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Show Page 5 Friday, September 29, 2006 The Signpost squad continued from fmm for the track team. "1 don't think maintaining his innocence. "It should be tough to get there" when someone commits a crime said the lieutenant. "We should be that that gives us the right to commit a crime back." sure." "I'm against," said Pablo Correa, The students were left to decide for themselves if capital sophomore, undecided. "I believe punishment qualifies as cruel and it's immoral to take someone's life." "If you take a life, your life unusual punishment? "I don't know. I don't like it," should be taken," said Davin Davis, said Caitlyn Anderson, freshman sophomore majoring in human and basketball undecided major. "I didn't like that performance player for WSU. guy. I think he deserved it." "Lam against the death penalty," "I believe if someone is blatantly raping or murdering, they should said Cirabel Hill, junior majoring be punished as well," said Preston in social work. "No one has the Cook, sophomore undecided right to take another person's major. "You can put people away life. In my country, Venezuela, it's for certain crimes and they can better to die than to go to jail. Jails are better here. People have more change, others cannot." Defining what qualifies as cruel opportunity to change here." As elections approach, voters will and unusual is on the minds of many Americans these days. Laws change, have an opportunity to elect people politics change, but its people to office who support their personal who bring about those changes. views. Each state makes its own Expanded or eliminated, today's decisions about capital punishment, students will have a great impact on so local elections of judges and legislators are very important. the future of the death penalty. It is a good time to register According to a recent Gallop poll, support for capital punishment for as a voter for those that haven't convicted murders has declined done it yet. The deadline is Oct. from an all-time high of 80 percent 15 to register to vote. Students can go online and download a in 1994 to 64 percent in lime 2006. A small, informal, non-random voter registration form by going http://elections.utah.gov/ sampling of WSU students to voterregistrationnewhow.html. revealed these opinions. "Idon'tagreewithit/'saidDwayne Walker, freshman, undecided major You can leave a message for reporter red shirt football player and sprinter Deborah Ramsay by calling 626-7655. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RETIRE BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE? NO Investment • NO Buying • NO Selling • Just Referring Simply refer people you know to join the Free Card Matrix membership and benefit for life! Free to join, Free to promote, No buying, No selling Just referring and making money Call Today and Change Your Life Forever! 1(888) 686-4433 www.imaginemoremoney.com Students drop by for denim drop Students wait in line lo spin the prize wheel during the Cotton Incorporaled's Denim Drop event Thursday afternoon at the Stewart Bell Tower. A few of the prizes offered were an iPod Shuffle and other people could make their own T-shirts. Weber* State University was one of 14 stops for the Denim Drop, which is touring several universities to gather denim clothing that can be made into cotton insulation for a school in Louisiana. GRAPHIC BY JEFF NF.BEKER I THE SIGNPOST Publication coi 1 linuedfrom front E. coli con tinned fromfronI E. coli is something that is not usually treated at the WSU Health Center. It can be diagnosed at the center, but it should be treated at the hospital. McQuilkin said that there has only been one case of E. coli in the last 14 years at the health center. "It was a student who we think had picked it up in Wendover," McQuilkin said. McQuilkin said that E. coli is sometimes treated with intravenous fluids. The FDA's Web site says that most adults can recover in a week. Elderly people and infants are at the most risk when they come into contact with dangerous forms of E. coli bacteria. It is possible to have some of the symptoms of E. coli and not have H. coli. "The stomach flu is very common and involves many of the same symptoms," McQuilkin sjid. "One clue to E. coli is bloody diarrhea. The one case treated through our Health Center involved an individual who was having a bloody bowel movement every 15 minutes." The FDA's Web site advises consumers not to purchase or consume fresh spinach unless it was not grown in one of the three California counties. There have been five recalls on spinach since the outbreak. September 15, Natural Selection Foodsrecalledproductscontaining spinach. Since then River Ranch, RLB Food Distributors, Triple B Corporation, and Pacific Coast Truit Company have also recalled their products containing spinach. WSU Microbiology Professor MatthewJ. Domek said thespinach Was probably contaminated because of E. coii in the water. "This water probably contained contaminated bacteria, splashed up on the leaves and in the process where diey clean it before they bag it they just weren't able to remove it," Domeksaid. E. coli is common in the environment. "Everyone has E. coli in their bodies it's normal, completely normal," Domek said. "There are many different strains of E. coli, some of them cause disease," Domeksaid. If food is not washed and properly prepared it is possible to get infectious E. coli. "It's reasonably common that, if you are not careful, you could get infected," said Domck. McQuilkin also said poor food preparation can be a problem. "I would be more concerned about poor food preparation," McQuilkin said. "For example, food from a kitchen where the chef uses a knife to cut meat and then uses the same knife to slice cantaloupe." Domek also wonders if it might be easier for spinach to get the E. coli bacteria because the leaves seem to absorb water. "It still is very prudent to wash all fresh fruits and vegetables," Domeksaid. "Even if they are from grocery stores and certainly if you are buying it from a roadside stand." Since the recent E. coli outbreak, the FDA has expanded the Lettuce Safety Initiative to cover spinach. This initiative will hopefully minimize food borne illness in fresh produce. For more information visit www.fda.gov or http://health.utah.gov/. would be unsuitable for skiers. A travel time of 24 minutes from downtown Ogden to WSU would be inconvenient and uncomfortable as the gondola would have