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Show llocie lime/ Ihe The independent voice of students in Utah Valley ^W WWW.NETXNEWS.NET MONDAY-JULY 18-2005 Who is paying the Price? Searching for freedom The latest details on UVSC's favorite son and his quest for NBA fame. Catch up on golf and baseball too, all in Sports starting on page A8. Reaction to the recent hot topic issues surrounding academic freedom and the political morality on campus. This time around a couple of students have their say. Opinons on A4. VOLUME XXXIV-NO. Ill Does Johnny Depp have what it takes to help the newest version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory take the top spot in the box office? Life on A5. &&?:U£Z2.?-!^ .••• - i . - ••-,&<.•:•.-• Good Advice USED SAVES ram DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC GETS A MAKECWI HOW WILL THESE CHANGES AFFECT YOU? { AAJULJLi±±±illA T * EninJulkunen dent said he* wanted to get more advisors," "Hbbets said. More advisors within departments lUowmg the recommendation will help students. This is the adviseoftherecent accreditation re- ment program the school is working view,Utah Valley State Col- toward. "Accreditation said-that we need to be solidified in what our adlege has hired 10 new advisors. Paula Tibbitts, Director of Career visement model is, and that we need and Academic Counseling, says that to get more advisors," Tibbitts said, this change,was not just because of "the model we're moving towards is the accreditation board's sugges- having one advisor per department, tions, but that plans to increase the general advisors in our department, number of advisors on campus had and faculty mentors." been in the works for some lime. Tibbitts stressed ihe idea of facul"We h'ad already decided through ty mentors, "Mentors can help you the PBA process [the program that find which research will best help determines which departments need you, and what kinds of careers you more money]; we presented in No- can have with your degree. Somevember, and at that point the Presi- times advisors can't help you with Your News Editor Japanese students learn automotive skills at UVSC News Writer News Desk (801) 863-8617 Science and fieaith, and one in onditry ^ ^ ^ ^ j ^ Students are,.ehcpuriged to meet with their departmental advisors if they know their inajor. Tibbitts said, (t We can always help with general advisement questions, like*'why:dop • I have a hold on my transcript, or which general education classes do I need to take. But once you know your major, your departmehtalad-: visor knows the major so much better, knows "which classes will help you best." With the addition of new advisors' students will have access to more hd[p;, Some of" the new advisors over more than one departinstance, in the School See ADVISORS. A2 ^ v S ^ # ^ ; v C C :"• Phi Beta Lambda makes mark at nationals ErrinJulkunen Your News Editor Utah Valley State College's chapter of Phi Beta Lambda recently participated in the PBL National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla. Over 2,000 students from PBL chapters across the country participated in 30 different events. Events ranged in topic from accounting to word processing. UVSC students returned with two first place, one second place and one third place awards. Seven other students also received awards. PBL is a national organization designed to help business students develop leadership skills and build a VegorPedersen Every summer students from the Saitama Technical College in Saitama, Japan have been coming to UVSC to receive specialized training from the school's automotive technology instructors. The students, who are all studying auto mechanics at Saitama, come here as part of a program that allows them to learn certain skills they wouldn't normally be exposed to in Japan. Custom painting, specialized welding, and large diesel engine repair are just some of the things the students learn during the intense, two-week course. "The program has been around for about 15 years," said Doug Bradley, Apprentice Program Director for UVSC. "Salt Lake Community College used to do it, and for the last four years we have been the host." Students are assigned a host family to live with during their stay and also get the chance to do some sightseeing before they return home. Utah is a logical choice for the Japanese agency that arranges the trips because of the ease of hiring interpreters, and the high level of training they can receive from UVSC. "Because this area has so many LDS missionaries that served in Japan,findinginterpreters is never a problem," Bradley said. "Sometimes it can be hard because the interpreters learned 'Survival Japanese' and not 'Technical Japanese.' It can make things difficult, but we manage." Another challenge to the program is funding. "Typi- those kinds of things/' The new advisors have bewi put in departments all over campus. T\vo of the advisors will stay in the Career and Academic Counseling ofGce.'-Kos Swanger, the office manager 0f Academic £oujiseling said, "We gpt an academic support advisor to help with acaclemic standards, and then another academic advisor.".. Other areas on campus: that got new advisors; were:, two for the School of Humanities, Arts arid So- national network. Students compete with other students on state and national levels, with only the top finishers at the state level continuing on to the national competition. Omni Flux, a Computer Science major from Orem, earned first place in Computer Operating Systems and Network Security. Flux also finished third in Networking Concepts. "A lot of preparation came from experience or work," Flux said, "or things I had learned in my classes at UVSC. Final Standings for the competition included: First Place, Omni Flux-Computer Operating Systems -Network Security; Second Place, Ash- ley Spackman- Advertising; Third Place, Omni Flux-Networking Concepts; Fourth Place, Ashley Spackman, Tracy Sorensen-Community Service Project, Brady Spackman-Information Management; Fifth Place, Derek Reynolds-Future Business Teacher; Eighth Place, Kurt Holker-Hospitality Management; Ninth Place, Breckon Hepworth, Hector GarciaPartnership with Business Project; Finalists, Kurt Hoiker, Brady Spackman-Emerging Business Issues, Hunter Lassetter-Future Business Executive. Students interested in joining Phi Beta Lambda can contact Colleen Vawdrey at (801)863-8283. A star in his field UVSC prof makes space discovery Courtesy Photo For the past four years students from Saitama Technical College in Japan have been coming to UVSC for training. BonnTurkington News Writer cally we don't offer too many programs during the summer. The garages aren't air-conditioned, and we find that if we offer a lot of programs in the summer that our fall enrollment drops off," Bradley said. "Our instructors are so well skilled that they usually have job offers to work other places during the summer." The program does make some money though. "We make enough to cover supplies and to pay our staff, and whatever is left we put into a scholarship fund," Bradley said. As for the students, they get a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to see another country and learn skills that will help make them more marketable. "They don't get a chance to really learn collision repair at home. While they are here it is one of things we really focus on," Bradley said. "They might get a job at a dealership or something and the skills they learned here might really come in handy." Most of the students say that America is very different from Japan. "It is so big and open here," said Katsuya, who was taking a break from welding. "It is wonderful. I want to stay here. There are a lot of pretty American girls. Whenever they come near my heart starts beating very fast. It is very exciting!" "I like it here, I don't sweat as much, it is very dry," said Koge as put the final touches on a custom painting project, "Everyone here is very kind." After discovering what could be one of the youngest known stars, professor Karl Haisch is heading back to Chile with hopes of shedding light on the stellar outflow he discovered four weeks ago from another young star. Using one of only a few mid-infrared cameras in the southern hemisphere, he hopes to "take more infrared data from even deeper in space." This would allow the faint bands of light swirling around the star to become more visible, revealing whether the star is emitting gasses or simply scattering light through the cloud of dust that surrounds it. "Revealing the source of Courtesy Photo The Campanas Observatory aided in Haisch's discovery. See STAR-A2 Visit us online at www.netxnews.net Send story ideas to errintuvin@yahoo.com |