UTC Press, 1985-02-14

              E)epao"SDinieDiits (Batiftie tod Wv& Processor By Gary Leonard A battle over possession of a sophisticated word processor is currently being waged between secretaries in the Academic AdvisementGraduation Department and an instructor in the Electronics Technology Department. Brian Nutter, spokesman for the group of secretaries, states that the college owns two of these machines. One is located in the administrative offices and the other is on the Volume 13 Number 18 Associate of Science Degree Bill Passed by Senate The Utah State Senate passed the bill allowing Utah Technical College to make the Associate of Science Degree permanent. However, the bill will be sent back to the House of Representatives for approval on an amendment that was attached to the bill by the Senate. The bill was debated on the floor of the Senate last Friday. Senators insisted that an amendment be placed on the bill. The amendment says the State Board of Regents will have monitoring power over the degree. After a second reading, the bill passed the Senate 19-6. SP PoasCnes Top By Jay Deuel In November, the Utah Intercollegiate Assemble (UIA) met to decide which bills the Utah Student Association would back in the present Legislative session. The UIA was made up of delegations of the colleges and universities in the state. The UIA works as the state government does (i.e. Governor, Senate and House). Of the bills passed at the UIA, the Council of Student-body Presidents (CSP) has chosen to push the top three bills at the Legislative session. Though the other bills that passed UIA have the backing of the CSP, the council felt Professional signer and lip-reader, Tom Osmond, converses with students. Photo by John Pack. Provo Campus. He says that the one at Orem is so popular that many potential users find it difficult to gain access. While the one at Provo, was only used a total of slightly less than 300 hours out of a yearly 2080 possible hours. His office sends out hundreds of letters to various high school counselors and many individuals who request information about UTC. Nutter claims they could operate more efficiently, reduce costs, and make effective use of I I y i J 1 THE OFFICIAL The bill will be read on the floor of the house next week. School officials predict an easy passage, because the bill without the amendment passed the House unanimously two weeks ago. The school was awarded the Associate Degree on a temporary basis three years ago. It included a"Sunset Clause" which stipulated the legislature could discontinue the degree after three years if it proved detrimental to the college's vocational programs. UTC administrators are extremely happy about the passage of the bill. "It gives our students a terrific option," that their strongest influence would be felt if they concentrated on only three bills. The first bill is the Student Tuition Bill. This bill calls for a 9 percent rise in tuition for next year of which 2 percent will go directly to the libraries. This 2 percent is only a onetime shot and must be matched by state funds. The beauty of this piece of Legislation is that next year's tuition base will only be 7 percent, oposed to the 8 percent that college students are used to seeing. The original idea came from Ben Williams, Studentbody President at the College of Eastern Utah. The second bill deals with m till equipment if they had the word processor in their office. They have filed a formal petition to have it moved. Mr. Robert Peterson, an instructor in Electronic Technology disagrees with the move and filed his own memorandum of protest, effectively halting the action. Peterson claims that there are several users of the machine at Provo, including himself, and to move it would be a disservice. "I have all the tests for two complete quarters STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UTAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT said Dr. Lucille Stoddard, Vice President of academics at UTC. 'The real issue is that our students can transfer to other colleges with an Associate of Science degree. With the AS the student can transfer as a junior almost anywhere in the country," she said. Previously students transferred only courses, and the colleges could decide which courses they would and would not accept. She noted that some private schools still use this practice , but that state schools across the country will accept the degree as a full unit of transfer. TCaree tenant-landlord problems. This will force landlords to promptly deal with such problems as heat, roofs and water. On the other side, the tenant will be required to keep up their places. Presently their is only vague laws dealing with this subject. Also, there is a bill that is designed to repeal a law passed last year concerning Certified Public Accountants (CPA). Presently, accounting graduates are required to take an additional 30 hours after a B.S. degree, before they can take the State CPA test. The wording and requirements of this law is so vague that it leads one to think it was only Osmond Uses Handicap to Advantage By Kathleen L. Plothow Are you prejudice against people who may look or act differently than what is considered the norm? "There is fear of the unknown, fear of people with epilepsy, mental hospitals. There's also discrimination which has denied disabled people education, training and job opportunities." This report comes from the "Affirmative Action Training Program; Handicapped Package". One Utah Valjey resident thanks God daily for his "blessing to be deaf. Though Tom Osmond has a 90 percent hearing loss and an of work in electronics, plus