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Show 2 Signpost- Monday, May 9, 1988 Weber State logo places second Karen Packham Staff Reporter The logo became a hit, receiving the silver in the 10,000 plus students category at the Admissions "Weber State; The Advancing Wave was the logo that tidal waved through the third annual Admissions Advertising Awards, garnering a silver in the logo competition. Amy Shaw, the mind behind the wave, is associate coordinator of School Services. Shaw set out to find a theme to inspire high school students about Weber State. Shaw selected "The Advancing Wave" and gave the idea to Karen Wimmer, of Instructional Technology Services, to make the design. tale" W"C'"V Advertising Awards competition . Judging was based on quality of production, creativeness of concepts, and clarity of message. Drexel University of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received first place. Aerobie (cont'd from front page) Aerobics which are thin plastic rings that look a little like Frisbees without centers can soar much farther than Frisbees, says Superflight President Alan Adler. Adlcr, the engineer who developed the flying ring, said Aerobics aren't good for traditional disk sports such as Frisbce golf or Ultimate Frisbee. "Most use them for a game of catch," said Adler. "They go too far for golf or ultimate." "They're different. They're not mutually exclusive," said Scott Zimmerman, a California State Polytechnic University student who's one of the top disk players in the nation. "It's not a legitimate comparison." "The Aerobie," says Zimmerman, "is a little more forgiving. It flies straighter with less effort." Zimmerman should know. He set a Guiness World Record in 1985 when he threw an Aerobie 1,125 feet, longer than three football fields lined up end to end. Purists, however, disdain Aerobies for "serious" disk sports. "You could use an Aerobie for golf," he said, "but it would change the sport" "Serious enthusiasts have both toys," claims Dan Roddick, Wham-o's director of sports promotion. "I don't know anybody who says they favor one over the other." Yet Adlcr, a Stanford engineering instructor who invented the Aerobie in the mid-1970s, is trying to lure Frisbee devotees to new, specialized Aerobie competitions. Superflight, for instance, is sponsoring The Great Aerobie Anecdote Contest. Contestants who come up with the best Aerobie tall tales and stories fact and fiction will win synthesizers, cash, and of course, Aerobies. But the push for the student market hasn't bothered Wham-o yet, Roddick asserts. While he wouldn't volunteer what Frisbee's sales are, Roddick did sav thnf "my guess is that Aerobies have not hurt Wham-o at all." When prodded, however, Roddick concedes, "the picnic player" the less-than-serious player who'll take a study break with anything that flies probably would buy only one of the toys. "They go with the ebb and flow," Roddick says, "and buy whatever they saw last in an ad or in the park." Adler, of course, says people buy Aerobies because they're fun in and of themselves. There are, he concedes, some problems with that other significant portion of the recreational disk market: Dogs, Adler notes, can chew up the thin plastic Aerobie rings pretty quickly, although he insists they can damage Frisbees just as easily. "Some dogs," he observes, "have gentler mouths than others." Still, at least publicly, Roddick says competition between the toys is "a non-issue. We wish them well." "We have friendly relations with Wham-o," adds Adler. "I like to think that no one's mad at me." Champion Zimmerman waxes poetic in his hopes for disk coexistence. "Playing catch is the oldest sport, except for running. Disks are a natural progression of evolution. It's beautiful to see them flying through the air. There's something special about that." Write a letter to the editor The Signpost Staff! Editorial-Advertising-Production" Spring Quarter 1988 '. Editor-in-Chief Chris J. Miller Managing Editor Reva Smith News Editor Ethan Yorgason Sports Editor Blaine Bringhwst Entertainment Editor Yun HuL Pak Weekend Editor David R. Allison Sign-Off Editor JaNae Barlow Special Projects Editor Katy Frandsen Copy Editors Marylin Blakely D bbie George Susan Walker Assistant Editors Mike Butler Coral lou Glenn Lynn Martineau Scott Summerill Pete Tesch Jill Tiiensor Contributing Writers Mickey Beck Donna Brown Joe I'Yancis Katliryn Ward Photo Editor Larry Jensen Chief Photographer Judd Bundy Photographers Matt Butler llal Moore Graphic Artists Michael Christensen Advertising Manager Jolet OLsen Sales Representatives