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Show Wednesday, March 24, 2010 %r 1 HE SIGNPOST Graduation continued from page 4 Virtual continued from page 4 Because the competition for jobs is flijvorkforce immediately after graduation. Darin Mahoney, a BIS so fierce, Wheeler suggests utilizing all major and a member of WSU's men's tools available to WSU students. "Students need someone to :; basketball team, has plans to complete •'. his MBA at WSU while he is still on his champion their cause," Wheeler said. In spite of the overwhelming number basketball scholarship. "Seems like nowadays, you pretty of applicants, employers are still drawn 1 much need a master's in the business to WSU students. • world," Mahoney said. "That's one of "Weber State students size up 1 the reasons I came to Weber. It was a very well and have a good shot at * good opportunity to pursue my MBA competing," Wheeler said. "Employers while playing and it seemed like a great know they are getting a more mature graduate, so for them that means it's • fit for me." • Pursuing a graduate degree not somebody that is going to bounce immediately after receiving a around all the time. They are making . bachelor's degree is not the right fit for a commitment. They are going to stay ' ' everyone. Pat Wheeler, coordinator of there for a while. They also have strong Recruitment & Career Development for work ethic because most of our students the John B. Goddard School of Business work while they are going to school. & Economics, recommends students Our students generally have a clean background examine options . for getting more they so can experience in their "I've had employers tell pass security . • chosen field. clearances." me that nobody can "Even though it's The impact . second semester," touch the preparedness WSU students Wheeler said, "if have made on <. it is at all possible of WSU students. When employers could •. you should get an help the jobf , internship before they interview, they re seeking efforts you graduate. A of this year's company does dressed, they look the students. not want to pay a part, they are prepared "I've had -. higher-priced grad employers tell with no experience. and they just present me that nobody Although we've not can touch the . been proponents of the employers with an preparedness of temporary agencies WSU students," in the past, we've excellent product" Wheeler said. : seen that some big "When they interview, companies like - Rat Wheeler they're dressed, : Autoliv and ATK coordinator of recruitment & they look the have been hiring temps because they career development part, they are prepared and don't have to pay they just present benefits and they the employers can see how they with an excellent product." work. Then if an opportunity arises, To others that are still concerned , they can bring on temps as full-time about the career market, Wheeler . hires." Wheeler also recommends believes the momentum is beginning to broadening job searches beyond Utah. build and there are more opportunities ^.-. "If you are willing to leave Utah," making themselves available. ;; Wheeler said, "your horizons open up Comment on this story at , j; much more to you. Companies in Utah wsusignpost com. £ are getting 300-500 resumes per job." START OUT ON TOP. START RAISING THE BAR. START HIGHER. of a new market is generally healthy - it provides avenues for investment, employment and profit. If users don't ultimately embrace the new gaming environment, it will disappear - the blunt tool of financial reality will ensure that." Kevin Marker, a junior at WSU who participates in virtual role-playing games said he feels these virtual economies exist to give gamers a feel for real life. "My thoughts as to why it exists/' Marker said, "is because of the progressive 'real-life' feel developers are trying to create for gamers. Plus, I myself have wondered what it would be like to buy and sell certain goods, and this gives gamers the opportunity to experience these aspects of life." Marker said he would invest in the virtual world in order to enjoy the convenience of working from home. "Perhaps I would do this because of the convenience of being able to stay home, play the game I love and be able to make a living while doing it," Marker said. "It's the job people are looking for. 'Never work a day in your life' is the idea behind investing in this economy. There is also a lot more security in all of this because of the natural protection producers design to ensure their game or product isn't being ripped off by hackers. So this security would naturally protect this economy as well." Cliff Nowell, an economics professor at WSU and associate dean for Faculty Development, said people spend money in the virtual world because of pride in their virtual "selves." "People spend money in a virtual world for the same reason they spend money in a real world: it makes them better off," Nowell said. "In the same way as I spend my money on my animals I may spend money in the virtual world. We care for our virtual selves and as a result it makes us happy to spend money on our virtual selves. It gives (us) pleasure to see (our) virtual character(s) achieve a goal or appear in a specific way." Nowell said he feels virtual worlds and economies are positive. "I believe the virtual world and virtual economies are overwhelmingly positive," Nowell said. "Sure, people can gcu caught up in hobbies to the detriment of the rest of their life, but this has always been the case and probably will continue in the future. Maybe virtual economies will help people understand the real economy." Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. New dino found in Utah Sandstone in Southern Utah reveals new species By Randolph E. Schmid science writer I Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A new species of dinosaur has emerged from the rocks of southern Utah. Buried by a collapsing sand dune, perhaps 185 million years ago, the new dino was probably a plant eater and an early relative of the giant animals later known as sauropods, researchers report in Tuesday's edition of the journal PLoS One. Named Seitaad ruessi, the species was 10-to-15 feet long and 3-to-4 feet high. It's bones were found protruding from sandstone at the base of a cliff, directly below an ancient Anasazi cliff dwelling. No humans were around at the time of the dinosaurs, but researchers say the bones could well have been visible when the early Indians lived there. The name Seitaad comes from the word "Seit'aad," which was a sand monster that buried its victims in dunes in Navajo legend, according to the researchers. The newly named skeleton had been swallowed by a sand dune. So, might visible dinosaur remains have given rise to the ancient Indian monster legend? "That's a lot of speculation, but anything's possible," said Mark Loewen, a paleontologist at the Utah Museum of Natural History and instructor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah. One of the Anasazi dwellings included a stone with a dinosaur footprint in its center, he noted. The ruessi part of the name is in honor of poet and naturalist Everett Ruess who disappeared in southern Utah in 1934. Understanding how dinosaurs lived in the past, how their environments changed and affected them, is important for understanding our changing world today, Loewen said. The nearly complete skeleton is missing only its head, one toe and a lower shinbone, he said, noting erosion over the years probably accounts for the missing parts. What the researchers have is similar to other sauropodomorphs found in South America and southern Africa, which were all vegetarians, he explained in a telephone interview. However, Seitaad did have a claw on its front limbs, which Loewen suggested was probably used for defense. "We were absolutely shocked" by the discovery of this dinosaur, Loewen said. It was found in 2004 by a local artist studying rock paintings and the scientists went to the area immediately when they learned of it, he said. The bones were excavated the following year by Museum researchers. While dinosaur remains have been found in other parts of Utah fossils are rare in the Navajo sandstone areas and generally have been from smaller creatures. "This new find suggests that there may be more dinosaurs yet to be discovered in these rocks," said Joseph Sertich, coauthor of the report and currently a doctoral student at New York's Stony Brook University. 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