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Show nnrts ' :'' ? Iz. V Hockey club likely to j f Many WSU sludents have lost f interest in the presidential , election, page 15. get No. 1 ranking , J 1! J?7J f I Wilh ihp semester endini. ft : 5W f rl I fcatures lakes a look al those JljjJjS?' -J3 V 1 whn will hn nr;idi i,itinr T'sim V- i pa8es7,01- i xYkM -! f . rfsr ... . v mmm. , l, 3Q1. Volume 63 Issue 37 H n H . I Jr yk.... IL lpl Wednesday, December 6, 2000 Signpost w B R T A U N V R T Y By Danielle Blaisdell senior news reporter The Signpost Tis the season of giving, and Weber State University students are no exception. Though finals are approaching, and the clock is ticking away, it isn't stopping the Sharmea sorority' from serving. Sharmea is helping with a Christmas service project for the homeless. According to Andrea Wade, Greek representative for Sharmea, it's a huge party. This will be the 10th year for the party, which is held each December in Farmington. Through the month of December, donations are collected, and then a few days before Christmas, buses and vans go pick up the homeless at the different shelters who are interested in attending and receiving some gifts. Last year they had around 800 people at the party. Wade has helped with the project before and proposed the idea to the sorority, which theyaccepted. The Signpost explains itself Newspaper asks for Student input Beyond the Grind By Lisa Roskelley editor in chief The Signpost The news business is funny because reporters and editors spend so much time and energy updating readers on the constantly changing world that journalists often forget to inform readers of changes in the newspapers they read. In this article, The Signpost explains why we do some of the things we do in your student newspaper. The Signpost hopes you will not only read this story, but also respond to it by filling out and returning the news coupon on the jump page. (In news jargon, the jump page is where readers find the rest of a story that jumps, or continues, from one page to another. For example, this story jumps to Page 8, as indicated by "See Input page 8" after the last paragraph on this page. See, you've learned something already). As the student voice on this campus, The Signpost serves and represents Weber State University students. The Signpost aims to report the news on and off campus that affects students and to provide a product students enjoy reading. Please help us do this more effectively by turning in a news coupon with suggestions that may improve news and editorial content and the visual aspect of this thrice-weekly publication. The Signpost publishes Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week during fall and spring semesters. It comes out Tuesdays during the eight weeks of summer semester. - Beyond the Grind is understandably this newspaper's most misunderstood feature. Trie Signpost publishes this weekly cover story every Friday under a special masthead in which the words "Beyond the Grind" visually trump "The Signpost." The Grind's masthead throws many students for a loop. Several students have wondered aloud whether The Grind is an entirely different publication from The Signpost. No, we take credit for it if it is good and the blame if it is not. The Grind cover is meant to be an in-depth feature story that reaches beyond the typical he saidshe said news account. This semester, we have run Grind covers on laser eye surgery and Make A Difference Day, as well as many other topics. inese stories are longer than the average 12- to 15-inch news story by definition and design. They also have a longer newsstand life: we leave Beyond the Grind out for one week. We recognize the danger with any weekly feature is that it can become a journalistic dumping ground for less-than-provocative stories simply because we have to fill the space, whether or not we have a worthy piece for it. How are we doing? Tell us what you think of Beyond the Grind. If you have any story ideas, pass those along too. Features editor Melissa Mikesell oversees The Grind. At least one Signpost staffer has suggested the name be changed to Bump and Grind. Let us know what you think of that little gem of an idea as well. See Input page 3 "I was a hostess and it is just a great experience," she said. "There was a very huge group. It's kind of chaotic." She explained that the party is held in Farmington at a family's home and yard. There are several volunteers who help the participants. The homeless will go around to different "shops" and get the donated items they need to help their families, such as shoes and blankets. On top of that, there is food, a hay ride, Santa Claus and entertainment. Wade said they even have police to help with crowd control. "There's a lot of people involved," she said. See Homeless 13 1 i fill 1 1 A k if jf r r 1 1 1 f f r J- u-. A -7 I v--' r y "VS. 7 4 Mmm' Mmm' Good Josh Reeves experiences different kinds of chili at the Chili Cookoff Monday afternoon. WSU Student Senate: a semester's work in review By Wes Hanna campus affairs editor The Signpost Half a year of their elected position be: hind them, members of the Student Senate had the chance this week to measure i! heir progress and look forward to thefuture. 'The senate looks different than when you began," adviser Mandy Medina said at the last senate meeting. "It's exciting to stand here and see all the changes." Not only has the senate changed the way it runs, switching over from individual legislation to committee initiated action, but senators have also been trying to make changes in the wider campus community in major, but also subtle ways. Here's a small list of what Student Senators did this semester: Without a summer to prepare, Education Senator Steve Starks has created a program to inform teachers and education students about the government sponsorship of HUD homes for educators. Teachers are able to get HUD homes for a substantial discount, but many do not know that the program exists. Starks' program is attempting to change this. He also sponsored a canned food drive to stock the shelves of the Utah Food Bank. At the Davis Campus, Debbie Sheldon noticed that students could access every option that they could at the main campus except getting an official transcript. Sheldon took the initiate to have this oversight corrected. See Senate page 3 |