshops. Other expenses include buying music, promotion for concerts and printed programs, their statement reads. Orchesis is a key organization that Wooden hopes will get much support from student fees this year. To help bring guest artists and to let Orchesis travel to dance festivals around the country. Professor Joanne Lawrence, director of Orchesis, asked for $6,467. "Our dancers need interaction with other dancers to see what they're doing," she said. The orchestra wants $9,523, a 7 percent increase to cover recruiting and operating costs with small increases in materials for the program. Outreach services, a financial support group of the performing arts, wants $8,700 to meet their objectives of fund raising and adequate financing for costumes, equipment and travel, their budget statement reads. Theatre asked for $19,499 to reflect an increase in student wages and the cost of material to put on a production. "Over 50 percent of our income comes from box-office," said Larry West, the theatre director. "Our staff matches with any in the state," West said. A one-time project, Music Educator's National Conference wants $800 to send students to a conference in St. George. Wooden also wants to have a piano festival at Weber State, feeling a keyboard program, along with Orchesis, are the main areas he wants to build up this year. The cost would be $1,200. Purposes of the festival include giving Ogden piano teachers sound pedagogical direction, providing access to the latest teaching materials and providing opportunities for college piano majors and upper level piano students. Three other proposals were all one-time requests: Phillip Evans, a student in the center for aerospace technology, asked for $501 so he can present a paper at an engineering conference in Orlando, Fla. His paper is on micrometeorite particle impacts on satellites. The Botany Club asked for about $10,000 to build a greenhouse and a memorial to Dr. Michael Cousens who died in a car accident in October. 'The greenhouse we have now is a little run-down and overloaded with plants. We've run out of space," said Russell Murdock, a member of the botany club. This new greenhouse would help the botany club with its Mother Day's sale, he said. The Sign Language Club asked for $3,100 to buy a public-address system. 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