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Show Monday, March 7, 2005 Business Editor: Candice Dallin Business Phone: 626-7624 Local salon seeks students to donate hair By KERRY SCOTT correspondent I The Signpost "Ifanygirlon campus was interested in donating, it's a free hair cut/' Chances are, most Weber State University students have been affected by cancer, either personally or through a family - Jodie Randall, member or other loved one. owner of Urban Roots Cancer can hit anyone at any age. Chemotherapy is one of themost common treatments for cancer and causes hair loss in get the word out and inform many patients. For many going people of their options to through this treatment, hair help. loss can be horrible, but one There are a few requirements organization is working to help to donate hair. The hair must be these people cope. at least 10-12 inches in length. • Jodie Randall, owner of Urban Il can be color-treated but not Roots salon located at 106 25th bleached. Randall said that a Street in Ogden, has a client who good way to tell if the hair is is going through chemo and has long enough is if it goes down to lost all of her hair. the bra strap. "We started to get an idea "If any girl on campus was of what we could do for people interested in donating, it's a free that go through this type of hair cut," Randall said. situation, and there is a program There are other salons in the out there called Locks of Love," area that also take donations Randall said. for Locks of Love, such as Locks of Love is located Dollar Cuts and Fantastic in Lake Worth, Fla., and was Sams. established in 1997. Its mission "Losing your hair" is kind is to collect hair from donors of a traumatic thing. I think and make wigs for cancer it's a good service that they patients, especially those under (Locks of Love) do ... Kids 18 years old. get teased, I work with kids, There are more than 1,000 and they can be harsh," said salons taking donations for Heather Richards, a WSU senior majoring in.elementary Locks of Love in all 50 states. Randall's mission is to education. Kim Lund gives her client, Dave, a fresh new look at Urban Roots on Historic 25lh Street. Interested students can go online to locksoflove.org to find a salon in their area participating in the program. The Web site also provides information about how to make a donation or to receive one. There is no deadline for the donations. "We are going to do this forever, "Randall said. You can leave a message for reporter Kerry Scott by calling 626-7624. Students speak out about business ethics By MEGAN PAGE correspondent | The Signpost Aristotle, one of the most practical and business-oriented of all philosophers, posed ethical questions that still influence modern business practices. Aristotle was particularly interested in defining principles in terms ofethics. Of course, Aristotle never heard of a large business or corporation. Nonetheless, he did raise a set of ethical questions that even today are frequendy unanswered. The question of why has been under examination lately. When Weber State University students were asked whether or not ethics were taught in college classrooms, the answers were surprising. "Ethics aren't taught whatsoever... ," said WSU student Seara Patterson. The general consensus is that while those majoring in business have the opportunity to take an ethics class, other students don't see ethics integrated into their majors. "... (Ethics) should be taught in every major because that is what student's careers are going to be in ... business is not the only job that uses ethics," Patterson" said. The students of today are the employees, citizens and leaders of tomorrow. Most students trust educators to prepare the next generation in many ways for the increasingly complex future. "Ethics can't be taught; they're learned on the job by observation. Even if a class attempts to educate students with ethics, it is such a gray area to enter into because you run the risk of teaching religion/' - Chris Bone, Flying J HR manger Workers in today's environment are faced with the need to act independently and make decisions, often without the benefit of immediate guidance from supervisors or others. They must be able to make the right choice in work situations characterized by competing pressures about whether to follow rules or to ignore them. Definitely something that See Ethics page 14 WEA launchs first business competition ByANNERABE correspondent | The Signpost Some students wait until graduation for job offers to come in. Other students see the possibilities around them and start their own businesses while still in school. The Weber Entrepreneurs Association is here to help students to do just that. The WEA met Feb. 23 at.the Davis Campus to announce its first business competition. Brian .McDonald, Weber State University student and president of the WEA, sees the competition as a chance for students to gain real-world work experience. "The competition will assist students in achieving financial and business goals," McDonald said. "It will help stimulate economic growth in northern Utah." The business competition is open to all students, but students must be members of WEA. Students are allowed to participate in teams as long as one team member is a WSU student. The competition will be broken up into three phases with specific requirements and will last for one year. "The first phase will last from FebruarytoAprilof 2005," McDonald announced. "During this time, students can network and form teams, decide on a business, and will create an executive summary. Many of you already have ideas." Phase two will begin in May and last until August. Students can then start their businesses during this critical phase. "We will be holding educational forums to help these businesses get started," McDonald said. "You will be obtaining customers and making profits." Phase three of the competition begins with up to three teams receiving additional resources from the association. That doesn't mean the competition ends for the resi of the teams. Each team can still participate and gain experience. The selected teams, however, will benefit from a local mentor. An awards banquet is planned for Jan. 26, 2006. Will Allred, a member of the Salt Lake City-based Junto Group, presented ideas and tactics for entrepreneurs to follow as they begin the competition. Allred is a successful entrepreneur in his own right and is currently launching Firepoll, an online survey software. Firepol! provides See Competition page 9 |