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Show u N I V E R s I T y With funds at stake, students fill meeting By BIU.JU iTESEN ENIOR STAFF WRITER Tuesday evening, variou cluhs poke at the S A :enate meeting in favor of line item funding that would give chem money co opemtc next year. Sever.ii students filled the senate room, with many ·tanding or siuing on the floor at the hack . Academic Vice President Nate Wilkey e plained to the crowd that · nators only had ahout 52,000 to ·pend v hilc the different clubs and organizations had requested funds that were more than twice that amount at 106, 76.62. One student, Sheri Kegel, a junior accounting major from Cedar City, had conducted a survey during the first three weeks of rcgi tration with regards to the Child Care line item. She ajd that he had urveyed more than 1,800 tudents and 87 percent of them were willing to support the on-campus daycare. In addition, about 81 percent of scudenti· from the survey were willing to reallocate hut not increase, student fees to support the child care issue. Kegel aid that more than 600 non-traditional students, or about one- third of studenL'i, were repn.:scntcd in the poll. Senators con. idernl thL· Child Care line item ch.it evening. They looked at scvcrJI thcr line i1<:ms as well: lpha Epsilon Delta, rt Guild , Ccnturium Consulting Group, the International and Literary duhs, OrchcsLs. SIFE, Sigma Chi, ICA, Waukccnyans and Womm ' · Sot:n:r. The remaining clubs and organi7d'ltions line items' to h · dchatt:d during next Tuesday's meeting arc . Alpha Phi, Center for Policit:s and Public Service, Cheer and Ydl I.L-adcrs. Convocations, Delta Epsilon Chi, Ge logy Cluh, Ma.,;que Cluh / St.ag(.' II. Mu ic Cluh, ativc American Studcm Association , Psi Chi, Rodeo Cluh, nitcd Greek Council and Zeta Tau Alpha. Linc item funding amounts will he voted on after all argumcnL'i have heen heard next week. In regular husinc , senators quickly moved through Bill #039-99 that ought $900 to relocate, remodel, and the display ca for the Pcstalozzi award. The College of Education pre ent the annual award to one ( continued on page 5) Appointed positions .for SUUSA available Sllldents applied and Olsen said he is exp cting approximately the same numhcr of applicants this year, as Application for students interested well. Olsen also said he would like to sec in appointed positions for the 1999· po itions s uch as a wch page designer 2000 chool year arc now available in added to :UUSA and the position of the ' UUSA offices in the Sharwan ' mith Center. assi tant t<, the pr sident expanded LO The recently elected 1999-20 in Jud · the duties of a g vemmental liai on that would I hhy for tudcnt Executive uncil, compo ed of S USA Pre ident Kri tian Ol:en, - need at the Late capitol. Academic Vice Pre idem Adam Alex Herzog, director of tudcnt Marchant and Activities Vice President activitic , aid he would "like LO sec Amber Petersen, now has the t k of the number of position · consolidated filling SU A's appointed positions by and the positions' rcsponsihiliLics expanded. ~ April 13. However, Herlog nmed {'Oil T ms In addition Lo 'the application form, that would factor into making such a Luden al o need to attach a resume, change, like the wowth of th(.' .·lUd(.'lll . have an interview with the executive population and the ahility of SU USA to council and he available for the crve the tudcnts' needs. mandatory retreat on April 16-17. Peter en aid he has many ideas "We are looking for tudents that are proactive, in touch with what is going ahout the re tructuring of ~ffAIJ (the Stuclent Activities Board), hue added, on in the university, hard worker and ·'\Ve need to reevaluate the:: structure will change S U for the better/ said with the help bf Alex Herzog to OI en. determine what po iti ns arc The are currently 32 appointed nec<."SSary and effective. n positions in SUUSA. Last year, 85 By BROOKE BROADHEAD JO RNAL CORRESPO DENT David Blue, a freshman criminal justice major from Boston, and Brittany Anderson take advantage of a frosty evening to get close next to Old Sorrel Wednesday. They were among nearly 20 individuals who took part in the tradition of becoming 'True T-Birds' by kissing a t midnight while touching the storied statue. . I • |