Show The Utah Statesman — Wednesday February 4 198Xv Jay l seeks to restructure the Board of Resents Bill — ‘ffec Matheson believes that the State Board of Regents hasn't doing its job very well and that fjl'tah way to solve the problem is radical surgery a Utah State senator irom Cedar City is sponsoring legislation that would totally restructure the board of regents and with it the balance of power in the Utah stem of higher education Few of iose with any real power under the rurrent system favor the change Acting Commissioner of Higher Ivan duration Leon McCarrey doesn't the bill and USU President Stanford Cazier thinks that the will ike change encourage partisanism among the Matheson whose district includes regents Southern Utah State College and DixThe change proposed by Matheson ie Co ege believes that those would be a fundamental one The schools as well as Snow College the College current system the one which he of Eastern Utah and the two technical proposes to change requires the colleges are given short shrift to choose the 16 members whogovernor during will regents’ budgeting and planning sesserve on the board of regents sions Under Matheson 's plan the board “One of the things I think the would be comprised of the chairmen have failed to do is to take regents of the institutional councils from each a real look at those institutions’ of the nine colleges and universities in needs" Matheson said Utah Instead of 16 members the He said that CEU for instance is board would have only nine members located in the heart of a Matheson believes that the board of booming mining area and yet the have regents in its present composition has not given that college the regents funds to virtually ignored the special needs of provide a comprehensive program to the smaller institutions of higher teach mining skills education in the state As another example he cited the leaders regents’ failure to plan for the growth ' is expected in Southern Utah as a result of the MX missile project “I just plain don’t think we’ve prioritized things the way we should have done” he said Matheson adds that under his bill it is likely that all areas of the state will be represented on the board Currently Utah County and many areas of Southern Utah are not With his bill Matheson represented hopes to create a system under which every college and university will receive equal representation Yet critics of Matheson’s bill say that it will create a monster Instead of a group representing the (continued on page 8) that £? Ski club plans trips Tim Vitale president of the USU Mountaineers announces that the club will S takin£jrt in everaLu’jai® the coming welts These include a ski trip on President's Day to either the Uintas the Satvtooths or Wind River ranges a rock climbing trip to Yosemite over spring break and a hike across the Wellsvilles on an as yet undetermined weekend A - A f' or- i— 'T' Crucible' contest is open for writers artists "I Cynde Horrocks I" fT’0siP hoJiH against at wi them the L awake in the f°r r'' !tran 6 h pcoPle nced Safusu"’ provide Of n: Pry °Wn SCCrct to kceP ?r?vcr and bathe them fe‘r bhingV'haircd same Ma"delstan P°ery wrien dicaor salin’ WaVe °f is rCt‘red faculty expressed these M Shc volunteered hrnS pnze to money for winners tfcSSLTiS?19?1 c’“w'- - process of being produced in book form to be distributed during spring quarter Awards and prize money will be given in five categories this year in the area of short stories essay poetry photography and art First place win-- ’ ners will receive $50 second place winners will be awarded $20 and third place winners— judged only in poetry art and photography — will be awarded $10 The various categories are dedicated to those who donated prize money Jeff Champlin editor and a °dcst literary Oagazinj k in senior relations decided the public title of &rtmany years a8° wth content of this year's edition Ct’ieUCCd Action of Chaplin said "The five categories once again in the are designed to encourage broad par Crucible ticipation from students regardless of major and hopefully set a tradition for Crucibles in the future” According to Champlin “Most entries are from students outside of the English department A lot of students out there could submit something and win but they have no Not just the winners will be published but other worthy entries” Double spaced typed manuscripts with the author’s name address phone number and major listed on each page should be submitted to the art English or communications departments no later than Feb 14 Chaplin said that he would like to see the Crucible set up with greater financial rewards and possibly some scholarship benefits thought it would be difficult to get money for the winners but the sponsors we now’ have are the type of people that want to push this kind of thing” he said “This is the only method on campus besides the Honor Program’s In Print that provides an opportunity for students to have their material published” Champlin added The er Crucible have editorial control and will be judged by a tfcgse board tl f3— w3 tC member panel ? professors at UCIJ C The 15C3 ccpijS be distributed on a Lukc served basts in the library sometlae t- tftlj April : ' it |