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Show PACE 4 THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY OCTOBER 12, 1987 SOUTHERN UTAH STATE GETS THINGS DONE During the past three years, SUSC has gone through some n have attended dramatic changes. Returning classes on a somewhat different campus each year, and can tell of the numerous improvements that have taken place here. The new Student Center, wnich will be in operation this winter is among the many testaments that SUSC is a school that gets things done. When SUSC sees a need or a problem, immediate action is taken. And more than often, immediate results are seen. Only one year ago The Thunderbird printed plans for the new Student Center with the architect's rendition. Our first issue this year d featured photographs of the building. The need for the building was forseen years ago, but nothing was done until SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt took action to complete the project. The Student Center will open its doors winter quarter. The Centrum filled the need for more classroom space and a special events center. For its first year in operation, The Centrum hosted major concerts, Olympic team sporting events and the USAUSSR Goodwill tour. Who would have thought, five years ago, that Southern Utah State would host such events? The ability to "get things done" has brought SUSC to public attention. Two or three years ago, the college was virtually r unknown, or thought to be one of those party schools in southern end of the the state. Media attention somewhere focused on the Summer Games events and the college's media campaign, Project Image, have helped to bolster SUSC's institution. standing as a quality four-yeEven amid numerous budget cuts, college administation has set aside funding for the Library. According to Michael D. Richards, vice president for college relations, the base budget of the Library was was increased 52 percent over the past year. SUSC does not wait around for things to happen. In 1984 the music department decided to form a ceremonial band. Before then, the SUSC band was an unknown group of musicians that did concerts now and then. Since the Scarlet and Black was formed, its participated as guests at the Coca-Col- a Centennial Parade in Atlanta, Ga., and at the Longs Peak Scottish Festival in Estes Park, Colo. This year the group will travel to Dublin, Ireland, as honorary guests of the Lord Mayor in the St. Patrick's Day parade. Students at SUSC should realize the attention they receive from our dedicated staff and faculty. We need to be appreciative of the effort and sacrifice put forth to make SUSC a institution. Hms of NeKDS? Mom DoeN'r ToU ?Rpuo To BS ALUMi , ;r, iEKZ. upper-classme- nearly-complete- top-quali- ty T two-yea- W Pl IIMIL'J W I H jllllMWI - Tjj 1'IIU' .j,; '"'I I. J. ar top-quali- ty THE STUDfcNT NEWS AND VIEWN OE SOUTHERN UTAH STATE VOLUME 82, NUMBER Editor Dann Stewart Associate Editor Lisa Jane Laird Copy Editor Mitch Connell Photo Editor Richard Engleman Sports Editor Tiffame Florence COLLEGE . CEUAKCHT UTAH 3 Entertainment Editor Dawn DeBubk Senior Staff Writer Annette Grooms Production Manager Gavin McNeil Advertising Manager Lynn S Dennett Faculty Adviser Larry Baker The Thunderbird is published each Monday of the academic yea Dy and tor the student body of Southern Utah State College and is not affiliated with the College's department of communication. The views and opinions expressed in The Thunderbird a re the opinions of the publication's individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the institution, faculty, staff or student body in general. The unsigned editorial directly above is the opinion of The Thunderbird as a single entity. Letters to the editor must be typed and include the name and phone number. Only the name will be printed Names will not be withheld under any circumstances and the editor reserves editing privileges. Letters must be submitted by noon Friday for inclusion in the following weeks edition. The Thunderbird editorial and advertising offices in SUSC Library 103 Mail at SUSC Box 9384, Cedar City, L rT 84'720. Phone (801) 7758. SUSC already emphasizes humanities Access' is a recurring column through which members of the campus community may address themselves to topics of concern andor interest. This week's column is by DAVID LEE, professor of languages and literature. In the October 5 issue of The Thunderbird an article appeared in the Access column written by my colleague, Robert G. Young. Professor Young has, in the past, written under the pseudonym Campus Curmudgeon, and, like many other faculty members, I normally enjoy his acerb articles. Flowever, in this instance find his article to cross the line from the astringent to the acerbating. Rather than spend a great deal of time discussing the first section of his article, would like to focus of his essay where my response to the final one-thir- d he attacks SUSC. In this section he develops insinuations and quotes "disturbing facts' that feel must be answered. To be specific. Professor Young focuses on four itemized elements, which he calls "serious gaps in Southern Utah State College's educational program in comparison with other colleges in the state," and his implication seems to be that SUSC has purposely mired itself in academic mediocracy with no intention of elevating itself other than through artificial rhetoric and "juggler's tricks." Let us carefully examine Professor YoungS, four itemized "disturbing facts that seem to set SUSC apart from its sister institutions in the state." "SUSC is the only four-yecollege in the stare that does not have a coordinated, interdisciplinary I ar humanities program offering the combined perspectives of the disciplines of philosophy, history and literature to its students.' As most faculty members and students know, we have been attempting to develop a humanities program at this institution for the past several years. Because of a lack of interest and support from both and administration an originally conceived program which was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities dwindled to a single course, Humanities 100, Introduction to Humanities. However, beginning next year Humanities 100 will become a core course followed by at least four spin off courses that will form the initial development of a coordinated, interdisciplinary humanities program. Three of these courses, Humanities 101, 102 and 103, have already been tentatively scheduled for fall, winter and spring a director of humanities, Professor quarters, 1988-89- ; James Harrison, has been tentatively designated; and catalog changes are presently in the final stages of revision, subject to final review by the appropriate bodies. "SUSC is the only four-yecollege in the state without an Honor's Program." This year Professor Eugene Woolf was granted a reduced academic workload so that he might undertake the study leading to the development of an Honor's Program here. Presently he is contacting colleges and universities of similar student body and faculty size in order to develop a body of data regarding scope and sequence of honors programs at those institutions so that we can enter the final planning stage for our program at SUSC. It is our hope and intention that we will be able to implement this program within the next two years. "SUSC is the only four-yecollege in the state without a coordinated program of writ.ng across the cirriculum." Whether this statement is the result of faulty or sloppy scholarship, as has been suggested by some faculty members, or is a deliberate distortion and of actual data in order to misrepresentation the faculty ar ar (continued on page 6) |