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Show The Dixie Sun Page 4 January 21, News 1996 News Editor: Missy Evans Third Academic Division named at Dixie By TYLER TEIORSTED MISSY EVANS Tilt AND DIXIt SUN In the past, there were just two academic divisions at Dixie. Now, Dixie has added a third, called the Computer & Information Technologies. Dixie College has taken all of the computer support area and put them in this division. All of the computer labs. Graphic Arts, Visual Technologies, Computer aided Drafting, Construction, campus networking, and a few others that rely on computers has been added. A few classes have also just had their name changed under the new division. For example, the art classes taught by Ron Woodland, Art 201 and Art 202 which were computer illustration classes, are now Visual Technology classes under the course name VT 150 and VT 151. The adminis- tration is being very careful about changing the names of some of the classes because of transfer requirements. Most classes will not have their name changed for this reason, the courses will only be in a different division. There was a lot of confusion with the old plan. The majority of computer technology was scattered throughout the campus. Many of the classes were not classified and didn't really have a home. A lot of students were confused about what was actually taught in some of the courses, and where they were located. One popular confusion is the computer course in the General Education requirements. One of the course call numbers is CIS 120, an introduction to computer applications. While the other course CS 120 aka computer science remains the same. The difference is CIS 120 is under Computer Information Systems and CS 120 is under Computer Science. There is one minor difference between the two courses, the CS 120 class deals more with how the computer works along with gaining some program skills with the computer. The CIS 120 class deals more with computer applications such as WordPerfect. It also teaches students the basics on how to operate the computer. Students with questions on which class they should talk, should talk to their counselor. "A lot of overlapping was taking place in course work. It was a little confusing for students to distinguish between computer sciences, computer information systems, computer skills, and the other courses," explained Gary Koeven, the new division dean. "Now, we have the opportunity to bring all the faculty and staff together and brainstorm a package that will be more complete and tie together all the courses. This will be important for our programs to grow." This new division should also clear up a lot of these small gliches. By creating this unique evolution between support and academic computer technologies, the college hopes to combine its parts to improve the whole. "This will make it possible to better share resources across the board," said Koeven. It should also help organize the classes and teachers. Koeven said the combination of courses will also help teacher and students utilize computer centers between classes and lab times. "Instead of each division scheduling their own times, we can work from one center of reference. This way we schedule classes on computers that aren't being used as often and open up more lab times on those that are." He emphasized the importance of teachers in both instances. "Even in a more independent setting good tutors and regular faculty will be available to assist students." How to obtain parking "bliss" on Dixie's campus By BRANDY FOX THE DIXIE SUN One of the most popular issues Dixie College students like to talk about is parking. Here are some tips and interesting facts for anyone who is looking to achieve "parking bliss." The formerly parking lot near the Udvar-Haz- y building has been paved, and is now open for student parking. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the el newly-renovate- which d space, open all hours. For those with unpaid parking violations, there will be late fines issued and a freeze on transcripts at the end of winter quarter. To avoid these, simply pay the fines elicited, or, if you are racking up parking violations because you don't have is a parking permit, buy one. A parking permit costs just $10 for the entire 1996-199- 7 school year. The permit is regulated by the "The easiest ways to reach this utopia are to purchase parking permits, and park in appropriate places." State Tax Commission, and can be purchased in the cashier's office. A parking permit helps security officers to know who can, and can not, park in campus parking lots. This helps to reserve more parking for the students, and not outside interests. A parking permit also helps campus security quickly locate problems, such as using the permit number to locate car owners who might experience "car troubles." It is estimated that 300 students are parking on campus lots without parking permits. It is also estimated that a bulk of campus citations are issued to people without parking permits. This year, campus security officers have issued 562 tickets, and over 340 warnings. And of inforjust as a mation: there have been eleven in college parking lots. If it seems outrageous to pay for a parking space, remember that University of Utah students pay anywhere 0 for parking perfrom mits per quarter, (not per year,) and students at Salt Lake Community College $40-$8- without a faculty parking permit. Also, try looking for lot space in the Udvar-Haz- y when in a hurry. It is possible for students at Dixie to find parking tid-b- it fender-bende- rs pay $8 per quarter for parking. Another large portion of campus citations come from students parking in reserved areas. To avoid a citation, don't park in faculty lots bliss. The easiest ways to reach this utopia are to purchase parking permits, and park in appropriate places. |