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Show 2- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22,2il - DIXIESUNNEINS.COM WED - TUT New ISLSA executive council conti shares priorities for future Ii '3'0'1, , r,,,k i , I i , , t -- -1 I ...,.... ,, - - I 1 , e' i t i'-- ; k 3, ' I , - ,, 4 f S , , C::',-- , ..- - , t 1 ) '-- , ', - 1, I -- , ' ., 4 , r k , ,.. x P1')'. -- , , - '' , ni 1 , , t 1 , -- ' x ' t .11 . ' I 6, 0, ' , , .......,,i .., i .." A.,.., . i 1 i 1 L tt .164 ,41 -- - i r '7 2",,A 1 ,, ::' ',;1,1 ;1 '''' - 1 'il, JJ1-t' -, ' ' I A,' BY MARKEE HECKENLIABLE markeekaeDSN , f, , ,t6 -- ti '4 , 44., I 4 ,'.1 , ' ,: ) ., :4 - 1 As the new student body president, Ezra Hainsworth hopes to make health a ity on Dixie State Univer sity's campus. Hainsworth, a junior 1 1 ,.,,munication t,,. major from St. , ,i oc.j 3 ; t - George, was announced as ....., .3 t .' ,, n DS1,11s 2017-1- 8 student body q)( u c2, ' ''', ''', March 9, who beat president ,.. his opponent Kendall Pitts, a junior communication major from Las Vegas. Hainsworth said he won DIXIE SUN NEWS the election because he had an aggressive campaign using shirts and pins, social Spencer Ricks, media, and a geofilter on Snapchat. He also said he ,'11 Ittk--e--- - .a.: To k ,,, 4,- 8, a g c;--- . ." f X , r 1,:. 7,, , 2 ,. , Editor-in-Chi- ef Markee Heckenliable, News Editor Drayson Ball, Sports Editor Don Gilman, Features Editor Hanna Pollock, Opinion Editor Ashley Harrison, Multimedia Editor Kylea Custer, Photo Editor Wendy Stabler, Social Media Editor Diana Fossett, Copy Editor Stockton McMullin, Ad Manager Skye Clayton Ryann Hein len Jonathan Holland Grant Jones Jalen Jones Taylor Lewis Jacole Miller Joe Nelson. Alexis Winward Beaux Yenchik Rhiannon Bent, Adviser The Dixie Sun News is distributed each Wednesday during fall and spring semesters as a publication of Dixie State University, the communication department, and Dixie State University Student Activities. DSU administrators do not approve or censor content. 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This fee increase will take the copay of $20 per visit down to $10 per visit by next year. Hainsworth said the DSU Student Association will ld DSUSA c h arter be proposing another fee increase. "We're going to propose another $4 increase, which will eliminate the $10 copay, and it will be a free visit up to four per semester," Hainsworth said. The fee increase will depend on how much tuition raises, he said. Besides the Health and Wellness Center, Weston Zimmerman, new vice president of academics and a junior accounting major from St. George, wants to make mental health a priority on campus by getting students to become a part of the Hope Squad, a program meant to help students with mental health issues like depression and suicide. FEES continued from page to go through revisions BY RYANN HEINLEN AvereeRHeinlen The Dixie State University Student Association is planning to update their charter for the first time since 1996. The DSU Policy Committee calls for policies to be updated every five years, and the charter, formally known as Policy 541, is next on the list. "When I discovered the age of the policy about three months ago, it became an immediate priority to begin the revision process," said Luke Kerouac, director of student involvement and leadership. The policy will be analyzed and multiple drafts will be made and voted on before the new charter goes into effect. Kerouac said he can attribute the initial push for updates to Kendra Jensen and Weston Zimmerman, two officers of DSUSA. 1 with good grades. The allocation will also help 'DSU develop teams like "I was extremely sur- women's lacrosse, track and beach volleyball to prised about the age of the charter and made steps to help balance its sports for ensure that this wouldn't Title IX. The new Human Perhappen again by adding formance Center at DSU 'keeping policy up to date' in the job description of the will be breaking ground chief justice," said Student in September. DSU raised Body President Sarah Ra$5 million through fundmaker, a senior dance major raising in the community. from Midland, Michigan. Funding for the center was Instead of creating a new approved by Utah legisposition, Ramaker gave the lature the first week of responsibility to the DSUSA March. chief justice who is also Along with the new Huaccountable for interpreting man Performance Center, the DSUSA constitution, DSU will be adding a acting as chair of the elecmaster's degree in physition committee and plancal therapy, occupational ning applicable activities. therapy and nursing by fall The charter itself still 2018. These new addireads "Dixie State College," tions are being built in an which is one of the first aspects of the charter that will be changed, Kerouac said. "We are now a university, and the charter should accurately reflect that," Kerouac said. Kerouac said minor guide see CHARTER page 3 "(I want to) make sure people are aware of it, that there are people out there who are students and peers that are able to help others with mental health issues," Zimmerman said. "I've been there myself, and that's something that I wish I could have had." Building relationships As part of his platform, Hainsworth said he also wants to build off of what current Student Body President Sarah Ramaker started. "Early in her leadership, it was all about relationships," Hainsworth said. "I think that's really important with student body presidents is to build relationships with people." attempt to keep up with DSU's continuing growth. "Our challenge will be staying focused on the current projects ," said President Biff Williams. "Our faculty, staff and student body are all marching toward the same purpose." There will be 38 new programs at DSU by the end of 2017. New programs that have been announced are bioinformatics, applied sociology, BFA studio art, population health, recreation and sports management, information systems and data analysis, and a traditional Bachelor of Science in nursing. The state legislature approved $1.5 million to go toward a partnership with the University of Utah and DSU for medical classes. The first class to come out of the partnership will start Hainsworth said he plans on building and maintaining relationships by worldni with different advisers from different areas of campus, Multicultural and Inclusion Center, the ambassadors, and the student senate. As much as Hainsworth said he values relationships, he also values getting open educational resources for students, which is an online database where teachers can pick their books, and it give! free access to students: He said this will apply will, general education courses and is still in the works because teachers need to be on board with the idea. see DSUSA page May 2018. Williams said physical therapy, occupational therapy and nursing are three of top-timaster's degree programs that will come from this partnership in fall 2018. Expanding the staff at the new Health and Wellness Center is another pail of DSU's "from status to stature" plan. er "Translators are som- ething we want to provide for students in the Health and Wellness Center," Dean of Students Del Beatty said. "It's a challenge that all health and well- - ness centers face on ever)" campus." Williams said there will be several new treatment rooms in the center and more counseling. 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