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Show News Monday • July 28, 2008 A3 I UVU FACULTY SPOTLIGHT News Briefs Campus News Briefs MISS UVU • The new iPhonc 3G went on sale on July 11. This newer version is cheaper, at $199 compared to the original iPhone of $599. It is predicted that 8 million will be sold this year, a number estimated to grow to 29 million in 2009. PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES • Former mayor of Hiroshima Takashi Hiraoka has been invited to speak on campus. He was the mayor from 1991 to 1999. He will be speaking on August 4. at 10:30 a.m. in SC 206 A/B. Courtesy of Bo Earls Bo Earls, the director of UVU irrtramurals and sports clubs has been part of the school since 1996. Hooge's Heroes Hanna Hopkinson J | News writer at UVU? How long have you been working here? 1 am the director of Bo Earls, an avid knappcr • \ intramurals & sport and founder of the UVKA " clubs. I have held (explained later), is one of this position for five years as the most well known men on of August 15 of this year. campus, at least lo sports fanatics. He is the hero for the What brought you to week. Here is what he had to UVU? sav: , •; '' What is your favorite part about your job? I love the fact that my job is offering students fun and enjoyable things to do on campus. Working with many student employees is rewarding. Currently my most fun thing to do is play Frisbee golf on the new course on campus. I came to UVU to pursue a degree in health What is the most in the fall of 19% and /;' memorable experigraduated in spring of 2000 v ence you have had with a BS in integrated studwhile in your posiies. At the time. UVU was 1 am a Dukes of Haztion? my stepping stone to try and ard fan, arid some of vv my family called me get into BYU. I fell in love ;*; I would have to say the "Bo Duke" due to my favor- with UVU and am still here. most memorable moite toy: a toy-sized version ment was seeing our of the "General Lee" car ;,.V V What made you want they drove on the show. It i; £ to get involved with flag football team win the regional tournament at ASU V. the intramurals? didn't stick much, but I liked two years in a row. Jared it. When I moved to Utah in Sumsion and his buddies 1 participated in Intra1996 from South Carolina, I represented UVU well for • . murals from day one. decided to just tell everyone those two years. Before that, I was very active in that my hame^was Bo. This no one knew who we were sports as a youth, and intralime, it stuck.- 1 never liked whenever I went to confermurals allowed me to carry, my real name much. I think ences and tourneys. my pa'rehts rah out of good over that enthusiasm into names by the time they had my college career, I eventually volunteered and later • ' fh Besides sports, what me. *-' worked for Sam Atoa as a " are your hobbies? supervisor. ; What is it that you do ,. " Firsi of all, your ^v > name is Christopher Legrande Earls, where did "Bo" come from? ,;;s I'm a knapper (a per; $?t son who shapes stones * through the process of knapping to produce flat-faced stones for building or facing walls). I started the Utah Valley Knapping Association (UVKA) over 2 years ago. I have been knapping for 5 years and am truly addicted. My favorite point types are Clovis, Dalton, and corner tang knives. Recently I have been dabbling in FOG knife blades and large percussion pieces. :, .1 If you could tell the - ' students, faculty, and staff at UVU one message, what would it be? , Vt c\ My favorite saying is / ';' in vino veritas. My words of advice to all would be straight from the mouth of Samuel Clemens, "Experience is the name we give our mistakes." CHRISTOPHER KIRSCH FUND • A memorial fund has been set up with Central Bank for any of those who would like to donate to Christopher Kirsch's family. Kirsch passed away on June 15,2008 after being stabbed by his son. For more information go to www.chrislopherkirsch.com National News WARDROBE MALFUNCTION • A federal appeals court has thrown out the $550,000 indecency fine against CBS for Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" that occurred in the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. In challenging the fine, CBS said that "fleeting, isolated or unintended" images should not automatically be taken as indecent. HOME FORECLOSURES • Foreclosure filings have more than doubled in the second quarter compared to last year. The falling home prices have left borrowers owing more on mortgages than their properties are worth. One in every 171 households were foreclosed on, a 121 percent increase from one year ago according to RealtyTrac Inc. MICROSOFT AND FACEBOOK • Microsoft announced it is expanding its banner advertising agreement with Facebook to include a Live Search engine and paid search advertising. Last year, Microsoft bought a S240 million stake in Facebook. OIL SPILL • On July 23, a tanker and barge collided on the Mississippi River at New Orleans. Tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge, closing 29 miles of the river. The barge contained 419,000 gallons of fuel oil. Drinking water intake was closed in the area as crews will spend the next few days cleaning the spill. World News 400 W University Parkway on a report of a motorcycle involved in a traffic accident. BLOTTER July 2008 Jtlly;3 •jAG • University*police responded to Wal-Mart on a report of child abuse' in progress.