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Show THE THUNDERBIRD Legislators hear pleas for increased funding SUSC representatives emphasized the need for increased investment in the states human capital during yesterdays budget hearings of the 1989 State Legislature. SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt urged legislators to pay special attention to those students who come from Utahs southernmost 15 counties, as they represent the states lowest per capita income. too soon to tell the fate of SUSCs funding requests. Legislatures reaction to the colleges figures, said Michael D. Richards, vice president for college relations and SUSCs legislative representative. Richards noted that a funding ' decision is scheduled for the middle of February, after legislators have a better idea of available state revenue. Yesterdays session gave college and university representatives the opportunity to outline specific reasons for each budget request, while also providing legislators with an increased awareness of each institutions particular needs. SUSCs 1989-9- 0 budget request summary is divided into several building blocks that outline request specifics. Richards noted that SUSC representatives focused on the colleges need for increased enrollment growth funding during yesterdays presentation. With winter quarter enrollment figures indicating continued growth, this request area holds the most impact for the college, said Richards. Utahs Board of Regents recommended that SUSC receive funding for an additional 308 full problem of low wages in the southern portion of the state. (See chan at right). THURSDAY,' JANUARY 26, 1989 PAGE 3 PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID, UTAH HIGHER EDUCATION, 1987 officials with budget request specifics during Wednesdays session. However, it is too early to gauge the Sherratt also pointed out that SUSC has the states greatest percentage of students requesting financial aid, underscoring the Its SUSC . When weighing budget priorities, Sherratt asked that legislators keep in mind that SUSC serves as a catalyst for increased economic development. investing revenue dollars in SUSC, Sherratt said that legislators would increase development and encourage growth in southern Utah..' Both SUSC and Weber State College presented legislative By time students, while legislative analyst.' allotted funding for only 288 FTE .students. Richards noted that SUSCs request also stressed the need for increased funding to cover mandated costs, salaries and the colleges enrollment growth. Mandated costs include those incurred through utility use and maintenance and operation costs, said Richards, while salary adjustment requests will increase funding to retain and recruit SUSC faculty. Richards will continue to represent SUSCs interests to Utahs legislators through February. Legislators will review budget requests with officials from Utah State University, University of Utah, and Weber State throughout next week. increased offer selection gifts Library Internship programs Both monetary and material donations contribute to future of new library begin job experience BY JAMES SPAINHOWER As students participating in SUSCs internship program will tell you, education does not end upon leaving the classroom; in fact, it just begins. Greg Reid is one of those students who has gained a great deal of insight and experience through his participation in the student legislative leadership program held in Washington, D.C. This experience certainly kindled a much more intense interest in government and careers in government, said Reid, who has just received his bachelors degree at SUSC. Reid, who gained his internship through the office of Utah Congressman Jim Hansen, has nothing but praise for the to learning. Before the experience, I mostly just tried to keep abreast of what was happening in government; now, I am very interested in government work on either the national or local level. Lenore Rasmussen, head of the home economics department, agrees with Reid that taking part in an internship program is not only intellectually rewarding, but added, it proved to be fun as well. I did an internship while earning my degree, and it was a good experience, Rasmussen said. Although the home economics department is not currently sponsoring a student for internship this quarter, Rasmussen, who is new to her post this academic year, said it has been done in the past and that her department would be more than happy to sponsor a student if the student requests it. Programs available for internship through the home economics daycare, and food department include interior design, hands-on-approa- pre-scho- ch ol services. Frain Pearson, head of the communication department, said the intern program has proven beneficial for communication students in the past and is tailor-fi- t to meet the needs of the individual. We try to individualize our program to cater to students living in southern Utah, Las Vegas and the Wasatch ' Front Salt Lake and Provo. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) BY PETER TAGG Library officials said financial and material donations to SUSCs Library provide not only an improved selection, but also indirectly contribute to the construction of a new library. Diana Graff, SUSCs Library director, said donations come in the form of material and money gifts. Material gifts range from a single publication to entire collections. Graff said an example of a single contribution is the book Planets Beyond , written by Mark Littmann, former director of Salt Lakes Hansen Planetarium, recently donated to the library by Burch Mann, founder of the American Folk Ballet. Graff said on the other end of the scale, Orien Dailey, a southern Utah native and former professor at the University of Michigan, bestowed his lifetime musical collection to the college last summer. The collection contained numerous musical instruments, which went to the music department, and 132 boxes of musical scores, books and classical records which the Library received. This gift will form the nucleus of a new music library presently being cataloged. When material is presented to the Library, Graff said it is evaluated to see what needs it can fulfill. Rare scores and family diaries are placed in the special collections; a lot of contributed fictional material meets student recreational needs she said, since no fiction is purchased by the Library unless requested by the language and literature department. Some faculty members who subscribe to journals and magazines donate every copy to the periodical department, thus allowing the Library to cancel its subscription and spend the money on something else. However, some material does not meet any of the Library needs, Graff said, and those publications are placed on sale to students. In addition, any unneeded journals and magazines are given to the media center where students can take them or cut them up. Money gifts are also occasionally received. Some financial contributors specifically state which department the money is to be used for. When that happens, she said, the departments faculty are consulted to choose books geared to their particular curriculum. If no department is requested, the funds go toward priority items. These donations create savings that are particularly beneficial now, since the Library has to raise $2 million for SUSCs Centennial in 1997. Graff said President Gerald R. Sherratt made an agreement with the Board of Regents . Financial and material donations . provide an improved selection, while indirectly contributing to the construction of a new library. that if the state would build a new library the college would bring the book selection up to standard. That settlement required a book endowment of $2 million to be established. Once the money has been raised it will be invested in a bank, and books will be purchased off the interest it creates. This is a good way to build a library, Graff said. We need to buy every year on a regular basis to stay current. ..this helps us keep up. In the past, money has been raised by programs such as student surcharges, she said, but once the money was spent the fundraising process had to start again. g started on SUSCs The present Founders Day, 1987, and to date the Library has raised $350,000. fund-raisin- |
