Show Friday Nov 22 1974 Page 3 dittos Theatre complaints Editor Student Life: The total disregard in which Student Life held last week’s performances of South Pacific suggests a serious lack of sensibility and calls into question the responsiblity of Student Life’s reporting policies toward the studentbody To report the occurance of all significant educational artistic sporting and historical events on campus should be a primary policy of a viable student newspaper — a policy Student Life administers with marked iniquity In cooperation with Utah State Theatre South Pacific was presented at the Chase Fine Arts Center as a special Pioneer State Theatre Foundation touring production the first of its kind for this university and the beginning Of a statewide touring series of significant artistic and historic relevance Aside from the promotional posters found at several area locations and the concerned community efforts of KBLW KVNU anf the Herald Journal there was absolutely no campus promotion generated for this event Student Life’s failure to provide even minor support indicates a conscious effort to downgrade and minimize the promotional strength of Utah State Theatre — an effort which exemplifies the narrow perspective with which Student Life views this campus organization Kim Christlson 529-72-40- Look into ASUSU Editor Student Life: reporter and editor I feel my experience qualified me to make certain comments First Student ' Life should be a training tool for the Journalism department This should take precidence over other matters Second Student Life should deal primarily with the educational process at Utah State University and those areas outside the university which directly affect the educational process Specific suggestions would be as follows: an investigative report on each area of student government at Utah State concerning how they spend their money and who benefits comparisons of s latten irprcyam s at other universities throughout the country to see what new ideas can be discovered a series of reports on the role of the Board of Regents in controlling student affairs particulary student fees and how they are spent the establishment of a permanent investigative staff to perform the above with editorials to follow the completion of each series of reports I can Non-Mormo- as a student and a freshman at Utah State University would like to read more in the Student Life on what student government is doing for the students and the University More than half of fall quarter is over and the most I have seen is a few names of who’s in student government If there could be some section of the paper every week used to let us as students know what our paid student government is doing it would be a welcome revelation I Michael Weaton resist one final not comment of the on going controversy concerning ths role of Mormons at Utah State I have been reading University Student Life for about nine years and about every year or so some incident like your editorial or the marijuana incident comes up A close look at Logan ths state of Utah and Utah State University shows that circumstances exist which will continue to exist for sometime First approximately 70 percent of students at Utah State University are Mormons and I don’t think this will change Second approximately 70 percent of Logan and the state of Utah are Mormons and I don’t think this will change subknow or stantially should know what life is like here and should be prepared for it Yet they continue to complain about the situation Why not take these factors into consideration when making a decision concerning where to go to school? All members of the educational community should learn to recognize what life is like at Utah State University Change will not come quickly and for those who do not have the patience to what moving to another situation might be better for all concerned ns Preston Peterson 528-92-39- 528-78-27- Reexamine role More theatre complaints Editor Student Life In your editorial of November for 11 1974 you asked suggestions My suggestion is this: what the role of Student Life should be? Having worked on Student Life for nearly three years as both a ne Editor Student Life: Utah State Theatre Students are constantly working day and night Between rehearsing learning lines choreographing dances putting together vocal and musical numbers working by Rick Shimonkevitz Viewpoint of priorities Ski Did skiing influence your decision in coming to school at USU? For over 1100 students it did as was brought out by a survey ran by the USU Ski Team Skiing is big in Utah has a worldwide reputation for its dry snow and prime mounand Utah skiing tains Some Utah schools take advantage of this Last year the University of Utah fielded an alpine ski team which went to the NCAA finals BYU’s y Ski Team is one of the most respected in the western United States The US Olympic Alpine Team has as its home the Park City resort Outside Logan the Beaver Mountain Cross-Countr- management makes a off support a team USU nature of its physical vironment ditions climatic by en- con- and skiing’s popular should have a