| Show Utah voters should understand aspects of Olympic question by Corey Moser staff writer On Tuesday November 7 Utah voters will be asked to ex press their feelings about hosting the 1998 Winter Olympic Games But win voters understand the is sues of this important decision? Proponents imply that the Olympic effort is virtually a no risk proposition They indicate that if the state would invest $3 or $6 million a year it would surely be repaid Idaho Gov Cecil Andrus Gov Norman Utah supports Bangerter in bringing the OlympicsJo Utah He feels that people would stay in Idaho for a few days while they visit the Olympics But will Idaho residents be paying the taxes that Utah residents will? Crosby Cotton assistant managing editor for the Calgary Herold said "It's not that costs soared: it's that revenues soared” Unlike Utah Calgary orreceived government sup- ganizers port with little opposition from the public according to pollster Brent Ritchie of the World Tourism Education and Research Center at the University of Calgary Olympic skepticism persists but Calgary polls charting the popularity of the Winter Olympics show support steadily growing from more than 84 percent in 1983 to nearly unanimous approval in 1988 when the city hosted the games Cotton also feels that the Olympics kept a lot of major con- struction companies in business through a very weak period Edmonton and Calgary sized oil towns in the similarly Alberta bottomed out province of in an early 1980's mini oil crisis Unemployment in the cities jumped to 12 percent in 1983 according to the Alberta Statistical Review But while Edmonton's employment lines continued to grow Calgary's declined is Olympic year neared the Alberta Jhursday7NovembeG2JU 989 VollXIViNumberja Statistical Review said Bill Pratt President of the Olympic Association feels that along with bringing business to Utah Salt Lake City could earn a place on the map "Calgary used to be a little cow town and now everyone knows we're a metropolitan a parallel between us and Salt Lake: Nobody knows how nice Salt Lake is until you get there" Pratt sai Organizers are asking for $36 million in public money to (continued on page 2) city-the- re's PriceJUtah 84501 Published by the students of the College of Eastern Utah Regents approve budget new CEU master plan at meeting on campus by Kirsten Christensen news editor The Utah Board of Regents approved the posed budget for the higher education 1990-9- 1 pro- school year The funding request was ratified without modification in the recent meeting held on the College of Eastern Utah campus A seven percent raise for higher education employees and n seven percent tuition hike for students were included in the proposal The package will be presented to the state legislature for funding approval next February The request includes e appropriations from state surplus monies CEU requested $400000 in the e funds to update and expand the collection in the library and to automate the cataloging system President Michael Petersen said An annual library allocation is also in the budget request "But those funds will be dispersed based on college size not college need" Petersen said A library facility evaluation was completed about two years ago Petersen explained The study one-tim- one-tim- assessed the higher education libraries on the gross number of volumes in each library's collection The study then compared the total number to the anticipated total number needed for schoofs enrollment he said The study indicated the CEU library falls about 40 percent shiort of adequate Petersen said "However the study made no attempt to assess the quality of collection" he said Many of the collections are obsolete so the library is actually even more inadequate he said "We are putting an emphasis on improving the library" he said Further action taken by the board was to approve a new campus master plan presented by Petersen The new master plan calls for the demolition of the current Student Activity Center the seismograph building the old gym and the old rock building New construction includes a modem Student Center a quad and a new residence hall The dorm may be ready for occupancy next fall quarter Petersen said but the remainder of the plan will take up to 10 years to complete Not even a blueprint vet New residence hall may be ready next fall quarter by Kirsten Christensen news editor 4 Halloween carnival a success with students and their children " f pirates and mummies wars soma ol the at the Halloween Carnival sponsored by ASCEU See more photos on pegs 4 (Photo by Lonnla Buhunln) Cowboys party-goe- rs Next fall quarter 144 College of Eastern Utah students may be living in a new residence hall that is not yet even completed in an architectural drawing "If everything goes according to plan" President Michael Petersen said "the new hall will be ready for occupancy next fall quarter" The hall is part of anew muter plan recently approved by the Bond of Regents "A lot of things need to happen before we can break ground" Petersen said "We hope to have the design approved financing secured and construction bidding completed by the end of February” he said Financing will most likely be a loan to the college and worft involve state funds Petersen said But financing won't be finalized until all other approvals are made he said The hall will be located next to the Aaron Jones Residence Hall on y 600 North The building will have 24 apartments housing six students in each It will be similar to Townhouse without kitchen facilities Petersen said The building will fit into the existing campus he said two-stor- Another project planned by CEU is the construction of a new vocational center on the San Juan campus in Bland ing "If things go well we will beSan Juan project in a couple the gin of years” Petersen said "It win depend on what the legislature approves" he said It look 16 years from request to groundbreaking to h build the Atheletic Center he said But only five years for the ComputerBusiness building "We hope the San Juan vacations! center will be more like the ComputerBusiness Building" he said Bunnell-Dimitric- still some time left Hurry outthere's need to lime to decide if over courses that Stressing are just too hud? Don't despair There's still time to bail out due to a decision by the College of Eutem Utah Curriculum and Instruction Committee The committee changed the deadline of the lut day to drop classes from the fifth week to the sixth in order to give students more they withdraw from classes said Jan Young dean of admissions and records "Some teachers only give midterms and finals" Young said "by the sixth week teachers should have given at least one test and students should know whether they're going to pus or not" (continued on page 8) |
