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Show MONDAY, MARCH 7,2011 THE SIGNPOST Eco continuedfrom front v O W D O V continued from front the winners for each of the minority students to reach offices. The other winners for the same heights despite were Trevor Hicks for Davis being in a majority-white majority-Latter-day campus vice president, and Saint university. Anna McCarty for leadership vice president, Abelardo "To me, not being IDS Saucedo for clubs and and not being white (and organizations vice president, still being elected)," he said, Cynthia Phelps for service "it shows that ifyou're willing . vice president, Dallas Saxton to work hard and try and for programming vice understand where people president, Justin Neville for are coming from ... you can legislative vice president, accomplish pretty much and Kyle Braithwaite for anything/1 student body president. After his victory, Wishom said he stayed awake until Wishom talked about what it means for him, as 2 a.m. compiling a list of one of the few, if not the plans and goals he has for only, African-Americans in his tenure as the diversity WSU history to be elected. vice president. Among Wishom said he hoped that them is the idea for making his victory will inspire other diversity more inclusive for the majority at WSU to show that diversity doesn't just represent minorities. Rather than focusing on various months for broad groups of people, his idea is to create a series of weeks that more specifically celebrate individual cultures from all over the world, ranging from Asia to Europe. "We could have an Asian week where we focus on Chinese culture or Japanese culture," Wishom said. "We can have a week where we do an expose on Italian culture, or German culture, or Russian culture, or British culture, or Irish culture." Wishom said he hopes that this will encourage and roughly 33 sponsors, as well as the appearances of Herbert and Mayor Matthew Godfrey in the afternoon. "We are trying to bring together the voices that aren't necessarily always heard in Utah and trying to promote a better understanding of recycling and sustainability avenues that are available to individuals, companies and nonprofit organizations," said Preston Lee, the vice president of the Utah Recycling Alliance. This year, the summit Comment on this story at had two prongs, recycling wsusignpost.com. and sustainability. Next year they plan to have continued from front three more prongs, awards, nine second-place present to a panel of judges. including an education for school-age "The judges gave me track awards, three third-place children, an alternative this case study for a flower awards and eight students placing as finalists in the company and they said the energy track and a track, owner of the flower shop construction top six. asked me, the 'marketing "Everyone in the top six including both new gets a medal, and out of director,' to give them construction and retroour 22 students, 21 were on a recommendation on fit seminars. stage getting medals," said whether they should stay "The recycling Vel Casler, the WSU adviser with their current supplier statistics for Utah are not of Collegiate DECA. "It was or if they should switch very high ..." Lee said, to an online supplier who "how they rate how well really impressive." gave them recycling programs are Dickison ^ ^ better prices," working is how well they and Halla *' ^ Dickison said. divert waste out of the Mansour; "So I had to landfill. Utah, on average another WSU we have an come up with statewide, diverts about student, took an argument 5 percent of its waste first place in the extremely y and present it out of a landfill; national business ethics to the judges, averages are about 30 portion of the dedicated and I took percent." competition. group of third." Getting recycling " O u r In addition programs operational case was to students that to the business as well as successful is present about problem a very difficult task. In the ethical have worked Dickison had Utah, there are some d i l e m m a s hard../' to solve, he programs in Davis and of getting also had to Morgan County that an organ - Vel Casler score highly divert 50 percent of the transplant the traditional way WSU Collegiate~ enough on a waste heading to their from the doctor DECA adviser >vritten exam landfill for recycling. Salt - where there js J- in order to Lake City, on the other are some risks qualify for an hand, has about a 15-20 percent diversion rate where you might not get award. the organ," Dickison said, Fourteen of the 21 through their curbside "so maybe you go black finalists, including recycling and green waste market, pay a lot more, but Dickison, will be heading programs, which puts you can guarantee you're to Orlando, Fla., for the Utah behind the national going to get it." International Career average. The pair had to make Development Conference "I think when the Utah a presentation featuring in April, where they will be Recycling Association a marketing educational competing against schools was coordinating with plan to solve their ethical from around the nation as Weber State, it was really dilemma aimed toward the well as Canada and Puerto important for them to World Health Organization. Rico. have a sustainability "Last year, we only had "I think we have an component run through one team take first place," extremely dedicated group even the operational Dickison said, "so for us to of students that have end of the convention," get nine this year is great. worked hard to prepare Stuchly said, "and it This is the best Weber State themselves to compete," looks like they went to has ever done." Casler said. ' "I'm very great lengths to have Dickison also competed confident that they're going more sustainable foods and took third place in the to do well at the national and outlets for waste diversion." retail portion of business event." simulation competition, Comment on this story at Comment on this story at in which he had to solve wsusignpost.com. wsusignpost.com. a business problem and majority students to get more involved with diversity and with activities for minorities at WSU. Other plans include holding one or two "State of the Union" style meetings for all the clubs and organizations involved in diversity to encourage understanding and support. He said he was excited at the prospect of working with the other officers in WSUSA and creating an open environment between his and other departments. Turner Bitton, a writein candidate for clubs and organizations vice president, had stumped for Wishom during the last few days of campaigning. Bitton said he is very involved on campus, particularly with organizations aligned with diversity. He explained his reasons for showing support for Wishom on the campaign trail. "Lonnie has shown time and time again that he supports not only the work I do with Planned Parenthood, but with the Gay-Straight Alliance, the Secular Student Alliance, and all of the diverse groups up on campus," Bitton said. "I think that Lonnie is going to be the best vice president of diversity that we've ever had." March 2011 A variety of events are happening throughout the month. Visit http://www.weber.edu/womenstudies/ for more information. Sponsored by the Women's Studies Minor Program and the Women's Center « |