Show “72 years of free expression” Utah State University Logan Utah February 21 1975 Vol 72 No 49 Pres Taggart not An increase in Tuition could reduce non-reside- nt the per- students centage of and be detrimental to the education provided by USU said Glen L Taggart university president out-of-sta- te During the USU Institutional Council’s monthly meeting Tuesday Taggart said USU tries to have at least 30 percent of its studentbody non-reside- nt He said this is good educationally since Cache Valley is suqji an isolated location Taggart said any increase in resident tuition would mean a drop in students Presently non resident students pay about 51 percent of the total cost of their instructional pogram Even an increase to the 60 percent level would cut the nonresident population below 30 percent of' the studentbody Taggart said At present 32 percent of the USU studentbody comes from out-of-sta- te Taggart also said resident tuition should stay below the 20 percent level of total payment Presently resident students pay 17 percent of their eductional bill During the meeting the Institutional Council also approved two fund transfers and approved Coal reserves good for next 200 years USU prof indicates by Tim Gurrister staff reporter I I Utah and the US have coal reserves for the next two to three Hundred years ac- cording to Russell Holdredge head of USU’s Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department But he says oil and natural gas reserves might not last 15 more years Holdredge and six other members of the department have been studying Utah’s energy sources Holdredge spoke-- 4he group’s work in ef solar energy energy systems and energy from animal in- A 1 wastes in a Student Life terview “Utah has a big future in coal” said Holdredge speaking of Utah’s rich deposits in Carbon County and southern Utah However he national the described natural oil and in situation and heat for power gas used as “severe” He said “More and more of the nation’s oil is having to be imported” Utah coal is not just used by Utahns saidHofdredge7'Some“: of it goes to southern California for use in electrical generation He said Utah’s reserves in oil shale are plentiful but processing methods are still being developed “Processing of oil shale involves literaly removing large mountains” said Holdredge He added that 20 years could elapse before oil shale was feasible source of energy if then Holdredge said significant reserves of tar sands also exist in Utah The processing even less is however the shale for than developed he said According to Holdredge the faculty group is primarily involved in three areas of research The study of solar energy has been going on for the last two years he said Solar energy utilization studies have centered on designing storage systems he and studying collectors said “If we’re going to use solar energy we’ve got to store it as the sun doesn’t shine at night” he said Although only experimental solar energy facilities exist now in Utah Holdredge felt solar energy use would soon increase “There should be a growth of in solar heating the next 2 to 3 said he years” of the department As head systems Holdredge has coordinated in- what have been mostly dividual studies “This last year we have become much more organized” he said The group has a common goal of developing a nationally recognized research group at USU Holdredge felt the most important work being done by the group was in energy systems This involves looking at all the energy flows within a system and deciding the most source for the effective system he said “A system could be a whole country or just a community” said Holdredge HeJeli studiesof this sort could potentially have a major impact in and national decision-makinentire the policies affecting -- g world ' Holdredge said the group has received funding off and on for several years from sources such as the National Science Foundation and member A faculty NASA would write individual funding proposals when he found something worth working in he said Holdredge said for the last 3 years there has been significant work on energy from animal wastes Study has been done on converting the waste to methane gas or methanol The methane gas can be a substitute for natural gas he said although it does not burn with as much’energy Alfalfa has also been studied as a source of methane gas or methanol he said “We may some day talk of growing an energy crop” he said 12 pages favor of tuition increase in The greenhouse preset is in keeping down the percentage designed to increase the number of total income spent on food of “It would be very easy to lose project greenhouses available for the effeciency in food production The council approved the research on the USU campus transfer of $30000 from the The council also was told by we already have without any the to fund balance marginal Taggart that urban supporters of research” he said work study program under the Agricultural Experiment Budgets for the Agricultural Student Services Th council also Station are needed He said the Experiment Station and Exapproved the transfer of $5000 to station needs an additional ceptional Child Center were cut the Engineering Experiment $200000 budget just to maintain this year by the State Board of Station the research which went on in Regents Council members also said that Dr Kenneth Hill chairman of a 1965 on university committee working “People in urban centers need previous information received the greenhouse project told the to start worrying about food during the January meeting of council that the plans for the production” Taggart said ”we the Institutional Council that the project are now ready for bids to need to shift from predominantly experiment station and child be let rural to urban support for center would not be funded was in error The council is expected to agricultural research” of the most said submit the plans to the state They said the two will be Taggart funded but not at the budget from for board benefits building approval agricultural within two weeks research go to the urban dweller requests sent to the regents plans and specifications for a proposed $600000 greenhouse For USU campus nergy policy suggested by Dave Kingham use for more than 15 minutes staff reporter “We need active cooperation in A plan that would become the the heat down and the official campus energy con- keeping off and we also - need lights servation policy has been sub- passive cooperation in accepting mitted to President Taggart by these small concessions as Val Peterson director of the USU necessary” Peterson said physical plant Research has shown that with To have an effective con- cooperation electricity for servation program Peterson lighting can be cut 0 per cent said we have to have the ad- and for every degree the therministration’s sanction We mostat is turned down there will really need a concrete written be a three per cent savings in fuel policy he said consumption Peterson said The plan being submitted in“The biggest problem in cludes both large scale and energy conservation today is voluntary individual measures convincing the people that there for conservation Peterson said Among the major recommendations the plan makes a 10-2- survey of campus really is a problem” Peterson said The government is very concerned with the energy problem and while the biggest problem lies in transportation electricity and heating are also critical Peterson said Members of the Federal Energy Administration visited USU Tuesday and presented a program at the UC auditorium on the nation’s present energy situation and the outlook for the future he said “The picture they presented was not a rosy one lighting facilities “There are many campus facilities that are lighted well above the acceptable level with cooperation we can modify these fixtures to conserve energy and still maintain adequate lighting” Peterson said' Another of the major is a review or hours especially in building recom-mendatio- to evening Peterson said regard “Many buildings classes are open in the evenings remaining for one ‘ class' orthe convenience -of one or two people” Peterson said “I think we can combine functions and hours into fewer buildings and conserve energy” he said The plan also considers the of purchasing possibility equipment to automatically turn down thermostats in unused buildings during the night This would remedy the very fallible system of depending on personnel to turn them down before they Peterson leave the buildings said The plan also encourages the obvious conservation measures such as keeping thermostats down and lights off when not necessary “We urge anyone who thinks their thermostat is not working correctly to contact maintenance so we can repair it” he said As a lighting guideline Peterson said incandescent bulbs should be turned off anytime they are not in use and fluorescent fixtures should be turned off when they will not be in Plants goldfish a wicker rocking chair wall hangings and spool tables help transform Harv Forsgren's East High Rise room into a veritable island paradise The room is home for 35 plants of all types and sizes Harv a senior from Salt Lake City says the originality and creativeness of th room offer him a break from his homework and "a way to keep sane" Photo by Ron Rico f |