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Show '5 KitjRIMV POLITICS, OLYMPICS ARE NOW MIXED. CENTRUM OPENS TO SUSC VICTORY, Thats the opinion of basketball team The opened the new Centrum with a pair of victories against powerful opponents. An excited crowd watched as the 'Birds paced themselves to a tournament cluimpionship. SEE PAGE 10. T-Bi- KSL-T- V sportscaster Henry Marsh, who should know. Marsh, who has competed several times in the steeplechase, had several interesting things to say about the Olympics. SEE PAGE 3. CBe Giundr&iT& THE STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS OF SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, UTAH Faculty vote will be split will submit a decision to the semester quarter committee on whether the college should switch to the semester system or stay with the quarter SUSCs faculty members split-vot- e system. All of SUSCs 124 e faculty members responded to a survey given last week by Paul Burgoyne, chairman of the colleges semesterquarter committee. Out of those 124, 63 representing 50.8 percent said they would favor the semester system; 5342.7 percent said they were in favor of the quarter system, and eight 6.5 percent of those polled were undecided. The committee is now faced with the problem of having to write up a split recommendation, said Paul Burgoyne, chairman of the semesterquarter committee. After Burgoyne puts together his recommendation proposal, he will present it to SUSC Provost Terry Alger. It is Algers responsibility to report the consensus of what is found from research and surveys on this issue to the Utah State Board of Regents. All of the business and physical education department faculty members (the two largest departments) were strongly in favor of the semester system over the quarter system. All 32 faculty members in both departments voted for the semester system. However, the theatre arts and dance department, along with the industrial education department, were strongly in favor of the quarter system, with all the members in both of those departments voting for the quarter system. The behavioral and social science department had a hard time coming up with a decision. Six of the 12 members voted m favor of the quarter system, three were for the semester system, and three said they had no preference. According to Stuart Jones, president student of the ASSUSC, a new Mark conducted will be by survey Morman, the ASSUSC director of student affairs. These tabulations should be in by Dec. 5. full-tim- SUSCs basketball team played, and won, its first game ever in the colleges new Centrum special events facility. About 5,100 of the facilitys 5,300 seats were filled by cheering fans and special guests. Centrum nearly full for grand opening BY KRIS JOHNSON The newly constructed Centrum seated the largest indoor crowd in the history of southern Utah Friday night, with approximately 5,100 people showing up for the opening ceremony and staying to support the SUSC Thunderbirds as they took their first 6 basketball season. victory of the The evening started out with a big bang as fireworks were set off outside the Centrum in celebration of the first event to be held m the building. Ivan MaTieson, the state senator representing Iron County, officially opened the Centrum when he was presented with an oversized pair of scissors by Michael Richards, vice president of college relations. Matheson took the scissors and cut a red ribbon which was set up neatly 85-8- along the arena floor. The crowd cheered him on as he delicately snipped the ribbon. Outside stood many onlookers eagerly awaiting their tickets, trying desperately to catch glimpes of the Centrums inside. Multitudes of people could be seen walking around and observing the inside. Most of them had an expression of awe and excitement on thier faces as they saw the 104,085 square foot building for the first time. The blaring voice of a concession man echoed throughout the air as he shoutd, Programs! Get your souvenir People could be found all progran s over, gazing at all of the SUSC paraphernaln being sold outside the special events center arena along with the two food concession stands also located outside the arena. ! The Utah Pipe Band from Bountiful performed a special musical tribute to those people who contributed and devoted so much of their time and money to making the Centrum become a reality. Among those to recieve special tribute were representitives from the Utah State Legislature, the Utah State Board of Regents, various college officials and members of the architecture firm that built the Centrum. The anticipation of waiting for the first tip-odutifully arrived as the SUSC cheerleaders busted out yelling, Come on Big Red, Lets Go! The crowd roared and shouted along with the cheerleaders as the and carried it recovered the tip-odown the court scoring their first ff ff (continued on page 6) |