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Show I' 6 Coyhis: shift the popular paradigm, interact with nature Award highlights WSU alumni, class of '58 1 j By Patrick Parkinson asst. news editor-The Signpost Before he was disheartened by alcoholism and bureaucracy, Don Coyhis, founder of White Bison, was nurturing a lucrative career in the technology sector. "I believe I am here today by divine intervention," Coyhis said to a Weber State University Convocation audience Thursday. "The Creator must have looked down and said, 'That one's not going to make it; we have to help.'" After attaining sobriety, Coyhis began to examine how different types of American organizations were structured. He realized under current European structure, the most important element of the organization the customers, students or whoever is being served was not even accounted for in the organization's hierarchy. Coyhis began questioning how we were selecting our leaders and methods available to remove leaders if - they were not performing as expected. He felt a shift in this organizational hierarchy needed to occur. The management or administration of the organization, Coyhis said, needs to be at the bottom of the organization, where they can be held fully accountable for their service. "The people who needed to hear this information, were not there," John Allen Shaw, next year's black students senator said. "We need the ASWSU officers to hear what he Coyhis has to say." After realizing the irrationality behind how we were structuring our organizations, Coyhis, who belongs to the Mohican Nation, took his concerns to his tribal elders, and they advised him to go on his vision quest. Coyhis fasted for several days and saw his vision come out of the ground. "I saw the white Bison appear STOW-IT FEATURES Heavy Duty Steel Construction Convenient, Secure, Affordable Fast Delivery & Pick-up Full Swing Doors Ground Level Access driving you nuts? STOW-IT f80n 977-8885 X ' Id'iQ Watr I (EPiil'Ji REFRIGERATED UNITS AVAILABLE ! Campus Christian Fellowship Weekly Activities Bible Study Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Shepherd Union Building Rm 330 Join us for 50 minutes of Bible study and fellowship as we study the epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, guided by the Greek text. English Bibles and study guides are provided. Other activities will be offered if there is sufficient student interest. Sponsored by the Ecumenical Campus Christian Fellowship. For more Information, call Mark LeTounwau at 6386. A' V 1 Y WW i Koty Simon speaks with Don Coyhis to me," Coyhis said. Coyhis knew there was something he had to do. He was done being lured through the corporate world by promotions and raises, while actually becoming further separated from an organization he referred to as a "kingdom." "I knew we needed to go back to the old ways," Coyhis said. All processes in nature, he said, operate within a circle. The separation inherent in traditional, European organizational methods, he felt, was negatively contributing to the Native-American community, and was diametrically opposed to nature. In 1988, he established White Bison to combat statistical atroci 48'xl02"x9 12' I 40x8'x8 12' j 20'x8'x8 12' I IrVl C.-k CI. I r ll ft I 1 f .S: during Thursday's Convocation. ties which were occurring onNative-American reservations. Alcoholism, illiteracy, sexual and physical abuse of both adults and children and a high infant mortality rate have been threatening to destroy the Native-American community since the onslaught of white people. White Bison's mission is to achieve 95 percent sobriety among Native-American youth by the year 2000 and to have 180 Native-' American communities in alcohol rehabilitation by 2010. wffl?m3 mum mm rnimt wntfflR tEiirumttfp ii urn mm i r- in-' - i t-n-H" --vr--- - - - - J These workshops are topics for student enrichment suggested bg LUSU-DRUIS students. The morkshops are free and free pizza is serued. Please attend as mang as gou can. These are for gour enjoyment and are paid for by student fees. APRIL 8 Personal Growth and Deuelopment Carol E. Merrill, counselor, Seruices for Women Students APRIL 22 Ualue-based Time Management flndy Jeppson from Franklin Couey MRV 6 Davis County Diuersity Dr. Forrest Crawford, Professor of Education, and Mike Ellis, Director of the Shepherd Union Building MRV 2B Successful Parentiny Judy Hurst, Director of Student Rctiuities APRIL 14 Improve Vour Listeniny Skills Lynnae Dopp, Coordinator of Tutoring Seruices APRIL 28 ResumeCover LetterInterview Strategies Michael UJhite, Co-Op Manager, Career Seruices MRV 12 Semester Conversion Update Carole Price and Cheryln Jackson from Academic Rduising By Ann Burton news writer-The Signpost He was more than just a student graduating from Weber State University in 1948; he was a student WSU will never forget The Alumni Association will present its first-ever Emeriti Lifetime AchievemcntAward to Wayne Carver of Northficld, Minn. The Emeriti Lifetime Achievement Award was established to recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves through a lifetime of accomplishments and support of WSU. "We chose Mr. Carver for this prestigious award because of his dedication to WSU and his exemplary contributions as an educator and writer," said Dick Davis, associate director of Alumni Relations. "He is the first of many outstanding alumni we plan to honor in the future." A native of Plain City, Carver received an associate's degree from Weber State College in 1943. While a student, he excelled as a member of the debate team and served as student body president. He later earned a bachelor's degree in English from Kennion College in Gambicr, Ohio, and returned to Weber State College in 1947 to teach English for seven years. Cheating From frontpage write them out in essay form. His memories of WSU are chronicled in the essay "Imagining Eden," which was included in the book "Weber State College... A Centennial History." Currently, Carver is an emeritus liberal arts professor at Carleton College in Northfield, Ohio. Carver will be presented with the award Friday at 6:30 p.m. in room 338 of the Shepherd Union Building. Also, Class of 1958 graduates will get the chance to rekindle old friendships and reflect on memories during a class reunion. Following the program, the class will be inducted into emeritus status. A group photo will be taken to commemorate the evening. The banquet program will feature speakers Ann Millncr, vice president of University Relations; Steve Rackham, alumni president; and Stanton Taylor, an Ogden judge and member of the Class of 1958. The reunion will continue with a breakfast buffet Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Lindquist Alumni Center. Alumni will view vintage film from 1 958 and tour the campus. Registration fees for the reunion arc $7 per person. Cost of the banquet is $ 1 4, and the breakfast is $8. Those interested in participating should contact WSU's Alumni Association today at 626-7535. English professor Gordon Allred said, "I place a lot of strong emphasis on the honor system and emphasize to students who they're hurting when they cheat. They're robbing themselves of knowledge." |
