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Show " l ^ l ^ ^ ^ ^ l l l l ; ^ ^ ; l ••••-• Monday • November 3, 2008 A3 News briefs HOOGE'S HEROES Campus news INTERESTED IN ROCKET SCIENCE? • On Nov. 13, the UVU College of Science and Health will present a lecture on rocket propulsion at noon to 12:50 p.m. in LI 120. Michael Jacobs, of ATK Launch Systems, will be talking about the Ares I rocket program. Ares 1 is the fleet of rockets being developed by NASA to replace the Space Shuttle fleet. ATK and Michael Jacobs are playing a critical role in the design of the Ares I launch system. Come learn about this new space program and Utah's role in its development. UVU TO HONOR SKIP DAYNES AT PREMIERE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS CONCERT • uvu's School Courtesy of UVU Athletic Department Todd Fairbourne is head coach of Softball at UVU. Todd Fairbourne: coaching softball •HftBNtfHCJOGEHOPKlNSON tion in fall of 2004. We won the Junior College National Title in What made you want to Yes, softball is his life. 2000, the only national coach softball? That is one thing that makes title, in any sport, that the Todd Fairbourne such a school has ever won. I didn't really set out great coach. He is our hero for the week. Here is what he to be a coach. I was the asBesides softball, what sistant sports info director had to say: here while helping with the do you like to do in softball team. Upon finishyour spare time? What is your position ing my master's degree, I left at UVU? coaching to pursue adminisA I still play a lot of softball M tration — what I planned on myself. Yes, it's my I am the head softball coach ~ but when the school began life. My wife and I also and have worked here at its transition to Division I play a lot of coed leagues. 1 Utah Valley since 1992. I athletics, my competitive love spending time with my A was named the softball bone got the best of me, and kids and my wife. I'm also f \ coach in 1997, did not things worked out for me to a professional and college • * * • coach for the 2002- return to coaching. sports junkie. 2003 and 2003-2004 seasons to serve as assistant What do you feel has Can you tell me a little athletic director over media been your greatest bit about your family? and facilities, then returned success while a\ UVU? to the hepd coaching posiNews Writer I am married to the former Ms. Tiffany Weight of Springville, Utah. We have two children, a boy, C.J., 3, and Morgan, a girl, 6. I also have two daughters, Ashley, 16, and Danielle, 9, from a previous marriage. All four are my world. If there was one message you could get out to UVU students, faculty and staff, what would it be? TRIBAL from* A1 "The team collected a huge amount of data, which will be analyzed by the students and faculty over the next few months," said Daniel Horns, department chair of Earth Science, "The work should provide guidance for well drillers in time for a follow-up visit next fall." . Although the tribe must wait until students and faculty examine the data, there is no shortage of hope that a conclusion is on its way. Similar missions such as this have been completed by the Earth Science Department all over central Mexico, beginning in 1999. Most trips deal with the issue of surface water as opposed to ground water and include anywhere from eight to 20 volunteers. This particular mission, being specific in nature, was limited to students from an introduction to hydrology class. The UVU faculty members included Joel Bradford, Steve Emerman and Mike Bunds. woman appeared K> be conscious and breathing. She was takers to the hospital for head and neck injuries. "Both 'cars had air bags deploy," jfsaid Hyer...-."The modern cars like these ones really protect the passengers well." Hyer says tjje:people involved in the e accident were luckyft. '+Three other women involved infthe wreck were okay with only minor scrapes and bruises. How the accident occurred is still unknown. TWO STUDENTS DEAD AT CAMPUS SHOOTING IN ARKANSAS • At the University of Central Arkansas campus, two students were left dead and a third person wounded after a shooting. Students Ryan Henderson, 18, and Chavares Block, 19, were pronounced dead while Martrevis Norman of Blytheville was shot in the leg. Police are questioning suspects and said they are not students and are all males from the central Arkansas area. Police said it appears to be a random act, and that there is no apparent motive for the shooting yet. Classes were cancelled on the 12,500-student campus. Faculty and students received emergency calls and e-mails through an automated system that was put in after the Virginia Tech shooting. This is the second shooting at an Arkansas college this year. More than 60 members of the California biker gang the Mongols were arrested after a three-year investigation. Gang members are accused of engaging in criminal acts including money laundering, extortion, gun trafficking, robbery, drug dealing and murder. During the three-year investigation, federal agents posed as gang members and girlfriends, even submitting to polygraph tests administered by the bikers. The gang has engaged in an escalating battle with its rival gang, the Hells Angels, since 2002 during a casino riot in Laughlin, Nev., and has been linked to violent attacks on African Americans. An insignia patch representing the gang is attached to all members' jackets. Law enforcement officials have been instructed to confiscate any jacket with this patch due to an injunction that outlaws further use of the gang's name. EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY ; A | C I D E N T L Y KILLED IN i * GUN SHOW • Tn Westfield, Massl an 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in trie head with an Uzi submachine gup. The boy, Christopher Bizilj, (wafe at a gun fair and under the supervision of a certified instructor wfien he lost control of the gun. Police said he was accompanied by his father in the ambulance, but it's unclear whether his father was with him during the accident. Although this is being considered a self-inflicted, accidental shooting, police are still investigating the circumstances. World news Dave Iba/ UVU Review COLOMBIA • DEGREES from* A1 Cinema Studies "With 34 emphases currently available, three emphaCinema Studies is the ses in art that we hope will study of aesthetics, theory, be approved later this year, history and reception in film. and emphases in Peace and "Cinema Studies is looking Justice Studies and Gender at movies as