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Show FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 5 THE SIGNPOST Theft continued from front ROTC continued from front her about the charge by visiting an address listed as hers on a court document. Kowalewski, who has been at the university for 10 years, said he can't remember another incident in which an employee was arrested and accused of stealing money from the university. However, he said an employee was fired after it was discovered the individual was purchasing a surplus of supplies for the Dumke College of Health Professions and selling them on eBay. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. Army life will be like. "It lets them fly and see what it's like and understand how that works, breaking everyone down by group and the logistics in the plane that it takes for getting in there and then flying up there," Bashein said. "So it's a familiarization of an Army asset they will ac- Sy mposium continued from front to jail than Caucasians. They make up 1 percent of the population, but 4 percent of the population in state jails. In addition, jurisdiction issues make it much more likely for an Indian be put in a federal prison." Spotted Elk also discussed the effects of what he described as a failing system. "They become throwaway kids," Spotted Elk said. "That's something I want you all to be cognizant of, whether you're Indian or non-Indian. These issues are not about just the Indian community. They're about humanity, about civility, about how to treat one another. I hope these experiences can be brought together to form a diversity of backgrounds, culture and understanding where we can work together to form a system of justice, not 'just us." After Spotted Elk's presentation, juvenile court judge Paul Iwasaki gave a presentation focused on the procedures and inner workings of the juvenile court system, as well as providing some commentary on the disproportionate number of American Indian minors who pass through the courts. According to Iwasaki's statistics, American Indian youth are nearly twice as likely to be arrested as Caucasian youth and more than twice as likely to be referred to the police for a crime. Additionally, white youth who commit crimes are more than twice as likely to be let off without ever going before a judge than American Indian youth. However, Iwasaki said racial bias isn't a big factor in this. "I don't think that police officers are out there profiling children of color to become sex slaves, fight as child soldiers and kill family members during a 26-year campaign of terror. The father-son conversation is part of a 30-minute video that has rocketed through cyberspace since its release Monday on YouTube. It had been viewed more than 40 million times by late Thursday, propelled by celebrity tweets and fans on Facebook and Twitter, especially teens and young adults. The video's premise is that people here in America - and the world beyond - have the power to stop Kony, if only they are willing to spread the word through the power of social media. Called Kony 2012, the goal is to see KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The young American boy sums up what his father does for a living: "You stop the bad guys from being mean." Yes, the father says, but who are the bad guys? The child thinks, then offers a guess: "Star Wars people?" Though half a world away from this preschooler's American upbringing, the truth is far more sinister. 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"You can get money to pay for school, get paid to go to school, set yourself up for a job when you graduate, and you get to do fun stuff like this," Bashein said. Comment on this story at wsusignpost. corn. S ustainability continued from front specifically," Iwasaki said. "I think there are other factors that explain these numbers in part. And one of these is their economic situation." Sharee Tso addressed the issues of American Indian education and spirituality. "The teachers going through the system today are not equipped to teach American Indian children, period," Tso said. "The way they think and learn are fundamentally different." Those interested in learning more about American Indian cultural heritage can attend the competition powwow in the Shepherd Union Ballrooms Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Admission is free for those 65 or older and $3 for the general public. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.corn. African video goes viral By Jason Straziuso & Rodney Muhumuza writers I Associated Press tually use one day." Besides flying on the helicopters, the training included finding an enemy force at Mt. Green and subduing it with paintball guns. "The paintball guns are probably the best training weapon we have for what conditions we're in," Kony captured by the end of this year. The father, Jason Russell, is the co-founder of Invisible Children, an anti-LRA advocacy group, and the film's director. At one point in the film, he asks his son, Gavin, what he thinks should be done about Kony. "Stop him," Gavin responds. Then, in one of the video's many slick moments, the boy's words are quickly echoed by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, where Kony is wanted for crimes against humanity. "Stop him," Luis Moreno-Ocampo says on camera, "and (that will) solve all the problems." Despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant and the deployment last fall of 100 U.S. Special Forces to four Central African countries to help advise in the fight against Kony, until now, few Americans knew who he was. To those 99 percent, Russell poses this challenge: Make Kony and his crimes so "famous" that governments view it as imperative that the mission to capture him succeeds. Celebrities - and teens - have quickly joined the cause. Data collected by YouTube show the video is most popular with boys and girls ages 13 to 17, as well as men ages 18 to 24. "Even if its 10 minutes ... Trust me, you NEED to know about this!" tweeted Rhianna. "This is not a joke. This serious. TOGETHER we can (hash)MakeAChange and (hash) STOPKRONY -help another kid in need!" Justin Bieber tweeted. "Have supported with $'s and voice and will not stop," tweeted Oprah. now has been our enrollment increase," Owen said. "We've had 7,000 new students in the past five years, and with every one of the students comes more electricity, more water, etc." Mulder said WSU's environmental impact extends beyond students and includes faculty and staff. All actions an individual takes, she said, has an