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Show THE FORUM 4 November 19, 2003 Portable Cell Phone Numbers Senioritis Can Be Overcome With Effort consulting firm, estimates about 34 million customers are a Jarrod Griff Staff Writer On Nov. 24 a new law is scheduled to go into effect that will change the cell phone industry. Many students have felt the hassled with switching cell phone numbers, a process that involves notifying not only but friends and organizational contact information as well, but no need to worry any more. On this day you will be able to switch cell phone providers without losing your old cell phone number. Some phone companies are challenging the change in court and that could delay the change. But people moving from one city to another Los Angeles to New York, for example, cannot keep the same local number. For consumers who are phone but now those same The Management Network, Contributing Writer Monday morning on Nov. 17, the ASWC Senate meeting convened once again in Nightingale, and Chris Wharton, Clubs and Organization chair, gave his , report, an Individual Oligarchy Report, after which the ASWC Executive Cabinet -- that the ECAB is heading into an oligarchy as well as a tyrannical representative gov- ernment. Its obvisious that Wilkinsons concerns were . - - - ! 1 : issues concerning their constituency. In the applied sci- ences, Sen. Jennifer Sibbett brought to attention the Radio Club and how David Owens, who is a student in the applied sciences, has worked hard to get this club going. Sibbett urged the ad hoc committee . . -- Wrapping up this semester, I have looked back to see what ASWC has accomplished this fall and the report looks dismal, but there are some great things that ASWC has done. Vice President Megan Hardy, along with Assistant Vice President Alisha Panunzio and the Student Activity Committee, has done a terrific job with planning Wild Wednesdays and Thirsty Thursdays. I have found that more students this year, including myself, have been stituency regularly at the . Senate meetings. . Robert Cummings, the ASWC attorney general has attended every Senate meeting. , Fonua has encouraged students to voice their. opin- - , ions and their issues with ASWC. Fonua has been kind to make time for interviews to inform students of how they may get involved. Fonua has been occupied with a full calendar of ASWC events and meetings, but relations with . the student body is a concern. . . . In the Oct. the Forum, 15 issue career-focuse- Meaningful and significant experiences will help prepare you to make informed decisions about your education and career goals. While some seniors are fighting off this terrible disease, Jolinda Nestor After doing some research, I have found that there is now real cure for this. You are just going to have to suck it up and make the most of your senior year. Now this I can help you with, the following are a few things you can do to make the most of your senior year here at Westminny: - Maintain a Challenging ; Course Load: You should take the most rigorous cours others have.yet to show seri- ous signs. Beware. You still have classes that could make the difference between crossing the stage and spending another lovely year here at the black hole in my wallet I refer to as Westminny. 03 constituents that need to be that if students address their problems direedy to the Senate and the ECAB, they will see direct results. The and planned for many things to happen. The pure and applied science senators, along with other senators have reported to ASWC about the issues arising from their con- ; - .. great job showing their professionalism, which Fonua has pushed for. The ad hoc com- mittees have met several times senators. ( d internship or job opportunity can help motivate you to start considering your career options. . attending these events. The Senate this semester, with almost 75 percent of the senators serving their first term in office, has done a -- (ECAB) laughed. In my last article Brooke Wilkinson voiced her concern - is coast through your senior working with the Radio Club to speed up the process. The Radio Club was sent to a committee where it has stayed for the last two weeks with little done, but the Senate would like to see the club approved. President Ana Fonua then asked Sibbett to give a report on an issue. Though the Radio Club does not deal directly with the applied science school,, Fonua was unable to make the connection that Owens is represented by the applied science David Pang -- sophisticated moron,' you thought you had arrived, and you knew all there is to know about college. When you became a junior, you realized there is just one more year until you will be on top. OK, so now you are a senior. Youve worked long and hard for the &istd4 vears, and all vou want to do change. Barring court action to delay, when the Nov. 24 comes, there will be complete freedom when jt comes to ones phone number. 03 serve a purpose for your future. For example, to find inner strength and peace, I have decided to enroll in a yoga class next semester. Stay Active and Involved: Your continued involvement in activities, sports, volunteer work, etc. will help you stay active and focused throughout your final year. A great have a serious case of what Websters dictionary defines as nonexistent. , peo- continue taking major-trac- k subjects. Consider upper division courses which also I graduating. First off, lets take a little stroll down memory lane. Remember when you were a freshman, you were so excit- ed to finally be in college and on your own; but you were the smallest fish in the pond. When you became a sophomore, a word derived from Greek roots meaning ple are starting to buy them. While many people might want to keep their number, there are some situations where one might want to make a . of what Websters dictionary defines as nonexistent, but we all know it is the virus that seems to be contagious among those who are so close, but oh so far, from Cell phones are an important part of life now, many use to not believe in having a cell and-Ogde- appropriately addressed. During open floor time, the senators broke into theirrespective schools to discuss Yeah, I have a serious case per year. Changing phone numbers presents a barrier to switching carriers, even if not a total bar-- . rier, since consumers cannot compare and choose between different service plans. . Heres my last chance to give a shout out to all of my fellow senior homiez. I think you all can relate when I mention the word senioritis. . switching cell phone companies, the new regulations from the Federal Communications . ' Commission will first cover customers in the 100 most populous metropolitan areas, who account for about 60 percent of the nations cell phone users. By May 24, the rules will apply to everyone else. Nov. 24 includes Salt Lake City Staff Writer going to change cell phone providers by June 2005, according to their website. This of means that about one-sixt- h the cell phone market could be shuffled, helping some companies, while possibly putting others out of business. In the long run, this decision should improve the quality of service one can expect out of their wireless carrier. Some cell phone providers are for this change and some-sucas Sprint are not. In Wired magazine, James Fisher, a Sprint spokesman, said, The money we have to invest in (number portability) is money we cant invest in more coverage, more services and better products. The Cellular and Telecommunications and Internet Association, a lobbying group, said that the FCC mandate would cost service providers about $500 million es available, and be sure to year and graduate. What stands in your way? Senior slack. Senior slump. Spending more time working and partying and less time studying is a sure sign that you have this mental disease. So, now that we have addressed the issue, what do we do about it? Jolinda Nestor of Fonua recognizes represented. previous Senate meeting club representatives who attended experienced the effects of closed executive sessions. This past Senate meeting a piece - of legislation, brought Through my experience with the Utah Legislature, and being involved in campaigns, I have learned that elected officials will always have people critiquing their performance. If an elected official can make everyone happy, then theyre not doing their job correctly. I am not saying that our ASWC is doing a bad job, or doing it incorrectly; they are just maintaining the s tarns to the Senate by a concerned student, dealing with the parking issues that will hit campus come January, was ultimately not even mentioned by Fonua ' and the Senators who received quo. a copy, and particularly Our ASWC Executive Parliamentarian Jason Estrada. . Cabinet and senators can only Sen. Pepper Hayes did speak further their progress by ask-- , of the students concern dur--ing questions as well as listening the open floor time, how-- .' ing to criticism on how things ever no committee was1' .could improve and how do we formed to research a solution, ' arrive there. In the world of nor direct action was taken to politics work is abundant and address the issue at later never complete. However, if Senate proceeding. The our leaders can see the light at the end of the tunnel, then legislation that was ignored could have addressed a soluthey better start asking for tion to the parking situation. more tunnel. 03 Where does it all go from here? There are still a great number of topics to address, problems to solve, as well as - ' : - - . . , |