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Show UTAHT-fiST A T E FRIDAY, NOV. 5,2004 5 SMAN Briefs & Right-wing analysis Book sale benefits literacy program Bridgerland Literacy, a non-profit organization in Cache Valley which helps adults and children improve their reading skills, will be selling hundreds of books from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday afternoon in the Logan Library conference room. All books are priced under $2. Proceeds will be used to further the work of Bridgerland Literacy. For more information, contact Bridgerland Literacy at 716-9141. Wo o druff meeting to be held Tuesday A neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for the Woodruff area at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Woodruff Elementary school, 650 S. 1000 West. Mayor Doug Thompson and the Logan City staff will discuss several items such as neighborhood improvement program, general plan update, animal ordinance issues and cemetery information. There will be time for questions and answers. There wall also be a drawing for prizes. John Zsiray/T/ie Utah Statesman SOCIAL ACTIVIST Star Parker speaks about welfare reform Thursday in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom. Parker said she lived off of the welfare system when she was younger, but turned her life around after she said she received Chrisl into her life. She attended college and got involved with business before founding the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education, a group that addresses race and poverty issues in the United States. Parker called the welfare system a modern-day form of slavery. SYMPOSIUM TUITION From Page 7 From Page 7 pie of this, specifically situations in the Middle East and Northern Ireland. The conference has and will address everything from Mormon history to a session by Richard Steinberg titled "Yoga is Everything." Friday's topics are centered on politics and religion's involvement or detachment through history. Politics are the life of a city, in its largest sense, and every citizen participates whether actively, or passively, Irish said, referencing the recent elections. Irish said spirituality is important because as human beings, people aspire to things, long for the divine and are inspired by experiences that give a certain sense of freedom from something or for something. Though individuals often link spirituality and religion, not all religions share the same values, Irish said. Spirituality, however, is a universal thing within all people, Irish said. She said the word spirit means breath universally in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. "Anyone attending the conference will come away with a deeper appreciation of how religion and culture interact in modern America," the pamphlet states. The O.C. Tanner symposium continues through Saturday with its final focus being on "spiritual imperatives in non-theistic and new age value systems." -natandrews@cc.usu.edu POLICE From Page 7 all night, Roper said, and people wouldn't stop drinking, and the more they'd drink the louder and rowdier they'd get. Rob Connors, IFC president of the Greek Council, said the fraternities on campus are trying to change their reputation, especially in connection with the Howl. Connors said the fraternities now have an open communication with the city police, and together they are working on liability issues and how to control the crowd. "The fraternities are still considered a potential spot for problems " he said, "We are working with the police to change that" Roper said this is the largest party on campus and just for the number of people that come, the probability of alcohol related problems is bigger. The Logan Police said it considers that the party went very peacefully from its beginning to end, he said. -acantunes@cc.usu.edu He also said, however, that these are issues the state will have to deal with in the future. The state legislature has not increased appropriations for departmental operating budgets for 15 years, Hall said. Also, Tier II tuition, tuition that the students pay that comes back to the university, has been used for the last two years to provide additional operating funds, he said. After the presentation, Hall allowed questions from the students in an open-forum style discussion. Many different issues were brought up. One student asked if they had considered leaving tuition at low levels in order to attract a larger number of students. Hall said that had been discussed, but that they came to the conclusion, "If we cut tuition by 20 percent, we cut our throat by 100 percent." Many more students expressed there concern over the increased tuition. Hall responded, "We can't be cheap and good simultaneously." Michael Sharp/The Utah Statesman Les Essig, the Associated Students EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Stan Albrechl of USU president, said afterward of was one of the administration members who Hall, "He's keeping us from falling answered questions about the tuition increase. into mediocrity" The new, state-of-the-art library said the funding that comes from the that will be completed a year from now was a topic of discussion. The state has, state Legislature has become inadequate in the past, supported USU in