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Show Friday, February 24, 2006 Page 2 At A Glance News Editor: Cory Duclos Phone: 626-7655 By Nicholas Gurewitch The Perry Bible 'Cats on Campus Compiled by Brad Fidler sr. news reporter | The Signpost Which state quarter design for Utah do you prefer? 6:30 p.m.; Weber County Library auditorium (2464 Jefferson Ave., Ogden); free. Saturday, Feb. 26 Campus Calendar •Comedian Buzz Sutherland (14 years of age and older only); 8 p.m.; Shepherd Union Building Gallery; free. For more information, call 626-7794. Friday, Feb. 24 •24-25 - Northern Utah High School Art; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery; free. - The quote in the Feb. 22 article "Student elections begin" from Christy Butler, 2006 Elections Chair and WSU Student Association internal relations director, should have read "You think it's similar to the high school scene, but it's not at all," Butler said. "It's really at a higher level, where you deal more with the community and instead of . catering to a couple hundred students, it's 18,000 •D I hockey v! Utah State University; 7:45 p.m.; Ice Sheet; $2/$l. Monday, Feb. 27 •24-25 - "Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom"; 7:30 p.m.; Shepherd Union Building Junction; free. For more information, call 626-7336. •Toastmasters International; 12 p.m.; Alumni Center. •24-25 - Ballet West presents "Romeo and Juliet"; 7:30 p.m.; ValA. Browning Center Austad Auditorium; S35/$32/$26/$20/$14. For more information, call 399-9214. •"Truth on Tuition" presentation by President F. Ann Millner; 1 p.m.; Wattis Business Building Smith Lecture Hall. Students are encouraged to attend. •WSU Student Association Student Senate meeting; 1:30 p.m.; Shepherd Union Building Room 352. students." •: • . "The snowboarding one because snowboarding is obviously extremely fun. And even though I suck at it, I go skiing every Fridayfor a skiing class and it's fun. Utah is known for having some of the best snow on earth and the Olympics were here." "I like the golden spike because, personally, I'm a gold fan. I think a gold spike would be pretty sweet to have, not to lie. So, that is why I like the golden spike. I would like the chick snowboarderifit was a picture of me or, you know, someone else I knew on it. I don't know anyone who looks like that. The golden spike wins." -Sheldon Merrill WSU pre-pharmacy sophomore -Ben Jones WSU microbiology sophomore .-:-.'•-- •• In tile same article, the last sentence should have read, "For election rules, eligibility requirements or any other questions, go to weberstudents.org or to the Student Association Office, Room 25b in the Shepherd Union Building. •Executive Lecture Series featuring Sean Slattery, President of Logistics Specialties; 6:30 p.m.; WSU Davis Campus Room 110; free. For more information, call 395-3482. •Asian Film Festival featuring the movie "Blind Shaft" (2003); MOSCOW The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday that it would continue paying for the 7,400 hotel rooms in Louisiana and Mississippi occupied by Hurricane Katrina evacuees until March l3. The federal government will pay for the evacuees' hotel rooms in other states until March 1. FEMA extended the deadline because of a lack of housing in Louisiana and Mississippi. The roof of one of the city's biggest markets collapsed Thursday. At least 56 people were killed and 32 injured. Emergency officials think more than 100 people were in the market at the time of the incident. They were relieved the roof collapsed when it did because more people could have been in the market later in the day; Thursday is the beginning of the three-day Defenders of the Fatherland Day celebration which honors Russia's armed forces. Investigators believe the roof collapsed because of heavy snow, design flaws or poor maintenance. ROSEBURG,ORE. A teenager shot a student at £oseburg High School Thursday morning. After the shooting, the teenager ran to a restaurant and surrendered. He appeared to be a student, police said. The victim was shot twice in the abdomen, once in the chest and a bullet grazed his left elbow. He was critically wounded, but the hospital CEO said he was doing well. The motive hasn't been determined. NEW YORK A biomedical supply house and three other men were indicted for selling body parts of dead people to be used in transplants. The corpses were obtained from funeral parlors in three states. The defendants forged death certificates and organ donor consent forms to make the organs appear legally removed. The men have made millions of dollars from the scam, prosecutors said. The defendants removed organs from people who had not consented to donation and those who were too old or sick to donate. Some fear the falsely removed organs could spread disease to transplant recipients. Crossword ACROSS 1 Maxes out 6 Lushes 10 Evens, as the score 14 Tiny hooter 15 Concert reed 16 Shawl or cloak 17 Verse rhythm 18 Give tit for tat 20 Real estate 22 Sofa built for two 23 Teensy 24 Big Harley 25 Last stop 26 Use a sieve 30 Gland near the kidneys 33 Moneylender 35 Important in time 39 Scrub . 