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Show Editorial Editor-in-Chief: Maria Villasenor Campus activities need student interest Students are told to be involved at Weber State University because it will make them well-rounded, they can meet other people, be entertained and other positive aspects to enrich their college experience. For example, Convocations, Honors Issues Forums and talks in the Diversity Center can be enlightening for students. Talks often extend to topics discussed in the classroom and give students an extra dimension to view their studies. But if anything, students might as well go to something because they've already paid for it. Students paid $300 in student fees this semester. After making such a big investment into the university — separate from classes — students should get something out of it. Dozens of events are sponsored and conducted with student fee money every year. Why pay $7.50 to watch a movie when a football game is free to students? From sports games to the Convocations to Honors Issues Forums, students need to consider these activities as a right of theirs to attend. Not only is attendance important, so is input. If events are held that don't interest students, they should contact the student organization conducting the event and inform it of their dissatisfaction with how their money is spent. Students should hold organizations accountable and demand the best quality from the groups that use student money: This includes student government, athletics, The Signpost and several other clubs and organizations. While many students may not want to return to campus after leaving classes, it can be a benefit if they do. Those who have made the return often find inexpensive activities that are helpful breaks from constant studying and tests. That drive back to the main Ogden campus may be more difficult to people living farther south, but the WSU-Davis Campus hosts several activities for students watching their gasoline tanks. At least this week, students walking through the Stewart Bell Tower Plaza will see their student-fee dollars being spent. Live music, a luau, ice cream, bowling, a barbeque, a block party and more are part of the WSU Student Association's Welcome Week. It's a welcome for which students have paid and they may as well attend — even if it only is for the free ice cream. — The Signpost Editorial Board r—i* Wednssday, August 31, 2005 The Signpost Page 4 ^ ^ A Weber weoer State state University university Signpost Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor News Hditor Sports Editor Copy Editor Features Editor Entertainment Editor Business Editor Photo Editor Graphics Editor Online Editor Advertising Manager Office Manager Advisor Distribution Publisher Signpost Fax Maria Villasenor Jason Staley Blair Dee Hodges Jeremy Tyler Kristen Hebestreet JesicaMedellin David Fairchild Lisa Mann Mo Williams Brady Leaver Nick Litster Brandy Lee Georgia Edwards Allison Hess Tomomi Funahashi Dr. Randy Scott 626-7121 626-7614 626-7655 626-7983 626-7659 626-7621 626-7105 626-7624 626-6358 626-7661 626-6358 626-6359 626-7974 626-7499 626-7974 626-6464 626-7401 The Signpost is published every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during the semester. Subscription is $9 a semester. The first cgpy of The Signpost Is free, each additional copy is $.50. • The Signpost is a student publication, written, edited and drafted by Weber State University students. Student fees partially fund the printing of this publication. Opinions or positions voiced are not necessarily endorsed by the university. • The Signpost welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must include name, address, telephone number and the writer's signature. Anonymous letters will not be printed. • The Signpost reserves the right to edit letters for reasons of space and libel and also reserves the right to refuse to print any letter. Letters should not exceed 350 words. Bring letters to the editorial office in SUB 267, mail to: The Signpost, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, 84408-2110. Attn: Editor in Chief, email thesignpost@weber.edu K Phone: 626-7121 2S1& Letter to the Editor Piping for peace to pipe with a full bladder. Two men with Veterans of Foreign War baseball hats studded with pins sat near thefrontdoors. By Shaunna Anne Goldberry "Would you mind keeping an eye guest columnist | The Signpost on my cycle?" I asked. "I'll only be a moment." "Sure, but what shall I tell someone if they try to take your bike?" The brakes of my purple mountain bike "To wait, and I'D arm wrestle them for it." squeaked as I stopped across from the Salt A smile curved his mouth as he ground Palace Convention Center. Before me, two immense orange dump trucks and a police out his cigarette and nodded toward the car blocked the entrance to the tunnel that door. The other veteran only grunted. "Thanks!" I exclaimed when I returned passed beneath the center. Two road crew workers with matching and my purple bike was still there. They shrugged and tapped their safety jackets stood nearby. cigarettes into a bowl before them. "Can "Excuse me?" I asked. "Do you know if I play you a tune on my bagpipes as a I can 1 cycle through the tunnel?" "It's blocked to all traffic because thank you?" "Nah," they both replied. the President's here speaking to the "You'd have less problems if you veterans," he said. My muscles protested from carrying changed your bicycle color," one drawled. two duffels and I suddenly worried if they "Purple is the color of passion. You need were really road crew workers and could I to paint it green or something." "My other bicycle is hot pink." play the bagpipes at a peace rally (I mean, His frown deepened. "That's even the English banned them for a reason). Leaning against the light post, I waited worse." I wanted to ask them what they thought for the light to change with a tall, slender about the war, but decided I didn't dare. man resplendent in crisp, blue U.S. Air Force Before I saw the park, a cacophony of attire with multi-colored bars neatly placed above his shirt pocket. He didn't return my car horns and shouts preceded the visual boards and George Bush papersmile as he eyed me up and down, starting of poster 1 mache heads on waving sticks. The with my pink-and-purple flowered helmet eastern sidewalk adjacent to die park and back to my two huge bags. Before cycling to the park, I stopped for was lined with people. an emergency potty-break: It's hazardous See Letters page 10 The Signpost wants to know what you think. Send us a letter with your name and phone number to: THESIGNPOSmWEBER.EDU |