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Show t- ----- News Students help round-up information Nearly 45 nursing students and faculty members are helping the Ogden Area Community Action Agency survey nearly 500 Ogden residents about city government, suitable housing and safety in their neighborhoods. The survey will gather basic census information and identify social, economic, education, housing and health needs of residents in low-' income neighborhoods. The survey team will go door-to-door May 18 to 21 beginning at 9 a.m. and will target four areas: WashingtonJefferson area, from 29th Street to Washington Boulevard to 36th Street to the railroad tracks; the Marshall White area, from the Ogden River to Washington to 29th to the tracks; the DeeLewis area, from Washington to 20th to Monroe Boulevard to 30th; and West Ogden. "We are delighted to have the support of the university and look forward to this as an ongoing relationship. We'll use the information to develop work plans and services to address the needs of the community," said Doretha Keeling, program coordinator for OACAA Head Start. The OACAA provides human services to help people with low incomes become self-sufficient. OACAA offers a preschool, day-care, food bank, elderly, housing, home weatherization, counseling, job referrals and other community outreach programs. Commencement activities planned Dee Ward Hock, Weber State alumnus and retired founder of the VISA credit card organization will speak at Weber State University's 1994 commencement program. The processional will begin at 7:40 a.m. and the program will begin at 8 a.m., June 10 in the Dee Event Center. A picnic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the soccer field west of the social science building. Nine convocation and recognition programs will be held during the day at various campus locations. BYU hosts home teaching convention More than 2,000 people are expected at the 14th annual Home Education Convention and Curriculum Fair, which will be held June 4 at Brigham Young University. KSL Radio personality, Bob Lee will deliver the keynote address on the subject of home education. "People who've heard of Bob Lee on the radio know how informed he is on educational issues and how engaging he is," said UHEA President Karl Pearson. Those wishing to attend the convention can register at the door from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at the Wilkinson Center, with the opening program at 9 a.m. in the Wilkinson Center Ballroom. The convention is held in connection with "Home Education Week" May 29 through June 4. Ballot From front page the present philosophies seemed to point to an open ballot. Kotter was recently involved in an open meeting issue in which a Signpost reporter was almost prevented from attending a closed Student Fee Recommendation Committee meeting. The meeting was later forced open by the President's Council headed by Weber State University President Paul H. Thompson. The student fee allocation pro Survivor From front page me and told me that it did not exist, it was unreal. I did not want to hear it, I hung up on him." "We were there, we saw the gas-chamber in Auschwitz," Waterford said; "This man that called once before, called again. He asked, 'Did you see the inside of a gas chamber?' You are so ignorant I said. If I had, I would not be living," she said. With so much to teach, so much to tell, Waterford simply ran out of time during the program. A self described "Grandmother" she had so much to tell and not enough Briefs cess is controlled almost entirely by students, she said. "Students are even less in a position to withstand pressure," Kotter said. "Especially if they have one of their professors sitting behind them." She said she was not directly involved with strategic planning but found the secret ballot interesting. Kotter said her personal philosophy mirrored James', but added she was told by faculty that closing the student fee allocation meeting was wrong. "That's the kind of world we live in," she said. time to tell it. As for giving this generation a message, she was at a loss for words. "Oh I don't know. Things now are so different, so bad," Waterford said. "It was a hard time for me, but the world is an awful place, you will have so many more things to worry about. I can't give one message because I don't know what the future brings." For this generation, Waterford does not think that we will have to go through what she did. A change in rimes brings a change in the world, and Waterford hopes we will not have to compare her life and times with our own. Professor contributes of effort and devotion Saving Weber Junior College from the clutches of BYU and starting Weber State University's psychology department, are only a few of the many contributions Dr. William D. Stratford has made in his 48 years as a professor at WSU. Stratford began his teaching career at WSU in 1946 when it was called Weber Academy. After receiving his Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University, Stratford decided to settle in Ogden and teach at what he presently considers one of the best teaching schools in the nation. Stratford is known throughout the campus as the man who first initiated the psychology department. According to Stratford, former Dean of Social Science, Dean Dayton gave him a letter on June 3, 1978 that said he could teach at WSU as long as he wanted to no matter what happened. With this new privilege, Stratford moved up the teaching ranks from assistant professor to the dean of men and finally the head of the social science department where he began the psychology department in 1962. When rumors of retirement surfaced at the end of the 1994 school year, Stratford immediately negated them. "It's been 48 years since I began teaching here," Stratford V- A itfew....-...,.!..!.,.-.-, mub;:..., fc'..yi.yi.,.ifiA,fc.B. IWiiimriniirtiii HMi m im iiit'i .'-- itiVlil 'iMi"'""'"'" OPENS MAY 20th EVERYWHERE said. "I enjoy teaching. I feel I still have a contribution to make." In his 48 years, Stratford claims to have taught over 18,000 students. In addition to teaching, he has also hired the majority of the psychology department's professors, including Dr. Bruce W. Haslam and department chair, Dr. Benne D. "I enjoy teaching. I still feel I have a contribution to make." -William D. Stratford Williams. Stratford is proud of his involvement with WSU and commends not only the psychology departmentbut also several other departments including the English and physical science department's for their strides toward higher education. "I firmly believe Weber is the most outstanding teaching university in the state and in some instances thenation," Stratford said. Besides his academic endeavors, his most fascinating contribution occurred in 1958 when BYU attempted to acquire Weber Junior College as a feeder school. According to Stratford, in 1958 Gov. J. Bracken Lee decided to sell all of the junior colleges in Utah for $100,000 to BYU so he could avoid paying taxes 48 years to WSU on them. This acquisition left Stratford and the rest of the state-funded faculty out of work. Stratford quickly joined the fight to save his beloved school from the hands of the private university. Stratford and the rest of the faculty went to the legislature for help. The state said that the faculty had to acquire a referendum with at least 10 of the voter's signatures in all 29 counties in Utah in order to stop the acquisrtioa Needless to say, Stratford and the faculty were able to accomplish the task. After lobbying at grocery stores from Brigham City to Cedar City, the faculty committee was able to generate an overwhelming response to save Weber from BYU. "We did all of the campaigning on our own time, using our own money," Stratford said. "There were some cases where we had to visit those counties 20 times," he said. A second problem arose with the question of funding the institution. According to Stratford, the only solution was to implement a beer tax on all of the beer made in Utah. The proposed bill to implement the tax was sent before the state senate and was eventually passed. Three hours after the bill passed, a new bill was introduced by Stratford and the faculty to make Weber Junior College into a four-year institution, thus began WSU. |