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Show Married students urge day care center By PATTI F1SK Chronicle Staff Writer Last week's action by the Assoicated Students of the University Uni-versity of Utah (ASUU) Assemblymen Assem-blymen to temporarily freeze funds for the University Village's proposed Day Care Center raised many questions concerning its future status. But, according to Dave Hansen, Han-sen, chairman of the ASUU Finance Fi-nance Board, the action by the Assembly to freeze funds were merely a delaying action, intending intend-ing to create time for several necessary details to be assembled. assem-bled. The sum of $16,000 requested re-quested by Marriage and Family Counseling Center counselor Hilda Parker could not be considered con-sidered in view of the inadequate presentation of operating specifications. specifi-cations. According to Hansen, basic information in-formation wanted by the Assembly Assem-bly consisted of a breakdown of how many on-campus vs. off-campus off-campus students would be using the proposed facilities of how much money would be needed for each specific service of the center. As far as the basic attitude of the assembly goes, the vast majority ma-jority of Assemblymen are in favor of the proposal, said Hansen. Han-sen. Craig Jensen, mayor of University Uni-versity Village, commented that two primary reasons demand the Conceivably enough funHt would be left overtm initial opening of the center begin plans for the creation of the conceived wider network o centers to be located all 0Ve campus. Although plans have not been ' finalized, the University vuiace has a concrete conception of what is needed. Jensea COrn. mented that ASUU had essen tially made their commitment to the establishment of the center The need is present, and it k. creases every year as the enroll-ment enroll-ment at the University increases Action by the Assembly is al! ready behind schedule. Jensen stressed that although ASUU's support is greatly desired, de-sired, if they refuse to support the Day Care Center, there are always other sources to turn to. creation of a center of this type. One problem is that many wives in the University Village must work to support the costs of their husband's education. Weary of already existing day care centers in downtown Salt Lake and preferring a home environment envi-ronment for their children, they would rather pay the extra money to hire babysitters within the Village to take care of their children. The most important reason why the University should finance fi-nance its own Day Care Center is, according to Jensen, the problem prob-lem of the vast amount of young mothers who would like to continue co-ntinue their education but can't because they have no inexpensive inexpen-sive facilities to care for their children. University Village is unique in that two of its basic needs for the Day Care Center are directly related to gaining an education at the University. As these problems became acute, plans for the proposed center began to formulate in late August and early September. As more studies were made and evaluated, it became apparent that the problem that the problem prob-lem encompassed more than University Village. To really meet the problem, day care centers would ideally be stationed all over campus, operating between 7:30 a.m. to 6 pm., five days a week, thus meeting the needs of commuting students as well as these living on campus. The presently, proposed pro-posed Day Care Center began to be seen not as a unique project, but as a pilot program, intended to be the model of a future campus-wide network of daycare day-care centers. As the project is in its infant stages, no concrete estimation of costs could be very accurately provided. However, the initial estimate of $16,000 has been cut. As things look now, Jensen commented, a day care center adequate for the needs of the University Village could be started and maintained with an initial appropriation of as little as $5,000 or as high as $10,000. An appropriation of $12,000 could make the results of the project even more desirable. |
