March 25, 2003 Student News
President
Hall Signs Constitution for First Student Chapter of Natural
Resources Club
From the Utah Statesman
(3/24/03)
 President
Kermit L. Hall made opening remarks at a constitution-signing
ceremony Friday for Utah State University's new Student Organization
for Society and Natural Resources.
Referring to the Constitution of the United States, Hall pointed
out that one of its strengths is that it always leaves something
to be discerned or interpreted.
He commended the club's constitution, explaining that it had
likewise not created "a kind of code, but instead an expression
of sentiment and interest, which clearly go to the purpose of
the organization, which is to spread the [knowledge] of environmental
stability."
Students and faculty watched as the constitution was signed
by eight witnesses, including Hall, Natural Resources Dean Fee
Busby, Department Head Terry Sharik, Associated Students of
USU Natural Resources Senator Dax Mangus, club President Kent
Andersen, club Vice President Meghan Wereley, Treasurer Kevin
Campbell and Secretary Diana Glenn.
Busby said, "The signing of this constitution is a sign
of how students step forward with their own leadership skills
to create an organization to serve in ways you want it to."
Hall said, "Many of the ideas that are critical to you
will, in fact, become critical for the life of the university,
as well.
"I think what you're seeing you can do with your new organization
and with this constitution is really what the university should
seek to do in its endeavors to make this place better by making
it more respectable of the environment -- in so doing, sustaining
the life forms [that] are absolutely crucial to us," he
said.
Busby congratulated those who worked to organize the club and
said, "It is a major contribution to the College of Natural
Resources and to Utah State University. I salute you for your
hard work and pledge to continue to work with you to make this
successful."
Andersen shared the club vision statement, "We are a club
committed to the open discussion of local and global and environmental
and natural resource issues, bringing people and solutions together
for healthy communities and enduring ecosystems."
He said, "We want to effectively represent all sides of
environmental and natural resource issues and bring all parties
together to be able to come to the most widely accepted idea
that will not solve only one group's problem but at least some
of everyone's problem."
Sharik said the organization is a way of bringing people and
science together in a tremendous work.
Wereley explained that the new group has been accepted by the
International Association for Society of Natural Resources as
the first student chapter.
Andersen said, "This is not only great for our club but
for the university."
The club advertises it is one that provides a forum for discussion
of current environmental topics.
"We will help promote campuswide environmental literacy,"
he said.
The Society of Natural Resources will be involved in service
projects in the community and will sponsor speakers.
The club's Web page is still under design but will be linked
through the College of Natural Resources' page, Wereley said.
Club meetings are every Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Natural
Resource Atrium.
"Everyone is invited and welcome," she said. "Or
they can e-mail us if they are interested in more information,
at sosnr@gis.usu.edu."
By Julia Mitchell; julia@cc.usu.edu
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