Show The Utah Statesman two-third- expcrtcd to which would subject to student Executive Council is ASUSL' TV s The resolution requires a vote to pass the council If the resolution is approved the amendments will lie brought before the student body in a special election A simple majority vote is necessary to ratify the amendments Olson Hamit at Ktwo today on a resolution otnd the ASL'SU constitution hS approval Stnitt Resolution seeks to change the of Executive vice president and 81-5- w of the offices teictic vice president have the Executive vice student interest lobbyist on both Stott and local levels Me would le resjionsible of all nit implementation and irsolution would TV jrsdnit become a follow-throug- kSl'SU legislation to the resolution the office of president would lie aliolishcd and according tiittx vice Campus Affairs vice president This be concerned with all campus related students such as campus housing sliced with a & would 11 1981 Pa®t J J'' Senate to ponder constitutional changes xec lj Wednesday March anna of cirm and sports Also sc heduled for the meeting is a review of the ASUSU election bylaws The bylaws were previously approved by the council during last week's meeting However ASUSU President Peter Daines has asked for reconsideration of the approval since it was discovered that the council may have lieen violating the Utah Open and Public Meeting Act bv not allowing prior opjiortunity for public input on the bylaws ASUSU has placed ads in The Utah Statesman soliciting comments on the bylaws Scheduled for second readings are resolutions which deal with mandatory orien and 81-5- 7 81-5- 8 tation meetings for new students and distribution of student handbooks respectively Also scheduled for a second reading is resolution which asks for better organization of faculty evaluation readouts Three bills that were referred to committee last week will be acted upon Senate Resolution asks that fees lie reduced from $75 lo $50 Resolution deals with the construction of a waiting area for the shuttle bus stop north of the art barn Senate Resolution concerns the placement of campus maps for the convenience of USU visitors Three other items are scheduled to be presented for first readings They are concerning hillside and trail erosion dealing with student insurance and concerning the special 81-5- 6 81-5- 1 81-5- 81-5- 2 3 81-6- 81-6- 81-6- 0 1 2 election The meeting will be held at 5 pm in the Senate Chamlrr located on the third floor of the Student Center Monson has unique view on education in Utah by Cary McVey l)o the childhood stories “Three Blind Mice” “Three Kittle Pigs” and “The Three Wise Men” describe Utah education in the 1980s? According to USU education professor Jay A Monson they do Monson a Utah Slate Board of Education member recently addressed the Utah Association of School Business Officials with a speech he wrote and titled “Utah Education in the '80s — ‘Three Blind Mice’ ‘Three Little Pigs’ or ‘Three Wise Men’?" The story of three blind mice relates too aptly to what is happening in the Utah State Legislature concerning education according to Monson “I have a high regard for these 'ladies and gentlemen” he said’ “bst nauerthelaaey Albtlthis current Legislature for one reason or another seems not to be seeing too clearly when it comes to the current and projected picture of Utah education in the ‘80s and beyond” Mouse number one is blind to Utah's unprecedented population growth according to Monson “This fall 9000 additional students were enrolled in our Utah schools and next year we will have 15000 new students” Monson said “By 1990 we will have over 225000 new students in our Utah schools and by conservative estimates this means we will need 9500 new teachers and thousands of new classrooms" He said blind mouse number two does not clearly see many other facts concerning education in Utah “Utah students score very well in comparison to national education norms especially when considering that only four states spend less per pupil to educate children than does Utah” Monson said The four states that spend less than Utah on education are: Missouri Mississippi Tennessee and Kentucky Monson believes that the third blind mouse is a result of (continued on page 8) f 1 if 1 hltgQ uk clrmentary education department has a view of Utah education in ibe three little pigs three blind mice and the three wise men institutional cWird 1 1'tah C y t° the fii ti Council considers long-ter- nM'tutional Council cast "1°nhy meeting held ' In adlmon to routine coun‘d considered topics 'n education and ad- Wh'th havc omgeewn tS f tfliir 5NfengteL lccnt V 10 yea frd Caz'cr Presented a °n wfinf the Utah °rma speech he had original-- Nation Planning C jn he1980 'mP°rnce of said that "a exss or planning but it effort educa-Npnu- J tllllt wcr J' m planning Cazier commented on USU’s efforts to develop a ment of business education and administrative systems The motion to change the title of this department comprehensive planning process for its campus after technology which has experiencing a “rather traumatic" 4 ercent budget stems from computer-basein as education its into modern business offices cut Cazier secs been planning way making a difficult and Itngthv process which is necessary to The influx of data and word processing equipment insure quality in education along with sophisticated communication systems is According to Cazier Utah State University will resjtonsible for the new emphasis on system be facing great increases in enrollment over the next management over office procedures M In other action the council voted uiuuiimowr decade and effective planning must lie implemented in order to prepare for increased use of resources establish an International Irrigation Center at L" — while continuing to determine the purpose of the No new programs will be created with -t t- -' ' ' new title and Its center this of ment university vtw — W to give greater are primarily designed In Academic Affairs Committee business the programs already functioning at USU council unanimously passed a proposal which would Both of the motions regarding title changes must educachange the title of the department of business face approval by the Utah State Board of Keysets now the to USU at administration depart office tion and d long-rang- e t-- ? 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