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Show Great Basin By ERIC MORROW SIGNPOST gov't affairs editor As an important component of I luman Rights Week, the Great 'asin Human Rights Conference continues to grow after its inception a mere three years ago. The first conference in 1991 was a small endeavor that organized a small number of students exclusively from WSU. "The first conference was relatively small with only students from WSU reading their papers to a small audience," said Dr. Nancy Haanstad of the WSU political science department. However, the conference 0 cruingeu uraiiiautaiiy uie iuiiuw-ing year as conference organizers were able to secure outside funding."We were able to acquire funding from Amnesty International's western office as part of a Strate- gic Initiatives Fund in which Amnesty donates funds in order to get a conference like ours organized," said Haanstad. The 1992 conference was expanded so that other universities i . i j , 11.. 1 1 ru Scholarships awarded to about 1 ,200 students yearly By CARLOS CORDERO Signpost staff writer Although about 1,200 state. . schTfia rships are awarded every year, many recipients never finish school. Jackie Cutler, supervisor of scholarships at WSU, said every yea r a bou 1 40 percent of new freshmen don't continue theireduca-)0- tion. " A lot of the freshmen don't lose their scholarships but most of them don't continue their education. 1 don't know if it's grades or some of them discover that they don't like the : : i . . j ( lUm Announcing An NOW OPEN AT: 36 & Harrison (Across from Kinko's) 392-6554 Open 7 Days a week No Appointment Necessary Human Rights throughout the western United States could attend and read their papers. "Last year we were able to send out 500 posters to various campuses in order to attract more students to read their works," conference organizer Steve Petrick- "The first human rights conference was relatively small with only students from WSU reading their papers to a small audience. " -Nancy Haanstaad Underwood said. The conference was also able to secure Nien Cheng, a prisoner of conscience from 1966 to 1972 in China during Mao's Cultural Revolution, as the conference's primary speaker. Additionally, a panel composed of members of Amnesty and various scholars was organized to focus on the status .of human rights in China; This year's conference will not offer a forum for students to do poorly," Cutler said. Scholarships left behind by students who don't continue their education are given to students who were late as applicants."I have already a full box of applications of students who were late and want to be considered when we will do alternative awarding, because of students who walk away," Cutler said. Tuition waivers are counted as non-collected revenues by the university when reported to the state. Money is never transferred between the Utah Legisla ture a nd WSU for tuition waivers. Weber State ,m-. m II IR ME Signpost Conference growing present their works, however Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, will continue to spread his grandfather's message of non-violent protest when he speaks in the Allred Theater Wednesday, May 12 at 11:30 a.m. In securing Gandhi as a speaker for the conference, Amnesty worked closely with the WSU Office of Di versi ty and Dr. Forrest Crawford. "We are deeply i ndebted to the Office of Diversity and Dr. Crawford forencouragingGandhi tomakeanadditional tripto WSU to attend this conference," Haanstad said. TheOfficeof Diversity was able to fund Gandhi's trip through the donated money of the King Commission which will fund another "It is not money that we don't use in scholarships. A tuition waiver is not a pile of money for us to use. What we report to the stateare the revenues that we have not collected" Cutler said. WSU scholarships are divided between in-state and out-of-state scholarships. State scholarships are subdivided into: academic, special academic and activities. Most of this scholarships require a 3.5 grade point average and are granted for a year. The Presidential Scholarship is an exception. It requires a 3.7 GPA but is a four year scholarship.At Great Clips, our stylists give you the look you want, every time. Every Great Clips stylist is specially trained to give you a salon-quality cut or perm, without the salon price. So come to Great Clips, and let our stylists give you your style. Great Clips for hair9 I OUR STYLISTS FJ.Ifl.l U'ffl D i.Ti.n'.iMiin'inwri im visit from Gandhi this summer to speak on the 30th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Also on Wednesday, May 12 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Wildcat Theater, a "Non-Violence and Human Rights" panel will address the status of human rights in different parts of the world. Arun Gandhi is a member of this panel and he will be discussing the use of non-violent methods of resistence in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. "Gandhi should provide some interesting insights into thesituation inSouth Africa. A lot of people don't realize Gandhi was born in South Africa in 1934," said Amnesty president Robyn Halverson. Candadai Seshachari, Dean of Arts and Humanities and author of a book on Mohandas Gandhi, will discuss human rights in India.Dr. Henry Ibarguen from the WSU history department is slated to address various human rights groups and movements in Central America. Multicultural educational center, a minorities scholarship, requires a 3.0 GPA. Alumni, soccer and athletic scholarships require a 2.5 GPA. All scholarships have to be for full-time students. Most of the requirements for scholarships are figured by the WSU Administration Committee for Scholarships. The standards are high but they need to be Cutler said. "The scholarships are defined by law as having to be given to meritorious students. In our mind, it means we should be choosing the top students at the institution," she said. Did You Know??? When someone is selling you a diamond they have a natural bias toward the stone they are selling. 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