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Show Page 2 No ember 30, 1984 Forum news Club Basketball T earn Organizes, Looks to NAIA by late to basketball than soccer because there is more scoring and people get a chance to yell and cheer. Williams wondered why basketball had been put on a back burner. "I dont see why they got a soccer team before a basketball team, he said. "We have the facilities and everything but the funding. Steinke is one of the best coaches in this whole area. His past record shows it However, Steinke hasnt been active as a coach for the team. Shawn Sodergren is, accoach, cording to Williams, their but in reality the players coach themselves. Kaiser said, At first I was asked to coach because Im leaving in December and that wav I could still be involved with the team and not take playing time away from players who will-bhere next semester. The players felt Id be unbiased because I dont live in the dorms and thats where most of them live. They also needed someone who would yell a Christina Thurmond To the surprise of many at Westminster, a club basketball team has been organized. The team, which was put together without tryouts three weeks ago, plays in a recreational league at South High School on Monday nights. Athletic Director Tom Steinke said Its just a bunch of guys that always got together and played. I told them to put a team together. Theyre mostly dorm students, but it wasnt restricted to dorm students. The team was required to pay a $250 entry fee to get into the league. According to an unnamed campus source, the money came from the administration through the intramural budget Some students were upset that tryouts werent held. According to Scott Kaiser, a team member, a tryout was scheduled for lot late October, but Steinke did not show up and Kaisers coaching career was short-live- d only six players were present Another team two players have been injured and because member, Ben Williams, said The coach got miss games because of work many players tired of us bugging him about a team, so he handed us a roster and told us to put names and school. "I guess Im a player again for on it Williams noted that because of the now, although not a very good one, said Kaishort time given, they put the roster together ser. He added that the bad thing about the whole situation was that it was planned so themselves. late in the semester that we cant have reguWilliams said there had been talk about lar practices because of work and classes. getting a NAIA (intercollegiate) team for a Were lucky that we have about seven good long time and he believes that this is a step in players who always show up for practices the right direction. I hope they get a basketand games and provide a solid base for the ball team started here for the schools sake, team. not the players sake, Williams said. I think The tea consists of Gary Barmore, Rusit would add something to the school, to give students more to watch than a boring soccer sell Chapman, Jeff Ellis, Bob Gore, DaveGou-lartKurt Henkle, Scott Kaiser, Tom O game. Leary, Dave Rouse, Rob Scacco, Dan Thiros Williams added that more people can re and Ben Williams. so-call- 4 e Some members of the club basketball team include (back row, from left): Rob Scacco, Jeff EUis, Ben Williams, Gary Barmore, Bob Gore, Kurt Henkle, Shawn Sodergren, (front row) Tom Leary, Scott Kaiser. ASUSU President Faces Recall Election by Tammy Armantrout Bill Carter, the elected student body president at Utah State University in Logan, was no where to be found when the registration deadline for fall quarter rolled around, according to an October article in the Deseret News. However, at the last minute, Carter had the Dean sign a late registration form and returned to take over the reins of his office, according to Ben Nichiguchi, executive vice president of the Associated Students of Utah State University. Nichiguchi added that Carter, who was the first black student body president at USU, had said at an open forum, that the reason hed missed the meetings his office required him to attend and to register late was to draw attention to hi3 office. Students dont buy it, said Nichiguchi. They feel that theyve been deceived. A petition circulated by Richard Dyer, a liberal arts major at USU, is asking for a recall election. As of Nov. 25, the petition wa3 100 signatures short, due to a ruling that everyone signing it must have been registered by the second week of school. I fully intend to go out and get those hundred signatures on Monday, and even more," said Dyer, in a telephone interview on - Nov. 25. As with any issue on campus, theres still student apathy. But, according to Dyer, Carter still has a lot of backing. Reagans Landslide Will Mean Funding Cuts (CPS) As the election results sink in, most education observers say they expect President Reagans landslide win will mean deeper cuts in federal funding of colleges and students during the next four years. And at least one source, who did much to shape the education policies of the first Reagan term, says theyre correct going to come back on us hard, and going to try to cut About the only change will be that President Reagan wont propose abolishing the U.S. Department of Education again, says Ron Docksai, author of the education section of the conservative Heritage Foundations landmark Mandate for Leadership report I think the next four years will be like the last four years, adds Dennis Martin of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. There will be very little growth in (the programs), but we hope to have support from Congress. In his first term. President Reagan tried to implement virtually all the education policies Docksai outlined. Congress must hold the line on financial aid, says Leslie Woolf, who Reagan fired as head of the Womens Education Equity Project in his first term, and I dont think Congress will blow it. But Docksai hascompetition from others hoping to help cast education policies in the second term. We want to assist, says Garvin Hudgins, communications director of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Dyer said that Carter,- who could not be reached to comment, wanted to do what the students want I have no doubt that when I take in the additional signatures into the student council theyll have to set a date for a recall election by Tuesday Noy. 27, said Dyer. Library Hours Extended The library will be open extra hours during the week of finals. Hours will be Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 9, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., according to Dick Wunder, library director. Wunder also added that all library books are due by Dec. 13. ... e, But when asked if he expects the administration will try to cut student aid anyway, Hudgins readily concedes, It certainly seems likely at this point A number of educators and student leaders around the country also want to befriend the winners, though few believe the gesture will stop the administration from proposing more cuts. In the future," says Greg Moore, president of the U.S. Student Association, long a power in the youth wing of the Democratic Party, USS A will attempt to have more contact with the White House. Since Reagan captured the youth vote nationwide, it could mean he will have more concern for the youth," hopes Jim Kessler, a political activist at the University of Massa-chusetts-Amhe- But Mike DeSanto, national director of the nationwide Coalition of Independent College and University Students, predicts, Theyre theyre All federal programs will be under close scrutiny, counsels Charles Saunders, head of government relations for the American Council on Education. Im optimistic (cuts can be avoided) because the Republicans in Congress are supporting higher ed. Since 1982, Congress repeatedly has rebuffed presidential requests for further drastic cuts in aid programs, and the recent elections did not alter Congresss makeup substantially. But some observers worry Reagans victory was big enough to force cuts in student aid anyway. There has been a loss of grants, 25 percent since 1980, and thats with Congress rejecting most of Reagans proposals, says Kathy Ozer, USSAs lobbyist Others also fear Congress cant prevent fur- ther weakening of laws to protect women from campus discrimination, more cuts in funding of black colleges and libraries, or political interference in federally-funde- d research. Four more years will lead to more cuts for educational equity certainly, Woolf contends. Saunders notes the Reagan administration has made a lot of noise in helping black colleges, but it was mostly noise. Theyre trying to take huge amounts out of student aid, which is i very important to black colleges." ; The majority of students at the black schools ' depend bn financial aid, Ozer says. - "Hopefully the president will cut back on waste in higher education, says Jack Abra-mof- f, head of the College Republicans in Washington, D.C. There is tremendous abuse in that department" Abramoff also predicts the administration will intensify its hunt for students who have defaulted on their student loans. We also want to discourage people from running to the feds first off for loans," he con- tinues. In sum, Id estimate the next four years J will be like the past four years. The 1984 Republican platforms education plank was much like the 1980 version, ing the 1980 call to dismantle the Educational Department But the administrations first term policies more closely resembled the Heritage Foundation agenda than the Republican platform. In Mandate for Leadership, Docksai called for shifting control of education from Washington to state and local governments, for easing federal regulations of civil rights laws, for tuition tax credits, changing student aid from grants to loans, restricting enforcement of laws barring discrimination against women on campus, and abolishing both the Womens Educational Equity Project and the Education Department Docksai, now staff director of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, says the new education agenda isnt public yet, and that a new Heritage Foundation report is due out December 6th. He does say "expansion of (student aid) just isn't in the cards during Reagans next term. Cutting aid, moreover, "has to remain a live issue because our resources are inelastic, he says. The same type of (debate) will happen this time. "The question in funding aid, he says, isnt cutting needy students off the roles, but decide class. -- |