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Show 1 Sticks and stones stops sterotypjj THE /^1 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY SIGNPOST See page 4 wsusignpost.com VOLUME /'8 ISSUE 22 WEA block-party blocks traffic News in Brief FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 ; barricaded for gathering sponsore eber Entrearenurial Association the WEA. The club helps put students who have great ideas in touch with the right people, Penrod said. It gives club Last night a section of Lincoln Avenue members the opportunity to expand their in Ogden was closed down so Weber networks. The WEA has been working State University's club, The Weber with young entrepreneurs forthree years, Entrepreneur Association, could host a since Matt Peterson stumbled upon an party. The WEA invited the community to event advertised in The Signpost. Theeventwasameetingthatwasbeing the Atrium building on the corner of 12th held by Bryan McDonald. McDonald was Street and Lincoln Avenue in Ogden. interested in meeting with Weber State The party featured food from vendors like Costa Vida, a live band, a long board University students who were interested course, an atomic ski machine, an in starting their own business. McDonald outdoor skate park, as well as a snow- and Peterson decided that there needed to be a club at WSU for entrepreneurs. less rail competition. "Michael Vaughn was the Dean of the Last night's party, headed by WEA Business school at the time," Peterson leader Audrey Penrod, was just a taste of said. "He was happy about the club, and what the club has to offer. "Our initial goal is to give young gave us a couple hundred dollars to start entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn off." The WEA builds its entrepreneur about entrepreneurs first hand," said relationships through different projects Audrey Penrod, current president of By Shirrel Cooper assist, news editor I The Signpost that they do. They have guest lectures where entrepreneurs speak about their experiences. Recently they were able to meet with Dave Checketts, former owner of the Utah Jazz. The WEA also holds business tours for its members. Their next tour will be with Rico's Mexican restaurant. He started his business out of his home and it has grown into a multimillion-dollar business, Penrod said. Ben Bauter, a junior who is majoring in Spanish and business, was representing the Wilderness Recreation Center at the Atrium. He believed the event the WEA was putting on was a great idea. "It's going to bring new talent to Utah," Bauter said, talent that wouldn't have been showcased if the WEA hadn't been involved. Nevertheless, the WEA See WEA page 5 WSU commits to climate 'neutrality' to at least the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED silver standard," Wilson said during the Sept. 26 Like other colleges and honors issues forum centered universities in the country, WSU has on green building. Leadership in signed on to the American College Energy and Environmental- Design and University Presidents Climate (LEED) is used nationwide to rate Commitment. the 'greenness' of^uildings across "This is an environmental the nation. commitment wherein members In his introductory speech, work to minimize global warming Michael Fisher, chair of the honors emissions to achieve climate issues forum, said green technology neutrality," said Myron Wilson, a is good for businesses because it green building consultant who has "makes financial sense." been working with the university on Wilson, who was a presenter at its construction projects. the forum, said over the next 20 "One of the goals of this years, WSU will save more than commitment is to ensure that all new campus construction will be built See Green page 5 By Jestina Clayton sr. news reporter I The Signpost 'Get Into Weber' photo Bond "Powerpops" in to WSU radio fails to represent nontrad, international students Left to right Nick Maybury, Stella Mozgawa and Neal Carbon of the Rodc/ftnverpop/Psychadelic music group "MINK" guest starred on 68.1 KWCR Thursday. The New York based band is on tour and performed at Gray Whale and In The Venue in Salt Lake City on Thunxlay night The band will make stops in NY CA, and AZ before they return to New York. By Misty Evans It's nontraditional students emphasis week but some nontrad and international students say they don't feel emphasized by the photo on the University's Web Site. Those who have recently logged on to their Weber State University student accounts have seen a photo of six smiling male and female students with the "Get Into Weber Logo" below them. "I find it ironic" said Monica Guzman, Psychology major WSU, "that they fail to represent our student body in an important photograph while saying that Weber takes 'great pride' in the school's diversity." According to the "Fast Facts" on the WSU web site, "the university recognizes that a diversity of cultures and perspectives enriches our learning environment." There are currently about 18,000 students studying at the university. Of the 18,000 students: 14,102 are Caucasian, 602 are Hispanic, 330 are Asian and pacific islander, 152 are African-American, 128 are Native American, and 261 students are nonU.S. citizens. About one sixth of the student-body is not Caucasian. Morteza Emami, WSU director of international students, said the photo does represent the student body because there are not many international or minority students on campus. "Weber doesn't have a lot of international