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Show Oriental on Issue LMONDAY-AUGUST 22«2005 Made by idiots, for idiots You weren't expecting Shakespeare were you? But a plot, a point, or a complete sentence would have been nice. Put up you Dukes on B9. WWW.NETXN^Ws.NET Joe Vogel's new reign of terror begins After causing quite a ruckus last year, Joe Vogel stirs things up as The College Time's new Opinions Editor. Thoughts on war, chivilary, and text messaging and much much more all starts on A8. VOLUME XXXIV*NO. V Kings name their Price Wolverine standout Ronnie Price signed a two-year deal with The Sacremento Kings, the exclusive interview starts on Page B1. Four die in tragic cave accident Campus mourns and remembers their own Windy Hanks News Writer The bodies of two women and two men were found last Thursday morning trapped in an underwater tunnel that lead to a small chamber inside a little-known cave located a few minutes hike above the old Seven Peaks Golf Course. The four were identified as Scott K. McDonald, 28, of Provo; J. Blake Donner, 24, of Springville; Jennifer Lynn Galbraith, 21, "len and Blake were both wonderful students of mine, and, so much more importantly, wonderful people who cared deeply about the world around them../' Pierre Lamarche UVSC Philosophy Dept. of Pleasant Grove; and Ariel R. Singer, 18, of Orem. Donner and Galbraith were currently attending UVSC and have parents that are employed at UVSC. McDonald also has attended UVSC. Around 3 a.m., five friends arrived at the cave they had talked about the night before. After the crawl inside and the remaining 90 feet into the cave, Joseph Ferguson decided not to go further. That was the last Ferguson saw of his friends. The four continued on submerging themselves into the 2-foot diameter "portal." The water tunnel had a rope fastened at both ends to assist would-be spelunkers to a chamber that holds 6-8 people on the other side. After about 45 minutes Ferguson started to get worried and called other friends who were familiar with the cave. When he was told that 45 minutes was too long, he got scared and called the police. Initial efforts resulted in the recovery of a body of a young women who was discovered in a narrow crevice between the first RIGHT: UVSC students Blake Donner and Jen Galbraith were among the four victims of a fatal cave accident last Thursday morning. Blake was the lead singer of the band Parallax. Jen was a philosophy major and was planning the next performance of The Vagina Monologues on campus. Both of their mothers work at UVSC. "^"rra See CAVE-A5 Dr. Wheat ley heaps praise upon UVSC Renowned speaker talks about student/ teacher relationships Moroni Maldonado News Writer Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley, renowned speaker and consultant for various organizations, addressed UVSC faculty on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at the Regan Theater. The title of her speech Creating Collaboration across Generational Differences, reminded faculty members to continue having a student centered attitude inside classrooms. Dr. Wheatley said that Utah Valley State is very well distinguished in this criterion. She mentioned that in the past UVSC has maintained great working terms within students and professors. Although with the college's success, more improvement could be done. Dr. Wheatley pointed out that this generation of young adults stands out in four major paradoxes. Meaning that at times as students we demand things that may be contradictory to popular beliefs, yet in fact it may be true. The first paradox includes this generation's ability to have strong relationships among friends. "They keep in constant communication through email, text, and even if they [step] out to lunch they let each other know. They are available on demand!" exclaimed Dr. Wheatley. "[This generation] is great at counseling and consoling each other," explained while making the point of the relational status our young students News Desk (801) 863-8617 Courtesy photo/Margaret J. Wheatley Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley came to UVSC last week to expound upon her four major paradoxes of education. have. The second paradox would be that students tend to be transactional. This paradox ties into relationships with teachers in the manner both parties may communicate with each other during class in a semester. If a teacher has made it clear that a student must know certain things for an exam, then that will be the driving motivation. She explained that as student's desire relationships they also tend to trust adults. They don't fear the adults instead seek out for their advice. Dr. Wheatley raised the following question. Do we place fear in [students] eyes, or do we tell them that it's an important concept for life in what we are teaching? In a way that's how both paradoxes make teachers responsible for providing the help needed for the student's success. Not only in the classroom, but outside whenever they seek help. The third paradox mentioned was that this generation has grown up in a society that has lifted young people's self worth. Stating that in a way that we demand and understand when we receive or when we don't receive any respect from someSee WHEATLEY *A5 Enrollment numbers dip for fall ErrinJulkunen 500 students a day, and if we keep that up until school starts, we will level off with Using last year as a last year." precedent, UVSC's enrollStudents waiting to regisment is down. According to ter could partially be blamed the Office for Institutional on the new Banner system. "I Research, enrollment is at wouldn't say that Banner is 16,152, with FTE at 11,922. solely the reason for the drop This is down nine percent in enrollment, but it is a sigfrom last year. nificant factor," said Andrea "Enrollment is down, and Brown, Assistant Director of that's scary," said Student Institutional Research. Body President, Jared Sum"Banner did have somesion. "It affects the whole thing to do with this," said institution...I'm hoping that Makin, "because continuing students are just procrastinat- students couldn 't register ing." during spring semester as Linda Makin, Director of they've been able to in the Budgets, seems to think Sum- past." sion is right. "We're finding In addition to not being able that registration is reflective to register on Banner, the new of last year. Students are computer system may have waiting for the last minute to kept students from applying register." at all, According to Lundell, "It will hit our school es- in the old system, "someone pecially hard," Said Michelle could apply without ever payLundell, Associate Vice ing the thirty dollar fee. We President for Student Ser- used to have a lot of people vices, "because we rely so apply who weren't coming. heavily on tuition, but we'll Now we have students that just have to wait and see. We are more serious applying." have been registering about In efforts to help with the News Editor Banner issue, President Sederburg has asked all faculty and staff to train in Banner so they can help students with registration. "With so many students learning the new registration system, it would be great help if every employee was prepared to help students," Sederburg said in a campus-wide email. "I've personally helped at least seventeen students register for classes," said Sumsion. Beyond Banner, there are other factors affecting enrollment. "We were expecting that there would be a hit in enrollment," said Lundell, In addition to banner, "This is the first year we are requiring the ACT, and we are marketing to a more prepared student. The other factor is the population is the lowest it has been in ten years." Lundell says this trend could continue as the number of high school seniors will remain low for the next seven years. See ENROLLMENT-A3 Students need new passes to ride UTA Last year's UTA-ED Passes expired June 30,'2005. Students who rely on UTA for transportation need to renew their passes at Campus Connection in the Student Center. Students need a valid form of identification and proof of payment of one-third of tuition for fall. Students who have not yet paid for fall, but are eligible for financial aid can visit the financial aid offices to get proof of eligibility. Students will need to show at least one of these to the Campus Connection office. 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