"The location and beauty of Weber State College far outshines other colleges I've visited." Stephanie Degraw GROWTH AND RECOGNITION- 1981-82 "Growth" and "Recognition" were the watchwords at Weber State College during the 1981-82 school year. The first quarter recorded a 12 percent enrollment increase over that of a year ago, and the remainder of the year reflected a similar trend. College officials broke ground for the new Business and Economics Building, which is scheduled to be completed by fall of 1983, and the WSC School of Allied Health Sciences received a one-million dollar gift to help enhance the programs there. Other gifts ranged from an additional $58,000 to go into the "Willard Eccles Chair for Business Administration," to a valuable Bosen-dorfer piano valued at just under $47,000. With the help of countless individuals, the first ever "Atlas of Utah" was produced by Weber State College during the past year. Specifically, the talents of Deon C. Greer, Klaus D. Gurgel, Wayne L. Wahlquist, Howard A. Christy, and Gary B. Peterson were used to see that this important work was brought to the public. We saw the college radio station, KWCR, increase its power from 10 watts to 100 watts, making it available to a much larger audience, and students in the distributive technology department opened a department store "The Cat's Whisker," which sells everything from men's and women's sportswear to arts and crafts, and computer games. Two buildings at WSC were named in honor of former faculty members. They are the "Reed K. Swenson Physical Education Building" and the "Farrell R. Collett Art Building." The dream of a "natural W" on the foothills east of the campus came to a reality when hundreds of sumac trees were planted in the figure of the well-known "Forward W". These trees are expected to give proper identification to the college while at the same time adding to the beauty of the hillside. The Weber State College Skills Center saw an exciting year when it was presented the "Region VIII Outstanding Education Award" and gained status as an area vocational center. Other campus groups were widely recognized, including the WSC Marching Band which traveled to London, England and won five of eleven awards at the "Marching Bands of America International Festival"; and the WSC Concert Choir and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, which were selected to perform at the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. The WSC campus was host to numerous outstanding concerts, convocations and other activities during the year. Convocation speakers included such people as basketball star Bill Russell, Ambassador to El Salvador Robert White, World Champion boxer Jake LaMotta, former CIA director William Colby, and noted author Alex Haley. Johnny Cash, Henry Mancini, Mickey Gilley, and Rick Springfield all performed in the Dee Events Center. Other concerts on campus included famed harpsichordist Igor Kipnis, Gil Scott-Heron, "The Lamanite Generation," and "The Chieftains," a popular Irish folk music company. Special theatre productions included "An Evening with Charles Dickens," "Hamlet," "The Dream Builder," "The King and I," "Light Up the Sky," and "The Elephant Man". The Office of Cultural Affairs sponsored such other productions as "The Mikado," "The Desert Song," and the popular travelogue and Audubon film series. In sports, the WSC football team had its first winning season in 10 years with an exciting 7-4 record, highlighted by a triple overtime with national champions, Idaho State University. The basketball team went to the Big Sky playoffs where they lost a one-point thriller to the University of Idaho, which was ranked sixth in the nation at the time. The WSC wrestling team took second place in the conference and the golf team had its best year ever, winning four tournaments, including the University of Pacific Invitational, where they handed # 1-ranked UCLA their only defeat of the season, and placed first in the BYU Invitational-Division II. Carmen Garduno was recognized as the first female All-American cross country runner in the history of Weber State. WSC women's basketball coach, Jane Miner, was named "Coach of the Year" for the Intermountain Athletic Conference. Mountain Division, after leading her Lady Wildcats to their first ever conference title. Other recognitions this year include the eleventh consecutive Big Sky Conference title won by the WSC golf team and numerous trophies and awards which went to the debate team, including being ranked thirteenth in the nation by the National Cross Examination Debate Association. Forensics student David Allen was ranked third in the nation in impromptu speaking and Stuart Thatcher received the same rating in the after dinner speaking category. Dr. Robert Beishline, professor of chemistry, and David Goff, a zoology student received the annual "Cortez" awards this year-Beishline for his work in coal liquefaction research, and Goff for his development of laboratory exercises in genetics and physiology.