40 Christmas tree 41 Disintegrate slowly 42 Ocean pilot 44 Blush 45 Flat land 47 County center 48 Long-eared beast 51 Advance in years 52 Rockies zone 54 Avoid punishment 56 Absolute ruler 61 Consciousness 63 Segment 64 Semester i 2 3 5 17 27 I 28 29 |9 31 35 33 40 39 -12 48 e 67 12 13 16 19 25 32 : 1 49 50 pfc i -1 56 G4 11 36 37 38 43 ~ - 61 10 24] w f35 Westminster gallery (36 List entries ( 37 Whirling wate r ( 38 Parched f 39 Hands over 6? "I like the golden spike one because I think it's a cooler picture. The beehive's pretty good too because it's more of a symbolic thing, but I guess the golden spike one is too. The snowboarder, not so much. -Aaron Waldron WSU undeclared sophomore "I like the golden spike one because I think the United States recognizes that more ttian anything else. People recognize the golden spike as more tlianjust a Utah thing, and more of a country thing." "I like the beehive one because it's about our history and we are the beehive state. And also, I like the bees because when they sting my friends, I like to laugh in their faces when they get stung by them." -Nate Gremillion WSU pre-pharmacy sophomore -Jed Retallick WSU undeclared freshman Look at what's coming up in The Signpost 2) ?3 "I like the snowboarding one because the chick is hot. It's more modern and it's what Utah is all about, nowadays. It's what people around the world recognize Utah as now because of the Olympics." TORINO, ITALY IS 20 -Sterling Morrill WSU criminal justice senior - Stu Russell WSU business administration senior American figure skater Sasha Cohen won the silver medal Thursday despite falling twice in the free skate. Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won the gold medal and Irina Slutskaya took the bronze. The gold medal was Japan's first medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics and the first gold medal ever in Japanese figure skating history. American skeleton racer Kevin Ellis broke a vertebra in his back Thursday while filming a made-for-TV, nonOlympic sledding event. , 14 28 7 "Personally, I don't like any of them. If I had to pick one, I'd go with the beehive because it's been our symbol forever." -Ashley Acton WSU psychology senior SOUTHERN LEYTE, PHILIPPINES 1J 6 -Megan Godfrey WSU secondary education junior "/ like the beehive one because it's history. So, it's what we've always been known as: 'The Beehive State.' It's important. I think the snowboarding one is totally lame." Aerial photographs are believed to have shown the roof of a school covered by mud in the mudslide last Friday. The photographs show the roof 300 miles away from its original location. The mudslide is believed to have killed more than 1,000 people. No survivors have been found. Rescue efforts are concentrated on the school, where more man 250 students and teachers are buried. see Sol jtio n s p a g e / 4 for." -Chantelle Webster WSU undeclared sophomore National and World Headlines NEW ORLEANS "I like the beehive because that's wliat our state stands "I think I like the Promontory Point one because it shows that we're more than just a Mormon state." i Dow 1 " _ a r id C rcurristance" 2 v\feter jug 3 Memt er of a d loir 4 C astte st rong hold 47 53' 57 58 P 60 5 Fling about 6 Classified 7 Carry out orders 8 Toddler 9 Spring and fall 10 Nincompoop 11 Hotheaded 12 Worn away 13 Velocity 19 Will beneficiary 21 Rise on hind legs 24 Will beneficiary 26 Being as stated 27 Wight or Dogs 28 Energy source 29 Cargo liner 31 Busiest river in the world 32 Ladies'men 34 Put in irons 36 Went bareback 37 Brainy inspiration 38 Penny 40 Kismet 43 Vivid purplish red 44 Result of oxidation 46 Pleasantly diverted 48 Subside 49 Worked the needle 50 Fragment found on a dig 53 Subject under discussion 55 West Point team 56 Italian wine center 57 Quote 58 Grass stalk 59 Topmost spot 60 Hardy heroine 62 Corncob Monday News Business Sports •Coverage of "Truth on Tuition" public hearing. •Larry H. Miller speaks .to WSU students. •Men's basketball vs. Idaho State University. •WSU students serve as interns in state legislature. •Minimum credit card payments on the rise. •Women's basketball vs. Idaho State Univeristy. ^^ * Weber State University (Signpost |
