Show The Utah Statesman Increased budget would improve student-teach- Wednesday January 30 1?ZZ er Monies would cover teachers salary hike purchasing of modem equipment from jcootinued pagD keeping in mind the money and either gives their appthe roval and sends it on to request available cuts and sends Legislature or requests Committit badt to the Appropriations most is the latter frequent ee The Another area Cazier argued for increased fundings was for library books He said costs for books are “out of control” and added that it was “almost ludicrous Like Alice in Wonderland things are getting curiouser and curiouser” Some line items of the “general making the cuts the budget is again sent to the Executive quest Committee (who may make more the legislative changes) then on to floor for final approval Cazier also requested an increase in $608700 South East Utah Continuing Education Center $259600 Uintah Basin Continuing Education Center $613500 Man and His Bread Museum $83000 Cooperative Master of Education with Southern Utah State College 70200 and a new continuing education program at re- After C&ifccygrelto C3JTi 02p $i (dimili QtSs- QUc- ii CtECSlEniD (Hump OT Gpmm-- ) equipment He said that in research grants today you have to be willing to buy the equipment needed yourself “If you don’t have it it’s bard to get a grant” he revenue for anTEiiH3"v order to get US0 - - 0niccnmiji said with “antiquated harder to be for jobs when they are a step Students working equipment” find it prepared hekind because of equipment according to Cazier “One of the most frustrating things is that one day you think you have an piece of equipment and the next day it’s antiquated” said Cazier “It’s something that came across the plains with Brigham and the others” te other priorities” request that have been tentatively approved by the committee are as follows: educationally disadvantaged program $84100 Water Research Lab $1196400 water water program $51800 Cooperative extension $5571600 Agricultural Experiment Station $7254800 Ecology Center $462800 research and training grants lab-grou- Delta and Richfield Utah ' $80100 One issue still to be voted on by another subcommittee of the Legislature is whether to approve funds to renovate the Mechanical Arts Building The Board of Regents originally approved $400000 for the project along with $280000 for lighting around the university The state Building Board had planned on Tooele Iranian poster sparks violence by Michael E Thirkill Iranian students were injured in a Three the Student Center basement Monday afternoon Two of the students were members of the Moslem Student Association a group The third student was a member of the Moslem Student Society an organization According to Nezar Mouhamed Kahjar fight in the fight started when an eyewitness members of the MSA kicked and pushed the MSS table Kahjar said the MSA members began punches” when confronted of the MSS Kahjar is from and is not a member of either “throwing by members Kuwait group Before the fight started USU will way to members of the Lamar Frandsen international student try to find a allow any group the right to distribute material However all table political privileges have klSA had for Iranians been suspended I complained to Val Christensen "“president for student services that the was displaying a vulgar sign on the MSS table in the basement of the SC It was first day that a political information table bad been ®t up since last quarter when caused university officials to Iranians from distributing political at tables in the SC basement (be MSA) think they are in Iran they can do anything they want” TL Mehdi a member of the MSS who to be identified by last name (supporters of Khomeini) won’t let M sjsk ui Iran and now they do not want rj 77 “t us to speak here either” said Mehdi Christensen said the university will try to find a way to allow any political group the right to distribute material However all table privileges for all Iranians have been suspended until an investigation into the incident is completed “I see myself as a negotiator to see that the rights of all of the students are protected” Christensen said Members of the MSA would not talk to The Statesman because they felt they were treated unfairly in last quarter’s series on Iranian groups at USU and because a photograph was taken of one of them against their wishes It was learned however that the MSA was angered by a sign on the MSS table Written in Farsi the sign said “Down with the vulture’s (Khomeini’s) bloodsucking savage regime” of- fice director said that there will likely be trouble as long as there are tables in the SC to distribute political material “They (the tables) are a real emotional center” said Frandsen “and there will probably be trouble until that emotional center is moved” Campus Police Chief Larry Arave agreed that the tables are one of the principle causes of the violence “I don’t want to see any student hurt” Arave said “but we are dealing with an inflammatory situation” He said if removing the tables would prevent violence that may be the best action the university could take Arave said the main concern of the campus police is to “develop a prosecutable case” against those students causing the trouble “Last quarter we couldn’t find any impartial witnesses” Arave said so they could not prosecute those involved There is a witness to this incident and Arave said his office will conduct a thorough investigation that can be completed by campus police After that Gary Chambers director of facilities said action would be taken against the students who caused the trouble and all rights and privileges would be reinstated for those found innocent IV— 1 3 rc tearing down the building which m now being used to house die communicative disorders department The decision will be resolved ibis week A coal severance tax sponsored by Logan Sen Charles Bullen goes before the state Legislature f this week If the tax passes it could greatly increase Utah’s higher education system The General and Education Budget comes from two sources: money from tuition and general funds from the state These general funds are generated from taxes like the coal severance tax proposal Cazier said that if the tax were to be approved problems with lack of funding to support the budget would not exist The severance tax could eliminate any wer- ries of not receiving amounts tentative-l- y approved to USU Cazier said The Utah Legislature has until Jan 31 to finalize all budget recommendainvilwimM tions from the State’s of higher learning With the increase of state revenues USU and the &— colleges and universities are forward to a larger 1962-8- 3 budget lHg -- |