UVSC College Times, 1996-03-27

              TIMES Ui f lilROSS VTHE POLYNESIAN CLUB OF UVSC will present the spring volleyball tournament on Apr. 4, at 5 p.m. The cost will be $10 per person and a minimum of 12 teams. For more information contact Sam Atoa at ext. 8657. VTHE UTAH FIRE AND RESCUE Academy has moved. Their mailing code is no longer NW107. It is now 193. VTHE UTAH LATINO ORGANIZA- tion cordially invites you to attend a fundraiser dance to assist Fabiola Ruelas who has lost her left eye from the radiation of cancer treatment. Fabiola needs a prosthetic eye that insurance won't cover. The dance will be held on Mar. 12, from 8-12 p.m. at The Edge. Admission will be $4 per person. Vbest buddy director sought. The UVSC Best Buddies program is looking for a student director for the upcoming year. Best Buddies is a program that matches college students and persons with mental retardation to establish friendships. The student director will attend a training in Florida in May and will oversee the program at UVSC. Anyone interested in the position should contact Mike Jensen, Coordinator of Volunteer Service at 222-8796 or come to room 105 of the Student Center. FINANCIAL AID: THE NEW 'TREE Application for Federal Student Aid, 1996-97 (FAFSA)" packets are here. If you have not received a renewal form, or if you are in need of an application, pick one up at our office-AD105. Get a head start on the application process. Apply early! VDON'T BE A BLIND FOLLOWER! Participate in the events that will shape your future! UVSC College Republicans meet Thursdays at 5 p.m. in room SC201. Be a part of the largest club on Campus. VTHE 1996 MISS PROVO SCHOLAR SHIP Pageant Registration Deadline is Mar. 29. To qualify you must be a Provo resident and between the ages of 18-23. Applications are available at Timpview and Provo High School, and Provo city Center-Mayor's Office. For more information contact Judi Dayton at 375-6802. VA FREE LUNCHEON FOR ALL women enrolled in non-traditional majors in the Department of Technology, Trades, and Industry and women who are interested in non-traditional majors will be held Thursday, Apr. 4, in SC213C at 12 p.m. VFOR MC KAY EVENTS CENTER Ticket office information call 764-SHOW. Tickets can be purchased on campus for any Smith's tix spon- ACROSS, Page 8 Student course fees take a turn for the better? Sheila Banister Editor-in-Chief While student fees stand at a halt, course fees may be taking a huge turn in favor of students if a new proposal passes the Board of Regents in May. In February, members of student government met with department and organization chairs to hear requests for money increases or decreases from student fees. Currently, students are charged a fee of $130.85 per semester. These monies are then divided among various organizations. After several days of deliberation, Student Government devised the disbursement plan for the '96-'97 school year. While most funding remained the same as the '95-'96 school year, there were three significant changes in funding. The library was cut $1.75 per student, while the open comput er labs were given a $1.25 per student increase along with student programs who received a $.50 increase per student. The intramural program will receive $.25 of the $50 for its programs. Over the past three years the library has received a fee of $3.75 per student to help build the library collection in the anticipation of gaining a four-year accreditation. The additional funding was sup- FEES, Page 8 Kiss me, Wolfgang! Paul Walstad, Jr., as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in UVSC's production of 'Amadeus', plants a kiss on the lips of Heather Page, cast as Mozart's wife Constanze Weber. 'Amadeus' continues Thursday, March 28 in the Ragan Theater in the Student Center. For a review of the production, turn to Page 18. 'Leonardo on Wheels' rolls into the Hall of Flags Mae Flint Staff Writer " gazing in a silver igloo like structure seemed more like recreation than education. Students excited eves and Small hands controlled busy bodies proved that they by great minds explored the did not mind being "tricked" Hall of Flags during the into learning. "Look at them, Leonardo on Wheels Science they are laughing and excit-Fair held during the week of ed about science. You can Mar. 18. hear them say 'come over Hosted by UVSC, the hear and look at this, they fair was open to the visiting would never say that to each elementary students, UVSC other in a textbook environ-students and the general ment." said one elementary public. With over thirty-five teacher. technology, art and science UVSC students also con-exhibits there was ample sidered the exhibits to be opportunity for learning and more like toys than teaching fun. tools. Student April Carter The exhibits were seper- said "even as a grown ated into groups such as woman I get excited seeing sound, gravity, construction, all this kids stuff." art and astronomy. Apparently she was not the "It's a fun way of discov- only UVSC student intrigued ering and learning scientific by the fair. concepts,"said Monique de A group of fifth graders Witt, a fifth grade teacher, telling secrets through a Freezing bubbles, spinning satellite said that the college water filled balls and star kids "are brats because they won't share'. UVSC students said that they wish that school was like that all the time. Kim Robinson, one of the volunteer parent chaperones, said that she thought the fair was definitely worthwhile. "The kids are so excited. They try to fig- LEO Page 11 Immigrants uncertain after bills Craig Harter Senior News Editor Currently, the debate to reform the nation's welfare and immigration systems continues to be an issue in Congress. Two immigration bills referred to as S. 269S.1394 and H.R. 2202 affect these issues. It is uncertain at this time whether Congress will write a new welfare bill or submit the senate-passed version of the one H.R. 4, which President Clinton agreed to support last fall. Two bills are being considered by the Senate and House Judiciary Committees. The Immigrant control and financial responsibility Act (S. 269), and The Immigration Control of National Interest Act (H.R. 2202). The effect of the immigration bill would consist of restrictions to legal immigrant's access to federal means-tested programs, but more importantly student financial assistance. In an outstanding victory for community colleges, the agreement on welfare reform involved an exemption for federal student financial assistance programs from the requirements in the bill. In many cases these requirements would make individuals appear to be wealthier than the necessary requirements, disqualifying Individuals from any sort of financial aid. The department of education reported that more than 150,000 legal immigrants enrolled in community colleges received pell grants for the 1993-94 school year. If adopted, the bill would require immigrants to work 40 qualifying quarters or a minimum of 10 years. The bill also contains provisions allowing deportation. This will happen within five years of entry, they receive benefits from a federal or state means tested program for more than one year. The H.R. 2202 can set limits upon the annual number of legal immigrants allowed into the U.S. Three categories permitted for entry are: spouses, parents, and minor children. Deeming applies to each category. Spouses are deemed for seven years, or until citizenship, and parents and minor aged children are deemed until citizenship. The H.R. 2202 also contains a provision making immigrants deportable if they receive SSI, AFDC, Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance, title xx, social services, or state general cash assistance for more than one year. At a glance: Got the fever Coming alive page 2 page 12 Editorial 2 Feature 12 Nation &World. . . 16 Student Life 18 Sports 21