| Show Respite predictions USU enrollsrsent up 16 USU enrollment is up over last year despite predictions of its decline said President Glen Taggart at the Sept Institutional Council meeting The monthly meeting was held at Brigham Young University Saturday because of the football game involving the two schools that night Students of high academic quality are being induced by a major recruitment drive said 21 Taggart Taggart also said additional improvements greater number of research programs and increased emphasis on technical and Indian education programs “I can remember when USU had only two Indian students Now we have a hundred” he now in progress include a said A program designed to improve the school’s business office was presented by Boyd Christensen vice president for business at the meeting Library hours shortened Due to a 15 percent reduction in state funds available to USU the library hours will be cut this year Monday through Friday it will continue to open at 7 am and will close one hour earlier Monday through Thursday at 11 pm and two hours earlier on Friday at 8 pm Saturday's hours will be 9 am to 8 pm and Sunday's will be 3 pm REGISTRATION once again brings questions to be answered Volume 72 Number to 11 pm "We would rather cut hours than services such as subscriptions books and reference staff but we have had to cut 130 staff hours per month" said Max Peterson associate library director "We want to be generous with library time but these rut hours weren't being used as fulj&? possible by a large number of Utah's governor Calvin L Rampton cut funds to all state agencies 3 percent because state' revenue dropped this year Utah State University Logan Utah September 25 1974 1 Nader group forms in Utah Is the sacrifice of foregoing a beer and a movie worth attempting to find answers and solutions to current social and environmental problems? Student officers at USU and the University of Utah seem to think so ASUSU President Craig Executive VP Cummings of U Nolan Johnson U President Leonard McGee and Jeff Mangum a member of the U’s public affairs board met with Scott Canedy a PIRG organizer for Ralph Nader 21 groups PIRG is Public Interest Research Group and Utah is trying to organize the 22nd such group in the country Currently 20 states and the District of Columbia have student-ru- students Canedy said Nader’s group would act only as an advisory body to assist the group He said the PIRG could work on such problems as strip mining oil shale development and nuclear power PIRG educational also be an educational experience for students” said Canedy “it would let them fit their social concerns into their education” He said many students who have PIRG’s in their states do research on current problems for college research credits “A JPIRG would Cummings said the goal of the Utah PIRG would be to get students to accpet “By the end of the year we hope to have a good-sizeadequately financed PIRG” said d Canedy He said the Utah PIRG would deal with current social and environmental problems The Utah PIRG would be organized by students for organizer Scott Canedy meets with Utah studentbody officers the organization and to help fund it n PIRG’s PIRG Most PIRG’s are funded by small increases in the student activity fee Mangum said the Utah group is thinking of asking students to donate $2 per quarter for the PIRG to operate The University of Utah and USU officers said they plan to start a petition rtrivg to get support for the concept during the last week in October students" Peter Yorrow in concert tomorrow nioht 20 pages |
