UVSC College Times, 1999-09-01

              llfl PI T1T1 WEDNESDAY Sept. 1,1999 Volume 28, Issue 2 Opinion Make the world a better place: smile! 4 Inside the Quad LEC- A place to hang out andjearn B1 Outside the Quad Peter Bricnholt tdlsofhjs musical journey B3 B5 Marketplace Just ads and stuff B8 I ah V a 1 1 e l State College INSIDE Who down with O.P.? Yea you know me The controversial 7.' big man Olden Polynice comes to the Jazz packed with emotion and excess baggage 19. See page B6 UVSC to offer aviation degree XStepken Carter N NetXNews Sr. Reporter UVSC is heading into the wild blue yonder with its new degree. During a Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday evening the trustees unanimously approved a four-year degree in Aviation. The degree was originally scheduled to be offered during the 2000-2001 school year, but due to the efforts of the Aviation department's motivated director, Ron Smart, the degree was moved forward to this year. The degree will be offered pending the approval 'of the Board of Regents. In order to create the degree, UVSC enlisted the help of captains from such big-name airlines as TWA and United Airlines to act as an advisory committee. 'This is a professional pilot program, and it has the full support of that advisory board, said Smart. The aviation program at UVSC has already been the envy of many schools, and its graduates are very much sought after. Dee Martin, dean of the School of Technology. Trades and Industiy. said that 200 students are currently enrolled in credited aviation classes. Another 200 are enrolled in non:credit classes. The department expects to enroll upwards of 700 students if the Board of Regents approves the four-year degree. "We just built a new hanger, and already we are bursting at the seams," said Ron Smart, director of the avi;i!ion rir;r,'.ffirR!.-UXiSCls hangar, which is located at the Provo airport. sports 17 aircraft and 41 fully certified Uighl instructors. Martin reported that the airline industry is practically begging for aviation graduates. Upwards of 14.000 pilots are being hired by the airline industry every year. "We place 100 percent of our graduates," said Smart, "We have airlines calling us to interview people." Smart is currently engaged in creating a direct hiring program for his graduates. Smart said that the Right program at UVSC is unique because when students graduate they already have 1500 flight hours under the bells, which is a very attractive quality in today's market.Martin said that BYU is even enlisting UVSC's help in training pilots in its ROTC program. W" "t? mmm POLICE PHONE """1 OT P v T1 P i Y U-I r The reported "placebo-phones" on campus have been healed due to cooperation and clarification Dave Noriega Exe. News Manager The August 25th issue of The College Times reported that the emergency phones on campus were dysfunctional according to the instructions given. The phones are now effectively working. The process of obtaining these emergency phones began four years ago in UVSC's safety com- mitee which onsisis nfJ-8 members from Clover, campus. This inclu.l.-s n-prfsfiiunixca iiuu. u-secretarial, janitorial, police ami construction staffs as well as other directors on campus. This commitee felt there was a need to improve safely for students: particularly in the parking lots. Resolution to increase campus safely, however, was quite an uphill battle. The emergency phones here on campus are a one-of-a-kind design- each phone had to be assembled according to specific requirements. All the various parts had to be special ordered, consuming precious time and money, it was an arduous process, but ultimately worthwhile as one by one the emergency phones were installed and activated. During the summer The College Times received an anonymous lip thai these phones were dysfunctional. Upon investigation, four out of six phones were checked and ihe instructions posted on the phone were followed. None of the four phones worked according to the instructions. The phones are cellular operated-- less stable than hard lined phones lhat carry ihe signal from point A lo point B through telephone wire. However, cellular phones were ihe only economical way that Ihese phones could be installed. To run a hard line phone from each of ihe five emergency phones would have required cutting into the asphalt and concrete. Cutting into the asphalt -' dually problematic. Any tampering of the fLSrit .nnd concrete voids the warranty of each parking stall. Secondly, each skill costs roughly $7,000. To cut into the hundreds of stalls needed to install hard line phones would have been astronomically costly according to Joe Merritt. UVSC's director of health and safety who has spearheaded the