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Show Plenty of labs exist for student use on campus for a total of 150 available com puters. There are three labs in the Science Center, one in the Dixie Leavitt Business Building, two in the AJthough it may not seem like it to Centrum, and one in the most students who use the open Braithwaite Liberal Arts lab at the ELC, but between Cente r. Other labs not weU all the labs on campus known to stude nts exist there is about one th roughout campus as well. com pute r for every Although Pryor said he 10 students at SUU. did not know the quality Compute r labs and numbe r of exist in several places computers pe r stude nts on camp us, including compared to othe r the labs at the ELC. univers ities in Utah , Glen Pryor, associate he said "I have-a vice preside nt of feeling that in technology, said tha t he comparison, we are hoped students would a Uttlc further learn about the other labs ahead. " that arc available and utilize Pryor also said them. that he hoped SUU 1 While most labs on campus, 0 teft r could maintain the ratio of excep t for the open lab in ELC G o ne computer to 10 students. The re 214 , are used for instruc tional have been imp rovements made in p urposes, the re are schedules on each door that post the times w he n most of the labs over the past two years. New compute rs were added to the room can he used as an o pen lab . many labs throughout campus just last In the E.L.C. alone there are five other year. Pryor said that the re are hopes to labs on the third fl oor, rooms 306, op en a new lab by next fa ll in 3 10 ,311 ,3 12 and 3 13. ELC 307. There are 30 machines in each room By MELISSA RUGG JOURNAL STAFF WRITER ... ~ ~ ::, 0 ~ cl > Veterans honored ---- i On the I Ith day of the I Ith month a t I I a.m., Southern Ulah University honored area veterans d uring a program held in the Sharwan Smith Center. During the ceremony, D. Mark Barton (right), vice president for student services, honored several World War JI and Vietnam veterans for their outstanding service. Above, Barton honors James Shurtleff wh o served in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy. New center will focus on politics and service By CHAD LAMB ASSOCIATE EDITOR Library wins award By JANELLE PHfLLIPS JOURNAL STAFF WRffER The She rratt Lib rary has won an award for "the most outstanding and progressive education interior environment." "It is an award w inning building. The building w as designed to be an attractive study place for students, and this committee agreed w ith us that w e had do ne good job in the design of this building,• said Diana Graff, dean of library services. Once a year for the last eight years, the Am erican School a nd University magazine has presented this award to an academic building. The She rratt Library was honored in the August 1998 issue of this magazine. Graff said they won best inte rior for an academic building in 1997. There were 62 buildings in the competition. According to Graff, the library was selected for its "dramatic use of light" and "reasonable budget." This four-story building houses 186,000 volumes of lite rary work with a capacity of housing 260,000 and contains 1200 study stations. The building combines architecture of the surro unding buildings w ith tum-of-the century architectura.l design, as stated in the Jan./feb. edition of Design/Cost Data magazine. The plaque was presented to the library two weeks ago, and along w ith the plaque the library administrators w ill receive a $ 1000 cash prize to be used for purchasing new mate rials for the library. Graff said she believes this money will be nefit the students a lot. The Sherratt Library was also featured in in the Jan./f eb. issue of Design/Cost Data magazine after receiving the award. L--------------+-,-~--~~--,-....--- - - -.-. "T . ,...,,,... _,-: , . ~. [ A new center dealing with public service and politics begins Monday at SUU for students looking to become politically active. The Center for Politics and Public Service is a non-partisan, inte rdisciplinary organization dedicated co preparing students to serve as responsible and educated leaders in a democratic society. The Utah Board of Trustees approved the program June 6, 1998. Craig Jones, a retired associate professor of political science at SUU, has been working w ith the idea for .some time and w ill act as the director for the center. Jones has spe nt a considerable amount of time over the past year in getting the center up and running.· According to Rob Reynard, an assistant to the director for the center, it w ill be similar to the Hinckley Institute on the campus of the University of Utah, which has been a very successful program for the university. "It is w ell known, and w e made a trip up there to see w hat w e could do here [at SUU]." Reynard said . "We don't favor any political party. We are pretty ne utral." The center seeks to prepare stude nts in three w ays. First, by providing internship and leadership e xperie nce, second, by promoting citizenship aware ness, and third, by providing opportunities and recognition for humanitarian services. "We w ant to increase inte rnship opportunities for students of all kindsmainly Washington D.C. inte rnships w ith senators and representatives." Reynard said. He also said the cente r will look for more opportunities w ithin the state of Utah . AU students are invited to be a part of the ;. ,.. • ,•, • 00 center. As of now, those running the center include Jones, Reynard and a student action committee. The committee c urre ntly has seven members which take an active part in planning activities and looking at ways to get students more involved in politics at SUU. Matt Grant, a senior history major from Dallas, Texas, serves as chair for the committee. "l wanted to be a part of this because I felt a responsibility, not only as a student, but as a citizen to c reate awareness, " he said. "I feel that not enough people are politically active." The committee meets once a week to organize upcoming activities. Each person w ithin the committee is delegated a responsibility in areas including leadership, citizenship or service projects. Othe r members of the com mittee include: Sabra Jewett, vice chair for the com mittee, Heathe r Smith, secretary, Jason Farrington, Tiana Tew and Je rem y Walke r. Monday marks the cente r's inaugural event from 3 p .m. to S p.m. at the R. Haze Hunter Conference Cente r. Ted Wilson, fonner mayor of Salt Lake City and current director of the HinckJey Institute, w ill speak to the group . "We asked him to come because of his experie nce w ith inte rnship programs.and institutes like this one," said Reynard. "tie is well known and well respected (in politics]." AJI stude nts and faculty membe rs are invited to attend. The cente r is co-sponsored by SUUSA, which is helping with some of the expenses. The committee answers to Rodney D. Decker, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and a hoard of advisers, w hic h has not yet been finalized. # " . · . .. I "' • ,,. • .. , .. , . ,• . , ' , • • ' - , • , . .. ' I. |