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Show IGNPOS1 i j JL 1 IJCi Weber State University Ogden, Utah i t Conference to examine drug abuse solutions By Raymond Honig Ca" w'e" c' The Sgr,pcsf Weber State University will be holding its Daysprirg First Annual Conference on Substance Abuse on Thursday, May 9. The conference will be looking for the insights and solutions in the constantly changing world of substance abuse. Susan Young, conference co-chair of (See DRUGS page 3) News 2 Honor society accepting applications JSignature g H's the time of year for a salute to our mothers Arts Bolshol Ballet coming to Weber State soon Sports -J -J Webpr tonnls team wins Dig Sky title 4 is v r . it r ! V JIM SAWtXYrf SliiMXAS! TOM GILMORE, welder and designer, sits in the frame of a race car designed by students as Carl Wood, faculty advisor, looks on. Senior project leads to life in the fast lane WSU manufacturing and design students develop 140 m.p.h. race car By Lorin J. May News editor of The Signpost When senior Jeff Hess graduates, he plans to live life in the fast lane. He's taking extra care to make sure this particular senior project is done right. When it's finished, 24 senior manufacturing and design engineers will walk away with cxpe-rienceand diplomas. I less, on theotherhand will drive a way at 140 miles an hour in a WSU student-built and designed Formula Ford race car, headed for the amateur racing circuit. "I'm very confident in the design of the car," Hess said. "And we're comparing ourselves to experienced car builders." Formula Tords are the second largest racing class in the United States, and manv companies spend years creating and build ing these high performance race cars. Weber State seniors from the departments of design and manufacturing engineering, under Hess' encouragement, decided to research, design and build oneduring their senior year -a bit less than 10 months. Hess is paying for all the materials and gets to keep the car. "It's probably more challenging than we've seen in previous (senior) projects," I less said. Thedesign and manufacturing students come from different disciplines, and usually do not work together. Professor Carl Wood, faculty advisor for the project, said coordi-na ting the design and manufacture of the car presented a gixtd opportunity to make the students more marketable. 'The name of the game in manuf.K luring engimvrir.g is teamwork and communication," Wood s.ijd. Steve N'ui-tman, the car's . h it f de signer, agreed that while wotkingon the ear, he and other seniors learned skills which cannot be taught in a classroom setting. "All the way through school it's competitive," he said. 'The teacheT grades on a curve and if you help someone out it mav hurt you. And suddenly (after graduation) you have to work as a team. "In Mhool you try to work a problem and the answer is on page W" Nuetman said. "I lere there is no answer. II vmi don't know something you figure it out." The students do hied to forgo tr.idi tion.il methods, in v 1m h di- igner s i! r ,i w up plans and mpiit the builders to figure out how to ex ei ute 1 1 ii mi. I In y o r ate undi r uh.it is i ,i lied the comum nt eng i m i r i v g met hod . This prixe'.s, old n iri-d bv .i'.ine.e auto in.inii f ai turers, i-ts drsignrrs .;. I I' if CAR pap' ? I .''"" f r.i . ' 4 X - Construction begins on Alumni Center i By B. Ann Eridcnbockcr a- c ' r ' '. r i 1 i ) ,,-,) ! .t v ff n t , v. , ! ,1 ' v t i ' j'.c a 1 ! t ,i r v i 1 '.or i r g i ', i i ,o t k v .1 r 1 o' f .i r ,i h , rr . r . r. :..'. r...ti r,..l .1 ..is n n lr 1 1 n I j - .n y ' -i ; .r ,t, . ,i .r.I (i,r r.i ' ',ri ; .ic N , ,r ' ': !' i ;i rr i , , . i- r ' i t ri r i ,i r w A' :r; )-;. V. - r r te v . f i Th r. i fPCP"' y co f-o re ! 1 S-iT CVO '' tbr S We j resc!?ce he s ( |