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Show 1 i Your Campus PAGE 12 MONDAY; JANUARY 10,2005 UVSC welcomes new Student Ombudsman Grant Dickinson is currently the Student Ombudsman on campus. He helps students solve many of the problems they face during their education. Come visit him in SC 107, To post a question for his column, e-mail him at ombuds@u vsc. edu. Everyone has problems. My job is to offer solutions. My name is Grant Dickinson, and I am your new Student Ombudsman on campus. Many of you may be wondering what an Ombudsman is, or what one does, or how it is even pronounced (Om-budzmun). An ombudsman helps students with problems. What kind of problems? Any kind. If you are a student and have a problem with a landlord, or a teacher, or roommates, or if you just want to come play "Guess Grant's Lunch," you can come talk to me. By the way, today my lunch was a bagel sandwich with turkey and cheese, yogurt, and wheat thins. My job is not to tell you what to do; in fact, I won't. I will, however, inform you of some of your options and how to pursue those options. If you want to mediate with the other party, I can do that too. I serve as an impartial third party, who can add a different perspective on the issues. All communication is kept confidential. If you have a problem and can't find a way to resolve it, see me. If I don't know what to do; I'll find out and get back to you. And best of all, my services are free and worth every penny. I will be addressing some of your concerns in my weekly column in the school newspaper. So, send me your questions. Ask about anything. Chances are you aren't the only one with that question. Submit your questions to me anyway you choose, even an anonymous note under my door. So get the word out that I am here, willing, and able to help. Phone: 863-8665, visit my office just across for the bookstore in room SC 107, or e-mail. Aviation student Christof Nuila graduates soon and already has a job waiting for him as a commercial pilot. "I don't know if I could have graduated as fast somewhere else/* Nuila said. Courtesy Photo Flying high: Shawn Mansell Your News Editor If you want to take to the skies, UVSC can be your launching pad. The college's burgeoning aviation program boasts some more than respectable job placement numbers for pilots. ''Between 90 and 96 % place" said Mario Markides, the health and safety coordinator of the aviation program. Regional and major airlines are hunting for qualified pilots and UVSC's reputation among the carriers is growing. Christof Nuila is set to graduate with a four year degree in aviation. He already has a job locked up with Continental. Nuila is the son of a pilot. His father flew f-15s for the US air force and now flies commercially. He has wanted to follow suit as long as can remember. While he briefly toyed with going the military route (he spent a year in BYU's ROTC program) he decided UVSC was his best option. "It's been great," Nuila said. "This is a great place to learn. You can learn mountain flying, water flying and the weather is good most of the time." In addition to topography and climate Nuila said UVSC has a serious advantage over other schools in terms of cost. "I don't Aviation department gives Wolverines their wings know where I could have learned this for any less." To the unfamiliar, UVSC's aviation degree might seem pricey. The average student will have to shell out 28,000 dollars. It is much less expensive than most other comparable "This is a great place to learn. You can learn mountain flying, water flying and the weather is good most of the time." -Christof Nuila UVSC Aviation Student flight schools. "Most other places charge between 60 and 90 thousand," Markides said. Markides added that financial aid is available to help cover the costs. He said pilots also start out making a decent salary so paying back loans is very doable. After learning the basics and logging hours. Queer Theory explores the Errin Julkunen Ed itor-at-Large Read The College Times And be happy! For the first time in UVSC history, the English department will offer an upper division course in queer theory. This class will focus on lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer literature, culture and criticism since 1970. The class was proposed after students expressed interest in a gay/lesbian literature course. John Goshert, Assistant Professor of English, volunteered to teach, as it is one of his fields of academic specialization. Starting with the Stonewall riots of 1969, the class will trace developments culturally and aesthetically in the LBGT/Queer communities from the gay liberation movement to the piesent. Students will engage with literary works that focus on LBGT/Queer issues and be Nuila worked as flight instructor. He has enjoyed teaching others the ropes. "You learn pretty quickly whether or not flying is for you," he said. Anyone interested in the aviation program can call 863-7777 or visit their website www. fiyuvsc.com for information:!: • - Markides recommends potential aviation students take a test Might. The college offers test flights at a price of 35 dollars. liWe are taking a hit on that. It basically just pays for gas." Solid science and math backgrounds are helpful Markides explained. But drive and ambition are essential for would-be pilots. UVSC's program is the 5th largest in the country in terms of enrolled students. The school has a fleet of approximately 30 aircraft at their disposal. It is piade up of several Katana planes and a:fe,w larger ones. In its infancy the program operated out of a couple of cubicals in rhehall of flags now it occupies a couple of hangers at the Provo airport. Nuila is confident with the skills he's learned and pleased with how long it took. "I don't know if 1 could have graduated as fast somewhere else. And starting next month he will join other UVSC grads in the airline industry "I'm excited," he said. introduced to LGBT/Queer theory. Thus far, the course has not caused any controversy. "I don't think it will cause too much controversy, because people are afraid to talk about it...it's too much of a deviant from the norm," offers: Jen Galbraith, sophomore -philosophy student. Because the course was able to get enough students to carry, Goshert says he assumes this course, or something similar will be offered again, at least as an "R" course. "In the future, if we have the opportunity to teach courses that build consecutively, I'd like to see a course that introduces students to LGBT/Queer literature and culture, followed by a course that would be more critically focused -in the scholarship and intellectual work around LGBT/Queer issues," offered Goshert. "The latter'course could be discipline specific, focusing on philosophy, history, education, literary studies, anthropology, communications, political science, and so on." This course will count toward the proposed gender studies minor. When the minor goes through there will be more opportunities for courses like this. "As student demand and interest grows, departments will be able to have catalog numbers devoted for such course, rather than offering repeatablc 'special topics' courses alone." "It's a pretty new theory about how gender and sexuality ' are social constructs, and has it's roots in feminism, which is why I'm interested in it," offers Galbraith. "It brings up the idea of what is real or what is constructed, normal vs. outcast. What are theories of sexuality and gender? I will definitely take more classes like this if they are offered in the future." n n- r ! ' i [ M lality •'•••« Vegor Pedenen/NetXNews Professor John Goshert's Queer Theory class will be exploring gay/lesbian literature. The class, which is being offered for the first time at UVSC, is listed as ENG 486R. |