Show 9(C©' The EagleTVolume XVlIlT Number March 8 PriceT Ut 8450 1 Get out and vote What is the best way to let your voice be heard by voting CEU students have the chance to use this power on Monday and Tuesday March 8 in the Student Activities Center student lounge Four positions are available for Associated Students of the College of Eastern Utah's Student Government Council Due to an amendment to the ASCEU constitution the office of executive vice president has been changed to financial vice president and will be an appointed instead of an elected position The candidates are: ASCEU president: Renee Pres sett and Blaine Hawkes activities vice president Danny Kourianos Shemri Gressmen Seth Palmer and Pepper Baxter academic vice president Mark Hall and Ryan walker and ICC chair Matt Gwyther Thomas Bertanian and Staci Guymon Before candidates were eligible to run for their office they had to turn in a petition of SO CEU student's 7-- by Lelal Jenkel staff writer signatures After they turned in their petitions the candidates met for a meeting on Feb 22 to go over the campaign rules The candidates are not allowed to spend more than S200 on campaigns or hang signs on the walls of the Computer Business Building They cannot deface opposing candidate's campaign materials These materials are to be tom down one-hobefore elections and candidates are not allowed within 100 feet of the polling area during elections These rules apply to members of each candidate's campaign staff The election held on March 8 is the final election No primary will be held because no more than four students are running for one office ASCEU Student Government Council encourages CEU students to vote "Although CEU ranks high in voter turnout compared with other Utah colleges I'd still like to see a bigger response at the polls because this is one way in which students can directly affect their education" Jeff Jordan ASCEU President said ur 7-- Dirk Keyes CEU yell leader Legislature gives support for new programs at CEU by Jarm Holder staff writer The Utah Legislature recently denied the proposal of a workload increase for professors in many universities and junior colleges around the state The Workload Bill was presented by members of the legislature earlier this month The bill would require professors as USU the U of U and most junior colleges to teach a hours per minimum of While or semester profesquarter State and Weber Southern sors at Utah would be expected to teach no hours less than The bill never received sponsorship and will not be passed unless interest is shown in the next legislative session Other programs supported by the legislature in the best interest of CEU are funding for a new student activity center salary increase for faculty and staff and mineral lease fund accessed 12-cre- dit it to colleges for educational equip- ment "All of these programs will positively impact our facilities" said Academic Brent Haddock The funding for the new SAC looks very promising he added When the budget is finalized by the legislators CEU administrators will plan for the new building The salary increase also looks very favorable with a six percent pay increase for faculty and four percent for staff members The mineral lease fund is a collection of funds set into a money pool by natural resource companies such as coal copper and iron The four counties surrounding CEU: Carbon Emery San Juan and Grand produce 60 percent of the state's entire natural resource elements Being in the middle of Utah's largest resource producers will help in the legislator's decision to award the college with funding for educational equipment Haddock said Viewpoint Two cents from two cynics Page 2 t Vice-Preside- nt February 241994) Tenure protects academic freedom 7-- 8 by DamyKourianoe staff writer 7 Thursday shows signs of super-huma- n shinies by balancing cheer leaders Tammy Martinez and Stephanie Adame Photo by Aaron Brockfaank Have you ever wondered why you are always taking those teacher evaluation tests? A lot of it has to do with being a decisive factor of who will become part of the tenured faculty for the academic year "Tenured faculty is designed to protect academic freedom of a faculty member and to provide faculty members with a sufficient degree of economic security to make profession attractive to persons of ability" Brent Haddock College of Eastern Utah's academic vice president said In short it protects the academic freedom and provides economic security to the faculty member he added Being nominated as a tenured faculty member is a big step in continuing a career as an instructor it enables them to hold a better secured job surrounding Faculty that were tenured for the academic year include: Greg Federber mining Michelle Fleck geology math and geography Carolyn Gwyther dance Curtis Icard English Ross Sacco electronics and Nancy Takacs English (sm Tenure pege 8) tlVCC reigns as top conference athletic program Much has been written about the success or lack of success in the College of Eastern Utah's athletic programs since the school's administration voted to disband the college's football program in 1987 and sink more money into creating belter basketball volleyball and baseball programs Statistics from CEU's coaches and sports information director were compiled that reflected mediocre seasons for all sports except the men's basketball program DJ Smith conference sports statistician was contacted to verify which school continually rules the Scenic West Athletic Conference championships Smith said that Utah Valley Community College has reigned as top sports power in the conference the past five years by winning the southern region's Sports Excellence Award and shared the top spot once with Ricks during that V time CEU has finished no higher than fifth overall with UVCC Ricks Dixie and Snow consistently finishing higher than the Eagles Lowly CNCC is the only school with worse season records than CEU Sports Excellence Award The ICAC Sports Excellence Award ia based on the final conference ranking of each sport from every school and points are given for the place each school finishes In basketball six schools participate so six points are possible for the school which finishes first five for the team finishing second four for third three for fourth two for fifth and one for sixth In softball only UVCC Snow CNCC and Dixie participate so four points are awarded to the league's top finisher three for the second place team two for the third place team I I I and one for the last point team 1988-8- 9 In 1988-8- 9 CEU placed fifth I overall for the Sports Excellence Award with a total of 12 points UVCC earned 25 Dixie 223 Ricks 185 Snow 18 and CNCC 6 The Eagles earned two points for finishing fifth in men's basketball (3-- 7 conference and 6 overall) three for a fourth place finish in baseball (7-- 9 and two for a fifth place in (3-- 7 and two for a volleyball third finish in softball (9-- and and three for a fourth place finish in women's basketball (4-- and 15-1- 9-2- 1) 4) 13-1- 5) 9 6 8) 1989-9- 0 In 1989-9- 0 CEU again placed fifth overall with 14 points UVCC earned 273 points Ricks 25 5 Dixie 185 Snow 165 and CNCC 7 1990-9- 1 In 1990-9- 1 CEU continued to place fifth and dropped to 1 15 points for all of its team's final standings (Sm Sports Excellence page 8) |