impact on the environment. "The way we each live our lives has environmental consequences," Mulder said, "the vehicles we drive or how we get around from Point A to Point B. At Weber State, something like 75 or 80 percent of our Weber State community . . . tend to drive alone to campus rather than carpooling or taking the bus or train. Sustainability issues are really about becoming conscious of the impacts that our actions have. And they all have impacts." In one meeting, Utah State University sustainable communities expert Roslynn Brain discussed actions individuals can take to live more sustainable lifestyles. Her three main pieces of advice were rethinking common gardening weeds, adapting healthy eating habits and being environmentally conscious when shopping at a grocery store. Brain said many common weeds Utahns find in their gardens or lawns can actually be used as a food source. One weed she discussed, dandelions, can have several health benefits. "I really love dandelion because when I saw it at Whole Foods, I almost broke out laughing," Brain said. "It's actually a very good plant. You can dip the flower in egg and cornmeal and actually fry it. The leaves you can eat raw or cooked. The plant itself has been shown to be good for bone health, liver disorders, diabetes, urinary disorders, skin care, acne, weight loss, cancer, etc." For those unwilling to use weeds as a food source, Brain said there are many other ways to support sustainability. "To me," Brain said, "the biggest impact you can make is being conscious of where your food comes from. I always try to buy as local as possible. When you buy from local and regional (vendors) . . . those systems produce 17 times less carbon dioxide than things you buy at the grocery store. If 1 million people in the US ate local food for one year, we would produce 625,000 tons less carbon dioxide." The summit also hosted keynote speakers and workshops focused on recycling, sustainability and producing clean, renewable energy. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.corn. Navajo water project working to secure path By Felicia Fonseca writer I Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Jimmy Detsoi touted a proposal that he thought would get unanimous support from people in a small Navajo community where raising livestock is synonymous with culture and tradition, the advent of the massive federal Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. He had identified nine residents with livestock grazing permits on a patch of northwest New Mexico land that is in the path of the 280-mile, $1 billion pipeline project that will bring water closer to thousands of Navajos on the eastern side of the reservation. More than 40 percent of Navajo residences across the 27,000 square-mile reservation still do not have running water, and many have the arduous task of hauling water miles for basic uses like cooking, washing and drinking. The pipeline also will bring water relief to the city of Gallup, N.M., and parts of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Detsoi, the grazing official in Twin Lakes, N.M., was seeking approval from the permit holders for the pipeline to cross their lands. One refused. The man told tribal officials that the destruction of vegetation and being unable to access a road would cause too many problems. The start of project construction this year is dependent on completion of various permitting, land acquisition and contract activities. Tribal officials are hesitant to use eminent domain, which allows the tribe to seize property for economic development, against grazing rights holders because it brings back harsh memories of when the federal government pushed Navajos off their land and forcibly relocated some of them. While consent is preferred, Navajo President Ben Shelly has warned that he will enforce eminent domain along the project that is on the fast track by President Barack Obama's administration and came as the result of years of negotiation on tribal water rights. "All the other community members have said yes," said Shelly spokesman Erny Zah. "It's going to come down to what the community wants, rather than one individual." Said Detsoi, "I'm trying to make my people understand. We're going to be running out of water sooner than expected. So in order to get more water, it's better to have that water line in place so everyone will benefit from it." The animosity residents sometimes feel for being passed over by previous water and power lines also can complicate projects on the reservation. The right to graze livestock is sometimes treated as land ownership, which doesn't exist for tribal members on the reservation because the land is held in trust by the federal government. Detsoi's counterparts who represent communities along the pipeline's path also will have to identify the numerous grazing permit holders. Those who don't support the project will have money set aside for them as compensation but they can choose not to take it in a sign of opposition, said Jason John, a hydrologist with the tribe's Division of Natural Resources. To Detsoi, grazing permit holders aren't giving up much by allowing the water pipeline and could benefit from the grass seed that's planted as part of reclamation. "A lot of people think they own the land," he said. "We've been trying to tell them, we don't own the land. The land still belongs to the government." Legislation passed by Congress in 2009 settled Navajo water rights claims in the San Juan River Basin and authorized a pipeline to serve Gallup and Navajo communities in New Mexico and eastern Arizona. The project will divert 37,764 acre-feet of water each year from the San Juan River and a reservoir, and send it through treatment plants to meet the water needs of 250,000 in American Indian communities by 2040. The project was among 14 that Obama's administration selected for expedited review as part of the president's effort to more quickly approve job-creating infrastructure projects. The project will build two water treatment plants, 24 pumping plants and numerous water regulation and storage facilities on and near the Navajo reservation, where employment hovers around 50 percent. The first four miles of pipeline are scheduled to be laid this spring, on a different section that originally intended. Rather than starting at the river west of Farmington, N.M., the first phase of the project will be in Twin Lakes, drawing from an aquifer beneath the community and sending the groundwater through the city of Gallup's water system to Navajo towns on the outskirts of Gallup. |