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Show 10 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 THE SIGNPOST Weber State hosts Ethics Day WSU offers Ethics Day lectures By Nathan Davis editor-in-chief I The Signpost Weber State University hosted the second annual Ethics Day which started Tuesday and will continue with events today. Development Director Nathan Clark said this is the second year that Ethics Day has taken place at WSU. He said a focus on ethics, is something that the Development Office wanted to bring to WSU's campus. In 2009, WSU alumnus Richard Richards started the Richard Richards Institute for Politics, Decency and Ethical Conduct. Clark said one of the main goals of the institute is to promote ethical behavior. "There are four missions that he (Richards) has," Clark said. "The top is to teach and inspire ethical leadership. The institute has a board, which decided `we need to do something on campus to push that message across." Department Chair of the Institute Nancy Haans- Belliston JEWELRY Wow... What a Selection!!! 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Director of faculty will Schwebke discuss the and Fruhwirth importance of fielded quesethics in their disciplines." tions on reporting on poliOn Tuesday morning, tics two local journalists spoke "I'd like to stand here as a really strong advocate for journalism," Fruhwirth said, "and for independent investigators and for independent voices." Last night as part of Ethics Day, a banquet dinner was held in the Shepherd Union Building to honor 19 high school students that received an Ethics Scholarship from the Richard Richards Institute. Calvin M. Boardman the Bill Daniels Chair of Business Ethics at the University of Utah was the keynote speaker during the banquet. Boardman spoke on the importance of ethical business practices and ethical behavior embraced by business leaders in Utah. Ethics Week continues today with a speech from Quinn McKay. Mckay is a motivational speaker and corporate consultant. He received an MBA and a DBA from Harvard University. McKay also has held the positions of Dean of Business at WSU and was the Director of the BYU MBA Program. McKay will provide a free workshop on recognizing and dealing with ethical dilemmas in the workplace. His workshop will take place at noon in the Dumke Legacy Hall, located in the Hurst Center. disease posing a threat to the strength of the Aryan race. When lesbians were arrested, it was for being "asocial." "It's always a thing for lesbians nowadays to be like, oh, well, men feel like they can be cured if they're with the right man, so I could see that mindset still being there back then, and gay men still being treated like they can't be cured as much," said Alisha Stucki, a music education junior who also attended the screening. "So that was interesting to me." Stokes said he thinks the gay community tends to be overlooked as Holocaust victims for many reasons, but largely because homosexuality was already illegal in Germany. "It wasn't illegal to be Jewish or Polish . . . or mentally disabled, but it was illegal under the German penal code to commit homosexual activity already. So, by legal standards, the homosexual community was already viewed as criminals. So I think that definitely made their persecution draw less attention after the war." The Center for Diversity and Unity will continue hosting events Holocaust remembrance events throughout the week, including a poetry slam tomorrow at 11 a.m. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.corn. Holocaust continued from page... National Socialist ideology" - until, as Stokes said, Rohm posed a threat to him. "I think it was politically important for him to change. Before, it wasn't so much of an issue; it was more politically advantageous for him to look the other way. But . . . I think once the time came, he saw Rohm as not an ally anymore but a threat, so he eliminated him. And he just used the fact that Rohm was gay . . . in order to justify it. One of the subjects of the documentary told about how his friend was stripped and mauled alive by dogs at a concentration camp for being gay. The film explained that lesbians were not punished as harshly, because their sexuality was seen as temporary and curable, whereas male homosexuality was viewed as a contagious Comment on this story at wsusignpost.corn. Mortgage assistance By Josh Loftin writer I Associated Press CELEBRATE THE END OF THE YEAR WITH US! COME SEE WHAT EACH CLUB IS ABOUT & SEE WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PAST YEAR! 1-14ntertainment* Games *Prizes * Food SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Homebuyers in Utah with a low credit score or minimal savings can receive down payment assistance through two new programs announced by state officials Monday. Unlike previous plans, the new assistance will be available to both first-time and repeat homebuyers. Previously, only first-time homebuyers could qualify, said Grant Whitaker, president of the Utah Housing Corporation. One of the programs, called the HomeAgain Loan, allows people to qualify for a second mortgage of up to 6 percent of the purchase price, Whitaker said. The maximum price is $320,000. The other program, called the Score Loan, will help people with a credit score of 620 or higher to qualify for a second mortgage of up to 4 percent of the purchase price. Currently, a credit score of at least 660 is the typical minimum score, Whitaker said, which can cause problems for a young couple without a long credit history or somebodywho was forced into a short-sale that hurt their credit rating. "It's the right time, right now, to be buying a house," Whitaker said during a news conference in front of a home for sale in the Rose Park area of Salt Lake City. The Utah Housing Corporation was established in 1975 by the Legislature as an independent public corporation that helps low- and middleincome people obtain mortgages. Tax dollars are not used to finance or operate the corporation. Ideally, the programs announced by the corporation will help spur the state's economic recovery, Gov. Gary Herbert said. Although Utah's unemployment is dropping and state revenues have been climbing in the past couple of years, there is still "some blood in the marketplace" because of an excess inventory of houses that has reduced prices and caused more foreclosures. By helping buyers secure down payments, Herbert said the state is addressing one of the biggest difficulties in a purchase. "The biggest challenge isn't making the monthly payments. It's more difficult to get the down payment," Herbert said. "This helps them over a big hurdle." |