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Show W E B E R Haunted house reviews see page 6 S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y Signpost FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2005 Full football preview see page 5 wsusignpost.com VOLUME 68 ISSUE 27 Winniford wins Student affairs vice president selected Thursday visited first. "I'm excited about where the university is and where it's going," Weber State University will Winniford said. "I'm excited to focus welcome Janet C. Winniford as on student engagement on campus. vice president of student affairs I'm excited to be a part of it." in February 2006. She will relieve She will be leaving a university Toni Weight, who has served as of about 42,000 undergraduate interim vice president of student and graduate students for WSU, affairs since 2004. a university of about 18,000. President F. Ann Millner made She has worked at Texas A&M the decision to hire Winniford University since 1979. after receiving counsel from a In her new position, Winniford search committee made up of will lead representatives student mttm_^^^___ from throughout - - ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ affairs. She the university. will also be "I really liked her. I Administrators one of six announced it think that she is a advisers to Thursday. the president. "I think she person that's willing W i n n i f o r d will make an to stand up for what said she looks excellent vice forward to president of the students need contributing student affairs," campus and dtoy n a m ithe Millner said. Tm on c looking forward that she's the best growth of the to her arrival. that we university. She will provide candidate "I was very very effective c o mmitted leadership for met with/' to this idea the future." - Chris Russell, of providing Others on WSU student association s t u d e n t campus are legislative vice president a d v o c a c y , " Wi n n if o r d excited as well. "My initial - ^ ^ - - - C h r i s reaction when I got the e-mail this morning was, Russell, WSU Student Association 'I had a feeling it was going (o legislative vice president, said he be her,"" said Ryan Starks, WSU looks forward to working with Student Association president. Winniford. "I really liked her," Russell said. "She kind of stood out." Starks was one of two "I think that she is a person that's students who served on the willing to stand up for what the students need on campus and search committee. More than 40 candidates that she's the best candidate that were screened and three finalists we met with." Winniford talked about her visited campus in the past few administration style at a luncheon weeks. Winniford, who has filled for student leaders. the position of associate vice president for student affairs at '"I very much believe Texas A&M University since 1995, that you do that as a team," By Becky Palmer special assign, editor The Signpost Janet C. Winniford Winniford said. "I want to try to reach consensus. The more you can have buy in, the more collaborative, the more success you're going to have." Starks intends to spend the few months before Winniford arrives preparing students for her arrival by teaching them about her role. "These students can go to her with trust and be open with her, because that is her job," Starks said. He said he would also enjoy spending time with Weight, who plans to retire this summer. She will resume her position of assistant to the vice president of student affairs when Winniford arrives. Winniford will bring to the vice president position a wealth of experience. She has worked in the field for 26 ' years, with oversight of departments including student activities, residence life, campus recreation, multicultural services, disability services and Greek life and organizations. She also has experience leading professional organizations, including the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. "1 have a real commitment to students, student learning and See Wins page 3 Free family fun 'Cats Homecoming flame The flaming W backdrops Weber State University. Lighting the more than 150 lightbulbs has been a Homecoming tradition for more than 25 years. Since 1979, Lynn Kraaima, WSU facilities coordinator for student affairs, and Rick Mitchell, former WSU Social Sciences Building custodian, have trekked up the mountainside each night of Homecoming week to light and guard the W from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. It takes about 10 hours to set up the ' W the first night, and then the following evenings, Kraaima and Mitchell make sure everything is running correctly. This is the 26th year the two have lit the ' W / Kraaima said they pass the time by talking to the people who come through there, watching a DVD on a computer, listening to a Jazz game or anything else that's happening that night. The last night the flaming 'W' is lit will be Homecoming night. Gerontology professor dies at 70 Family-centered activities for parents and children See page 3 Gerontology professor Jerry Borup died Saturday, Oct. 8 at the age of 70 after a long fight with cancer. Borup had been scheduled to teach classes for the fall semester, but decided to retire in June 2005 as his condition worsened. "His absence has been pretty significant," said Mark Bigler, Weber State University Department of Social Work and Gerontology chairman. "Especially because he's been primarily responsible for the Jerry Borup statistics and the research requirements in the gerontology program." Bigler said that Borup had a special knack for teaching statistics. "Word has it in our program and other places on campus that his statistics class is pretty user friendly," Bigler said. "It's a whole new language you have; to learn to learn statistics and he apparently had a way of; teaching that made things pretty simple and straight forward for people." I Borup began teaching at WSU in 1969 after having taught; at Mississippi State University,.' Southeastern Louisiana University and Texas A&I (A&M) University. ', Honors Issues Forum discusses U.S. military involvement in world By Trevor Warner sr. news reporter | The Signpost How involved should the United States be in foreign conflicts? Does the United States have a special right or obligation to exert its influence around the world? A panel discussed the role of the U.S. military in the world Wednesday at the Honors Issues Forum held at the Stewart Library Special Collections. "Lately there has been a lot of discussion with the military being over in Iraq/1 said Paul Edward Clayton, Honors Issues Forum chairman. "We wanted to have students broaden their thoughts a little bit and reconsider their own ideas about the U.S. in the world, specifically the U.S. military in the world." Speaking for the conservative side was Robert Julander, a WSU Department of Political Science professor, fulander won the Cortez Honors Award in 1974 with a paper on the value of political parties. He also won the WSU Crystal Crest Award for "Master Teacher" in 1994-1995 and the Dello Dayton Teaching Award in 1991-1992. Julander talked about how America is a super power and how the economy is global so it's the U.S. military's obligation to protect American interests abroad. "The United Nations is too weak; it's dominated by Third World powers," Julander said. "It's the military's obligation to protect American interests abroad and to lead the world. The conservative foreign policy is to take care of things at home first. To use military force is an arm of political decisions." Speaking for the liberal side was Nancy Haanstad, a WSU Department of Political Science and Philosophy associate professor^ Haajistad specializes in international; politics, American foreign policy andhuman rights. She was awarded the WSU; President's Award for "OutstandingTeacher"; in 1991. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science/history from Augustana! i See Military page 3: |