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Show THE THUNDERBIRD SUSC THURSDAY, ABRIL 20, 1989 PAGE 5 Senate underwrites Academic Convocation BY JODI REINARD Senators whittled away more of ASSUSCs senatorial funds Monday, with grants to the Academic Convocations Committee, the executive council and Miss SUSC. Bill number 0006 granted the Academic Convocations Committee its full request of $500. The allotment will pay for academic awards to be presented at SUSCs final 1988-8- 9 Convocation May 25. The alloted funds will help promote academic excellence, said Sen. Robert Johnson. The senate unanimously passed President Jan Shelton s bill for $300 to pay ASSUSCs Executive Secretary Cyndee Call. She puts in a lot of extra hours, said Senator Patti Esplin, and this is a way of thanking her for her extra work. The original allotment of $500 to Miss SUSC, Angela Martin, was amended to $100 which will pay for the program book ad and interview attire. Senators recommended that Martin solicit funds from businesses and individuals for other costs incurred by the state competition. Johnson presented a bill requesting $400 to pay for publication costs of computer manuals to be put in campus computer labs. Students are paying for these facilities but are not using them because they are afraid of them, Johnson said. His bill calls for a $400 allocation this quarter, with the possibility of a 10 cent line item for the next two quarters to help with the cost. Senators discussed alternatives to the proposed expense. It was suggested that the senate buy copies of a computer manual to distribute them in the computer labs. Another option includes having the manual available in the Library so students can check it out like any other book, said Johnson. Vocational Industry Clubs of America representative Chuck Smith presented a bill requesting $1,085 for four individuals to attend VICAs National Skill Olympics in Tulsa, Okla. SUSC has been represented well in the past, said Smith, citing four gold medals won on state level competition. The Challenge Club representative, Daren Estes, requested a 14 cent line item for the club. The line item would contribute to project Altas plans for the coming year. Estes said he would like to see the senate support disabled people on campus. We can make it if we get the help, said Estes. We are working to make SUSC he added. a better place for the handicapped, To avoid taping the Senates bills to glass windows in the Centrum, senators considered the feasability of placing one or two bulletin boards in the Centrum. Senators nominated Johnson to pursue the issue. Academic Vice President Retta Judd started a new for adjourning senate meetings. The gavel will be passed to each senator, giving each a chance to express what is on his mind. Sen. Dave Duce said this is a good time for people to express their views. We want to end on a positive note, Judd said, and feels the new tradition will enable this. Most senators agreed this practice will be beneficial. tradition New locks in campus housing improve security BY HEATHER COX The recent replacement of more than 300 lock cylinders and keys in two of SUSCs dormitories, Juniper Hall and Manzanita Court, is successful, according to Resident Living Director Chuck Mollenkopf. The new installation consolidates the dormitories lock system and provides better security for single students living on campus. The former key system, said Mollenkopf, was like Josephs coat of many colors. In addition to requiring several master keys, the old system employed many different brands of keys and locks. The old lock systems were difficult to repair and replace hampering security. Also, the keys were too easy to duplicate, said Mollenkopf. Spring quarters lock replacement is the second measure taken to provide a more unified and tighter security system in the dormitories. Resident Living financed the first replacement system through reserve funds set aside for repairs, replacement and emergencies; as a result, students rental cost remained the same. The system cost $10,700, according to Mollenkopf. The first replacement system, provided by Medeco, worked very well on the resident, resident adviser and head resident levels. However, Medeco failed to supply a fourth level of access for the Director of Resident Living which was required by SUSCs original bid. Consequently, the Resident Living Office withheld with required payments for that system. To comply its machinery to had Medeco to specifications, manufacture the new lock system. took one year, and Medeco paid The Facilities Resident Living Manager Neuman Duncan to install the new lock cylinders. Consequently, resident the living did not incur any further expense to upgrade contracted the originally to quality replacement system for with the Virginia-basesecurity company. second Although there have been a few glitches, this of the tightening goal accomplished replacement said security in Juniper Hall and Manzanita Court, all access can master one key Mollenkopf. Now, buildings, he said. re-to- d CONCERT THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1989 ALL TICKETS PHONE 586-787- 2 PRESENTED 15 ON SALE AT THE CENTRUM BOX OFFICE. MASTERCARDVISA ACCEPTED ON PHONE ORDERS. BY THE UTAH SUMMER GAMES FOUNDATION DISCOVER THE EXCITEMENT! |