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Show SENATORS EXPLORE QUARTERNS VIRTUES, TITLE IX INQUISITION UNDER WAY AT SUSC. p The equality between mens and womens sport programs at SU is under question. As a result , the Department of Education is investigating. SEE PAGE 10. The ASSUSC Senate heard arguments in favor of SUSCs current calendar system Monday. Senators will solicit input before action is taken. SEE PAGE 3. I J I I L TIC 84TH YEAR; NUMBER 8 SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, UTAH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1989 SUSC tries for SUSU BY JAMES SPAINHOWER The first steps toward making SUSC a university have been today taken in Price at the State Board of Regents October meeting. The regents will weigh the merits of changing SUSCs designation from a college to a university by assigning a special task force to address the issue a move set into motion when on Oct. 6 the SUSC Institutional Council unanimously called for a name change here. College officials note that if the request is ultimately granted by the regents, SUSC could become SUSU as early as July 1, 1990. In a letter to State Commissioner of Higher Education Wm. Rolfe Kerr and the State Board of Regents, the SUSC Institutional Council stressed the issue of university status should not be based upon the institutions size in enrollment, rather, the critical factor should be the institutions proscribed mission and role. The letter states the mission and role of SUSC, as outlined through the Utah System of Higher Education, of providing baccalaureate degrees in the liberal arts tradition in the arts, humanities and sciences, and in the professional areas of business, education and technology. Additionally, SUSC provides students with one- - and two-yeofferings as well as masters level programs in education and business. The request for the university title does not imply a change in the colleges mission or role, according to SUSC Institutional Council Chairman Kay L. Mclff, a Richfield attorney. Rather, the title change would serve to align SUSC more with its national peers, Mclff said. Michael Dvl Richards, SUSC vice president for college relations, said the trend for public supported comprehensive schools similar to SUSC e enrollments of between 2,000 and 4,000 nationally is to with adopt the status of university. SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt agrees that the time has come for SUSC to change from a college to a university. SUSC is the Ivy League College of the West. The emphasis should be on mission not size and there are a good number of schools that are the same size carrying the university designation, Sherratt said. Costs for the student and to effect the change to university status was another central issue of concern but neednt be, according to Richards, as one time costs will be involved for changes in stationery, transcripts, and anything with our name on it. Tuition and fees will not be affected by the name change because the state and the college will carry the costs of the changeover, Richards said. The advantages, on the other hand, are substantial, he said. Foremost among them is that the change will elevate the value of the diploma with other institutions in the nation. The university status would also align SUSC with national and regional peer institutions in academics and sports, said Richards. Jan Shelton, ASSUSC president, is concerned that prospective students will attend other schools if SUSC does not make the transition to university status. I believe the Board of Regents should give this idea a chance. I would feel sorely cheated if Weber State went to university status and we didnt, Shelton said, referring to a similar request recently made by the Weber State College Institutional Council. ar full-tim- Student Pride Day, SUSC students In support of the Utah Student Association-sponsoreThe the clean volunteered to campus Tuesday. activity was initiated to demonstrate support for the custodial and plant operation personnel who work for state colleges after statewide budget cuts limited the physical facility funding. Students divided into the respective schools and canvassed the d campus grounds for debris. Also, the newly chartered fraternity, Delta Chi, painted the campus lampposts. The USA plans to sponsor a dont litter day later this year. |