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Show Monday, August 28, 2006 University Journal Page 8 Journal Almanac August 28-3- Fall Semester Classes Begin Welcome Week BBQ and Band, Free, 11 2006 1 30, Lower Quad DANCE. $5, Need SUU I.D. to get in, 9 p m to midnight, Sharwan Smith Center, Rock Your Face Off! First 30 people get in free' USF: Room Service, 2pm USF: On Golden Pond, 8pm USF: The Merry Wives of Windsor, 8 p. m. Forecast HIGH lCw. 90 50 SUNNY Continued from Page 1 Campus Expansion The university has also expanded this summer by purchasing Pmeview Terrace, an apartment complex on the comer of 200 South and Dewey Avenue. Stauffer said this purchase was important because it gives the university the opportunity from southern Utah. For example, the sandstone bases were purchased from Kanab and are hard sandstone, which Tanner said will last for 100 years or more. Another project done over the summer that will benefit students and campus visitors is the parking lot next to the Sorenson RE. Building. Last semester the majority of the parking lot was unimproved, with only 50 painted stalls on poor asphalt. There are now 150 painted stalls on new asphalt. The rest of the parking lot has been improved, and to expand. will be paved when the funds become available. When land around the university becomes In addition, there is no longer a barrier between available for sale, the university should usually it and the parking lot at the intersection of 300 take advantage of it, because it does not know West and Boulevard. This creates an University or when the land will become available again and the narrow road that additional entrance, when it will be needed for expansion, he said. connects it to Harding Avenue has been made a and with Stauffer said he was impressed grateful y road out. for the Board of Trustees and Board of Regents, Not all changes have been to facilities and the to were because they approve very quick grounds, however. purchase. That type of process normally takes University Food Venue two within weeks, done was it months and Hogi Yogi, in the Rotunda, has undergone a he said. and has now been coupled with Teriyaki renovation The actual purchase was made Aug. 1 and the said Hogi Yogi has gone through a Stix. Stauffer apartments are now fully occupied. The complex while at SUU, and the university itself few owners increased the number of SUU housing beds it over the summer. to decided purchase available from 700 to 750, by Dale Orton, vice president of and Pineview in beds adding student services, said there are allowing changes to Juniper Hall, "This also dessert items in the facility. Stauffer said. are cookies, baked fresh There & Life Residence SUU Housing daily, and ice cream, in addition is now at 100 percent occupancy to the shakes and frozen yogurt with waiting lists, he added. SUU's that were there last year. Stauffer said the purchase is not Thats a wonderful thing for necessarily a permanent property students, Orton said. For a buck for Housing & Residence Life. can get two fresh-bakeThere is a master plan for where Greg Stauffer they with a scoop of ice cream cookies housing may be eventually, and middle. the in one is in it now only phase right He said he thinks the renovation and expansion of four. However, right now the interest rates and the to will conducive to not only be a service to the students, but a are not costs moving building benefit to the university. The Teriyaki Stix portion next stage, he said. has been a hit with the students already. Campus Improvements Stauffer said another project SUU worked on Technology Advancements during the summer was placing the new signs Perhaps a little less obvious at first are the new around campus. He said about three dozen signs computers in the Electronic Learning Center open have been placed and there are about two dozen lab. The lab is now entirely stocked with new more in the plan. double-scree- n computers. The signs are visually appealing and will help Scott Miles, a lab technician, said the school visitors navigate the campus. They have sandstone usually buys new computers for one lab a year, and bases, which offer a degree of permanence, but then the computers from that lab move to another, the signs themselves would not be that difficult to allowing them to get rid of the oldest computers change if needed, Stauffer said. The signs around campus were previously every year.the double-screen- s are a good upgrade, He said mismatched and not adequate, Tanner said. who want to have students will to be and helpful We used to have a real shamble of signage their and screen one on research paper up on the up be consistent, around campus and now theyll mouse moves seamlessly The for other, example. he said. so they shouldnt be The funding for the signs came from a variety from one screen to the other, use. to difficult of sources, including facilities management and Generally, the Library computer lab is completely discretionary funds from the presidents office, full and the ELC has considerably fewer students. Tanner said. To save money, create a consistent and local Campus computing hopes to take some pressure look around campus and to support the local off the library by putting these more advanced computers in the ELC, Miles said. ecdnomy, the signs were created with materials one-wa- Lower Quad Cedar City Art Committees 63rd Annual Art Exhibition, Free, noon-- 7 p rn., Braithwaite Gallery USF. HMS Pinafore, 2 p.m. Dinner and a Comedian, Johnny Cardtndale, Free Dinner at 6.30 p.m. $2 charge for Comedian begins at 7 p m , Balkoom USF: Antony and Cleopatra, 8 p m. USF Room Service, 8 pm. Ice Cream Social, Free, 11.30 a m 'iimSUAY , Forecast HIGH: 91 LOW. 55 PARTLY CLOUDY project becomes critically important because of Fhppm Free Food Day, Free, 11 30 a m Lower Quad Cedar City Art Committees 63rd Annual Art Exliibition, Free, noon-- 7 p m , Braithwaite Gallery USF: On Golden Pond, 2 pm. USF: The Merry Wives of Windsor, 2 pm. USF: HMS Pinafore, 8 pm. USF: Hamlet, 8 pm. Club Fair, Dinner and a Movie, Free, Dinner at 8 p.m.. Movie Over the Hedge begins at 9 p.m. Clubs must set up by 7:30 p.m.. Multipurpose Lawn , Cedar City Art Committees 63rd Annual Art Exhibition, Free, noon-- 7 pm., Braithwaite Gallery USF: Room Service, 2 p.m. STAB meetings, 2:30 p.m. Sharwan Smith Center Room 205 Contact Jessica Burr Meet the Religious Leaders, Free, 5 p,m. Multipurpose Lawn USF On Golden Pond, 8pm it LISF: The Merry Wves ofWndsor, 8 pm. event or a of an event off cam pus- Submit the