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Show Tax Initiatives Play Key Role in Tracie Hensen Editor in Chief UTAH TAX ALERT! TAX ROLLBACK! TAX LIMITATION! This is one of the many of literature being (istributed on campuses tatewide. Students, faculty and embers, across Utah are oncerned for the future of jigher education. In an to educate students on lie three initiatives A, B, nd C appearing on the allot November 8, they ave organized the group, articipation 88. Their main Dal is to encourage the udents to vote no on the roposed initiatives. What are the initiatives? lieces E' ef-o- rt What will they do to the economy of Utah? The various arguments opposing the initiatives point at the Future of Utah's Education that the tax rollback will hurt Utahs government programs including higher education. Slack indicated I dont understand how Merrill Cook can say I support the various factors that will be very detrimental to Utah if the proposals are passed. The protest movement initiatives. Hes saying were proponents who are against going to cut $300 million, tax increases have claimed but yet were not going to have to lay off any teachers. raising taxes is only an excuse in order that the He even states he will have legislature doesnt have to a merit program for top take the time to balance teachers and he has a plan to make it work. But he has budgets. Merrill Cook, indepen- never specifically said what dant party candidate for he is going to do. He has governor argues Utah has never shown where he plans too much fat that can be to cut all this money without eliminated and he can do it. hurting anyone. The effects that leading However, Republican candidate for the legislature, economists have estimated Mr. Robert A. Slack, states continued on page 9 f & Participation 88 was sponsored by the Dixie College Executive Council, and involved getting students registered to vote in the upcoming election. is Expected New Dixie College Policy says Attendance students with not attending, that students establishes the requirements years Slacy Plewe SUN Staff Writer expected in Editors note: This is the first of io articles dealing with the Dixie allege Attendance Policy. Next tue 's story will involve opinions students and other faculty embers. jThe Dixie College attendee policy introduced at e first assembly of the year Is approved by the Dixie Dllege Deans Council June t 1988 after working on it jf and on throughout last ar. The Policy states that, Regular and prompt atten- dee in classes and Moratory sessions is of every Dixie College ex-cte- ident. d Each instructor hisher class. will be are invited in to the counseling Students who are attending center. Dixie with the aid of scholarWhat initiated this attendance policy? Dr. Max Rose, ships or sponsorship of exDixie donors College Academic are, private stated that it full a exert effort to pected came under consideration in their academic studies. Students representing Dixie last year when Rob Lund, Vice-Preside- College in activities need to attend the classes they are registered Attendance will be for. extra-curricul- ar and those students not attending on a regular basis are subject to termination of their scholar- monitored andor suspension from participation in activities. Dixie College president, Douglas Alder, said that students not involved with activities that ship Student Body Presiwas dent, opposed to having his grades dropped simply 1987-8- 8 of because absences, of assignments completed and test scores. This opened up the issue of an attendance policy. Some of the faculty and students, like Rob Lund, were opposregardless ed to it, while others were for it. President Doug Alder indicated that a lot of previous 7379-- 6 disciplinary and grade problems also have had atten- dance problems. In search of a model policy to help solve these problems the Deans Council looked at both Snow and Westminister Colleges Attendance Policies for some guidance. They used parts of both documents to create the Dixie College attendance policy. Dr. Tim Bywater, Dean of the Division of Humanities and Social Science, notes that after being at the University of Utah he came to Dixie to be rudely awakened. He had been used to students automatically attending class. He found at Dixie felt that class was less important than outside activities. Dr. Bywaters commented that, Its a shame that the Attendance Policy is in force, continued on page 9 NSIDE HIS SSUE Governors Day.... 2 Rebels vs. Weber. .3 Student Opinion. ..5 homecoming Musical 6 10 |