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Show llocio lime/ the The independent voice of students at Utah Valley State ^ ^ VOLUME XXXIV'NO. VIII • WWW.NETXNEWS.NET MONDAY-SEPTEMBER 26-2005 A really scary wedding Career 101: preparing for your future Heading out on the ice Tim Burton releases his first stop motion animated feature since The Nightmare Before Christmas. Read the review in Life on page A9. The 2005 Premier Career Employment Fair is being held this week. To find out which employers will be there to recruit prospective students, and to learn how best to prepare for your future career turn to our special section on the career fair. The UVSC men's hockey squad faced off against Weber State in their inaugural game. To read more turn to Sports on page A10. Ethics Week Campus weighs in on the capital punishment debate Michael Palmer Assistant News Editor T 71 his year's ethics week has many students on campus talking about death and justice. While the various panels that took place throughout the week focused on a number of controversial societal issues from Latino issues in Utah Valley, to religion and sexuality, to animal rights, some of the most packed sessions were those that concerned the dealh penalty. Part of this interest came from having former death row inmate G.iry Gauger as a speaker and pan- elist on a number of the panels. To overflowing, attentive sessions, Gauger talked about his own personal experience, having been on death row for a crime he was later proven to have not committed. He talked about his interrogation, the appeals process, and the problems he sees with the death penalty. "Society is supposed to be better than the criminal element, and when we revert to the criminal element to achieve objectives, we're really no better than them," Gauger said. Gauger called for reform not See DEATH PENALTY-A4 "Society is supposed to be better than the criminal element, and when we revert to the criminal v» element to achieve objectives, we're really no betterthan them" Gary Gauger Former Death Row Inmate DLC tops the list for state funding more groups and individual study space, more computer News Writer access, a seminar room, and Utah Valley State College a central room for the camis on the list again to get pus network. state funding for the Digital Both the administration Learning Center, a $48 mil- department and student govlion project that would re- ernment have been working place the current library. hard to get the DLC put on On October 5. the State the Board of Regents' list of Building Board will be pre- projects to fund. Now that sented with plans for the new the project is number four, it building. When the state's has moved into the planning legislation meets again in stage, though not officially January, funding for the proj- funded yet. ect will be on the agenda. The Students seem to have a new facility would meet the lot of feedback on the new demand for accommodating center, and the student gov- Jon Long ment is hosting what they call Student Soapbox. It will "Rightnowthe Digital Learning Center is our number •be held the'second Tuesdayof every month, and will alone focus, and could play an important role into low students to voice their opinions. As of now, the stuturning the school into a university/' dent government is polling the school on their opinions and thoughts on what they Jim Michaelis expect and would like to see the DLC turn into. Asst.VP of Facilities Assistant Vice-President of Facilities, Jim Michealis ernment wants the feedback. if you have questions, con- said, "Right now the Digital Amy Brockman, who is the cerns or opinions come and Learning Center is our number one focus, and could play senator for General Academ- tell us." ics said, "Don't feel afraid to In the spirit of that senti- an important role into turnuse the student government; ment, the student govern- ing the school into a univer- sity." When asked what the students could do to help, he said, "be supportive and contact the legislature and let them hear the students' voices on the matter." The DLC would move the schools1 outdated library into a spacious new 21st century atmosphere. Estimated to be 180,000 square feet, it would be a hub of learning on campus-answering one of the student's biggest problems and concerns, being a lack of study space. SeeDLC-A2 Panel discusses gender identity Emily Bitton News Writer Courtesy Photo/LO.C A law has been passed that hopes to increase students' knowledge of the Constitution. Constitution Day events spark discussions Jon Long News Writer September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention met for the final time to ratify and sign the United States Constitution, giving definition to a newly formed nation. Yet, recent polls and research have shown that the history of this nation is slipping away from the youth. At least that's what Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a West Vir- ginia (D) saw in a poll conducted on students from across the nation, a poll that showed some disturbing trends. Some trends of a nationwide poll showed that only 35.5 percent of students polled knew the first three words of the Constitution compared to the 71.2 percent who knew www is the first three letters of most web addresses. Only 41.2 percent of stuf dents knew the names of the three branches of government when 59.2 percent of students polled knew the name of the three stooges. Only 25.5 percent knew that Philadelphia is the city the Constitution was signed in, compared to 75.2 percent of students that knew what city the zip code 90210 belongs to. So Senator Byrd proposed See CONSTITUTION-A2 Tuesday, September 20, a panel met discussing "Media Portrayals of Gender Identity: What are Ethical Alternatives?", as part of Ethics Week. • Arwen Castillo, student and employee of the Equity Cen-. ter, was the moderator for the discussion. She asked Kolby Jensen, a business major and employee of the Equity Center, and philosophy major Gregory . Lucero, questions regarding the media. Jensen and Lucero were the two panelists. An initial inquiry was, "How does the media shape gender identity?" Panelists replied with, "Gender identity is how the media tells a woman what will make her feminine and how the media tells a man what will make him masculine." Another question was, "Does the media affect your actions toward others?" This related to how the media portrays violence, specifically toward the male gender and how violence makes a. man masculine. Panelists were also asked, "Is society just a puppet for the media?" As well as, "Does the media create culture for society?" Furthermore, they explored the effect individuals can have on trying to Coutesy Photo/University of Maryland How does the media reflect and define, the roles of men and women in modern society? change the pressures that the media places on society. Lucero said, "An individual cannot realistically push against society or the media and expect to change it." Jensen said, "What it comes down to is the individual truly deciding, 'is this something I am going to support or reject and what can I do about it?'" Members of the commu- nity also voiced their opinions about how having theirvoices heard speaking out* against images that the media; portrays would be beneficial: to the business. ; A discussion was also led on advertisements and how! the agencies use shock fac-" tors to sell products. Is this^ See PANEL-A2 : |