| Show Kofo 1 mb — Take advice from an the cheerleaders ore here old friend I had a trying day Monday I spent part of my afternoon trying to figure out the social relevancy of the cheerleader Surrounded by some 900 such persons which incidentally come in matched sets of four five and six I tried to decide just what that young budding adolescent was going to gain from three days on the USU campus Finding it easier to find real purposes for cracks in the sidewalk and monkeys dressed up in little suits carrying tin cans I decided to visit a session of instruction at the cheer -leading clinic and see what I was missing ‘Picture yourself1 the leader said “It's the big game Now you're going to need those yell cheers you're going to need those rhythm cheers and you're going to need those novelty cheers if the game doesn't happen to be so big" “During my days as a cheerleader" he said we used Now that shows when my day was" the hulla-hoo- p Chuckled response from 200 youngsters in sets of five Utah State doesn’t have the greatest relations with the University of Utah but a good suggestion should be accepted from anywhere Recently the U of U Student Government tried to cut $20 000 from the student appropriation to the athletic department in an attempt to get more money for intramural athletics Although the proposal was defeated it is a beginning in the fight for more student participation per dollar The Utah student leaders argued that at the present time only 250 to 300 students 1 with assorted colors of tennis shoes “You can use a frizbee for instance “actively” participate in the intercolle- yet the program regiate program ceives $240000 a year in student funds They felt that part of the money could be put to better use in intramural sports and women’s intramural sports 2ND CLASS SPORTS Just pick Intramural athletics and other club sports have for too long been buried whatever' s in" Still a bit bewildered about the whole deal I left pondering probably the most ironic experience I've ever had which was to sit in a sociology class learning about thousands of youngsters in central cities across the United States who can't afford to eat or go to school while a group of kids learns to jump up and down to the tune of $15 a day Utah State has been awarded a three --year contract and a grant for a million and a half dollars ($1500000) from the Bureau of Reclamation as part of their at- water recources mospheric program The grant goes to the Utah Water Research Laboratory for research to develop operational systems for seeding cold clouds The ultimate goal of the project is to learn enough about the atmospheric conditions for effective operations to increase the snow pack thereby providing needed water for the state Effectivenss of the program is presently monitored by 46 gauge stations where snowfall is measured The project covers an area from Idaho to Salt Lake and to the Wyoming border — two stations being in Wyoming The grant is the third one for the University to receive from the government for this project in from the ground experiments where a mixture containing silver iodide is burned The smoke carries the particles airborne and hopefully the air currents will take the silver iodide particles to the clouds Dr Bagley said that the air seeding experiments although appearing more successful are Pam Taylor Summer Editor Play Intramural sports programs can through the virtually unlimited number of sports available provide every student with the opportunity to participate in athletic competition A small amount of the $500 paid by every also more costly Project director of the experiment is Dr Charles Chappel associate professor of meter ology He is assisted by electronic specialists a weather forecaster field operators and -- and meterology hydrology chemistry professors plus a number of graduate students t Fhi! student for intercollegiate athletics could fund an intramural pro- gram that would make intercollegiate athletics look anemic in comparison RULES CHANGE Another sports event which may have big consequences is the Big Sky athletic conference’s decision to limit the number of scholarships awarded The Big Sky action follows closely that of the Financial Aid Committee of the NCAA The Big Sky limited both the number of scholarships that can be given and the number of players who can suit up for games in football plus limiting aid in other sports The Big Sky action should serve as a test case for the financial committee If the new actions work out report financially and do not damage the quality of football and basketball the NCAA may have found a way soothing USU LOCATION IDEAL According to Dr Jay M Bag-le- y Utah Water Research Laboratory director USU became involved with the program because of two main reasons One the university had previously developed a capability of gauging the effectiveness of the program and second it is situated near an ideal location the area having an abrubt drop at the Wasatch range and air movement from west to east ideal cold cloud movement Seeding experiments are accomplished by placing silver iodide particles in the cold clouds either from the air or the ground At the research lab’s request measurements from the 46 gauge stations are salt in for analysis According to Dr Bagley “increases of up to 100 per cent have been recorded in some target areas with the clouds being seeded from the air by planes flying into the cloud mass” CMAAP Kt ale n haAn nrioH under the golden accolades of intercollegiate athletics yet it is the one athletic organization that can serve the entire studentbody No intercollegiate athletic program can actively engage 8000 students Simply because there aren’t enough uniforms for the male students and women are not allowed to its financial crisis This could help schools suchasUtah State from having to drop minor sports If costs are reduced in the major sports then the incentive to drop minor sports should be reduced Preston Peterson Summer Staff 'I'M assy fit wm& camr ££ io esse ttw" mu r r m Pam Taylor Tod G Hanson Ronnie Dott Preston Peterson Editor Photographer Duoinoco Circulation Roportcr |
