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Show o ember 8, 1994 The Dixie Sun Page 11 Forensics squad takes honors at Ricks Invitational SERVICES d College Forensic squad the first place sweepstakes honors during last weekend's Ricks College Invitational Forensic Tournament Eight schools competed at the tournament, including Dixie College, Snow College, Ricks College, Casper SUN NEWS The Dixie cap-tuie- Community College, Northwest Community College, Western Nebraska Community College, Chadron State College, and Carroll State College Dixie s Reader s Theatre, consisting of Leesa Beatty, Lizz Vick, John Wadley, Megan Wilcken and Holly Braithwaite, captured first place Braithwaite finished second place in the o er all speaker awards at the meet In addition to her Interpretation One ot the Dixie debate teams, Justin Heideman and Victor h erson, tied for first place Other mdi idual honois included finalist in Dramatic Interpretation for Angela Hopkins, finalist in both Impromptu and Extemporaneous speaking for Justin Heideman, finalist for Rebecca Housley in Informative Speaking, second place for Megan Wilcken in Communication Anahsis, Readers Theatre performance, Braithwaite combined with John Wadlev in Duo Interp for second place She also finished third place in Dramatic Gangs Continued from Page 1 attended Dixie College in recent vears, but Campus Security has not had problems with them If w'e have a kid from Las and living here in the dorms, and one weekend his homeboys decide they want to come up and see him and there s his gang," Reid said ' Then one of his buddies walks Vegas out of another dorm wearing another color and. Boom,' thev re gone " lifestyles," he said "However, some of them don't care about their education, but just want to " play ball A spokesman for the St George Police Department also expressed concern over recent discoveries that may indicate an increase in gang activity Reid said the police hav e identified several gangs from Las Vegas and Salt Lake City in the last tw'o years during Easter Break If you take a gang member ' While Reid maintained this hasn t happened, he said there have been a few close calls The Saturday school started was down here and I saw two cars with Nevada plates, everybody in the car wearing bandannas and matching gang paraphernalia," he recalled "1 got in my car and drove down there, pulled m next to them, stared at them and started writing down plate numbers and they left Reid said although some gang members attend college and return to their gangs, many use education as a means to end their life on the streets "I have known some gang members to go on after attending college and lead productive low-rider- s, by himself you don t have that much of a problem," he said, "but when they get in a group they're tough and no one messes with you They run together for the same reason dogs run in for safety reasons So packs when they all get here together we have a problem " Despite reduced crime activity on campus in 1993-9- 4 compared to the previous year, Reid says security officers made more arrests than in any preceding year Detectiv e Isileli Tausinga of the Salt Lake City Gang Project spoke on campus Oct 20, about gang prevention He discussed different things to look for as parents and community members and explained the various signs typically associated w ith gang activity Tausinga explained graffiti emerges as gangs develop and should be painted over as soon as possible to av oid violence The gangs communicate with each other using graffiti as their means to convey violent messages Another method gangs use to exchange thoughts is hand signals Tausinga spoke about the migration of gangs into Utah and confirmed acquired problems with grow'th Tausinga discussed the differences of gangs in Utah compared to ones residing outside of the state "We are encountering gang members from all nationalities and socioeconomic backgrounds," he said 'It seems it doesn t matter if they are or Caucasians, many of the gangs are mixed together and come from the richest to the poorest " Reid foresees the same thing happening in St George He attributes this to Utah not having a ghetto problem Tausinga also commented on gangs being religiously affiliated, with many of them attending church on a regular basis 1 ' policy, w'hich means students found in v n of the alcohol policy are cited the first time, no matter what But there the similarity ends "Dixie College security personnel are instructed to cite in ah cases of alcohol violations with no exceptions," Reid said lola-tio- It You Smoked Your 24 Hours Ago. Heres How Much Healthier You Are Already. ' "'X The accumulation of cancer causing tar steps The carbon monoxide level m your blood drops. The oxygen level in your blood increases Your blood pressure lowers toward normal olfense nor do they report it to the Drug and Alcohol Center Like Dixie, Weber has a doesn't matter how great or how high his GPA fr whether it's his or her first tune, if they're caught violating " the alcohol laws they are cited On the other hand, Lt Roger Johnson ot Weber State security, said Weber security personnel prefer alter the kid is l African-America- Alcohol Continued from Page and second place lor Lisa Cannon in Speech to Entertain "We are pai ticulai pleased with their peifoimance since this was then fust competition ot the ear," said Don hnton, forensics coach "1 heir competitors alieadv have been to two or three meets " hnton said the toiensic squad is looking tow aid hosting the Dixie Sunshine Invitational on Nov 18 and 19 native methods If students are caught with a case of beer and they've just started drinking, he said, they are sometimes given the option of being cited or dumping it out These types of v lolations are not recorded "This happens a lot," Johnson said He also pointed out that these situations do not apply to the chronic drinkers or those who "flunk the attitude test " When asked about the differences, Reid said, "We strictly stand by the policy, we have to If we didn't, under the newdy enacted Dramshop Law, our personnel could be held liable for any damages to or caused by the" drinker after w'e let him go Reid said Dixie's philosophy Zero-Toleran- is that officers would rather cite a student at 8 p m when he is just getting started than to let him off, just to be called back later to be arrested on a more serious charge "Last year w'as definitely a highly unusual year," Reid said "We had more special events and concerts Normally, we would see around 67 or so v "Also, by nature of our climate, we have more violations," Reid said "Up north it's too darn cold to drink outside so the kids stay inside Here it's nice most of the year and they Your pulse rate returns to a normal Your chance of a heart attack decreases. The Great American Smokeout Thursday, November 17th Because a day does make a difference. drink outside and that's where we find them "My officers spend a lot of time on foot, too," he added "Our arrest rate is higher but our crime rate is lower " range THERES KOTHIXG KiSKTHR THAN THE SWGRD AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY |