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Show WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Rugby team starts season 2-0 See page 6 Controversial exhibit coign Body Worlds exhibit shows the inner workings of the human heart and body decades as the creative and conceptual designer for the exhibitions. This exhibit is her very own creation, differing from that of her husband, GuntherVon Hagen, After much anticipation, the Body creator of Body Worlds. Worlds 3 exhibit has finally arrived in Whatley's exhibits showcase many Utah. Making its first Utah-area debut, different cases and types of diseases found Body Worlds is expected to educate and in the heart. Incorporated along with the inform people heart are many about the human other human formation body in an artistic " They will never see the specimens body as they will have seen that display the complexity more than 47 it at Body Worlds/' of the human cities across Asia, body. The bodies Europe and North America, and - Peter Giles, are placed in has been viewed executive director for the Leonardo various poses by more than 25 to show each million visitors. different system Body Worlds is an exhibition of actual of the body and how it works and looks. human bodies formed into . artwork "Both my husband, GuntherVon Hagen, through the process of Plastination. and I both wisii to show the body in all its The goal of Body Worlds is not to beauty in all its intricate design," Whaller shock the public, but to capture their said. imagination with the human body. Every specimen shown at the Body Body Worlds 3 is organized according to Worlds exhibit are real human parts. the cardiovascular system. The designer, Whalley's goal is to shape the way people Dr. Angelina Whalley, has worked with learn about the human body, and to the Body Worlds team for the past two better show them how beautiful the By Ashley Salvador business editor I The Signpost We, the Wildcats Weber students commemorate the U.S. Constitution By Heidi LeBaron news editor I The Signpost Kjerstin Myers stood in the atrium of the Shepherd Union Building on Weber State University's main campus. Students and faculty passing through could hear her reciting the words of the Founding Fathers and the U.S. Constitution. "We had a dramatic reading to refresh them of the Constitution and what they wrote," said Myers, the president of Pi Sigma Alpha. Myers' reading was part of a weeklong campus commemoration PHOTO 8Y CATHERINE MORTIMER I THt of the Constitution. Real human bodies are on display at the Body Worlds 3 exhibit in Salt Lake City. The "Its cool that our nation is one that bodies are donated after the person's death and 8,700 people are on the waiting list. is founded on a constitution," Myers said. "It's really neat to see that the through injection, The final step in human body really is. United States can be based on this Von Hagen developed and patented plastination is vacuuming the body one document and the words that the formula for Plastination in 1977. once it has been formed with the the founding fathers wrote down Plastination allows desceased organisms elastomers and reactive resins. The for us and we are still following that to be preserved in their original living complex process takes about a year. today." The bodies are made available state. All bodily fluids and soluble fats The week of events included are replaced with reactive resins and faculty panels. elastomers, like silicon and epoxy, See Body page 5 Lt. Governor of Utah Gary Herbert's visit to WSU campus on Constitution Day, Sept. 17, was the keystone event and addressed issues of the Electoral College. Americans have questioned the system's ability to reflect and elect legitimate candidates. "It has become apparent that there needs to be reform in the American election process," Herbert said. "I wouldn't say it's broken. It's because there are three areas that need to be addressed." Herbert said the three areas are the concerns of the voter being By Gentry Reinhart informed, candidates' opportunity asst. sports editor I The Signpost to compete, and those who have to run the elections. Herbert worked The investigation into text messages on a committee with Secretaries of sent while on the job by a Metrolink State and Lt. Governors to form a engineer in conjunction with last proposal to correct those issues. week's fatal collision of a Los Angeles "Rotating regional primaries we commuter train and a Union Pacific think would solve some of those freight train in Chatsworth, Calif., problems," Herbert said. illustrates a problem that is all too The plan would ensure that common on the roads and now the candidates recognize all voters at rails of the U.S., and it's something some point. many Weber State University students Leah Murray, WSU Political are guilty of. Science professor, said she noticed Utah is often seen as irrelevant "I've tried it before," said WSU junior in national elections and the new Jared Wilkinson "It's hard because I system could help Utah increase wasn't sure if the letters were keying out influence. right, I had to constantly keep checking "If we were to say, 'you have to on it so I've kind of abandoned the come to talk to Idaho, Utah, Arizona whole thing." and Nevada together,' that's a huge In a recent study conducted by the block of delegates and we're going to London-based Transport Research get some play," Murray said. "All of a Laboratory for the RAC (Royal PHOTO BY JESSICA SCHRE1FELS | THE SIGNPOST sudden, our small-state status loses Automobile Club) foundation showed some of its liability." WSU student Peter Zalit takes a swing at an old Bonneville that was brought on campus by fraternity Pi Theta Xi on Wednesday. Frathat texting while operating a motor Students who participated in ternity members encouraged passing students to take a swing at the car, which was placed to raise awareness of Greek life. vehicle can be more dangerous than the week said they've liked the driving under the influence of alcohol open discussion about elections. or cannabis. Throughout the week, political In a simulated driving study, science professors met in the researchers in the Clemson University fireplace lounge and formed Department of Psychology concluded discussion panels on various topics, that drivers who text messaged while which often had a recurring theme operating a motor vehicle left their door, and pieces were scattered of the issues in voting and elections. lanes 10 percent more often. all over the grass and sidewalk. Ryan Jesse, a WSU double major Utah is not one of the five states that in political science and English President of Pi Theta Xi Luke currently ban text messaging while ,said he appreciated knowledgeable Marshall, a WSU communications driving. While text messaging during people sharing with students. junior, said the event was a lot By Eric Turner driving isn't banned in Utah, it's still "Papers are due, we are taking our first more than just a simple and "I have difficulty with the correspondent I The Signpost possible to be cited for text messaging tests, financial aid money is disappearing fun electoral college system," Jesse said. de-stressing opportunity. if you break another traffic law at the "I think its good to exercise my right Construction workers weren't the only and getting up early is starting to get very "The purpose of this event time. to vote, but as we saw in 2000,1 don't ones swinging hammers at the Weber tiring," Sanders said. "The reality of the is to gain attention for our "They've got a new code called really see much change occurring State University main campusWednesday. semester is finally setting in and it helps fraternity and for the entire Greek 'careless driving,'" said WSU Police to get rid of some of the built-up tension." because the popular vote didn't go Morgan Turner, the pledge educator community," Marshall said. Sergeant Wagner. "If they're committing More than 100 students got rid to the president so the person who for the WSU Pi Theta Xi fraternity, Some students, however, traffic violations while text messaging, of their built-up won the popular vote wasn't the held a 25-pound didn't think smashing a car was a they could be issued a citation for tension by smashing president for those next four years. sledge hammer constructive way of gainingattention. "The Greek that." the car that day. So it really ijiakes me wonder as a and stood on top Jaime Frank, a student who passed The fraternity But text messaging has important single voter about being part of the of a late 80s model community wants to by the baby-blue Bonneville between Electoral College." applications that go beyond simple purchased the Pontiac Bonneville classes, said, "It just makes no sense Murray, who was in charge of communication. Students received inoperablecarandhadit why they are beatingacar. If they want in the middle of help college students organizing the events of the week, e-mails via their Wildcat mail accounts towed to campus from a to raise awareness they should do the sidewalk just get the most of their said she was pleased with the early this school year asking for cell junkyard for $100. When west of the Bell something productive like painting results. phone information as part of the Tower at 8 a.m.; he college experience. " it first arrived at 8 p.m. faces or handing out balloons. "The students were engaged and Code Purple security procedure. Text the night before, the car was challenging "This just seems talking about it which is what I care messages are one of the ways that was completely intact, needlessly violent for 10 a.m." all the passersabout the most," Murray said. "You students could be notified in case of - Luke Marshall with the exception of by to "de-stress" Oddly enough, one of the primary could come out of this constitution campus emergencies. by participating Pi Theta Xi President the windows, which goals of this event was to advocate week having an informed opinion Five other states have enacted bans had been removed in the fraternity's a fight against domestic violence. about elections and the constitution, on using any handheld cell phone for safety purposes. car smash. The faculty adviser to the and maybe some groups that were while driving. Utah again is not among By the time the vehicle was towed Pam Sanders, a senior at WSU studying Greek community, Fred Meaders, left out, in a really neat way." those five. California's ban came in the away at 2 p.m. its hood had been social work, said this week is the perfect said that it's part of their rush completely removed, the steering • Comment on this story at See Text page 8 week for extreme de-stressing activities. wheel was hanging out of the driver's wsusignpost.com. See Beat page 5 Killer phones: WSU students say it's dangerous to text while driving "Beat ow cm not someone else" Rush week hits campus; new campus fraternity hosts a smashing debut |