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Show MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012 D an ce continued from front Mill ner continued from front Davis campus building opened in 2003, and funding for a second building was approved last year. During her announcement, Millner expressed gratitude to WSU's faculty for its dedication to offering students the highest available quality in their education. "You wholeheartedly embrace student access, personalized learning experiences for students, and engagement in the social, cultural, educational and economic well-being of our community," Millner wrote. "That is demonstrated every day . . . When visitors come to campus, they soon discover 'We are Weber' is more than just a phrase - it is a spirit on campus exem- 5 THE SIGNPOST plified by each of you. The synergy is powerful." To close her letter to the faculty, Millner shared a quote she used when she was inaugurated. "William James said, `The best use of life is to invest it in something that will outlast it," Millner wrote. "The work you are doing at this university will long outlast our time here. Our students, their families and generations to come - all will be changed by what you are doing and what the university will continue to do in the future!" Millner has been the 11th president and 18th person to lead WSU. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com . the other forms of swing, they don't fit so well to the music, so we try to fit what works best for the students." The Junction City Big Band Dances didn't always offer lessons preceding the dance, said Steve Ericksen, son of Earl Ericksen, a former WSU music professor who founded the band but passed away last summer. Steve took over for his father, promising to keep the band going for at least another year. "When we actually first started," Steve said, "we didn't have the lessons with the dances, and then things kind of got to the point where we thought it would be to the advantage of anyone who attended to at least have that option of coming and learning the basic steps." Some who attended the lesson weren't in need of the basic steps. "I've been swing-dancing since I was in high school," said Tyson Etherington, a community member who regularly attends the dances. When asked about the turnout for the night, Steve responded positively, but amended that the band would always like to see more. "Quite a few of our players come from quite a long distance away to participate," Steve said, "and it's because, I think, more that they like (playing) than any other reason." When the band began playing, the dance floor slowly filled. "If I wasn't involved in the band, I'd probably be out on the floor dancing," Steve said. Steve told about how he thought it was strange that out of the four major universities in Utah - WSU, Utah State University, the University of Utah and Brigham Young University -WSU is the only one not to have a swing kids club. "We had one back about four or five years ago, and I thought it was going fairly good, until the president graduated . .. and then it kind of fell apart," Steve said. "Yet this is the university that has a big band associated with it." Though most came for the dancing, some came just for the music. "The band's really cool," said Heather Blais- dell, a community member who saw an ad for the dance in the paper. "It's worth coming just to watch them." WSU student Arnie Cook agreed with Blaisdell. "I think the band is fantastic," Cook said. "I just wish I would've brought a date." The next Junction City Big Band Dance will be on April 7, 7 10:30 p.m. in the Shepherd Union Building Ballrooms. The cost is $5 for the dance and an additional $1 for dance instruction. "For two and a half hours of dancing to a live band," Steve said, "$5 is really cheap." en to a project completed, not just an idea, something that's demonstrated its value," Gardner said. "It will be presented on an annual basis. Students engaged in this will compete for the award annually and compete for the accomplishment awarded to them." The Office of the Provost will provide a $1,000 award for the best faculty sustainability research project in 2011-12. The Environmen- tal Issues Committee will also select the winner, but the award will be presented at the April 2012 faculty senate meeting. For consideration, students must e-mail a 250word project summary to Hal Crimmel, the Environmental Issues Committee chair, at hcrimmel@weber. edu by March 23, 2012. - Comment on this story a wsusignpost.corn R esearch continued from front scarce resources and a belief that economic development must consider all of these) or particular goals of sustainable living (e.g., waste reduction, renewable energy, clean resources, climate change adaptation, comprehensive land use planning, or generally, the design of efficient environmental policies or regulations) as it furthers human understanding of complex interconnections between society and nature. At its core, sustainability research recognizes that human/societal and economic health is inextricably linked to a healthy natural world and the sustainable use of resources; it strives toward solutions to these challenges." Gardner said this award will be different from many others because it will reward action instead of a plan of action. 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(AP) - Calls made to police show that a black teenager was terrified as he tried to get away from the white neighborhood watch volunteer who shot him, and that the volunteer was not defending himself as he has claimed, the teen's family told The Associated Press on Saturday. Sanford police released eight 911 calls late Friday. The neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, tells a dispatcher in the first call that he is following 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. He says Martin is running, but the dispatcher tells him not to follow the teen. "How can you claim selfdefense and you are the aggressor?" Tracy Martin, Trayvon Martin's father, told the AP on Saturday. Zimmerman had called police to report a suspicious person walking through the gated community. He has said he shot the teen in self-defense. Zimmerman's father said in a letter to the Orlando Sentinel that his son, who is Hispanic, has been cruelly and unfairly portrayed in the media as a racist. The teen had gone to a convenience store to buy candy and was walking back to his family's home in the neighborhood. "This guy looks like he is up to no good. He is on drugs or something," Zimmerman told the dispatcher from his SUV. He added that the black teen had his hand in his waistband and was walking around looking at homes. "These a . They always get away," Zimmerman said on a 911 call. He has said he acted in self-defense, but Martin's family said they are now more convinced than ever that Zimmerman should be charged in the shooting. Several of the 911 calls made by neighbors describe some sort of scuffle or fight outside, someone yelling for help and a gunshot. "(Zimmerman) was chasing him, he was following him, and my son was afraid," Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, told the AR "He didn't know who this stranger was." Tracy Martin said the calls paint a stark picture of what were his son's final moments. "He was yelling for help, and no one could help him. He saw his life being taken away from him," Tracy Martin said. The case has been turned over to the State Attorney's Office, which can decide whether to file charges or present evidence to a grand jury. Trayvon Martin's family said they will continue pushing for charges to be filed against Zimmerman. "We're hoping this doesn't happen again to another family, and that America opens their eyes ... even though this won't bring Trayvon back, we don't want there to be another Trayvon," Tracy Martin said. Moments after Zimmerman's first call, dispatchers were bombarded by seven 911 calls from frantic neighbors describing a fight between two men, screaming and then a gunshot. "There is somebody screaming outside," one female caller said, as an unknown male voice can be heard crying in the background. Then a shot is heard. A male caller described a physical altercation between Martin and the shooter. "I just heard a shot right behind my house," The caller said. "They're wrestling right behind my porch. The guy is yelling 'Help.' I'm not going outside." Earlier Friday, Martin's parents called on the FBI to take over the investigation, saying they no longer trusted the Sanford police department. Sanford police Sgt. David Morgenstern said the department stands by its investigation but welcomes help from any outside agency. FBI agent David Couvertier said the agency has been in contact with Sanford police and is monitoring the case. "We are committed to having somebody review this to see if we made a mistake," said Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett. "If we made missteps and there is something there, we will act accordingly." Several Sanford residents who spoke to The Associated Press Friday said they think there would have been an arrest already if the shooter had been black and the deceased had been white. They said blacks and whites in this city of 53,000 residents were pretty much in agreement that an injustice had been done with no one arrested, and that there was no racial divide in how the case is being perceived. The city is 57 percent white and 30 percent black. It has a median household income of almost $42,000. "It's just about ... to be able to take somebody's life in 2012 and not even go to jail for it, that is just sad. No matter, for any color. Not just black or white. Any color," Ladonna Williams, 38, who is black, said as she shopped at the Seminole Towne Center shopping mall, more than a mile from where the shooting took place. In the letter to the Sentinel, Zimmerman's father says his son has received death threats and moved out of his home. George Zimmerman is Hispanic and grew up in a multiracial family, the statement says. |