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Show THE CAMPUS .Construction begins on SUU's Centurium Anderson, who i represented on the SUU campus by th found r' monument Con t ruction work ha begun on the C nturium, the centennial gilt to and the tatue of pioneer heroine Nellie Unthank, depict men and women who ucceeding gen ration at Southern Utah University. The round, domed have altered the course of humankind throu h the exaltation of rea on, a structure, located to the outh of the Centrum ntranc , is designed to be a pa ion for intellectual testament to the power of freedom, a piri t of di covery, educ.ation and the life of the and the fi re of their genius, mind. Woolf indicate . "The nation' college and "The Centurium will be a universities traditionally m ark place of meditation, in piration their cen tennial ob ervance and be.auty," tat President with the construction fa Gerald R. Sh rratt. " We think monum ent, such a a bell it will be a place de ti ned to tow r or fo untain," stated Dr. become one of th mo t famou Eugene Woolf, former dean of ducational landmark in SUU' College of Art , Letters American higher education." and Humanitie and chair of The urrent con tructi n th project. " W wanted con i ts f the concrete pillar omething that speak to the and cap with the gla d m to purpo e for which the be add <l later after the tatu s university was founded: the hav b en placed in th creation, pr ervation and monum nt' utcr ring. extension or k nowledge." Th entire proj ct ha been The Cenwrium c n ist of a funded by private gift a a round tructure of pillars m m rial to th foundin f covered by a glass canopy. UU in I 97 .rnd will b Between the pillars will be formally dedicated at th JOOth placed life-size t.atues of 12 of aooiver ary ob ervance planned history's greate t intellects, for March 11, 1997. N arty Woolf explains. $200,000 has been donated for The tatues, by noted The Centurium will display statues of a dozen of the greatest in tellects in the planet' history. the project. Southern Utah sculptor J rry New Library: bigger 'n' better D iana Graff, dean and director of the Southern Utah University Library, is almost beside herself wi th excitement; she isn't qui te sure she can wait until Dec. l , let a lone March 20 of next year. "It's like Christmas, only better,'' he ays. "You can see it beginning to be reality, and it is so hard to wait." Graff is watching the interior construction work take hape on a new UU library. She make everal trip daily from her office to the new 80,000 squ are-foot, four- tory building w hich is scheduled for comp letion Dec. 1. March 20 i the date set for the beginning of operation in the n ew facility; and a t ntative date of March 11, 1996, the 99th birthday of the university, has been set for dedic.ating the building. "Everything is so much bigger, so much more convenient, and so much better," sh ays. "It is going to be a imply beautiful buildi ng. From now until we ar in full operation, all I want to do is to be a tour guide. Even after we are all moved in, I know I'll want to how everyone I know through the entire building. I have pent so much £my time during the la t few years in plaonjng and working toward the c mpletion of this library. It's lik it's a part of me." Graff' enthusiasm is understandable. The university will nearly double it current library pace and in crease its library book capacity to 225,000 volumes. Stud nt study stations will jum p to 1,200, and the (continued on page 7) The exterior of SUU's Library is nearing completion. S. Utah cost of living is 'relatively stable' STAFF AND DESK PHONE NUMBERS: Editor Asmtant 10 lh• Editor and Almfluc Editor Campu• Editor Consulting Sporu Edito"' Bu iMMManagn Advut.i•ing Muugu UITJI &kcr 586-775 I Jennifer Morley 586-7759 Jim Robinson S86-1997 NcU Cardnn S86-775.l Bmt Jewkes 586-7752 Lynn Denn,m S86-774 )xkllyn Christi.tn.'ICll 586-7758 The Unlver$/l y /ournal. 1995 summer edition, it publi hed Mo nday• from Ju ne 19 thrml,IJh August 7 icxupt for the July 2A holiday, which will be publi h«l July lSJ. 11 is • publieotion of Southern Ut.oh Unive.,.hy, Its dcpanm~ t ol communication, Office ol Summer Sc:hool, the Student Activities Olfla: and the SUV Student A.,sociatlon. Ualvasity /oum,11: Offices in SUV T ~ Building CD3. Mail al SUU ea. 9384, G,dar City, Uwi 847'20. FAX j80JJ 5116-5487. E-mail addr,,,o; jowmlOouw,du 0 PRJNTI.D ON llECYCU D Pl\l'ER. PLEASE ~LCYCLE llilS COPY. I The cost of living in southern Utah is relatively stable, but the most recently collected data indicate that costs in St. George have escalated slightly, while Cedar City costs are climbing more slowly. Alan Hamlin, professor of business at SUU, notes that preliminary study data collected for the third quarter of 1995 show an upward spike in southern Utah prices, especially in St. George. Overall prices rose at an 8.36 percent annual pace in St. George and a 2.64 percent annual rate in Cedar City. Complete information for the first quarter of 1995 shows a different picture. The composite cost of living for St. George for that quarter was 100.2 on an indexed scale !or 100.2 percent of the national average cost). That is slightly lower than the previous quarter's 102.2. Cedar City's composite costs were 94.0, up slightly from the 92. 7 registered a quarter earlier. Other Utah cities and their first quarter 1995 costs include Provo, 96.3; Logan, 101.4; and Salt Lake City, 100.9. The cost of living in selected out-of-state cities was Las Vegas, 105.6; Flagstaff, Ariz., 107.8; Denver, 105.3; Los Angeles, 122.0; and San Diego, 122.8. Hamlin's study, funded jointly by WECCO, the Five County Association of Governments, St. George, and Cedar City, results in quarterly data which is then {ncluded in the Cost of Living Index, published by the American Chamber of Commerce Researcher's Association. Costs for cities around the nation can then be compared. The breakdown of individual first quarter categories for Cedar City are food, 100.6; housing, 84.0; utilities, 87.2; transportation, 104.0; health care 97.9; and miscellaneous, 97.4. "Even though we have had two years of rising local prices, we are still an attractive place in which to reside and conduct business," Hamlin said. "If the national economy continues to pick up, it can be expected that prices will rise across the rest of the nation, offsetting our increased costs to some degree." |