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Show 8 THE SIGNPOST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14,2011 Futura continued from page 4 ness management, said she loves attending the lecture series. "I love hearing the success stories, especially the local ones who graduated from WSU," Watkins said. "It gives me hope that I will find success after college." She agreed with Alsup in that she enjoys the speakers who are funny and make the presentations fun by involving the students. Both Alsup and Wat- kins said they really enjoyed the presentation by fohnson. fohnson spoke of many different busi- REST ness principles. She spoke about the culture of her company and then talked about bringing value to other businesses in order to earn their business. "Reliable and responsive, that is what we have built our brand on," fohnson said. "We will run around with our hats on fire to change an order or get an order out the door, even if it is for one of our small clients." According to fohnson, at Futura, they love the challenge of custom extrusion. She said they are willing to take on a cus tom project with very tight specifications, even when other major extrusion companies have turned down the job. She explained how they strive to provide the highest quality of materials at the lowest cost through continual development and innovation. fohnson said Futura's success has to do with its culture. "Companies don't make profits," fohnson said, "people do." Comment on this story at wsusignpost. com. continued from page 4 Medical University. They also visited the university to meet with their administration and the first respiratory therapy class of 70 students. In May 2011, WSU signed a contract with the Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University establishing formal ties to further develop the profession in China. "We are engaged with clinical practice guidelines and intensive interaction with our visiting scholars to provide a context for practice," Eberle said in an e-mail. "These visitors will return with knowledge of how the US health care system functions and act as resources to their hospitals and in the region for knowledge of the importance of respiratory therapy practice in China. It is our hope that such integration of the respiratory therapy profession into Chinese culture could, literally, impact millions of patients' lives in the future." The benefits of having this relationship with China can potentially open the door to other culturally important customs that both sides can share, and learn and grow from each other. Eberle went on to say that sharing experiences is integral with learning about the desires and needs of populations of peoples different from the US. The department has an opportunity to learn about Chinese customs and about traditional eastern medicine. A balanced approach to disease management with traditional and western technology appears to have benefits that patients from both cultures can share. The respiratory program and its ties to China can be the way to put WSU on the map for credited universities and has been for health care programs. "WSU has developed a great reputation in Xi'an, China, as a quality institution that is unsurpassed in health care education," Eberle said. "It is considered very highly in terms of health professions practice as a model for similar Chinese institutions to model themselves. Small medical groups from Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai and Jia- musi would willingly visit for summer seminars, cultural exchanges with health professionals, along with study of other programs offered at WSU to include business, economics, technology, engineering, etc." The Dumke College of Health Sciences has a couple of visitors from China all semester who can be found throughout campus, absorbing the knowledge necessary to take back to the Xi'an Medical University. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. t Ml \j ll a SIS continued from page 4 SPONSORED BY THE I YOUNG ALUMNI COUNCIL! JOG UP OLD MEMORIES Saturday, October 15,2011 Chick Hislop Track at the Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart Stadium at Weber State University Walk up registration: Race begins: 7:00 AM 8:00 AM VISIT ALUMNI.WEBER.EDU/YAC5K EXTENDED STAY HOTEL! { $* 69 Weekly \ Value Place" Recently-built property Furnished Studios Kitchens with full-size Refrigerator Stovetop and Microwave ) Lease Commitment 2160 South 1200™. Ogden, UT 84401 (801)334-8628 CHECK IN TODAY! r Vigorous 99-Point Room Cleaning r Secure Access with Key Card Entry rUtilities Included »Free Cable TV with Encore Movie Channels On-site Laundrv Lower Cost .... l; m in 11 " J i Cleaner Safer Simpler Another student, Bob Hohsoh, joined the Student Economic Association after playing the club's trivia game in the hallway. "I plan on applying for grad school, and I think it'll look good on an application," Hohsoh said. These activities have allowed students to prepare for Thursday's Business and Industry Night at the Dee Events Center, where business majors will be able to converse with more than 100 nationwide and local businesses. Eng land said he was hoping to speak to someone from Adobe and hopefully get an internship for the summer. "(They) are looking to hire those who graduate .. . The point is to leave with either an intern opportunity or a job opportunity," Gardiner said. On Friday, a "Guess the Dow" game will be sponsored by the Students in Free Enterprise club in the Wattis Business Building. A prize will be awarded to the student who provides the most accurate guess. "The whole point of Business Emphasis Week is to stress the importance of joining a club," Gardiner said. ".. .