Show Thursday Fcbuary 1 1990 New computer programs will help welding students find jobs in high technology industries Stephanie Bogdln staff writer by From the toaster you used this morning to the automobile you drove to school welding plays a major role in your daily activities Welding is responsible for the production of automobiles appliances electronic parts and machinery Not only can it become a career choice but welding is often used in other professions Today industry is changing and numerically-controlle- d equipment is more common To help students' compete in this field the College of Eastern Utah together with Eastern Utah Inc is establishing programs in Computer Aided Manufacturing and Computer Numerical Control The CNC program consists of welding equipment controlled numerically by a computer First a student learns to operate the equipment manually and later numerically The CAM program involves using one or more pieces of CNC equipment to manufacture a finished product "We would like to call ourselves a total CAM program" CEU welding instructor John Coward said "We're starting with the basics and hope to evolve into a total program" Another welding instructor Paul Howa said the program would better prepare students to compete for jobs industries in are the ones who students Although would see the immediate results a program like this could spawn economic benefits as well high-technolo- Page 7 The Eagle "Once we have the program set up we're hoping to attract technology-oriente- d students who can complete this program” Cloward added Students wishing to enroll in the CNC program need to complete a year of basic discipline in welding Throughout their second year at CEU students can participate in CNC train- ing By the end of 1991 a few computerized pieces of equipment should be in place in the program CNC should be in full operation in five years with enrollment reaching 50 to 60 students Few two-yecolleges are involved with CNC programming Coward said Four-yeinstitutions such as Utah State University and Weber State College offer undergraduate and advanced degrees in these types of programs Once a student completes CElTs programming their credits are transferable to other schools Much time has been spent by the welding instructors and the advisory committee in organizing this program Funding win come from grants as weU as private donations "Once the program is fully implemented the student graduating from it will definitely be successful" Cloward stated "The number of jobs available far out numbers the people qualified In’ fill them” Students who are interested in welding or just wish to visit the shops are welcome to do so Appointments can be made with Cloward or Howa to discuss the possibilities of registering for the new program ar ar Forensics students Deraid Anderson Brian Hall and Nathan Coulter prepare for These and other members of the CEU forensics competition In this mock debate squad recently placed eecond In the Junior division of the Great Salt Lake Tournament at the University of Utah and returned from Sacramento Community College's Governor's Cup speech meet with several Individual awards CEU's forensics team places second in U of U's GSL Tournament and wins individual awards in students may not Governor's Cup Competition in California get requested day care center mixed oral interpretation by one nals six survived to the finals and by Daren Fairbanks due to lack of funds and space staff writer point trophies were awarded the lop Non-tradition- al to Travis Mann staff writer by "Space is the biggest problem that we have right now space and funding This school is so full right now that there is nowhere to put a e center” says Ken ChrisStudent Reptensen ASCEU resentative for the It requires approximately 35 square feet of open space per child and that comes up to 17500 square feet to take care of 50 children That's a lot of space! Christensen says that he has been e looking very closely at the problem that this school has and it doesn't look very optimistic "There's a real demand A lot of poo-pe while need reasonable the attend classes but they college got rid of it's program a few years ago" As part of a recent survey of students taken by student government it was asked ” Would you support an on campus e center?" Of the people who participated 64 said that they would eighteen percent of the people surveyed have children that are age "That's a real need I" Christensen emphasized "It's just that nobody seems to care enough to want to do anything about day-car- Non-tradition- al day-car- le day-car- day-car- e non-iradiiio- day-car- it" The old e center was once in the building across from the BDAC that is now used for the computer day-car- lab When the computers came the children left According to Christensen it seems that there was a center in the plan to put a renovated hospital once it was completed but the plan was put on the back burner because of a lack of funding and complaints from other e centers in the community that said a campus center would be unfair competition Christensen's plan for the centre is to make it a child development lab for education majors The students could get credit fire watching the children and at the same time receive practical experience needed for their day-car- e day-car- major "The whole purpose of putting day- care on the campus would be to keep the prices down for the students with children thst can't afford seven bucks a day so that they can go to classes" says Christensen "But there are some people on campus who want to charge the parents fire all the expenses like lights instructor's salary and so forth Thai would just be defeating the purpose Students could just use the existing e in town if it costs the day-car- same” "If more people cared and spoke up we might get somewhere” says Christensen He promises to keep fighlingTll chsnge the name from the College of Eastern Utah to the College of Eastern Children!" he quipped The CEU forensics squad competed in two tournaments the put two weekends returning from ihe Governor's Cup Tournament at Sacramento City College January 27 - 29 with 12 trophies and the Great Salt Lake Tournament at the University of Utah Jan 21 23 with second place in the junior division and six trophies won by individual members of the team At the SCC competition Aimee Anderson and Daniel Esperson both of Kearns placed First in the novice division of team debate Andersen new to the debating arena this quarter was awarded a second place debate speaker award based on speaker points accumulated in all debate tournament rounds at the three-da- y Nathan Coulter and Daren Fairbanks also did well in team debate advancing to quarterfinals in the junior division Joseph Carver and Brian Hall missed the quarterfinals in junior team debate by speaker points Carver of Santa Rosa Calif also placed second in extemporaneous speaking fourth in impromptu and wu named a finalist in informan-tiv- e at the meet Troy Hunt and Wendi Mahorter who were finalists in prose interpretation and Dustin Latimer a Finalist in impromptu speaking also contributed to the team's advanced to the Final round in persuuion and missed in communication analysis and u perfor-manceHu- nt Highlighting the awards received by team members at the Sacramento tournament wu the conclusion of the awards ceremony where CEU coach Neil Warren wu presented with a special award naming him Forensics Director of the Year The annual event wu attended by 46 colleges and universities with many of the California schools dominating the competition "A tough tournament" Wanon said who expects the team to continue to do well despite stiff competion "California schools are mean" he reflected "they're very capable" Yet the local CEU team continues to excell amid a Field of tough opponents The week before CEU 's squad reGreat Salt turned from the three-da- y Lake speech meet at the U of U with a second place sweepstaku trophy in the junior division a sixth place Finish in individual events and a sixteenth place finish in debate There were 80 teams entered at the tournament one of the largest in the nation" Warren reported "it wu a nation-wid- e representation We did very well in the junior competition First and second year competitors and I wu extremely pleased with our record against both junior and senior competition for over-a- u ll awards" The team also had several winners in individual events After Ihe preliminary rounds twelve contestants were advanced to the semifi three speakers in each event In communication analysis CEl placed two winners Troy Hum wu First and Andersen third Brian Hunt won the second place trophy in informative speaking and Daren Fair banks a new member of the CEU squad this term missed the semifina round in this event only by speaker points Carver placed second in speaking third in persuuive speaking and broke into the semi final round of extemporaneous after-dinn- er speaking Carrie Walkenhorel made it to in three events: im promptu speaking prose interprets lion and programed interpretation In CEU had teams: Hall and two Latimer and Esperson and Brian Dawes Several students narrowly misso the elimination rounds at the GSL competition: Hall and Carver in im promptu Esperson in programed and mixed oral interpretation and drama Troy Hunt in persuuion prose am mixed oral interpretation and Wendi Mawhortcr and Brian Hunt in prose the semi-fina- ls semi-finali- st interpretation The GSL tournament is a highly competative event and is the nation's largest speech tournament uide from the yearly national tour nament which die CEU team plans to attend late spring quarter Warren said |