Show page 2 New law won't affect CEU Larger student body enrollment forces library to open Saturday and Sunday evenings part-tim- e employees by Travis Mann stafT writer by Lon Reinwand librarian Most part-tim- e employees for CEU will not be working The last issue of the Eagle asked some hard questions about Currently the libraries at Snow Dixie Utah Valley and SUSC affected law by a new hourly-wag- e are opened longer than CEU If the CEU library is able to open for the the library's hours The problem with hard questions is there are no effective Jan 1 1989 cutting the new hours suggested above we will come into compliance with the easy answers from 23-2- 0 hours First however the library staff along with the college's other school's But once again we cannot pass up the oppurtunity to to 17 hours according to Kathy administration and student government is trying to resolve the financial excuse ourselves somewhat Our current budget for hourly rate and Painter CEU Job Placement and staffing requirements necessary to open longer hours If current student employees is $5500 Snow College's library budget for those coordinator "We like to hold plans come to fruition the library will open IS additional hours a week two classes of employees is S22JOOO Dixie's is $9400 for students SUSC is opened for 81 beginning this weekend The new hours would extend weekday horns and we don't have the numbers for hourly-rat- e employees to IS hours per week until 10 pm The biggest change would come on weekends with hours and has a budget of $29000 for part-tim- e labor Utah Valley has because it is more beneficial with y but has a much larger a budget of $2000 for federal Saturday afiemoons open from noon until Spjn and Sunday's open schoolwork and extracurricular 5 pjn until 10 pm time staff activities" die added Did Eagle readers happen to see the Salt Lake Ttibune for When CEU gave up football and moved considerable funds According to an aid in into academic scholarships the library staff predicted that the library Sunday November 13 19887 Utah's college and university libraries Congressman Jim Hansen's office received a headline that said "Libraries get an Fin funding” The wouU come under considerable pressure from the evolving student the new law referred to as Section report talks about the need for new facilities but it also talks about the body Last year in fact when the library director was interviewed for 89 of the 1986 Tax Reform Bill annual expenditure budgets that are out of sync with national standards the ixxition of Academic Vice President he clearly stated that the will no longer tllow employers to Fortunately CEU has a beautiful large facility that is earmarked in the litwy wtM h hy thi fy ft emstatewide study for some repair funding But in the area of annual movement towards academic excellence Nothing happened last year to discriminate against part-tim-e budgets we are sadly lacking support the library's position This year on the other brad a large ployees Section 89 requires that In 1978 for example when the CEU student body was around freshman class coupled with returning sophomores has brought those employers provide health benefits 600 FTE the library received J04 percent of the college's operating to The is onll warnings reality pressure to all employees working more with student FTE a the 1000 of is we budget Today would love to have Mr Hfckmon who brought body library's budget Finally-than 175 hours a week around $104000 or 019 percent of the school's budget If we had in the the in first fin come and out a question up place library patron An option employers maintained 04 percent the library would have a budget of S220JOOO card U is difGcult to be criticized even though we agree the library have is to drop their pret-tim- e help desened the criticism by someone who has not yet demonstrated that annually If we met national standards the libniy would receive full-tihire all completely and $330000 a year he uses the library employees since they win have to pay their health benefits anyway The option will be costly to emptimarty because they get to pick subjects include freedom of the Hamlet on the Macintosh" s ployer said a representative from the topic and design a seminar press world hunger snd social Congressman Wayne Owens' issues fat mass communication play staged on a rivobank than office "We end up getting slot of what it really is: a freshman In addition to various related Geld Currently a part-tim- e senior fkulty members teaching seminar dun uses computers to trips and other tours faculty employee is considered as anyone their subjects to students that teach Shakespeare The seminar members regidarty host pizza wasting 20 hours a week or less they don't normally teach" one of 12 offered this Call at the U parties and other social events at e Lobisser The law while trying U) help says "The result is of Oregon helps freshmen and their homes for seminar students teaching in a more transfers adjust to academic life at Consequently the seminars are employees may have a personal environment and we the large university reverse affect Many employers extremely popular and fill up do want all to can we to limited Classes are small to veryquiddy may be forced to drop the number personalize the university with A lot of schools offer 20 students Topics vary from workers of hours of their part-tim-e 18JOOO students" freshman survival courses of one semester to semester lids fall because they will not be able to To leach a seminar kind or another And with good afford the cost of the additional reason: Educators agree that if professors must first submit ' benefits ' freshmen adjust to school within proposals to the Freshman The college employs Seminar Advisory Board Each the first six weeks theyVe most winter the board composed of approximately 100 student part-tilikely to stay And contacts with A few employees of CEU faculty and students evaluates faculty members outside the 25-3- 0 and selects will be affected by the change classroom also significantly proposals from an average of 55 applications increase student satisfaction employees who They are part-tim-e ' criteria Hie Lobisser focus So it's with an eye to says are not studentvmostly in secretaron and teaching retention methodologies that improving Oregon ial and receptionist positions how well the course will meet offers Informal optional courses students' developmental and that give freshmen a chance to teaching one- - two-- and three-cred- it academic needs interact more with (heir courses respectively But "Fostering mentor professors at well as fellow theyYe not paid directly If (he relationships between students students professor's regular leaching and faculty can be done without Faculty members who are burden was eased to allow for the sacrificing academic quality" motivated to leach says Greg sdninar in addition to her regular says Lobisser Lobisser assistant dean of load the money goes toward students are essential to running Compensation for seminar professional development a successful program Many instructors U rather unusual opportunities Lobisser says 90 threoit the or Professors receive stipends of enjoy teaching of seminar instructors add the semester-lon- g seminars (Continued on page 8) $1400 $1500 and $2jD00 for part-timewo- rk full-fro- m woric-stud- me Freshmen seminars ease transition part-tim- high-quali- ty me four-cred- |