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Show .. !THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2000 PAGE3 UNIVERSITY IOURMALCAMPUS MEWS Bennion relays plans for SUU been raised to fix it, but we also want to spend money on scholarships.• An addition to the Dixie Leavitt Business Building is "Change at suu· was the focus of SUU President also, n the works. ··we will build on the ugly (south) side," he said. Steven'D. Bennion's talk to DEX club members Bennion said·a center for the performing and visual Monday night. arts is also needed. It will tie into the Upper Quad, He said ifs important to keep discussion between where the Adams Memorial Theatre is now. The administration and students open and to keep information flowing while working with changes. auditorium will be tom down and the Adams Theatre One such change includes the new Physical will be moved to the new complex. Other topics of discussion included accreditation in Education Building.' ln the past, even though the land north of the school was already purchased, the issue more specific areas, faculty and staff salary increases, new of where to put the new academic majors and building was still master's programs. undecided. Many Bennion said alternatives were members of the School considered, including of Business and the the baseball field and teacher education the site of the current P.E. Building. department are working toward higher The money for the project took another .., accreditation, as well year, but was granted. 1 as other departments a: The new building will be 5 on campus. ~ For faculty and staff, completed in January 2001 and dedicated in ~ a salary increase is a March on Founder's ~ priority, Bennion said. Day. · ~ "We are trying to .___ ____,w squeeze and juggle There are still many many factors to recruit issues regarding safety, SUU President Steven D. Bennion spoke Monday in the Student Conference Room on 'Change at and and retain good traffic and parking that included future plans for SUU buildings and programs. people.• need to be solved. Two new bachelor's It has been proposed degrees will be offered in construction management that 600 W. between Center Street and Harding Avenue be ch~nged to a one-way street and some and athletic training. parking spaces be added. The reprioritization and reallocati9n process is The old P.E. Building will remain in use. The old currently underway. This year data is being gathered pool will possibly be covered and used as a dance to assess all the programs on campus. lab. · "An unexamined life is not worth living,· Bennion It is also in the master plan of the university to close said, quoting Socrates. ·we can't have a business-asthe two diagonal intersections at 200 S. and 300 W ., usual attitude, we have to be proactive to create the outcomes we desire.· and Harding Avenue and 300 W. It is proposed to square off the intersection at 200 S. by getting rid of He said there are many questions about how large the Hosting Center. A light would likely be added as to let SUU become because there is value in not well. becoming too large. The school has the capa~ity to Bennion said community members have shown ·grow to approximately 9,000 students with the newly support for the road changes. acquired land. "These issues are important and we are trying to be "But instead of getting large, I would rather see us positive and proactive," he said. get quality and more master's programs," he said. If these changes occur. the Hosting Center will likely This year marks the first of the master's of business be combined with the J. Reuben Clark,. Jr. Alumni administration program, and the master's of fine arts House on Center Street and 300 W. administration will begin next fall. "The Alumni House has structural problems that "If you have a good product it is easy to market, and need to be fixed." Bennion said. "Private funds have that is how I feel about the university,· Bennion said. BY KIRSTEN TATE SENIOR STAFF ~ITER suu· Money 111atters in program analysis BY JESSICA BLONQUIST OF THE JOURNAL STAFF At Monday's meeting, the Deans' Council discussed measures to improve the deficit created by overspending budgets. ...Our base operations are not only working with budgets, but are using the overload dollars," said Provost Ray Reutzel. He said the university is too dependent on money reserved for overload, which would normally be used for increases in enrollment or programs offered. The problem SUU faces is the budget cannot cover the amount of resources and personnel. Michael D. Richards. associate provost, told the deans, •you can't offer what you are doing without overload money.· Reutzel suggested to the deans to either get more resources or lose curriculum to solve the dilemma. SUU is experiencing growing pains and with that comes the need to show this lack of resources to the Utah State Board of f3egents in order to receive more funding. · we are building a case," Reutzel said. The analysis of resource data w ill help SUU better manage what is most important and what is needed. "We've got to understand the breadth and the depth of the problem," Reutzel said. "Growth prevents some pain. but without it I think it prevents even more pain." Also covered in the meeting was the draft of a new faculty workload policy, a three-year review policy and the approval of a time line for the 2001-2002 course catalog. The regents' standard is 13 contact hours or 12 credit hours for each full-time professor. Counting hours as contact rather than credit hours would especially help the faculty workload numbers in the science. art and technology departments, where more hands-on work is required. However, this also affects the budget deficit. It would show a greater burnout of faculty members and larger budget problems. The council also talked about who should be the decision maker in the threeyear review policy. They decided there needs to be some sort of ranking system where the dean or Leave Rank and Tenure Committee make a decision on renewal or nonrenewal of third-year faculty. Reutzel wanted to avoid being · so myopic" as to the order in which the decision should be made. ·we should have a discussion with the faculty senate to avoid being the odd duck out,· he said. The council continued to approve the fall and spring course catalog for 2001-2002. The catalog is tentatively scheduled for completion and distribution on March 23, so students can more easily plan their schedules. The year-round class schedule is slated for a March 15 delivery. Evans claims 'Journal' error BY THOMAS BURR SENIOR STAFF ~ITER An article that appeared in the University Journal has a faculty representative crying foul that the paper ·misrepresented comments made to a meeting of the Board of Trustees Friday. Steve Evans, an associate professor of finance and president-elect of the Faculty Senate, commented Friday to the Trustees about a survey showing faculty morale was at a five-year low. It was reported on by the Journal in Monday's paper, but Evans said Wednesday his comments were misconstrued. "Never did I ever imply the survey was not representative of the faculty,· he said. "VVhat I was talking about was a few of the marginal comments. I didn't say that survey was not representative.· Evans' comments, as reported in Monday's editi~n. quoted him as saying there is "always a certain degree" of unhappiness in large organizations like SUU, especially during reorganizing processes. "I've criss-crossed the campus and talked to a lot of people,· Evans told the Trustees. "And I can honestly say that those few comments are not representative of all faculty members... If I were to go around and interview all the faculty, I would find satisfaction, a sense of good feelings, and a feeling that we're going up hill.· Evans declined to comment further yesterday afternoon, he said. fearing misrepresentation of his comments, and said he would issue a written release. On Monday, however, Evans said the article was "technically correct" although he later recanted that admission and said he was "not as concerned w ith the technical account" and felt the article had a "tone that was a little off.· Earl Mulderink, an associate professor of history and member of the Faculty Senate, said he contacted Evans following Monday's article and said he was told the comments in the Journal "'did not accurately reflect what was said.'" Two other Faculty Senate members, contacted (continued on page 5) Jennifer Klomp (left), a senior music major from Panaca, Nev., and Erin Turek, a junior music major from Henderson, Nev.• perform a hula dance to Gershwin music at a Music Club concert Monday night in the Thorley Recital Hall. |