Show Page 2 The Utah Statesman Monday January 181982 Contest speakers forums highlight Science We' to be held today at 1 1 in the Sunburst am Lounge will officially launch the beginning of Science Week During the five-da- y festivities special emphasis will be placed on the space shuttle Columbia along with various contests and speakers According to Robert Parkinson science senator “The purpose of science week is to let the student body know about our college and what we’re doing and also what science is doing in the world today” Biology math computer science physics geology and chemistry are the departments which complete the college of science All will offer displays on Wednesday between 10 am and 2 pm in the Sunburst Lounge Today’s Rubik’s cube contest will conclude Wednesday when a winner will be announced and A Rubik’s cube contest at 12:30 pm in the Fine Arts Center calculator awarded an HP 11-Friday’s STAB forum at 12:30 pm Also scheduled for today is a presentation entitled which will Environment” “Space Shuttle Experiments” and —:tl be “Earth and the Near Space graduate students who have been preparing be given by USU physics Professor Marsha Torr at experiments to be used during the shuttlef-Jun3:30 pm in the library Honors Lounge will be additional On Tuesday two presentations At 2 pm on Friday a snow given in the SC Auditorium At 11:30 am the sculpturing will be held on the quad The winnner wi ROTC will sponsor Ed Dorsey a space shuttle exfc awarded a trophy pert At 1:30 pm USU physics professor Eastman Hatch will use “Atomic Energy Atomic Weapons During the week two added contests featured in The Utah Statesman A science and Civilization” as his topic of discussion qao naire and predicting the Super Bowl by Wednesday at noon free hot chocolate and plied statistics will be offered and prizes gheaf doughnuts will be offered in the Sunburst Lounge winners s for as long as supplies last A Friday and Saturday midnight showing Convocations is Thursday’s highlight B Gentry Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of At Tkoi Lee author of the book Creation of Cosmos and cowill Cosmos will television festivities to a ckw the of special bring the week-lon- g speak r producer C iio‘ e at Shortage in funds hurts Exceptional Child Cent “Be An Exceptional Person — Care” serves as the motto for an organized community group known as the Kids of the Exceptional Child Center (EEC) at Utah State University The group even sports with the plea Caring enough to donate time money and energy in support of the children at the center 's Jonathon H Daines local radiologist and charter president of the Friends of the Kids group Jack Payne USU graduate student and researcher in wildlife science is vice president with Mary Cadez EEC program administrator serving as the group’s secretary-treasurFriends of the Kids took its first official steps in the fall as parents of EEC students staff and concerned citizens were informed of the funding difficulties facing the center “Most notably stripped of funds is the EEC’s preschool program” Payne explained “There is no constitutional clout behind the preschool effort The law only requires that education meet er the needs of handicapped children beginning with first grade” John Steinitz of the USU Development office met with the advocates of the handicapped to help them set up ai endowment account Money put in- - said “They are using the university pool but water temperature is too low and there is no safe way to get some of the children in and out of the water” Payne said The parents of two children atten- - There is no constitutional clout behind the preschool effort The law only requires that education meet the needs of handicapped children beginning with the first grade C to the account will accrue until such a time that interest dividends are large enough to be used for significant purchases for the center Donations made through USU Development earmarked for the endowment account will reach that account intact — no administrative dollars are taken out A second way to support the center again throught USU’s Development Office is to donate to a large equipment fund “The children at the ding the center Payne and his wife Stephanie are active in their support “Steph serves on the Board of Directors for the center representing the parents” Payne said "The ECC staff does so much for our children and they have made a tremendous difference in the way we are approaching our children’s handicaps” The USU graduate student welcomes opportunities to talk about the center and the effect the staff s tivities have on the handicapped children of Cache yj Box Elder counties “Local pop have been generously donatiiyMfe ECC for years We want then know how their funds are hdpoyag thank them” he said of his visa wi4 such groups as the Kiwanis Eagles and “The community also needs to realize how critically the program funds at the center have been cut More and more of the responsibility for maintaining the quality activiciet these children experience is falling ias the hands of volunteers and private benefactors There is a lot of good to be said for people caring for people ia such a personal way Everybody wins” Payne added A persona payoff for Payne it learning sign language from his sons “Actually they are talking (signing) behind my back and I want to know what they are talking about Pm registered to begin signing class wime quarter” he said University laundry service helps departments cut bilk Since the establishment of the Utah State University laundry service in June 1981 various departments on campus lauwho use the service have saved more than 20 percent in of ndry bills according to Gary Smith assistant director facilities The USU laundry is located in the northwest comer of Field House and is restricted to use by dep' weal ments In its original planning the laundry was to befacilities in the University Residence Center but inadequate made this nearly impossible 16 accounts inAccording to Smith the laundry handles Carousel Squire cluding the University Residence Center and the field house In handling these accounts the university service encounters a variety of different jobs and provides a number of services excluding pickup and delivery Su commercial machi USU laundry uses heavy-dut- y from sleeping bags to tablecloths can be laundered e The laundry employs one full-tim- e and two Paft'tunevm workers During busy periods the service has access Residence tional part-tim- e help from the University Finances for the laundry come from the departments! themselves Prior to the establishment of the USU launmy downtown campus departments employed the services of Cbfcken OzaRk Fries Drink $180 Logan launders said Smith The laundry however is not currently running capacity New accounts may be opened at any bn! the service is not open to USU faculty staff studen munity members Any department having °fficaJ“ materials that is interested in using the laundry Smith at the University Residence Center The laundry is open from 7 am to 7 pm- 81 is availawecapability to run 24 hours a day if the work - 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