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Show ,, t •• I • ,• • , THE THUNDERBIRDO SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYO THURSOAY MARCH 5. 19920PAGE 3 Heaton recaps year as prexy . ' BY MERCY SEEGMILLER Thunderbird Correspondent '"' As students at Southern Utah University are bombarded by the campaign rhetoric of those hoping to become SUUSA's next leaders, some may wonder if campaign promises mean anything. In the case of SUUSA President Kimber Heaton, many of his platform promises have borne fruit. Last year at this time, Heaton's campaign platform included three main objectives. One of those, he said, was to promote and expand student services. Heaton's main project in this area was to create a computerized student service exchange, a program that allows students to access information on books for sale, rides and housing rentals. The program currently utilizes the computers in the Library; however, according to H eaton, it will soon be accessible from every networked computer on campus. Heaton's administration also worked in conjunction with PBL to improve ' the quarterly student book exchange. Other forthcoming improvements to campus Heaton helped to facilitate include new weights in the PE Building, benches for the corridor in the Centrum and extended computer lab hours. Heaton also said that he and his cabinet lobbied SU administrators for additional lights on campus and, as a result, additional lighting has become a toppriority for future funding. Throughout his campaign, H eaton stressed the need to "provide a way for students to have personal input." He said the Senate Desk was instituted to give students an opportunity to talk to an elected official at anytime during the day. " In all, the Senate Desk was successful. It worked, but there is still room for improvement," he said. In addition, Student Access Meetings were held at least once a quarter and H eaton said students were surveyed to obtain opinions and suggestions regarding the SU yearbook, parking, Convocations and activities. The third plank in Heaton• s platform was to increase school spirit. He said the goal was "'_, ~ z Lame duel, SUUSA President Kimber Heat.on loo/cs forward t.o being a regular student following a busy year. accomplished through activities and other programs. · knowing where every penny of SUUSA funds was spent. For example, he said, Starlight Club attendance has grown rapidly along with interest in other SUUSA Looking back, Heaton said he wished there would government projects. have been more student involvement on committees. Heaton said other branches of SUUSA's He said, " We lost a few through the cracks that government also functioned well. " I think we've wanted to be involved." If he had it to do over had an outstanding senate this year. The senate again, Heaton said he would set up some positions worked on long-lasting projects and didn 't just give differently and take a different approach to some out money," Heaton said. The senators' special projects. projects, he said, included working to obtain more Heaton said, "I've got hourS' of advice" for outdoor benches, a climbing wall for the PE SUUSA's next president. H e said he hopes that the Building, docks in the Student Center and a lower incoming officers will continue to build upon campus kiosk. successful programs and work to improve areas that Improving fiscal responsibility, according to haven't been as effective. Heaton, was a personal goal. He said he insisted on Senate hears last-minute requests BY JENNIFER MORLEY of The Thunderbird Staff During its Tuesday meeting the SUUSA Senate allocated $95 and heard two requests totaling $3,400. Senators allocated $20 to purchase 10 information signs to be placed below each cnunesy phone on campus. '' Basically this is a good bill, it's cheap. Vote for this bill, it's a good thing," said Sen. Dennis Sponer, the bill's sponsor. Each sign will give the phone number for campus security and, according to Sponer, Plant Operations is going to make the signs. Also, senators allocated $75 to Cedar City High School's attendance committee to purchase awards for students with 100 percent attendance. According to Sen. Jennifer Englestead, Cedar High School held a dance last year in which all the profits went to the SUU library fund. ''They supported us, I think we should support them,'' said Englestead. Senators beard a request from the SUU dance department for $400 to help fund the '' A Celebration of Leaming" dance concert. This cultural experience is accessible to the public and enhances the knowledge of dance in our community, according to the bill 's sponsor, Sen. Brian Vaughn. The total cost of the concert is $1,884.16 and the dance department is asking for $400 to keep student admission prices at $2 . Also during the meeting, senators heard a $3 ,000 request from the Inter-Greek Council for the purpose of sending representatives from each of SU's four Greek organizations to the annual Western Regional Greek Council in San Francisco, Calif. According to the b ill's sponsors Sen. Julie Cook and Sen. David Heaton , SU's four Greek organizations; Phi Alpha Beta, Chi Sigma Upsilon, Sigma Nu and Delta Sigma Chi, comprise nearly 200 students and these four organizations are among the most active organizations on campus. The conference, set for April 9-12, will provide information and ideas which will be brought back for application on this campus, said Cook and Heaton . According to Cook, three of the four SUU Greek organizations are now actively petitioning for national affiliation and this conference will provide invaluable conta cts with national fraternities and sororities. According to Cook and Heaton, the cost for this conference is approximately $400-450 per representative. Each of the four Greek organizations plans to send five representatives. The bill before the sentate requests panial funding for three of those representatives. The remaining expenses will come from fundraisers, membership dues and personal monies. Finally, senators heard a request recommending that Orchesis, SUU's modern daoce company, be given a 25 cent line item . Life paces senate (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) to reading as it did before last year's revision, which required a majority vote of the entire senate to pass bills. The amendment also provides for the judicial branch to regularly audit the executive and legislative branches for Constitutional compliance. In the senatorial races, the Life party, which had a stacked ballot following the primaries, filled six of the 12 available senate slots. In the College ·of Arts and Letters, Sasha Volkov, Voice, again held the lead in the race, garnering 129 votes-15 over the next contender, Life's Bonnie Hennefer. Stacy Nix, Together, followed with 106. · The largest number of voters turned out from the College of Business, Technology and Communication to hand victory to Darren Cox, Voice, with 256 votes and Daren Gates and Don Brinkerhoff, both of Life. Education senators battled it out in SUUSA's tightest race where only 19 votes separated all six candidates. Voice's Amy Kearsley, who topped the winner's list with 11 O votes, was only fourth in the primary race "h ile Together's winner Stephen Chamberlain, with I 07 votes, came in fifth in last week 's contest. C heri Dodds Life, followed with l 04 votes. Both incumbent senators in the College of Science, Ron Killian and Jennifer Palmer, lost to newcomers Mike Barrick and Stephanie Bersick, Life; and Kimbe rly Robinson, Voice. |