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Show THE 87TH YEAR; NUMBER 8 INSIDE: sol I II U{, l I \ II l '\I\ I: RS I I 't . l U >\ R CI I 't • l I \ 11 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1992 • SU to switch to semesters • two ye ars tn BY BRADY PETERSON Thunderbird Staff Write SENATE BEGINS: The SUVSA Senate, including Darren Cox, heard t.heir first request of the "jear, this one for over $1,000. SEEPAGE 3. NOT TO O LATE: According to Jeff Hadlock, SUVSA director of special projects, students can still put their names in the directory. SEEPAGE 6. 'BIRDS VS. GAELS: Quarterback Rick Robiru will face the St. Mary's College Gaels Saturde11 at 1 p. m. in the Coliseum. SEEPAGE 10. The altering of an instiwtion in its yearly makeup would seem like a task unfathomable. But according to Harold Hiskey, former dean of business at SU who now seives on the President's Council, SU was ready to make the switch from quarters to semesters two years ago. "There was an interest the year before last to make the jump, and we were ready to go, but we didn't want to go alone,• said Hiskey. Should SU's feeder schools (Dixie, the College of Eastern Utah and Snow College) have gone to semesters, it would have been likely that higher education in southern Utah would have followed suit However, this institution did not want to tum off srudents from the transfer schools which already are on quarter schedules even though the faculty senate wanted to go to semesters not long ago, said Hiskey. •During the last survey of the faculty beTC, it seemed to me that they split on the decision. So we will keep it how it is until there is further need for debate," added Hiskey. That may come sooner than expected. According to Michael D. Richards, SUU vice president of university affairs, SUU may make the jump in two years. Richards supports the idea because be says he believes the semester program to be more advantageous to both srudent. faculty and administration alike. Afrer having taught at the Air Force Academy for several years, Richards said he favors the semesters for the amount of learning each srudent receives due to the extended time given to the study of each subject. He also stated that there was a substantial amount of student representation at the decuion making level. of quarters versus semesters. The advantage of a sememr plan, ocher that the fact that most of the oountry's a:,llqcs and universities use it. is that studmts only have to regi.mr two times rather than duee. Also, ooumding of students would be two-thirds of what it is at present Summer vacation would oot · be any longer, but it would start in early May rather than June. "What 1 like about the semester plan is that the srudcnt and teacher have more time to ponder and think about what they are studying. Sometimes it seems that the student is rushed through the quarter in ten weclcs in what other schools get 12 to 16 weeks. Another problem with quarters is that most ~ k s are writttn for semesters and the responsibility is left up to the teacher to decide what will be taught and what will not," said Richards. What the quarter plan is good for, argue some srudents, is that the student has the opportunity to take 33 percent more classes. The learning populace has a broader knowledge of many more aspects, including developing relationships with various student groups and faculty. fud Shttman and And, &ga, proastd rM ukbration of Columbus Monda, at tM ckdiccuion of rM Columbus monument. SU students protest Columbus monument BY CHERIS TUCKER Thunderbird EditM Sevetal SU students demonstrated Monday at a dedication of a Columbw monument. saying Columbus should not be honored as a hero. Andy Begay, a sophomore at SUU, says be was upset that the Multirulrural Center was not involved in deciding to honor Columbus. "A lot of men have done great things, so why should Columbus be honored?" he said. "I could even see an ltalicn day, or something like that, but why Columbus?" he continued. "People don't understand what's going on (why Columbus shouldn't be honored}." Begay said be didn't want to call what he did a ptoCESt or a demonstration, because of the negative ramifications. ·it was just an opinion I have that should be said," be added. . The students who participated in the demon§tration appeared on KTVX. Channd 4. • it was pretty surprising," Begay said •1 didn't realize that they (Channd 4} had talked to the ocher people, so it was real surprising to me, along with being exciting." Begay said that instt:ad of Columbus being honored with a monument at SUU, some local heroes should be rea>gn.iud. •There are a lot of Piute heroes around here that could be honored," Begay said. Begay will also speak Oct. 29 in front of the Student Cen~. 1 • |