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Show ThE DAily UtaN ON CLE 0m5er6qSt' r-- mmmmmSs!rn!iAHmm -- m w SHOESTRING U. 01: vol 07, no. 97 may adopt semester system Academic schedule switch could save money in operating costs; Regents to vote in February By Todd Curtis Chronicle staff writer Wm. Rolfe Kerr, commissioner of higher education, is recommending the State Board of Regents convert all state universities and colleges to the semester system by the fall of Kerr listed several reasons for change, including the "overall advantages of the semester system for students, faculty and administrators and the annual operating cost savings under the semester system. "(The semester system) eliminates one full cycle of processing admissions, registration, final exams, financial The announcement was made to the Univeristy of Utah Academic Senate Monday afternoon by U. Provost James Clayton. Clayton received a report from Kerr Monday morning and wanted to alert the Senate of his intentions. "I'm here today to inform you of the Regent's intent so the Senate can discuss the issue and express their views to the Regents," Clayton said. "The Regents intend to have this issue on their agenda as a discussion item at their Jan. 22 meeting and expect to vote on it during their Feb. 26 meeting," Clayton said. All of the state's colleges and universities operate under the quarter system except for the U.'s College of Law, which operates under the semester system. In a report to Clayton, Kerr said more and more colleges and universities are changing to the semester system. etc. which provides cost savings both to the institution and to students," Kerr said in the report. The Senate also debated a paragraph in a proposed document that would regulate U. officials when terminating tenured faculty. The debate centered on the clause about formal budgetary limitations. Formal budgetary limitations would allow U. officials, along with faculty members, to reduce the number of faculty in certain programs without eliminating the program entirely. As the document stands now, if the U. were forced to make budgetary cuts, it could claim financial collapse and reduce programs. However, formal budgetary limitations could allow the university to dismiss tenured and faculty members without cutting the program entirely. 1989. f 1 - t , ' Assembly asks for superfunds See page 3 ' 'l vCi! jf ! a-,? 1 - aid, gradestranscripts, computer services, diplomas, non-tenur- ed Student group promotes nuclear arms reduction through symbolic overtures By Fara Warner Chronicle news editor Chronicle photo by Guy Elder Winter arrives with white, wet surprise University of Utah students bowed their heads, donned winter gear and scurried through blizzard-lik- e conditions to make early morning classes as a cold front blew several inches of snow into the Salt Lake valley Monday morning. The KUTV Weatherbank forecast for the week reports a 40 percent chance of snow showers today with colder temperatures expected. Highs should be in the 40s and the mercury should be dropping to the 20s at night. As Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet to sign the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty this week, student groups across the nation, including one at the University of Utah, are again promoting reduction of nuclear arms using symbolism. At the U., two students have started a campus chapter of the national organization Beyond War. Kari Nelson and Miryam Miller asked people Monday to wear blue ribbons supporting the signing of the INF treaty. According to College Press Service, members of the United Campuses to Prevent Nuclear War at Western Kentucky University constructed a "World War III Memorial" by pasting the pages of the local telephone book on a long sheet of cardboard. "People got the connection," WKU professor Sam MacFarland said. "There will be no survivors of World War 50-ya- rd III." U. students tace barriers U.'s disabled discover ways to cope I Editor's Note: In the first part of a two-pa- rt series the Chronicle looks at the physical barriers experienced by some handicapped U. students. In tomorrow's series, the Chronicle will focus on university buildings and access to them. By Sharon Deckert Chronicle staff writer The snow this week has created delight in the hearts of skiers and extra work for campus work crews, but for University of Utah students in wheelchairs, the snow is another obstacle to overcome in the trek to their next class. student, said Wallace Calder, a pre-la- w the U. campus has the natural problem of this being on a hill. Add snow and ice to real a problem for factor and there exists disabled students. If the sidewalks don't get cleared quickly, the footprints can create icy ridges. "It's like driving over a washboard, Bryan Carroll, a senior in electrical engineering said. Carroll is confined to a wheelchair. When it snows enough for plowing the parking lots, the plows can leave insurmountable banks of snow next to the curb. ar protests had dropped off since 1984, but there has been a resurgence of the protests as students became impatient with the Reagan administration's failure to reach an arms agreement with the Soviet Union, College Press Service said. Ironically, the protests coincided with the signing of the missile reduction treaty between the two superpowers. The new U. group didn't go as far as WKU students, but did distribute information stating it will take dramatic change in the way humans view the earth to survive in a world where a species has the capability of destroying itself. The organization's goal is to inform "people of the crisis we face and provide opportunity to discuss, develop and demonstrate a new way of thinking that will bring about a world beyond war." The group supports reduction of nuclear arms and the INF treaty, but has tried to stay out of the ideological or political side and is working with the community opinion, see "nuclear" on page two Anti-nucle- - Carroll said if he tries to steer his mechanized wheelchair over these banks, he and stuck. He must becomes wait for students to knock down the snow or at times lift his chair over the bank. Snow is not the only problem with sidewalks. Rough, chipped cement can catch the wheels of chairs and create potential disasters. Calder said he has fallen over backwards and could have been seriously hurt while he was maneuvering his wheelchair over rough cement in front of the Henry Eyring Chemistry Building. In general, however, Calder said the sidewalks are kept in good repair and snow is removed quickly from the most frequently used sidewalks. Snow, ice and rough sidewalks present see "handicapped" on page two high-center- ed Chronicle photo by Erin Cilmn Wallace Calder, a pre-la- w student, said handicapped students still face barriers. Org. U.S. Postage Paid Non-prof- it Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |