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Show Pta 3 Forum February 23, 1905 Last year the administration decided to contract custodial services through the Columbus Community Center and things have gone so well that the contract between the two has been renewed. Not too many people know this but Westminster College and the Columbus Community Center have ties that go back 10 years. That is when the school became the training grounds for the Columbus students. Currently, the program has appro-- " .tely 18 to 20 students who are in training. i hese people are responsible for the custodial maintenance of Payne Gymnasium and picking up litter on the campus grounds. For letting the Columbus Community center use the gym as a training facility, the college incurs no expense for the work done by the trainees. The training program is designed to prepare vocationally handicapped individuals with the requisite work and social skills for competitive employment. The trainees are taught everything from the proper way to wax a floor to personal hygiene. Those participating in the program range in age from 18 to 64. Both women and men participate in the program. The primary purpose of the program is to help the people in it realize their full potential. However, the benefits dont stop there. From July 1, 1985 to Feb. 23, 1SSS alone the custodial program saved the taxpayers $58,400 in public assistance (Social Security or public welfare benefits) and of the 29 people who started 20 are still on the job, for an 8 7 percent retention rate. Once they have completed the training program which is very demanding (the participants are tested on every aspect of their training and are evaluated every day), these students e are placed into jobs in the community. full-tim- The service that Westminster pays for and contracted out to the Columbus Community Center to provide is the custodial upkeep of the rest of the buildings on campus. This is done by e seven people, they are and many of them come from the training program which takes place in the gymnasium. As Steve Morgan, executive vice president, said last year when the college changed over from having a seven man crew which was made up mostly of Westminster students, the administrative decision to go with contracted services was strictly financial. Morgan went on to say that the college figured this was a way for Westminster to save money (approximately $20,000 per year) which could be funneled toward expanding the academic side of the full-tim- school. dedicated to their work. The Forum feels that the program benefits the Columbus students by providing them with training and potential for future growth. It benefits the community by reducing the public assistance money that comes from taxpayers pockets. It supplies service industries, restaurants, hospitals, hotels and others with qualified custodial personnel. And last but not least, it provided the Westminster campus with cleaner looking buildings and something to be proud of. The Forum would like to congratulate the administration for having the foresight to band with the Columbus Community Center in providing custodial service. Lets hope that these two it organizations continue to work together for another non-prof- Not only has this brilliant move saved the college money; the custodial care has improved greatly, especially after the problems of the past. The new people are very efficient and are decade. The Forum Staff CEs,clSini In the article on tuition increasing for next year that appeared in the Feb. 14 issue of the Forum, some of the figures were incorrect. e The cost of attending as a student will increase from $4550 this year to $4930 next year, according to Steve Morgan, Westminsters executive vice president As stated in the original article, one of the full-tim- changes being made next year is that the building, parking and general fees will be eliminated. Since the original article appeared, the college has set the rate for tuition in courses. This figure will increase from $122 per credit hour this year to $135 per credit off-camp- us hour next year, Morgan added. Ml! Enteimds EduacatMm In a recent story in the Forum, it was reported that the state legislature was considering adopting a bill that kills a law scheduled to become effective this July. The law, Public Accountants Licensing Act of 1981, simply put, requires a fifth year of education or 30 hours (equal to a Masters degree), before a Certified Public Accountant candidate can sit for a CPA exam. This is in addition to the already mandatory two additional years a CPA candidate must intern before receiving their commitment in all. certificate; a seven-yea- r Student Opinion Tu. cet they pai&ep th' tuition again this yeak-- " While a bill to change or delete this law is argued in committee and various amendments to it are proposed and ironed out, one thing remains certain. If bill 84 isnt passed and the 1981 law takes effect, CPA candidates who have not taken the exam before July, face education for a chance another year of high-cowant at the jobs they Several students in the auditing program have made it clear to me that they will leave the state to seek jobs elsewhere, because as one Westminster student said, ...Any auditing major will tell you that the four year program internship, just prepares you for the two-yewhich is the real classroom, out in the field. There are just some things you cant really prepare for in the classroom, you need the practical experience. Another year in the classroom just costs more and still doesnt give experience that internship you the real-lif- e st V V fTVl I I ) if ) kiy 1 H 1 . j. A llVll li WirVi I I I I I I I y I I I I UUU The Forum of Westminster College of Salt Lake City will be published and distributed while classes are in session during the spring semester. 1986. by the Associated Students at Westminster College. 1840 South 1300 East. Salt Lake City. Utah 84105. John Dahmen Editor-in-chi- ef Karin Jaffie Managing Editor and Production Manager Michael Moser Advertising Sales Director DavePinnick Photo Director Reporters Tammy Armantrout. Dave Bresnahan, Mark Bricker, Armen Dilanchian, Blaine Forsome. Bill Godwin. Debra Harris, Denise Janke. Karin Jaffie. Mike Moser. Dave Pmnick John Layout Assistants thmen. Bill Godwin, Mike Moser Kirin Jaffie. Olivetti Byte Staff Artists RayOwnbey Faculty Advisor Editorial Policy The Forum welcomes letters from students and other readers. Submissions must be signed and avoid the include the author's phone number (phone number will be used only to verify the authenticity of letters) and pages with lines 60 character spaces use of profanity and libel. Lengths may not exceed three typed, double-spaced W on 8 Deliver letters directly to the Forum office in the basement of Shaw Center (under the door if necessary) by p.m. office. the orum to F them mail or of date before the week one publication, Friday and are not to be construed as the opinions of Opinions expressed on the Forum editorial page are those of the writer of administration, faculty or staff. or the college the Associated Students of Westminster College Dave has been attending meetings up at the capitol and conversing with those who will be wrestling with the topic. He also reported that there are even more rumblings that other pror fessional studies programs may soon follow the lead set for auditing CPA majors. This would mean that the four-yea- r degree for nursing, teaching and other professional courses would become a little better than useless. The Bachelors degree would not get you a job in your chosen field, or even allow you to graduate, at least in Utah. Sound Well, it's not, and Utah could join Florida and Hawaii, two other states that have passed similar laws and who have lost both students and jobs to other states that still consider the four-yedegree sufficient to be considered a professional. four-yea- far-fetche- ar I, personally, am an Elementary Education Major, and while I intend to come back and get my Masters later on, I find it ludicrous that its possible that Id be required to do that before I even get a chance to get some field experience under my belt. It makes more sense to me to get some actual experience in the real world, as a teacher using what Ive learned over four years of college so that I can more readily benefit from further theory and teaching at the Masters level. Not to mention that the education experience, while very humanistic and worthwhile with the fine staff at Westminster, is still extremely expensive, especially for students trying to support a family and make a living. Now some want to add another year to the load we already have to carry? No thank you! Even with bill 84, auditing majors are having to compromise, in essence having it crammed down their throats. does." It would behoove the students of Westminsmodito check out whats happening and let their of ter some the find may majors Auditing such as fications to bill 84 equally disturbing, representatives know that they dont like the of school trend this bill sets, or we all could end up like five - an alternative between years or four of and years the CPAs. We too, could be left with the choice years internship education or an of school and three years of internship as has of another year of high-coextra year of internship or moving to another, been proposed by some. less interfering, less restrictive state ... However it turns out, many will be watching choice. the turnout at the legislature, including Dave Goularte, ASWC president and a concerned Signed David Z. Pinnick student non-tradition- al ar one-to-t- st Its-you- r |