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Show m ' L,,mK I til, ' 1 I j -1 ,W Ihi Pictured at work at last year's SUSC telethon are (foreground, left to right) Kip Hansen, Keith Workman, Work-man, Lyn Bulloch, Jane Petty, (back row) Gail Dillard, Jennifer Esplin, Alan Lange, Zelma Alger and Frain Pearson. This year's telethon got underway un-derway Tueday with a goal of $25,000 set. 1 1th annual telethon started; local leaders help SUSC already established and go beyond." Sherratt was referring to the several SUSC programs which have received national acclaim. ac-claim. Last year the SUSC production of "Pippin" was judged the best collegiate theatrical production in the Intermountain West and the SUSC forensics team finished fifth nationally in 1980-81 among all colleges, regardless of size. The SUSC Development Develop-ment Board set the $25,000 goal based on the success of last year's effort. Telethon X, 1981, garnered more than $20,000 in pledges, and this year's chairman, Garth Jones, is confident that more money can be raised. "Southern Utah has a heritage of rallying around the college when it needs help, and I'm certain we will meet and surpass our goal," Jones said. Volunteers will be phoning from 6 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday, Wednesday Wed-nesday and Thursday through April 8. In addition ad-dition to the civic leaders calling on March 16, many local and campus clubs and organizations have offered to phone for an evening. Jones was quick to point out, "Any time anyone gets an hour or two free, they are more than welcome to come to the SUSC Administration Building to call." CEDAR CITY Cedar City Mayor Robert Linford and other local civic and business leaders joined with leaders from Southern Utah State College Tuesday, to kick off the 11th Annual SUSC Scholarship Telethon. The goal for this year's scholarship fund raiser is $25,000 in donations. SUSC Institutional Council Chairman Frank Petty led off the calling, challenging the other leaders to match his success. Petty was the leading fund raiser in last year's Telethon. Petty is very anxious for the event to succeed. "The need for additional scholarship funds is particularly great this year," he explained. "Without additional scholarship help, the proposed cuts in federal student aid could severely limit the number of students who can afford to attend SUSC." Over 70 percent of SUSC students receive financial aid through the college, the bulk of which comes from federal sources. If the proposed reductions are implemented im-plemented over $700,000 in financial aid will be cut from SUSC aid, and an estimated 946 students will be affected. "The Institutional Council has written to Utah's congressional delegation asking them to not cut so deeply into student aid," Petty continued, "bit if the reductions go through as planned, we must have more sholarships to make up the loss. If we don't, enrollment will surely suffer." SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt shared the concern. "It is absolutely imperative that this college grows. But without sufficient financial aid, the students who would have enrolled at SUSC will either enroll elsewhere or simply not attend college." President Sherratt also stressed that, "Even if our financial aid picture were clear, we would still need additional scholarships to maintain the levels of excellence |
