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Show !THURSDAY, FEBRUA RY 8 , 1001 Addition of tech school discussed BY ANGIE MANZANARES JOURNAL STAFF WRITER On Monday, members of the Deans· Council discussed the addition of another school at SUU . The proposed addition, the School of Appl ied Science and Technology, is "a spinoff of the prioritization and rea llocation effort,· according to a discussion outline given to the Deans' Council. This is not the first time the idea of a new school at SUU has been proposed . In fact, according to the outline, it has come up several times over the last decade. Insight from the Deans' Council concerning the matter is being sought by the committee which advanced the proposal. The committee in support of the new school outlined that, with its addition, concerns relating to national and state shortages of applied education teachers would be addressed "more effectively.· Meeting the needs of applicationoriented students was also noted in the outline. Several different entities at SUU are considering involvement in the new school. Among those are information systems, the agriculture science division, the technology and criminaJ justice department and the business education and computer information systems department. The Deans' Council also discussed recommended ct:ianges to annual and three-year reviews for facu lfy and staff at SUU . These changes , ~f made , would affect leave, rank and tenure policies. The motion was voted upon , passed and sent back to fac~lty senate for further review. UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS PAGE 3 I SUUan attends Bush inauguration BY PAIGE MARIE HENDRICKSON SENIOR STAFF WRITER comfortable ." On another occasion , Benson left the festivities to buy souvenir buttons . Upon her return to the inaugural parade, she found roughly 2,000 protestors Mindy Benson , director of student activities, spoke blocking the entrance to the presidential review stand T~esday afternoon to an intimate crowd of 20 about her where she belonged. experiences at the presidential inauguration . Benson was stuck in the middle of the protestors and · Benson set the tone of the relaxed and candid couldn't progress toward the stand anymore when a news presentation by addressing audience members by name, crew spotted her tags and asked what she thought of the saying she was glad' it was a small , friendly gathering of situation . people. "It was an interesting little mishap," she said of the Benson said there were intense and overwhelming incident, noting there was a fear of the unknown as well feelings of patriotism and excitement in the air when she as excitement brought by the protesters. arrived in Wash ington , D.C., the day before the Benson oversaw the Republican Gala the evening inauguration. before the inaugural ceremon ies. Benson iterated the feelings that She said she felt like a ·small-town girl" pervaded the inauguration several as she began brushing shoulders with 'The nation was times. senators and other important government "There was an enthusiasm among officials. coming together. people," she said. "The nation was "1 realized how uneducated I was ," she There was total coming together. There was total said , calling her lack of knowledge about patriotism in all of D.C. , regardless of candidates· names "terrible." patriotism in all of [political affiliation]." Benson told an embarrassing story of D.C., regardless of Benson did mention the cheer that almost barring a government official whom rippled through the crowd of onlookers she did not recognize from an event. [political affiliation], ' as former President Bill Clinton flew During the inauguration , Benson was said Mindy Benson, away in a helicopter for the last time, the head of four individuals whose but said she thinks that happens responsibility was to seat the VIPs-the director of student whenever political entities change people seated behind the Bush family. activities. places in the White House. She called the event "intimidating and Benson had several humorous overwhelming," and said "it was cold and anecdotes to share about her experiences in Washington, miserable and worth every soaking wet moment,· D.C., some of which involved the Secret Service Agency. referring to the rain and bitter temperatures during the She cautioned women to clean out their purses before inauguration. attending events that requ ire inspection by security. After an inaugural lunch, Benson helped seat the VIPs "They search through everything ," she said, referring to again during the iAaugural parade. She was moved to the agent who picked apart a tissue he found in her tears during the parade when the marching band played purse. "Hail to the Chief." Several people repeatedly introduced her to President That evening, Benson was able to relax at the Utah George W. Bush , Benson said. · Ball , where the only responsibility was to enjoy herself. The third time it happened, he acknowledged her by Sara England, a senior communication major from name, smiling and waving . Layton, Utah, attended Benson's presentation and was The two joked about the Oak Ridge Boys and Utah's delignted with Benson's tales. overwhelming support for Republican Party candidates. "I'm proud to have someone from pur campus do Benson called President Bush "charismatic and something so big," England said. "It's awe-inspiring." Funds divvied to_Park, Orchestra BY LEAH HARTMANN JOURNAL STAFF WRITER as the ch ief justice of SUUSA. Bill No. 019-00, titled "Roger 10-4, Come Back to Me ," was introduced by Powell. Pa rk Discovery and the SUU Orchestra each The bill requests that $3063 .02 be allocated to received $1 ,000 from the SUUSA Senate Tuesday purchase eight new belt packs and three new night. headsets for use in all of SUU's entertainment The Park Discovery donation ' will help bridge the venues . These type of headsets are used for gap between (SUU) and the community ," said Sen . everything from Convocations to the Summer Jessi Allen of the College of Humanities Concert Series. and Social Sciences . The headsets and belt packs currently in The SUU Orchestra always plays use were purchased in 1982 and spare for the music department's operas. parts for them are no longer The musical Guys and Dolls, manufactured . produced by. the theatre department, is "This is the only way we can scheduled only a month after the opera . commun icate in the dark backstage," Playing for a large production like an Powell said. "Students have been opera or a musical requ ires massive asking for help with this for months." amounts of time and energy by the The bill was circled and posted, and musicians . The bill's sponsors, Sen . an investigating comm ittee was Amanda Matthews and Jennifer Powell of assigned . the College of Perfoming and Visual Arts, Finally, Bill No. 020-01 , titled said they believed .the musicians playing for "Send Their Booties to Broadcast !· the musical should be compensated for their ; hews was introduced by Allen and Sen. hard work. nda Matt Darren Mower from the College of Bill No. 018-00 , requesting $395.20 for two .Arf'l 8 Business and Technology. vans to transport students to the "Higher Noon The bill requests $675 be allocated to SUTV. The for Higher Ed" ra lly, was tabled for another week. money will help send two broadcast students to Powell, the bill 's sponsor, said the number of Indiana to cover the Mid-Continent basketball students currently signed up is enough to fill only one tournaments in March . van. Sen. Allen said the SUTV club and the students will "We don't know if there is going to be a need for cover much of their own expenses. The senate is this much money, so why don 't we table this bill until being asked to pick up the price of airfare and we know how many {students) are going?" Powell postage . The postage will be used to overnight tapes said. of the games back to SUU . · · Bonnie Hales, a senior politica l science and The bill was circled and posted, and .oJl'.llJl!,J!llc.atior:unajor from Delta , Utah. was.ratified . . investigating.cQrTJmittee was assigned . an · -.... .. 1• Evie Larsen, a junior communication major from Twin Falls, Idaho, and a red shirt (backup) for the SUU women 's basketball team, practices her shot while the team is away. ..... ..... .. . -· .......... · · - · - .. . .. .... _. _. . _. -·'' |
