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Show (Oil TOWNS SECTION SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 18, METRO EDITOR Joe Pyrah 2006 jpyrahOheraldextra.com 344-258- 6 New degrees approved at UVSC former closer to Kate McNeil DAILY HERALD The temperature outside may be dropping, but at UVSC, it's close to 48 degrees and rising. UVSCs Board of Trustees met Thursday night to approve four new bachelor's degrees. The new curriculum awaits approval from the state Board of Regents but will most likely be implemented by fall 2007, said Cameron K. Martin, assistant to the president at UVSC The trustees board approved the requirement, with Andrew Stone, student body president, opposing the inclusion. "I still feel there's some begin in 2008. College steps reaching a university status by 2008 Bill Evenson, General Education Com- mittee chairman, said many courses at UVSC win meet this requirement and will not in crease a student's total required credit hours. The four-yea- r degrees in economics, deaf studies, American Sign Language and software engineering were approved unanimously V. "The General Educa as well as a two-yedegree in mechatronics engineering, a minor tion Committee win UVSC President in technology management and an work with departemphasis in database for computer ments to find appropri- William A ate GE or major cours Sederburg science majors. The board also approved a global es so that students are able to complete the intercurtural course for the 2007-0status student catalog. Implementation of requirement without increasing the global awareness course in gen- .their total required credit hours," Evenson said. eral education requirements would SJ ar 8 LMfa. holes in it," Stone said New language for the college's mission statement was approved as a draft, in maw connection with the upcoming transition to university status. President William A. Sederburg predicted the approval of UVSCs university wiU be decided in the 2008 See UVSC in court D2 Preparing For Battle Katie Ashton DAILY HERALD The former mayor of Eagle Mountain accused of fabricating his mileage reports made his courtroom debut Friday morning. Brian Brent Oisen, 34, with his attorney, Ken Brown, in tow, appeared in 4th District Court. CHsen is charged with seven counts of misusing public funds, .. -- e felonies. Since he has yet to see the evidence against his client, Brown offered limited comments about the third-degre- charges. "I dont know what people are claiming" Olsen did, Brown said, but "we believe it's certainly t' - - i j not something that happened intention- 'St . , , . ally." Near the end of October, charges were filed against Brian Brent the former mayor. Olsen County prosecutors have said the charges are connected to travel reimbursements for meetings and conferences Olsen didn't attend or that dictatt happen. Checks and expense invoices released to the Daily Herald show that Olsen was sometimes paid for the expense of trips before they happened. Eagle Mountain spokeswoman Linda Peterson previously told the Daily Herald that the city sometimes paid expenses in advance for "long trips" and those expenses were later verified by the city staff. "It was essentially because of this practice that questions came to mind and this is being investigated," she said. Olsen, who resigned as mayor after being in office for less than a year, wiD appear in court in January for a waiver hearing. After .charges were filed and Olsen stepped down, for a little more than three weeks current City Councilwoman Linn Strouse served as interim mayor. Strouse, who in her short stint as mayor put the city's chief of staff on administrative leave, left office on Tuesday,, when the city's new mayor, Don Richardson, was sworn into office. - ' - I I 4' s' "f; ' " " ' if ii jCl '. ( :: ; " MELISSA FAMODaily Herald o V lex Morrise of The Hypercubes warms up before the Battle of the Bands at Muse in Provo on Friday. Morrise and bandmate Matt Karlsven competed in i l the contest at Muse. Karlsven, describing the band's music, says, "It rocks, first of all. It is sort of new wave." The venue is owned by Jake Haws, a BYU student majoring in sound recording and advertising. Haws says, "I am really into music, that's what I like doing." The final winners receive $250 and the opportunity to record two songs for free in Muse's new recording studio. semi-annu- al Destiny's accused killer waives hearing Paul Foy THE t t ASSOCIATED PRESS The SALT LAKE CITY neighbor accused of suffocating Destiny Norton and then sexually assaulting her body waived his right Friday to a preliminary hearing on the evidence against him. Craig Roger Gregerson, 20, wffl ' return Nov. 27 for an arraignment on a capital murder charge and child kidnapping in the Jury 16 abduction of the girl from her backyard. Prosecutors said they haven't made a decision on seeking the death penalty. "Yes, your honor," Gregerson replied when asked by 3rd District Judge Judith Atherton if he was giving up his right to let the court decide whether the state had enough evidence for a trial. Gregerson was flanked by four public defenders at a podium for e the hearing. The lawyers blocked the view of a media pool photographer, who said he couldn't get a picture of the diminutive Gregerson. One of the defense lawyers, Michael Peterson, told the judge they had received "full and complete" evidence in advance from AL HARTMANNAssociated Press prosecutors and would waive the his his court with exits Judith Atherton's after waiving lawyers Craig Gregerson Judge hearing. to a pretrial on Friday in Salt Lake City. He was only in court for two minutes. right See NORTON, D2 Destiny Norton. Gregerson is accused of killing five-minut- I Katie Ashton can be reached at 344-254- 8 or kashtonheraldextra.com. Joe Cannon resigns as chair of Republican Party THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY Joe Cannon has resigned as chairman of the Utah Re publican Party. Enid Greene, vice chairwoman of the party and former U.S. House member from Utah, win act as chair until the party's cen- Thursday. education. "IVe had some political friends talking to me about running next term," Bridge- water said. I haveni made any commitment to run at this point." During Cannon's tenure, he oversaw a field for the 2004 governor's race and has seen GOP incumbents and candidates win statewide and large-candida- tral committee selects a new one. That could come sometime in February, said Can-non, who resigned governor's senior adviser on Joe Cannon "I actually thought about this for several months," Cannon said of his departure. "I decided some months ago, in the summer, that it was time for me to step away from a public partisan profile. I didn't want to do it before the election after all. I was elected (party chairman) to help the party during this election." Cannon has served as the party chairman since 2001. Gov. Jon Huntsman's spokesman, Mike Mower, offered a possible candidate to replace Cannon: Tim Bridgewater, the local races. And it was during Cannon's tenure that the party decided to close primary elections to only registered Republicans, even though Cannon opposed the move. Last summer, Cannon came under scrutiny for bringing his lobbying clients to his brother, Republican Rep. Chris Cannon. While it isn't illegal for relatives to lobby members of Congress, House rules require members to avoid giving special favors to family members or creating the appearance of conflicts of inter-- See CANNON, D2 |