its library to cover operations and maintenance for new facilities. Because of this, needed operations, Hall said. However, those maintenance is not able to be done and funds have become inadequate to meet basic operating costs are not being covthe university's needs, he said. ered, he said. Subscriptions have been cancelled and In defense of the increased tuition the university is unable to purchase new proposal, "There are very few institubooks and magazines due to the lack of tions in the U.S. that go out and tell funds and increasing costs of those their students what the tuition will be in items, Hall said. three years," Hall said. Hall and Albrecht also discussed USU does not have a large enough selective investments. USU has, in the budget to keep it performing at its curpast, put together faculty, staff and sturent level, he said. Hall said he does not dent committees to recommend differwant to lose hard working, capable ent initiatives for funding, Hall said. teachers because of the low salary. Funding dollars have become limited Hall's presentation can be accessed and innovative projects are not being from the USU home page and seen in funded, Hall said. its entirety, at www.usu.edu. Operations and maintenance costs -kevmou r@ cc.vsu.edu are increasing for existing facilities. Hall ELECTION From Page 1 said she voted for Kerry because she agreed with most of his policies. "I really liked his stance on everything, except for abortion " she said. "I liked that he was going into stem cell research. Overall, I liked his platform better." Education was one of her biggest concerns about the election, she said. "I'm opposed to the whole 'No Child Left Behind' and Kerry was going to handle education better," she said. However, Phillips said she wasn't surprised about the results of the election. "I don't think people are willing to change presidents during a war," she said. "I work somewhere where I talk to people about it all the time and I got used to hearing everyone's opinion on the fact that Bush was going to win." "I think the biggest issue for me would have to be our foreign affairs," Mike Tolman, a freshman in aerospace engineering said. "I felt Bush had his plan set. Kerry had a plan set too, but Bush was further along." Megan Nelson, a senior in social work, said she was most concerned about the war in Iraq and was the reason she voted for Bush, However, Nelson said, she did vote Democratic on part of the ticket. "I've also been concerned about the state of higher education in Utah. It's probably going to be privatized because of the lack of funding from the state," she said. "I didn't like either of the candidates, but I felt like should vote for [Bush] because he was the lesser of two evils." Wyatt Garrett, a senior in biology, said moral character was the most important issue to him in the presidential election. "John Kerry kept saying he had a plan but he never convinced me how it would work," he said. -bnelson @cc. usu. edu Contributed to by Aaron Fallc Dinner to help fund new animal shelter The Humane Society' is nearing completion of the county's first animal shelter. The Cache Humane Society's annual fundraising dinner, held at Zanavoo Lodge in Logan Canyon on Nov. 12, will dedicate proceeds earned that night to the shelter. Tickets are $50 ($40 is taxdeductible) for the dinner. The event includes the meal, a cash bar, live music by the Willow Valley String Band, door prizes and an update on the shelter project. The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation has offered $100,000 to complete the new animal shelter, which has been under construction on Valley View Highway since 2003. The donation is contingent upon the CHS raising $70,000 by a Dec. 1 deadline. To purchase tickets to the Humane Society Shelter Benefit Dinner, call Christine Pearce at 750-6116. Master's degree presentation coming Utah State University'' s office of the Student Involvement and Leadership is offering an informational session for anyone interested in careers in academic and career services, enrollment management, Greek life (fraternities and sororities), student activities/student life or student leadership development. Representatives of the University of Utah's master's degree program in higher education administration will be on the USU campus to discuss career opportunities. The program js a two-year graduate program offered through the U's department of education and leadership policy. The session is Thursday, Nov. 11, in Taggart Student Center. An information table will be set up from 11 a.m. until noon in the TSC first floor hallway, and an information session follows from noon to 1 p.m. in room 335. For information on the USU event, contact Tiffany Evans, director of the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, (435) 797-1716. Red Cross offers youth program The Youth Affirmation Club meets every Monday at 5:00 p.m. at the Cache County American Red Cross (1115 N. 200 East in Logan). The club focuses on helping young people develop talents, make a local and international impact, utilize skills and give back to the community' through sendee projects, presentations and leadership retreats. For more information, call the local Red Cross chapter at 752-1125. COMPILED BY STATESMAN STAFF |