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Show THE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL• SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY• WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994 THE CAMPUS~ SUU scholarships offer students opportunify By LEAH WOOD SENIOR STAFF WRITER (Editor's Note: This is th e first in a two-part series on sch olarships. Part two, focusing on athletic scholarships b oth here and across th e country, w ill run Nov. 30.) You who have dreams, If you act T hey will com e true! To turn your dream s to a fact, it's up to you! If you have the soul and the spirit Never fear it, you' ll see it through . "We encourage students to apply. We look at the type of classes they have taken, community service, athletics and grade point average," said Barton. Leadership, academic and athletic scholarships are all processed through the same commit tee. Scholarship applications for freshmen students must be submitted to the admissions office before Feb.15 and returning studen ts m us t have their applications in by Feb. 1. Barton said the committee looks for evidence of the student's performance. He also said scholarships are awarded to attract better s tuden ts to the university. Scholarships are primarily generated from two sources, one • of which is the university. Barton said many of the scholarships also come from generous donors who want to help SUV students with their education. " I work wi th students every day of my life, 11 said Barton . "I see great and bright people he re and I' m very impressed with their ability to absorb a broad range of data and see it objectively and wit h insight and judiciousness . T he toughest thing [abou t my job] is determining who gets a scholarship. " 'The tou_ghest thing {about my ;ob]is determining who gets a scholarship,' said Mark Barton, • assistant vice president of student • services. According to Mark D. Barton, assistant vice president of student services, the opening words of this song contains the essence of why academic scholarships are offered. He said those s tudents who know the value of having an academic scholarship will perform well and make positive contribut ions to the university. "It is very significant, 11 said Barton. " Those who are motivated, motivate oth ers." suu offers approximately 261 academic scholarships a year. St udents with a grade point average of at least 3. 7 and a composite ACT score of 23 qualify. Accidental death claims life of 6-year-old child By J. ARTHUR FIELDS SENIOR STAFF WRITER The six-year-old daughter of two SUV students choked to death on a crayon Saturday. Alyssa Simonsen, a first grader at East Elem en tary School, died at 7 p.m . at her Kanarraville home, according to the Iron County Sheriff's Department and the State Medical Examiner's office. Despite frantic efforts Sheriff's deputies first on the scene were unable to revive the girl. "They did CPR, the Heimlich m aneuver and whatever else they could, but there was nothing that worked," said Iron County Sheriff Ira Schoppmann . Sim onsen and her parents, Richard and Heather, lived in a renovated school bus in a Kanarraville campground. I j :, 0 I ~ ~ Educa tion senator fessica Black comments on the "band bill" during the SUUSA Senate meeting Tuesday night. The senate also discussed bills concerning wom en 's soccer club uniform s and the student phone directory. SUUSA Senate rescinds basketball band funding By JENNIFER MORLEY ASSISTANT EDITOR Bicycles and bike racks continued to be the hot topics at last night's SUVSA Senate Open Forum. Along with not having enough bike racks, the major complaints are the Cedar Middle School students' use of the SUV racks and bicyclists speeding by and nearly hitting students. One idea that was brought up would solve both problems. The suggestion involves setting up a ticketing system for bicyclists who do not follow bicycle safety and parking procedures. In order to distinguish SUV students' bikes from Middle School students' bikes, SUV students would be issued a special sticker to put on their bikes. Students who would like to voice their opinions or ideas concerning this or other campus issues can do so at the Open Forum held every Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. in the Student Center Zion A & B conference room . The final Open Forum and Senate meeting for fall quarter will be held on Novem ber 29. During the m eeting portion of the evening, Ben Baldwin, SUV Judicial Council member, clarified that when senators vote on a bill, only votes for or against the bill coun t. When a senator votes to "abstain," that vote does not count. D ue to what is officially termed "a recomm enda tion of objection," the bill t hat was passed by the senate last week allocating $1,750 to the SUU basketball band was re-debated. According to SUVSA Academ ic Vice President Maren Maclean, in order for a bill to officially pass, the SUVSA president and academic vice president must sign it. The bill was not vetoed, Maclean said, it was just not signed. The bill was "recommended for objection" because SUVSA President Stacee Yardley was concerned about the precedent that funding stipends for the group might set . T he bill's investigating committee upheld its positive recommendation. Science Sen. Tony Cerullo, head of the committee, said that "the question we need to answer is whether or not we're going to fund stipends." In debate, Education Sen. Jessica Black said that the bill is a worthy cause but the money shouldn't come from student fees. Science Sen. Jarid Gray reiterated his statements from last week, saying that the bill "has no academic value and Clubs and Organizations gave it a negative recommendation." Maclean and Yardley in terjected that C & 0 gave the bill a m onetary negative recommendation, m eaning that C & 0 feels that something needs to be done but couldn't find the means to justify doing som eth ing. In support of the bill, Business, Communication and Technology Sen. Stafford Southwick said, " this is supporting our team and supporting team spirit." The final vote was 3-7-2 lforagainst-abstain). Also during the meeting, senators allocated $232 to the women's soccer club for uniforms. T he investigating committee gave the bill a positive recommendation. Sen . Southwick said, "Uniforms have no academic value but we based this decision on the team's effort and determination." The final vote was unanimous in support of the bill. Finally, Arts, Letters and Humanities Sen . Charisse Baxter announced that students who do not want their phone numbers to be listed in the SUV Student Phone Directory MUST contact her or Russell Kennedy in the SUUSA Offices or by calling 586-7766. |
