Tradewinds, 1982-04-30

              Volume 10 Number 26 OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UTAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT PROVC OREM April 30, 1982 Data Being Collected Regarding Placement Of Offices in Classrooms By MicheleCaneen A meeting of the Space Utilization Committee was held at 8 a,m. Wednesday. LaVar Rockwood, Chairman of the Committee, announced the considerations concerning the re-location of the computer and business services that are presently on Provo Campus. The proposal stipulates that the move will have an impact on classroom space. Alternate areas for classrooms are being considered, including utilizing rooms in the LRC and the third floor. Future expansion of the Student Center, the Bookstore, Nook, game room and the cafeteria will be completed by Winter, 1984. The third plan includes accomodating new classrooms and office space. According to Rockwood, they would have to be top quality and congruent to the existing design of the campus. The fourth plan discusses the potential growth of UTC with the probable addition of BYUstudents who will be affected, since the "Y" is phasing out its vocational programs and dropping Para-legal courses. The fifth point stipulates students and faculty must be involved in the planning. In point six, Provo Campus Administrators stress that it would be an advantage to them to be on Orem Campus if the Computor and Business Services are relocated.Decision For President Deadlocked The decision for the new UTC President was dead-locked after a 6-6 vote by the Board of Regents. The choice is between Dr. Jay Marvin Higbee, President of Snow College and Dr. Samuel Wiersteiner, Director of Vocational-Technical Services Center, at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. The Board of Regents will take the two names under advisement and make a final decision May 7. Dr. Lucille Stoddard, Dean of BusinessRelated Education, was one of the final four candidates for the position. A high faculty source says that the faculty association is supporting Dr. Wiersteiner. , V 4 A General Education teacher lectures from BU office space, if inquiry is passed. Dean Rockwood added that an ad hoc committee from several departments, plus two students and Student Council be present for meetings of the Space Utilization Committee, Monday morning. May 3, to review all the data. He also recommended that students be chosen to sit on the Space Utilization Committee. 109, one of the classrooms that would be turned into President Sorensen then spoke, stating emphatically that no proposals had been made as of yet and further study was in order. He said that he hoped the rumors that have been circulating around campus should be played down and added that the best interest of the school was always the first consideration. Celebrations Planned For Sorensen A four-day observance from May 17-20 is being planned to honor retiring Pres. Wilson W. Sorensen. May 17-19 will be a campus open house for faculty and students. Tours will be given of the facilities on both Provo and Orem campuses. May 17 at 6 p.m. will be a goodwill steak fry on theOrem campus. May 18 at 7 p.m. Council Sets Events By Jeff Bateman On April 20th the student council held their weekly meeting discussing and planning the major upcoming events. The items talked about are as follows: The Awards Assembly is planned for May 5 in the cafeteria at 7:00 p.m. Cost is $3.50 per person. Second, a watermelon bust is being planned for May 3rd in the student courtyard. will be an athletic awards banquet in the Orem campus cafeteria. May 19 at noon will be a meeting of the Utah Vocational Association board in the Orem campus conference room. Pres. Sorensen will be the special guest. -The culminating event will be the honor banquet which will be on May 20 at 7 p.m. in the UTC Student Center. Schedule of Events Friday, April 30: Movie, Comedy Festival, 6 p.m. - 2 a.m., SCI 10. Friday, April 30: Baseball: College of Eastern Utah at Price, 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1: Current expenditure cut-off date (Purchasing Office). Saturday, May 1: Baseball: Colorado Northwestern Community College at Rangely, Colorado, 1 p.m.