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Show u N I SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY • CED I T FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1994 Enrollment tops 5,000 CAMPUS NEWS: The student senate still has concerns about parking and bicycle safety as it distributes fees. PAGE 4. SUU's head count is greater than ever in its history and the rate of growth is quickening CAMPUS ARTS: A new statue graces the S UU campus, courtesy of the 'One Percent for Arts' measure. PAGE 14. CAMPUS SPORTS: suu By ]11\1 ROBINSON CAMPUS EDITOR A quickening enrollment growth at SUU has pushed the number of students attending this fall to an institution record high of 5,026. T his quarter is the first time that SUU has enrolled over 5,000 students. The 1994 total "head count" figure represents an increase of 9.5 percent over the fall quarter 1993 enrollment of 4,592 and an increase of 434 students. The growth from fall quarter 1992 to fall 1993 was at a slower 3.6 percent rate. "We apparently must be doing something right to continue to attract increasing numbers of students," Gerald R. Sherratt, SUU president, said. "While we are pleased with our growth, that same growth does put additional pressure on our faculty, staff, and facilities. "It is interesting to note that even with the increased size of our enrollment base, we are still getting large percentage increases. Obviously, that means that we are getting increasingly larger numbers of students," Sherratt said. With the exception of sophomores, there are more students in every class category this year than during fall quarter of 1993. T he sophomore class is down by three students 1696 this year, 699 last fall). First time freshmen are up by 59, advanced freshmen by 306, juniors by 45, seniors by 14, and graduates by 13. A huge enrollment increase of 44 percent was registered by non-resident studen ts. Last fall quarter a total of 363 students from outside of Utah were enrolled; this year there are 522 total non-residents, 259 wom en and 263 m en. SUU also recorded a significant increase in "FfE" !full-time equivalent) students. FTE studen ts are determined by dividing the total number of credits for which all studen ts register by 15. T he fall 1994 FfE enrollment is up 5.3 percent from fall of 1993. Similar head count enrollmen t increases were recorded for the surnrner quarter, but FfE enrollment was down by 6.4 percent 195 students). T he 1994 head count was 3,523, up by 112 students from the 1993 figure of 3,411. y hosts the St. Mary's Gaels in the Coliseum of Southern Utah tomorrow. PAGE 15. LOCAL NEWS: The cost of living is rising in Cedar City, a study by SUU Business Professor Alan Hamlin shows. PAGE 11. STATE NEWS: Delays in us West service in Utah are caused by greater demand and restructuring, officials say. PAGE 11. NATIONAL NEWS: After heavy rains and floods in Houston, fire erupted when pipelines burst yesterday. PAGE 12. WORLD NEWS: The Israeli Cabinet has approved the indefinite closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PAGE 13. NATIONAL SPORTS: 76er Shawn Bradley has gone down with another knee in jury, suffered in Utah Wednesday. PAGE 18. Math tutor Becky Hemmert hold s the door to South Hall open for Michelle Dye, a freshman theatre major from Cedar City. Because of construction and broken sidewalks, Dye must go up past the Music Building from her room in Juniper Hall to get onto cam pus. Students with disabilities often find getting around campus is difficult. To help sol ve these incon veniences, the Americans With Disabilities Act was put in effect in 1991. SUU has been working for the past two years to comply with the law, and will continue to do so for approximately the next six mon th s to complete the project. Some of the improvements include an elevator and lift in the Thorley Music Hall, an increase in handicap parking spaces, automatic door openers in certain buildings and wheelchair ramps located throughout campus. Tuesday marks the beginning of SUU's Disability A wareness Week. The purpose of the week is to educate students and the community about people with disabilities. Sponsoring the week's activities are SUUSA, Rubicon Club and Student Council for Exceptional Children. SEE PAGE 3 FOR MORE ON DISABILITY AWARENESS WEEK. I ACADEMIC FOCUS Alumni: An integral facet of the universitynow and forever. Alumni Council President Cyndi Gilberti" 11,,11111111Jr1 |