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Show Your News MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2005 PAGE A2 YOUR WEEK AHEAD Future of Wee Care money to organizations from student fees. SAA (Student we're asking Head Start to Alumni Association) asked find new accommodations," for funds as well, and we said Sederburg. "This will al- didn't give them student fee low the Wee Care Center to money either. If we did that, expand into that space, and it would open the flood-gates increase the number of stu- for organizations asking for dents they are able to serve." money." Bassi did note that additionThe Wee Care Center did ask for an allocation of stu- al funds had been allocated dent fees this year. They into a discretionary fund that received no portion of this organizations like the Wee money, though student fees Care Center could request monies from. did increase this year. "The most frustrating thing Verbecky said that though was that they gave an addi- they were losing the CCAMPtional six dollars to athletics," IS grant, other grants and prisaid Reed. vate donors funded them, like When Student Body Presi- the Women's Guild, and that dent Jim Bassi commented on they were seeking additional this he said, "We don't give sources of funding. "Wee Care" cont'd from page A I What to do and where to be for the week of April 4-9 monday UVSC Baseball The UVSC baseball team will play BYU tonight at 6 p.m. at UVSC. tuesday ^9c2i--L aw School If you are interested in attending law school please join Reyes Aguliar, Jr. Associate Dean at U of U Law School at 1:30 p.m. in CS-401. Wednesday Men's Soccer Meeting Want to try out for the fall 2005 team? If so attend an informational meeting in SC105 at 6:30 p.m. tonight. thursday Environmental Ethics Conference Events will be held today from 10 a.m.-3:3O p.m. SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson will speak at 10 a.m. in the Ragan Theatre friday The Short Attention-Span Theater The ten minute play festival will be held April 7,8,9, 12, 13, 14, I 5 & 16 in the Blackbox Theater. Saturday Toward Finding Common Ground A Dialogue on Academic Freedom and Responsibility will be held MONDAY from 9 a^m.- 2:30 p.m. at Center Stage and in the Student Center. The Internet... •••not just for stealing music anymore! The College Times Editor-in-Chief Vegor Pedersen Managing Editor Windy Hanks Copy Editor Valerie Porter Editor-at-Large Errin Julkunen Your News Editor Shawn Mansell Your Sports Editor Ryan Meeks Your Life Editor Alicia Lee www.NETXNEWS.net r Matheson at UVSC "Matheson" cont'd from page A l built on BLMN land to bring the waste into the reservation. If the Bureau balks at the construction it would effectively kill the project. Matheson doesn't think this scenario is likely. "The Bureau of Land Management is under the jurisdiction of the secretary of the Interior. If she has already signed off on a release for the Indian reservation I think it's doubtful the Bureau of Land Management is going to stop the rail spur." A third option, Matheson explained, would involve congress passing a bill that would change federal land adjacent to the proposed storage site and have it designated as wilderness. "We tried and it didn't get through last congress, we'll try it again but that is going to be a tougher one to make happen." The third term representative from Utah's second congressional district isn't overly optimistic that the waste can be kept out of Skull Valley. "It seems to be moving forward in a direction that's very disturbing to me." Matheson also voiced opposition to the possible resumption of nuclear weapons testing. Speaking of previous nu- clear weapons tests Matheson said, "Between 1951 and 1992 about a thousand tests took place at the Nevada test site and the government told everyone it was safe and that they should support this." "It turns out the government lied to us when they told us it was safe," Matheson said. Cancer related to radiation fallout exposure cost many in Southern Utah their lives he said. "It's difficult for me to imagine why we would want to go down this path again." Matheson introduced legislation to restrict the nuclear tests. "It's going to be tough to get this legislation passed because there are a lot of forces out there who want to move ahead with developing new nuclear weapons." He was heartened by the fact that Senator Bennett has put forth similar legislation in the Senate. "We've got a good effort in the House and Senate in a bipartisan way and that's the way you get things done in Washington." Monday's event was sponsored the Center For the Study of Ethics, with support from the Distance Education Department. Matheson's appearance on campus was his first since his election to the House of Representatives. Your Opinions Editor John Ditzler Your Campus Editor Richie Wilcox Special Sections Editor Chris Parker Photo Editor Andy Hunt Office Manager Robbin Anthony Assistant Advisor Brent Sumner Director Grant Flygare ! Contact us: ! Student Media ! 800 W. University Parkway Orem, UT, 84057 TEL: (801) 863-8688 FAX: (801) 863-8601 E-MAIL: , anthonro@uvsc.edu [The College Times is a {student operated newspaper that is published once a week during Fall and Spring semesters. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of The College Times or UVSC. 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