oO Weber State College debaters walked » off with the top trophies in debate at the 34th annual Big Sky Forensics Tournament held at the University of Montana in Missoula. Competition was among 17 colleges and universities from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, South ; i~ Dakota, and Utah. | é l 4EB Senior Kim Hornak and freshman Jill j _ Niederhauser placed first in open division team debate and went " undefeated throughout the tournament — the only team to do so. Sophomore David Allen and senior ~ Tony Wynn closed out Lincoln-Douglas _ debate in the semifinals by defeating - their opponents. Mr. Allen was me undefeated in the Lincoln-Douglas 4 " division and took first place, while Mr. Wynn, who lost only one preliminary round of debate, placed second. } Mr. Allen also placed second in " impromptu speaking, while Ms. Hornak placed third in oratory. i Prof. Randy Scott, WSC dabate } coach, said “Weber State debaters have ’ now won 65 trophies, plaques, and awards this year which is a new school ; i . x - -_ q a ett —_ = The American public has “‘laid down’’ and ‘‘taken a real beating”’ through inflation in recent years, an Ogden building and loan company executive declared at WSC. Richard M. Mercer, president of Ogden First Federal Savings and Loan Assn., spoke on the Executive Lecture Series. He said legislation recently approved and now on the books will do a lot to end some of the differences which have existed between banks and savings and loan groups. One of the major changes which will be helpful to savings and loan companies is the provision allowing them at the start of 1981 to offer interest-bearing checking accounts. Fixed-rate, fixed-term mortgages over long periods of time may well be going down the drain, he said. us record.’ a Much of the success of a business enterprise depends on the quality of people it can hire and retain, Dee Glen Smith, president, Smith's Management Corp., Salt Lake City, declared in a talk Tuesday at WSC. He spoke on the Executive Lecture Series sponsored by the WSC School of Business and Economics. People with negative outlooks need to change that outlook or get into some business where they are not dealing directly with people, he | said. Anyone not satisfied with some aspect of his personal or business life should be willing to do something effective about it. Those who hope to make a success of business should be willing to take chances and keep going in spite of failures, the Brigham City native said. sa \f ae People working with computers in programming or other operations must _ realize that quality is the most important thing they can produce, a California specialist in the field declared at WSC. Garth B. Shelly, textbook writer associated with the Anaheim Publishing Corp. in California was keynote speaker for a tri-chapter data processing conference hosted by the WSC chapter of the Data Processing Management Assn. One misplaced comma in a computer program can explode a rocket five minutes after launch and the whole thing is lost, he said. | Vice President Retires Dr. James R. Foulger, vice president for Business and Finance, retires at the end of the current fiscal year. He has been responsible for all business and financial affairs of the college and the departments of Personnel, Auxiliary Services, Research and Development and Intercollegiate Athletics. Serving as the institution’s chief financial officer since 1948, Dr. Foulger has also held the academic rank of professor of business. He plans to return to the classroom following his retirement as vice president. He has held numerous civic posts including assistant mayor and a member of Ogden’s first city council under the council-manager form of government in 1951-52. He is a member of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce as well as several professional and social organizations. He is active in local business affairs and has served as a member of the board of directors of several corporations. In 1970 Dr. Foulger was the recipient of the first honorary memberhip granted by the WSC Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, National Professional Business Fraternity, for outstanding contributions in the field of business and finance. In 1960 he received the first certificate of proficiency to be awarded by the Utah State Auditor for the outstanding quality Dr. James R. Foulger » of the financial operations at WSC. honored by the WSC Alumni, Dr. Foulger was presented the prestigious H. Aldous Dixon Award in 1975. A native of Ogden, Dr. Foulger received a B.S. and M.S. degree from the University of Utah and a second M.S. and his doctorate degree from Harvard University. : : Over the years he has been a football and baseball coach, aviation instructor, professor in economics and business management and chairman of the academic division of Business and Economics, and backfield coach for - varsity football in conjunction with his position as financial officer. Class Notes ar Mike Arave _ Mike Arave, a 22 year-old junior majoring in political science, was elected president of Associated Students of Weber State College for the ‘80-81 school year. He succeeds Bryan Steele who relinquished his post as ASWSC president at the end of the current school year. Mr. Arave served as student services vice president and was successful in organizing a student carpooling system and worked for married student housing on the campus. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kent G. Arave, 5164 S. 200 East, Washington Terrace. Other officers who were elected include: Jim Alvey, cultural vice president; Faye Hardy, public relations vice president; John Dawson, student services vice president; Lori Memmott, activities vice president; Jeff Stuart, academic vice president (Stuart ran unopposed); and Cory Larsen, administrative vice president. The students also elected five members to the Academic Senate. Medical tecnhology students at Weber State College are state champions in the annual *‘Student Bowl’’ competition. This contest, sponsored by the Utah Society for Medical Technology, is patterned after the popular quiz show “‘College. Bowl,’’ except that questions relate to the field of medical technology. Pathologists from the Ogden and Salt Lake City area act as judges. The WSC team defeated students from Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, and the McKay-Dee Hospital, and will now compete in seven-state regional competition. Winners of the regional contests will have an expense-paid trip to St. Louis, MO.., to participate in the national finals.. Members of the WSC team include Crys Park, Kim Thompson, Lance Carpenter, Jon Staley, and Neil Sweeten. KARMA KAY GRIMM, a 1976 magna cum laude WSC graduate, has been admitted to the Utah State Bar to practice law. She completed her juris doctorate at the University of Utah College of Law in December. She resides in Salt Lake City and is associated with the Legal Center for the-Handicapped. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Grimm, Ogden. PETE BARRY, a former WSC assistant coach for three years has been named head basketball coach at the University of San Francisco. Mr. Barry has been an assitant coach under Dan Belluomini for the past two seasons and will be given a one-year contract as head coach, replacing Mr. Belluomini. LAWRENCE BURTON, former WSC faculty member, gubernatorial administrative assistant and four-term congressman, presented his congressional papers to the WSC Stewart Library-Special Collections. MARK C. MASUR, class of ’76, is administrative aide to the executive secretary of the AMAX Corporation, a mining exploratory firm with international interests. Molybdenum, precious stones, etc., are mined from areas in this country and in Botswana, Australia and Africa. Mr. Masur served as Vice President in charge of convocations and cultural affairs at WSC and graduated cum laude. He earned his masters in Business Administration and Masters in Public Administration at the University of Denver where he specialized in Finance. His firm is headquartered in Stanford, Connecticut but he resides in Manhattan, New York. He invites friends to visit him in New York. LILA PETERSEN ZONA, a former WSC secretary to President Henry Aldous Dixon both at the college and during his days in the Senate, has been selected as Nevada’s 1980 Mother of the Year. Mrs. Zona, a Las Vegas mother of six children, is one of the founders of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children. She helped in obtaining a site for the ranch, assisted in fund-raising drives, and organized St. Jude’s Women’s Auxiliary. In 1977 Mrs. Zona was appointed director of the Nevada Friendship Force, an organization initiated by President Carter to develop stronger friendships between people of various nations. 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