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Show (ifldtepiqpsssd Ltiiil ol ) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, -- 2- DIXIESUNNEWS.COM rights movement that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Tickets are available to students for $3 from Duncan in room 232 of the McDonald building. The BSU will also hold multiple events during February for Black History Month. Starting with an opening social Feb. 5 in the Gardner Center at 7 p.m., there will be seminars hosted every Tuesday BSU continued from Page 1 and ask questions. The day will conclude with a special screening of the film Selma at the Pineview Stadium 10 movie theater located at 2376 Red Cliffs Drive. The movie portrays the events during the civil !l Tiw documentary movie screening, and a closing ceremony at the end of the month. All students are encouraged to attend the events, as well as the regularly scheduled BSU meetings every Thursday at 4 p.m. in Conference Room B in the Gardner Center. Dean of Students Del a getting the second most votes. Caylie Taylor, a junior integrated studies major from Canyon Lake, California, said she is excited about the modified format. Im really stoked, said Taylor, who is also a disc jockey at the station. Im continued from Page 1 sicians from various genres and asked respondents who they would like to hear on the radio. Alternative was the genre that received the most votes , with top-4- 0 they have spoken to members POLICY continued from Page of faculty and students across campus who have expressed the desire for a clearer 1 If cheating is happening on campus, Kent said her degree doesnt mean anything because the integrity of the campus is compromised. Kent said students often cheat unknowingly by g or double-dippin- m is when a student uses the same written material for more than one class without permission from the instructor. Tommer said her research showed the majority of students at Dixie who have been caught cheating did so unintentionally by themselves. We want to protect students from cases of unintentional cheating, Tommer said. The initiative is really to protect students from possible consequences that can be totally avoided. Tommer hopes to have a timeline of completion finalized by this week, and with the help of Kent, the senate plans to conduct surveys across campus to assess the need for a campus-wid- e policy. However, Tommer and Kent are hopeful because A A W ' f Af t yp Aj ,y Beatty said an increasing population of black students at DSU, strong student leadership, and an active club adviser has helped the growth of the BSU. matic increase in our 91.3 xi Ss du re de isl w A t "V s - dra- of th di- in the film Sel a Martin Luther King Jr., played by David Oyelowo, delivers speech for a special screening ma. Members of the Black Student Union are selling tickets 10. Stadium Pineview of the film on Jan. 20 at the versity this year ... which is really exciting, Beatty said. Anything we can do to enhance the diversity on our campus benefits all students. His advice for students on campus is to get to know each other on a personal level. nior integrated studies major from Taylorsville, said she preferred The Storms excited that when we play music its something that I can actually listen to. Its really easy on the ears, so I feel like its universal, so I think more people will variety. . e I like Low, The Maine, just alternative stuff, the classics really, she said. Those boy bands they get me. Denevan shared a story All-Tim- actually tune in. Some students feel indifferent about the change. Gabbie Holbrook, a ju- - he said. And its not just here, its nationwide. Students can sign up to be a part of the BSU through OrgSync on the DSU website to receive reminders of upcoming tivities and stay up to date on events during Black History Month and the res of the semester. about how his friend came across construction workers listening to the radio. When asked why they were listening to it, they said because it was the radio station that played alternative music. The expectation with this modified format is that it will increase listenership throughout the community Hoping to change the perception of alternative music, Denevan called it to be a divide, Until we can overcome the barrier of students just learning to socialize with each other and be really comfortable and open ... theres going to continue v.imcsura to pc he L multi-generation- If you are interested in joining the radio program, go to the Jennings building and talk to Denevan in room 103. The pohey will make Its sometimes hard when a student and faculty member sort of feel like theyre pitted against each other. In addition to taking the issue to the dean level, OBrien said the process of appeals will be more clearly spelled out. Tommer said two of her professors made her sign the policy last semester, and at the end of the semester she dishonesty are vague, they asked the professors if there just dont quite meet all of were any issues with cheatthe needs of the students and ing. When the professors told faculty. stuher they didnt experience We find that a lot of dents just dont know (theyre one academic dishonesty issue, her belief that the policy cheating), she said. What will make a difference was it is were trying to do tweak verified. so that the policies are more This policy should be clear. Im not trying to imply we want but that theyre not, put into place across campus because it holds everybody the process for dealing with academic integrity violations accountable, Kent said. If we as students dont bring to be a little more equitable. this from the bottom up, its Right now there are a couple of funny things about the going to come from the bottom down. If it does, students policies that could have students. for broader impacts may be unhappy with what OBrien said the policy will gets put into place. For any student who wants be designed to shift pressure see a change made at the to and from instructors get away university, contact Tommer at higher members of administration involved. dsusaacademics dixie .edu U4ir m:vm e b wn ting of the a U t4 p are thi: I Hv F to S & Aid' ) I aPI mi: j Prc j coi nis b ' par 1 pec im 1 ) del ste sta I sex ; to tak (hac SEEKING MULTIMEDIA REPORTERS AND WRITERS Warit to see your walk in print ar your face on television? Dixie Sun News is seeking writers and multimedia reporters this semester. Experience is preferred but not required. Writers cover news, sports, features and opinion. MulLimedia reporters produce video news packages seen on cur website and news show. Students must sign up for Comm 2210 for one credit. For more information, contact Our location on the blvd 's' University Parkway I V . 2014 n me I rruz ruzhi Gst!5Gli ti( se to D the situation a little bit more professional, OBrien said. policy. The faculty senate is also pushing toward clearer definitions of cheating and how faculty members are supposed to reprimand dishonest students. Erin OBrien, faculty senate president-elec- t and an associate professor of biology, said its not that the current policies on academic campus-wid- WE by different departments, Weve had such a Actors in the film Selma portray one of the famous marches led by Martin Luther King Jr. A screening of the film is one of many events planned by DSUs Black Student Union for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 2015 Rhiannon Bent at bentOdtxie.edir, |