UVCC College Times, 1993-02-10

              ,Sommersby, provides mystery and romance Women's basketball achieves 20-win season See Page volume 21 issue 20 10 february 1993 utoh vaSey community college See Page v. -r- - v - ' " . i i, . ----- . 1 ' ' 0 - Andrew ioi)yTtf Col? rm Provo's plaguing potholes prove pricey A Provo City worker fills giant potholes at the comer of 1230 N. and Canyon Road. Utah County road crews will be busy for some time repairing the large number of potholes throughout the valley caused by a record amount of snow and Ice. Cars which have fallen prey to these holes should have their alignments checked Immediately as extended drivng on damaged alignment can significantly Increase repair costs, often upwards of $500. Stipend, judicial issues cause new controversy in student government TobinHill Senior News Editor At last Thursday's student council meeting, the council voted that the stipend increase was not a single liability over $10,000. This action overturned the judicial council's interpellation that the stipend issue is a single liability over $10,000 and should go before the student body for a vote. Paul VonStrahl, student body president, said that the student body would still probably vote on the increased stipends in March's elections. "It hasn't been decided officially, but I've talked to various council members and executive council, and we feel confident that students will be all for the increase. We would like to see how the students feel about it." But, it seems the stipend issue has lost its controversy on who should decide its fate, and the issue of what role the judicial coun r i cil plays has now moved into that spotlight. The judicial council has expressed bitter feelings on what has happened. Tracy Roberts, associate justice, commented, "Basically, by voting against the judicial council, they showed no confidence in our decision and made us an impotent body." Roberts also stated that if VonStrahl does let the stipend issue go to the student body, he in fact, took the power of the student council away. "At this point if Paul VonStrahl decides to make this go before the student body, as he should, then he has voided the student council's power by going against what they have decided. If this is true, executive council is the only council who has any power, and student council is only a 'puppet7 organization. Paul should stand by the decision of the council."VonStrahl said that if the issue . v' . ' , - .. does go before the student body, it will with "the backing of student council." The reason why we will probably make an official decision to put the issue to the studentbody is because the judicial council will force us to." The controversy has also centered on whether or not judicial council has any power in keeping student government in check. VonStrahl says that they don't. "What their power is, is outlined in the constitution to make recommendations. The power lies in the student council to follow those recommendations or not. There have been a lot of people that feel the judicial ouncil do not understand their purpose, and feel they are unwilling to accept the job description declared by the constitution. "If the judicial council is unwilling to fullfil their job descriptions as expressed by the executive council, student council, and the See CONTROVERSY, Page 11 Regents back off four-year funding demand David J. Madden Editor in Chief The State Board of Regents backed off from their earlier re-questdemandingincreased higher education funding before they would approve UVCC's plan to expand to offer bachelor degrees. The decision came Friday at a special meeting of the regents called to discuss the issue. The regents had approved the UVCC expansion last November, requiring only $500,000 in new funding from the state. Then in January, the regents told the legislature that they would not approve the plan unless they increased the funding for higher education to accommodate 8,000 new students statewide, and allocate new funding for University Centers at three other community colleges. This decision angered the governor and local legislators who Romesburg forms a new accreditation committee UVCC President Kerry D. Romesburg has recently formed an accreditation steering committee to prepare for a full accreditation review in 1994. The steering committee will analyze how the college currently measures up to the "standards" which the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges uses to evaluate higher education institutions.The steering committee, chaired by Helen Ashton and assisted by Karl Worthington, began meeting February 8 to give direction to and carry out the data gathering and writing of the institutional self-study, Romesburg said. "The self-study will be the basic working document for the Northwest Association's site committee, which will visit during lOUSenOld lax Burden r miry cm tout, iwd income, esrnm j combined Nat'l Rank 1992 1993 Increase Utah 11 $7,121 7,892 10.8 Idaho 14 6,863 7,634 11.2 Colorado 19 6,269 7,268 15.9 Arizona 31 5,892 6.637 12.6 New Mexico 35 5.332 5,948 11.6 Nevada 47 2,588 3,539 36.7 Wyoming 48 2,717 2,945 8.4 6 State Average 4.944 5.662 14.5 Utah Difference 2,178 2,230 2.4 Source: Money Mtfuine, January 992 and Ranked from hipHcn Ux burden to towett. were sponsoring the UVCC expansion. They fel t that the regents were holding the UVCC plan hostage to their demand that likely wouldn't ' be met. Due to the pressure from the legislature, the regents reluctantly decided Friday that they would approve the four-year expansion if the legislature would fund 6,200 new students, 1,800 less than their original request This request seemed like the next best effort," commented Education Commissioner Ralph Kerr. The regents are still asking for the $500,000 needed for the expansion, and the $500,000 for the Uni-versi ty Centers. Several legislators have indicated that this demand will be met. The legislature will decide on the higher education budget late this month. Utah colleges and universities are asking the state for $354 million, $16 million more than the current budget. April of 1994," he said. The steering committee consists of 1 5 people from different areas of the college. Each participant will represent their corresponding department during the evaluation process. The committee includes the following people: Helen Ashton, Kay Anderson, Richard Aslett, Wesley Bitters, Robert Burns, Bob Clark, Grant Cook, Thomas Hover, Linda Makin, Jan Miller, Don Ray Nelson, Val Peterson, Marcia Rogers, Barbara Wardle, and Karl Worthington.Kay Anderson recently joined UVCC as a special assistant to the President for planning. Andersen served as executive director of the accreditation committee for Senior See ACCREDITATION, Page 4 Sak. Property. Income AGhTjxcsV U.MJt tw Jar.jory W9i