all the handouts on an 8 inch disk. In addition, I have half a book on calculus on disk that I intend to finish this year." He admits that the computer logs don't show much time being used, but says they don't give an accurate picture of overall use. "The logs are not accurate," he says, "people are not signing in and out as they should be. I have used it over 300 hours myself." Brian Nutter questions the oTo) mC (5 fry , A " ,r & w -J. It r The 1985 Legislative session and into permanency. s made to reduce the number of CPAs, rather than increasing their quality. Bills passed at UIA, and thus have the CSP backing, that should be of primary interest to UTC students is support of making the A.S. degree a permanent offering at both UTC-ProvoOrem and Salt Lake, and opposition to the proposed name change of UTC-PO to "Utah Valley Community College". Whatever one's personal feelings are concerning any bill, the' members of the State Legislature neeed to know via phone or letters. The present session is now half over, so time is of the essence. obvious"English accent", he is the owner of his own print-shop, the father of five children and one of the most enthusiastically happy individuals in the world. The greatest social approval and therefore the greatest personal satisfaction comes, in our culture, to the person who has developed optimum self-dependence and responsibly directs his own life. Osmond not only directs and leads his own life, but is a constant source of strength and guidance to thousands of people. Mr. Osmond is often asked to speak to groups all over Utah. "I am so thankful that I can ethics of using school equipment for personal gain, but Peterson claims his book will be used in the E.T. program and says, "The book will be a benefit to the school." He further states that he is writing the book on his own time and sees nothing wrong with using the school's word processor. Peterson vowed to fight the move with all his resources and said, "I'll be looking for a new job if I lose." He suggested as a solution to the problem that other departments should PROVO-OREM House of Representatives puts the " -j ..J ill t ..X'; - J 111 11 : ' -. - t r-'-i- mi "i in. pMiiUiiI.ii -nirrii -. -w -a cSA t- x- iitetJUrSi . A It M t tat i ; -i-wtjyaBBMM Name Gnacuge, sue More Administrators at Utah Technical College have decided to withdraw the name change bill from the Utah State Legislature for this session. The bill was bulled from the legislators' eyes before it was even introduced to committee. "Due to the shortness of time and the controversial nature of the bill we decided not to even introduce it this session," said President J. Marvin Higbee. President Higbee said that the main concern for the college this session was to make sure the Associate of Science Degree passed the legislature. The bill has now passed, but the president feels there is just not enough time to get the name change bill through. "The bill could make it past one house but it would get bogged down before it could make it through another," he said. "It needs more time because it is a controversial issue. We need time to allay fears. The community college concept does not play down vocational programs but actually strengthens them," he added. He feels that some key legislators have a few con-cerns about the change. "In speak. If I couldn't talk, I would never be asked to give speeches. So I am glad that I can speak." Osmond readily jokes about his charming confidence. "I have a good mind. I'm not bragging, but it's hard to be humble when I know that I am great." confides Osmond. There is often the misconception that deaf or other "handicapped" individuals are not intelligent. A loss of hearing, blindness, and look into the idea of purchasing one of these word processors. 'The machine is not that expensive and every department could afford one and should have one," he said. LaVar Rockwood, Vice President of Administrative Services, who received the request to move the machine stated that he looked into the issue and feels that there is a need for the machine on the Provo campus. As far as he is concerned, moving it is not an issue at this time. Thursday, February 14, 1985 VST" Associate of Science Degree Yeas' the near future we will lay ground work for the future," he said. President Higbee said he was disappointed that the bill wouldn't be passed this session, but politically it was the wisest thing the school could do. "From now until the end of this legislative session, 95 per cent of all bills will not even see the light of day," he added. The president was pleased to note that there had been no conflict with the Associate of Science degree and he wanted to avoid all confusion between the AS degree and the name change. "If the AS would have passed earlier, we would have asked Rep. Jim Moss to take it to committee. But we made the decision to pull it," he said. President Higbee presented the bill to the legislature earlier this week. Jack Higbee opposed the bill but spoke with the president following his presentation. Jack Higbee said he could support the name change and the concept of community college if the presi dent could assure him there would be no cuts in funding to vocational programs. i - ft ' " .. I . H Iff . other physical disabilities does not affect the mind. Tom Osmond is continually trying to learn more about everything. 'There are so many things to achieve. I read a lot, especially the newspaper and the scriptures." explains Osmond. Not onjy is a good mind important to this Osmond, but a great sense of humor is necessary. Tom Osmond relates a humorous incident (Continued on page 5)