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Show REVI EW www.uvureview.corn April 18, 2011 Wrestling and volleyball athletes receive Wolverine Achievment Athletes of the Year. B1 Did you miss the Arcade Fire concert? Read our review on B5 Speaker selected for 70th Commencement Courtesy of University Marketing Robert C. Gay will speak during this years graduation commencement ceremony. By Andrea Whatcott News Editor 111V Art "Evidence and Artifacts: 1 in 110" shows the faces of autism in people with different levels of severity, and shows that autism can touch the life of anyone. Tiara Maio/UVU Review Many faces of autism Portrait project puts a face on autism at Mental Health Symposium By Tiara Maio News Writer Four years ago, Congress passed the Combating Autism Act of 2006, which authorized $700 million in Federal funding towards autism through 2011. However, come September, the act will die. April is autism awareness month, and because of that the College of Humanities & Social Sciences and College of Science & Health presented the 2011 Mental Health Symposium: Focus on Autism conference on campus last week. The Sorenson Student Center's Ballroom perimeter was lined with basic informational booths for family services and support groups. One booth was there primarily to raise the awareness of parents about free classes for mothers with autistic children. A visual display of 31 color portraits of people with autistic spectrum disorders was dispayed in hopes of raising awareness. The photos ranged from headshots of toddlers to adults, which hung neatly on the back wall in the center of the ballroom commons. An assistant professor of Art and Photography at Utah State Uni- Hoagies with Holland By Jarom Moore Asst. News Editor The name has changed a few times over the past several years, with the different people in the presidencies at UVU, but the basic idea has remained the same, eat food and listen to plans about the budget. "Hoagies with Holland" is the most recent installment of the Planning, Budgeting and Accountability process to end the school year and take a look into the next. It is the capstone of what has been done and the building block for what will be done with the budget. The event is a chance for students and anyone else that wants to be involved, to receive a very transparent look into where the school's finances are headed and give them a chance to get some free food while doing so. The event will be on Thursday April 21 at noon, in the Grande Ballroom. It will start with the food after which President Holland will give a presentation on the PBA cycle. Holland will be in China until just before the event, but he did give his comments through e-mail. "It's one of the major touch points I have with the campus community and something I very much look forward to every year," Holland said. "It's a way to engage the entire campus in the budgeting process and to do so in a more informal and inviting setting. Speaking of the PBA process generally, what the process lacks in simplicity, it makes up for in openness, collaboration and transparency, which is what the process is founded on." Linda Makin, the chief officer of planning, budget and policy, said that it is especially important to talk about the budget by looking at the positives that are happening when faced with looming budget cuts. It's a chance to talk about the how many people the university can hire and to look forward while facing problems. The previous presentations are available on the UVU website with full video of the speeches. There is also a list of the items on the PBA cycle agendas from the previous year. The presentation has been around since 2004 when it started with President Sederberg as "Sandwiches with Sederberg," then changed to "Pizza with the President" and "Lunch with Liz." Hoagies with Holland offers a chance for food and some enlightenment on the budget, but if Holland could get away with it, it may be called something else. "I'm actually a sucker for a good sloppy Joe, but it doesn't rhyme with Holland," he said. versity, Christopher M. Gauthier created this portrait art piece titled, "Evidence and Artifacts: 1 in 110," to coincide with recent statistics that one in 110 children is affected with autistic spectrum disorders in the United States. Gauthier consulted with his wife, Jacqueline Gauthier, who describes her occupation as "advocate mom," about the nature and meaning of the portrait project. Together, they explained the intention of "Evidence and Artifacts: 1 in 110" and hung the foam-backed 8x10 typed description on the wall, next to Jacqueline's portrait. "We began this project in a desire to move past merely raising awareness about autism and taking an active role about shaping national dialogue," the couple wrote. Gauthier feels the collection of portraits offers viewers with an alternative to stigmas and media representations of autism, because the portraits compel the viewer's engagement and allows a sensitive visual knowledge of the individual faces. "We believe what is revealed by the portraits has the power to push conversations past the political entanglements preventing funding for a See Autism A2 As the end of the semester nears, the excitement over the coming summer, and for many, graduation, buzzes around campus. This year graduation will take place on April 29 at 10:30 a.m., and will be held in the UCCU Center. The current CEO of Huntsman Gay Global Capital Partners, Robert C. Gay has been selected to speak by the Board of Trustees for the upcoming commencement services. "Bob Gay is an extraordinary business leader who has also dedicated himself to many humanitarian pursuits," said President Matthew Holland in a press release. "Thus, he represents so well UVU's commitment to engaging the world with projects both practical and ethical." During the services, an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, which belongs to the category of "honoris causa" degrees, will be presented to Gay from the university. History dictates that this honorary degree makes a statement about the institution that grants it, as the selection process for such degrees are rather intense, and can even elevate the status of said institution by selecting wisely, according to the Oxford University archives. Conservative young gun speaks on journalism, politics A New York Times columnist explains the history of journalism, and offers insight into the 2012 presidential election. By David Self Newlin Editor-in-Chief Ross Douthat has a litany of prominent publications that he has penned for. The Atlantic, The National Review, GQ, Slate and the Wall Street Journal. However since 2009, he has been bringing his conservative take on the politics to the New York Times op-ed page, perhaps his biggest arena yet. "It's been fantastic," Douthat said in an interview before his address on campus on April 12. "It's a very big stage. I am very aware of how many people are reading the things that I write. It's a scary and hopefully humbling thing from time to time." The youngest regular columnist to ever grace the pages of the Times, Douthat came to UVU to talk about the past and future of journalism. His address centered around the concept that the established, professionalized journalism of the mid twentieth century seems more and more like a "historical aberration." Douthat said that the traditional establishment press, sandwiched between the freewheeling journalism of the early twentieth century and the equally freewheeling digital age of journalism in the early twenty-first New York Times columnist Ross Douthat discusses the future of journalism and conservative politics during an address on campus last week. century, can no longer be sustained. This doesn't, however, necessarily mean every old institution would be lost. When asked by Associate Professor of Communications Phil Gordon whether the New York Times Gilbert Cisneros/UVU Review will always be around, Douthat said simply, "Yes." Though the medium of delivery and the method of making money may change, Douthat said that naSee Douthat A3 |
