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Show Page 3 The Signpost Friday, October 14, 2005 For kids of all ages Nontraditional student programs sponsor free family activities By Andrea Bean sr. news reporter | The Signpost Kasandra May, a WSU nursing sophomore, was pleased to watch each of her children, whose ages range from 2 to 12, enjoy a game of bowling. She said it's hard for her to find activities that all her children can take part in. With around 200 people in attendance and only eight lanes available, families had to wait for their turn - - _ - t 0 bowl. The first families present were allowed to bowl two games. As more families arrived, the two games were reduced to half-hour Holding ihi red bowling ball over his left shoulder, 4-year-old Noah Leapt rot ran to the foul line and chucked the ball toward the 10 pins positioned 60 feet down the lane. Once the hall struck the oiled wood, Noah dashed to his father, Matthew Lcaptrot, a - - Weber State University sophomore. The young boy turned to watch the ball as it traveled straight down the lane and knocked down six pins. The Leaptrots and - lennifer Grandi, time increments. numerous other families Autumn Walton. nontradttioivil student programs and filled VVSUs Wildcat a WSU business services coordinator Lanes last Saturday ad min ist ra tio n evening as part of __^^_^__^_ _ _ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ _ _ junior, said she felt "Family Rowling Night." the activity should have WSU's Nontraditional been better organized. Student Programs sponsored the event. She would have liked more lime to bowl. Part of the organization's mission is to Some families weren't given the have family activities, said Jennifer Grandi, opportunity to bowl because of the large the Nontraditional Student Programs and attendance and time restraints. Services coordinator. "We were a little overwhelmed with "(The activities) connect the how many people came," Grandi said. While waiting to bowl, a number of nontraditional students to (he university and (they) connect their families to the families utilized the billiard tables. Across the hall in the lair, children watched fact they're going to school," Grandi said. "We were a little overwhelmed with how many people came/' Military "Looney Tunes" cartoons. This was the first bowling activity the organization held. The evening was supposed to last two hours, said Nicole I.ewis, a WSU Nonlradilional Student Center office assistant. Because of the unanticipated large crowd, the night was extended an extra hour. Lewis said the center plans on organizing another family bowling night next fall. For this activity, students will be required to call ahead for a time slot. Planners anticipate the event lasting three to four hours. On Oct. 22, WSU Nontraditional Students Programs is sponsoring a family movie night. Cupcakes will be served in the Nontraditional Student Center at 7:30 p.m. The movie "Beetlejuice," which is rated PG, will start at 8 p.m. in the Shepherd Union Wildcat Theater. This activity is free of charge. You can reach reporter Andrea Bean by calling 626-7655. continued from front College in Alberta, Canada, and a doctorate in political science from the University of Utah. Haanstad brought up "neoconservatism." She said before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks took place, the government spent more money on the military than 19 countries combined. Then after the terrorist attacks, this government spent more than the rest of the world combined on the military. "We have military dominance," Haanstad said. "That's why we felt advocated to go into Afghanistan and Iraq. Neoconservatives are often referred to as ;crusaders. The main difference between conservatives and neoconservatives is that of an over reliance of military capacity." Mark Ralston, a WSU criminal justice junior who is in the WSU Army ROTC program, said he Wins Secondary English education major Lorraine Hamra Lee paints Quinten Allen's face last Saturday as part of "Family Bowling Night" came to the presentation because he is in the military and plans a future there. "1 have taken different ideas and points of views of funding for the U.S. military power in the world and the conservative and neo-conservative differences in our military dominance," Ralston said. The role of the Honors Issues Forum is to give students the opportunity to discuss issues highlighted currently in the news, Clayton said. "I have a committee and we sit down and discuss topics," he said. "We want to focus on the issues of relevance and interests to students on campus. We want to create discussions for students where both sides are heard." You can reach reporter Trevor Warner by calling 626-7655. •rontiniu'dfrutnfront student success," Winniford said. "One of the things that I'm excited about is everybody I talked to talked about bcir<* student centered. (WSU is| special in that regard." Winniford will also bring to WSU her love of the outdoors. She explained that she often vacations in the Canadian Rockies, and how she loves the beauty of rivers in Idaho and the glacial mountains of Montana. Winniford received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. Her master's degree, earned at Ohio State University, is in student personnel services. She received a doctoral degree in educational administration from Texas A&M University in 1991. You can reach reporter Becky Palmer by calling 626-7655. WSUSIGNPOST.COM t Enter Your Different Uses For The Signpost For A Chance To Win Entries Need To Be Sent To UB-267 Each Friday By 5 P.M. EXTENDED DEADLINE STUDENT FEE RECOMMENDATION COMMITTEE f Applications are available NOV| in the WSU Studenl Association^ offices in Shepherd Uniorj jBuilding Room 250,r DEADLINE; Noon, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005 For more information: 626-6349 or 626-7641 |