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Show Tuesday, January 14, 1992 10A Sun Advocate, Price, Utah DUCATIOW CEU grad to intern CEU at legislative session Carbon High School graduate will be on Capitol e when the Utah Ilill A 1990 Monday. Michael and Geraldine class. Legislature convenes Paige Petersen, daughter of Petersen of Price, will serve a winter quarter internship with state Sen. Scott Howell, a Democrat representing a Salt rather than a Carbon County y: U the University of Arizona. The e squad captured the sweepstakes trophy for the first-plac- class for U students who will intern with state legislators through the universitys Hinckley Institute of Politics. In addition to honing research skills, she studied political nitty-grittpress releases, protocol and roles of government agencies. She even learned to decode paper a bills status in color becoming a law is reflected in the color of paper on which it is states in a tournament at 12 Interns serve as aides to legislators. They may do Lake County district. recently completed a three-uni- t training colleges and universities from because weve taken the research, track legislation, write speeches, meet with constituents or attend committee Petersen The Arizona sunshine turned to gold for the College of Eastern Utah forensics team last month. CEU competed against 29 printed. A lot of schools send interns to the Capitol. They go in blind, Petersen says. We U of U students feel prepared full-tim- speakers win at Arizona junior division and also ranked third overall against both meetings. Petersen was assigned to work with Howell, legislator, because he had an e intern. opening for a U the autumn Entering quarter after having earned an associate of science degree full-tim- at the College of Eastern Utah, Petersen immediately enrolled in the internship class. She is a junior majoring in political science and broadcast journalism. At Carbon High, Petersen two- - and four-yea- r schools. The results pleased Coach Neil Warren, especially was senior class president and a member of the debate team. She says she has always been interested in government. Debate had a big impact on me. We were always debating political issues on the hypothetical level, she explained. I formulated my political beliefs there. Now Im eager to get involved on the practical level. since fewer students than normal represented CEU. It was final examination time at the college, so we took only eight students to the tournament. Each of them did extremely well, however. Seven received awards, Warren explained. In debate, the team of Mac Webster and David Dayton led the CEU contingent, wine honors. Coletning te Lister and Gilbert Archulet- first-plac- ta placed third. Tom Martin and Errick Turner missed the finals by one ballot, but still added 15 points to the teams sweepstakes total with a strong performance. Four of CEUs debaters won individual speaker awards in debate. Webster earned honors in junior top-speak- er debate. Dayton placed seventh, followed by Martin at eighth and Turner in a tie for 10th place. In individual events, Bonnie Suttlemyre brought home a trophy in drama interpretation, while Dayton won a trophy in informative speaking. Dayton and Webster each s reached the in semi-final- extemporaneous speaking, and Webster was a semifinalist in impromptu. Martin and Turner each missed the extemporaneous finals by only one speaker point. CEU earned more team points than any other two- - year college at the tournament. The colleges strong showing against all teams also excited Warren and his fellow coach, Scott Pullan. CEU placed third behind Southern Utah University and Wichita State University. The team outscored powerhouses like Williamette, University of Southern California and San Diego State. junior debate finals The became an event, Warren added. Our top team competed against two of our graduates, Aimee Anderson and Tiffany Price, who are now all-CE- U attending Southern Utah. Brian Hall, another former CEU debater, reached the finals in the senior division of debate. Warren said CEU won 109 trophies and 33 other awards during fall quarter from tournaments across the Western United States. of U raises admission index for freshmen entering next fall The University of Utah, which used high school grades and entrance test scores as admission criteria for the first time last fall, has raised freshman admission standards for next fall. The Executive Committee of the Academic Senate voted to raise the admission index cutoff from 74 to 80. As in the past, students also must have completed certain high school courses with at least a grade of C. The admissions index is a table with high school grade point averages on one axis and ACT scores on the other. At the intersection of a students GPA and ACT score is his or her index number. A student with a 74 index number would have a 2.2 GPA and 15 (the 13th percentile nationally) on the ACT test. To get an 80, a student would need a 2.4 and 16 (the 20th percentile). The higher the students GPA, the lower the student can score on the ACT while keeping the same index number and vice versa. instiOther Utah four-yetutions are considering implementing the same table. Utah State University may gradually institute standards identical to the Us, including the required high school courses and same index cutoff. Weber State and Southern Utah uni QMaa 85 ffi ar versities might use lower r instiindex cutoffs. tutions are expected to retain open admission. Prior to 1987, notes Dr. J. Stayner Landward, director of admissions at Utah, the only requirement for entrance to the university was high school graduation. In 1987, the U began requiring prospective students to take a college preparatory curriculum in the ninth through 12th grades, including four years of English; two years of mathematics beyond algebra; two years of science, including one laboratory science; one year of American history or government; two years of fore- - fifl) Bag Two-yea- Eanffiw ign language; and four other solids selected from the above subjects and so-call- arts. If an applicant fine is missing one or two high school courses but has good grades and test scores, the student may be admitted provisionally and allowed to take college courses to make up the deficiencies, says Landward. The U began considering stiffer requirements incorporating grades and test scores in the late 1980s and devised the admission index at that time, but it wasnt put to use until recently. For first-tim- e use, the U set the index number very low, notes Landward. Last fall, the U admitted 3,957 freshmen and rejected 199. Only about 20 rejections were students who had taken the college curriculum courses, but whose grades andor test scores were too low. However, a study by Landward of the 1990 freshman class showed that if the index number that year had been 80, rejections would have doubled from about 200 to about 400. The Us standards are still generous compared to similar universities. If those 400 stu- dents had been rejected, the U would still have about a 10 percent denial rate. The University of Washington denies about 35 percent of freshman applicants and the University of Arizona, 20 percent. U officials expect higher admission standards to prompt high school students to take their studies more seriously and to increase the freshman success rate. Since instituting course prerequisites, the share of Utah high school graduates taken four years of English has risen from about 80 to 97 percent, while the number taking two years of math has jumped from about 66 to 98 percent. The share of freshmen who end up on who have academic probation has dropped from 35 to 20 percent. The Utah Board of Regents encourages the use of admission standards to manage the states burgeoning higher edu- cation enrollment. The standards are designed to direct students into schools where they will succeed. More students are expected to begin their higher education at institutions, where two-ye- ar tax- payers cost per pupil are lower. For secondary students and parents concerned about college preparation, Landward advises: (Continued on Page ISA Listen for your chance to win at Kickin 98. We're Kicking Butt and Taking Names. That's the brand new attention getting promotion for the ail new Kicking Country. Be listening for live broadcasts in the afternoon at various locations in the Castle Valley and stop by and register for valuable prizes. KickingButt&TakingNames.yourname.OverJIO.OOO.OO in merchandise from Kickin Country. 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