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Cedar City, Utah v . - Thursday, December 3, 2009 Southern Utah University Health center reconsidered at open forum University looks at future medical care of on-camp- us which areas will be cut with a focus on minimizing the By CANDICE SANDNESS csandnesssuunews com In the midst of tackling budget cuts across the state at Utah colleges, the Student Health Clinic may be where the cut is made for the next fiscal year at SUU Nationwide, Utah was not hit as hard as other states such as California, whose colleges are facing a budget cut, said Student Vice Service nt MEGAN VALANTINE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL video game at an area store. a Tyler Terry, a freshman physical education major from Parowan, plays demo President Donna Eddleman at a campus forum We are in good pretty as shape institution an and she as a state, From said my perspective Southern Utah By VALERIE DICKENS vdickenssuunews said portable DVD players and digital items cameras are always during the holidays However, Olsen said Target is having a hard time keeping Zhu Zhu Pets in stock because consumers are buying them so quickly Zhu Zhu Pets are plush toy hamsters that have their own personality and interact with children The Best Buy in St George is anticipating iPods to be a hot ticket item during the holiday season Best Buy sales floor manager Jon Fale said the store is selling a lot of iPod hot-tick- et com Chnstmas is around the corner and the time has come tor holiday shopping to begin In years past, Furbys, Nano Pets and Tickle Me Elmo were the must have gifts of the season This year the Target in St George is selling a variety ot different goods for Christmas human relations Mandi Olsen, manager at the St George Target, Drivers face gas-pric- e Nanoes and iPod Touches Fale said flat panel TVs and netbooks are also top sellers Netbooks are not fully functioning computers but do provide quick and portable access to the Internet Randy Bennett, a sales associate at the Cedar City Staples, said laptops, monitors and computer accessories will top sale items this Christmas Bennett also said inkjet printers, laser printers and GPS devices are usually good during Christmas jump By AMANDA MITCHELL learn and we found it most important to preserve our academics." Donna Eddleman dnving 49 in January The clinic is viewed as being less mission essential than other services on campus, she said SUU Student Services officials thought it prudent to consider cutting the Health Student Clinic, Eddleman said She said the goal of foremost importance was to preserve the academic mission and SUU officials need to decide Eddleman said Sixty percent of students who use the clinic have insurance and those with without or can insurance use community clinics, Eudlcliiail said Eddleman questioned whether it was fair to have all students pay an $11 student fee that directly funds the health clinic when not all students use the clinic In the past five years at SUU, only 23 percent of the student body used the student health clinic but all students pay a student fee that directly funds the health clinic Eddleman said if the student health clinic were cut, it has been suggested that the $150,000 that operated the clinic would be allocated to the Student Involvement & Leadership to preserve See CLINIC, Page 6 Campus sorority must change status or open its doors to men good standing it cannot use SUUSA Clubs & Student Involvement Assembly money they have been given or ask for more money Delta Psi Omega is in the process of from the Assembly it also cannot publicize events on campus oi use campus lcilitics becoming a nonprofit oiganization in Ferrin said the problem has always order to have a suspension on their charter existed, but the Assembly just discovered lifted Involvement Vice President it this year SUUSA It was really no lault of Alayna Ferrin said the s sne said It was was charter anybody sororitys we figured a of because something just suspended out this year and have to get technicality in the bylaws no it w Diked out that says student clubs She s tid as soon as the cannot and organ' zations discriminate nonpioht status is approved unlawfully Alayna Ferrin Delta Psi Omegas charter This policy includes gender said suspen non will he In ted discrimination Ferrin and Lc iJership Involvement Student Part of our bylaws say that to be in good standing (clubs) can t discriminate, that Director Keri Mecham said the process is she includes unlaw fullv discriminating not a long one said As part of Title IX, clubs cant be It looks like this is going to be a very single sex short suspension she said They just She said other sororities and fraternities need to fulfill a few requirements and then on campus are allowed to be singlethey should be b ick in good standing sex because thev are national nonprofit Delta Psi Omega adviser Susan Durfec organizations while Delta Psi Omega has and President LaT tsha Mayo could not he local a to remain fought sorority reached for contact Ferrin said while the sorority is not in "it was really fault of anybody's." Holiday travelers will be paying more for their road trips this year than they did last year as average gas prices have increased. is not typical for this time of year According to the report Pricesforgaso'inearcusually high in the West compared to the rest of the country the summer months hut tvpically move lower in fail when demand decreases and supplies normallv increase in See GAS, Page 6 rrjTfr&OQ & Journal prints years last edition This is the last edition of the University Journal for 2009. The paper will return on the first day of Spring 2010 semester. i ! 5 i j i V For updates on breaking news throughout the holiday vacation, go to suunews.com. academics, I Since then, retail prices have crept up to an aveiage of $2 58 a gallon in the Rocky Mountain area, according to the report Retail prices ot diesel fuel are alsc up about 16 cents at about S2 77 a gallon However, diesel prices have been sliding since the end of October According to a report by AAAU'ah a rise in gas prices said amitchellsuunews com home next week may find their wallet-- , hurting as gas prices in the Rocky Mountain area have risen 83 cents since the b( ginning of December 2008, according to a report by the Eneigy Information Administration Gas prices stared to slide last July a, ter Americans started to feel the full eltect of the recession and they hit low of $1 fiscally really responsible The university must make cuts to alleviate the budget shortfall with a focus on protecting what is mission essential to SUU, Eddleman By AMANDA MITCHELL amitchellsuunews com Students See GIFTS, Page 6 to get into the nuts and bolts of the operation, she said Eddleman said she hopes to make a recommendation to the student fee committee and subsequently the presidents council by the end of January, Eddleman said Students are heie to learn and we found it most important to preserve our "Students arc here to University been has Retailers push hot items as holidays approach student impact At 17 5 percent (budget cuts), you really sort ot start suunews.com J |