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Show Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1 HE SIGNPOST speaks Jeremiah Priester spent the better part of the semester planning out an art piece for his "Language and Process" class. Priester is a senior and graphic design major at Weber State University, and over Spring Break constructed an art sculpture in WSU's Bell Tower Plaza. The geometric boxes surrounding a tree growing in the plaza were meant to make a statement on humanity's relationship with nature. "I feel that I needed to express what is happening in nature today," Priester said. The project took most of the semester to plan, process and produce, and two days to construct. She keeps asking where this relationship is going Gcin' tnikp chapel * K. On Site Jewelry Repair! SOUKCC: THE SIGNPOST Employees of WSU's The Signpost and their adviser Allison Hess display awards from the Utah Press Association presented at a banquet Saturday, March 20. Top row left to right: Hunter Sai*, Cimaron Neugebauer, Eric Jensen. Bottom row left to right: Allison Hess, Frances Kelsey, Cina Barker, ShayLynne Clark, Stephanie Presley. Aid continued from jionf make it easier they might not have enough money to hand out, so they make it so hard so that they can weed through people." Students can also do work-study if they qualify after filling out financial aid forms. Students who choose the work-study route are able to work on campus and apply what they earn toward school. "Two of my friends qualified to be work-studies, and I was so jealous because they worked here on campus and I was taking money to pay back student loans," Harris said. While the financial aid process has not changed, the number of people inquiring has increased. Grants con tin uedfrom front Many students have received different forms of financial assistance that have been available to students for a long time. The financial aid system is changing and increasing its methods to help more students. "I thought that there were just grants or loans and that's it, but there are a ton of more things that can help people," Harris said. "Yes, it is a long and boring and monotonous thing to do, but there is just money sitting there for students and if they don't get it then they can go talk to the Career Center about finding a job." The USTAK program has want to really work hard on." been in place since 2009 and is The US1AR program also set to help all eligible universi- attempts to accelerate the ties and colleges. time that new technology will be in place "I wish I to help would have "/ wish I would Utah grow known that as a comthis was have known that merce and available this was available economy. last year, because "Weber I totally last year..." can get would have money and used it in undergrad- Kelsey Einburough uates can my research project," WSU junior do really Einburough awesome said. "Weber research doesn't do a lot of advertis- projects," Parsons said. 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