David Burns BryanWilley Staff Reporters Tony Butler Ray Eldard Donna Green Mark lladley Charles Harrington Debra Luby Karen Packliam Production Staff Brian Bouwhuis Kentt Hepworlh Kristen Olsen Andrea Plumley Curtis Spackrrmn Eric Swedin Marisa Wesnitzer Distribution S. Leroy Sturgeon JeffBybee Advisor P. Larry Stahle Assistant Advisor Franceen Jones Secretary Leisel Wayment Publisher Randolph Scott The Weber State College Signpost is published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during fall, winter and spring quarters, and once a week during the summer quarter by the WSC Department of Communication. Editorial content appearing in this publication is that of the staff or guest contributors and does not necessarily reflect the view of Weber State College In general The Signpost is distributed free of charge and is available by subscription for $9 per quarter. The Signpost offices are located in the Union Building in U.B. 267. Mail correspondence should be sent to: WSC SIGNPOST Weber State College Ogden, Utah 84408-2110 Editor-in-Chief Advertising Department News Department Entertainment Department Sports Department 626-7121 626-6358 626-7105 626-7105 626-7983 Weber State has no AIDS policy Scott Summerill Asst. News Editor Weber State College has no specific policy or support groups to deal with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. However, most students will receive education on AIDS as part of their curriculum. AIDS is an affliction in which a virus attacks the body's immune system, leaving victims susceptible to a wide variety of infections and cancers. Dr. Marie Kotter, vice president of student services, said VSC is currently treating AIDS as any other contagious disease. "If and vhe-. there are campus AIDS policies, they will follow 'he guidelines of state and federal policies," she said. Kotter said the only program on campus that deals with AIDS is a series of lectures incorporated into the personal health course. The lectures give students information on how AIDS is transmitted, symptoms of the virus, and methods of prevention. "If and when there are campus AIDS policies, they will follow the guidelines of state and federal policies.". Dr. Marie Kotter She said that because the course is mandatory for general education requirements, most students at WSC will be receive educational information about AIDS. Dr. Gordon James, HPERD's professor at WSC and chairman of the Northern Utah AIDS Coalition, said he began giving lectures on AIDS in his personal health classes at the request of students. James took a poll of 180 students and 179 were if favor of lectures on AIDS. James said there are several agencies people can go to for AIDS information and referral in the Ogden area. He said that the Northern Utah AIDS Coalition and the Red Cross deal only in counseling, while the State Health Department performs testing, counseling, and treatment of AIDS. According to James, there has been interest among some students to form AIDS support groups, but none have been established yet. James said (lie mental anguish of those fearing they may have had contact with the AIDS virus must also be dealt with by officials. "Any AIDS testing should be followed up with counseling," he said. When asked whether there should be a campus policy to address the issue of AIDS, most students agreed there should be. Linda Nimori, a senior at WSC said, "There should be some kind of policy on campus. I think there should definitely be support groups." Senior Carma Dunsmore said, "I think there should be support groups and more information should be available on campus." Donnie Toth, director of AIDS programs in Weber and Morgan district, said there have been 117 reported cases of AIDS in Utah, and of those, 77 victims have died. She said most of the cases have been in Salt Lake City, but stressed that the number of cases throughout the state will continue to grow. In an effort to help educate the community, Toth said the Department of Health has developed a community education program consisting of a series of video presentations. Community groups can schedule the program through the health department According to Toth, the State Health Department will give AIDS testing and counseling to those who suspect they have been exposed to the AIDS virus. She said part of the problem with AIDS is not knowing how many people have been infected. "The problem is the long incubation period of the virus. It can be anywhere from one to seven years," she said. "If we stopped all transmission today, we would still have cases for years and years to come." |