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Show Your Opinion Your Campus Freedom of speech is academic. Page A5. Integrated Studies: The salad bar degree. Page A6. Your Life Your Health Your Sports : Fall into the gallery, next to The Gap. Page B l . Finals have you screwed ouc? We can help. Page B-J. visits UVSC. Page Bd. i ReaJ Salt Lake Soccer UTAH VALLEY STATE THE COLLEGE TIES MONDAY, APRIL 11.2005 BL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA VOLUME 33MSSUE 31 Utah Valley Hold'em Are community values forcing Intramural poker players to cash in their chips? ;i ; of chance and is in accord with an agreement or understanding that Ed itor-at- Large someone will receive something of value in the event of a certain outnforcement of Utah's gambling statute is now on the come." minds of Utah Law EnforceViolation of the law is considered a ment officers. After the cancellation class B misdemeanor, punishable by of the Big SLC Poker game on the six months in jail and a $ 1,000 fine. University of Utah campus, officials Cory Duckworth, Vice President are concerned with the rising popuof Student Affairs, was concerned larity of games like Texas Hold'em. with the legal issues that the school Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's could face. "It's been an issue that office has warned colleges and uniwe've been dealing with for the betversities to halt all tournaments, acter part of a year. Initially the discuscording to a recent Salt Lake Tribune sion had to do with some articles in article. the newspaper a year or so ago about violations of state gambling laws. It Legal issues are partly at play in didn't reference us, but it made me the halting of the Texas Hold'em start thinking, 'are we in violation of aspect of UVSC intramurals, which the law?'" will host their final tournament on April 13. Duckworth and administration acted to keep student Utah's gambling statute considers activities in accordance with gambling to mean "risking anything of value for a return orriskingany- state law. "I started looking at what we were doing with thing of value upon the outcome of Texas Hold'em and the overa contest, game, gaming scheme, or nighter, where they were dogaming device when the return or ing mock-gambling. It turns outcome is based upon an element Errin Juikunen ' '• E out that at the time it wasn't really 'mock' gambling, but was actually gambling." Duckworth referenced the entry fee into the all-nighter and that it could be considered risking something of value, directly in opposition to state law. To avoid being in violation of state law, UVSC has eliminated the entry fee into on campus Texas Hold'em tournaments. Duckworth said, "We made a decision that we would no longer require an entry fee, and take "Poker" cont'd on oace A3 Graphics by Vegor Pedersen/NetXnev/5 Change in student government causes stir Environmental Shawn Mansell Your News Editor Mike Taylor, who was elected by the student body to serve as Vice President of Clubs, has been appointed instead to serve as Executive Vice President. The Executive Vice President slot was created with an amendment to the ASUVSC constitution that passed during last month's student elections. Marie Amos was picked to fill the Vice President for Clubs spot that Taylor vacated. Amos is excited about her student government assignment. "I've got some ideas," Amos said, "We need to get more students involved in "Perhaps in the future when people run for office they should be sure that's what they want to do the whole year." Paul Tippets ASUVSC Chief Justice clubs." She said she has been involved with campus clubs through student government for the past three semesters. "I am really excited," Amos said. "I've known Jared for a while he will be good to work with." Student Body PresidentElect Jared Sumsion said Amos was chosen in part because of "her good reputation with clubs." The fact that Taylor is serving in a position different from the one he was elected to drew some criticism. Paul Tippets, the outgoing ASUVSC Chief Justice, called the maneuver "technically unconstitutional." Tippets cautioned that it might reflect poorly on student government. "Perhaps in the future when people run for office they should be sure that's what they want to do the whole year," Tippets said. Sumsion defended his decision. "The Executive Vice President position is new this year...it was unique this year because we couldn't have the person run this year we had to appoint them," he said. "We had 10 people apply [for Executive Vice President]," Sumsion said. "All of them were good applicants," Sumsion said. "After hours "Chances" cont'd on Daee A3 Who walked away with a Wolvie? UVSC honors the best of the best at annual event Nominations were accepted through ASUVSC and anyone was invited to nominate Wednesday April 6, UVSC those they felt were worthy held its annual Wolverine of. recognition. The commitAchievement Awards. The tee narrows nominees to three awards were handed out to finalists and the winners are those who have gone above announced at the ceremony. and beyond what is expected "This year all the nominees of them. Categories recog- were worthy of winning. It nize students, faculty, staff, was difficult singling out one departments and organiza- winner," Page said. tions that exemplify the best There is something special of UVSC. about a night filled with recThe awards ceremony was ognition. Especially when conducted by the Academic those awarded humbly share Senate of ASUVSC. Vice- their recognition with others. President of Academics, Le- Female Athlete of the Year land Page said, "This is the winner Deise Borghetti said, tenth year of the Wolverine "It isn't just me who deserves Achievement Awards. It is a the recognition, I share the great tradition that will con- award with the coaches and tinue to get bigger and big- my team." ger." "Wolvies ' cont'd on page A2 Laurie Shore News Writer Emcee Mike Wisland shares a laugh with Athletic Director Mike Jacobsen at last Wednesday's Wolverine Achievement Awards ceremony. Ethics Conference SLC mayor points to small changes having big effects Autumn Nielson Assistant News Editor Mayor Rocky Anderson struck a big note with his speech on small environmental changes in communities as part of the UVSC Environmental Ethics Conference on Thursday. Anderson kicked off the conference as the keynote speaker at 10 a.m. Omar Kadar, president and CEO of Planning and Learning Technologies, who discussed President Bush's environmental Andy Hunt/NetXNews policies. Then Steven Zunes, Businessman Omar Kadar chair of the peace and jus- spoke about President tice studies at the University Bush's environmental poliof San Francisco, addressed cies at last week's EnvironMiddle East policy and social mental Ethics Conference. justice, followed him. Anderson used Salt Lake rebuffed the President by City and the environmental pointing out that the U.S. and advances there to show the Australia are the only counsmall and seemingly insig- tries in the world that haven't nificant things that cities can joined a serious effort to do to drastically improve the change global warming. environment. One of the answers to this His key points covered problem is the improvement large improvements like the of pedestrian capabilities for "Trax light rail system, that the cities. Before Anderson currently is used by 122,700 was elected mayor, SLC was residents every day," to the considered the 12th worst "$53,000 of tax money that area for pedestrian safety in is now saved every year by the country. Through diliusing numerous small light gent efforts, Salt Lake has bulbs in traffic lights versus received "the most improved one large one." city in the U.S. in pedestrian Anderson also pointed out commodities." the need to slow down the Pedestrian improvements, process of the greenhouse recycling programs, light affect. He quoted President water landscaping, and new Bush in saying that "climate methane power plants were change has the potential to ways to improve the local impact every corner of the. environment that the Mayor world, and is a global prob- also suggested. lem that demands a truly global response..." and then "Environment" cont'd on page A2 |