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Show A6 Monday • September 29,2008 HOOGE'S HEROES News Briefs Campus news Pianist Jon Schmidt to perform at UVU • Utah vailey University presents the second annual fall concert, "An Evening with Jon Schmidt," Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in UVU's Ragan Theatre, located in the Sorensen Center (SC). The concert is provided by Envision, UVU's Winter Guard Club, to raise money for traveling expenses to the Winter Guard International World Championships in Dayton, Ohio, in April 2009. Last year, Schmidt played here to a sold-out crowd, and more than $2,200 was raised to help students involved in the Envision Winter Guard program — a huge success, according to those involved in the campus club. Tickets are $ 12 for genera! admission and $ 10 for UVU faculty, staff and students. Tickets can be purchased at the UVU Campus Connection or by calling (801) 863-8797. Find information about the UVU Envision Winter Guard at www.envisionguard.com Courtesy of Ashley Thalman Vegor Pedersen started attending UVU in 2001 and was editor-in-chief of the College Times during the Michael Moore debate. Vegor Pedersen: man about campus •HANNA HOOGE HOPKINSON A fear of electricity, an addiction to TV and having pet names for campus regulars based on woodland creatures are just tiny portions of what creates Christian V. Pedersen, otherwise known as Vegor. He is a campus classic and our hero for the week. Here is what he had to say. Q started working at the newspaper in 2002. I worked my way through the ranks and was editor-in-chief during the rowdy Michael Moore days. It was an exciting time to be on campus, it was our rebellious teenage years. For the past few years I worked at the Woodbury Art Museum, and now I do public relations and graphic design for the brand new School of the Arts. Is Vegor your real first name? If not, why do you now go by it? A My first name is Christian, and it is still what L my family calls me. Vegor is my middle name. Okay, my middle name is actually the letter V, but it stands for Vegor. When I moved out to Utah back in 1998, I just started going by Vegor. It is different. I like it. I like Christian too because it is a family name, and I like the irony of being an atheist called Christian. What are your past and current affiliations with UVU? I started going to school herein2001,butIfeelI really started my affiliation with the school when I How has UVU helped your progress? UVU has really defined the last six years of my life. The newspaper was a big part of that. I like feeling involved and working on something that makes a difference. At least I think it makes a difference. Journalism and graphic design have been my passions, and now my career is all about crafting a good message and making it appealing. I am doing what I love to do, and I am doing it in a great environment. But most importantly, I met my wife here. We are celebrating our third wedding anniversary this week, and I think one of the reasons why we are so close is our association with this campus. At the end of the day we go home and share all these Positions available DISTRIBUTARIES stories about the people we know. Speaking of stories, I hear that you and your wife have come up with pet names "for just about everyone on campus." Can you share some of them with me? It all started with Bill Cobb. You can't look at that handsome devil and not think of a Silver Fox. Then we started calling Larry Harper the White Wolf. One night neither of us could sleep so we started naming all the people we know after the woodland creatures they resemble. The list is long and not always flattering, but it genuinely comes out of a love. for the characters on this campus. What would you regard as your greatest achievement? Why? The one thing I really hope to accomplish during my time here at UVU is to save the Bunnell Pioneer Home. My buddy Alex Caldiero and I are on a mission to do just that. We need to preserve this last piece of the original farm this campus was built on. I think a lot of people would like to s.ee it just go away. But we really think it is the heart of the campus. We still have a long way to go to save it, but it will happen. What is your greatest disappointment? Math 1010. I took it 11 times. But I passed it last year, so I guess it is also my greatest achievement. Besides conquering p the UVU campus, how do you like to spend your free time? I really am addicted to TV, and I am convinced we live in the golden age of television. "I Love Lucy" and "The Honeymooners" have got nothing on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "The Simpsons." If you could telt UVU students, faculty and staff one message, what would it be? A Administrative assistants / - ^ \ r u n t n i s school, and "*"*' don't let anyone tell you different. Treat them like gold and magically things will always go your way. POLICE ' BLOTTER DESIGNERS WRITERS Sept. 15 • FELONY THEFT • A laptop valued at more than $1300 was stolen from the Student Government offices when it was left unattended by the owner. UVU police recovered the laptop from a local pawn shop where it had been pawned. A 21-year-old male student was arrested and booked into the Utah County Jail. Work Study available Sept. 15 • AUTO vs. PEDESTRIANS • Two UCAS students were struck by a vehicle on North College Drive when they attempted to enter the crosswalk as a vehicle was passing. The male victim suffered a broken hip and other serious injuries. The female victim suffered road rash and lacerations. Both pedestrians were transported to local hospitals by ambulance. Apply in SC220 Sept. 18 • THEFT • A helmet was stolen after it was left unattended on a scooter parked in lot G. reate. express. anform. Sept. 20 • WARRANT SERVICE • A UVU police officer witnessed two male suspects arguing near 800 W. University Parkway. The officer responded and made contact with the suspects. A record check showed one of the male suspects had a warrant for his arrest. The male was arrested and booked into the Utah County Jail for the outstanding warrant. Sept. 23 • AGENCY ASSIST • UVU police responded to 1-15 at University Parkway on a report of a traffic accident. Officers found two occupants had been ejected from a Toyota Scion. One passenger was killed instantly. The other passenger remains in critical condition. