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Show ThE DAily UtaIi HOMELESS nn THURSDAY, OCTOBER ASUU CLE in Salt Lake City See page 6 VOL. 97 NO. 12 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 1,1987 Coping with poverty allocates funds Nigerian Student Association gets money for Independence Day event .1 mi hi NROTC to help sponsor an annual By Lori Bona Chronicle campus editor run. The money will be used for advertisments in the Chronicle, security and The groups origional bill, submitted at the Sept. 23 meeting, included a request for printing expenses. When the meeting was delayed, the expenses were covered by the fund-raisi- With $348 to spare, the ASUU Assembly wrapped up its summer quarter sessions. Wednesday evening by allocating $1,915 to four student organizations. The largest allocation, $664, went to the Nigerian Student Association to help sponsor an Independence Day celebration, scheduled for Oct. 3. The funding will be used for art exhibits, room rental, and airfare, hotel accomodations and an honorarium for the keynote speaker, a consulate from San Francisco. The group tried on two previous occasions to obtain funding from ASUU. During the July 22 session the bill was tabled because it failed to specify how the money would be spent. The bill was scheduled to be brought up again at the Sept. 23 meeting. However, the meeting was canceled when the Assembly failed to reach quorum. The bill finally passed by consensus, after a lengthy discussion on why the consulate couldn't fly to Utah on the $59 special rate. Some members also questioned the need for an honorarium. To help insure the bills approval, Todd Gabler, manager of K- - "UTE" radio station, withdrew his till requesting $888 for new radio equipment. The bill, which was vetoed earlier this summer by ASUU President Jacque Morgan, will be brought up in a later sesssion. The Assembly also allocated $310 to the ng T-shir- ts. sol italic ...... . organization. The Business Student Executive Council received $462 to print newsletters for the students in the College of Business. " v... The group originally asked for $597, $135 of which was to pay for the newsletter to be folded by machine. The Assembly voted to delete that line from the bill. Th addition, an amendment was made to strike six lines from the bill that prohibited other groups in the College of Business from asking ASUU for money to fund news- letters. The final allocation went to the li! jAJmmmm Art goes over big at U. fc, Associated Student Organizations of the College of Engineering. The group was xffl Chronicle photo by linn Culmo requesting $552 to help send three engineering students to a national student council conference at Columbia University. The Assembly voted to give the group $477 dollars $150 less than their original request. Some members questioned the significance of. such a conference and others questioned the motives of those wanting to attend. The Assembly finally decided to pay for half of the student's registration fees and half their air fare. Renoir might. be aghast. Monet could turn over in his grave. Perhaps Van Gogh would be pleased. Reproductions that can be bought. Ken Bidner, a salesman with Northern Galleries, is offering full-siprints for $6 A and three prints for $15. portion of the proceeds go into the Union Programs fund. Bidner will be on campus from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Friday. ze Each of these artists' work is being displayed this week at the Showcase Gallery in the Union Building. No, not the actual work, but reproductions. Child care poses problems for Utah population National group seeks n."n..u bill ... Garff Chronicle staff writer The need for better child care is a serious problem nationwide, and the issue takes on added importance in Utah. Supporters of a nationwide effort to receive federal funding for child care were in Utah Wednesday to address University of Utah students and concerned local groups. "The need for better child care has increased by 100 associate with percent since 1971," Amy Wilkins, program the Children's Defense Fund in Washington, D.C., said. in the nation have "Two-thirof all 1995 the. majority of all mothers in the labor force and by children will be spending time in child care facilities." and Cheryl Wright, assistant professor of family said and Wilson with the at studies U., agreed consumer care child with concerned Utahns should be especially because there is a significantly large number of children in Utah. In--a child care environment it is acceptable for one is provider to care for eight children, but in Utah there one children. 15 provider for With these and other problems in mind, the Children's Defense Fund, along with nearly 70 other national organizations, have announced the formation of the Alliance for Better Child Care (ABC). The group will seek a significant federal investment in child care for America's children. Wilkins said the history of the ABC bill has been to nickel and dime it, or for the legislature to pass small portions of it, ds I Chronicle photos by Mark Barkdull Amy Wilkins, program associate with the Children's Defense Fund, addressed students about the ABC bill, which she says will greatly improve child care conditions nationwide. to provide more funds pre-school- ers of child care. condition which does not benefit the poor . . ... i i be will we bill t think the don passed witnin "Essentially the next few years," Wilkins said. "We're looking to the next adminstration for real progress." Wilkins said the federal government's commitment to child care has decreased drastically over the past six years because the largest source of direct federal child care funding, the Title 20 Social Service Block Grant, was reduced by 20 percent in 1981. Wilkins said the sponsors of the ABC bill stressed that when a child receives quality care, there is less chance the child will drop out of school later in life. Child care is the fourth highest expense of an average income family of four, with families spending $3,000 annually on child care, Wilkins said. "Presently, salaries are inadequate for child care employees and child care facilities can't retain qualified people," Wilkins said. "Most employees are grossly underpaid." Wilkins said Sen. Orrin Hatch has sponsored a bill in the Senate, and although laudable, there is not enough funding involved to make a substantial dent in the present condition of American child care. The ABC bill will attempt to make child care more affordable for low and moderate income families and increase the number of child care facilities and the number of qualified staff. It also seeks to improve the quality of child care and to make a wide range of day-caoptions available to best suit also include a program to will the needs of children. The bill train all child care employees. re Non-Prof- it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