ski appeal team if minimum A practical be $200000 would budget This would provide the for program necessary inon the competition would level It tercollegiate provide a chance for USU to become prominent in a sport for which it needs no new facilities There would be readily available a large instate selection of potential racers and would attract skiers What it would require is a reshuffling of the Ahtletic Department’s budget on their own voluntary basis out-of-sta- te Fifty USU of percent respectable living mainly the USU students staff "hd families Yet a couple of years ago the USU Athletic an in Department economizing move dropped skiing as a team sport There is still a ski “team” at skiers work USU Thirty-fiv- e out weekdays and every Saturday under the direction of a disciplined if volunteer coach The team also holds meetings and elects officers while impatiently waiting for snow to train on If it sounds not much unlike a club it is because the $50000 budget receipts prestige Government this year will not power of the teams USU plays received from Student Athletic Funding comes from state appropriated funds (27 percent) and the Student Government allowance to Athletics (23 percent) The balance must be supplied by the Athletic Department This year with the State Appropriation at $23374500 and the Student Government allowance at $18722500 a projected $42000000 must be raised by the Athletic Department The largest source of revenue gate is only as large as the of the previous years seasons and the drawing Basketball usually pays for itself in a given year while a football season out of the red is the occassional exception Wrestling Track Golf and Tennis are wholly dependent on the allocated funds and any profits made Skiing if realized would qualify among these latter sports The Basketball budget is approximately $19000000 Football’s approximately $37500000 and the latter four teams non-earni- combined budgets approximate Skiing at USU $6400000 would require a reallocation of only 3 percent of the nonearning teams budgets Three percent of the approximate $700000 that goes to Golf the approximate $700000 to Tennis and the perhaps more reasonable $2000000 to Wrestling and $3000000 to Track A $200000 Skiing budget of 1 would be only one-hapercent of the total Athletics lf Appropriations and more intimately only 11 percent of the total Student Government allowance to Athletics One and percent of the $18722500 that not only comes from Student Activity Fee receipts but the Activity Fee receipts of the 1100 students comprising over 13 percent of the total enrollment who indicated skiing as an influence one-tent- h on sets and costumes classes Nonsense Censorship charge exams and homework — the Student Life: Editor days are never long enough Referring to the letter which Editor Student Life: But theatre people soon learn to the letter which referred somehow to draw strength and to a letter which Query to the “Academic referred originulity out of the air or at referred to an editorial — forget Board” of the Free University: least it sometimes seems that it — the whole idea is wrong it’s way In actuality the real wrong so are ybu — you’re all Much has been said by ingredients are dedication Who even cares right of wrong Young representatives fantastic intestinal fortitude Let’s all have a good Socialist Alliance just hard concerning and downright versatility through the paper your rejection of their application and the argument work Mormons to reach a class on socialism The ability to concentrate are as right sex 8 issue of Student Life ran a turkeys Nov pot drugs necessary as breathing proposing dress codes red necks letter from Ray Heidt of the USU has the reputation and just your basic freaks Communication Dept inquiring just as to the reasons for rejection of of having one of the best most honkies camel jocks (and And and blacks pigs jocks) the YSA’s application The plain in state the professional theatres — a reputation the department and let’s see what was it last year charge of censorship is a serious — streaking — and of one and a its students are constatnly trying oh yeah reply seems to be in my order to and add to As a course -both your and it - more student in the Theatre Arts favorites you guesed sex Mormons and Department I would like to ask drugs We have the YSA’s side of the why Student Life does not conwhat is yours? ya know this paper controversy sider our activities of sufficient may become another Berkley importance to make university Barb Dave Massey Doug Robinson The Theatre Arts Department seems to be given as little coverage as possible Does this mean that Student Life feels £ live theatre is not an important function at this university or is ft &’ some personal grudge being ( f satisfied? non-Mormo- ns non-Mormo- ns jys? 453-70-85- 222-40-01- UDHIHpWIMWWffWWW s&W 1 Norma Audrea Contruos ?rs& - lliJ 41 ' 1 4 ? i S The Hub has changed ft- S' ' j its breakfast hours These smiling dudes will serve it to you from 8:00 am to 11:00 am Here’s what you can get: OMLETS WAFFLES FRENCH TOAST BACON HAM HASHBROWNS And THE AGGIE SPECIAL EGGS TrC3S |