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Show -1- •11' O P C) LI L K y m O A8 Marijuana debate B3 College cooking WAC play begil irryih Utah Valley University//uvureview.com UVU REVIEW JANUARY 13, 2014 LV.XVI THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE aI 11 Utah takes last in electin - r By Nicole Shepard News Editor @NicoleEShepard rti 11111Vgla di a t,or Hawaii Alaska Though Utah was the second state to grant women's suffrage, it is the last to welcome women into political office. Utah has never elected a woman to senate and has only elected three women as congresswomen; the last one being Enid Greene in 1995. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY TARA MENDENHALL Parking fees cut to fund new structure In an effort to increase utilization, parking services has set new time restrictions and reduced the hourly fees of all pay lots to $1 per hour or $10 for a day pass By KresLynn Knouse Assistant News Editor @KresLynn Starting this month, new regulations for paid parking areas will be enforced after the President's Committee approved the motion last December. The fee for all pay lots including the admissions meter lot, lakeside visitor lot, and parking structure has been reduced from $2 to $1 hourly, with a $10 daily maximum rate. All pay lots will also now PARKING A3 Study finds that Utah is the last frontier for women in politics UVU professor's research answers questions regarding why Utah is ranked last in women running for political office. "I'm not surprised," Jacqueline Smith, senior, said. "We're not exactly on the up and up when it comes to gender equality. It's just another symptom of the same problem that makes us the state with the least number of women graduating from college." Despite Utah's positive history of being the second state to granting women's suffrage and being the first state in which women voted in a national election, Utah is the last state to catch up on women working as politicians. According to the 2010 census, women make up 49.7 percent of the population of Utah, but only 16.9 percent of Utah's legislators are women, and less than one percent of Utah's national legislators have been women. Utah has not elected a woman to congressional office since 1995 and has never in its history elected a woman to a seat on the senate, making it the only state not to have crossed that threshold. "Theoretically, if our population is almost half women, women should make up close to half of the political population as well," Smith said. "It's not really a accurate representation of the population's voice otherwise. But that's how Utah runs for the most part, white males still have the predominate say even if they aren't the WOMEN A4 Woodbury School of Business begins free financial consulting clinic Student loans, and the impact they can have on the lives of those who are just getting started in life can end up being overwhelming. DR. BERNARD PODUSKA Clinic Supervisor MATT BOWEN/UVU REVIEW Students who feel burdened by debt are invited to sign up for free financial counseling. Clinic will provide community one-on-one sessions with experienced financial consultants By Alex Gee Assistant News Editor @alex_gee_5 Beginning this month, the Woodbury School of Business will be holding a free financial consulting clinic for students and members of the community The clinic will run Monday evenings in the Losee Center from January 13 to May. The financial consulting clinic being implemented by the financial planning program at the Woodbury school of business is hoping to provide assistance and relief to members of the community with personalized financial advice to suit their unique circumstances. "It seems that we spend years learning how to make money, but little or no time learning how to manage money," Dr. Bernard Poduska, clinic supervisor said. "As a consequence, individuals find themselves in financial trouble not knowing how they got there and having no idea how to get out. The clinic will offer financial counseling that will FINANCE A4 |