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. International Service-Learning Conference at UVU • The International Service-Learning Conference will be at UVU on Oct. 2-3. The conference is for campus teams and individuals involved in or interested in international service-learning. The 150 expected participants will engage in a variety of workshops, panel discussions, poster presentations, plenary sessions and other activities that will teach them about the best practices of international service-learning. Additionally, participants will have an opportunity to develop a campus plan for international service-learning programs and academic courses. This is the first year the International ServiceLearning Conference is at UVU; previously, it has been held at IUPUI-lndianapolis and Elon University in North Carolina. The conference is in collaboration with UVU Academic Service-Learning, Internationa! Center, Utah Campus Compact and the International Partnership for Service-.Learning and Leadership (IPSL). The keynote speaker of the event is Margaret "Peggy" D. Pusch, chair of the board of trustees oflPSL. She will be speaking Oct. 3 at 8:30 a.m. in Centre Stage in the Sorensen Center. To see a schedule of events and to register, visit www.uvu.edu/ volunteer. National news HELENA, Mont. • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reconsidering removing the gray wolf from the endangered species list. The federal agency removed the grey wolf from the list in March and has asked a federal court judge to vacate the decision. Last March, Judge Donald Molloy of Federal District Court in Missoula, Mont., gave a temporary order lo the Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the wolf from the list, citing that the wolf population had fully recovered in the Northern Rockies. Environmentalists filed a lawsuit challenging the wolves' removal from the endangered species list until the matter receives further study. The first wolf-hunting season, scheduled for this fall, has been delayed due to Judge Molloy's order. ATLANTA, GA. # The Supreme Court granted a reprieve two hours before an inmate was to be executed. The inmate, 39-year-old Troy Davis, was convicted in 1989 of slaying aa off-duty security guard at a bus station while he rushed to help a homeless man who had been pistol-whipped at a nearby parking lot. The security guard, Mark MacPhail, was shot twice when he approached Davis and two other men. Lawyers claim that new evidence will prove Davis' innocence and that he has been a victim of mistaken identity. Also, three witnesses have recanted their testimony saying that Sylvester "Red"'Coles, who testified at Davis' trial, confessed to the shooting. WASHINGTON D.C. • Truckers protest fuel prices on Capitol Hill. More than a dozen truckers drove their rigs to Capitol Hill, honking their horns in protest of high fuel prices. The truckers, who are members of Truckers and Citizens United, drove from FedEx Field to Capitol Hill for the rally. Organizers expected about 200 members to show up, but high fuel prices affected the turnout. World news CANADA • A man died in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after waiting 34 hours in the emergency room. The wheelchair-bound man died from a bladder infection and blocked catheter, which rendered him unable to urinate for 24 hours. Brian Sinclair, 45, had taken a taxi from a community health center to the Health Sciences Center and was found dead after midnight when someone in the waiting room alerted the hospital staff. Officials said that apparently he had not been assessed by a triage nurse and was not registered as a patient seeking care, so they did not know he was there for help. ENGLAND • Yves Rossy, a Swiss pilot, plans to fly across the English Channel with a homemade jet-propelled device. Rossy plans to leap from a plane flying more than 2,700 yards above the ground, then travel the 22 miles from Calais. France, to Dover, England, in 12 minutes. The trip traces the route of French aviator Louis Bleriott. the first person to cross the Channel in an airplane 99 years ago. The jet pack weighs 121 pounds when filled with fuel. Rossy uses his body movements to control the movements of the pack. SPAIN • A woman in her 60s was determined to have died from the human form of mad cow disease. Her son had died of the illness recently. This is believed to be the first case in the world where members of the same family have died from the disease. The illness has caused four deaths in Spain since 2005. Spain has taken the steps to avoid mad cow disease, and officials say that eating meat presents no danger. Health officials say that ten years can pass from eating contaminated meat to the time the human form of the disease appears. join the jJVUreview.com writers photographers designers |