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Show A4 NEWS Aqui y Ahora A translation of these articles can be found at www.uvureview.com Ni de aqui, ni.de alia By Olga Mejia News Writer Muchos inmigrantes ilegales vinieron a los estados unidos cuando eran muy pequenos con sus padres. Estos ninos no tuvieron otra opci6n ma's que seguirlos a ellos; nadie les pregunt6 si querian venir y adoptar otra cultura iejos de su tierra natal. Ellos fueron a la escuela primaria, muchos se han graduado de la secundaria y muchos de ellos hablan Ingle's mucho mejor que su idioma natal. Ellos se encuentran en un limbo legal. "He vivido casi toda mi vida en los Estados Unidos, me trajeron cuando tenfa 5 anos, no conozco a nadie en Mexico." Rocio Soria comenta. "Me gradue" de la secundaria y asistj unos anos a la universidad en New York City, pero no pude continuar mis estudios". Ellos no pueden recibir ayuda financiera y ten algunos estados ni siquiera educaci6n universitaria. Algunos se graduan de la universidad pero ahi se estanca su educaci6n y progreso ya que no pueden usar su education para trabajar y mejorar la comunidad porque no tienen documentos legales. El dream act podn'a cambiar esta realidad; pero muy pocos saben que es el dream act, de que" se trata y a quie'nes podrfa beneficiar. Para saber mds acerca de este proyecto de ley, se llevara* a cabo un simposio explicando todo Io relacionado con el Dream Act. Los oradores ser&n: Jose Enriquez, fundador de Latinos en Acci6n y administrador en Mountain View HS, Lynn England -Decano retirado del departamento de Sociologia en BYU-actualmente es el instructor de Ciencias de Comportamiento y Mark Alvarez (escritor editorial y asesor de derecho. Este evento se llevara' a cabo el 17 de noviembre en la biblioteca, LI 120 a ias 2:00 p.m. Todos los estudiantes, profesores y miembros de la comunidad esta~n invitados. Nov. 17 a las 2:00 p.m. Biblioteca, LI 120 Para mas informacion facebook: dream act; awareness and support Honrando a los muertos Shane Maryott/UW Review UVU Police officer carefully searches the library for a student carrying a rifle looka-like. Halloween costume scare By Benjamin Bailey and Andrea Lindgren News Writer and News Editor '•••^Vjil'^iv!.^-...'* The Thursday before Halloween brought out the usual earlycostume wearers on campus this year. Amid the typical witches, Vikings and fairies, was a poor apparel and accessory choice by one student. • According to Brad Plothow from University Marketing, the student, a former member of the military, entered the library wearing military fatigues and a combat helmet, while carrying an air soft rifle mock up of an AR 15. Given the horrific campus shootings that have occurred over the past few years, such as when a gunman shot 48 people on the Virginia Tech campus in 2007, it was not surprising that somebody called the police. , uvu r BEATIFY from Al t Shane Maryott/UVU Review El museo de Woodbury celebr'o el dia de los muertos por un mes para unir mas a los residentes de la comunidad. By Benjamin Burton News Writer El museo edific6 este altar segun la costumbre mexicana del dfa de muertos. Encima del altar se pone Lleno de celebraci6n y festivi- la cale"ndula-Ia Flor de los Muertosdades, aun los muertos tienen su pro- porque segun la tra.dicibn, las calendulas atraen a los espfritus de los pio dfa en Mexico. Pero aqui en los Estados Unidos, antepasados por el olor que tienen. hay mucho menos conocimiento de Tambie"n pusieron calaveras aired-, este dia. "Pienso que es una fiesta edor del altar, porque el esqueleto es Mexicana," dijo Jonathan Coyne, un el sfmbolo de este dia. estudiante de la universidad. "No esEl museo di6 a la comunidad la toy seguro si esta* celebrado s61o en oportunidad de traer fotos y recuerCentroame'rica, o si se celebra en Su- dos de sus seres queridos que han dame'rica tambie"n." fallecido para colocar en el altar Para informar a la comunidad de como lo hacen tradicionalmente en lo que se trata este dia importante Mexico. Sorprendentemente, no hupara los mexicanos, el museo de bieron muchos participantes. Woodbury ha creado un altar para "En serio, lo que tenemos pueslos muertos, como es la tradicidn de to ahora es de los empleados," dijo Me*xico. Hempel, hablando de las fotos enc"Estamos tratando de unir a la ima del altar. "Pedimos sugerencias comunidad," dijo Melissa Hempel, a la universidad, pero realmente no conservadora del museo. "Quere- tuvimos una gran respuesta publica. mos ofrecer actividades para que la Ya que e"sta