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Show I The College Times The Independent Student Voice of Utah Valley State VOLUME XXkVII • NO. 8 UVCOLLEGETIMES.COM MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2007 Jn the community' Off campus * Debate team contends at college competition Entire team - fifth overall Justin Ritter News writer AniMcPherson -first place overall speaker, first place in dramatic interpretation, third place in after-dinner speaking After two days of delivering speeches and debating with students from 10 other schools, fourmembersof the UVSC debate team walked away from their weekend competition with awards. Ani McPherson took first place in dramatic interpretation and third place in after-dinner speaking, and was named first overall speaker in the Sept. 28-29 competition, held at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho. Teammate Lacey Jarrett was named fifth overall speaker, while the debate team, consisting of Jarrett and Jacob Frahm, placed eighth overall out of a field of almost 50 teams. See DEBATE -AS Networking conference planned for business women Jennie Nicholls Assistant News editor gin the community rossing county lines They think they can, they think they can Robert Hayden Assistant News editor As UVSC moves toward its transition to UVU and enrollment numbers rise, transportation and parking may become a serious issue among students and faculty on campus. A possible solution to this pending concern, however, is already nearing the construction phase and recently received a substantial sum from the federal government to push it further toward completion. On Monday, Sept. 24, the Utah Transit Authority completed a letter of intent with the Federal Transit Agency calling for the federal government to pay $500 million, or 20 percent of the total expense estimated at more than $2 billion, toward the construc- p. '.-n-'.i-v •;??*' See COMMUTER. A3 UTA is set to receive $500 million from the Federal Transit Agency to fund a $2 billion expansion of fourTRAX lines throughout Salt Lake County and the construction of a FrontRunner commuter rail line from Salt Lake City tp Provo, I 1 year D years f years Commuter Rail North complete Commuter Rail South and West Valley TRAX extension complete TRAX extension to Salt Lake International and Draper complete National Redesigned citizenship examination announced Britnee Nguyen News writer The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Sept. 27 a new, redesigned naturalization test. The cost to redesign the current test was $6.5 million. Over the past year, a test pilot consisting of 142 questions was randomly distributed to 10 districts in the country, where 6,000 citizenship applicants volunteered to test the pilot. There was an average 92 percent pass rate on the test pilot, which exceeds the average 84 percent pass rate for the current test. The questions also went through 150 organizations, consisting of ESL experts, historians, adult educators and other scholars before the final 100 questions were chosen. The new questions are based on concepts of the U.S. political system, basic values and See CITIZENSHIP *A2 extension complete On campus Ethics forum debates school vouchers ingham debate over the school voucher program. News writer The program would give Both advocates and op- income-based amounts of ponents of school vouch- money to parents wanters turned out in force for ing to enroll their children a forum discussion of what in private school, and the surroundhas become one of Utah's controversy most controversial issues, ing it has drawn attention held at UVSC on Oct. 3. from the national media. More than a hundred Byrne, the president people attended the fo- of Overstock.com, argued rum, hosted by the Eth- that Utah's current educaics Center, to hear panel members Patrick Byrne, tion system is a monopoly. Marilyn Kofford, Paul "They do not want Utah parSee VOUCHERS *A3 Mero and Kim BumJustin Ritter Mark Johnston /The Dally Herald UVSC will host a networking conference for women entrepreneurs on Friday, October 12. Startupprincess.com along with the Orem Small Business Development Center will host the event geared towards helping women interested in business meet others like them and to inspire them to develop their business dreams into successful, working plans. The theme of the conference, "Make a Wish, Make it Happen" is what Startup Princess is all about. Startup Princess was started by Kelly King Anderson in 2006. According to the website, the purpose of the group is to be an, "online and local networking and mentoring system dedicated to the success of women entrepreneurs." The website is a blog site for users to read articles addressing issues pertaining to entrepreneurship by some of the top female business leaders in the world. The event is being cosponsored by the Orem Small Business Development Center, a department of UVSC. Located off campus, the center provides help with anything from creating business plans, marketing research, record-keeping classes, financial planning and production assistance. The Small Business Development Center caters to both new and existing businesses. "We feel that it is important for UVSC's women, entrepreneurial minded students to have opportunities to network and get to know high level business women in our community," said administrative support personnel, Laurie Ann Thomas. The conference begins with a kick-off speaker at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12. Speakers with different professional backgrounds from the community will give tips for success and ideas on developing attendee's businesses for the remainder of the event, which runs until three that afternoon with a break for lunch. Conference organizers have planned three keynote speakers, including Anderson, the founder Buttons and petitions at recent ethics forum, debating school vouchers. See WOMEN *A4 Mammograms offered during breast cancer awareness month Brmt Cinctr InHancM By A0» Christine Shell ' 25% 17% Unto* * art #w Projected cases are based on 1995 - 2003 incidence rates from 41 states as reported by the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, representing about 8 6 % of the US population. American Cancer Society, Surveillance Research, 2 0 0 7 News writer One in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and nearly 41,000 of them will be this year. That's according to statistics from the American Cancer Society, and the numbers are sobering. , To promote prevention and consciousness of the disease, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Through- out Utah County, events and programs are being held to honor the month. A women's health fair, "Celebration of Light," will be held this week, Wednesday and Thursday, October 10 and 11, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon each day. The fair is for women aged 40-64. Opportunities for free or low-cost screenings, breast exams, pap smears, and mammogram vouchers for those who qualify according to program guidelines, will be offered. There will also be food, prizes, and other incentives. The fair is sponsored by the Utah County Health Department and will be held in the Utah County Health and Justice Building, 151 South University Avenue, 1709. Call 8517031 for more information or to schedule an appointment. Women who are not able to attend the event may still call to find if they qualSee BREAST *A5 |