- An adult female was cited for child neglect aflcr officers found her children left unattended in a vehicle. July 4 • DUI • University police observed a vehicle enter 1-15 northbound at University Parkway almost striking several vehicles. Sgl. Sprague initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle north of Center Slreel on 1-15. The driver was determined lo be under the July 11 -THEFT/ ARREST • University police arrested a local LDS actor for the theft of a laptop thai occurred last April. University Police were finally able to track the suspect to a residence in Orem where he was taken into custody without incident. The laptop had been recovered in April and was valued at over $2100. The suspect was booked into the Utah County Jail. and arrested the driver for DUI. The father of the driver arrived on scene and asked Sgt. Sprague if his son could have a warning. The father was advised there are no warnings for DUI. The driver was booked into the'Utah County Jail July 1 3 - AGENCY ASSIST • University police responded influence of alcohol and was arto the area of 1200 W 600 S to rested for DUI. The vehicle was search for a DUI suspect that fled impounded and the driver was on fool after being involved in a booked into the Utah Countysingle vehicle accident on I-15. Jail. The suspect and his girlfriend were located at the 7-11 gas staJuly 5 • AGENCY ASSIST tion on Center Street by an Orem July 12 •AGENCY ASSIST • University police responded to • University police observed a officer. The maJe driver was in a residence near 400 S 400 E to 26-year-old male suspected of be- possession of ecstasy, shrooms. assist Orem Police with a report ing intoxicated enter a black Ford marijuana and miscellaneous preof a female in a seizure and beMustang in parking lot L and scription drugs. Utah Highway ing denied medical care by her proceed north on College Drive Patrol booked both the driver and husband. to 1200 W. The vehicle was ob- his girlfriend into the Utah Counserved speeding and driving left ty'Jail on numerous felonies. JulyiO-AGENCY ASSIST of center. Sgt. Sprague stopped • University police responded to the vehicle near parking lot A 4 from YELLOWSTONE- A1 chance for student^to learn just because it'll get you a even more about what hap- good job or a professional pened. "The one thing is that license." the department of history — ^ Wilson takes his own adbesides training proffcsjonal- vice to heart. He is currently historians ~: is interested in .6n the Northern Cheyenne teaching people who will be 'Indian Reservation doing working in other fields just ytfiat he calls "mucking to gel in the habit of reading around in the northern Cheygood, good books i n c i t i n g enne archives." interested in something,ibeWhile he is literally on yond simply what theyiwant the" Cheyenne reservations to do for a living," said.Wil- learning history, students son. 'This is a coursfe'you will be able to, in their owntake for yourself because way, put themselves in the you're a human, being,^not place of all these historic events. door to Hell, with Nathaniel "I want to take my stu- Pitt Langford as he first sees dents to a place they can use the most spectacular place in to escape from the humdrum America," Wilson said. world of going to school and This class is taught Tuesgrinding out homework. 1 days and Thursdays from want them to be with the- 1:00 to 2:15. To be in this Cheyenne Warrior Wood- class you either have to have enleg as he hunts buffalo 6n^ a Junior standing or just get the plains, with Crazy Horse consent from the instructor. when he's riding up that hill Wilson mentioned that there toward the Seventh Cav-jfis,also a trip planned during airy, with John Colter as lievyffall break to Yellowstone can't believe his eyes when fthat is not part of his class, he sees geysers and perhaps abut that students can still be thinks he's found the back- a part of. INDIA • The Indian city of Bangalore experienced eight small bomb explosions Friday, July 25. With approximately 15 injured and one woman confirmed dead, the bombs were reported to have been quick and sequential. The commissioner of police told reporters Friday that the blast was executed using timers with strength equal lo one grenade. Bangalore, the city targeted in the bombing attack, is an industrial epicenter in India. Previous bombing incidents have been on religious buildings and transportation sites. The location of the most recent bombing rises concern to cities in India over the more common bombing targets. ITALY • With the stress of illegal immigration becoming a consistent issue in countries around the world, Italy is also feeling the pinch. The country called a national emergency on Friday. July 25 over the high influx of immigrants. The emergency slate was already in effect for some of the Southern Provinces, but has been extended to the entire country. Blamed on the long shoreline, the increase of immigration from African countries is up 30 percent from last year. The striking difference in 2008's numbers lo last year's do not vary as much from year's previous to 2007. PHILIPPINES • High gas prices are hurting impoverished jeepney drivers. Jeepneys are the cheapest form of transportation in the Philippines and are comparable to an American army jeep with an extended cab, carrying 18 passengers. Drivers of jeepneys are having trouble affording the gas to run their vehicles, with gas prices up nearly 50 percent. In addition to the cost of gas, the drivers must also pay the rental fee to drive the jeepney. The government has raised the cost of fare on. the jeepneys to about 16 cents in US dollars in an attempt to remedy the problem. •• • " ' ' • ' ' • -'• ft. •-< .: .t -•; BOLIVIA • Che Guevara's original journals.i^rcjoUn"d July 7 in the Bolivian city of La Paz. The two journals hadfciecnsealed in a vault since 11)86 by the Bolivian government along with a number of black and white photos. !} . . . ...'..:; £ The journals have been epitomized in films such as 'v,Jrie Motorcycle Diaries." The political icon was known for his writing and travels through Latin America. [.• • * » |