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Show Art Faculty Exhibit coming soon .. . page 4 *0 0 0 First football game ll,r)0 00C C C 4,•0•0( AT A GLANCE EDITORIAL ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS JOBS versus Fresno State . . .page 6 Signp st WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY 2 3 4 6 11 VOL 83 ISSUE 11 FRIDAY, AUGUST 31,2012 WWW.WSUSIGNPOST.COM Adrian Maxson Day volunteers clean up nature center By Thomas Alberts news reporter I The Signpost The Weber State University Community Involvement Center started the Adrian Maxson Day of Service three years ago. The day is used to honor the life of Adrian Maxson, an early-college student who was attending both the DaVinci Academy and WSU when he was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident after leaving a benefit concert for Amnesty International at WSU's University Village. Maxson was interested in social justice, humanitarian issues and art. "Adrian was a humanitarian," said Brenda Kowalewski, a co-director for the Community Involvement Center. "He did amazing things in the community and was killed very suddenly, and we wanted to honor him." Each year, the Adrian See Volunteers page 5 PHOTO BY CADE CLARK I THE SIGNPOST More than 600 students and faculty from the Ogden DaVinci Academy and Weber State University did service work at the Ogden Nature Center for the Adrian Maxson Day of Service. For more photos, visit our Facebook page. Wildcats make career Innovative dining experience connections at annual Job Fair opens in Wildcat Village become more like other senior, was helping other universities that have a students move in when he resident dining facility," received a sample of food Weber State University said Tyson Skeen, student from the new restaurant. students can now use a promotions coordinator "We tried the dining service located for Sodexo. "FOD allows Thai chicken pizza," in Stewart Wasatch Hall Weber State University Chamberlain said. "(There that is unlike any other to have a resident dining was) no wait time, really." in the state. The Food facility in a smaller Students taking their On Demand restaurant campus environment." meals in the FOD dining is the latest addition to FOD technology also room will be enjoying the residential complex offers text-message alerts restaurant-quality food, and offers an innovative when food is ready. Order not cafeteria or fast food. dining experience with numbers appear on the With a maximum wait touchscreen kiosks to flatscreen TVs in the main time of 10 minutes, quality order food. dining area. John Chamberlain, a See Dining page 5 "We are trying to By Raychel Johnson news editor I The Signpost Insurance / Tuition Reimbursement Kaptify premieres at Weber State PHOTO BY WHITNEY YOUNG I THE SIGNPOST A student talks with Focus representatives at the Job Fair, an event that gives students opportunities to speak with potential employers. By Tyler Saal news reporter I The Signpost Weber State University students spoke with companies seeking student employees at the Job Fair sponsored by Career Services yesterday in the Shepherd Union Atrium. More than 25 on- and off-campus employers from the Ogden, Davis and Salt Lake areas set up booths at the annual fair between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m, including WSU Human Resources, FedEx, Focus Services and Farmers Insurance. Winn Stanger, director of Career Services at WSU, said research shows that "a student who works up to 20 hours per week on campus has a higher retention rate and a higher graduation rate than students who don't work at all." Larry Burdett, employer outreach coordinator and job developer at Career Services, said the purpose of the Job Fair is to help students find work with companies that can offer flexible schedules and thus connect students with ideal jobs. "We recognize that most of the students are employed on a full-time or part-time basis," Burdett said. "Here's the opportunity to meet face to face with those companies, businesses and corporations that are hiring." Stanger said the fair is not only beneficial for students as they hunt for jobs, but for employers as well. He ex- plained that 90 percent of WSU students work at least part-time, and 40 percent work fulltime. With more than 25,000 students, he said, WSU is a large pool to draw from, a pool in which candidates possess more skills, training and maturity than highschool students or others without training in a university setting. "It's been a big success so far," said Liza Humphrey, a representative of FedEx at the fair. She said she had seen many interested students who, in turn, would benefit from FedEx's offerings, which include tuition reimbursement. ". . . We're expecting to have pretty good results and get a lot of people in from here." See Job Fair page 5 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY TYLER BROWN I THE SIGNPOST Kaptify, a camera technology that allows professors to record lectures, will be set up in four classrooms during fall semester. By Laurie Reiner asst. news editor I The Signpost Instructors and professors in the Weber State University technical sales department can now use Kaptify, a camera technology that can record lectures. WSU alumnus Alan Martin and Columbia University graduate Brennon Garrett created program using the the camera in an iPod Touch, which then plugs into a small stand. The teacher, who lectures in the front of the room, wears a marker around his or her neck. It follows the marker wherever the teacher goes. The marker has microphones on it and a button that will freeze the camera on one spot. The product will be tested in the technical sales department this semester. Martin said he picked the department because he graduated with a technical sales degree. Kaptify will be set up in four classrooms during the fall semester. Martin is also the See Kaptify page 5 |