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Show 8 FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 THE SIGNPOST Vi sitors continued from page 4 class, whereas in Japan, they do not. "It is often said American student is much more serious compared with Japanese students, and I think this is true after we came to America," said student Yo Takahashi. WSU business professor Shane Schwaneveldt is a longtime friend of Suzuki's and explained that in Japan, it is more difficult for students to be accepted into a university and usually take their schooling before college more seriously than their college experience. "Of course, they take their classes, and they're somewhat serious about that, but (there is) a lot of socializing and not as much pressure," Schwaneveldt said. "If you do an OK job of your (college) coursework, then you can probably graduate. But in the United States . . . it's easier to get admitted to the university, but it's hard to do all of the coursework and to persevere and to graduate; there's no guarantee you're going to graduate." The students also visited a Japanese business language class. For the majority of the 50-minute class, they visited with the WSU students, ultimately staying an additional 30 minutes past class time to converse. WSU senior Russell i Pad continued from page 4 Hunsaker said he appreciated the chance to speak and "brush up on" the Japanese language. "It's been a long time since I've had so much Japanese going on around me, you know," Hunsaker said. "I served a mission in Japan, so it was nostalgic, I guess you could say, for that reason." Suzuki said the purpose of the trip was to allow his students to "experience a university in America. Maybe in the future they will have to work international. So it's very useful." According to Schwaneveldt, WSU also benefited from their visit through the bridging of the "potential partnerships" and the sharing of their culture, as many students here are not able to travel abroad. "So with them attending the class and having some discussions, when we exchanged research presentations with each other, that gave our students a chance to see students from another country also doing research on the kinds of topics and issues and experiences they're having and compare it to themselves and learn from each other," Schwaneveldt said. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. Adult, 4 teens killed in northwest Ariz. SUV crash KENGMAN, Ariz. (AP) - Mohave County authorities think an adult and four teens killed in a crash in rural Arizona were traveling at a high rate of speed when a Chevrolet Suburban they were in failed to negotiate a turn on a dirt road. The crash happened in far northwest Arizona near the Utah border, authorities said. The victims are identified as Carl Otto Nathaniel Holm, 22, of Hildale, Utah; Monica Joy Bistline, 17; of Apple Valley, Utah; Rachel Anne Kolgrove, 17, of Cane Beds, Ariz.; and Virgel Taylor Roundy, 15, and Jamison Holm Timpson, 19, both of Colorado City, Ariz., died at the scene, said the Mohave County Sheriff's Office. The lone survivor of the crash - Nakita Timpson, 18, of Colorado City - was taken to a Utah hospital. Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene Wednesday afternoon about 17 miles south of facebook Centennial Park, Ariz., in a high desert area known as the Arizona Strip. The crash might have happened sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. It remained under investigation and the sheriff's office said alcohol might have been a factor. Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Jim McCabe said the five may have been out celebrating Timpson's birthday when the crash happened. The SUV was going fast down a dirt road, he said. "What happened is they failed to negotiate a turn," McCabe said. "At that time of night, there was ungodly high winds and so visibility probably wasn't great out there in the middle of the desert on a dirt road." Investigators haven't determined who was driving the Suburban and are still investigating the crash. Autopsies by the Mohave County Medical Examiner are scheduled Monday. Say HELLO to us on facebook. Just Search "The Signpost" . comments and their writing, making class workshops easier. "Usually these classes are like tree-killers," Griffiths said. "We've been able to save a lot of paper. They can draft on the iPad and have peers comment on it." Hamson-Utley used a set of 10 iPads in her athletic training evaluation courses and was able to utilize apps such as Clinical Orthopedic Exam, or C.O.R.E, to help students learn how to evaluate injuries. Hamson-Utley said she feels it is important for students to become familiar with field technology. "If the student is fa- miliar with technology, it will prove to be useful to them," Hamson-Utley said. "They'll be able to interact with physicians and understand the technology needed in the field." The iPads can also be used as e-readers, allowing students to purchase textbooks and workbooks on the Kindle app for less money than a traditional textbook. "You can have all of your textbooks on one super-light little thing and have all your notes on that, and have everything you need in one place, with your calendar and the Internet," Griffiths said. "It's easy to carry around." However, the textbooks created issues, as they were not always formatted for an e-reader, and often the page numbers would change based on the orientation of the iPads, making it difficult for students to literally stay on the same page. "I found more and more students bringing laptops to class," Griffiths said. "They find there are more things they can do on their laptop." Cost is also an issue. According to HamsonUtley, at a private school with $40,000 tuition, providing iPads to students would not be an issue. However, a school like By Brian Skoloff writer I Associated Press VIENNA (AP) - Three days of protracted negotiations held under the specter of war highlighted the diplomatic difficulties ahead for nations intent on ensuring that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons. In a statement Thursday that was less than dramatic, six world powers avoided any bitter criticism of Iran and said diplomacy - not war - is the best way forward. The cautious wording that emerged from a weeklong meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency reflected more than a decision to tamp down the rhetoric after a steady drumbeat of warnings from Israel that the time was approaching for possible attacks on Iran to disrupt its nuclear program. Indeed, the language was substantially milder than the tough approach sought by Washington and allies Britain, France and Germany at the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board meeting. Agreement came only after tough negotiations with Russia and China. That could spell