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Show I Wednesday, August The Summer Chronicle - Page Two Two U. students join conference, giving the U. an effective voice in national -- education affairs, they said. Paul Kafer, ASUU of the Public Affairs Board and U. student Wendy Brown were elected an ; to USSA's National Board of Directors to represent the Rocky Mountain Area during its conference held in Berkeley, Calif., limit ourselves to our present The University of Utah might build another child care facility on campus to supplement the undersized U. Village center that is having to turn toddlers away, the center in four pods,' each functioning as aseparate unit: three for children and one for lobbyist in Washington D.C. and seeks to protect the interests of all students and student groups, not just those in student full-tim- e . members include maintaining communication with the national office in Washington D.C and informing their region or affiliate group about upcoming activities and conferences USSA is hosting. The members' tasks also include opinions and concerns to the board and recruiting interns for USSA's national office. will be one of two representatives for the Rocky Brown Mountain region. Her position will give the U. an effective voice in the region, Kafer said. Kafer was elected chairman of the National Steering Committee., which oversees all policies, procedures, and elections during the national meetings. school opens (this Fall) to get an , on-camp- us facilities at the 1989 national convention of College and University Personnel Association membership in USSA "is going to be a tremendous benefit to all of the students at the U., not just from the information we are bringing back, but from the feeling we gained from meeting all these other student leaders from across the nation." rt center, completed in 1986, has an operating budget of $1.7 million full-tim- M M MM 101 The" Lowell '' Bennion volunteers can assist rural Utah communities. - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm August 17, 1989 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm August 18, 1989 - 8:00 am 5:00 pm 1989-9- 0 rural Utah. Work with residents contact the Bennion Center. Work and play with elderly people at the Salt Lake Home. evening. Possible needs that will be met include painting the local ' food bank and shelter building, repairing residents Tand doing resale market. have no buyback value. ' Remember to bring your University LD. a Store Hours: UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH r A M P II s 8:00 am 'SftL ; 468-247- 2. Join the Community Services Council in doing yard work for elderly people. People are wanted at all times. Ability and equipment to do yardwork are needed. Call Kathy at the Community Services Council at - 486-213- 6. Join the Preventative Blindness Foundation in administering free tests for glaucoma at the state fair, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and 487-810- 1. fort from page one He added that Owen's intention is to be able to decide the future of the land. "And he thinks the most logical public use is to give the land to the U.," Durham said. Durham said he is confident the legislation will be well received and feels it is safe to say that at least a portion of the fort's surplus will go to the U. Missouri Book, a National Wholesale Company, will make their best offer on titles that are not on our list. Their price is determined by the national on-camp- us 328-025- 1. re stream, maintenance work near -- students may seem like comparing apples and oranges. But both institutions have determined the need for an increase in the child availability of care, even though OSU has a larger capacity to care for its larger number of children. 524-202- 0. by 10 p.m., Tuesday low-incoo- Comparing Ohio State University, the largest single campus complex with 57,000 students, to the U. with 25,000 Thursdays, Sept. 7 through Sept. 17. There is a short training period Play piano, teach gardening, so volunteers can learn how to poetry and music, and walk with perform eye tests. For more the elderly. Volunteer anytime details, contact Julie at between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Help with the Big BrothersBig Contact Marlene Helms, social Sisters "Back to Back" 200k bike director, at the Salt Lake Home tour fundraiser. Volunteers are for Elderly, needed Sept. 9 and Sept. 10 to Help with the recognition of make the tour run smoothly. For elderly people who volunteer, .more information, contact-Mollcontact Don Cook at R.S.V.P. , Gorman at and Aug 29. Leave the U. Union at 7 a.m., Monday morning and of local, year.. We - Utah community. Dates are Monday and Tuesday, Aug 28 "jropfst school interested in participating, of Myton, Utah on a project designed to improve that Eastern return planning especially need people who have lived in rural Utah to help with this planning process. If you are community service project in -- A. committee will work during the Union 101. Take the rural Utah plunge. Join the Bennion Center's first afternoon. 1. the, Bennion Center's plan'to identify ways university 581-481- full-tim- University Union, Salt Lake City, Utah 841 12. (801) 5814811 581-481- following activities, call the 1 or stop by center at August 16, 1989 hours so it is not sufficient for e students," she said. The FCS center exists primarily to provide a practical study lab for U. students to observe children in action. It operates a couple of two and a half hour sessions, one in the morning and the other in the LOWELL BENNION COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER town. For more information call the Bennion Center, This is the first action step in Community Service Center helps interested people serve. the needs of the community. Be a part of it! If you are interested in volunteering for any of the BUYBACSS "The other U. center, a preschool located in the Family and Consumer Studies Building, is also excellent but has very limited al getting it started," he said. Beverly Purrington, U. Women's "Although we could theoretically be four or five times larger based " non-tradition- the roadblocks mainly to of go having bureaucracy through the proper channels in e staff members and 70 who care for 300 children.. VII