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Show NEWS Al xfinity AQUi YAHORA LIFE FREE STUFF? STOP IN AND ININ! Lidia Abanto /DU Review BY LIDIA ABANTO News Writer Se necesita tener valentia, constancia y perseverancia para regresar a las aulas. Poder hacer realidad el suefio de graduarse; sin pensar en la edad. "Mi suelio era llevar una clase en la universidad, pero primero tenia que terminar la escuela secundaria. Yo no pude graduarme porque mi familia no tenia recursos; yo tuve que trabajar," expreso Gloria Gianfelice estudiante de psicologia y arte. Gloria estaba en proceso de divorciarse, pero esto no fue una limitacion para aceptar el desafio de estudiar. Ella se prepar6 y paso el examen de la secundaria "GED". "Aceptar que me estaba divorciando era terrible. Yo queria estar casada para siempre. Pero volver a la escuela me dio la fortaleza de afrontar esta situacion tan dificil", dijo Gianfelice Ir a la universidad implica muchos cambios y sacrificios en la vida de los estudiantes. Mas aun, si hay familia y responsabilidades. "Muchas mujeres llegan a mi oficina, mujeres separadas, divorciadas, y madres solteras que deciden reconstruir sus vidas. Nosotros estamos para ayudarlas," dijo Peggy Passin coordinadora de la oficina "Women's Sucess" en UVU. Kathy Tellez, estudiante de ingles en UVU, llego a Los Estados Unidos hace tres ailos. Ella no hablaba el idioma y decidio aprenderlo. Kathy tuvo que dedicarse a criar a sus hijos, y proteger a su familia. Ella sacrifico gran parte de su vida por ellos, dejando atlas sus suefios de tener un titulo profesional. "Estudiar es una parte de mi vida que estoy concretando, ya que no pude hacerla antes. Ahora mis hijos estan grandes y esa parte, la mas importante de mi vida, ya la cumpli," dijo Tellez. Ser un estudiante de 50 afios no es una limitacion para salir adelante. "Siento que he vuelto a mis tiempos de juventud. Estudiar es divertido aunque al principio tenia un poco de miedo," expres6 Tellez. Los sueilos de Kathy y Gloria van haciendose realidad cada dia. A pesar de los obstaculos. "Quiero hacer mis estudios generales, y hacer la carrera de mfisica, que tanto amo," remarco Tellez. Valor, perseverancia y fe son las caracteristicas de estas dos mujeres. "Yo no creia que iba pasar el primer semestre. Pero me enfoque y pase," dijo Gianfelice. "Muchas mujeres no creen que pueden tener una camera profesional. La realidad es que las mujeres necesitan tener educacion, y solo asi podran tener mas oportunidades. Asi seran buenas madres, y buenas ciudadanas," expreso Pasin. New gay rights group in Utah Valley BY ROBBIE PIERCE News Writer Stop in for a chance to win an Ipad, Xbox Kinect, Ipod Nano, or one of the other great prizes available. Everyone's a winner, so come and claim your stuff. Location: Courtyard Date: August 29-30 Time: 10am-2pm Volver a estudiar es mas que un reto Location: Best Buy Orem Date: August 24-27 6.29 Time: 10am-9pm Get more stuff you love with a special 9-month offer on XFINITY® TV with HO, HBO®, SHOWTIME® and XFINITY Internet. Call 1-800-XFINITY now or visit xfinity4college.com for details, Comcast. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN; void where prohibited. Limit one (1) entry per person. 0 2011 Comcast. All rights reserved. An air of excitement, hope, and community filled the home of Millie and Gary Watts on Aug. 18, when the Utah Valley chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Gays and Lesbians held its historic first meeting. The meeting was an informal gathering held to establish a presidency and determine the future of the chapter. PFLAG is a national non-profit organization that was started in 1972 by Jeanne Manford and now has over 200,000 members. Its mission is to offer support to gays and lesbians and their families and to help end discrimination and secure equal civil rights. Over 40 people were present at the grassroots meeting: lesbians and gays ranging in age from high schoolers to senior citizens, as well as parents, grandparents, siblings and friends from all over Utah Valley. Founding members of the Salt Lake chapter of PFLAG came down to lend support. Kathleen McDonald, mother of a UVU student, a gay child, and a bisexual child, was elected as the chapter's president. UVU students Sam Westfahl and Sam Cook were elected as treasurer and secretary, respectively. "We had no idea that we would get such a great response," McDonald said. "We are so excited about the wonderful group of people We had no idea that we would get such a great response. Kathleen McDonald Mother of UVU student who came, and we can't wait for more people to bring even more adrenalin and drive to help with support and advocacy of the LGBT community." Westfahl spoke of the challenges for gays and lesbians that are specific to Utah Valley: "For too long, Members of the LGBT community here had few options for reaching out to others for love and support, and PFLAG will enable them to find that." Future meetings will be held the first Tuesday of every month. The first official meeting will be a potluck family picnic at Rock Canyon Park Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Brad Carmack, author of the book "Homosexuality: a Straight BYU Student's Perspective," will be the guest speaker. Mc- Donald says that "anyone and everyone" are invited to share in an atmosphere of acceptance and understanding. Other decisions included the idea to form a Facebook Group, "PFLAG Utah County," and the formation of a board of eight. Additionally, Millie and Gary Watts, who had already provided the meeting space and pizza and beverages, donated $200 to the chapter to defray the cost of dues and to support future activities. "We see a need in Utah County for this new PFLAG chapter," McDonald said of her reasons for getting involved, "and we see a bright future of helping the community in positive ways." Additional Resources Human Rights Campaign http://www.hrc.org Utah Pride Center http://www.utahpridecenter.org PFLAG NYC http://www.pflagnyc.org Board of trustees new members The UVU board of trustees welcomes three new members BY DANIELLE CARRIER News Writer This year, the Board of Trustees has had the pleasure of appointing Greg Butterfield as its new chair and of welcoming Roy Banks and Chris Loumeau as new trustees. A trustee is defined as someone who attends to the affairs of an institution. This year's members are loaded with the knowledge and experience that will help the institution thrive. Greg Butterfield is not new to the board, but has been a vice chair since 2008. With experience already up his sleeve, he is to be a valuable addition. In 2002 he received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his efforts with the company Altiris, now known as Symantec. Roy Banks has 20 years of high technology knowledge and is an active UVU Alumni Board member. He has a BA in Business Management and also is an executive officer of a payment processing technology company. As the new student body president, Chris Loumeau's face can be seen all over campus for the 2011-2012 school year. He is majoring in community health and students can expect to see him walking around campus a lot during the next semesters. These trustees will join members such as Ronald Hawkins, Carolyn Merrill, and Terry Shoemaker to continue overseeing the success of UVU. |