project. W hen installed, the phones were supposed to be hot lined to UVSC dispatch, meaning you could dial any number and receive UVSC police dispatch. This was not the case for all the phones. Some or the problems were due to either hardware or programming or errors. The instructions on the phone have also been a source of confusion. Referring lo the instructions, one student voiced concern saying. "It doesn't help SEE SILVER UINIKG, CONTINUED ON PG. A6 Math teachers come up short at UVSC Due to high requirements and low pay, adjunct math teachers were hard to find this semester at UVSC. T Stephen Carter "A" NetXNews Sr. Reporter So you show up at the first day of class and find out you have no teacher. A dream come true, or a nightmare? Students in six freshman-level math classes at UVSC had an ample opportunity to decide on Wednesday. Jim Harris, dean of the math, science and engineering department, said that approximately six math classes had been without teachers on Wednesday. "It has been bad before, but this is the worst year by far," said Harris. "They might pull me from teaching ethics and put me in a math class." joked Kerry Romesburg. president of UVSC. Each year, as enrollment continues to grow at UVSC more and more lower-level math and English classes are added to the class offerings. The classes always fill up with students; the difficult job is to find instructors to leach Ihe classes. Romesburg said that there had been no problems with finding enough English teachers to instruct M the classes, but on the mathematics side it was a different story. Harris said that a potential adjunct instructor must "meet a fairly high standard." The requirements include at least a Masters degree in a mathematics intensive field such as engineering. Though the math department officials scrambled to find adjunct instructors, they simply couldn't find enough this semester. Often the math department at UVSC advertises in newspapers for adjunct faculty. The best method for hiring adjunct teachers, however, is to go to universities and recruit students from Ph.D. programs. Harris said that often Ph.D. programs do SEE TEACHER, CONTINUED ON PG. A6 A re"sound"ing success: Mew technology hits the UV Stacy Emmons NetXNews Editor-in-chief I New for the fall semester: the Ragan theater has just installed a new.state-of-art sound technology that is revolutionizing the world of audio equipment. The system, labeled DiAural sound and distributed through Kimber Kable. is on the brink of worldwide success and the Ragan theater marks the company's first installation. DiAural had its beginnings about 11 years ago under Ogden resident, Eric Alexander, who has specialized in audio technology for several years now. Alexander joined forces with Bruce Bastion and Ray Kimber of Kimber Kable, also based in Ogden. Alexander told The College Times that many of the industry's lop manufactures are aware lhat DiAural exists and is on the mrket, In fact, nearly 100 manufactures have signed nondisclosure jrccmenls about the process. So just how d UVSC come upon this great oppi.unily i he Uio first . fixed location tutilie this breakthrough lerhncgy? It all starleVhen UVSC decided that il needed upgrade its sound system for theJgan theater. Unfortunately,! the bids submitted were signifieaf out of ihe price range suitable!' the budget. Purchasing sifvisor. Archil1 Alexander, suited that, they listen lo a new lechPgy developed right here in Utah, 'dless to say, they were very imls'd and were able to work out an arrangement mutually beneficial. UVSC would receive DiAural installment for a fraction of the cost, given the theater could be used. in erfeel, as a laboratory. Now, in place of the numerous interfaces, crossovers, amplifiers and equalizers, there are two normal-sized cabinets that fill the theater with a crystal-clear resonance. "No matter where you go throughout the theater, the sound clarity remains Ihe same," said Terry Pelrie, assistant director of eventsprogramming for the Ragan theater. Pelrie maintains lhat DiAural is about to explode onto the scene and UVSC is extremely lucky to become involved so early in the game. "This a great opportunity for the the-aUT and will give Uu- students cutting edge technology in sound." WEEKEND WEATHER 79 54 HIGH LOW 71 53 HIGH LOW Thursday Friday Occasional rain, most likely when it'sincon-veinent Rain off and on Start pulling out your cardigans 11 51 HIGH LOW Saturday Mostly cloudy you'd think it was fall or something k irPE i DiV Do-wrong Bion leaser turns in another oixTformance as the clumsy l)il)o-riht. SejeB3 it, i QUOTE OF THE WEEK H.L Mencken "If is hard lo believe that a man is idling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place." ,