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Show WWti loss staff as usual business boasts despite, Department BY Despite losing three instructors within one year, SUSCs business department continues to thrive, boasting business as usual. After the departure of two business professors this summer, the department unexpectedly lost a third instructor last quarter, forcing department officials to scramble to compensate for the loss. Professor Steve McQueen left in the middle of fall quarter its hard to fill a position so late in the fall, said Harold Hiskey, dean of SUSCs School of Business, Technology and Communication. He added that the business department is trying to HE 83RD YEAR; NUMBER the vacant position with a competent instructor by circulating employment petitions in trade journals. Problems exist, however, in filling vacancies in the middle of the academic year; not many instructors are willing to leave a position during the academic year to relocate, according to Hiskey. Additionally, Industry offers greater wages and more fringe benefits than fill JAMES SPAINHOWER 17 schools, he said. As a temporary remedy, the department has added instructors from the surrounding area to some part-tim- e its faculty roster. According to Provost Terry D. Alger, hiring guidelines at SUSC regulate not only how many instructors may be part of the teaching force part-tim- e but also what level of expertise they possess. We prefer not to add more part-tim- e faculty, Alger SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE When we do hire part-tim- e instructors, we require a minimum ot bachelors degree, preferably masters degree we will hire holders of bachelors degrees only if they have specific knowledge. Alger said he has heard no complaints regarding the part-tim- e instructors currently at SUSC. No students have complained. I have committed myself to the students and the college; and if I cant provide them with quality, Im not doing my job. Comparable salaries seem to be an issue holding back some instructors from making the move to Utah to teach. According to Alger, all the institutions of higher learning in Utah lag behind national standards by as much as 0 percent. said of the colleges hiring practices. 15-2- CEDAR CITY, UTAH THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1989 Proposed library will supplant dorm BY RACHEL TALBOT Oak Halls ailing condition and SUSCs need for an improved family library facility merit the demolition of the student housing complex, according to college officials. Adjacent to the Student Center, Oak Hall inhabits prime campus property. Clearly, the best features of Oak Hall are its location and its cost, said Sterling R. Church, vice president for student services. The building itself, however, is in need of replacement, he added. Officials feel that Oak Halls structure suffers primarily from aging. It has problems that most buildings its age have, said Head Resident Chad Michaeli. I think it has been maintained well. We have an excellent maintenance staff, he said. This is simply one of these situations where Resident Living has done everything it can to make Oak Hall inhabitable, said Church. We would rather put our time and energy into providing ld new facilities. Resident Living will forfeit the Oak Hall property to provide space for the proposed new library facility. The propertys central location makes it ideally suited for the new library building, according to Church. The main concern we have is that the library is centrally located on campus. Weve looked at the master plan for the next 30 years, and that is as close to the center as it can be located. While talk of Oak Halls demolition has been common, tenants regularly express concern as to when they will be forced to leave. Some people have read of this thing and been concerned that they wouldnt have anywhere to come back to next year, said Michaeli. Michaeli said he assures tenants that Oak Hall will be available for a while longer as funding for the new library hasnt yet been approved by the Board of Regents. We dont want to scare the tenants with yure going to be evicted tomorrow, said Church. We havent set a date. Weve said somewhere between two and five years. In the meantime, Oak Halls 50 apartments will continue to be available. I think at this very moment were at full occupancy, said Michaeli. To compensate for the loss in available housing to accompany Oak Halls demolition, SUSCs administration, in conjunction with Resident Living, continues the push for future family housing facilities. In considering future housing options, administrators have (CONTINUED ON PAGE SUSC sophomore Cathy Edwards, a psychology major from Fillmore, Ut., catches water from a leak in her roof. Edwards resides in Oak Hall with her husband, Norris, and says that, aside from the leaky roof, she is generally satisfied with her living conditions. 2) |