(Students) who join the clubs and have experience and then can get an internship because of it will usually get the jobs; especially in today's world, you have to." More information about the business clubs or Business Emphasis Week is available at www. weber.edu/SBE. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. Cain's nontraditional strategy By Shannon McCaffrey & Steve Peoples writers I Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Reveling in the national spotlight, Herman Cain is pledging to bolster his fledgling White House campaign. He'll need to - and quickly-if he has any hope of winning the Republican nomination. The unlikely presidential contender has little campaign organization in Iowa, New Hampshire and other states where voting begins in less than three months. And he hasn't done much else in those places to capitalize on his recent surge in polls. "We are now going to ramp up," Cain promised this week. By that he means executing what aides call a 50-state strategy - for a nomination contest that's determined state by state. It's a nontraditional path that other candidates have tried unsuccessfully Cain's campaign, which can seem almost overwhelmed by the attention that comes with a big rise in polls, argues that competing in the early voting states, while important, is not the only way to win the parly's nomination. His aides note that Barack Obama's 2008 campaign fanned out across the country and was successful. But Obama competed vigorously in the early voting states, too. Still, Cain, who never has held political office, clearly has struck a chord with a part of the Republican electorate craving a fresh face not tied to the GOP establishment. This is the first presidential contest since the tea party's rise, and Cain is in many ways the natural culmination of the grass-roots movement: a straight-talking political outsider, espousing an anti-tax platform. "The conservative wing of the Republican Party has been auditioning for an anti-Romney alternative for months now," former GOP strategist Dan Schnur said. "They've tried Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, and they both wilted under the scrutiny. So far, Herman Cain seems to be holding his own." Atlanta Tea Party Patriots co-founder Debbie Dooley explains it this way: "With Herman, what you see is what you get." There's no telling how long the love for Cain will last or whether he can turn the buzz into votes on primary and caucus nights this winter. It takes more than enthusiasm to win the presidency. It takes money and organization, and Cain trails his top GOP rivals on both fronts. Earlier this year, Cain had to lend his campaign $500,000 to stay afloat. He'll report his fundraising for the past three months within days. He is suggesting that money will no longer be a problem and says he now has enough to expand his campaign. "I didn't want to get out in front and commit to spending a whole lot of money before I knew that the American people were going to say, 'You know what? This long shot may not be such a long shot," Cain says. His shoestrings campaign has a certain improvised feel as it scrambles to hire staff and keep pace with the intense media interest enveloping the former head of Godfather's Pizza since he cruised past Romney in a recent NBC/Wall Street journal poll. In New Hampshire this week, Cain's new press spokesman J.D. Gordon, sheepishly admitted to a throng of reporters that he didn't know the specifics about the candidate's schedule that same afternoon, nor the last time Cain had been in the state. Cain has kept a nontraditional schedule. With his popularity climbing last month, he eschewed .rtt/erTne Kinq^cm of lerror OPENS: SEPT !6,i7,23,24,&30 Oct. 1st - Halloween (Closed Sun.-Tue.) 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Three top Iowa aides, including one of the state's leading tea party organizers, quit Cain's campaign in fune, unhappy with the candidate's apparent lack of commitment to appearing in the state. His Iowa campaign also tried to conceal the role of a top caucus adviser who had been ousted as the leader of a gay-pride group in Wisconsin amid a financial scandal with the organization, the former employee alleged in a letter and court testimony related to his application for unemployment. feff forgenson, a Cain backer from Council Bluffs, acknowledged the Georgia businessman "does not have a well-grounded Iowa organization." "I don't think that's hurt him yet," forgenson said. But he added that Cain would need a strong ground game to do well in the fanuary caucuses. Cain has four campaign staffers in Iowa, according to Lisa Lockwood, his Iowa campaign director. In closely following New Hampshire, Cain has two paid staffers, compared to more than 10 each in the state for Romney and Perry. Cain also trails former Gov. Ion Huntsman and Texas U.S. Rep. Ron Paul in paid staffers there. Cain's aides insist he has visited the state 18 times. But that doesn't match the perception of Republicans on the ground, who say he's been noticeably absent as other candidates flock to the first-in-the-nation primary state. That said, when he does appear, people in New Hampshire say they generally like what they hear. "Herman Cain really impressed me," said Republican state Rep. Keith Murphy, who was on hand as Cain and other presidential contenders briefly addressed the New Hampshire House of Representatives this week. "I have to do some more research into his positions on these issues, but as far as the ability to communicate a conservative message, he's actually very good." |