Show Conflict delays A road conslruc-jtpjsc- t costroversisl in Logan Canyon will Mrtjr next summer without EmanmenUl Impact State-- I ( proposal by the Utah twnt of Transportation is prorod by the Federal Highway idonrtntion fla proposal calls for the widen- rod nsurfaring of a 67 mile Up m ndhrfUS89from Right Hand Fat Is the first large curve past let’s Spring Toaure UDOT plans include several new bridges ad wdroing those now existing ttagciU from the canyon walls laroralof the 40 existing curves ad sksring the riverbed Belk the t'DOT and the conser-smart- s g agree that as the natural features become an formidable environmental canyon construction impacts and construction problems increase One example of this is the curve before Logan Cave A bridge will be built there placing the roadway on the opposite side of the river Either a large cut will be taken from the eastern wall or the riverbed will be altered and a smaller cut will be taken A second bridge will then reconnect the roadway with the present alignment Another problem spot is the curve at China Row where the canyon wall will be cut back to straighten the road and several trees will be removed By using a steel retaining wall a third passing lane will be added to the dugway This is the section of the proposed stretch with the most severe vertical drop toward the river The UDOT admits the retaining wall may have the greatest just visual affect on the aesthetics of the canyon The longest departure from the existing alignment will occur near Rick's Spring Two ridges will be traversed by using cuts of up to 75 feet The river will be bridged and crossed The Forest Service suggested that the fill could be used as base material for an improved road up Wood Camp Hollow MJ Roberts Logan District Naranger of the Cache-Wasatc- tional Forest felt that this possibility was unlikely More feasable uses according to Roberts were the creation of various parking lots for hunters and other recreationists or the placement of large boulders in Temple Fork to minimize bank erosion and create trout habitat listing called ‘inadequate’ Co-o- p Ctmtiva education classes could be listed in krt rtMalt bulletins f by this summer after the new class title policy MrtMpbgislation on cooperative education was padkths Academic Senate Thursday evening by M rota The thrust of Academic Senate Resolute IN dmls with changing class designa-tbs scheduled quarterly bulletins 11s mohition reads “Many coop classes are such titles as independent reading and swwth workshops seminars field study etc" The that classes should be entered in im-o- b co-o- Mai co-o- ITO He also mentioned the improvement of the Cowley Canyon and Temple Fork roads Development of a park near Rick's Spring has also been mentioned in the past by the Forest Service No plans for this project are presently being considered though it remains an inventoried recreation site These associated developments may influence the Forest Service's decision to grant the access which the UDOT needs before construction can begin The first two phases of construction (between Logan and Right Hand Fork) were completed prior to the passage of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 The first plan for the third phase was subject to the NEPA As a “major" action involving fuderal funds an environmental impact statement was required before construction could begin This requirement enabled conser- RICK SPRING BEAR LAKE 3 Slogan river THE OUGWAY vationists to evaluate and stall the construction Last year the UDOT tried again the bulletin as coop along with the general class title Cooperative education is designed as a way for the student to gain training in addition to college credit and payment for the experience The committee will time the length of the awarding ceremony and possibly discontinue the awarding of degrees Baccalaureate exercises wall continue to be a part of USU tradition Possible speakers have been selected for graduation Dan Rather Tom Johnson of the Los Angeles Times and TH White author of Charlotte's Web are under consideration The plan was reduced in scope and designed to be more sensitive toward the environment The project was given non-majo- classification post-gradua- a III category allows an en- which vironmental evaluation to be substituted for the EIS George Bohn division administrator for the Federal Highway Administration said the evaluation will be “less precise" than the EIS It is this lack of precision com- bined with concern over public involvement expenditures and environmental impacts that has led to the most recent alarm by local citizens CHINA RPW RIGHT HAND FORK ’ LOftAN RIVER LOGAN If - Inauguration marks ‘change and tradition’ and the religious Dignitaries from the academic world government of SUnford Gazier as the community participated in the inauguration Center Con-12th president of Utah State Friday in the Chase Fine Arts —J- THE CROWD— Utah State's Brian Jackaon (551 aggressively brings down a rebound e"on °prner against Weber State while W ildcat Steve Condie (421 and Aggie Keith Hood - bSU narrowly beat Weber in overtime 81-8- — — in (5) — - of Regents Donald B Holbrook chairman of Utah State Board the conremarks brief with "Although investiture official prefaced the the purpose and evolved changed has primary cept of the university ana has been unaltered The purpose is to transmit intelligent principles said Holbrook to seek truth” an inauguration The president said in his inaugural address that office It signifies change - if onceremony is a formal introduction to an while an inauguration signifies change ly a changing of the guard And the ceremony also reflects tradition and continuity’ to Cazier focused on the tradition of higher education referring mto the core liberal arts of influx the stressed He Plato and Socrates curriculum of western universities since the end of the 12th century to provide He congratulated the USU faculty in its willingness acand Research scholarly students with “intellectual companionship” as marked phenomenal tivities were also saia “In USU Utah has a better university than it realizes heeducation Cazier also stressed the need for a balance between general and specialization Lester Essig ASUSU president said "As students we lookofforward aspect Cazier to working alongside the president The most positive him in a is an open door as well as an open mind We will support beneficial way” positive Lake City Diocese ofBishop Joseph Lennox Federal from the Salt fered the invocation Neal A Maxwell member of the Utah State Board of Regents gave the benediction Gov Scott Dignitaries who were present at the inauguration included M Matheson past USU President and Mrs Daryl Chase Wesley T Donniel Horlacher Maughan president of the faculty association and - 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