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Show THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1987 PACE 3 Future married students may face housing shortage BONHAM BY NICOLE With 31 percent of the students attending SUSC being married, officials admit that family housing needs attention. "It definitely is a concern," says Sterling R. Church, vice president for student services. He notes that although married student housing may not be adequate in Cedar City, it can be found. "Married students do have to hunt more diligently for a place to live because most of the married student apartments are in basements, duplexes, and and not in major complexes," he says. four-plex- es According to Church, the problem is not if housing available, but at what cost? He says that although housing rates are higher, the community has been successful in keeping the rates lower than comparable college communities. "We've been is fortunate in Cedar City to have maintained perhaps the most economical rent of any college community in the state," says Church. The SUSC master plan calls for new units of married student housing to eventually be built at approximately 1 175 W. 300 S., according to Michael D. Richards, vice president for college relations. He says that in spite of the fact that this project may not be decided on by the time Oak Hall is demolished, the institution feels the need to provide housing for married students. "We feel that obligation," says Richards. "If we didn't, we wouldn't plan for it. But the timing and the sequencing may not allow everything to fall into place." Richards notes that the community is picking up additional units. ."That may be sufficient for a while," he says, "but may not be a long term . nswer. That is why we're keeping open the option of building Security tips suggested BY JULIE (586-7793- (586-2955- ), (586-9445- Projects improve campus BY ROBBIE REID A number of campus improvements are now reaching the final stages at SUSC, including landscaping, new tennis courts and a facelift of Thunderbird Stadium. The new tennis courts south of the Stadium are now completed, according to Michael D. Richards, vice president for college relations. "Some work still needs to be done, but they are ready for use by students and the P.E. department," he said. Improvements have been made in the landscaping and irrigation on campus with an automated sprinkler system. Drainage will be improved around the Science, Life Science, and Library buildings. According to Richards, there have been problems with the soil collapsing when it's wet, so efforts have been made to keep it dry. An entrance way has been completed for the new parking lot on the west end of campus, enabling people to park there. It was ready for use at Saturday's game. At the stadium, new bleachers have been added to east side and a new paint job and sign was completed on the west side. Landscaping was also done around the Stadium. "We have tried to work around the weather. The students have been the most inconvenienced, and we appreciate their patience," Richards said. Along with a double walkway, landscaping will be completed around the new Student Center. Some 600 trees will be planted along with grass and shrubbery. "It will be most noticeable in the spring. The students and others on campus will find it exquisite," said Richards. full-tim- full-tim- i COOK "We like to take care of our students," says Kent Hoyt, SUSC security chief. "If they (the students) follow these rules, we won't have any problems." According to Hoyt, there are several good safety rules and apartment security' tips that are important to students while on campus at night or living in dorms, campus apartments or in off campus housing. One good security rule, according to Hoyt, is to make sure you walk in lighted areas after dark, preferably with someone else. Be alert if you see any individual watching you This happens quite often, said Hoyt. In this type of case, pay special attention to faces and get license numbeis. "Don't invite any problems or someone that may create problems," said Hoyt. Always keep your doors locked when not at home or at nig it. According to Hoyt, a lot of female students don't lock their doors. Another good security tip, according to Floyt, is to have the telephone number of the security office and local police written down and placed beside your bed and telephone to be used in the event of an emergency. The following numbers are important ), Cedar City ones to know: SUSC security office and the Utah Iron County Sheriff (586-651Police ). Highway Patrol If students have any problems, they should come to the security office, which is located in the Plant Operations building or contact the local police, said Hoyt. "We are here to give students the service they need in security matters." married student housing." Married students are definitely finding it difficult to locate economical housing, according to Mindy of Four Pines Apartments. McGeary, e student at McGeary, whose husband is a SUSC, notes that students are usually not able to e work but pay the same rates as those people who do. Oak Hall, the married student housing complex, started out the quarter with a 75 percent occupancy rate, according to Church. "That's the first time in recent years that we've had vacancies in Oak Hall for the fall," he says. Church attributes the low occupancy rate to modernization problems which include the heating system and the size of the units. He says that there is a problem. "We're pursuing every avenue possible to provide economical married student housing," he says. Utah State University President Stanford Cazier praised the founding fathers' foresight during Thursday's Convocation lecture. Cazier praises founders' intelligence BY LISA HOWELL "Public ignorance may be the greatest danger in the nation today," said Stanford Cazier, president of Utah State University, quoting Walter Cronkite. Cazier, speaking at Thursday's Convocation, said "Now what is impressive and what ought to impress us, given the limited accessibility of schools and colleges of the colonial period, is just how aware they were. think that given our rich opportunities for education in America today, we ought to be embarrassed by any illiteracy among us, because they (the colonists) were amazingly literate. That does not mean every American read, wrote, and conversed, but people did read. "Look at the American colony in 1776. I Senate slices BSU, The ASSUSC Senate gave ihe Black Student Union (tsSU) $1,000 of the $1,627 it requested Wednesday. BSU's representative, Friday Odong, said, "We're very few in number.. .It's hard to raise money." Michael Bahr told the BSU that $900 of the total would be for Black Awareness Week (Nov. ), and the remaining $200 would go specifically to the running of the club. 25-29- The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) was given $140 of the $1,342 requested. The $140 is to be used as an admission fee to compete in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association. Students participating will compete There was no reason for rebellion really," continued Cazier. "No place on Earth was more free and more open. "So why the rebellion?" questioned Cazier. "It was an intellectual gesture. They revolted in the name of the English Constitution. King George, his ministers, and Parliament had departed too far from the sacred constitution, which goes way back in time. "It was not that they were oppressed, but that they might become oppressed. They anticipated oppression," added Cazier. Cazier spoke of writing as not always glamourous, but the men who wrote the Constitution were "great men of quality with education and the power of the pen." He went further to say that the writing of the Constitution could not be repeated. SPJ club requests television, radio, and newspaper oriented competitions. Charles Smith said, "I could've cut out the whole bill. Our opinion is that it was not thought out." He told SPJ it could "get their act together and bring it (the bill) back in for reconsideration. The Literary Guild, represented by Eulail Pickering, was given the $700 it requested. Pickering said the club was coming up with the other $800 it needed to get poets to do readings at SUSC. Stacey Stewart told the Senate, "About 50 people from the community go to these poetry readings," in addition to students who attend. in |
