Show The a Published by the students of the College of Eastern Utah VOL XI Number 2 Price Utah 84501 sustains another 3 percent budget cut CEU How can we cut thee? Let us count the ways are some of the thoughts going through College of Eastern Utah’s administrator’s minds as they were told to cut three percent off the 1986-8budget The cut was mandated by Gov Norman Bangerter for all institutions of higher education and approved by CEU's Institutional Council at their regular October meeting In anticipation of the reduction last September the Board of Regents established a 10 percent tuition surcharge to go into effect during winter and spring quarters 7 1987 Most students did not like the idea of a surcharge but accepted the fact that they must pay more to achieve a quality system of higher education In addition to the surcharge CEU needed to reduce its expenditures by over $104000 in the education and general accounts "It hurts" said CEU President Michael Petersen The impact affects everyone's operating Karen dHaralanae Freeborn) and Martha (Jutey Atwood) discuss who will confront Mary Tilfbrd's grandmother about Miry’s discipline problem in the upcoming play The Children's Hour which will run alternate nights with "Of Mice And Men November 1215- - Theatre season opens next weolc with "Children’s Hour" and "Of Mice And Men” by Rebecea Winaor Entertainment Editor Aa the performance dates draw easts of OfMice And Men Childrens Hour are busily for opening night The plays are being run repertory style that means that each cast member ia running double duty both as an actor and aa a member of the technical crew The plays open November 12 and run through the 15 with The Children's Hour” being performed m Wednesday and Friday and ”Of Mice And Men running Thursday and Saturday Ethe The Children's Hour is a story rnsed on a scandel that took place in Edinburgh in 1809 Itwas caused by a malicious child who said that at her school the two head misstresses had an inordinate affection for each The resulting play haa other become a LIlHari Hallman masterpiece The Children's Hour opened in ran for 691 performances t was impossible at the time to get any of Broadway's leading ladies to aka either of the leading roles wcause of the shows underlying heme They were sura that the play would be cloaed down by the police The play was written when Heilman was only 26 and has been widely acclaimed for its dramatic intensity 1934 and ‘ and psychological Insight The play is not about lesbians bu about a vicious rumor started by l little girl in a fit of temper It is questionable if Martha has any lesbian tendencies at all when one looks at the conditions surrounding her confession Does she really love Karen the way she says she does? Or is it merely a product of years of conditioning an intervortad Dersonalitr and a lack of self esteem These factors may be the cause that make her fear the idea of Karen marrying Joe and moving out She faces losing someone who she has depended upon for over 10 years to provide friendship and support Without Karen she probably would have never started the school and secured her livelihood The rumor may then become an excuse for her feelings The cast of The Children's Hour is Juicy Atwood of Elmo as Martha Dobie LaraLanae Freeborn of Parawan Karen Wright Rebecca Winaor of Delta Mrs Lily Mortar Todd Olsen of Price Dr Joseph Cardin Leila Menzies of Price Mrs Amelia Tilford: Avan Thayn of Price Mary Tilford Tara Andrus of Price Peggy Rodgers Paulina Gittel of Price Evelyn Munn Angclyn Adams of Blanding Rosalie Wells Carla Larsen of Charlotte Altamont Catherine Tubbs of Elmo Lois Fisher Champaine Ingram of Price Helen Burton Maria Jewkcs of Price Asratha Rob Wright of Leamington grocery boy and Eric Vaughn of Price sasisUnt director "Of Mice and Men Steinbeck like The Hour is a tragedy majority of Steinbeck’s takes place in Southern during the depression - by John Children’s Like the novels it California It tells of people's dreams and hopes for the future It centers on George and Lennie’s dream of owning a ranch It talks about the freedom they’ll have to go to a ballgame or a circus and not worry about a boas that tells them what to do As the play progresses other people on the ranch get caught up In their dream The central theme ia one’s loneliness and of man’s need for someone to talk to and bo with Of all the characters in the play Lennie and George are the only one's with this need met The thread of loneliness is repeated throughout the play "Of Mice and Men stars Rick Bracken of Price George Chad Mortcnsen of Roosevelt is Lennie John Martin of Price Candy Kevin Kubala of Ogden Curley Jerri Llewelyn of Price Curlejps Wife of Price Shaun Vanderlinden Stubby Trevor H Olsen of Price Cartoon Preston Marshall of Cedar1 Fort Whit John L Egan Jr of Price Crooks and William Earl of Salt Lake City the boss Rebecca Winaor of Delta is the assistant director Both plays are directed by Dr R Corey Tuckneas William Earl lathe u costume and eet designer budgets However we are doing everything possible to avoid terminating individuals and laying people off" The budget committee recommended nine cost cutting areas to recover the three percent reduction The biggest cost reduction is in the form of reducing the contingency and reserve account by $25000 Last year's budget committee set aside the money to cover unforeseen emergencies during the 1986-8- 7 academic year Part of that money now will be used to help cover the three percent budget cut An additional $20000 savings will come from charging all departments for their long distance phone calls Another $15000 will be saved by most departmental eliminating travel budgets The college will place a fneze on the athletic salaries of personnel who have quit in the past year plus freeze hourly wage budgets This should save the college $10000 An additional $8000 will be saved by shifting a portion of employee salaries to federal grant funds The athletic department's travel budget has been cut $4000 while a part-tim-e custodial position was cut to save $3000 All non-in- s tructional equipment budgets have been cut to save CEU $10750 and a five percent reduction in all hourly wage budgets will save the college $8550 "Although we are confident that sufficient budget reductions have been made to solve the problem created by the three percent cut it to likely that additional cuts and cost overruns will have to be dealt with in the near foture" Petersen added Job information systom in CADS by Todd Green Eagle Co-Edit- or Have you ever wondered what kind of jobs are available for you in your major emphasis right now in Utah? You can find out on the Guidance Information System available in the Counseling and Development Center in the Student Activity Center The system also will tell you what kind of training you will need for your career the salary and a basic job description of your career deadlines for each of these at the Utah colleges The Utah file that will tell a student exactly what jobs are available and which Utah company would hiro them will be fully running in January A catalog for the Western United States is available It will give you Information on what your probability on finding a job in your feild of study is In California Arizona and Colorada The basic requirements for the job are also listed how much schooling and what kind of training is The system has a way to tell you The necessary system mainly what kind of job will suityour needs covers the big businesses in the area A list of questions range from salary The system hss a direct phone line to the hours during the day you to the main computer at the Utah would prefer to work The computer School Board The school board's analyzes your answers and makes a computer relays the information to listofthejobsthatwill fit you best A the computer at CEU through the total of 1025 jobs are in the phono computer system The system is available to anyone If the armed forces interest you a who would like to use it The foil job description is available to fill you series will coot thestudent $5 Ifonly In on the exact type of work you will a part of the system is used the be doing in the position you will fill service to free and the baste military salary The Counseling and Development A overview of the college best Center also haa a new career library suited to folfill the requirements of t open for student’s use The library your major and your career choice is has a description of all types of jobs also one of the areas the computer in Utah has Admissions policy the ACT A complete set of all of the Utah scores and the GPA required by the schools college catalogs and some ol college can also be obtained the schools in the surrounding states The computer system has a is available for the student's use Contact Kathy Painter if you are program that can tell the students if they are eligible for financial aid interested in using the system or the scholarships federal grants and the library on-the-j- |