Show fk UIA supports 95 percent tuition increase Sponsors claim action is intended to avoid an even greater increase Doug by allotment of UIA delegates ea h memlier sc hex rei eives was avoided for at least one day when the UIA executives oinmittee voted to postpone his consideration until Friday at 9 Christensen The I’tah Intrn ullrgiite Assembly tiik (hr firs) step toward a stand in 4 h fas or of the recommended university tuition in rcase during its opening srssinn which (oinrtird in ( jx-nr- a m 1 and crease ailed i tion Utah students die increase The rnosr is mtriuled to head off a possible further tuition increase according to sjionsors of the resolution Thr assrnilils vs huh (laims to represent the interests ot Utah's ami unisei Mt students will I chouse five legislation during piei es t three das session and will then thr state I ci'lat ui e on o to rails c ol-le- e lol-b- legislation I he lesolution sup-- i ted porting the notion nu reasr is t( lie one ot the top five resolutions "I he nest inioi hurdle lxmg as trr urnioi h i s not airepted this that epe j tuition im umu I rrtn'a's to — o the and appairntlv ure said ohn Kies a s(Hinsot of tin resolution ttom the Umversitv ol ' state 1 (lovrtnoi M Itheson lias said he onstdet aiilv larger tuition : " III tesolutioii now movrs to the I I honsr it rept eseutativ es where it i rvjiei ted to pass iiy a logr maigin In otin r business a floor fight over aoinrtovetsial lull to rrapportmn tlie I hr i i j I he I SU delegation suffered a dual setback when one resolution apparently died m committee and a second resolution was sent back to committee after an emotional debate resolution which would have called ujion the state I cgislaturc to allow umversitv ptesidents to waive tuition for students living in counties adn ent to Utah came out of c oinmiltee eatlv 111 t fie session with a tec i itnmendat ion that it ! passed However immediatelv alter sponsor f’eter Dames made an impassioned plea lor the passage ol the resolution (he senate soled to send u bac k to c ommittee A second resolution sjxmsored fry fie non-reside- rrlvr ) d I I’tah ' lavors a he executive committee winch is cotiijiosed of all elected UIA officials is the txxiv which ibises first consideration to legislation dealing wttii thr internal structure of UIA I he hill which was lxmg sjxin-sorelv the U of U and siipjxiited bv usu would have given extra delegates to the larger state schools at the expense of Brigham Yount Umversitv and die two vear colleges Still die subject of great controversy this lull mnv still reai h t fie floor todav but UIA (iovetnor John Bee fieri has threatened to veto it I lake ( 'its tiursdav morning Thr CIA srtiatr voted unanimously to support thr I’tah Stair Hoard of Regents’ rr otiunended tuition inSalt USU delcgat ion chairman Kellie Schultz and aimed at stripping the BYU security force of its (xihce (lowers was not released from committee While tfiere are still two days left for Schultz to get her resolution removed from committee the chances are not considered to be good I lie resolution waiving tuition for students from counties on die Utah Ixirder was the subject of a short but emotional debate Dames told the senate that Utah's university enrollment is in a pericxi of steads' decline and that fewer and fewer (leuple currently attending high sc hoof intend to go to college He also said dial student enrollment in Utah universities is in a downwatd spiral “I don't think I need to tell you what a decline in students means to higher education” fie said “It means non-reside- a c tit m programs He said that I fie puijiose of the resolution was to guarantee that L tafi s student x ipulat ion dors not dec line We see students whose homes are If minutes from USU fxcause they can t afford tuition opting to go to an Idaho college” I fames said ( fpjMinents of die lesolution it as another attempt to take decision making xiwer from the tax payers voted to return the resolution to lommitter where its future is not c lear non-reside- lafx-l-m- Following the vote Daines said that he was surprised that the senate would not favor this resolution ‘Tin just flabliergasted that this body would rejec t (that resolution)” Daines said “I mean it hurts no one in the state It helps everyone Every school in the state tends to benefit from that” Daines accused the senator who had made the motion to send the resolution back to committee of playing polities with it “ The who made the motion is sitting on the committee” said Daines who chaired that committee “He made no recommendation when it went through the committee I think it is a blatant attempt to kill (the n resolution) and I don’t understand why” I his first session much of which was taken n p by committee meetings and the passage of apprec iatory legislation was c harac terized by lac kluster debate and frequent errors prexedure by student in pailiamentary oflic ers Traditionally the UIA house of a hotbed of representatives has controversial and sometimes violent deflate Thursday’s deflate was tame by comparison In late action I hursday the house defeated the resolution which would have put UIA on record as praising excommunicated LDS feminist Sonia Johnson for her stand on the Equal Rights Amendment lx-e- n Expert tells the story of Mount St Helens b Sam I l’eteison said that within the ucero last 4 900 1 hr ettec Is of Ml unt St Helens Vole thr Mifijri t cc Cnnvuc it i i ti ami riuptlotl wav hui vdav s conducted bv James Petet son spec lali't 111 vole am hi igv climatolngv and remote Mn v tv Prtrivni pirvrnted a slide show that divplaved xilcxfn phavrs that fie 07(10 foot peak wrnt thintigh hclott and alter disrupted bv thr major eruption on Slav 18 I sears Mount St Helens lias been die most explosive and is tlie most riuptmg volcano m thr continental United (Mates " I here ate ver bOO classified tvprs of active c said volcanoes cell the eaitfi I’etel sc in Along with volcanoes in Central Amrric a South Atnenca and other parts ol thr world Mount St Helens is an andisivic volcanic (continued on page 1980 5) Students urged to be conscious of fire hazards The Housing Office at USU is jcitn-- a national effort to remind college nu(knts they are very susceptible to (be dangers of fire A with most fires campus fires f ’’ OC'urraue people aren’t aware of nd - 8 j f I j Cl Osfxirne housing director "College are not different from anyone n hat rrRard but there are some rds that the resident J may be esperially susceptible to he fire causes we frequently ounter are en-- J leaving cigarettes burning upholstery or bedding U"'" anR electrical circuits with devices and applianc es using improperly gauged extension cords or using combustible decorations and unfortunately many fires are maliciously or mischievously set” he said The project is conducted by the Assentation of College and Univeristy Housing Officers (ACUHO) and the National Fire Protection Asscxiation advocate for fire (NFPA) a non-pofsafety ACUHO and NFPA will produce materials that will identify and communicate fire safety practices that are g most appropriate for the campus set-tin- Osborne will work with individual students as well as student government and dorin representatives to alert them to the fire hazards most prevalent in their situations “Students may not lx-- aware of the fire dangers inherent in their lifestyles” said Stephen T Miller chairman of the Fire and Life Safety of ACUHO Program from fire harm think students ‘‘Many can’t happen to them But remember the 10 college students who were killed in a dormitory fire at Providence College RI a couple of years ago” The two groups urge college students to keep fire safety thoughts in mind: Rememlx-- r that suc h as ment g d equip- ex- tinguishers are there for everyone's protec tion Also pulling false alarms is a prank that can lead to loss and injury for many students as well as fire fighters Extinguish smoking materials before going to sleep Check the room after smokers leave Use only one plug or electrical cord per socket Run extension cords around the perimeter of the room above carpets and rugs Use cords of appropriate gaugewith college Become familiar buildings Learn ail means of escape |