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Show Soccer. Team to Lose Practice Field to Jewett Center in May by Bill Tatomer Forum staff writer Construction for the new Jewett Center for the Performing Arts begins next month, in the middle of what has been the soccer practice field. This leaves the teams without a practice facility and exposes the main soccer field to double duty and double wear. Stephen Morgan, executive of Westminster, said, this isn't as much a problem as might be expected. In the old days, the main field was used for everything and there was a lot of damage, however, there is now a sprinkling system in place and we have some great grounds keepers, none of which existed previously. He said that the school is going to give the main field back to the team and see what happens. If the team is too rough on the grounds, then the school will have to come up with an alternate practice field for the team. The soccer program, Morgan said, operates on a $20,000 budget and is a highly valued program at the school. The team has been to the finals twice in the last vice-preside- two years and is, nt an important extracurricular activity on campus, said Morgan. The quality of our team is amazing, considering that we give no scholarships and have what is probably the smallest budget in the conference, said Morgan. Morgan also noted that Westminster has had an player during each of the last four seasons. Lacrosse is another sport thatis gaining support at Westminster, and Morgan said that the school is nowfaced with the prospect ofwhether or not to apply for intercollegiate status. This is expensive, and the expenditure of the $20,000 which would be necessary to fund the team will have to be looked at very carefully, Morgan said. Four years ago students were surveyed, and one of the results was that students were not very enthusiastic about sports expenditures. Morgan said that the sport that perennially comes up for adoption is basketball. We have a nice facility, we have a great coach, Tom Steinke, Morgnan said, in fact he is a fabulous coach but once again. . . we felt it would cost about $100,000 to get it up and going. The basketball conference that Westminster would belong to consists of schools such as the College of Idaho, St. Marys in California and includes no Utah schools. This necessitates alot of travel and Traditionally, Westminster expense. athletic events dont generate large crowds, which means low ticket sales and little All-Americ- an Fundraiser to Aid Homeless Shelter SNOW Raitt Forum staff writer by Diana The Student Nurses of Westminster (SNOW) are the driving force behind a ' fundraiser for Travelers Aid and the family, womens and mens shelter, located at 109 S. 800 West. Vice President of SNOW, Melanie Mansfield, senior, said SNOW got the idea after a senior nursing class visited the shelter. It wasnt just single men there, there were women and children. That made us want to do it. Currently, SNOWhas raised $350 and ASWC has matched their funds. Of the $700, $240 is being used for one year as a $20 monthly contribution starting April 1. The contribution will be useful for the shelter to buy everyday items that run out quickly, Mansfield said. There is apossibility that someone will donate a computer to the shelter in . Westminster Colleges name. The computer would help the homeless shelter with statistics and census taking, and would be available for the homeless to use in classes, Mansfield said. SNOW has $460 left in their budget to help the homeless shelter and has not yet decided what to put it toward. A wish list from the shelter is posted on the nurses bulletin board in Malouf Hall. The items include an iron, diapers, canned food, a VCR and a television. A donation of 40 pounds of laundry detergent has already been made. Any students who have something they would like to contribute can take it to the nursing office in Malouf Hall. At the end of April, the contributions are being delivered to the shelter. Lots of people have something to offer, Mansfield said, giving the homeless a gift sparked interest, its exciting. Full Accreditation Granted to the School of Nursing by Kevin Williams Forum staff writer The Westminster School of Nursing received an accreditation report from the National League for Nursing (NLN) and has been granted another eight years of teaching. The purpose of the NLN accreditation is to ensure that our nursing school is providing educational quality, program improvements and is consistent with the ideologies of the college, said Dr. Imogene Rigdon, dean of the Westminster School of Nursing. The report included the strengths and weaknesses in which the college will have the entire eight years to highlight or improve. The report said that the library Issue 22 April 10, 1990 needs to provide more material for nursing students, faculty and staff. It also said that the salaries of the nursing faculty need to be raised. The study was first conducted last November. Two visitors from the NLN, Sue Fujiki from California State and Etta Anne Hincker from the University of Alabama, came to review the campus and send their recommendations to the national headquarters of the NLN to grant or deny accreditation to the school of nursing. The representatives were impressed not only with our program, but with the whole college, said Rigdon. Accreditation is an additional mark of excellence for our school. It shows that we are properly preparing our students to become nurses, -- income and then the school has to subsidize the program. According to Morgan, this is the dilemma. For the time being, the school is settling for expanding the intramural basketball program. Our the administration! goal has been to strengthen the school academically, Morgan said. The school is getting better off financially, academically and our endowment is growing. Will we ever see the return of sports to Westminster? Yes, I think so, said Morgan. However it will be when the sports work for Westminster, not when Westminster has to work for the sports. If the school wanted to apply for membership in the NCAA, for example, it would have to participate in several sports, not just one. Morgan said that the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) insists that participating schools have a diverse sports program, which rules out schools like Westminster which would like to specialize in one or two events. Westminster could never afford to compete as an independent school, according to Morgan, so there we are...finances are everything when it comes to athletics. Constitution Vetoed by School Administration ASWC Continued from Page what Utah Holiday magazine rightly called the best Experience 1 years and would have liked to have seen it done before I graduated, Tribby said. The most difficult part to swallow, said Chris Tucker, former ASWC chief justice, is that we worked so hard on it. Basically, judiciarys task for the entire year was to come up with a new document. We spent the whole year paving the way for it. The student body as a whole is very talented, and it should be easy to get the constitution approved next year with the proper student support, Tucker said. As far as ASWC elections are concerned, they will follow the old constitution, Tribby said, with these executive cabinet positions open: president, vice president, secretary 2 and treasurer. Voting will be April for primaries and April 9 for general elections, in the Syme Lounge. Basil Chelemes, ASWC treasurer, is still currently holding hearings for the budget, Tribby said, and next year, the same process will be followed by clubs and campus organizations. The constitution will be revised for another student vote, probably by May or April of 1991, Tribby said. 11-1- hamburgers choice of flame-broile- Utah. Imagine your seventeen delicious, in d varieties... Imagine The Training Tables fresh, crisp salads, hot soups and tasty sandwiches. And dont forget our great fries and onion rings... Imagine the possibilities! OPEN FOR LURCH 18-1- I DiHHER 7 BUYS A WEEK DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE MIDVALE 809 East Fourth South 6957 South State 355-752- 3 HOLLADAY 4828 Highland Drive 272-739- 8 566-191- 1 PROVO 2230 No. at Umv. Pkwy 377-393- 9 ALUMINUM FOR TREES The students at Westminster College are recycling aluminum beverage cans to raise money for trees for the campus. Please help by depositing your aluminum cans in the red Coke barrels found in numerous places on campus. Larger donations of cans are also accepted by Dr. Harrison. By the way, did you know... Every year Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild the entire American Airlines fleet 71 times? Source: Energy Update. Tennessee Energy Education she said. Forum Page 3 |