Show October 8 1973 9 Four scholarships offered to sociology students 0 The Department of Sociology Social Work and Anthropology ' has four undergraduate scholarships to be awarded to the students in Social Work or Sociology for the academic year 1972-7The is a of a scholarship program part larger training the Department recently received from the grant Department of HEW through the State Division of 3 Social Services The purpose of these scholarships is to assist qualified minority and disadvantaged students in obtaining undergraduate social welfare training The scholarship amounts to $10000 per month for the current academic year and these will be awarded on October 17th 1973 Those interested students who are social work or social welfare majors and interested in applying for a scholarship should contact Dr Yun Kim Head Department of Sociology Social Work and Anor Professor Nile Meservy Unthropology dergraduate Social Work Program Coordinator Main 220 for details Applications will be accepted until October 12 1973 Spurs plan projects for coming year Spurs the Second Women’s Year Honorary Organization has planned a variety of service projects this year Spurs had a popcorn-sellin- g booth in the recent Associated Women Students carnival During fall quarter they will be selling mums for Homecoming making a float and ushering for football and basketball games Other activities include performing singing Valentines and ushering at concerts and plays Spurs is a volunteer service organization originally started as a little sister organization opposite Mortar Board Any funds they may earn go toward national and regional conventions Utah State University is in region six along with Brigham Young University University of Utah and Idaho State University ‘Environmental Action’ forms to help with conservation tasks ‘Environmental Action’ a new organization on campus which offers students the chance to improve the environment met for the first time last week to outline objectives for the year Susan Brown chairman told the group that its avenue for action was broad and that the organization has funds available for special projects She said the group is open for suggestions for activities and meetings times She said persons interested in ecology are urged to join Meeting times will be posted at various places in the UC and other places on campus Ms Brown said she hoped the group did not join other ecology groups who had good ideas but were not able to accomplish much Some members in a discussion session considered the possibility a recycling center of and studying what to do with recycled materials Ms Brown said the center at wm Albertson’s parking lot was closed down when Albertson’s decided to expand The center took in newspapers aluminum cans and beer bottles but some people dumped trash into the recepticles and some of the items weren’t picked up regularly enough she said Another group met to discuss the educational aspects of the club One member said the basic ingredient to the ecology movement is public education The group talked about assessing what children are being taught in school now and the possibility of working with the teachers in developing or improving a program in environmental awareness Field trips films and talks were discussed as ways to reach them Another idea was to educate the public by having a regular column in the paper concerning the ways an average person can conserve natural resources Members said the club should be involved with the community and work with it A third group talked about the problem of surplus cars on campus and how to cut down on the number of people who drive alone to school Another problem encountered in similar ecology groups was of students continuity A handout given to those present noted “Activities rise in fall after registration and orientation confusion reaching a As blood peak in mid-Novemb- er thickens December January and February brings a slowness of action and hibernation With the burst of spring there was a last spurt of energy ’til the summer lull” by tk M UMbM Jim MacMahon demonstrates handling a rattlesnake “Discovering Nature” class in i Biology course offers fundamental earth facts tune in the senses to nature and make students better observers The subjects included this quarter range from pollination of flowers to venomous animals There are several lecturers in the course each a specialist on the subject they teach Mosquitoes metamorphosis in insects and plants used by the Indians are all topics for this quarter Thursday the lecture topic was Venomous Animals Jim MacMahon lectured along with a cast of formidable creatures including a trantula a Colorado River toad and a rattlesnake MacMahon proceeded to give a fascinating demonstration and “milked” the venom from the rattlesnake and showed the class how to handle poisonous snakes by Leslie Eccles Features Writer Have you ever wandered through the canyon and wondered about its formation? Are you informed enough to tell your kid brother why the leaves turn color? Do you know what plants are poisonous or what to do if you’re bitten by a venomous snake? Although these questions could be answered in any number of engeology botany zoology and courses tomology biology the thought of all those classes might paralyze the average student There’s something new in the Biology department for the nonscience major Biology 105 “Discovering Nature” is an innovative class designed for anyone interested in explanations of their immediate surroundings Many of the formal biology classes don’t include tidbits of scientific information which are obviously known to science specialists Jim MacMahon a lecturer in the new class says “We try to answer the questions on the beauty and wonder cf nature (B & W of N)” The class is not only to inform it is also to ‘gee-whi- The course enables the student to come into contact with many facets of science which might have been missed in a non- science curriculum The class will be offered every quarter The content if often dependent seasonal upon changes so variety of subject matter is unlimited The Biology department is enthusiastic about the class and hope for a good z’ enrollment next quarter -- wi Am KBL17 the voice of Cache Valleyl390 Best of: 1 Top 40 at night with Darla Dee 2 Daytime listening - Andy Williams Carpenters Roberta Flack Helen Ready and Dawn 3 Western Music starting at 5 A M with Frank Webb Your home away from home 19 hrs per day News and Sports all on the big 1390 M ‘ CONCERTS 7 and 9:30 FINE ARTS AUDITORIUM pm ny PRESENTED BY ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER STATE COLLEGE TICKETS S5-S5- 50 & S6 CALI 399-59- 41 EXT 228 |