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Show THE THUNDERBIRDCISOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYCOMONDAY Students prompt senate projects 9, 19920JPAGE SUU’s computers have contracted a virus which destroys files on disks by printing garbage over Student Access Meetings, according to SUUSA Academic Vice President Will Drury, have provided SUUSA senators with ideas to better information written in the file. Business computer lab tutor Darren Adair said when a disk has been infected with the Stone Virus, there will be serve students and some suggestions have also been passed on to SU’s Deans’ Council and Convocations committee. garbage on the screen, followed by the message ‘*You have been According to Drury, the meetings helped senators obtain student opinion. For example, stoned. Legalize marijuana.’” he said 65 percent students questioned at one Student Access Meeting approved of the Deans” Council’s plan start the 1993-94 school year a week early and to extend Christmas vacation'to To avoid having disks _| .infected by - the virus, before insérting the disk, press the three weeks. He also said that the Convocations Committee received several suggestions for future keys-“‘control,” “‘alternate’’ and “‘delete’” simultaneously. Convocation lecture topics and speakers: Turning the computer off before beginning will also clear Drury added that several projects suggested in past meetings are currently being implemented. the memory, but this causes The SU woods lab has agreed to help install several -clocks in the Student Center. He said more wear on the computers, causing them to break down SUU has allocated funds for the task, and project sooner. leader Jennifer Englestead will place the clocks in the Kolob Canyon Living Room, the Grand Canyon Reading Room, and the Student Center game room this spring. Drury said another suggested project will be to provide a handrail for the slope leading to the Students should have all their computer disks checked for the virus, and have them cleaned by a lab assistant if needed. Science Center. Drury said the slope is dangerous in the winter when it becomes Virus comes with the fact that The problems with the Stone the virus may be recurring, ice covered. Drury added thad emergency numbers according to Adair. student body offered. ‘“Specific questions are the Concert pianist Fredrick Moyer performs during Convocation Thursday in the Auditorium. best to ask if we want any real feedback.” HYMAS “‘I BY TRACY CLARKE Thunderbird Correspondent believe it’s only a matter of time. It depends Students may be able to earn a master’s of business administration degree at SU in the on the university that works with us.” According to Salmon, an MBA degree is near future. Business, Technology and Communication Dean Robert O. Salmon said necessary for business students to be competitive in corporate business. He said, the degree may be sponsored by another although 80 percent of the businesses in Utah are small, an MBA is still important to many rural Utah students attending SU. school but it would be available to SU students. ‘“We need to have an opportunity to earn an MBA whether or not it is an SU degree,”” Salmon said. Salmon said SU has looked into a number of ways to bring such a program here. For example, Ednet, an educational network that offers videotaped courses, may help make the program possible. ““Our era lends itself 10 an extension MBA Chi; and two sororities, Chi Sigma Upsilon and Phi Algha Beta. Sigma Nu, established eight years ago, was the followed by Phi eclsewhere, but that’s not always practical for students ‘Students always have the option to pick up an MBA elsewhere, but that is not always practical for students in rural Utah,’ said Business, Technology, Communication Dean Robert Salmon. program more than at any other time because of Ednet,”” Salmon said. According to Salmon, students have worked with Ednet in the past to receive master’s degrees, including a master’s of human resources, offered through Utah State University. The program may also include live instruction from visiting instructors and from SU faculty. Salmon said, ‘“We won’t necessarily have to hire new teachers. We have faculty that is qualified to teach at least some, if not all [couses]. We have the kind of faculty we need but we have to be sponsored.”’ The number of Greek organizations on SU’s campus has grown rapidly in the last few years. According to Brad Bishop, president of Delta Sigma Chi fraternity, ‘‘Eight years ago, there were no Greek organizations on campus, now there are four.”” The four organizations include two fraternities, Sigma Nu and Delta Sigma “Students always have the option to pick up an MBA in rural Utah. it may contract it inserted into the after a disk that was removed. is on the rise here Salmon said he is currently working with a university that may sponsor the program. one time, when it is computer infected is Greek involvement SU may soon offer MBA degree Thunderbird Correspondent Although a disk may be free of the virus at will be posted next to campus courtesy telephones to help improve student safety. Drury said he liked the specific input the BY DEANNA 3 SU catches Stone Virus BY CHRIS SCOTT Thunderbird Staff Writer “ MARCH Alpha Beta five years later. These two Greek organizations were joined in the fall of 1989 by Delta Sigma Chi and Chi Sigma SU covers, by far, the largest geographical Upsilon. Bishop said, ““The latter two organizations were formed basically because-the students wanted a choice.” area of any school in Utah,”” said Salmon. recent growth of these organizations at SU runs contrary to According to Jason Mitchell, Inter-Greek Council president, the Any MBA degree offered here would national trends. Involvement in Greek organizations in the country as a whole is declining, he said. probably be two-year program, according to-Satmon.““About half of the residential MBA programs are one-year programs, but think ours would most likely be a two-year program,’” he said. Admissions standards would depend on the program sponsor’s standards, but Salmon said the admissions policy will probably be Also, he said in some areas of the country as much as 60 ]~ percent of campuses are affiliated with Greek organizations while at other campusés there are no fraternities or sororities. *“The cause for this,”” he said, ‘‘may be because (Greek organizations} lack support from their surrounding communities. To start a Greek organization, you need support from the community as well as school officials, without it you can go nowhere.”’ According to Bishop, each organization at SU is growing rapidly. Phi Alpha Beta leads the pack, increasing an by an average of 15 to 25 members per quarter. Currently Phi Alpha comparable that of SU’s master of Beta has 46 active members, accountancy program. Upsilon has 31 and Sigma Nu has 29. Salmon said offering the degree would not conflict with the agreement that SU made not to add master’s programs when it became a university. SU’s main concern, he added, is Delta Sigma Chi has 33, Chi Sigma According to Melissa Terry, Chi Sigma Upsilon president, involvement in greek organizations offers advantages. She said, ““We offer activities and ways to get involved in a small town such as Cedar City where it’s hard to find something to do.” that it stays primarily a baccalaureate Bishop added, ‘“Greek people have a huge influence on the campus, a vast majority of our student leaders belong to Greek our backs on the needs of our students.”” organizations. Greeks are very heavy supporters of clubs and organizations.” university. ‘“The worst thing would be to turn - = |