Show Page March 5 1975 2 director open to suggestions UC by Cherl Powers staff reporter Probably the busiest building on campus is the Union Center Between 14000 and 15000 people walk through the building daily This includes students that walk through the UC at least once or twice a day “The UC serves many purposes for the students who attend Utah State” Val Christensen director of the UC said He feels its main functions is to serve as a physical facility a place to hold dances forums and movies and other University activities During the year Christensen schedules and gives building supervision to over 4000 events “One day we set up a banquet for 500 people and the same night we took it down and set up a classroom for the next morning” Christensen said Christensen is also responsible for the physical maintenance of the building including such projects as buying carpet to redecorate the Sunburst Lounge He other said important big job To help him Christensen has two assistants Bruce Darley assistant director of the UC LeRoy Dennis asst or student activities and services deal with many problems and people in the course of one dav We do the best we can with the facilities we have” Darley said “We wanj the students to know we’re always open to suggestions” Darley’s main duties as assistant director are to work closely with UC maintec jce and budgeting He also helps coordinate the activities held in the building and advises some of the student organizations on campus “When these organizations have problems we try to recommend various solutions from past experience We advise them not dictate to them” Daley of “We added “We also do alot of public relations work We’re responsible for the impression prospective students and others form about USU and Northern Utah” Darley said LeRoy Dennis who is in charge of student government and all aspects of his job are to work with the student government and to acitivities that occur in the act as advisor to most academic building said ‘I believe I have the and volunteer programs on responsibility to play a key role in the total education of the students campus at USU Students need an outlet “I try to be a facilitator between the administration faculty where they can work with people and the students” Christensen and programs Involvement in said student government and acRunning the UC smoothly is a tivities is a tremendous learning experi&oce for students outside the classroom” Dennis said Open Seven Days The UC is the only building on campus open seven days a week and holidays This entails alot of maintenance work The UC has e and three part-tim- e eight full-tim- custodians “We feel we keep up quite well for the amount of use the building gets and for the number of custodians” Christensen said “There has been little increase in our budget in the past nine years yet we have doubled the utilization of the building” The funds to operate the UC come from vending and renting Hub and the bookstore said Christensen “In the past three' years we have completed the Hobby Center the Sweet Shop and remodeled the Hive and the Briar” he said “Since we’ve redecorated the Briar the utilization of it by students has increased to over three times of what it used to be” he said “From a survey we determined approximately 2400 students enter the Briar daily” he said “We have future plans to redecorate the Hub and the Sun Burst Lounge hopefully by next year he said “We want to make the UC as as attractive Christensen added possible” chosen to study Colorado USU water research lab has been chosen to develop a USU’s Colorado River study to report the impact of the 1972 federal water pollution control act The Colorado River study grant began in September 1974 USU was in competition with top colleges and engineering firms for the project one of 12 national river basin studies The grant of $225000 will be to how used research and individuals 'municipalities are applying the pollution control techniques outlined in 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wildlife part of this” Box said How Box has specific ideas of well a professor teaches how the teacher can best determines such things as prepare his students for their raises promotions etc Box said that he uses careers He said the student must be made aware of the evaluation sheets from the his problems then be given a students to help him teach are “bag of tools” to handle the classes He said the sheets problems The student must more valuable to the professor be able to relate his training to than the administration the needs and most im- because of the professor’s he should be many different portantly motivated to get out and do Dean Thad Box of the College of Natural Resources According to Box the must train college for a specific professionals job — to manage the natural resources Graduates of the college must be able to make the world worth living in Nixon staffer to give talk an advertising and partner Desmond J Barker Jr in for- mer director of domestic Comin the Nixon Adwill be featured in a munications ministration special lecture here Thursday March 6 at 7 pm at the Business Auditorium Barker who resigned his position before the Watergate scandel broke will discuss “What Went Wrong at the White House” and the events leading up to Watergate Now a Salt Lake City resident agency' Barker was appointed special assistant to the president in July 1971 He saw the stage being set for the scandel that followed He became personally acquainted with Jrra Dean Robert Haldeman John Mitchell John Ehrlichman Charles Colson and some of the other White House staff executives and officials who have since been convicted of crimes involving the coverup CENTRAL AUTO PARTS 321 North Main love on Parts 1680600 Parts ATOMTIHSO 4-16- 00 Cars : §1 -- V ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Jr ¥ Final Control Wed March 5 1 1:30 pm Jumper Lounpe Try-ou- ts GCilCS Thursday and Friday Mar 7 UC Ballroom 3:30 to 5 noedsd to BaaS and Banco ail Casino in r'las’eh VV¥4r 6-- (Be prepared with song) X $ (apply at 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