| Show EE Checks and balances in ASCEU "Straw dog" constitution again fails short in GPA policies by Barry Maxfield staff writer Rumors that an elected member of the student government 25 GPA have been circulating around the CEU campus during the last week This has left some students wondering what actions will be taken by administration and whether there are policies governing this situation Brad King ASCEU advisor verified the rumor as fact but because of the Privacy Act is not at liberty to say who the individual is King explains that college administration has no formal policy on student government academic performance or sanctions against student government officials should they fail to meet an established academic standard Currently the only guideline the student body government must meet is briefly outlined in the constitution of ASCEU which states “All student government members shall be full time students and maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 25 throughout their term of office" The policy in the constitution makes no mention of sanction should an officer fail to meet the stipulations of the clause King states that this will be addressed when the constitution undergoes a rewrite this year King explains the reason why administration has no policy regarding this matter is because the executive committee of the ASCEU student government handles disciplinary actions against it's own members “These matters are decided by the executive committee of the student government" explains King The executive committee is comprised of all elected officers in the ASCEU student government which are the president activities vice president academic vice president financial vice president and the ICC chair King states “They meet in closed session which is not open ek committee 12-we- by John Serfustinl CEU public relations director suggested: Friday mornings Wednesday (50 minute periods) 7:00 - 7:50 am Monday 8:00-8:5- 0: 9:00-9:5- 20-yc- ar 1 0 10:00-10:5- 0 11:00-11:5- 0 12:00-12:5- 0 ' v - " V Monday f- Tuesday Wednesday Thursday afternoons (75 minutes) vJv f 1:0(W:15pm - "2:30-3:4- 5 f v:- - 430-5:i5- ' r' 4 -- 7 130 12j45'Qpen hour'' ‘ ‘ --- (no classes scheduled) For student forums meetings etc V : 'v iV- :v " t 1 830-9:4- 5' fo’ ' - i '"(75 minutes) 750 8:15 am' VU '7 7 s y 1 V : ' Thursday mornings Tuesday : ' f - j 7 : - i ' v 7 v '530-6:4- 5 ' 'v- Friday afternoons 7 No dasses This time is reserved for faculty ''77 There is higher education and there is highest education Higher education is academic: math science and other advanced subjects Highest education is doing something with all that knowledge in a word caring Beginning with its 1997 Commencement exercises in June the College of Eastern Utah will recognize one of its students for setting the example in highest education The College will confer the Val J Halamandaris Caring Award a $100 stipend and a trophy sculpted by Frank Eliscu Eliscu designed the I Icisman Trophy the Oval Office's Presidential Eagle and the Presidential Medal of Freedom To earn the award a CEU student must be eligible for graduation and must have demonstrated involvement in college activities providing direct service to others or similar direct service in the community Positions of leadership support for community service are also acceptable "This award is exactly in keeping with the definition of a true community college11 said CEU President Grace Sawyer Jones "We are here not only to provjde the academic excellence which will help graduates succeed in their careers but we also provide the incentive and training for students to make a positive difference in the communities we serve" The award has been established by CEU and Bill Halamandaris Val's brother Val Halamandaris grew up in Carbon County and is an alumnus of CEU (then Carbon College) A lawyer with a record on the nation's Capitol Val Halamandaris is an acknowledged expert in the fields of health care and aging lie has served as counsel to Rep Gaude Pepper's I louse Select Committee on Aging and worked for 5 years as counsel to Utah Sen Frank E Moss and the US Senate Special Committee on Aging I le won national recognition for his caring investigations exposing fraud and abuse against the elderly and g for authoring some 20 congressional reports which resulted in significant legislative reforms 1 le is the author and editor of books including: Too Old Too Sick Too Bad Profiles in Caring Advocates for the Elderly Faces of Caring: a Search for the 100 Most Caring People in History and Caring Quotes: A Compendium of Caring Thoughts For the past 13 years he has been editor and publisher of two national magazines Caring and Caring People He has also produced films beginning in 1987 with the documentary "Suffer Not the Little Children He is also president of the National Association for Home Care a post he has held since the organization was founded in 1981 In 1990 he and Apple Computer founder Steven Jobs were honored by the Creative Thinking Association of America as two of the people who will have made the greatest impact on America