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Show Your News PAGE A3 MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2005 Stadium name is up in the air had a debate about the scoreboard and we decided that we to be neighbors with the Col- wouldn't put the name up unlege. When the naming of the til the cash was in hand and stadium is finalized, we will I'm sure that the Owlz felt the look forward to promoting it same way" said President Seand having many great years derburg. Another visible absence at of baseball in Utah County." the ballpark is the name of One of the first visible signs of Parkway's absence is on the stadium on the outside the new Scoreboard that was of the facility. All buildings installed on Thursday April at UVSC have the names on 14. The Scoreboard features the outside and the new ballthe logos for the Owlz and the park, in their original plans, Wolverines in the top corners had a location selected for and has Utah Valley State the name of the stadium. "In in the middle. The original the original plans of the staplans were to have "Parkway dium, there is a location for Crossing Stadium" between the name of the stadium. But the two logos, but the school the only reason the name is decided that the name would not up there is because of the not be on the Scoreboard until expenses" said Utah Valley they received the money. "We State Athletic Director Mike "Stadium" cont'd from page A I Jacobsen. Jacobsen has said that he still calls the ballpark "Parkway Crossing Stadium" and has instructed those in the athletic office to still call it that until further notice. As far as a timeline is concerned on when Parkway Crossing has to put forth the money for the stadium, the administration has not set one. "It's not going to be an open ended time line for sure. There needs to be something where there is afinaldecision made and that will be made in the fairly near future" said Jacobsen. Calls to Parkway Crossing's marketing director went unreturned. LDS institute serves the UVSC community Windy Hanks Andy Hunt/NetXNews LEFT to RIGHT: Michael Minch, Grant Richards, Farid Islam and Steven Clark participated in a panel discussion concerning religion's role in environmental issues. Panel discusses consumerism, religion and the environment Autumn Nielson Managing Editor Farid started the panel with a discussion of how it is important to "not only pursue Thursday night, an unusual the maximization of individgathering of religious leaders ual needs... but also be tolerjoined together in LA 101 to ant of the needs of society". discuss their respective reli- Farid quoted the Koran in his gion's views on consumerism presentation to show that "the and the environment. The environment around us is for panel had the potential to be our own good, and should be rather heated, but each of the protected for our individual panel members spoke of their benefit." views very calmly. Richards' main point was that the LDS religion believes The panel members were as follows: Reverend Tom that man has been made a Goldsmith of the First Uni- steward over the earth and tarian Church, Professor that "the natural resources of Grant Richards, a recently life and life forms are given released LDS bishop, Profes- under stewardship." He quotsor Michael Minch, a current ed from sources such as the Baptist Minister, Professor Encyclopedia for Mormons, Farid Islam, representing the and the Doctrine and CovMuslim point of view, and enants. Professor Steven Clark. Assistant News Editor The Orem Institute of Religion recently did a campuswide cleanup to get UVSC ready for graduation. The Institute works closely with UVSC and the Center for Service and Learning to accomplish many projects that benefit UVSC. "We are here to help the school," said Cory Sackett, the Service Committee Advisor of the Institute. "This is a chance for the students to have a break from' their studies and give back to the school while learning principles of the gospel." The Service Director of the Institute is Cammie Tidwell, who is a student. During the campus-wide cleanup students shoveled out 106 tree rings, laid bark around 438 trees, and laid about 3000 square feet of sod around campus. Since the Institute was formed they have been serving UVSC and the people of the community. But be- Wlndy Hanks/NetXNews Institute students Laura Christie and Suzanne Shurtz help pull weeds and clean up the campus. cause the need in the greater community grew to be too much, the Institute focused its efforts to projects that help UVSC only. "Until about three years ago we had to start telling people * if it doesn't benefit UVSC we can't help you,'" Sackett said. "It was difficult to explain why we could help out one cause and not another, so we just focused on helping the UVSC community." Recent projects include cleaning the UVSC library, tsunami aid (through the Black Student Union club on campus), helping advertise for Sub for Santa, blood drives, letters to ROTC soldiers, and cleaning up the Wee Care Center. Trio might soon be going solo Shawn Mansell Your News Editor If the Bush Administration has their way UVSC's Trio programs will cease to exist. "It is all because they want to fund -No Child Left Behind," said Maraia Weingarten, the program's director. Among the threatened programs are Upward Bound, which targets high school age students, and Talent Search, which targets students starting at age 12. The programs help the children of parents who didn't attend college get ready for higher education. They have helped future UVSC students transition to college life for 14 plus years. Some components of the program haye existed for over 40 years. Weingarten developed a passion for helping economically disadvantaged students navigate the college process as result of her experience at Brigham Young University. "I was a foreign student...I didn't know what to do," she said. "I made a deal with the good Lord," she said. That deal involved Weingarten pledging to help others succeed academically who were in similar situations of struggle. By writing the federal grants to secure funding, Weingarten has directed projects that have aided thousands of students. Talent Search and Upward Bound help approximately 5,000 students in Utah each year. Her job has become her calling. Many of her coworkers are alumni of the Trio programs, including Upward Bound and Talent Search. She has seen education spread through families. Weingarten has seen siblings inspire siblings and children inspire parents. Hamlet Gordillo, a sophomore majoring in information systems said Upward Bound was indispensable. "Upward Bound helped me with preparation for college," he said. "If your family hasn't done it [attended college] in the past who do you go to?" Gordillo also had sister go through Upward Bound. "It helped both of us out a lot." The federal government's budget cuts won't be finalized till August. Weingarten is optimistic. "We are confident in our lobbying," she said. "We are grounded in the people." Two of Utah's three congressional representatives have signed a letter of support for the threatened programs. Chris Cannon and Jim Matheson have inked on, Rob Bishop hasn't. Great Sign Up Deals Now! Minch pointed out strongly that if Christians claim themselves truly Christian, they support a "call for radical justice and equality" for that is what the New Testament teaches. Minch spoke of the "intrinsic value of all plant and animals." 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