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Show yquf_neuj/ MONDAY*FEBRUARY 6 *2006 A3 State of the College From SEDERBURG-A1 President replied that is has a conversations about UVSC. lot to do with the "whatever This includes: talking to sur- generation," adding that there rounding High Schools about is something in the social ACT enrollment, concurrent system of Utah that doesn't enrollment and UVSC requirements. Third, UVSC needs to strengthen academics. "Relationships with the UVSC needs to add more four-year programs and local community are good, build an honors program, of course we haven't had which would help in student retention. Faculty seems to any controversial speakers support this goal, given the statistics Sederburg cited. lately." Eighty-nine percent of UVSC's faculty agrees that it is important to serve as a William Sederburg role model for our students, and ninety-nine percent say UVSC President that students need to develop critical thinking skills. Jon Long/NetXNews Students, community members and camera crews packed CS404 last Wed. night to hear BYU professor Steven Jones \ay out his ideas on what actually caused the World Trade Center buildings to collapse on September 11 2001. BYU prof examines the physics of 9/11 cans, I'm talking about people's lives." Wednesday night was devoted Jones spoke for approxito World Trade Center build- mately an hour-and-a-half ing seven, which fell quickly and then, following a standwithout ever being hit by a ing ovation, answered a few plane. According to the of- questions. One of the central questions ficial report, the building fell asked was 'when was this infrom "damage and fire." Jones claims that the way formation going to break into the building rapidly fell the national media?' Jones' straight down, makes the response was ambivalent; "damage and fire" explana- he mentioned that his article tion improbable. Jones sug- would be published more gested a thermite detonation widely in the spring, and from inside the building, pos- said he hoped to give similar sibly in the elevator shafts. presentations in future, but However, he added that the he also said he did not plan steel that would help test his on doing any national intertheory, was hurriedly being disassembled and sent to Asia for recycling. "No one looked seriously at explosive demolition, at least not in writing," Jones said. Building seven was not mentioned in the 9/11 report. Jones talked about towers one and two as well. He said these buildings were designed to withstand aircraft collision, and such a collision would be "like punching a hole in your screen door with a pencil." He also challenged Osama bin Laden's involvement in the event. "What other suspects were even investigated?" Jones asked. He claimed that the video tape which purportedly shows bin Laden confessing to organizing the attacks was a fake. Jones performed measurements comparing nose sizes and other measurements between the bin Laden in that tape, and the one seen in the others; coming to conclusion that the man in the confession tape was not bin Laden. "They have this 'smoking gun confession tape/ but it's not him," Jones said. He also asked why the government had not acknowledged finding three of four black boxes from the hijacked planes. Jones also tried to make clear that his motives and presentation were not a matter of partisanship. "These issues transcend party politics," Jones said. "I'm not talking about Democrats or RepubliFrom 9 / 1 1 - A 1 views. Audience reaction to the presentation ranged from grateful to stunned. "Millions of Americans are waking up and demanding the facts," said Jerry Owens, founder and chairman of the 9/11 Truth Seekers. "Dr. Jones' presentation is a great aid in filling in the pieces of the puzzle." "I don't think the presentation necessarily even has to say the Bush administration was involved," said Ron Wilson, a chemistry major from BYU who attended the event. "He points out clearly that information is being omitted and withheld, and that is what we need to focus on. The conspiracy theories are almost beside the point." Full audio from the event can be found at www.91 ltruthseekers.org, as can the full text of Jones' paper.-The Ethics Center also said that DVDs were being made that recorded the full event. For more information on this or other ethics center events, contact David Keller at 863-6455. Sederburg's final goal is to improve the school's internal systems. Sederburg also announced a new email address, myuvsc@uvsc.edu. He said, "If you have any issue or concern, I am dedicated to answering emails daily, and so is the vice-president." A major theme the President emphasized was the need to focus on students one at a time to help them succeed, "Two thousand andfivehas been a successful year, and so can 2006. We have some challenges to overcome, but we just need to reach out to students one at a time." At the end of his speech time was allotted for questions from the audience. One question addressed the decline in enrollment at UVSC. The emphasize the need to start higher-level education right away. Sederburg said that this is a problem that should be addressed. One student asked about funding, to which the President said, "Mission-based funding is the buzz word this year." When asked about UVSC's relationship with the local community, Sederburg said, "Relationships with the local community are good, of course we haven't had any controversial speakers lateiy." The final comment emphasized the President's theme, 'The success of this institution relies upon the success of every student." 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