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Show NUKE WAR HORRORS BROUGHT TO LIGHT. ROCK OPERA ELECTRIFIES STAGE. Convocation speaker Edwin Firmage warned of the horrors created by nuclear war, but gave his point of view on possible solutions to end this worldwide problem. SEE PAGE 3. Thunderbird Arts and Entertainment Editor Lanai Greenhalgh reviews Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which opened last Friday night. SEE PAGE 9. . e THE STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS OF SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE-CEDA- R CITY, UTAH Leaders dispute use of bookstore excess revenue Sherratt Price have yet together on disagreement over funding for new student center to get , by Mark Mormon and Doug Christensen apparent says he is disappointed that Price has gone to The Thunderbird with his complaint without first talking to him. He says the issue could have been better solved in a meeting: If he had a concern, he sits on the governing board of the school, and he could raise the issue there. We wont get much done when we fight battles in the press, particularly when youre not that well informed. g Price says he has discussed the issue with members of the administration, including Vice Sherratt What originally shaped up as a major blow-u- p between SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt and ASSUSC President Scott Price over the use of money from the colleges auxiliary enterprises may be, in fact, a simple failure to communicate. There still is no direct communication between the two concerning the disagreement, but when there is they may find they dont differ as much as they once face-to-fa- lower-rankin- thought. Price wants a new student center, and says nothing concrete has been done to get one. He wants some of the money uuv: ssmun n cjs :i5 W 1 ?! M U is currently being used by Sherratt i?4 R JSIJi fcr his development fund to be set aside tWiNMi' ML in a special fund for the purpose. a Sherratt says he, too, wants new t student center, and his administration has a plan that might get one. But college officials say the plan, which they term bold and unique, is fragile enough that it could fall apart at any moment. In short, the plan, which is the i up tU4 brainchild of Vice President for College Michael calls for Relations D, Richards, ! 3 siTi I leasing college property to a private contractor, who will in turn build a student center and lease part of the J.Mlr4 building back to the college. The disagreement first surfaced during the summer, when Price and all other - T. u ( & members of tne SUSC Institutional Council voted to approve a transfer of t aj i, H funds from auxiliary enterprises such i things as the college bookstore, food and the student center accounts to a fund used by Sherratt to handle recruiting and emergency money needs on campus. Price said he voted for the transfer because he was new to the job and didnt realize its effect, but now he regrets his action. He said the transfer was not listed Graphic by Hrum Buckrtdge Source SUSC Prewkms Office on the regular council agenda, and he President for Financial Affairs Paul Southwick and Vice had no time to research it before the vote. President for Student Services Sterling Church, and he Now Price says he wants some of that money set understood from those discussions that a meeting with aside for a student center. Sherratt would be a waste of time. We may only be able to set aside $10,000 a year, Its just a shame that we have not saved a penny for Price said, but that, he contends, is better than our new student center, and it has been a goal of nothing. students for over 20 years, Price says. Richards says the administration does not necessarily The issue is complicated, but breaks down something oppose setting aside money in a fund to provide the like this: basis for the development of a student center, but says Sherratt has a discretionary account totalling that suggestion must go through proper channels. that ilfauut. -- ' roughly $101,000. However, all of that money is traditionally set aside for student scholarships. Since his discretionary account is already spent, and since the college president needs access to money to fund emergency or short-terneeds, Sherratt has a development account, which totalled about $60,000 last year. Of that, $25,000 went to recruit new students to the school. The remaining $35,000 went to pay for emergency needs and to fund projects he believes are worthwhile. The money for Sherratts development fund comes from auxiliary enterprises. It is mostly profit from the SUSC bookstore. Since much of the profit made at the bookstore comes from students pockets, Price says, it should be used for things that directly benefit students. Sherratt says he is most qualified to decide how that development fund money should be used how it can best benefit students and the institution as a whole. He says he is the only person on campus responsible for the entire school and not obligated to any one special interest. Theres only one person everyone else has one slice of the pie at this school theres only one person responsible for .the entire school, and thats the president, he says. I Price doesnt dispute that. He merely J jcontends it is his job to look out for the teeds of the students, and a new student center is one of those needs. Student leaders have a difficult time permanently effecting change at SUSC, Price says, because by the time they learn how the system works their terms are over and new, inexperienced leaders take their places. That is why Price says he wants to establish a special fund for a new student center so that some money is saved every year. Then, before any money is transferred from auxiliary enterprises for use elsewhere, the propriety of that transfer would be weighed against the need for a new center. Sherratt says he will argue with anyone over the propriety of his use of the development fund. According to Richards, recruitment, where more than half the fund is spent, is vital. For the past two or three years, recruitment of students and improving the image of SUSC has been a m (continued on page 3) |