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Show Friday, September 26,2008 Rocked continued from front continuedfromfront just wrong." Recent corporate scandals still seem to befreshon people's minds. The less-than-ethical business practices at companies like Worldcom, Tyco, and Enron have changed Americans' perception of big company executives, for good reason. " What are the values in corporate culture?" Dr. Davis said. "What kind of a culture is it in terms of who gets promoted? How can this be looked at within the broader culture of America? Are we encouraging too much materialism, consumerism and greed? Are these social values that we're passing on to our kids? Government data released say, for example, France who would have more socialism. The more the government moves into this arena, well that's sort of moving awayfromfreemarkets." Some are worried the government's$700billionpayment will limit what the government can spend on other programs in the near future, although the money would be cycled back. "It's really hard for me to realize how the government is giving people money to help the economy," WSU freshman Meg Braithwaite said. "And if they're taking taxpayer's money and then it goes to bosses so they can buy a boat, or just put more money in their pockets or whatever, that's ide more bad on Thursday provided news concerning the economy. The report stated that home sales dropped to their slowest pace in 17 years and jobless claims jumped to the highest level in seven years. The news is a tough to swallow considering the unprecedented bailout being proposed. "This goes back to the subprime mortgage crisis," Dr. Davis said. "We've seen these ripples go out through the economies as other institutions are affected. I think what we are looking at is the government getting involved probably to try and stave off greater harm." Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. continued from front continued from page 4 "It's not dead yet," he said. "We senior who finds anthropology interesting, also attended the hope it's just ill." Conover also explained as long presentation. "This is my second year in as she is Chair, there will always be involvement in the festivalfromthe the Anthropology Club," said Barker, who enjoyed himself at department. "The faculty enjoys it. And we the presentation, and said the always have a specific theme for Greek snacks were delicious. He said he would also attend the WSU our part of the festival," she said. presentation of the Greek play Although themajorityofstudents Medea, which was performed last do not participate in the Greek night after a different presentation. Festival, the Anthropology Club will always do their presentation. David ThestoryofMedeaandlasonwas Grant, senior and the treasurer of also covered at the presentation, in the club, said the club only presents preparation for the play performed once during the festival, but they last night at WSU's theater. do attend other activities and presentations around campus. Comment on this story at wsusignpost com. StephenBarker.anon-traditional Solutions 1 3 1 3 9 N 1 S n V 1 a N i S 1 V 3 9 N|0 s •I V i 3 9 i 3 1 X d 3 3 a | | s S V H 0 N a 3m i iI 0 a VI • 3 1 V 1 s 3 1 1 9 V , S V, ,a •r a A 0 "I d 0 9 il N V O 0 d 3 z 9 V a V 0 1 i d sTT 1 V X 0 3JA X 0 X U V 9 _• V H d 0 1 X 0 j2 N o m0 3\U d 1 1 F 3 V •I IF i 0 9 3 1 1 V d 0 •• s 0 d 3 a 1 V 1 0 N 0 V n n 1 8 6 7 2 4 5 3 ~9~ 7 5 3 6 9 8 2 1 4 2 9 5 3 1 8 6 7 9 7 1 4 6 2 3 8 5 Ramadan continuedfromfront focus on how those who are less fortunate can't eat when they want. Ahmad said Muslims are required to give to charity to finish off the month at the end of Ramadan, in conjunction with the idea of sympathizing and empathizing with the needy. They also believe that the month of Ramadan was when the holy book was revealed to the prophet. The WSU Iftaar dinner in the Shepherd Union Building Thursday night included speeches from the president and vice president of WSUMSA, trivia with stereotypical questions that people might like to Comment on this story at know, an Indian-style dinner, and wsusignpost.com. henna tattoos. Ahmad said she thinks that the WSU community has been very receptive to the messages of the organization. "They want to know and they're not afraid to ask questions and they like the fact that they can interact with us as fellow students and to ask us about these issues," Ahmad said. Throughout the week, the group organized an information table where students could ask a Muslim any question they had about their religion. "I think it was good," Lessa said. Ahmad said they provided answers to several questions. "We have a responsibility to the community we live in to represent ourselves as Muslims," Ahmad said. "We cannot expect everyone to know the answers to understand our religion and practices unless we make an effort to help them McKay explained that Corneille took plenty of liberties with the plot and all but removed crucial characters, while adding