Show Utah State University November 29 1 12 Pages 972 Spring completion? PearUdinig postponed by Linda LeBlanc Senior Writer Student and visitor parking lot completion has been delayed because lack of asphalt and inclement weather conditions and it now looks like the lots will not be finished until spring a University traffic official announced recently Staff lot no 16 will be converted into a student lot when the revision of the old lots is completed the official noted but it is not yet available for student use Students using the lot now are being ticketed of When the revision plans were bogged down because of unexpected construction delays in September Physical Plant Director Val Peterson agreed to allow students to park in the lot west of the HPER building until the problem was solved Students have recently been barred access to the lot however by a large mound of dirt Peterson said that when a new sewer line was put in the lot was closed off to student parking to protect its gravel surface Grass The temporary playing fields are planned for the area student parking lot west of the HPER building has been cut off to student use Staff area No 16 next to the LDS institute is slated for student use Note the “6” Wendell Morse campus planner said a parking terrace apd shuttle buses are being explored as possible solutions to the parking dilemma Morse noted that cost may be a prohibitive factor for the terrace Stan Buxton traffic director reported that approximately 2200 students have purchased the $10 parking decals this year Only 19 decals have been sold for $5 which entitle the bearer to park either by the warehouse or in the lot by the Spectrum There are currently 5281 parking spaces on campus for students However this includes 3000 stadium parking spaces and dorm parking lots which are restricted to dorm residents only' Some 1508 parking decals were sold to staff members while only parking spaces exist Buxton explained that since many staff members schedules vary and others make trips off campus during the day the lots may appear sometimes to be only partially filled The Faculty Association will hold a meeting Nov 30 at 3:30 pm in the UC Auditorium so that faculty members may express their feelings about parking on campus campus planning and service 1200 agencies Present at the meeting to listen to faculty members will be University President Glen Taggart Vice Provost Richard Swenson and Director of Campus Planning Paul Salisbury -- has been painted over (Photo by Tony Collis) smth nr nmf a looks to publication date Hi'ctnrv n-r- l by Carol Harmer staff reporter assistant Peterson Ross and of history professor author This fall is the projected publication date of Peterson’s award-winnin- g biography of Glen H Taylor former US senator from Idaho Peterson’s book Prophet without Honor: Glen H Taylor and the Fight for American Liberalism was the runner-u- p for the Frederick Jackson Turner Award presented annually for a new history book by a new writer ed door papered in political cartoons three walls stacked high with books and three chairs “for society” as Thoreau would say — this is the office of Dr F A History students find the past j Prophet Without Honor cov Taylor’s life through his days ag a country and western singer his campaign for the vice presidency in 1946 as the Peace Party candidate and his years as senator Peterson said it is not unusual as they presented their project was that “one can t appreciate for professors to get caught up in modern technology without such research “It can make you a better knowing the past teacher” he said “and teaching — that’s really our first love” Peterson will be leaving for nine months beginning the end of fall quarter He has received a grant from the National Endowment for Humanities to write a history of school desegregation in the United States by constructing ancient plow - by Brent Harker News editor Find yourself a tree with a branch growing out in a V shape cut it down sharpen the branch hitch it to a team of horses and you’ll have a genuine plow right out of ancient Mesopotamia Do it for a history class and you’ll have some extra credits Joe Folkman a psychology andJEflCESIL CQpk qn economics maior did just that this quarter for William F Lye’s class of History 101 Beginning with the thought that one must experience history to understand it the two fashioned a small hand-helhoe from a branch which they thought to be the first development in the world’s history of the modern efficiency by 200 percent” Folkman said “it turned the dirt over and did a nice smooth job” The pair’s message to the class will Much of the New be spent in Washington DC research-tim- e d: plow v Then they traveled through history adding improvements to the ancient tool and using the various models that have been developed up to the present A few problems were encountered when handles and horses were added to the earliest version of the plow “It digs a beautiful ditch” but doesn’t do much of a cultivating Folkman designed a ''Mesopotamian job in Folkman’s opinion And Warren Cook and Joe and used it for a little late fall after making one furrow he was class a for history plow” ' “panting like a hound dog” " " furrowing “The next plow increased the ' : s ‘ York and in the southern capitals Peterson said Underlying theme of the book will be “how did people react to the Brown decision in 1954 of the Supreme Court?” Peterson said This decision stated that "separate but equal” facilities for blacks were unconstitutional because the facilities were seldom equal “The book will stress the period between this decision and 1957 when Eisenhower sent troops into Little Rock Arkansas to stop riots” Peterson added This is Peterson’s second year at USU He formerly taught for three years at the University of Texas in Arlington Texas Presently he is teaching three history courses: history of black America US survey and 20 Peterson awardwinning history author has Dr Ross received a National Endowment for Humanities grant to study school desegrega tion century history of the United States “The most exiciting thing job-i- a ttausiudents’’ Peterson said “It’s exciting to about this see students get involved in history” “The faculty should not only enjoy history but also enjoy teaching” Peterson added Peterson has recently become involved in the study of American priorities After reading a study on “The Rationalization for Violence in the 1960’s in the US” this summer Peterson said we as Americans should stand back and take a look at ourselves “The same year that America was rejoicing over landing men on the moon hundreds of thousands died of cancer” Peterson said “We need to take a long look at oyr priorities” Peterson plans to return to the USU faculty next fall and in the future hopes to write a critical history of the United States since 1945 |