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Show M 0 news snorts Through satirical and imitative skits. Divine Comedy puis on a show unlike any other, page 8. Find out what VVSU's Rod The women's soccer team starts its season oil on the right loot with a victory over Dixie College, page 12. ulander thought about the 2000 Democratic National Convention, page 10. i m Volume 63 Issue 9 TT "If" 'II 1HE Monday, August 28, 2000 Sv- IGNPOST WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY By Tanna Barry managing editor The Signpost Organizations across campus have the chance to expose themselves to students this week. "Welcome Week is an opportunity for students to find out more about Weber State," said Tommy Aardema, director of the associa tion of registered organizations. "Our objective is to get students involved." Aardema said there were 138 preregistered organizations that signed up to participate in Welcome Week. This is where organizations decorate and sit at tables near the bell tower and tell students about their groups. "We're hoping more organizations will come and set up tables," Aardema said. This runs from 9 a.m. to noon every day this week. There will also be 15 to 20 different vendors to provide services ranging from cell phones to army recruiting.Dean of students, Barbara Keller, agrees that Welcome Week is a benefit to both organizations and students. "Sometimes you're not quite sure how to get involved," Keller said. "Exposure during Welcome Week gives students an opportunity to know what's available at the university." Keller encourages organizations across campus to be Involved in this week partly because it helps with recruitment. This is one of the best ways to recruit)," Keller said. Aardema said that being in volved is a very important aspect of college life. "We provide things other than education at Weber State," he said. Students can achieve a balanced life and social integration just by getting involved in organizations and activities across campus, he added. Organizations can still be involved in the week by contacting Aardema at 626-783 1 . 1 r 1 f jyrir-. - ....... i Vfm. ' V. , i i ft 'J t I . a 1 1 jm. I r Jv -i v ead ell about it The Signpost previews 10 important stories for 2000-01 Missing from this photo of last year's men's basketball team are forward Harold Arceneaux and guard Eddie Gill, whose college careers ended last season. The Signpost ranked the team's challenge of remaining competitive without its two stars as the fourth most important story for 2000-0 1. By Leo Dirr assignments editor The Signpost Three things in life are inevitable: death, taxes and news. News is based on the unavoidable stuff money, government, politics, technology, sports, growth, miracles and tragedies that affects people's lives. Weber State University has its share of all these things and, consequently, has its share of news. So The Signpost has ranked 10 stories as the most important to follow for the 2000-01 academic year to help you get ahead of the curve. The funny thing about news, however, is you are not necessarily supposed to know it will happen in advance. So when stories that are more significant than the ones listed here break this year and some certainly will The Signpost will report those, too. For now, enjoy a sneak peak of these 10. 1: The $75 million question: Will capital campaign succeed? Folks in WSU's development office feel confident they can raise $75 million for the university's capital campaign. Their goal does not seem too far-fetched, since nearly 4,000 donors already have committed $46.5 million. Not too shabby, considering See Read page 9 New student union director acts cool under crisis By VVes Hanna campus affairs editor Trie Signpost Moving from Wyoming and starting a new job at Weber Stale University reminds Bill Fruth of being a student at the beginning of the school year all over again. He is learning to use his e-mail account, meeting and getting to know his staff and finding out how to get around campus. More importantly, though, he is just getting bearings on what being the director of the Shepherd Union Building will mean. Fruth's position as union director has the potential to change many things throughout the Shepherd Union Building. Services offered throughout the union -b,uilding, from student activities to the food services and the bookstore, all coordinate through his office. 'The Union is the most important building on campus. It demonstrates the values of the university," Fruth said at the open interview for his position. "A union building is not just bricks and mortar. It has a soul." Ask about Fruth's accomplishments as the director of the Wyoming union and you will hear about the more than $10 million in renovation that he coordinated during his five years at the Wyoming union building or how the student programming budget more than doubled under his leadership. The most memorable and challenging time of those last five years, however, centers around a single event that placed Fruth's union building in a severe crisis: the hate-related beating and death of Matthew Shepard, a homosexual 21 -year-old student who was found tied to a fence. This was one of the things in life you just cannot prepare for, Fruth said. "Matthew Shepard's death happened two years ago but no one can say they have forgotten or have been able to move away from it," Fruth said. "The community felt a strong reaction. No matter how you felt about the incident, we all connected to it in some way." Immediately after the news of Matthew Shepard's beating, the Wyoming union building became a center of activity. Crisis intervention teams met with students dealing with the news, activities of support were set up, students and leaders set up forums to speak out against the crime, and students and staff were prepared as TV and See Crisis page 6 U 1 If i i i ' f j i i iimif'- William Fruth |