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Show I I WEdNEsdAy, -- April 27, 1988 ChuoNicIt boards from page one T want to make it so students really benefit from their funds this year. I want students to tell their friends 'Guess who I saw in concert for only five bucks.' I even want the big concert this year to be free," Bugoslavski said. Bugoslavski said the board's meetings will be open to the public, so students can have input on how their funds are used. These meetings have never been closed in the past "We don't want anarchy, we still need structure. But we want it to be a very democratic structure," he said. The Student Services Board also is deviating from Redbook tradition. It will have two instead of a chair and vice chair. Michelle Theil and Corey Engman will split the traditional duties of the board chair, much like the Programs and Activities Board. 'There's a lot to accomplish in one year's time," Theil said. "With two board chairs it will be easier to accomplish and it will be easier to have a democratic process." The purpose of the Student Services Board is to provide services that students can really use, Engman said. He said ASUU should provide more than just "funky dances and activities." In past years, programs organized by ASUU have been criticized because they were perceived as not attracting a majority of the student body. Theil and Engman said the key to getting more done this year is to increase the efficiency of their board. "We want to keep a lot of the same programs, but we want to make them more efficient," Engman said. Theil said the Board also has some new programs it would like to try to start, including a free day care program and computer service. Board will be organized Ombudsman the Although Redbook to the guidelines, a lot of things according the board would like to try are far from traditional, said Kris DeBry, board chair. "We want to change the name to Student Legal Services," DeBry said. "It will help students know better what we can do for them." DeBry also would like to start a program where third-yea- r law students could offer advice to students. Then all the board's attorneys would have to do would be to sign the advice, instead of advising the students themselves. She said the Ombudsman's office doesn't actually give legal advice, but it helps students find out what their options are in a certain situation. "We try to help students find their options and to give them moral support. If they actually do need an attorney, we can refer them to one," she said. co-chai- x 24-ho- ; rs ur U. Farnsworth for Utah By Bruce R. Burmngham Chronicle staff writer A University of Utah Master of Fine Arts candidate has been chosen to sculpt a statue of Philo T. Farnsworth for Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building. James Avati, who received his bachelor's degree from the U., was chosen from 35 Utah artists to create the sculpture of the Utah inventor and humanitarian. Avati, whose work has been shown in Utah, California and Arizona, will receive $50,000 to complete the Farnsworth statue. The statue will be presented to the U.S. Congress by the State of Utah on May 2, 1990 and will be placed in Statuary Hall with Utah's other commemorative statue of Brigham Young. Since Congress created Statuary Hall in 1864, each state has been allowed to place two statues of citizens who exemplify the energy and personality of the state. Utah's first statue-Brigh- am Young, the "Great Colonizer," was placed in Statuary Hall in 1950. Since then, no other serious candidate had been considered for the second position until the 1987 Utah State Legislature named Farnsworth. Farnsworth, who was born in 1906 near Beaver, is best known as the "Father of Television." He described his theory for picture transmission to life-siz- e his chemistry teacher, Justin Tolman, while attending Rigby High School in 1922. Tolman was later called on to validate Farnsworth's claim to the television patent. Farnsworth's genius, however, was not limited just to the cold cathode ray tubes used in television. He is also responsible for radar, the infra-re- d night fight, the electron microscope, the baby incubator and the used to examine the human digestive tract. When he died in 1971, he was working on what he fusion. considered his most important work-nucl-ear He had already claimed two patents on the peaceful use of this form of energy. After students from Ridgecrest Elementary School's 5th grade Independent Study Class became aware of a statement by Sen. Orrin Hatch indicating that Utah had only one statue in Statuary Hall, they chose the project as a vehicle to study the legislative process. The Utah State Legislature then created a commission to oversee the idea and choose a candidate for the statue. Of the 21 prominent Utahns selected by the commission, four were nominated for final consideration. some ' i A I I 'ij j & gas-trosco- A statue of Philo T. Farnsworth, the Utahn who invented radar and cathode ray tubes, will be placed in the U.S. Capitol Building statuary hall. The statue was sculpted by University of Utah student James Avati. The Farnsworth resolution was first presented to the 1986 House of Representatives and passed without one negative vote. However, it was held in the rules committee in the Senate and never allowed to come to the floor. The same thing happened in 1987, but effective lobbying by elementary school students helped bring the resolution to the floor for a final vote. MEWS o o ASUU Budget bright ideas? Deadline Extended to Friday April 29 At kinko's thinkuniversity street Noon ALL Student Organizations must submit budget requests to the ASUU office Union 234 by noon 200 583-348- 0 Open 24 Hours 200 University St. 583-348- 0 Five student to sculpt MfflTOME Need Paqe IS asuu |