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Show W E B E R S T AT E U N I V E R S I T Y Get sandy The Signpost ^SS^ Senate seats still vacant JL* wrestling see page 5 New business feature see page 7 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 wsusignpost.com 'Cats sweep classics By Trevor Warner sr. news reporter | The Signpost Opportunities to serve as Weber State University's Student Association senator for either the residence halls or Asian/ Polynesian students, are open for the 2005-2006 year. Applications were due back no later than Friday at 3 p.m. and interviews were scheduled right on thespot. Those applications were available at the WSU Student Involvement and Leadership office in the Shepherd Union Building Room 250. Justin Walker, WSU Housing and Residence Life assistant director, and Eveni Tafiti, WSU Multicultural Council advisor, would not say how many people applied for the positions or when the decision would be made. Requirements for the position of Asian/Polynesian senator are that the student be registered with WSU as someone of Asian/Polynesian ethnicity, enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and have a cumulative GPA of 2.5. Charles Johnson, theAsian/Polynesian senator for 2004-2005, said senators need to make a difference during the short time they have. "A year is all the time you got, so it's important to get the group going in the right direction and carry on involvement," Johnson said. "I want the individual that follows me to stand up to people. Fight for the right of the students. Don't back down from other leaders and senators. It's important to have diversity in the school and the goal VOLUME 68 ISSUE 13 Constitution Day to be celebrated for two weeks By Cory Duclos asst. news editor | The Signpost Wildcats Shelby Wai ford, Kay tie Thorpe and Chelsea Bair (l-r) jump to block the volleyball against the U.S. Air Force team at the Dee Events Center last Friday. The volleyball team hosted a two-day invitational, and also defeated teams from Northwestern State and Utah Valley State colleges. A document that profoundly shapes American lives will be celebrated Saturday. Constitution Day is Saturday, but the Weber State University Political Science Department and the WSU Student Association will host activities over the next two weeks to celebrate this document. Constitution Day is celebrated every Sept 17 because delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time on this day in 1787 to sign the document they created. Activities start Monday at 1 p.m. with an open-panel discussion in the Shepherd Union Building Wildcat Lair. The discussion will focus on the debate between the federalists who supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the anti-federalists who opposed it. The panel includes Kathryn MacKay, WSU history professor, and Thomas Kuehls and Leah Murray, both of whom are WSU political science professors. "We're just going to present the debate between the federalists and the antifederalists over ratifying the Constitution," Kuehls said. "What were the main points on each side, why were die federalists wanting the Constitution ratified and why were the anti-federalists opposed to it." Phi Sigma Alpha, the political science honors society, will hand out pocket copies of the Constitution on Wednesday at the Bell Tower, said Jason Allison, WSU College of Social and Behavioral Science student senator. See Senate page 3 See Constitution page 3 Students can help College president advocates for women in disaster relief "Equity is still an issue in gender. We owe the couple's Jackson home, which sustained only minor damages - a tree fell through the fence because of hurricane winds. But she travelled to Utah on Sept. 1. A week after Hurricane Katrina, "We lost a fence and some hit, Chartwells chef Thomas time," Hutchins said. "It's really Jacksonfinallyheardfromthe rest nothing when you compare of his family: They safely made it to what others lost. We've their way up to Mississippi. lived through hurricanes and For days, Jackson didn't know it's unimaginable what it does what had happened to his family to people's lives. It's really the in New Orleans. He only knew poor who don't have resources one sister, Minnie Campbell, was to rebuild." safe in Mississippi, which is where Hutchins said one report he most of his family is now staying. saw showed how difficult the Jim Hutchins, Weber State hurricane hit some people at University's new Academic "the worst possible time." Right Programs associate provost, has before payday, or when people a home in Ogden and one in can collect their Social Security, Jackson, Miss, where he's lived welfare or disability checks. "It came at the end of the for the past 16 years. His wife, Rosemary Hoffman, was still at month when people that are their southern home, which was living on that kind of hand-tofar enough inland to miss the mouth existence traditionally brunt of Hurricane Katrina, but have the least amount of disposable cash around," was still affected by the storm. Hutchins said. Hoffman evacuated to a little town in Arkansas, but returned to See Disaster page 3 By Maria Villasenor editor in chief | The Signpost By Blair Dee Hodges news editor | The Signpost Women should find their voices, the new Salt Lake Community College president said Saturday. Cynthia Bioteau, SLCC president, spoke at the SLCC Oak Room during the monthly American Association of University Women meeting. Bioteau, who spoke to more than 40 women who work in Utah higher education institutions, said her primary goal when she joined the university women's association was to be an advocate for women. The AAUW is open to all women who hold at least an associate degree from an accredited higher education institution. F. Ann Millner, Weber State University president, appointed Carroll Merrill, WSU's Services for Women it to each other to be mentors for each other/' - Cynthia Bioteau, Salt Lake Community College president Students coordinator, to represent the AAUW at WSU. WSU is part of the Wasatch District in Utah. "I would encourage literally every faculty, staff and student to be involved with AAUW," Merrill said. The AAUW meets once a month at various locations to promote higher education, positive societal change and life-long learning for women and girls, said Jeanette Misaka, former AAUW regional director. "Women are moving into higher education," Misaka said. "Many are in nontraditional professions now. We aren't only secretaries, educators and nurses. We've gone beyond that." Bioteau was invited as the keynote speaker at this month's meeting. Bioteau, who was chosen July 18 to be the SLCC president, was up for the position against five men, who were all sitting presidents at other colleges. "I could have psyched myself out of it, saying: 'There is no way I could get that job,'" Bioteau said. "Instead of that, I prepared." Bioteau hailed the AAWU as an organization where women can build a network to overcome obstacles in both educational .and professional fields, See Women page 9 |