Show CURTIS STARR Editor in Chief The Aggies may not be just the Aggies much longer A move is underway to get an addition to the nickname accepted by USU students alumni and the press “Highlanders" is the tag proposed by most proponents of the new name The problem of the school’s “image was raised at an early meeting of 'the Staters Coun cil a committee’ composed of University administrators and officers of the studentbody" says a University news release written by Gerald Sherratt as sistant to the president tional institution — The term Aggie limited USU’s image to outsiders as that of an agricultural college and was a deteriment to the Univer sity' image THE COMMITTEE discussed the “adequacy” thetenrr:£g gie and AC Arguments against the term Aggie included: — It was appropriate 20 years ago but not how The University has added seven colleges now and Aggies seemed to represent just one — The term Aggie has caused Salt Lake newspapers to picture the University as “ov of erallclad farmers THE COMMITTEE also says the news release that the term Aggie held senti mental value for many graduates The committee wted unanimous ly to “pursue the second nick name" but to also retain the Aggie tag Tim committee limited itself in its search to names which began with “S" “since continue use of the letter “A" would rec-ognize- d tend to perpetuate the image of a small one college institution” The committee did “extensive research" on a list of nine names judging them by a pre pared list of criteria “Oar research revealeci that Scotsmen met all the criteria we had established and had some extra advantages" said a mem ber -- with apiece of haystem in their mouths” This did not seem like an ap propriate image for an educa- - THE NEW PROPOSAL was presented to a new committee organized and known as the For ward USU Forum charged with the responsibility to develop and implement a new USU mascot or nickname The Forum “a dopted the new nickname by a unanimous vote" says the release The strategy taken by the Fo-rusince then is to make of the symbol presentations and some of the logic behind m it to various group The Forum fan into a prob lem though Many of the groups disliked the name but appeared willing to accept an alternate “Highlanders" The Highlander term is alledged to have first appeared at a presentation of the Scotsmen symbol to the Alumni Association PROPONENTS OF the Scots mgn image had worked out ela borate plans to visualize the sym-bo- l A blue and white plaid tar tan had been found Max Dalby USU music department was -- charged with creating a Scotish style song Proponents of the Highland er tag said that this need not be changed and that Highlander was “not so ethnic" as Scots-meand also emphasized the Rocky Mountain country sur rounding USU n ' SINCE THEN THE committee has presented its presentation to various student and alumni It also presented the groups nickname ership to the annual lead conference Thurs’ody night in Park City CURTIS STARR -- Utah State University is al ready doing many of the things it will be expected to do in the said Glen L Taggart future Utah State president “but in futurewe be will the expected to do them extremely well” The 55 year old President in his first complete year as - President set the tone of Utah State’s future role in his inau gural address when he said “What I would hope for this Uni versity is that it would become widely known as a place where great teaching is emphasized and where a student working within an intellectual environ ment may come to know the marvelous victories that can come from the free mind alone’’ TAGGART SAID “I see the next five or six years being that of attempting to consolidate spaces close to Parking campus are' going to be hard er and harder to find this year for students and faculty because of construction and the installa tion of parking meters -- and wiU require a special park at the Student Union A Logan city engineer in con ing decal s The installation of parking juction with the University de along 8th east (west of the ve loped the traffic plan for the University Center) between 6th corner of 6th north and 7th north and 7th north will also cut east by the institute down on parking That PARKING FACILITIES for fra street has also been turned into LINDBLOOM indicated that a 6th north while street and members Logan City is constructing the sorority ternity have been announced by Uni island at the corner (up the hill) has been made one Lindbloom said that students versity and ASUSU officials to 'way with parking permitted on of the street the north side ' had lost fewer parking spaces replace parking spaces destroy ed by construction of the physi- than faculty members “Most of “WE’VE HAD A LOT of com cal education complex the losfparking was east of the plaints By outsiders and students old Romney Stadium” said LindNEW FRATERNITY and sor that there isn’t adequate park bloom He estimated that the loss on areas will be ing to make a temporary stop would be about 150 spaces ority parking near the Student Union" said the north side of 7th north be “We’ve lost a lot of faculty Lindbloom campus police tween 8th east and 9th east officer spaces" said Lindbloom “but (infront of the old Romney Sta The new meters which were it looks like we might skin dium) and along the west side through" Many of the faculty of 8 th east from 7th north out to recommended by the President’s Traffic Advisory Committee parking spaces will be regained 9th north announced officials which includes at least three once construction is complete on The new area will be restricthe new Business Building said should provide park ted to sorority and fraternity students " "" 'Lindbloom' members living in their houses ing for people making short stops me-ter- all-da- y two-wa- y Ed-wi- n what we already have" Speaking of the new Utah State Board of Higher Education im plemented July 1 Taggart said “Utah has long needed some central body that plans Utah’s higher education" Utah is a state with scarce resources said Taggart Taggart list some areas which Utah State will emphasize such as its graduate program natural resources and some areas of engineering These are areas in which we already excell indi cated Taggart ANOTHER AREA in which the Utah has asked us to concentrate is continuing educa tion said Taggart The Uni versity is already doing work in state of the area of said Taggart - “tourism" Speaking about student involve ment in higher education Tag gart said “students have a very signigicant role to play" “It is incumbent on any administra tion' become sufficiently know its clientele ledgeable about serves them well He that it said students could aid the ad ministration in discovering basic information desires goals and the problems of students “WE OFTEN SEEM against changes in our culture” said Taggart A University must be concerned with" preserving the knowledge of the past but “we also have to be concerned about said adapting knowledge” President Taggart' " Taggart said that in the future Utah State would emphasize quality not quanity but that he felt the two did not necessarily con flict The best teaching is not - - STUDENT LIFE has been un able to determine which name the committee plans to push for but acceptance Highlanders seems to have received the ma jority of support In a STUDENT LIFE inter view' President Glen Taggart on the proposed commented change Taggart said that no mat ter which name is finally chosen “We do need some new addition to the symbol Aggie" “It’s a matter of adding a new dimension to the University I don’t think this is a mat- ter of replacing a symbol" said Taggart The entire matter seems to be lying in limbo waiting for the public and students to eith er accept it or reject it Union Building name changed The traditional Union Build ing is no longer the Union Build-inIt is now known as the University Center since the new Institutional Council voted to change the name this summer The Council said that the term “union” had too many bad con notations to it such as labor and trade unions The Council voted to have the name changed to the University Center g President Glen Taggart to have the word “stu A move by dent” included in the name mak-in- g it the University Student Cen-te- r was defeated by the Coun cil The Council felt that this was improper since the Cen ter is used by many groups besides students Stomp planned Saturday night A is stomp planned ' in Union the Saturday night post-gam- e Building ballroom The 8 pm stomp will feature the sounds of the “Saints” ed by sitting before a teacher who just disseminates facts said Taggart “You have to create an en vironment in which the student will take advantage of the learn-inaround him" said Taggart g THE VICTORY dance will be held in conjunction with Utah State’s first home football game of the year opposite Pacific Uni versity Admission will be charged |