information 6 to the Journal by calling (24 hours per day); send it to the SUU post office marked Journal Almanac, bring it to ST 176C; or send an message to journalsuu edu To place an announcement university-sponsore- d Forecast HIGH. 91 LOW. 55 SUNNY Forecast HIGH. 89 LOW: 53 SUNNY traditions." d support, Kiisel said. The formation of the council is the evolved fulfillment of his campaign promise to have a club presidents council. A large focus by student government this year is to change SUUSAs image to help students identify-wit- The Journal bears no responsibility for omissions Deadline for receipt of information for Monday issues is noon Fridays. For Thursday issues, the deadline is noon Tuesdays Weather is provided courtesy of the National Weather Service, which makes no guarantees relative to its prognostication Continued from Page 1 The decision on how to use the budget surplus of $250,000 will be decided in Septembers Board of Trustees meeting. Whilethe club system on campus involves a large number of students, not every student organization falls within the bounds of a chartered club. There is not really a system set up for other organizations to communicate with SUUSA, Kiisel said. To solve this challenge, and to plug more students into campus activities and involvement, Kiisel is organizing the Student Life Council. President SUUSA Former is Aaron Miller came up with the idea for the Student Life Council, a board on which organizations intrinsically involved with student life but not necessarily a club, can communicate with the rest of the student association. SUUSA is not just an elite group of students, Kiisel said. The student government is just the board of that association. The next batch of student I.D. cards will be changed to read SUU Student Association Member, Kiisel said. While student handbooks wont be published this year, an online version of the information will be available at www.suu.edusuusa. The Web site will also be revised to better represent the improved image of SUUSA, Kiisel said. Kiisel has made Finally, the changes in significant Presidents Cabmet to facilitate expanded student involvement. The cabinet-leve- l positions include a media relations director, a nontraditional representative, a campus relations director, a SUUSA. community relations director, SUUSA." He wanted to make it an a paid public relations director, official branch of government, a government representative, a Kiisel Steve Kiisel said. chief of staff and the president of However, Kiisel said he has the student alumni association. formed it as a kind of ad hoc The government representative position has yet committee, an informal meeting of the minds. to be filled. SUUSA presidential candidate Henry-ScoThe Student Life Council will include Simkins had originally taken the position organizations that make up a majority of students but felt he needed to turn his attention elsewhere, on campus, he said. Kiisel said. Campus Relations Director Lola Milliron has The changes to SUUSA include more than 50 been given the task of spearheading the project. of student government being new, he said. If student clubs and organizations work more percent We felt like someone else could use a turn, closely, efforts wont be unnecessarily duplicated, he said. Give someone else a chance to get she said. s' i "There not really a system set up for other organizations to communicate with tt Also, the problem with student programs on campus is that people often dont have enough support for what theyre doing, she added. The Student Life Council would help solve that. The Student Life Councils purpose is to serve as a sounding board and a place for publicity and u; i Here's an exam your parents may even be hoping you flunk. eye exam. Co ahead. right now, for only $89.95, you'll get everything a student needs for better vision, including: Comprehensive eye exam Plastic lenses Scratch coating and UV treatment Frames Breakage warranty It's your annual Fail it. Because And we'll even throw in a free eye exam for mom or dad, and give them a chance to win free LASIK surgeiy (a $3,000 value!). Continued from Page 1 would get up at 8 a.m. and return at 11 a.m. the next day. This was a mission of base offensive, where counterfire was launched when the base was attacked by mortars, Jacobsen said. Counterfire was the primary way of fighting back, he said. There were three umts and each had its own mission, then they would rotate, Caldwell said. The second mission was patrol, he said. Jacobsen said patrol consisted of soldiers watching the roads to keep improvisation explosive devices from being set off. Tnplett said the hours during the second mission were usually 12 hours on and 12 hours off. The third mission was base defense, Caldwell said. Base defense was when soldiers controlled who went in and out of the base and directed traffic, he said. See store for details. Jacobsen said the base defense included two to four soldiers stationed in the base watch tower Triplett said the hours for the third mission were 24 on and 24 off. While there were only three primary missions, Caldwell said he considered there to be four involved. ; - . To comment on the proposed club center, the new Student Life Council or changes to SUUSA in general, log on to suujournal.com and join the discussion. missions unofficially, because the Beaver unit had its own support mission. There was a fourth mission that goes unsung, he said. The Beaver unit was in more danger than any of the other units, he said. It put up and rebuilt barriers in downtown Ramadi. The unit was also a reactionary force with its own security, Caldwell said. The units soldiers would sometimes fix the barriers in the middle of the night where they could easily have been attacked, and sometimes they were, Caldwell said. Josie said his favorite mission was delivering supplies, toys and soccer balls to children at a school. The soldiers even got to hand out beauty supplies to the single women of Ramadi, he added. Caldwell said there were 460 to 480 soldiers from Utah who were stationed in Iraq. He said there were no casualties among the Utah soldiers, but the unit did have two soldiers killed. A Lt. Col. from Pennsylvania was killed during a suicide bombing at a glass factory in January and a soldier from Michigan was wounded by a roadside bomb in November 2005. The soldier suffered burns and passed away in July, Caldwell added. There were 19 other states represented within the 222, making the total number of assigned soldiers with the unit 630, he said. |