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Show 86TH YEAR; NUMBER 54 THURSDAY MAY 21 , 1992 SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY • CEDAR CITY, UTAH SU drive goes on The SUU food drive went " all right" on Wednesday, according to Jeff Hadlock, SUUSA special projects director, but he said he hopes more students will realize the drive for the needy is going on and bring their food to the collection tables set up around campus and the community. The food drive began on W~esday and continues until Friday. SUUSA is also conducting door-to-door collections as well as a car wash. Food collected from the events will be given to the Cedar City Care-n-Share program , with a small amount retained for SUU' s Student Food Bank. Collection tables will be set up at Lin 's on 100 West and at Albertson' s from 11 a .m . to 1 p.m. today and from 2-6 p.m . tomorrow . The car wash, sponsored by the Inter-Tribal Club in the Wal Mart parking lot, is tomorrow from 3 to 6:30 p.m . The cost is $1 and two cans of food . Sandy Lord, SUUSA president and Jeff Hadlock, special projects director, put food away collected from lM food drive Wednesday. -" ,. » Senate requests total $2,455 with $683 to spend BY JENNIFER MORLEY Thunderbird Associate Edi.tor During its Tuesday meeting, the SUUSA Senate approved several line items, heard five funding requests totaling $2,455 and passed a bill allocating $1,000, leaving $683.92 to divide among the five organizations requesting money. Senators allocated $1,000 to SU's SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) for the use of attending the SIFE International Competition in Kansas City, Mo. According to Bob Salmon, dean of the College of Business, Communication and Technology, SU's SIFE is the only SIFE group in the western United States and in its first year on campus it has already attained a top 10 position at the national competition. Speaking on behalf of the investigating committee, Sen. Steve Chamberlain gave the bill a positive recommendation. Because of the limited amount of money left in the senate account, the bill was amended to $1 ,000, from the original request of $1 ,500, with the recommendation that the remaining $500 be funded next fall. Sen. Darren Cox is requesting $600 to fund his special project which entails constructing an outdoor basketball facility at SUU. According to Cox, this facility will be built behind Manzanita Court and will directly enhance the attractiveness of the housing complex. This will be a facility that can be used by students, the community and intramurals, and will alleviate a significant amount of complaints reg<1.I'ding SUU's lack of student sports facilities, said Cox. Sen. Sasha V olkov is requesting $17 5 to construct a tennis practice wall at the university.courts. Tennis is · possibly going to be added to the sports SUU plays on the division I level and a practice w-11 is essential :for . acquiring, improving and polishing tennis techniques, -· according to Volkov. Sen. Amy Kearsley is requesting ih'at $250 be allocated to Education Represcntati~' Kristin Baker for the purpose of attending an Education conference. According to Kearsley, the bill's s~naor, Baker has been selected to represent all of Utfilf at this conference. .:.:. Sigma Nu fraternity is requestingJ350 to help fund · the cost of attending their national -~iivention. According to Sen. Kim Robinson, & '· bill's sponsor , Sigma Nu is one of the most active organizations on campus and is an organization whiclJ.':strives for constant improvement of the studen~ and educational environment at SUU. .'/ lf allocated, the money will help their leaders continue to provide leadership opportunities for a large number of SU students, Robinson said. Sigma Nu is only asking for a small portion of the needed funding to send their required delegation to the national convention, said Robinson. The SUU Soccer Club is requesting $1,080 to purchase uniforms and goals for the upcoming season. According to Sen. Daren Gates, the bill's sponsor, the soccer club competes against such schools as BYU, Utah State, Weber State and NAU, and has been an active member of C~ubs and Organizations. The Soccer Club receives no funding from any organization on campus and cannot receive any funding without becoming a varsity sport, said Gates. Finally, senators approved several line items including 50 cents for Music Arts, 50 cents for the Cheerleaders, $1 for Convocations and-50 «nts for the Rodeo CJub. Orchesis, SU's modem dance company, requested a 25 cent 'line item and was given 17 .5 cents" In order to give Orchesis its line item, senators cut the Mwic Club line item from 25 to 15 cents and the Waukecnyans line item from 25 to 17.5 cents. Senators also approved the $20 athletic fee, the $1 Student I :D . fee, the $8.25 student body fee, the $1 student body scholarship fee and $4 for student publications, with the stipulation that each of these departments must submit a report of how the line item was spent at the beginning of spring quarter. 1 · |