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Show THE THUNDERBIRD SUSC THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1990 3 ' PAGE Senate argues funding for MotherDaughter Weekend BY KATHLEEN MIDGLEY ASSUSC Senators allocated all but $131 of their funds during their meeting Monday, the majority of which to PBL. They also heavily debated funding requests for the MotherDaughter Weekend. PBls bill requested funds for air fare and registration for eight members to attend the national tournament. Sen. Peter Johnson reminded the senators that PBL asks the senate for funds only once a year so they can send members to the national competition. A greater number of fund raisers were held this year than last year to fund the trip, according to PBL representative Vance Broadbent. After discussing the recognition that national competitors bring to SUSC, senators ammended PBLs $3,870 bill to read $2,000 and granted $1,600 to the club. During their next meeting, the senate will discuss whether to grant PBL an additional $400 out of next fall quarters budget. Senators also greatly debated whether ASSUSC should be responsible for funding the MotherDaughter Weekend slated for this Friday and Saturday. Sen. Shawn Kirby, investigator of the $1,500 request, asked senators to amend the bill to $1,900 to pay for the weekends unforeseen costs, but senators refused to increase the allocation request. In fact, eventually senators cut the the bill to $506. Kirby argued that the weekend does not fall under the ASSUSC Executive Council nor the senate. Instead, weekend planners are left with no one to turn to when they have insufficent funds. Each year the weekend is allocated $1,700 from the exec council, but this money has already been spent, Kirby said. Sen. Bart Smith said his investigations show that Rea Gubler, the weekends adviser, spent the funds for the banquet, leaving no funds for the other activities. ASSUSC Academic Vice President Mark Holyoak noted that this point was moot since the money already has been spent, and that the senators should merely decide if the funds would be granted. Smith continually insisted that it is not the senates duty to bail everyone out when they need extra money. Kirby noted that the Executive Council cannot grant additional funding for the event without completely depleting its funds. Senators amended the bill for $706 for the weekend activities, $794 less than the original request. Then Kirby said, Lets fund them with $706, and $200 will come from (students activities) budget. Senators approved Kirbys request and will grant $706 for the activity; funding provided from the student activities budget will make the grant up to $906. The monies the senate allocated to MotherDaughter Weekend be provided through a reimbursement from the Challenge Club. The club is no longer in existence at SUSC but has not returned the funds it received as yet. Actual returns were required by May 1. Miss SUSC Cathleen Castle was granted the $200 she requested to pay for an advertisement in the Miss Utah pageant brochure. The advertisment will list donors who are sponsoring Castles participation in the Miss Utah pageant. Sen. Dave Clarke, bill investigator, said the funds were less than those allocated to last years Miss SUSC Angela Martin. Martins $300 went toward the advertisement and a gown. (Castle is) going to be representing SUSC. She is going to say she is sponsored by ASSUSC, so she should be sponsored by us, Clarke said. Shell be getting no money from ASSUSC unless we give it to her. Johnson argued that Castle has a $200 book scholarship and that she could use some of that money. But, according to Clarke, the funds must be used for books, as it is not actual cash but rather credit at the Bookstore. Clarke noted that Castle raised $1,000 on her own through local contributions for the pageant. The senate also approved Ben Whitney as chief justice without meeting the candidate; the senators waited two weeks in anticipation of meeting him prior to approving his appointment. Whitney did approach the senate later in the meeting to accept the appointment. Whitney said he plans to continue his education at law school upon completing his undergraduate work at SUSC. He also noted that he has been part of SUSCs campus security and is aware of the goings on there. With $131 remaining in the coffers, Holyoak noted that May 7 is the latest date clubs and organizations can request money from senators. Small businesses consult students BY NATALIE COOMBS Small businesses in need of a consultant neednt look further than SUSCs Center for Free Enterprise Studies. The Center, in the past two years, has taken over the functions of SUSCs Small Business Development Center, which lost funding due to Small Business Administration cutbacks. When the Small Business Administration wanted to cut back, we wanted to keep our center alive, said Dean Harold H. Hiskey; therefore, SUSC merged the two Centers programs and functions. For the time being, the Center for Free Enterprises main function is to place senior students majoring in business related fields with small businesses needing help with functions like accounting and marketing. Often times, if we have a person open up, say, a floral shop theyre probably an excellent florist but dont know how to wear all the hats of a small business owner, said program director Ed Harris. Thats where we step in. Harris said businesses request assistance and he matches students enrolled in the senior project class, BA 496, with those businesses. The hardest part of my job is matching students to the job. I have e students write a autobiography to determine interests and experience, he said. Also, he added, I talk to businesses and find out what they want during the quarter. In addition to giving businesses help that they could not ordinarily afford, Harris said the program is excellent training for students. It also gives the student a taste of employment. Students enrolled in the program find that working with a company is also a way of finding holes in their educations topics or subjects that havent been covered thoroughly or have been forgotten before actually entering the workforce. Harris said when students have problems, SUSC professors are at their disposal for help and advice. Students, he said, assist in many areas of business, including marketing, finance, research, and one-pag- Assistant business professor Ed Harris works with SU's Small Business Deoelopment businesses by offering them consultations with students here. supervision. Students enrolled in the course act as a consultant to a business client and write a report at the end quarter geared toward the business and includes a statement of the problem observed and the students recommendations for solving it. hour senior Students signed up for the project class must spend at least 100 hours working on a special project for their designated business. Harris said a student will probably meet with his client two or three times a quarter and the rest of the work is done over the telephone, fax, or modem. Travel expenses are paid by SUSC for those students who must travel to meet with a business. We feel that SUSC is southwestern Utahs college, said Harris, and the Center serves Richfield, Cedar City, St. George, Beaver, and other outlying towns. four-cred- it Center. The program aids small Prior to acceptance by the Center, businesses must have operated for at least one year and meet other guidelines that designate them as small businesses. Retail and service firms must not make over $3.5 million in sales; construction companies must gross less than $17.5 million; and wholesalemanufacturing firms can employ no more than 500 workers. While a majority of the assistance granted to small businesses is by SUSC senior project students, the Center also offers workshops, training sessions and seminars for small business owners. For example, SUSC currently provides training workshops for WECCO. SU anticipates funding from the SBA to resume July 1. At that time, Hiskey projects, functions cartied (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) |