trouble on any diplomatic path ahead. Russia, China and the four Western nations have agreed to meet with Iran in another effort to seek a negotiated solution. But with East-West disagreements within the group greater than ever, it could be difficult for the six to act in coordination at those talks. A previous series of talks between the six and Iran ended in failure, the last one more than a year ago in Istanbul, Turkey. But the issue of six-power unity was never tested during those talks, because Tehran refused even to consider discussing concessions on its nuclear program. That could change as Russian and Chinese irritation grows with what the two consider unwarranted tough and unilateral sanctions recently imposed on Iran by Washington and the European Union. Tehran might try to exploit the rift by offering a compromise that Moscow and Beijing would likely welcome but the West would proclaim meaningless. Thursday's statement indicated that the West was willing to go some ways to maintain at least a semblance of six-power unity. It refrained from calling out the Islamic Republic for refusing to cooperate with the IAEA's probe of allegations that it secretly worked on components of a nuclear arms program. Instead it put the onus both on Iran and the IAEA to "intensify their dialogue" to resolve the four-year standoff. And indirectly countering weeks of Israeli saber-rattling, it emphasized "continued support for a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear issue." Returning to Jerusalem from intensive talks in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government will not allow Iran to obtain atomic bombs but prefers a peaceful solution to the issue "I hope that Iran chooses to part from its nuclear program peacefully," Netanyahu said, adding, "It is forbidden to let Iran arm itself with nuclear weapons, and I intend not to allow it." Israel and the U.S. agree that Iran is on a path that could eventually lead to the production of a nuclear weapon, but part ways over urgency: Netanyahu has seemed impatient with President Barack Obama's statements that tough new economic sanctions imposed by the West be given time to work. AliAsghar Soltanieh, Iran's CELTIC CELEBRATI MARCH 17 @ 7:30 $12 for more information visit us online Like us on Facebook Comment on this story at wsusignpost.corn. World powers stress diplomacy in Iran standoff chief IAEA delegate, condemned Israel's "continuous threat of attack against Iran's nuclear facilities." In Tehran, Iran's top leader welcomed comments by Obama advocating diplomacy as a solution in a rare positive signal from the head of a nation that regards Washington as its bitter foe. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, quoted by Iran's state television, praised Obama's statement this week that he saw a "window of opportunity" to use diplomacy to resolve the nuclear dispute. Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters in Iran, told a group of clerics: "This expression is a good word. This is a wise remark indicating taking distance from illusion." But Khamenei had criticism for Obama as well. The Iranian leader said the economic sanctions pushed by the U.S. and other nations as a way to get Iran to alter its nuclear program would "lead their calculations to failure." Asked about Khamenei's remarks, White House spokesman Jay Carney said: "The president's policy toward Iran is focused in a very clear-eyed way on Iranian behavior, certainly not on rhetoric of any kind." Ahead of the Vienna meeting, Washington and its European partners had hoped to send a firmer signal to Iran than even a tough joint statement would have. They had sought a sixpower resolution demanding compliance with U.N. Security Council demands for Tehran to end uranium enrichment and other programs that could be used for weapons purposes. A resolution passed by the IAEA board automatically goes to the Security Council and could serve as a potential springboard for new U.N. sanctions. Instead, it took three IDLEWILD 16 WSU would have more of a problem with costs of the units. The long-term learning benefits of iPads in the classroom are still unknown. Griffiths said that the education value in the iPads is hard to assess, and it will take time and investigation to truly know the answer of the educational value. Even with the drawbacks of the iPads, Porter said he sees a future for iPads in the classroom. "I see potential," he said. "But there are things that need to be smoothed out." GEORGE S. AND DOLORES DORE ECCLES www.peerysegyptiantheater.com r. n 2012 CELTIC BEAT FEET OF FIRE GALLOWAY HIGHLArID PIPES & DRUMS days of horse trading - and a one-day adjournment Wednesday of the IAEA meeting - to agree on the watered-down text. In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton repeated that the United States continues "to believe that we have space for diplomacy ... coupled with very strong pressure in the form of the toughest sanctions the international community has ever imposed." U.S. chief IAEA delegate Robert Wood said the six nations arrived at "a very good statement after some constructive discussions." But freed of the constraints of unity imposed on the group of six, his statement to the board reflected a much tougher line. "While we remain committed to a diplomatic resolution to the international community's concerns with Iran's nuclear program ... we will not sit idle while a member state openly flouts its obligations and embarks on a path of deception and deceit," he said. Iran has steadfastly rejected demands to halt its uranium enrichment, which Washington and its allies worry could be the foundation for a future nuclear weapons program by providing the fissile core of nuclear weapons. Tehran claims it seeks only energy and medical research from its reactors, but it wants full control over the nuclear process from uranium ore to fuel rods. It has also stonewalled an IAEA probe of suspected clandestine research and development into nuclear weapons for four years, dismissing the allegations as based on forged intelligence from the United States and Israel. In a possible concession Tuesday, Tehran said agency experts could visit Parchin, a military facility that the IAEA suspects was used for secret atomic weapons work. An IAEA official, speaking anonymously because of the sensitivity of the issue, dismissed the offer as a stalling tactic. IAEA inspectors were refused access to Parchin twice in recent weeks. Concerns about Parchin are high. All Western statements, as well as the one issued Thursday by the six powers, have called on Iran to grant access to the facility. Diplomats who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday said Iran was trying to clean up the site. They based their assessment on satellite images they said appeared to show trucks and earth-moving vehicles. |