students," Emami said, See Photo page 5 The recent rain and cooler weather have allowed the Mayor to cancel the drought order. The surcharge to the water rate will be removed as of September 24. The surcharge was in effect for two months, while we faced one of the worst water years in history. The Mayor expressed his appreciation for the water conservation efforts taken during this time of drought. Viruses, spyware affecting students who illegally download, file-share More than half of college and university students who download unlicensed software and other digital copyrighted files reported they are experiencing negative consequences from their downloading activities, according to a survey recently released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The survey, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs, shows that 55 percent of the students surveyed who illegally download have personally experienced virus and spyware problems. Furthermore, students who or file-share illegally also have experienced hard drive crashes {20 percent) and document and file losses (18 percent). The Business Software Alliance is an organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. Utah Attorney General sues drug companies PHOTO BY MATT CLASS 1 THE SIGNPOST sr. news reporter I The Signpost Mayor cancels drought order water surcharge Fake radio representative attempts scam on campus Shay Bonney, a WSU student. "He came up to me on correspondent I The Signpost campus as I was leaving to go to Students and residents of my car," she said, "and he asked Weber and Davis Counties, me if I wanted to vote for him to beware. A new scam recently be DJ. So I said 'sure how do I do surfaced and has Weber State that?' He said 'well what it is, is we're actually selling magazines University ties. Someone representing and whoever gets the most magazines will be himself as a staff able to be a DJ.1" member of WSU's "He came up to Some people radio station, who were KWCR, has me on campus... approached said been soliciting and he asked me the man had fake magazine business cards s u b s c r i p t i o n s . if I wanted to to show them so The suspect vote for him to they would really promised victims believe he was the money would be DJ. So I said from the radio go to the radio / sure/ how do I station. He was station or local so convincing hospitals, but do that?'" that the people he instead they approached didn't went into his - Shay Bonney, realize they were pocketbook. WSU Student scammed. Police believe the suspect has,been "Even I was on campus since the first week just unaware until of school and is targeting young recently because I've heard women. about the scam going on and I didn't even connect that I could "The area that we had the have been one of the victims," report was near the north end Bonney said. of the Wattis Building and, of Concerned residents outside the other reports that were off campus, was one at the Barnes of campus complained to and Noble in Layton, and one at KWCR about the suspect selling the Wal-Mart in Layton," said Lt. fake magazine subscriptions, however, they didn't realize at Davies, WSU police. The scam artist approached the time they called that this By Lindsay Poll man wasn't really from KWCR. Ty Sanders, adviser of KWCR Weber FM, received some of these calls. "You know, one of the things that are really frustrating is that there is not much that we can do tofixit," he stated. "They are using our good name to try and scam people out of money, but there is no way that we can stop that." KWCR insisted they too are victims of the scam and urge people to be cautious. "We never have tried to raise money through selling magazines or through voting for favorite disc jockeys or anything, and we never will do anything like that," Sanders said. "If somebody approaches people they should be very cautious." Police have had a hard time locating the suspect because there is little information to go on. The suspect is described as a white male wearing a T-shirt and shorts. "If anythingseems suspicious, it probably is," Lt. Davies said. "Trust your gut instinct and call the police department and we'd be more.than happy to take care of it." Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has filed a lawsuit against ten pharmaceutical manufacturers, alleging the companies defrauded Utah's Medicaid program of approximately $114 million over the past decade by inflating prices for generic prescriptions for Medicaid patients. An investigation by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) revealed that the companies enabled pharmacies to be reimbursed for amounts that far exceeded the cost of drugs prescribed to Medicaid recipients. Cited in the suit are: Actavis US, Inc.; Barr Laboratories, Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; ETHEX Corporation; Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Sandoz, Inc.' Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.; and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The Medicaid program reimburses pharmacies, physicians and other medical providers for the drugs they give to Utah's Medicaid recipients. The reimbursements are based on what is referred to as "average wholesale price." According to MFCU the companies inflated prices of the medicines, causing the tax-payer funded Medicaid program to overpay, sometimes as much as 500 times the actual cost. The lawsuit is the first of its kind brought by the Utah Attorney General's Office against drug manufacturers. |