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Show Scholarship fund expands as Telethon rings bells by Doug 25 different groups, including students, alumni, friends of the college, civic clubs, faculty and staff. This is the most successful Telethon in the State of Utah, said SUSC President Gerald R. and Christensen For three days this week a small conference room on the third floor of the Administration Building will be transformed into a telephone boiler room, and SUSC will be the richer for it. The sound of cowbells and the chorus of a dozen pleas for donations will drain out of that room for four hours each of chose nights, and when it is all over the college scholarship fund hopes to have $35,000 more to offer needy and deserving students. Thats the goal of the 1984 Telethon, and as of last week that looked quite attainable. More than $33,290 has already been pledged. The Telethon is an annual effort by the college to raise money to fill the scholarship coffers. In other words, were it not for the Telethon a lot of students who are going to school now would find it harder to do so. So far more than 200 people have manned the telephones, calling people from as near as across the street to as far away as Massachussetts. Those volunteers represent between 20 Sherratt. For the school its really a good money raiser, said Jack Bishop, the college development director. He said many school departments send student volunteers, and the money they raise goes directly into that departments scholarship fund. The departments that really get in and work will make $2,000 to $3,000 for their school fund, per department, Bishop said. The Telethon, which began March 27, ends Thursday at 10 p.m. When theyre contacted by phone, people who are able to donate to the college are asked to pledge a specific amount, which is then recorded on a pledge form and mailed to them. Donors can choose which of the college departments they wish to donate to, or they can allow the money to go into the general scholarship fund, where it is allocated based on need. Last year the Telethon raised Student volunteers reach out and touch someone, and ask for money while doing it. $31,000, even though only $30,000 was pledged over the telephone. A lot of people will ask that the pledge area on the form be left blank, and theyll fill it in later, Bishop said; this accounts for most of the large donations. Our average donation is about $25 this year, Bishop said, whereas last year it was about $10. Many of the donors are able Dawnniella DeBusk Count Dracula were attending SUSC, he would be delighted to know that there are a If variety of night courses available. SUSCs evening school program sports an interesting and varied agenda of credit and non-cred-it courses. To break the monotony of day school and cater to students needs, there are 28 extended day classes, outreach programs, and a evening business program. Through the night program students pursuing their business administration major and computor science minor can earn a degree and still work during the day. The evening business degree program was born in the fall of 1982. It was originally established for individuals unable to attend school during the day and is evolving according to their needs. The program is called because the students register separately from regular courses and pay a set price for each class instead of one sum at one time. Since funding is supplied by students, a sufficient number of students must enroll in a course in order for it to survive. The students enrolled in the program graduate a quarter later than most students seeking a business degree, according to Phil C. Carter, assistant for academic programs. A three to four year sequence of courses is planned by the heads of the business and science department. The program is designed to offer approximately four courses each quarter, and runs the entire year. This spring quarter only three of the five courses offered pertain directly to business. Dance for children and parenting for the single parent are also included as part of the program. The 28 evening school courses range from geology field trips to reading blueprints and serve the basic concept of continuing education. There are eight geology field trips offered by rt rt rt rt nt (continued from page 4) Richard Kennedy and Blair Maxfield, both associate professors in the Physical Science department. Since the geology trips are organized on first come, first serve basis it gives an advantage to the student, explained Carter. Other night courses are popular in student involvement. Last year a course in taxidermy was was so great that the offered and the turn-ou- t instructor was forced to split the group into two classes, recalled Carter. This year dance classes have had the biggest response, especially childrens dance. The childrens dance classes filled rapidly. It gives the children a chance to study under Burch Mann. It also gives parents a chance to study, explained Daphne Dailey, coordinater of workshops. Another childs class which had a good response was water awareness for babies, explained Carter. History and appreciation of film already has a big enrollment, said Carter. Folk guitar and e ceramics are two favorites, he said. When the emergency medical technician class is The EMT offered it generates a good turn-ou- t. class gives the county a chance to hire students who receive their certificates for ambulance runs, explained Dailey. There has been a lot of growth (at SUSC) in the past two years because of these continuing education programs which allow people who work during the day to still enjoy school. We are beginning to better meet the needs of the students, Carter said. These programs really support the academic departments on campus, and provide a little extra money for the instructors, Dailey added. al The instructors of the school-funde- d night e SUSC instructors, programs are usually and no more than 20 percent of these instructors teachers. The instructors are paid are part-tim- e according to a percentage of their regular pay. full-tim- large circular table, drawing names from a list of past donors alumni and others who might be able to contribute. When any contribution is received a cowbell is rung, and at the end shift the of each two-hovolunteer who has raised the most money gets to take one of the cowbells home. Not everyone who pledges money actually sends it in, of course. Nationally for such programs about 71 percent of the people mail in their pledge. However, SUSC has been much luckier; between 78 and 81 percent usually follow through on their pledge. Bishop said the Telethon costs the school between $4,000 and $5,000 to operate. Calls Reagan militarist Nightlife educational at SUSC by give only $5 or $10, but officials say even this amount is a great help. It adds up, they say. The volunteers sit around a to out the world here in quiet Cedar City, but unless students like us and others elsewhere raise their voices, you might make plans to mind that we will go to war in Central America if Reagan is 85 with reelected. A growing number of spend Thanksgiving senators, both liberal and Uncle Jose and Aunt Rosarita in conservative, ranging from Sen. San Salvador. Then I think it will Edward Kennedy, to be too late. Sen. Barry Goldwater, realize this and have raised their voices in alarm. 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