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Show WOT SUSC HOMECOMING CELEBRATES LIFE. IS IT KILLING BAMBI, OR JUST GREAT FUN? Organizers of this weeks Homecoming activities have decided to make this a Celebration of Life, featuring activities and events for current students as well as returning alumni. SEE PAGE 8. If you can answer that question without starting a fist fight, then youre a master of diplomacy. Either way, The Thunderbird staff writer Ken Cox tells about his day in the hills, and his quick success. SEE PAGE 11. if UTAH THE STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS OF SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, Semester system studied at SUSC BY KRIS JOHNSON SUSC, along with every other college and university in the state, may be seeing a change from the quarter class system to the semester system in years to come. In June of this year, the Utah State Board of Regents instructed the presidents of all nine of the states institutions of high education to study the consequences of changing from the quarter system to the semester system. This is an issue that has been discussed and debated several times in the past. According to Terry D. Alger, SUSC Provost, the switch, if it happens, wont affect many students who are here now because it takes years to undergo a curriculum review and change before a new system can be fully implemented. A commmittee has been organized at SUSC to study the issue, and how a possible change would affect this college, according to Alger. The committee will look at some of the pros and cons of a changeover. It will also consider how the students and faculty feel about this issue. Once the committee has all of the necessary data and statistics, it will send a report to the Utah State Board of Regents for their examinination. This report must be submitted by December 15th. Other colleges and universities will present similar reports on that date, Alger said. According to Paul Burgoyne, chairman of the committee, the group is trying to be as objective as it possibly can. This committee does not have any preconceived notions. Were being very democratic about the decision, he said. Were trying to make our job easier by finding, out what everybody wants. After the reports are submitted, the board of regents will consider them and decide if Utahs system will be system to a trimester changed from a quarter-base- d with two regular semesters and a summer semester. Several students interviewed by The Thunderbird indicated they prefer the quarter system over the semester system. I would rather have the quarters than semesters, says Alice Butler, who is in her Junior year at the college. I like quarters better because they are short and my motivation level is higher. The length of a semester would kill me, I think I would be bored and lose interest in my classes if we were on the semester schedule, Butler said. Although the semester system does have it s disadvantages, the college could benefit in numerous ways with the implementation of a semester schedule. (continued on page 2) to-no one really got hurt. It was all This may look like carnage and blood- -it was intended but See the story on page 7. week. last the college part of a practice emergency drill staged at Student rentals down all over city BY ANNETTE GROOMS housing The number of students living in and no one than normal, this lower year apparently seems to know the real reason why. Julie Christian, who manages the Village Inn of low apartments, said she has discussed the problem all in seem to be They with area managers. residency the dark about it, she said. Not precise figures are available, but most of the the number of apartment managers interviewed say decreased substantially. has rentals student Avenue Dewey Hawkins, manager of the College down be admissions may apartments, thinks college from last year, and that may be one of the reasons for the large number of vacancies. Were down quite a bit from last year, Hawkins said. He said there are about five reasons residency is slacking at various college apartment buildings. There are a lot of houses for sale and the owners are are sold, renting to college students until they Hawkins said. is Hawkins said that the second reason is also due to real estate: People are buying second houses to rent out to college students for more money than if they rented to a family. During the summer they can rent to Shakespeare people. Another reason may be that there are more rentals available because of new buildings in the area, Hawkins said. Hawkins said there are some new units by SUSC s War Memorial Fieldhouse which still have a 30 percent vacancy. The fourth reason, Hawkins believes, is that students are dealing with college rules all the time and they want more freedom. Some of the kids want to drink and fly together, Hawkins said. They think there are too many rules (in housing). Hawkins said another reason for the vacancies is students want fewer people living in an apartment. His units house six students each, he said. He also said the owners of College Avenue have (continued on page 7) |