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Show the llecie lime/ ^7 The independent voice of students at Utah Valley State ^^ VOLUME XXXIV-NO. X MONDAY* OCTOBER 10*2005 WWW.NETXNEWS.NET Tut Hale in your Halloween Fixing The Big Easy...not so easy The Evil Empire Bryan Horn of The College Republicans weighs in on the Bush Administration's handling of the hurricanes. Your lovely letters on evil iPods, the ganja, and the woes of parking. Opinions starts on A6. Once again The New York Yankees are in the post-season, and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. Sports starts on B4. Want something a little different for your costume this year? The Haie Theater might be able to help. Life starts on B1. Taking the college out of college: Campus leaders look toward university status ErrinJulkunen News Editor T he word "college" is disappearing from Utah Valley State. From the West entrance sign to the Scoreboard at the baseball stadium to items in the bookstore, "college" is missing. Some have insinuated that this may be one of UVSC's strides toward becoming a university. Whether or not dropping "college" from the name of the school is a step in that direction, UVSC is getting closer to becoming a university. "In my opinion, we already operate at a university level." said Student Body President, Jared Sumsion. "I feel like we have teachers teaching masters degree level work right now." "There's not a timeline, and we're working with the Regents," said Derek Hall, Spokesperson for UVSC, "But we do have the consultants comins in early November." The consultants will help UVSC come closer to reaching its goal of attaining university status. Ken Mortimer will chair the group. Mortimer works for the National Center of Higher Education Management Systems, and has been President of University of Western Washington University and University of Hawaii. Jack Newell and Paul Reichardt are also on the committee. Newell is a professor emeritus at the University of Utah and former President of Deep Springs College in California. Reichardt is provost at the University of Alaska. Fairbanks, and served on the accreditation board that reviewed UVSC last year. *'He knows us quite well," Hall said. Hall expects the consultants won't report back until March, but says we know the things we need to be working on, lessons learned from accreditation. "We've learned what our weaknesses •'If 'We're on the right track and if we • • / " continue in this way, I think we could be a university in the next few years/' Jared Sumsion UVSC Student Body President are, and we're going to fix them. No matter what." Addressing problems the accreditation board saw will bring UVSC closer to becoming a university, and many of the suggestions the accreditors made are similar to those of Utah Higher Education Commissioner Richard Kendell, who put forth eight suggestions See UNIVERSITY-A3 Vegor Pedersen/NetXNews Standing up against • domestic violence Clothesline Project hosts BACA and Thelma Soares tion major at UVSC, said, "I didn't intend to listen to Ms. Soares' speech, but after listenNews Writer ing to BACA speak I got all choked up and Local news stations and newspapers came to emotional and had to listen to what she had UVSC Thursday, October 6, to hear Thelma to say." Soares, mother of Lori Hacking, and Bikers Soares said in her speech, "I never saw any Against Child Abuse (BACA) speak to UVSC sign of violence or abuse in Lori's marriage at the candle light vigil put on by the Clothes- to Mark. It took me by surprise. He did not fit line Project in honor of Lori Hacking. the normal profile for violence. Mark said and UVSC awarded Soares with a small glass did all the right things." Then Soares asked world that rests on a box which reads, "Thel- the audience, "Is there a profile?" She did not ma Soares, you make the world a better have an answer. place." Peggy Pasin, the coordinator of the Angela Swallow, a Physical Education maWomen's Resource Center on UVSC campus, jor at UVSC, said about Soares' remarks, "I introduced Thelma Soares and presented her thought it was very touching and emotional. with the award. My heart goes out to Lori's family and friends. Before Soares' speech, BACA rode in on I followed Lori's story from the beginning. their Harleys. Each member of the Utah Abuse is so sad and so hard to understand." County Chapter spoke about why they ride Through Soares' faith and the prayers of with BACA, and how the organization helps people all over the world she has been able children who have been'abused. to endure. She has said, "People around the UVSC student Heidi Hagen said, "This ex- world have contacted me. I have messages perience was very moving and touching. I got from every state across the union including the chills! You could tell that each member 63 different countries." She has also said, "If of BACA was truly sincere and really cared you have been abused, know that people do about the children who are in such horrible care." conditions. It was very emotional." SeeCL0TH£SLIN£-A3 Darwin Demming, an Earth Science Educa- Emily Bitton Chad Clark/NetXNews ABOVE: A student reads the messages wrtten on t-shirts displayed as part of The Clothesline Project. "\ never saw any sign of violence or abuse in Lori's marriage to Mark...He did not fit the normal profile for violence. Js there a profile?" RIGHT: Members of Bikers Against Child Abuse listen to Thelma Soares, mother of murder victim Lori Hacking, at Thursday night's event. Thelma Soares Mother of Lori Hacking Desk (801) 863-8617 Visit us online at www.netxnews.net Send story Ideas t o errintuvinf |