elaborate but perhaps unnecessary subplots. "As a tragedy, Corneille's play lacks the sense of the inevitable," she said. "There is plenty of terror, but no compassion." Euripides' Medea has been written a number of times and finds relevance to every era it is displayed in. Cheney sees our culture's movies as stories very similar to viewing the many tragedies in Medea. "We aren't that far from the Greek Forum," McKay said. 3 6 2 8 7 5 9 4 1 voting for the first time in the state, their form will be rejected and sent back with a legal request for the missing information. According to Utah Code 20A2-304, which governs the county clerk's responsibilities says: "each county clerk shall send a notice to the voter, informing the voter that, the voter's application for voter registration has been rejected and the reason for the rejection; or the application for voter registration is being returned to the voter for further action because the application is incomplete and giving instructions to the voter about how to properly complete the application." The Signpost, upon further 5 4 8 9 1 3 6 7 2 8 9 4 1 5 6 7 2 3 2 1 7 3 8 9 4 5 6 6 3 5 2 4 7 1 9 8 investigation, has found Salt Lake County and Sanpete County among other counties do not require place of birth and naturalization for their forms to be processed. However, the State of Utah Mail-in Voter Registration Form found online (elections. utah.gov) states the place of birth is required, and naturalization, if applicable, is required for processing. The lieutenant governor's office did not return The Signpost's calls when questioned about the disparity between county requirements for a state registration form According to the Weber County Election Office, an average of 10 forms out of 150 processed a day are rejected becauseof incomplete local residents. The deadline for mailing in registration forms is October 6. If you want to exercise your civic duty and you need to make corrections to your form, it is best to go to the clerk's office in person, located on 2380 Washington Blvd. If you have any other questions regarding your voter registration status, you may contact the Weber County Clerk at (801) 399-8400. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. "This guy is ignorant," public understand. What we do in MSA is relations major Chase Saxton said, to help satisfy those goals. It's our "and won't listen to anyone. He's not responsibility to communicate, just answering anyone's questions." . as we would with any other issue Four WSU police officers watched that has misconceptions associated from a distance as students and with it." preachers argued backandforth.Officer Mona Army, a member of V\fogner said the police were there for WSUMSA, said she thought WSU peace-keeping, but noted mere had students have been very responsive to never been problems with any previous the emphasis week information also. visits Brayley made to WSU. "I felt like there was a lot of "No one is condemning interest," Amry said. "I just want anyone," said Brayley. "The fact them to know to feel free to come and the reality is that everyone is and ask questions. We know how our condemned without Christ People image is on TV" don't realize they need saving from Tessmin Ahmad, Sarah's younger condemnation, they don't realize sister, said students shouldn't be they are condemned" afraid to approach Muslim students Brayley explained his beliefs; with questions. that good works could not be good "We actually like it," Tessmin said. without accepting Christ because, "It's not going to hurt us if they want without Christ, a person is still to ask us questions. We want to help tainted with sin. Through Christ them feel like they can ask us. We just a person's sins will be absolved, want to help them understand." carried by Christ, and only then can any work be truly good. While Comment on this story at students may not have agreed with wsusignpost.com. the message Brayley and Lewis were sending, they believed the pair had a right to express it. D l u Y 1 6 V continuedfrompage... "He's brave for coming out on continuing their tour of Utah and preaching his beliefs," Becca colleges. Eskridge, an English major, said. "The academic atmosphere lends 'And while I agree with some ofwhat itself to nice open dialogue and he says, I'm not sure he's going about discussion," Lewis said. "Its easy to saying it the right way. He's preaching draw a big crowd." damnation not salvation." Students still vented frustration Brayley's beliefs and background over the discussion that was taking will be further explained next week place. When Eli would begin in a profile piece. preaching from the bible, many students would laugh and mock his Comment on this story at message. wsusignpost.com. we know. at Participating McDonald's*. OKMB McOcnaitft information. Weber County says 75% of these rejections are due to unrevised forms like Rock the Vote. At this late date, mailing back corrected forms to Weber County could be a problem for |