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Show ' if: (03 a 71 (TTT Tf TH (T 3 1 f L im Monday, May 1, 1995 Volume 58 Number 77 i r,, iy- 7 4 i ' f i A sweaty Daryl Powaukee from the Nez Perce tribe in Fort Duchesne participates with many other Native Americans in a men's traditional dance. The Native Americans gathered for a two-day pow wow Friday and Saturday night in the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom to finish Native American Emphasis Week. MERC works for ethnic minority students By Juliann Bland Signpost staff writer The Multicultural Educational Resource Center at Weber State University is an establishment for ethnic-minority students with American citizenship. The center is charged with the task of serving four main ethnic groups on campus: Native Americans, African Americans, Latino Chicano Hispanic (LCH) and Asian Americans. The center is located in Room 419 of the Shepherd Union Building and serves close to 900 students, Jeffery L. Simons, coordinator of the Multicultural Center, 5 V f'.J I ' . . 'i H ; 'is. : t . 4 said. The center contacts the ethnic students with a list they obtain from computer records. Simons said there are some ethnic students who are not contacted because the names and numbers are retrieved from the voluntary information that students give to the university. I Ie said the Multicultural Center primarily deals with etlmic students with American citizenship. "Bu t we won' t turn anyone away," Simons said. The center does not deal with international issues such as passports and visas. The center offers several ser ... ' Vl s 1 1 ' BRIAN NICHOLSONWE SIGNPOST vices for the ethnic students on campus. Those services include academic advisement; personal and academic counseling; career advisement and testing referral; tutorial referral; computer training and support. Course planning for graduation; job referrals; placement assistance; identification of sources of financial aid and involvement with ethnic student clubs are also offered. There are four professional staffers within the center, and each staff member has at least one peer counselor. There are three student sena Scientist tells future atWSU By Wynne Rasmussen Signpost staff writer By the year 2025, 99 percent of all communication will be done by electronic mail, Gentry Lee, an accomplished space explorer and science fiction novelist, said Thursday at Convocations. Weber State University students were filled with astonishment as Lee lectured about the future, science and space related issues. He said everyone wonders what the future holds. Lee addressed this issue, and entered a realm which people do not understand and encouraged them to do something about it. "I love to talk about the future," he said. According to Lee, there are three things people must do in order to survive the future, and the first is to be aware of what is going on around them. "If you've been resisting learning what e-mail is all about, now is the time to get your head out of the sand and accept the fact this is the way it is going to be done in the future," Lee said. The second thing Lee suggests is to develop the mechanisms in family, groups and institutions to handle unpredicted change. "The sort of things that are so important it overshadows everything else, you can't predict what those things are," Lee said. "I'm talking about preparing for fires and earthquakes." The final key to surviving the fu tu re involves education,hesaid. "Acquire as much knowledge as you can. The history of the human species is One in which knowledge has been the common denominator," Lee said. Lee graduated, summa cum laude, from the University of Texas in January of 1963, and re-See Future page 5 tors who attend ASWSU Student Senate and represent students within their various ethnic groups. "We work very closely with senators because they are the student representatives," Simons said. Each ethnic group plans about two activities a quarter and invite all the other students. Once a quarter the whole center plans an activity. "Students organize the activities," Simons said. "They've been very instrumental."Each ethnic group also has their own emphasis week in which food, crafts, and activities fill the campus. Quick Takes O j A&E Neela Moorty to set WSU stage with tradition of India. See page 8 News Arts & Humanities Empasis Week encourages livelihood. See page 2 Sports Lady 'Cats sweep spring volleyball tournament. See page 10 Features Alumni make the most of life after Weber State. See pages 6-7 Weather Wednesday Mostly cloudy Possible showers 60s40s ThursHav Mnstlv oloudv I d 60S40S 6 6 |