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The Signpost from Ogden, Utah • 1

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The Signposti
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Ogden, Utah
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VOLUME 53, tSSUE 36 (TThe Wednesday, Dec. 1 1 992 Christmas: A time to experience the gift of sharing. VT Special Edition inside WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH Caroling, Caroling 7 4 if if 3 -'I 1 CHUCK BOWHAY ME SIGNPOST OGDEN CITY OFFICIALLY opened its Christmas park last Saturday with a parade and a light ceremony. These carolers were just part of the park displays. Over 1,200 WSU students register for classes before seniors By JULIE HALSALL tion to the individual schools, receive complaints on a daily basis, Hurst said.

Many senior students are complaining that required classes for graduation are closed. There are not fewer classes offered for winter quarter, Hurst said, but there are no more classes to accommodate students' needs. WSU hasn't been able to afford to add classes to the schedules. Hurst refers to the current registration process as being given a "hunting license with no guarantees." of admissions and registration. General education, communication, physical educationand English classes are the first classes to fill, he said.

About 1,200 of WSU's nearly 15,000 students have the privilege of registering the day before all other students, Hurst said. Currently WSU employees, veterans, athletes, honors students and physically challenged students are given the advantage of registering before the allotted senior registration period. The registration offices, in addi Some of the individual departments will "bend the rules" in order to get their seniors graduated. If the students make the effort to ask for help, the departments will sometimes make exceptions, Hurst said. The communication department had many of its courses fill during early registration and the first day of senior registration, said Clista McCashland, secretary of the communication department.

Manyofthe cla sses tha were il 1 ed ea rl were 1 00- (See EARLY on page 2) Staff writer of The Signpost Over the past couple of weeks, thousands of Weber State University students were reunited with the all-, too-familiar voice of the registration touch-tone system stating, "This class is closed, please make another selection." On the day before seniors could register for winter courses, many of the high demand classes were already filled, said Winslow Hurst, director About 1200 ofWSU'S nearly 15,000 students have the privilege of registering the day before all other students. KWCR will move its studio near Promontory Tower Wednesday, Dec. 2 Accu-Weather foreran fnr daytime conditions and high temperatures By A.B RUSSELL Ogdeni Salt Lake City4Vr I BE will come from the student bond fee for the Union Building, said Michael Ellis, director of the UB. "Ideally, all of us would have liked for their space to be ready, but it's not," Ellis said. Although college dormitories can be noisy at times, station officials say the noise shouldn't interfere with operations.

"I don't think there will be a problem (with noise)," Cronin said. The only anticipated problems with the move will be manpower. Most of the mov-' (See KWCR on page 2) prevented that move from taking place on time. "We're just happy to have a home," said Ira Cronin, general manager of KWCR. The station will occupy a commercial trailer that is being rented from a Salt Lake City company.

They are expected to be in the temporary quarters for eight months to a year. The move begins today and is expected to be completed by Dec. 1 4, Croni said. It will cost about $3,400, including skirting, setup and takedown after the station moves i nto the Union Building. The money Staff writer of The Signpost The music many Weber State University students listen to will be coming to their radios from a different place after Christmas break.

WSU's radio station, KWCR, has found a new, albeit temporary, home next to Promontory Towers. The station was slated to move into the Shepherd Union Building over the past summer, but a number of circumstances NEV. 1 COtO. Cedar City53' ARIZ. Insid Arts: Weber State guitar students help raise donations for the needy.

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