going into the 21 st Century "The need to teach others how to be concerned seems to be necessary in our society" commented Professor Emeritus Neil Warren "Through this award we hope to accentuate our ability to teach those values" Eligible students may be nominated by faculty and staff of the college by other students or by members of the community In addition to good standing at the college and eligibility for graduation students must have demonstrated: intrinsic commitment to voluntary service initiative and innovation in problem solving advocacy for change that alleviates or considerably improves the status quo and most important continual caring as demonstrated by volunteer activity Applications for nominations are available in the office of the academic vice president Nominations must be returned to the vice president by May 6 ek ‘ v- - establishes the Val J Halamandaris Caring Award hard-hittin- The committee decided to officially recommend the summer 1999 schedule which has been outlined Summer would be dividedinto two terms each with 30class days Three-cred- it classes would meet daily for 15 hours The first term would begin on May 17 with final exams on June 29 The second term would begin on June 30 with finals on August 13 This schedule would allow for “free weeks” at the end of spring semester and before fall semester begins We felt that there would be some flexibility for faculty to offer classes or ( shorter “blocks" if necessary 2 A proposed “bell schedule” for fall and spring semester classes was discussed The following schedules were 1 io to public They operate the same way the institutional council operates when they discuss personnel matters At that CEU ' time they have a choice of taking the individual out of office if (hey obviously haven't been doing their job both in the classroom and in student government or if they feel they have been doing their job and because of it let their academics lapse they can choose to put them on a quarter probation However if their grades don't come up in the next quarter there is no appeals process and they would automatically lose their position" King explains that if an academic lapse happens to a member of the executivecommittee that individual would be excused from the room during the closed session and the remaining members would explore punitive actions to be taken against the individual ASCEU President Craig Knott states that the executive committee has already met and taken action in the matter of the ASCEU officer in question he further states that the individual was put on probation for a quarter There is no written procedure for tracking the grades for members of student government King explains that it is the responsibility of the ASCEU president to assure compliance “He simply asks for the information at the Registrar’s office by written request The registrar then supplies the GPA information to the ASCEU president” Besides losing their position on the student government those that have sanctions against them also put other privileges at risk There are benefits which the student government officers receive for their service including scholarships to CEU and other schools and stipends that may be as high as $250 per quarter They have the right to appeal the decision before the scholarship appeal committee which is comprised of the director of high school relations admissions director financial aid director two faculty members academic vice president ASCEU academic vice president and the member which is the campus chief of police Any student including members of the student government who go below the required GPA automatically has to meet with this failed to maintain the required Semester conversion committee minutes - meetings 7 Evening classes classes would run from Three-cred- it 7-- 10 pm - Please direct questions or comments to Michelle Fleck exL5286 7 CEU £ debate continues to win by Bryan Allred staff writer Traditionally the Great Salt Lake tournament competitively is one of the biggest of the year this year was no exception Once again the College of Eastern Utah placed first in community colleges as well as garnering some prestigious individual awards In the area of CEDA debate the teams of Mike Devore and Tracy Forgie as well as Katie Bartlct and Shawn Anderson Devore and Forgie beat Whitman broke into while Bartlct and Anderson defeated USC Both teams won on a 1 decision In individual events Forgie also placed third in after dinner speaking followed closely by Liz Paddock in fifth In Duo Interpretation John Thompson and Abranda Mudd placed second in open division while Darling Hall and Chris Solbes placed fourth In dramatic interpretation Thompson placed fourth and in extemporaneous speaking Jason Walker placed fourth Walker was also a runner up in the Utah Oratorical contest In Junior Division Mike Leonard and Bryan Allred placed fourth in duo interpretation Leonard also placed second in poetry At the end of the month CEU's debate squad will travel to California's Point Loma Nazerine College and Southern Illinois University tournaments oclo-fina- 2-- ls |
