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Show Shuttle changes at DEC By Casey Cummings campus affairs editor The Signpost A change in location of a shuttle bus stop this semester forced many students into an unexpected workout of running across the Dee Events Center parking lot. The pick-up station for the Weber State University shuttle at the Dee was moved at the beginning of this semester from the south side to the east side of the parking area. "I ended up getting back in my car and driving to the other side of the parking lot," said student Jenny Olsen. "We would have preferred not to have moved the stop," said Roger Johnson, WSU shuttle bus supervisor. "We decided to move it to the east side to avoid conflict with construction for the Olympics." The Ice Sheet, which is located next to the Dee, will host the curling event for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. To prepare for this and other events, some construction must occur. Fences for construction will be going up soon, Johnson said. By November both the west and south sides will be full of tents, trailers and construction equipment. Shuttle bus planners were concerned that there wouldn't be enough space to maneuver the large buses and so the route chanced. SXs- C it J ' .rf. r y INSTITUTE DEVOTIONAL 1 " - 1 Speaker: Jake Garn NOW jS the jijESDAY TIME September 1 8, 2001 According to Johnson, most students have adjusted to the change. "Our students are smart," Johnson said. "It only took a couple of days, and they knew where to go." "I didn't even know about the change," sophomore Adam Vails said. "1 just thought I had never noticed that stop there before." Johnson also said an increase in riders is affecting this year's shuttle service. WSU now offers seven buses during peak times. It is estimated that from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. a shuttle bus is leaving almost every five minutes. Johnson attributes the increase of riders to an increase in enrollment. "After the first day, we saw that many more students were riding the shuttle bus and decided to add a bus that runs just internally within the Dee Events Center," Johnson said. The internal bus runs around the parking area, taking students from their vehicles to the main shuttle bus station. Although the shuttle service has fewer riders later in the day, it continues to run until 10 p.m. Johnson said that after 5 p.m. students can call the WSU shuttle and request to be picked up exactly where they are and dropped off anyw here on campus. "It's a convenience and a safety factor," Johnson said. "It's almost like a taxi service at night." You can reach reporter Casey Cummings at 626-7655. UTAH EXPERIENCE THE THRILI ph:627-JUMP (5867) www.skydlve09dcn.com Jake Garn was born in Richfield. Utah, and graduated from the University of Utah where he received a B.S. in Banking and Finance. He served in the U.S. Navy as a pilot and is a retired Brigadier General in the Utah Air National Guard and has logged more than 10,000 hours of pilot time. Jake is a former insurance executive and served as Mayor of SLC prior to his election to the United States Senate in 1974. He served six years as Chairman on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and urban Affairs. He retired after 3 terms (18 years) to return to Utah. 33EED 3$m Where to legitimately download music online By Dawn C. Chmielewski Knight Ridder Newspapers You've never been a fan of Napster - or any other music-swapping service. It just strikes you as wrong: the digital equivalent of tucking a CD in your pocket and leaving the record store without paying. The question is - where can you legitimately download music online? 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