away. s' requests we receive (at the ASUU office), it's obvious we need another center besides the two presently available," he said. Fulfilling his campaign promise to provide additional quality child care at the U. has not been as easy Hola had hoped. Although he intends to keep his promise, ASUU some into "run has Hatch recognizes there is a strong need." I " student-parent- conservative senator like Orrin U.'s above average for major state universities," she added. "There is an excellent day care center in the U. Village but it has room for less than 60 children, mostly student family housing residents, and is not convenient for students who must ride the bus then get to class from so far on campus. all the care "Considering child America Hotel. A presentation was given of the' history of OSU's child care needs and available services. Judy Fountain, director of OSU's child care center and of the CUPA "Campus Child Care" session said, "It goes to show child care is an important issue if a OSU's new one-thir- d ; more." ASUU president Molonai Hola feels there is a large need for more held Wednesday at the Little state-of-the-a- "Close to of U. students are parents, which is because there are already two on campus. But we're not opposed to the idea, there's always room for University. U. officials learned of OSU's support higher education access for disabled students, he said. "I am going to be involved in programs to make sure the different groups across campus who have riot had access to the student government get their voices heard," he added. This is the first year the U. has been involved in USSA. The U. was the only Utah school represented at the conference. Kafer feels: that the child care center started by then." One possible model for the new child care facility is the Child Care Center at Ohio State also organization aggressively pursues affirmative action and has worked hard to Purrington said the survey will be released in a few weeks. age. While the OSU center might be the model for a. new U. child care center, some U. officials said there are currently no plans to build one. . Fred Petersen, director of U. personnel and chairperson for Jhe CUPA conference, said, "We do not have plans for another child care center at the U. at this time can between now and the time The on-camp- us administrative services. This design reduces visual size and gives infants and preschoolers their own area to play according to Dean of Student Affairs Norm Gibbons, a member of the U. Child Care Feasibility Committee said, "We will be working as fast as we on-camp- us committee said, "Our needs assessment survey has been completed and shows strong interest by students in an child care center." size," Fountain said. The new center was designed with size in mind. Architects built officials said Monday. threats to this important right. To help these students, USSA lobbies to maintain such programs as Pell Grants, they also work to reduce defaults on student loans and increase federal revenues to fund education. - organization that provides a national forum and agenda for higher education. It maintains a their constituency's structure of the organization In addition, Kafer was elected to USSA's executive committee, which oversees the Board of Directors and was elected financial officer of the national organization. "This makes me No. 4 in the organization," Kafer said. "This gives students at the U. a very large voice in a very large national federal budget cuts and other, USSA is the only student voicing y organization." Kafer said USSA feels education is a right and is continually fighting Aug. 4 - Aug. 9. government, Kafer said. Responsibilities of USSA board y amendments-plenar- all the working changes to the week during the United States Student Association (USSA) vice-chairm- issues-plenar- committee, which handle Two University of Utah students were ejected to national offices last . Sorenson Chronicle administration reporter By Heidi G. closely with the representatives .of USSA's the committee and Resource Center acting director and member of the U. child care on the need at OSU, we decided to The committee will also work By Lizz Hart Chronicle ASUU Reporter may get new child: care center U. national USSA board 16, 1989 Other Utah officials, including Sen. Jake' Garn, Rep. Owens and Mayor Palmer DePaulis, created a task force last December to try and transfer the fort's excess land to theJJ., ' . ' Rep. James. Hansen is also aiding the trie Us efforts to receive the land and introduced congressional legislation in January. The bill introduced by Hansen states that, "The Secretary of the Army shall convey to the University of Utah all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the real property comprising Fort Douglas, - Utah, together with the improvements thereon." Major Bill Auer, officer of public affairs for the 96th Army Reserve Command at the fort, said if the land is given to the U., the Department of Defense will lose money that was of the legislation to pay for such Eart throughout the country. If the "Base Closure Act" is carried out as written,- - , the government should save $5 billion. The closing of Fort Douglas alone is expected to annually save $250,000, ' ' . he added. . Part of the savings is based on the closing, the consolidating of current' ' operations, and ' the selling of i ' reusable property. ' V . "The whole thing is based on saving taxpayers dollars over a period of time. And if the land is given away, that won't happen," Auer said. He said actions are specifically spelled out in the act regarding the Defense Department's efforts to dispose of the land and get sales into the Base Closure's account as rapidly as possible. "And we fully intend to carry out the word of the law as well as the spirit of the law, "Auer said. The Defense Department plans to close 86 military bases around the country by 1995 in an attempt to gain significant savings through the realignment and closure of unnecessary military bases. - The or underutilized ,' Defense Secretary's Commission recommended closing Fort Douglas because its position in the center of the university campus severely restricts its operational flexibility. But the Component facilities Reserve will be retained within the fort on about 65 acres. |