Electrical Engineering Fires Student Employees Lack of Funds Forces Hired Help Out, Burdens Teachers with More Work

Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 3-30-1984 The Utah Statesman, March 30, 1984 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, March 30, 1984" (1984). The Utah Statesman. 1523. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/1523 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Students at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Utah Statesman by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. An injury broke his hopes for a promising football career. But John Hill isn't de feated. Electrical engineering fires student employees Lack of funds forces hired help out, burdens teachers with more work By C.E. ELLEARD According to Baker, the lack of current levels , professional programs Baker explained that one of the 11affwriter funds puts a heavier load on teachers . have been instituted which limit the problems is how funds are allocated "All the teachers are doing things enrollment in upper divisi on classes . throughout the university. 'They The small budget increase granted themselves, " he said. 'The homework The same type of program will be have to re-examine how they allocate by the Utah Legislature to the doesn't get graded. Can you imagine instituted in the computer science money, particularly in engineering, " universities in the past year has 100 students who all want to get to department next fall. he said. Money is currently allocated dampened the efficiency of many the teacher each day? Nothing would 'There are some real sharp kids according to FT'Es, or fulltime USU programs. Combined with the get done. " who want to get into engineering , equivalent students. lack of funds, a doubling enrollment The problem snowballs as the lack bright kids who want to learn ," Baker Using the ITE system , a freshmen in freshmen and sophomore classes of funds and heavier loads cause said. 'We took the top 64 class with 300 students would has set an ever-tightening noose professors to seek other employment. sophomores into the Professional essentially eliminate funding to an around the neck of the electrical "Our best teacher was just in and told Engineering Program , more than we engineering department. me that he wants to leave ," Baker have ever had. We turned down 100 engineering lab with 10 people . "Labs are where you become an engineer ," 'We basically have the same said. 'We lost another one last year. students who we normally would How are you going to survive that7" have accepted ." Baker said. "You need hands-on facuJtybut twice as many students as experience ." we had five years ago ," said Doran Baker explained that the According to Bishop, while Baker. head of the electrical department's Jast five offers to hire entrance into engineering prog rams is Bishop explained that there just engineering department. 'To handle professors were turned down. 'We 've not limited at the freshman level, that isn't any money to allocate . 'They our lab. and grading we have used never had that happen before ," he could happen. "I hope that we don't (USU administrators) are doing their students. This quarter we are out of said. 'There are just better offers have to do that but the cold reality is best but their hand s are tied," Bishop money so I had to let them all go. " elsewhere. " that if we don 't improve our current said. "Next year it won 't be any The funding problem has become The problems are not Jimited to budget situation I think we may have better since the increase was only 4 acute, according to Bruce Bishop, the USU. The University of Utah is to. " percent. That won 't even cover dean of the College of Engineering. putting its industrial engineering The budget allo cation seems inflation. '' 'The operating budgets for the program on hold for the next few destined to remain a problem. 'We 'The fact is that we are not serving departments have always been years. Problems cited there are losses have gotten some additional help to the demand of students who are modest," he explained , "and have not of faculty and lack of money to try to take care of our increased seeking to complete a degree in increased at all. In terms of real support the many engineering need," Bishop said, "but it just took engineering, " Bishop said. "It's going dollars they have probably decreased. programs offered there. care of inflation. There are limited to take further committment in the Yet the operating costs have In an effort to stabilize the various funds throughout the university and future to support the engineering increased." USU engineering programs at their the provost did what he could program ." -=trk:al engineering major, llleaSUftl amplifier pin on an operational amplifier. Some students who have bee.n hired as lab assistants and IMlria-tuenaway. Why7 Lack of funds. Page 2 The Utah Statesman Friday, March 30, 1984 Friday's World Bishop's life threatened Economy and deficit rising PO INT OF THE MOUNTAIN, Utah (AP) - Utah State Prison authorities are investigating report s that inmates WASHINGTON (AP) - The government when the housing industry was climbing have offered $5,000 for the life of convicted child killer reported Thursday that its main economic of the recession. Arthur Bishop. forecasting gauge rose a healthy 0.7 percent in Foreign trade continued to worsen in Bishop, 32, was sentenced to death on Tuesday after a February, prompting the White House to February as exports fell 6 percent and!...-. jury determined he should be executed rather than spend proclaim that the economy is "stiJI on a roll." stayed near record levels. The $10.1 bllllit his life in prison, He was moved to the prison's death row But official optimism was tempered by a trade deficit topped the $9 .5 billion oet In the day of his sentencing. separate report that the United States' foreign January and bolstered the belief that the. A day before the sentencing, prison employees started trade deficit broke into double digits for the deficit for the year easily will top $100 hearing rumors that "a $5,000 contract had been placed first month in history, reaching $10.1 billion billion, far surpassing last year's record upon the life of Mr. Bishop ," Lynn Jorgensen, prison in February . billion deficit. director of investigations, said Thursday. Together, the reports showed the unusual Hikes in the leading indicators in J Investigators since have been interviewing employees and nature of the current recovery from the and February reflect the surprisingly s some inmates to determine if the reports are true and, if so, recession, in which a robust ecomony is who was involved, Jorgensen said. ecomonic growth in the country, indu forging ahead despite mounting trade preliminary estimate last week of 7.2 .,.,_ He said that because the money involved is a large problem. in economic growth this quarter, ending amount for inmates to have, investigators are considering The Commerce Department said when its March 31. the possibility the offer was made by someone ou tside the Index of Leading Ecomomic Indicators rose in prison. February, it was the 17th month in the past "Today's economic news provides~ In a copyrig ht interview with television station KTVX, 18 months that this predictor of future evidence that the nation's economy is 1t1J1 Bishop earlier said he would rather die than face the long activity has risen. a roll," said presidential spokesman Larry term har assment from his fellow inmate s. He said he would The 0.7 percent rise was less than the 1 Speakes. 'The indicators show the econoatJ decide on appeals of his case on the basis of how well he percent January rise but above December - positioned for a strong and manageablellliil was accepted by other inmates. up 0.2 percent - and November , with no of growth in the months ahead." Bishop was greeted with taunt s from inmates when he change. Jerry Jasinowski of the National arrived at the prison and authorities said threats of violence The index was not the only good news Association of Manufacturers said themdlil and homosex ual rape have been directed toward him . Thursday. The government also said new and other optimistic reports had prompted' He was convicte d of five counts of first-degree murder , home sales surged 7.8 percent higher in him to revise his forecast of ecomomic five cou nts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of February to a seasonally adjusted rate of activity upward, showing 5.5 perctnt rul sexual abuse of a minor after he confessed to killing five 721,000 single-family homes. It put February growth in the second quarter and 3 perant Utah boys over a four-year period. sales 22 percent above the level a year ago, the final half of the year, 'Briefly _______ ___ Mexican Riviera Cufflinks kept to comment. governments in identif},irl; His personal finances, the general type1 and Cruis• WASHINGTON (AP) - including an interest-free locations of new and Ports of Call at, Edwin Meese and nine $15,000 loan his wife got expanded businesses detind from a man who later got a Puerto Vallarta Mazatlan Cobo Son Lucas other White House officials by each county. got expensive cufflinks government job, are being Food Entertainment Included from the South Korean probed in connection with Utah Lake risJna government in November his nomination to be Cabins going fast! Reserve with Deposit, and are only now attorney general.

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