social, political Studies that will hopefully be approved as well, students history in a cultural context. have a large set of choices," said Abbott. Minors are also Classical Studies available for any major re"Classical Studies is the gardless of the degree. study of Ancient Greek and Roman history, literature and Integrated Studies civilization, and how they relate to the modern world," C o n t a c t : (801)863-8455 www.uvu.edu/is said Olson. e m a i l scott.abbott@uvu.edu Current available Integrated Studies emphasis Accounting American Studies American Sign Language Anthropology Ballet Ballroom Dance Biology Business Management Cinema Studies Classical Studies Communications Computer Networking Computer Science Digital Media Earth Science Economics English Environmental Studies French Gender Studies (Coining Soon) History Hospitality Management Humanities Leadership Military Science Modern Dance Music Office Management Outdoor Leadership Peace and Justice Studies (Coming Soon) Philosophy Physical Education Psychology Religious Studies Sociology Spanish Technology Management PRE-LA W from Al• law school deans for the first Dean's Night. For this last Dean's Night, she was able to invite nearly 20. There will be another Dean's Night in the spring to keep an eye out for. With the students' priceless interaction among law school deans, the professional contacts that were made available, and with their various questions answered, it is safe to say that most of National news MONGOL BIKER GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED • A Assuming you are asking i-\ this relative to the ath~ ~i" letic program, 1 would say, be excited and supportive of the school's athletic programs. Soccer official assists students in car accident after soccer game ' Todd Hyer, an fighter for Sandy fire^ttation' inutes following wom- found students aiding .ihe en's soccer game Oct. 23, woman who drove off'1 the thQxrowd was left at a stand road who was found^nconstiil after witnessing a car scious. Students attempted to collision and a referee who pull her out of the car while rushed to the scene. Hyer said to not mover her The EMT certified soc- until help came. * '/cer referee t heard the acciWith no' equipment and V&ent then rkn the aid of two • tools Hyer said it was hard cars that collided on College to do afiy immediate help on Drive west of the soccer her. Hyer could only comfield. One car was left in the fort her and make sure that middle of the road while an- she could breathe correctly other drove off to the side of until help came. the road into a fence. When help came the of the Arts will present its premiere concert entitled "Tutus, Triptychs. Timpani and Two-Minuie Soliloquies: Presenting the School of the Arts," featuring performances and exhibitions from across the artistic spectrum. The concert will be held Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ragan Theater located in the Sorenson Student Center. The concert will feature performances from the Dance, Music and Theatrical Arts departments as well as works from the Department of Art & Visual Communications. At the Nov. 7 performance, Debenham will present Skip Daynes with the Fran Kennedy Friends of the Arts Award. Daynes is the fourth generation owner and president of Daynes Music, the oldest music company west of the Mississippi, and one of the oldest continuously family-run businesses in America. Daynes will be honored for his support of the arts in Utah and particularly at UVU, where he serves on the Advisory Board of the School of the Arts. Daynes was instrumental in bringing a gift of four Steinway pianos to UVU's Department of Music this summer. Tickets for the event are 55 with a UVU ID and S7 without. For tickets and information contact Campus Connection at (801) 863-8797. the pre-law students are now closer to feeling ready for law school, as well as what lies beyond for them in the professional realm. A note on what is upcoming: The Pre-Law Club is promoting the screening of the full-length documentary I.O.U.S.A. on Nov. 3, at the Ragan Theater in the Student Center. Hosts include the UVU Student Government, various other UVU clubs and The Concord Coalition. Anyone concerned or even curious about the state of our national budget should go. The movie is free and open for students and the public alike. The Ragan Theater will open its doors at 6:30 p.m. on the 3rd, and the movie will promptly begin at 7 p.m., so get there early for a good seat and be ready to be enlightened. A 62-year-old lawmaker from Colombia found freedom after being held captive for eight years in the jungle by leftist rebels. Oscar Tulio Lizcano was able to escape with the help of his jailer, a member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who fled with him. Lizcano was a hostage since August of 2000. The jailer going by the alias "Isaza" was promised by Colombia's president a cash reward and asylum in France with his girlfriend. FARC still holds at least 20 politicians, police officers and soldiers - some have been held for more than a decade. MEXICO • The world's heaviest man, Manuel Uribe, 43, tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Claudia Soils, 38, in northern Mexico. More than 400 guests attended the wedding. The couple met four years ago and have been dating for the past two years. Uribe hasn't left his bed in six years and had to be transported by a flatbed truck to his wedding. In 2006, he weighed 1.230 pounds, but has since lost 550 pounds. He stuck with his diet at the festivities, staying away from the five-tier wedding cake. Doctors were present to watch him closely. Footage from the wedding will be featured in an upcoming Discovery Channel documentary about Uribe. GREECE • Officials announced that a 6,000-year-old set of household gear was found in the buried ruins of a prehistoric farmhouse in northern Greece. The discovered items include a crockery and two wood-fired ovens. "This is a very rare case where the remains have stayed undisturbed by farming or other external intervention for about 6,000 years," the ministry statement said. "The household goods are in excellent condition." The remains of the 624-square-foot prehistoric building were first discovered when workers were putting in water pipes earlier this year. Archaeologists excavated ihe site last spring and found a large number of clay items used for cooking and eating, stone tools, mills for grinding cereals and two ovens. join the UVUEeyiew.com writers « photographers designers in |