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Show The Tfunuterbird TUesday Nm ember 12, 1385 Page 3 Summer Games work progresses for SUSC, Cedar City To enhance and promote a good wholesome amateur athletic competition in Utah. To promote SUSCs athletic image and the college in general. To promote economic development. A minimum of 1,500 athletes are expected to compete in the games and this figure is expected to rise to 5,000 within the next three years. When families, visitors, supporters, volunteer helpers, and others are taken into consideration, the total could rise to Each sport has its own qualification standards and The right now its basically just a sign-ucompetition is open division which is basically from age 16 and over. In sports like swimming, gymnastics, and wrestling there will be age groups fiom nine through 16. It could be that in tennis there will be just a master's division in the age range of 35 and over. In most cases one qualifies just by signing up. In track and field there is a limit of 32 people per event. If, however, there are more than 32 people signed up for an event, the best 32 times will betaken that have been run in any two sanctioi ed BY KON KONTOGIANNIS Plans for the first Utah Summer Games, to he hosted by Cedar City and SUSC, are moving ahead at a rapid rate, according to Jack Bishop, chairman of the games committee. As hosts, the organizations must meet a minimum requirement for Olympic or sanctioned sports, said Bishop. A minimum requirement of 12 different sports is required in order to gain sanction by the United States Olympic Committee. I foresee that in five to 10 years, talented athletes will try out for the Olympic team through the summer games, said Bishop. The concept of the statewide summer games is spreading very rapidly since its introduction in the United States six years ago. Last year, 32 states hosted summer games nationwide. A lot of the games do not have Olympic-stvl- e events such as bowling, golf, kayaking, soitball, halfmarathon and horseshoes. This year, for the first time, an organization of the State Games Association was set up throughout the U.S. so that all hosting states would begin to standardize their list of athletic events. The inaugural games commence with a gala opening in the Centrum on July 2 and end on July 8,000-10,00- meets. 5, 1986. Meanwhile, the college is still deciding on what three sports to add to the 10 listed sports of basketball, bowling, cycling, gymnastics, golf, 10K run, softball, track horseshoes, and field, volleyball and wrestling. Some of the above sports, such as horseshoes and bowling, are not sanctioned Olympic sports and will be listed as festival sports rather than as part of the actual games. Support comes from the state of Utah, the Utah Summer Games Committee, and other such bodies. In Cedar City, a foundation has been organized which comprises the Chamber of Commerce, city, college, townspeople and interested citizens. According to Bishop, the three main goals of hosting the games on the SUSC campus are: Organizers are trying to decide upon three additional sports to join the slate of basketball, bowling, cycling, gymnastics, golf, horseshoes, half marathon, 10K run, softball, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. The competition does not permit professionals to participate because of its amateur orientation. Also, the competition is open only to residents of the state of Utah. College housing will be very limited. All effort is geared toward the cooperation between the college, local motels and other housing in Cedar City. If housing is inadequate in Cedar City, an Olympic Village will be set up at Brianhead for the athletes and supporters, who will be bused down to Cedar City on a daily basis. Quality-cas- t medals will be awarded to the top three athletes in each sport. The games will end with a firework display at the football stadium. It is hoped by organizers that an athletic atmosphere will be set up around campus but it is also hoped that many people will participate in these games which will provide them with a great deal of competition and fun. Harvey is one of a kind BY JIM HOWELLS Ken Hartley is one SUSC student ivho generally has a good reason to miss classes. Hes the only student member on the Utah State Board of Regents and serves as administrative assistant to the ASSUSC Executive Council and President Stuart Jones.. Ken Harvey? the voice on the phone crackled, Hes not here, and good luck trying to catch up with him. The senior accounting major is indeed hard to catch. His duties as administrative assistant to ASSUSC president, Stuart Jones, fill but a part of his long days. Harvey is also the sole student on the Utah State Board of Regents, the governing body of all Utah institutes of higher education, a position which sends him all over the state for decisionmaking meetings. He recently returned from Price, where he helped choose a new president for the College of Eastern Utah. Most of my professors dont even know who I am, the slightly balding, says, I manage to keep up with my homework, but the night before a test is usually a sleepless one. I dont make it to class very often. The amount of material I have to read and assimilate before a Board (of Regents) meeting is staggering. In' addition to deciding who will run Utahs colleges and universities, Harves duties as student regent run the gamut from making budget and curriculum recommendations to overseeing research programs. Harvey think: the mission of SUSC in higher education is to provide students of Utah with a basic (four-year- ) general education and (prepare them) to go on to a graduate program or their career choice. While admitting that SUSC doesnt have the facilitieiof the larger institutions, Harvey feels the education a student receives at SUSC is as good as any in the state. Since Ive had this position (on the Board of Regents), Ive had the opportunity to talk to many students, he says. I haven't talked to one student (that transferred from SUSC to a larger school) who didnt feel their education here was as good as they were getting elsewhere. Harvey has good reason to be enthusiastic about SUSC. Both of his younger brothers went to school here, then transferred to the U of U after serving their missions. They wanted the facade of a larger school, he says, but they realized that the small classes and the concerned instructors were more valuable than big buildings and expensive equipment. Harvey came to SUSC from West Jordan, following his high school debate coach, M.L. Smith. After a year of classwork and forensics, he left to serve his mission for the Church of Jesus Saints in Christ of Latter-daCambridge, Massachusetts, on the campus of Harvard University. He still wears his Harvard blazer, and has his heart set on returning to Cambridge as y (continued on page 11) |