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Show Your (?! inpus PAGE A6 Ask UVSC student interns in Kyrgyzstan Embassy Happiness Peterson Your Campus Writer Grant Dickinson is currently the Student Ombudsman on campus. Me helps students solve many of the problems they face during their education. Come visit him in SC 107. To post a question for his column, e-mail him at ombuds@uvsc.edu. Some things to keep in mind as the semester ends The end of another semester is here. For those of you graduating, congratulations. For those of you staying, it's one more semester down. As the end of the semester nears, many students have problems with grades and grading procedures. Any students that foresee problems with grading need to start working on them as soon as possible. It would be a good idea for all students to look at current classes and if there is any question about the final grade, go and talk with the professor. Some items to remember when talking with your professor are: tests, quizzes, and assignment scores. Remind the professor of your current scores and ask them what kind of grade you can expect as a final grade. If the grade is not as high as you would like, ask the teacher what you could do to raise the grade. Suggest items like: extra credit, turn-in any late assignments, re-work assignments, quizzes, or tests. Even community service may be able to go towards your grade. Give the professors as many options as possible when it comes to extra credit. If you open their mind to different ideas they are more likely to allow the extra credit work. You just have to give the right suggestion. The end of the semester is a critical time for Professors as well as students. Keep in mind that the professors have much to do and have many students asking for exceptions and special treatment. A student is more likely to receive the desired outcome if the request is made earlier rather than later. Go as soon as possible. Make the options you suggest the best possible, and be open to suggestions made by the professor. Good luck to everyone. If there are serious problems with grading procedures or any other problems that you need help resolving, stop by SC 107 and see if we can help. If I cannot help you I can certainly direct you to someone who can. MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2005 Far away from the calm bustling of UVSC where disruptions usually consist of disagreements about the types of activities, speakers, and courses to be offered, a UVSC student has recently gained first hand insight into the truly tumultuous political upheaval of a country called Kyrgyzstan, also known as the Switzerland of Asia. Working as an intern in the Kyrgyz Embassy in Washington D.C., an opportunity afforded to him by the Utah Russian Institute, located at UVSC, Adam Keller is an Orem resident experiencing the excitement of a politically historical time for this small country. Keller, who served a mission for the LDS Church in Moscow, is fluent in Russian, and has now been using this skill to translate important documents that pass back and forth from the U.S. to Kyrgyzstan. Keller's initial duties at the Kyrgyz Embassy, which is somewhat small, initially seemed fairly ordinary, helping primarily with communications, but as the recent election flared to a coup, his job has been extremely exciting. Kyrgyzstan is a beautiful country of five million people and is about 75 percent mountainous. According to Keller, who explained most. of this information from his recent experiences, as other information is difficult to come by, Kyrgyzstan became a representative democracy about fourteen years ago. Askar Akaeez became the first president and has since governed relatively well until this last election. According to Keller. "Askar Akaez is a very skilled politician, bringing Western ideals together with traditionalism, but perhaps has lost favor in the eyes oft he people." Akaez's term didn't officially end until October, yet many felt that the most recent Parliamentary elections, were not legitimate because "the deck was stacked" with parliament leaders who were in favor of the President. According to Keller, "Elections have been deemed corrupt or unfair," by many countries in Europe. Last week, the OSH oppositional government took over four government buildings and placed Kurmanbek Bakiev as the new President. Riots occurred for two days in Bishkek, the capital, and •. K A 2 A K H S T A N j - - ' ^ v •—V- ' [ BISHKEK -v 'Tolas ~""<-i ' • / r f < "' Gay-Straight Alliance For those living or supportive of an alternative lifestyle For more info, go to http:il2wups.yah00.c0ml groupllNSCGSk Running Club Want to Run a 5k, 10k, Marathon? Runners of all Skill Levels Welcome Call 863-6292 for more Information Fencing Club Beginners to Experts Welcome Meetings Every Wednesday at 7 p.m. 728 S. State Street Orem. For More Info. uvscfencing@dextertown.com LDSSA (Institute) •Return Missionary Conference Sun, April 10 6-9pm •Noon Devotional Fri. April 8 Rex D. Pinegar President of the Mt. Timpanogos Temple and General Authority Emeritus North Chapel Munch & Mingle After •Latter-Day Celebration Choir performance of "Joseph Smith and the Restoration." NAMI (National Alliance for Mentally III) Wanted: Officers for the 2005-2006 school year Students serious about making a difference contact Kayelyn @ namiuvsc@yahoo Inter-Cultural Choir Najyn, - ^ o ,>J* Jaial-Abad "\ 4 e ^ / n > J / Vjttey %• ^- J / V >'A' / " 4 / Sury-Tash" * C H 1 NA • V ' i D TAJIKJS (AN , ^ — ^ SO * 0 100» Courtesy Graphic/CIA.gov The country of Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. finally died down on Saturday, March 26. Where does Keller stand on the issue? He supports the Kyrgyz Ambassador to the United States, Baktybek Abdrifaev, for whom he works, in the belief that this coup is unconstitutional. The Embassy itself is uncertain of the direction the government will take and is waiting until some sort of compromise is made. What does this have to do with the average UVSC student? Well, for Adam Keller it has meant helping in the translation of speech- around the globe with "personality plus" UVSC students. Call 863-8357 for more info UVSC Men's Club Soccer Team Information meeting for those interested in playing on the fall 2005 team Wed, April 6, 6:30 SC 105 For more info go to www.uvsc.edu/ intramurals Come Join Today Make music from "*Kairikoi BatyHchyV es or statements, including one which was given on CNN the day of the coup. Adam was able to receive this opportunity through the guidance of Rusty Butler, who was friends with the Ambassador and has worked with him for the past eight years. Adam says that he is so grateful for this opportunity and has learned far more than he ever thought he would. It really will influence his life opportunities as well as his appreciation for the relative stability of his own democratic government. Thurs, April 7th, 4 pm $10 per runner register at SC 108 H April 8-10, 7:30 pm Orem Institute, Free •<? " UVSC Spring Cleaning 5Iv This Week's Club Events and other cool things on campus: • ^"~" Tofanok ^ UZBtKISIAN • •;.;-.• ^ " ' v - ' ^ V Outdoor ED Havasupai Backpacking Excursion April 14-17 $125 Sign up at SC 103H Entrepreneur Lecture Series Carla Meine Founder & President of O'Currance Teleservices "My entreprenuerial journey, mistakes and successes I learned along the way." Tues, April 5, Noon LA 101 Turning Points in History Dr. Manisha Sinha "Secession as counterrevolution: Proslavery thought and the coming of the civil war" Mon, April 4, 7pm LA 023 Flash Club Learn from flash veterans Pete Hawks, Chad Garrick, and others. Sign up at GT 535 Put Your Club Info in the College Times Email info to wilcoxri@uvsc.edu 18th Annual Environmental ics Conference Globalization and Social Justice'-^ April 7th, 2005 Keynote Speaker: ^ OntarKader, President and CEO, Planting and learniny Technologies Rocky Anderson Mayor, Salt Lake City "A locality's Responsibility Globally" 10-11:15 am Ragan Theatre "The Bush Doctrine and Global Environmental Policy" % ^ \ LC243 1-2:15 pm Stephen Zunes, \ Chair 01 the Peace and Justice Studies at the £ University of San Francisco U.S. Middle East Policy & Social Justice" Sponsored by the Center foe the Study of Ethics IC243 2:30-3:30 |