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Show PAGE 4 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2002 New C&O delegate ratified B SUUSA ASSEMBLY: New service and muticultural delegate is ratified; Student Council for Exceptional Children gets $1,500 to attend a conference in April, BY BECCA LISH JOURNAL STA¥F WRITER Members of various clubs and organizations attended the Feb. 12 Assembly meeting in support of bills and the clubs/organizations sponsoring them. Delegate Spencer Koelliker conducted the meeting because Eric Kirby, vice president of clubs and organizations, was not present. Laura Parson was ratified as a service and multicultural delegate by the Assembly after the investigation committee cleated up a misunderstanding about her past involvement in the clubs she is to represent. Parson is a member of the Earth Club, a club she was previously not active in. She has since become an active member, and was ratified on the condition that she would remain active in the club she represents. This is a requirement for all Assembly members. 3 The Student Council for Exceptional Children was allocated $1,500 to help members of the organization attend an J | | Why is it so hard for a 30-year-old t{} thin!{ plannir I ce caps and planning early} anc 3bfi[§t fet"’e i g When you're young, retirement educational conference in New York that will take place April 2:6. 1 S ¢ BT R =TT 4 e he money you'll have to enjo! b snd working. We offer a range of “We have oneé of the best special education programs in the state,” bill sponsor Ann Hills said. “For us to be able to send them it will do us a world of good, the club a world of good and the school a world of good. The Assembly passed the bill on the condition that the club would come back to SUU and report to the College of Education what members had learned at the conference, Two new bills were also introduced to the Assembly. The first, Vocational Skills Competition 2002, was introduced by Delegates Dan Alvord, Jason Petrovich and Hills. The bill requested $1781.24 to be allocated to the Skills USA-VICA club for its members to attend the Skills USA state competition in Salt Lake City. Nicholas Pantuso, vice president of Skills USA-VICA, explained to the Assembly what the competition involved. “It's a branch for applied technology students to compete in a corporate forum,” he said. Pantuso added that attending the competition is a great opportunity for students because it is a way for them to be recruited by employers who attend the fair. The 8kills USA-VICA bill was tabled for further investigation, A second bill, Power Up, was introduced by Delegates Miranda Marquit, Evan Wilcock and Alvord. The bill requested $6,398 for Power 91 to buy new equipment that would enable disk jockeys to acquire “real world skills.” . Wilcock, who is also the continuity director for Power 91, said the new equipment will benefit the community and clubs and organizations on campus. Power 91 has provided its services at campus activities including Homecoming, club fairs and Greek activities. “Power 91 has been a presence on this campus for many years and would like to become more ofa presence at SUU and in the community,” Marquit said. This bill was also tabled for further investigation. Sherratt to speak BY CYNTHIA KIRKHAM SENIOR STAEF WRITER SUU President Emetitus and Cedar City Mayor Gerald R. Sherratt will speak at SUU about the future of Cedar City. The event, sponsoted by the Center for Politics and Public Service, will take place Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Great Basin Room of the Sharwan Smith Center. Admission is free. Rodney Decker, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said Sherratt will discuss his vision of the future Cedar City and what will happen in a city that is growing rapidly. temmant £y Other topics Decker said Sherratt is likely to speak on include growth issues, government styles of a medium-size community like Cedar Spencer Koelliker at SUU City and the economic issues a growing city faces in times when resources ate few. Sherratt said he would also like to discuss cooperation between the university and the city in the past, and what it will likely be in the future. He said he will speak about how the city helped start SUU in the beginning, and on various projects through the years. Decker said students should attend and will benefit from the speech. “I'think that Sherratt will be very enthusiastic, and that enthusiasm might persuade students to getinvolved in politics and public setvice,” Decker said. b Sherratt said students might be interested in knowing what role the city has in education and the long history of cooperation the university and city administration have. 2 for 1 Special couples, friends, roommates, etc. OR only $19.50 for sing le y (new members, in February only) A Life Phase Fitness You Lan Lome As You Arer 246 E. Fiddlers Canyon Rd. eption Essentials, Elegmi Bride 94.9 FM and Wells Fargo (Behind Fiddler’s Movie Theatres) 586-7447 |