| Show s OS t h' : r- VSrrr-- H New post office serves students fesdk staff and faculty by Heidi Mathic staff writer ffiaEBOiB In GESSamnic© your recent (rip to (lie bookstore may have noticed the newest in the Student Center known as the “Eagle Station" This is the first year the College of Eastern Utah has had its own (Mist ifiec In the tJ QsgflD past the mail was delivered to the individual dorms and to the few boxes located in the administration building Now everything is sent to (he same place The previous postal system was at no cost the students but the new Eagle Station charges J5 per quarter for a box plus $ I for a key While (he Eagle Station charges a small fee this postal system offers many new services to students and faculty Not only can you pick up mail and packages here but they can both be sent as well The Eagle Station offers everything the local post office provides such as: stamps envelopes aerogrammes and packaging Thconly This past weekend many students brought carloads of clothes toiletries CDs and anything else they could fit in their compact cars as they began their college experience photo by Bryan Bernard service not available is money orders because they do not keep enough cash on the premises The local postmaster suggested the Eagle Station last summer Not only docs the CEU campus benefit but the local post office docs as well It is now the responsibility of the campus office to keep track of moving students and address changes which was previously handled by die I’nce Post OH ice The Eagle Station is considered to be a contract station with the local post office and therefore the employees are from CEU Lydia Peterson is the supervisor and believes they have received 99 percent positive feedback Chris Mclo is the other Eagle Station employee and is there on a regular basis The hours to the Eagle Station are: Monday tluougli fhuisday 10 a in to noun and 2 pm to 5 pm Friday 10 a m to noon and 3 pm to S pm The station’s extension is 5475 ifyou have any questions or problems Most students registered for mail boxes when they registered for classes but in case you ('id not don't worry there arc still mail boxes available at your nearby Eagle Station SE$3®303E President happy to see students fall quarter by Amber Saupan editor c ' Welcome back students of old as well as those who arc new It is that lime of year again when we anticipate for better or worse the beginning of the new school year President Grace S Jones is one person who is very excited for the begin- ning of this year and has been anxiously awaiting the return of students to the campus "Waiting for the students to return is just about as hard as waiting for Santa Claus when I was seven” said the president when describing how she felt about the start of the new year She also mentioned how much she disliked the nearly empty campus over the summer months and her excitement at watching it slowly come back to life with the arrival of students "I came on campus all weekend trying to see how many students we had around" This is Jones' second year as presi dent over the College of Eastern Utah In the past year she has had the chance to get more familiar with the faculty and with the procedures of college operations as well as seeing what campus life is like Jones has even become acquainted with some of CEU’s students Taking all this into consideration Jones has made a few new goals for this year besides carrying over Mime of her goals from last year One of these goals is (he improvement of the quality of student life a continuous goal of the presidents "I look at it as the wholislic development of the student” Jones said This development involves what happens in the classroom what happens between the student and the books and more importantly what happens between the student and the rest of the environment When describing this development Jones said “There's a great deal more that happens in the interaction of the students with the rest of the environment and that's the social peace and then maybe even the spiritual peace” Another goal of the presidents is to increase the enrollment levels She said that numbers are up from last year and believes that we will meet the required enrollment number this year "We’re going to do it" she said As far as projects go the president said that she was pleased at how the development of the new student center was coming along and that they hope to have it completed by June of next year As for the new Aaron Jones dorms she said "I did everything I could but put down the bricks myself" The new dorms should be opened up to students within the next few weeks While discussing these projects the topic of increased fees came up Many students have expressed a concern about the raise and wondered if it had to do with the cost for funding these projects Jones said that it had been two years since either food or housing costs had been raised and they found both needed to be increased Therefore the raise in fees had nothing to do with the building projects President Jones has very high hopes for (his year She mentioned the success that CEU's Forensics team has already had so early in the year as well as the volleyball team and (heir winnings The successes of these “early achievers" excites Jones with the hopes and possibilities of other organiat ior s also succeeding this year President Jones also holds high hopes for the whole student body She believes this year students have a lot of ambition If they get involved with the organizations here on campus and if they participate in activities they will have a better college experience and will more likely succeed On a more professional note President Jones said this “Students welcome to the College of Eastern Utah we arc excited about your presence we arc excited about the possibilities we have here to work together" BOUKflHBESBEEBCRSBfl |
