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Show University J ournal Page 4 Wednesday, August 21, 2002 Sherratt pledges student dialogue SUJDll(3o By ELIZABETH MILLER C!- 3 BD 1 2 Bth ti EQUAL Bth 426 E. Nichols Canyon Rd. HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Cedar City, UT 4720 FAX: (435) PH: (435) 865-145- 5 865-142- 7 Quit paying for a fitness center and use the one we provide on site! Work on your tan at our outdoor swimming pool and children can have fun at the playgrounds all year! We also have two clubhouses for o;ir residents special events. Visit us at Kensington Apt. Communities and well show you the features of affordable living! Open Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Closed Saturday & Sunday Income limits apply. We are able to rent to students who are married or have children. A gathering spot with activities students would enjoy is what Sherratt wants for the entertainment center. We commercial want businesses that students would like to have, Sherratt said. Sherratt said he believes students never share their real concerns when presentations are necessary so the monthly meetings are informal, without minutes or a posted agenda. Sherratt said aldiough some issues discussed are under the jurisdiction of SUU, he would, for example, write a letter to help landlords know of the citys involvement and concern in addition to campus officials. The SUU student task force was formed after Sherratt was elected mayor. When he was president of SUU, he felt a need for such a committee to and was determined implement it once elected. Anytime you have a school leader and a community leader together, communication will the two increase between groups, Richey said. When Richey was the SUUSA President, Sherratt approached him at a social event regarding committee ideas. Subsequently, the two got together and worked to form a student committee in an effort to improve relationships involving SUU students. To meet the needs of all citizens, Sherratt created a task force to represent other community groups. An ad in the Journal invited interested students to join the student task force. However, because it was near town-gow- final exams, Richey said only nine or 10 students him expressing their interest. Anyone interested can be on the committee, Richey said. If it gets too big, then a few representing the committee is SHJHJ will actually meet with the mayor. The first committee meeting with Sherratt will be during the second week of school. MigMS By KIM PATTERSON and Check out Our Student Discounts and Specials! Come In the Providence Center North of the Lighthouse 0671179 UUs Little Hangout American Sign Language students who worried they "Could not obtain their Sign Language certification when SUU could not find a new teacher were presented with a solution for this semester. Shellee Carrick, last years Sign Language instructor, will come to SUU for six weekends during the semester to teach. The third- - and fourth-leve- l classes were in danger of being canceled at the end of the after Carrick Spring 2002 decided to move to northern Utah when her husband got a job in Salt Lake City. SUU hired a new teacher to teach the first- - and second-leve- l but finding an classes, instructor for the third- - and fourth-leve- l classes was difficult Enroiimei 6,095 6,515 16,871 University of Utah Brigham Young University .... Including Faculty Parking Does not include planned lot at 300 West and Center St Average cost of a permit; parKing rees vary DAVID PAYSTRUP UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Parking woes? SUU plans lot with 2 66 stalls New spaces at Center, 300 West keep school ranked 3rd in Utah By MARC DOTSON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL With plans to build a 266-staparking lot at 300 West and Center Street by Dec. 1, SUU continues to place within the top five of Utah schools ranked by amount and cost of student parking. Funding for the new 60,000 square foot lot is provided by SUUs capital improvement fund. The total cost will reach nearly $200,000, exactly 20 percent of the fund, said the new David Tanner, director of Plant Operations. That parking lot has been our top priority for a couple of to help serve the years upper campus, to help serve what will be the new Teacher and Education Building some who will go into the (J.L. Sorenson Physical Education Building), in addition to help provide parking for the Shakespearean Festival, said President Steven D. Bennion. The new lots additional spaces will help SUU remain ranked third in the state for die amount of lot space with 2.38 students per parking stall. Young Brigham Only University and Utah State University provide more parking per students with 1 .8 and 2.2 students per stall respectively. Dixie State College offers the least amount of parking with five students per stall. SUU parking permit cost is defeated in rank only by Westminster College, where student parking is free, and Dixie State Colleges permits at $10 each. ll ... The University of Utah provides the most expensive at an parking permits ASL classes safe UNIVERSITY JOURNAL 2 and Available Parking 2001-200- 2 Southern Utah University Dixie State College Weber State University Westminster College Utah State University ' The primary purpose for in Mayor Gerald Sherratt creating the SUU student task force was to create a diink tank" for student voices to be heard on a community level. I dont think we cater to die students needs very much in this town, Sherratt said. Students are vital and diey need to be treated right. The task force provides access for students to talk about anything and voice concerns or ideas to the mayor and city council, Sherratt said. An entertainment center is one of the ideas the student task force is discussing. We want an entertainment center in conjunction with the Providence Center, said Ryan Richey, a former SUUSA president and chairman of the student task force. Maybe with miniature golf or a dance club. The task force was on a break for the summer, but Sherratt said he is eager to begin meeting with its members. Tentatively, a representative from the Providence Center will attend die first meeting to discuss die committees ideas. of Pcrkhrj Enrollment for UNIVERSITY JOURNAL 2 BD o , - j 3 y . and parking departments, and campus security, departments of public safety. According to SUUs campus lot inventory, compiled by Brent Johnson, safety and risk manager for Plant Operations, student need stands at 1,756 stalls compared to the 1,967 available for students. A schools parking needs are determined by a standard provided through the Division of Facilities Construction and Management. The DFCM standard supplies parking for 30 percent of students and 80 percent of parking faculty'. Many SUU students neglect to buy a permit initially or upon replace permits purchase of a new vehicle. Replacement permits are available for new vehicles when a current permit has already been purchased, said Pat Gardner, secretary at the Department of Public Safety. To get the replacement permit for free you have to bring in your old decal, Gardner said. For students or couples with two or more vehicles, additional tags cost $6. If for some reason you feel that you have to bring your car on campus, its really worth it Gardner to buy a permit," said. One ticket is $10, the permit for the year is $12. Dialea Adams, administrative assistant to Vice President Greg Stauffer, said parking fines and permit fees go to the operation of the Department of Public S;ifety. for Fall 2002 because a teacher must be deaf or be f certified as an interpreter. Carrick said that k c ; I is because the courses are based on deaf culture, , , education, and V history. It has to be from a deaf person or hearing person much knowledge that has . and has worked with deaf people for many years, she U' average of $90. Statistics are calculated from information provided through university Web sites, traffic . said. David Nyman, director of Summer & Evening School for the School of Continuing & said Professional Studies, Carrick was the only one qualified to teach levels three and four. class Carrick said a four-hou- r on Saturdays will be difficult, and long breaks between classes will not give students enough practice, but that will be better than having no class at all, she added. For ASL classes, you need to meet together more than one time every week to keep signing skills and to remember signs, she said. a Jamie Jacobs, junior elementary education major from Payson, is taking the fourth-leve- l class this semester. She said she is glad the class will be offered but is disappointed that Carrick has to drive to SUU. Shes a great teacher, Jacobs said. But it makes me sad that we couldn't find someone closer to teach. As for next year, Nyman said he is planning to hire someone new. We are hoping we will find someone here, but if not, we will bring someone in, he said. |