I IVM r TTKV j - - t Pass Complete! t!3 (Q Morgan Welch saves the ball in Saturday's Purple and White Game. v ut ST , -S Monday, May 11, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 80 see sports page 10 ( i M, tmt i. it: WSU Honors Program dares students to discover talents By Stacy Coles news writer-TVie Signpost By Anne Gukcisen page designer-The Signpost The Weber State University Honors Program wants to help students go above and beyond the current definition of reality. Academic, artistic and athletic events are planned for students to discover their potential during the Honors Program's "Risk of Discovery" week Monday through Friday. Honors coordinator, Carol Smith, and honors student, Emily Favero, chose the theme. "We put our heads together and talked about what we wanted this week to represent," Smith said. "We Rub-a-dub -dub cars in a flood. As Ogden was pounded with rain, various locations such as Washington and 36th Street (right) were flooded. Even WSU's Duck pond (below) overcame its banks. T. i 5 - V Cheating: still an issue By Amy Carpenter news writer-The Signpost A Weber State University student was recently caught cheating in the Student Services Testing Center with a programmable electronic dictionary.The device is similar to a minicomputer and also serves as a calculator, which sonic students have tried to pass it off as one. Information can be stored before an exam and retrieved while taking the exam. "That's the reason we have technology.. .if it's being abused, it shouldn't be used," said WSU student John Blaine, who owns one of the devices. According to testing center di thought this Honors Week should encourage students to be willing to put themselves on the edge and take a risk to find out what their talents are." Honors president Alan Gustaveson said, "I just think its what the Honors Program is about. Honors is a place where a lot of risk of discovery occurs." He said the "Risk of Discovery" is what students find when they take honors classes. Honors director Mikel Vause said the activities planned are to inform other students about the program. "We want to let people know where here and encourage people to look into the program," Vause said. Various activities are planned, and V;.. rector Wayne Flitton, a student reported to him and to the instructor that he saw another student using the device to cheat. The instructor contacted Flitton. Flitton said the devices will only be allowed in the testing center at the discretion of the instructor. "I don't think they testing center employees see a lot of them. I wasn't even aware there was such a thing," Flitton said. . WSU math professor T.H. Steele said it's completely reasonable that the testing center restricts students from using the device. "When one puts a test in the testing center, there's a scries of questions that conic up whether they can use calculators or scratch paper so all events are open to the public. The activities started Sunday with a sidewalk painting. Students painted a hopscotch formation by the bell tower. Students are able to paint their interpretation of the theme in the hopscotch squares. Brad Roghaar will lead a poetry hike Monday at 2 p.m. Hikers will leave from the 36th Street trailhead to hike up Strong's Canyon. When the group reaches the top, Roghaar will read poetry as the hikers rest. Afterward, the hikers can also participate by writing and sharing their poetry or observances. Students can hear original poetry works from WSU students on Tues- See Honors page 9 in college why not add one more thing to question?" Steele said. Levi Peterson, a professor in the English department, said, "The way around the proneness of all human beings would be to think of all the ways cheating can occur and try to eliminate them." Peterson said individual professors should be able to decide whether or not to use the devices for their own tests. Peterson added his exams consists of essays, and he allows his students to take a prep sheet with them. He said essays help to reduce cheating, because students have to know the answers well enough to See Cheating page 8 f ft ri- Greeks at Weber State University enjoyed many sports during the recent Greek Emphasis week including volleyball (without the usual mud additives) and soccer. Service, fun emphasis of Greek Week By Angie Welling senior news reporter-The Signpost Emotions were running high among fraternity and sorority members during Weber State University's annual Greek Week competition. The week consisted of sporting events, a lip-sync competition, trivia contests and much more when all the Greek organizations on campus came together to declare an overall winner. "Greek Week brings together the fraternities and sororities to promote healthy competition," said Laura Arnett, a member of Otyokwa sorority. The week began May 2 with the street painting on the road by the football practice field. It ended May 9 with the Greek banquet in the Shepherd Union Building ballroom. Points were accrued throughout the week based on how each organization does in the games. The organization with the most points will be this year's Greek Week champion. Many of the events have a fraternity paired with a sorority to participate in the event as a team. This forces individual chapters to become more acquainted with members from other chapters. "It is a way to cultivate brotherhood and sisterhood between not only the individual fraternity or sorority, but as the Greek system as a whole," said Seth Miller, executive secretary for Greek Council. Students involved enjoy Greek Week, because it gives them the chance to become more visible on campus. Dave Gordon, men's vice-president for Greek Council, said, ' V ' ' ' '' :msm v- " l X,." - " - 5 . . H "This not only gets the Greek system and its members involved in WSU, other students can also see what the fraternities and sororities can bring to the school." Along with having a lot of fun, the Greek system used the week to help the community by sponsoring a community-service project. Each Greek organization was responsible for collecting as many canned-food items as possible to donate to a local homeless shelter. The food was weighed, and if the organization's contribution weighed more than its president, bonus points were added to that organization's score. Greek Council president Heidiann Burt said, "We not only do things for each other and the campus, we also help the community. We donated over 1 ,200 pounds of food to St. Anne's shelter. The service project was a huge success." "This week gives the Greeks a chance to compete and serve the community at the same time," said Scott Farmer, a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Greek Week is a chance for members to have fun and show enthusiasm for their individual organization. "It is a well-balanced week all around," Burt said. "There are serious issues as well as fun events." "It has been mostly positive, but I hope that next year it will be that much better," said Amanda Harding, a member of Sharmca sorority. Asha Jones, a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, said, "Greek Week has been great, I can't wait to do it again next year!" If any student is interested in the Greek fraternities or sororities, call 626-7049 or 626-8 178. inside post neWS see page 2&3 editorial see page 4 3 & e see page 6 SDOrtS ..." ... see page 10 Classifieds . . . .see page 12