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Show !THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2001 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS PA(;E J I C&O by-laws proposed New degree-program slated for next year BY LEAH HARTMANN JOURNAL STAFF VVRITER allocate money to the clubs on a case-bycase basis. The clubs are divided into seven Tuesday, the SUUSA Senate changed its categories: business, technology, humanities meeting time without informing the public. and social sciences; science and education; The senate had its picture taken at 6 p.m. performing, visual arts and entertainment; Greek; athletics and recreational ; service and and decided to have its meeting immediately following. multi-cultural; and support. The only item of business was the Two representatives from each category will serve on the C&O Assembly. introduction of by-laws that will govern the election of n~ year's C&O Assembly. Each club gets two votes toward The meeting ended before the official candidates in their category. beginning of the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Students interested in running for a The new governing body of Clubs and position on the C&O Assembly can pick up Organizations is going to look much like the applications at an Assembly Open Forum senate starting next year. April 2 at 4 p.m. in Zion Rooms A&B of the The C&O Assembly will consist of the C&O Sharwan Smith Center. Applications are due Vice President and 14 elected in the SUUSA offices by 5 p.m. April 6. The representatives. Line items have been by-laws were circled , posted and an eliminated and the c:;&o representatives will investigating com_mittee was assigned. ~ - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' With hopes of finding a niche in the growing technology market, Southern Utah University will offer a new bachelor's degree next year that will graduate students with a broad-based education in engineering . The four-year degree , approved by the State Board of Regents on March 16, will be the first of a kind in Utah and will not focus on individual disciplines in engineering science but will offer a general engineering background for students . SUU officials have touted the degree as a way to help small technology firms that cannot afford to hire several engineers with a specialization in Iron County Attorney Scott Bums said police mechanical, electrical , chemical or had been called to Ropers' home twice in 12 civil engineering. days after Ropers had consumed large Graduates of SUU's program will quantities of alcohol and pills. have received "vVidespread instruction Burns said Ropers was taken to Valley in almost all areas of engineering , View Medical Center on March 8 and treated although they will not be specialists in for taking some 20 doses of valium and a every field . bottle of vodka, and had made several SUU President Steven D. Bennion statements that Burns flas ·ruined his life" and said the initiative is important.for the had conspired with an area doctor to convict community and the university. him. The same events occurred again on - "We have worked on this proposed March 20, Burns said. degree for over a year. visiting other Ropers is currently on paid administrative campuses which offer such a leave at SUU pending a faculty review board program , undertaking surveys, hearing on his termination. No hearing date planning for funding and more ," has been set. Bennion said in a news release. -Thomas Burr "[This degree] will help prepare Ropers imprisoned after alleged suicide·· attempts An SUU faculty member was sent to the Utah State Prison on Monday for a mental evaluation after allegedly twice attempting suicide and making derogatory comments about the Iron County prosecutor. Richard Henry Ropers, associate professor of sociology, was convicted last month of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, for spraying his wife in the face with carpet cleaner and was free on bail awaiting sentencing when the alleged attempts took place. He was also convicted of interruption of a communication device, a class B misdemeanor, for breaking a phone his wife was attempting to use to call emergency services. In 5th District Court in Parowan Monday, BY THOMAS BURR SENIOR STAFF WRITER excellent engineers for the small and medium-sized companies of southern Utah and the state." Harold Omes, dean of the College of Science, said a graduate could be "a one-person.engineering department· for a small business. "There are some businesses that have a computer guru ," he said, "and now there can be businesses that have an engineering guru. There are a lot of industries and businesses that can use someone that is a oneperson show." Ornes said SUU will 'be one of only-a few universities in the United States that offer this type of degree. For now, the program will be administered in the College of Science and the physical science department. joining chemistry, geology, physics and astronomy. Richard Kimball , a 35-year veteran professor of the pre-engineering program at SUU. said a graduate of the program will be able to handle a wide variety of projects and will be a valuable resource to small businesses. Kimball said Friday the degree program had received most of the funding necessary to begin . Juniors can begin working on the degree this fall. SUU's first engineering degree could be awarded in 2003, he said .. WHY? dominates elections BY PAIGE MARIE HENDRICKSON SENIOR STAFF WRITER With election results that fairly mirrored last year's, the newly elected SUUSA president will not join his party's executive council in office next year. Ryan Richey, a junior biology major from Bloomington, Ind., ran with the ONE party, but will accompany three WHY? party members to the student gov~rnment offices when the 2001 fall semester' begins. \.NHY? dominated the senatorial elections with 10 senators getting ele~ted. Four ONE senators and one HOOK-UP senator were elected. Richey's executive council will be Marilyn Hodson. a senior political science major from West Valley City, as academic vice president; Heather Latteier, a junior interior design major from South Jordan. Utah, as activities vice president; and Eric Kirby , a sophomore business major from West Valley City , as clubs and organizations vice president. Although obviously disappointed that more of his party didn't make general elections, Richey said he's excited to start meeting with his new executive council and begin filling SU\JSA's appointed positions. Richey said he's ready to begin his legacy at SUU. "Tomorrow I'm going out to start·knocking doors," he said , referring to the "one-to-one connection• with students he'd like to see next year. Richey b·eat out Jed 'Montgomery, a junior Spanish/political science major from Cedar City, for student body president. "It will be difficult for Ryan with the different executive council ,• Montgomery said, "but with those three he can't go wrong." Perhaps the biggest upset of the evening was the outcome of the activities vice p_residential race , however. Latteier beat out Sheri Stowell, a junior communication major from Magna, Utah , for the position by two votes. "I pulled two students in to vote at 4:45 p.m.," Latteier said through tears. "I have mixed emotions about [the results] . It was hard losing Jed because [WHY?] is so together. · Stowell led Latteier by 38 votes in the primary elections. Rebecca Fischer, formerly WHY? party candidates and supporters congratulate Eric Kirby, (engulfed in the of the HOOK-UP party, ran a crowd), a sophomore business major from West Valley City, on his win as clubs wri~e~i_n ca!'Tlpaign ~or and organizations vice president. act1v1t1es vice president, "If I can hold a candle to Steve, I'll be fine ,· she said. receiving 97 votes for the position-an amount that Kirby said it was a "heartbreaker" to lose could have ea;;ily swung the election. Montgomery, but called Richey a "good man that will do "It definitely had an effect," said Fischer, a senior what's good for the school. · computer information systems major from Boulder, Jessica Short-Stallings, a senior English literature Utah. . major from Bluffdale, Utah, and SUUSA elections ·1 don't know where, but it did," she said. "This opens director, said there was a 5 percent voter increase from the door for write-in candidates in the futur . primary elections to general elections this year, but Hodson said she'd like her service ,:,ext year ta mirror that of current academic vice president, .Steve Nelson. · such an increase is typical. ,. _J |