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Show University Journal Page 10 Wednesday, August 21 , 2002 ANNIE BROWN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Columbus Square, the large open green space located between Juniper Hall and Manzanita Court, is the site of the new Eccles Living and Learning Center. Plans to build the new dormitory are and construction complete, should begin within the next eight months, SUU officials report. ANY ORDER OF 15 SUU will begin in Columbus Square in next 8 months By JAMIE ITOKAZU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OR MORE ITEMS. WEST CENTER ST. Open: Monday 59 58 6-6- 1 83 Friday -- The Eccles Living and Learning Center is projected to be where Manzanita Court is located and contractors are expected to break ground within the next eight months. During the summer, a housing survey group from Washington, D.C., came to die SUU campus and conducted a student survey. In this survey, the students were asked what diey would want in their ideal college living arrangements. were These suggestions compiled and put together along with other concepts that have been gathered from campuses across die state. The full study will not be done until Sept. 1. 8- -6 Saturday 9- -1 The new living facility will cost $11 million, but with a $2 million donation by die Eccles Foundation, the university is getting the ball rolling. The SUUSA Together, Achieve Results, President Matt Glazier aims to push SUU forward and make it the best university it can be v J i'-v- ALi1 ti m mzk imrn Wo CENTER WE SPECIALIZE RREI tvAUE 867-984- DIM 4 COLOR TNiRAPy, PEDICURES & MANICURES, PACDALS V7AXIN6, OPZ IT PiRfAAl COJAETIC8, TANNING WIPE SELECTION C HAIR CARE PRODUCTS. PIERCENCa, Y V7 B BMBMBMBMBMBlBlBiaMBiaBiaBlBMBlBfflaMBMaBMBJafaMBlBMaBJBMBMBlBMBlBJBlMBlBJaMBIBMBlBMBiaMBiaaJlSl university will also be going out into the community to get bonds to help widi die cost. The estimated cost of the rooms in die new living facility will be about $1,000 to $1,300 per semester. This is a price increase of 1.2 percent from Manzanita current what housing residents are paying. The Eccles Living and Learning Center will include more amenities 'dian what die has. university r ' currently air include Amenities conditioning, telephone and computer access from each bedroom, conference and study rooms, more accessible laundry areas, and two bathrooms. Part of tiiese dorms, which will include 300 beds, wont be ready until Fall 2004. After waiting 40 years for new housing, this is an incredible happening, said Newman Duncan, director of housing. The university wanted to put which is to push SUU forward and to make tilings better, and make SUU die best it can be, Glazier said. I would really like to see students become the first priority in die minds of die administration, faculty, and staff, Day said. Day said he is working to facilitate entrance exam tests for the graduate schools, helping students get hands-oexperience in tiieir field, and having advisers for each college to help the students know which classes diey need for graduation. Day s first step this fall is to help die senators achieve dieir goals and work on their platforms. I know diat senator ideas and goals improve die education on the campus by sending out tutoring classes in die College of Science and the College of Business, Day said. Senators want to work with me on n By MARIAM SHABANA UNIVERSITY JOURNAL SUUSAs primary goal this year is to unite the campus as a said whole, Kolby Day, academic vice president. SUUSA President Matt Glazier said one way to accomplish tiiis was by increasing students awareness of clubs on campus. Day added that SUUSA will work hard to help the students get advisers for each college. Glazier said SI iUSA will focus on the theme, STAR. Standing Together Achieving Results. It is just that we want die university to stand together, to get everybody to rally around die common tiieme and stand together for the same goal, C8iQ By MELISSA NIELSEN entrance exams, so die first step I would like to make is to help diem I diink achieve dieir goals. having 16 senators, and myself, working on goals is much more ... investigate those tilings so they clubs and organizations must go through the process designed by SUUSA bylaws in order to receive funding from the estimated $33,000 available for distribution. The amount of available is graduate school dont happen, Koelliker SLUT , it has. The Eccles Living and Learning Center is die first of several university building projects to be completed. Others include a new education building and a performing arts center. effective dian just one person. Glazier said the tuition payment plan begins diis fall. There is a $30 fee associated widi it to cover the processing costs. Glazier is working to see how fees are spent in SUUSA, and he is going to be more open widi die presidents budget so diat students can know where die money is being spent. There are a few changes to the smdent government budget diis year. They are a bit more subtle, Glazier said. Just diis year we are a lot more conservative widi our numbers just because we werent quite sure how enrollment would go. We get our money direedy from fees. ...diat money goes direedy back to students whedier it is in activities or things available here on campus, clubs, senate functions. Spencer Koelliker, C&O vice president, is s increasing--awarenes- working on of the clubs and activities available to die suidents. This awareness is targeted to help increase student involvement, Glazier said. has $33K to allocate UNIVERSITY JOURNAL funding die Eccles Living and Learning Center into place because only 6.3 percent of die student body is living in die dorms. Not only did the university want to increase die number of students living in die dorms, but diey also wanted more direct control of die maintenance. The housing staff put up new signs just before school started identifying Manazanita Court and Juniper Hall. Remodeling for die Juniper Hall bathrooms also is in the works and is expected to be finished sometime next year. Neal Cox, director of Student Services, said die university is working hard to maintain what leaders seek unity FocLising on the theme, STAR: Stand k tom. gr construction on dorm EreaMmig determined by student fees and v ill be divided amongst the 70 clubs on campus SUUSA Clubs & Organizations Assembly is made up of the C&O Vice President Spencer Koelliker and 13 appointed delegates. The assembly protects the integrity of the clubs and die system while still leaving an open opportunity for any group to become a club. Some of the issues the delegates look into are the purpose, activities, sincerity and honesty of the chib. The assembly is around to said. An organization must consist of at least five members, an adviser and a worthy cause to be considered an official club. meets The Assembly the year every throughout Tuesday at 4 p.m. in die Student Conference room. This meeting is open to everyone. To become eligible for funding, a club must fill out a chartering application form by October. If die chib existed last year, a recharting process must be obtained. The organization also must participate in the Club Fair this Friday and volunteer in the Homecoming parade. During the year, each club must organize and execute a service project. In addition to the service project, the club must sponsor a public activity that will be advertised through the school and open to the community. The chartered organization must meet once a month as a club and once a month with its designated delegate. Clubs and organizations are not audited by the university administration or the (scbool . for I( There are two .delegates appointed for each category. Service and Greek delegates are Marc Morris and Laura Parson. The Art and Entertainment delegates are Aaron Miller and Jay Dixon. Jacob H. Johnson and Larry Hall are tire delegates for Academic Development. Support and Multicultural delegates are Oasee (Urvashi) Malhotra and Christa Ekker. Professional Development and delegates are Danny Yardley " Travis Rudd. n Last year, budgeting, stretched fund-raising- throughout the year-"wit- approximately $500 left, which was awarded to die Delegate of the Year. |