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Show (f C)uu w: (IK fettlHt UaIK? (O ?MV O IjfMwcjiftV iM1 O & 0h 0 ijflfljts 1 New ASWC Student Government Leaders Elected on a whim, it has been planned since the beginning of tne year," said Nelson. "Steve and I work well as a team. We share the same ideas and would like to see the same changes," said Croswhite. Nelson added, "We're one and we've committed to each other. These jobs are big. The more we work together the better. Our goal is to make a unified executive to - Shawn Milne, Business Senator committee who works together make a strong ASWC." Many students are confident by Mindy Rae Jensen Nelson and Croswhite will make a good pair. Forum staff writer "Paige and Steve are a perfect display of the unity a campus The ballots are in and the votes have been counted. Steve Nelson should hope for in an elected campaigning together and Paige Croswhite are the new office. Their stand behind each shows they ASWC president and vice presiand other aren't just resume dent. Shawn said Milne, busipadding," "I'm really happy and really senator. ness excited and I can t wait to get "I think Paige and Steve will going' said Nelson. "I'm ecstata great team together. I make ic. I'm ready for the challenge," Helen (Langan) and I are know added Croswhite. looking forward to exchanging Nelson and Croswhite have said T'Artn Ularich, curalready been demonstrating their ideas, ASWC rent vice president. ability to work as a team by camseveral students have However, paigning together. "Our camtheir frustration at the expressed paigning together was not done lack of candidates for open ASWC Steve Nelson and Paige Croswhite are a perfect display of the unity a campus should hope for in an elected office. positions. Nelson ran unopposed and several senate positions were not campaigned for. Voter turnout also evoked a sense of dissatisfaction in students, 356 students voted. "I'm disappointed more people didn't run. It shows a lack of school spirit. Voter turnout is also disappointing," said Mandy Combe, biology major. "The lack of voters induces the idea that students either don't care about the school or are happy with it the way it is," said Milne, business senator. "I'm disappointed in the voters and the lack of people running. It would have been more exciting if more people had participated, said Mao Huang, ousiness senator. Election week is over but there is still more work to be done. There were ties for several senate posimust be tions and now run-ofheld. "I feel relieved the biggest part is over," said Michael Scott, elections chair, "I also want to thank the elections committee." fs See page 3 for complete results... Steve Nelson and Paige Croswhite: New ASWC President and President for the 1 998 school year. Vice New Academic Programs students The New Dorms of Westminster... by Tim Haran Forum staff writer Westminster College has added several new academic programs and majors to its curriculum. According to Dr. Stephen R. Baar, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, the additions become effective in the fall Photos by Dorm Model in Nightingale Library: The grand opening of the new residence hall will take place on dorms, vote on the furniture and Wednesday and Thursday. Students are invited to tour the apartment-styl- e relax with a BBQ and prizes. Teen Suicide in Utah on the Rise by Joanne Searcy Contributing Writer Teen suicide in Utah is on the rise. The statistics are sobering. Since the 1950s, the teenage suicide rate has almost tripled in the United States. In Canada, teenage boys kill themselves 600 more often than they did in 1992. But most sobering is the fact that while in 1990 Utah ranked 14th in the nation, in 1996 only four other states recorded more teenage suicides than Utah. The death of a very popular former Alta High School football captain who killed himself in February 1989 disturbed Courtney Durand. Durand expressed her concern about teenage suicide in a letter to her congressman. Her letter captured the attention of the one of 9,000 students invited to Washington, D.C. In 1990 Durand found that a teenager took his or her life an average of once every 90 minutes. It's been eight years since she spoke to Congress and, sadly, Durand's distress would undoubtedly be even greater today. One wonders how many lives will be lost in 1998? Gayle Threet, a high risk counselor in the Jordan School District office, says, "Every day my colleagues and I talk with young peo-l- e whose lives are so painful that illing themselves seems the only answer." Andrea (), one of the young people Gayle meets with, comes See SUICIDE, page 2 semester of 1998. New programs added include a special education endorsement minor program for undergraduate students, post baccalaureate students seeding teacher certification and M.Ed. students. "The special education endorsement offers an additional choice for students," said Janice R. Fauske, dean of the school of education. "With the endorsement, education graduates will be able to teach any grade and special education According to Fauske, Westminster is the only higher education program in Utah who currently does not have a special education program. "The addition makes Westminster graduates more competitive in the field," Fauske said. 'The addition will have no effect on continuing education except as an added choice." A family nurse practitioner cer- tificate option will be added to the master of science in nursing family nurse practitioner degree. The present legal assistant certificate program will become a one year, post baccalaureate, credit-bearin- g program. New MBA graduate certificates will be offered for post baccalaureate students who may or may not be working toward an MBA. The certificates are available in business, economics, accounting, finance, health care administration, human resource management, information resource management, international business, marketing and organizational development. In addition, Westminster College has added an undergraduate major in information resource management. "With these additions, we extend our academic expertise to new audiences who will benefit from our continuing commitment to students in a rigorous and supportive learning community," Baar said. "This is a changing world and Westminster College likes to keep pace with our students' needs' iiitti rrtifjd? rfftfi cwrgiMfWH tiaJ fit tiffin Wifi Ctiiiwacjo iw .41 |