es la primera vez que lo comunidad participe. Al tener este hacemos, esperamos tener ma's peraltar aquf, estamos invitando a cu- sonas involucradas en el future" alquier persona de la universidad o El evento estuvo en el museo por die las a*reas locales a traer cosas para casi un mes. En los anos que vienen, poner en el altar." quieren tener ma's eventos que ten- dr3n lugar en el dfa exacto de la celebraci6n para promoverlo mejor. El altar no es la unica exposici6n en el museo de Woodbury. Tambie'n hay muchas pinturas y otras obras, pero la mayoria de la gente no sabe del museo. Su esperanza es que en los anos futuros seguirdn d^ndose estas oportunidades de honrar a los muertos de esta forma, y que los esfuerzos del museo de unir a la comunidad tengan el efecto deseado; "Es nuestro gran desaffo, porque aun los estudiantes, algunos de los profesores y personas que trabajan en la universidad no saben que estamos aqUf. Esto es lo que estamos tratando de cambiar," dijo Hempel. j [•') 575 East University K"-'- Pkwy#250Orem \ ^ . ; '-•"' 801-863-4200 Horas: martes-sdbado 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (o con cita previa) ^(cerrado los lunes y dfas festivos) According to Plothow the UVU police received a call between 4:30 and 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28 from the library. Soon after the call, police officers, some of whom were armed with assault rifles, crept through the library, checking booths and peering out windows. By the time the police arrived, the make-believe solider was already outside, heading towards the Student Center. One of the-officers spotted him and they all quickly stormed out of the building, catching up to the costume wearer in the grassy area that lies between the library and the student center. The police discovered that the student meant no harm, but cited the student for disorderly conduct. "It is poor judgment to bring anything that looks like a weapon onto campus," Plothow said.. workshop. "There are so many scary statistics about the perceptions of Hawkins' lecture. body image, but it's stuff that's good "I went last year, and the facts for everyone to know." have changed a little, but it's still Women are not alone in their surprising no matter how many daily struggle with the media's times you hear it," said junior Mag- standards. About I million men in gie Christensen. America suffer from an eating disThe workshop not only targets order, and the numbers are increaspeople with eating disorders, but. ing daily. Referred to as "the skinny also those that are too concerned or jeans phenomenon" by Hawkins, obsessed with diet and exercise. men are feeling added pressure to be Hawkins explained that young smaller to conform to new fashion girls are constantly bombarded with styles. images of the ideal woman, repreDue to the media creating such sented by models who stand 5 feet a problem in our society, many 11 inches tall, at 117 pounds and students feel that it is also their rewho wear a size two. Realistically, sponsibility to fix it through full only 1.8 percent of women in the disclosure and honest depictions of world have the genetic ability to em- celebrities. body that ideal. "The media need to show people Even children's toys are mirror- the way they look," Christensen ing the media's standards. A recent said. "It's not a sin to be bigger." study showed that 5 to 7-year-old In conjunction with the workgirls felt lower self-esteem after be- shop, a Body Image Fair was held in ing exposed to a Barbie doll, yet the the Hall of Flags on Nov. 2 and 3. average American girl has 10 Barbie "The fair offers information for dolls in her toy collection. students and faculty about body The media's influence is also image and loving your body," said having a large impact on the increase Amy Grubbs, coordinator of Wellof plastic surgeries in America. Cur- ness Programs. rently, Utah leads the nation in most Wellness Programs offers severplastic surgeries per capita. In 2007, al services dealing with healthy livForbes Magazine named Salt Lake ing practices, and anyone who wants City the vainest city in America. to know more is welcome to visit the They calculated the number of plas- Student Health Center. tic surgeons per 100,000 people. Salt Lake City had six surgeons per 100,000 people, while New York City had only four. These types of statistics were startling to many, but informative. "It's so startling how much it affects kids at a young age," said Jimmy Fuqua, a senior who attended the |