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Show THE COSTUMES THE THING, TOO. THE FIRST DEBATE: THE WINNER IS... Can you imagine Hamlet in blue jeans, or Ophelia in sweat pants? Things might be a lot different if SUSC debate students watched candidates Reagan and Mondale go at it Sunday night. Only the public knows who really won, but these students have a few ideas. not for Sandra Sdglinski, who designs costumes for SUSC theatre productions. SEE PAGE 9. SEE PAGE 3. 05e tfoundmrhhrd THE STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS OF SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, UTAH Student senate reviews recreation guidelines Audit committee questions opemrec finances by Ralph Schriock The ASSUSC Senate Audit n Committee, reviewing college policies, may try to pull student fees out of the program directors salary and open up morning hours for students. But the senators first plan to look at and survey every aspect of open-re- c student opinion before issuing recommendations probably at the start of next year. Senate President Steve Wright said the review is being done after the senate last year approved a $1 student fee increase that went to open-reTwo dollars of each students fees is now paid for open-recreatio- c. open-recreatio- We approved that $1 increase last year as a very inexperienced group, Wright contended. I tried to. research it, but it was pushed through really fast. Wright said his objection to the fee is, Now we find out were paying 35 to 40 percent of the director of open-rec- s salary. I dont personally feel the open recreation is run very effectively, he said. I dont like student fees going to pay someones salary unless they benefit students a lot. The total amount of student fee money going for the program is $12,000 a year, of which $9,000 goes for the salary and benefits of director Jim Nielson. Another $1,200 goes for the payroll of students handling equipment and supervising, and $1,500 is usually pooled with other athletic department money to buy equipment. Athletic Director Steve Lunt said using student fees for the open-re- c directors salary is necessary. He is the supervisor of the whole thing, Lunt said. He hires the students, he monitors their work and the use of the facility six days a week. One suggestion Wright said the senate (continued on page 8) ASSUSC senate is investigating changes in the colleges open recreation policies to give students better hours for equipment use. Job rate for SUSC grads on par with nation Students who graduate from SUSC are on par with students nationwide in finding jobs, but the large number of certifying teachers may bring down the average starting salary for the graduates. Rex Michie, director of the college placement center, gave his annual placement report to the Institutional Council Friday and noted that about half of SUSCs 1984 graduates are employed in fields related to their majors. Although the job placement rate for graduates has been relatively consistent for the last nine years, Michie said recently, Business and accounting majors are becoming a larger and larger part of our graduating class. While only 15 percent of SUSCs graduates majored in business and accounting in 1975, this year 23 percent had that major. Another change is that more math majors are getting teaching certificates than in past years. I hope thats a trend, Michie said. The numbers show theres a terrible, terrible shortage of public school math teachers. According to his report, there were only eight math majors who certified to teach from Probably as compared with colleges around the country wed be low because of the number of students who certify and the starting salary for teachers is low, he said. From 1975 to 1983 only eight mathematics majors certified to teach. In 1984 five math majors and two minors certified. The survey of 1984 graduates also showed that of the 62 percent who currently hold some job, 14 percent are working in areas outside their major. The placement director attributed that to market demands in the current economy. About 10 percent of the class of '84 are homemakers, in the military or on LDS missions. This is the eighth year Ive made this presentation, Michie told the council, and the numbers have been fairly consistent again this year. He noted that a large 1975 to 1983. Among the 1984 graduates, five math number of graduates not listed on the job market are and certificates. minors two majors completed also in graduate school programs. Teaching is not one of the highest paying professions and Michie said that was reflected in the salary around, Overall, weve experienced relatively good levels of SUSC graduates. placement, he commented. |