no air conditioning or heating. "I encourage all of you to drive 24 minutes from downtown Ogden to WSU in a hot July day with no air conditioning with the window open just a crack," Bentley said. Jim West discussed the main benefits for WSU in having a gondola. "I was just the opposite of Chris," West said. "When I first heard of the proposed gondola, I was opposed. It sounded like a ridiculous idea to me. But, after learning more about it, it took me about 10 minutes to see the benefits of all this." West gave a long list of why the gondola is a good idea for Weber, including an increase in WSU enrollment, better access to mountain trails and land grants. The greatest reason to be in favor of a gondola, West argued, was that it will put WSU on the world map. "A few years ago, when the basketball team went to the sweet sixteen, it put Weber State on the map," West said. "People knew who Weber. State was. We will be put on the world map if we have a gondola with mountain access. This will be great for the recognition of a WSU degree." An actual proposal has not been made regarding a gondola to WSU, however maps of the proposed line have been drafted. The main focus of debate was the seemingly ungrounded information provided by the Lift Ogden Group. The audience was allowed to ask the senators questions, and most of the questions focused on how much it would cost the citizens and who would fund the project. Lift Ogden Group provided estimates of the projected cost of ridership; however research and testing have yet to be done. A streetcar system has been researched, and UTA has voiced support for this alternative. "Ogden would be required to pay just five percent of the cost of a streetcar," Bentley said. "And those funds would go mostly towards environmental studies and street improvements." West said he would like to see the use of both a gondola and a streetcar. "I don't see why we can't do both," West said. "I think, economically, Ogden needs and could support both the gondola and a streetcar system." Bentley rebutted that UTA had made it clear that it would not support a gondola system should a streetcar system be constructed. Moderator of the debate and Chairman of the WSU Political Science and Philosophy Department Frank Guliuzza also sits on the Peterson Proposal You can leave a message for reporter Jenalee Berger by calling 626-7655. If it is a research summary paper, keep the Word limit to 350 words. Research summaries do need to have been presented at a state, regional or national conference. Students can discuss whether their summary qualifies with Ergo staff. All WSU students, regardless of their departments, are encouraged to submit articles to Ergo. Student peers and faculty will review the articles, without knowing who wrote what. Also, even if a students paper is accepted by Ergo, students still keep the copyrights to their paper. If a student's research isn't published this year, the student can re-submit the next year. Ergo accepts submissions through Oct. 27. Submissions can be turned in to the undergraduate research office in Room 135 of the Engineering Technology Building, located just east of Building 4 near the Lind Lecture Hall. For more information submission guidelines, deadlines, or qualifications call (801) 626-8541 or visit http://www. weber.edu/OUR/ getinvolved/ergo.html. Lori Lundell also welcomes any comments or questions about the project. Contact her at lorilundell@gmail.com. You can leave a message for reporter James Elmer by calling 626-7655. Gondola corn'inued from front Mlike Your AlScreanv lnCostH ;;; Come In And Tantalize Your Taste Buds! Manuel's i V2 OFF ! Buy QIB Combination > Plate Or Buffet And 12 Drinks Gel 2nd V2 OFF pped rfrtfi RIc# & Black or Plnlo B*an» a Tortilla Strips) -: v NORTH OBDEH * 1970 H, Washington Bird. ^',,:: CMIffBul • 1M51, State after research and asking questions, his opinion soon changed. "I was excited when I first heard of this project because of the statistics: 12,000 new jobs, 5 to 10 million dollars in new tax revenues," Bentley said. "I was especially excited about the benefit to Weber State: S9 million of out-of-state tuition a year, land trades, better parking. It sounded too good to be true. So, I decided to research it." Bentley argued that the information and statistics provided by the proposed gondola and the Lift Ogden group was misrepresented. He said that because of the landscape and area of the proposed gondola and ski resort, the proposal is unfeasible. "SnowBasin has said that the gondola will not run there," explained Bentley. "In order to build a gondola to the ski resort, 6,000 vertical feet would have to be acquired from the Forest Service, which would not be possible without the support of SnowBasin." Bentley cited other facts that made the proposal unrealistic, uncomfortable or inconvenient. Some of these include that a large portion of the mountainside where the gondola would run 1 study group organized by WSU President Ann Millner.The group is discussing the expected costs and benefits of the proposed gondola. Guliuzza explained that everyone in the group is committed to doing what's best for WSU. More information can be found on both platforms by visiting their Web sites. You can find out more about Lift Ogden's gondola campaign by visiting liftogden.com. Information on the proposed streetcars is available at smartgrowthogden.org. Information on a third proposal from an independent source is available at ogdenaccess.com. "The worse consequence imaginable of a gondola is that we build it and no one comes," West said. "The best would be that Weber State becomes a destination for everyone to come to." The lectures will continue on Nov. 29 with different viewpoints and more information presented. By that time, the Peterson Proposal committee said they are hoping there will be an actual proposal. "There's been a lot of debate and ink spent on a proposal that has not been made," Guliuzza said. "For us to respond when there isn't a proposal before us would be totally inappropriate." You can leave a message for reporter Jordan Yospe by calling 626-7655. 1o prM your iSMni coupon . l| j Ogden 0$ta>-toft 344 1SC0W6I5MSO. Open Sept. 15-16ft22-23 Sept. 29 thru HALLOWEEN Closed Sun-Tue Open Oct. 30ft31 iEICO. A 15-minute call could save you 15%. V t'" 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm ( W $ Tlurs) fl; ,:•''.. W pn ^ BMaigW (FrI § ftl) 1513 N. 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