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Show I THE STUDENT VOICE OF UTAH VALLEY STATE TUESDAY • JANUARY 16 • 2007 VOLUME XXXVI • NO. 19 Losee Center displays Jim Crow exhibit Jared Magill Assistant News Editor Currently on display in the Losee Center Library fourth floor gallery until Jan. 27 is a traveling exhibit of artifacts from Ferris State University's Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. The exhibit, titled SPORTS Men's Basketball After a four-point loss to the Aggies at home, the men traveled to Logan fora rematch. Could they even the series in the Spectrum? onB5. Track and Field Although ifs the middle of winter, the trade team is set to get the season underway. Read about whom to follow this year on the track. LIFE Education Profile Do you pay your waitress or waiter enough? Chances are they are a poor college student Read more on page B2 1111010101010101101010101010101010101111010101101010 0100010001001110010010010001001001010101010001001000 1010101010101010101111010101101010101010101010101011 0010010001001001010101011010101011010010001000100110 1111010101101010101010101010101011010010001000100111 0101010001001000000111101010101010110101010101010101 1010101010101011010010001000100111001001001000100100 0111101010101010110101010101010101010111101010110101 0010001000100111001001001000100100101010101000100100 0101010101010101010111101010110101010101010101010101 1001001000100100101010101000100100000011110101010101 0111101010110101010101010101010101101001000100010011 1010101000100100000011110101010101011010101010101010 0101010101(V ^) mno^^,-,-0 1 ooi00100010010 v proposal to remove, ^ r .wireless internet 01001 101 010 10K News^.iter I 10101 Student Health Student Health Services offers tips on how to get better at staying well. See page A2 for more OP;I:N:ION5 Death of a dictator Saddam Hussein thrived and died amid violence. Jeremy Pettersson and Jack Jared Waters share their views on the Iraqi dictator's controversial trial and execution. See page AS. fees g a i n s momentum Adkins 0100 1.10V 00' . Interested in tutoring, mentoring orservke?4H offers UVSC students opportunities to do all three. Find out more on A3 collecting the artifacts in his youth while attending segregated schools in Mobile, Alabama. "I found them at flea markets and garage sales as a kid," said Pilgrim. "Items would offend me, and Td buy them to destroy them. I got older and recognized the historical significance of these items. I stopped destroy- 01010101010101101001000 fr.ee.wir.eless i n t e r n e t ' \JU NEWS Mentoring Services forced in the Southern and Border States. The artifacts are varied Jim Crow memorabilia and caricatured images of Blacks on postcards, games, ashtrays and drinking glasses. The creator and curator of the museum, Dr. David Pilgrim, a sociology professor at Ferris State University located in Big Rapids, Michigan, began 1110101011010101010101010101010110100100010001001110 1010100010010000001111010101010101101010101010101010 Just how much is your education worth? Leam the gritty details on page B1. Pay your waitress "Hateful Things" is a sampling of the over 4,000 pieces of racist Americana from the museum that both addresses and calls attention to the relationship between segregation and everyday knick-knacks from the Jim Crow era, a period of time that dates roughly from about 1876 to 1965 in which the Jim Crow segregation laws were en- oioir- oooo • Free campus-wide wireless Internet access is closer to becoming a reality, but still has some snags to overcome before it will be in place. Currently, wireless Internet access costs almost $5 a month and adds on a $25 set-up fee. On other college campuses across the state, wireless Internet is free of charge to students, being paid for through student fees. According to ASUVSC President Andrew Stone, the move to eliminate wireless fees is going forward, as it was a campaign pledge in last year's elections, but there needs to be student interest for it to occur. "Next week we are having a student survey to gauge interest," Stone said. "We are looking at the end of the spring for the final answer and we will drop it if there isn't enough interest." In getting students behind free wireless, cost will be an issue, since it will cost about another $10 a semester in student fees to be able to make it happen. Even though it sounds like a huge jump, with the increase students will pay close to $25 a year for computing. 0 01 01 001 01 i0 See WIRELESS-A3 Friends of Utah Valley forms to secure UVSC's university status proximately $10,000sofar with hopes of recruiting Executive Editor more community support. With 24,000 students Approximately 200 attending UVSC which Utah County residents offers 48 bachelor deand business and com- grees and 84 associate's munity leaders have degrees, Friends of Utah joined together to form Valley believe the county a nonprofit organization and the rest of the state called "Friends of Utah have a vested interest Valley" with the express in promoting the interpurpose of lobbying for ests of UVSC students. and increasing aware"Increased prestige ness of UVSC's bid to and credibility from unibecome a university. versity status will benefit According to the students, the institution, group's website, members the county and the state," have pledged or raised ap- according to the web- John Ditzler site. "University status will result in a significant economic impact on the region and the state." The group claims that, "A recent study by the Utah Foundation discovered that a higher percentage of first-year UVSC graduates average salaries over $40,000 per year than any other institution in Utah, including private universities." "The same study showed that UVSC graduates fuel the local economy since 75 percent remain local. Employers can recruit UVSC students knowing they are likely to remain in the workforce rather than moving out of state." Friends of Utah Valley also cite findings by UVSC's Institutional Research Department which claims that UVSC returns $6.22 in economic benefit to the region for every $1 invested by the state. Friends of Utah Valley is independent of the college. Visit their website for more information at www. friendsofutahvalley.com ing them and started collecting them." Dr. Pilgrim views the collection of images and artifacts not as a traditional museum but as a learning and teaching laboratory. He seeks to use the images of intolerance to teach tolerance. "I have a goal to create a See HATEFUL- A2 Financial aid becoming accessible Keyra Kristoffersen News Writer FREE MONEY!. The two words that every college student hopes to hear. Usually when free money is brought up, students think of the five bucks for pencils that they beg for from home that parents kindly don't require payback with interest. However, free money can mean so much more. The Financial Aid office at UVSC, currently carries a full time staff of 20 people dedicated to helping students pay for an education. Whether through federal grants, scholarships, or (eeek!) student loans, students at UVSC have a wide variety of help to ensure their education and ease the burdens of the parents. Some of the most common and widely utilized sources of financial aid are the Pel 1 Grant, the new SMART grant for science and technology students, the ACG grant, SCOG, LEAP, Federal Stafford loan. Scholarships ranging from Academic Merit for incoming freshmen with high GPAs and ACT scores, Deans Merit, Exceptional Performance, Needs Based, and Scholarly & Creative. Private scholarships are also available through the school and around the country based on academics and others and ranging in nearly every field of study. Online sources and books are constantly updated to inform students of aid opportunities. There are also new Work-Study grants and International grants and scholarships which are unique to Utah. But beware of websites that ask for pay to fill out financial aid forms, it says "Free" for a reason. The most dreaded and least understood way through college is the student loan. Many grandparents are still paying off their undergraduates, so growing up knowing of that stress has put many students off to the student loan. Fear of paying beyond the grave has cost many semesters and sleep. Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority (UHEAA) has been instrumental in helping See FINANCE • A3 |