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Show Climbing competition comes to HWAC Four Utah colleges to participate in ABC Brad Watkins StafFWriter On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Westminster will host the first annual Autumn Bouldering Competition in the climbing wall in the Dolores Dore Eccles Health, Wellness and Athletic Center. The event will bring together four local colleges, the University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State University and Westminster, for a competition that will bring each schools best climbers to the indoor climbing wall. How the competition will work is each school gets to bring 12 competitors. There will be two categories, mens and womens, said Timothy Jones, and avid climber and employee at the indoor climbing wall. Schools can choose to split its teams evenly and bring 6 guys and 6 girls, or they can stack more in one category than the other. Women start the competition off with a qualifying round running from 6:00-7:p.m. Mens qualifying round runs from 7:00-8:p.m. 00 30 to get as many people as possible to show up for this event." "We are trying Brody Leven In the qualifying rounds, competitors take turns doing bouldering problems. Bouldering problems are routes set on the indoor climbing wall. To even out the playing field a group of four people will set between 30 and 40 bouldering problems, said Jones. The group includes Cullen Green, director of Residence Life, Scott Macleod, a good local climber, and two people from Rock Haus, a climbing gym in Logan, Utah. These people will set up the routes on Sunday Nov. 16, so that no competitors will be able to have an advantage in the competition. The harder the route the competitor takes the more points the competitor will receive. All scores will be added up and the sum of the competitors top four scores will determine who makes it into the finals. The top five scorers from each category will make the finals. The top three scores from the final will be the winners and receive prizes from Black Diamond and Mad Rock, who are sponsoring the event. There will also be a raffle open to all who attend and packed with goodies from the sponsors. The work out machines in front of the rock wall will be removed for the competition to allow maximum attendance. There will be an MC who will be commentating on the competition as well as keeping the mood among the crowd lively. Brody Leven, ASWC president and avid climber, said, Climbing has really picked up in the past year here at Westminster and we are trying to get as many people as possible to show up Continued on Page 16 1 I i ''ftt I Junior Bret Archuletsa hones his climbing skills at the wall in HWAC Spirituality at Westminster Students find strength in faith Krista Smith Staff Writer 9,000. 48. 22. 12. 2. Five numbers, one common thread. Religion. There are more than 9,000 denominations of Christianity in the world. Forty-eig-ht percent of Westminster students are LDS. Twenty-tw- o percent of Westminster students are Catholic. There are 12 major world religions. Just two percent of Westminster students practice a religion other than Christianity. With all these numbers come thousands of perspectives on God. Hindu scriptures show that God isnt perfect, said Dimple Singh, a senior majoring in international business. He makes mistakes and therefore humanity doesnt have to be perfect. For each person who believes in God, another perspective exists. God must be so amazing, said Jess McKelvie, a senior majoring in chemistry. He is so much greater than what I am. Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Tricia Shepherds beliefs reflect McKelvies. God cares about the details, Shepherd said. In science you see the order and logic of God. SPIRITUALITY For the 28 percent of students who religious choices are undefined on campus, groups like Pierced, Institute Mens Association (IMA) and Institute Womens Association (IWA) exist to help facilitate conversation about religion and spirituality. We are open to discussion, said Shepherd, advisor to Pierced. We are not here to judge. Although, the leaders of Pierced are Christian, anyone is welcome to join their discussion groups. McKelvie, vice president of Pierced said, The more opinions we have the more interesting the conversation. The next Pierced meeting will be Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Tanner Atrium of the Jewett Center. Pierced will explore the Faculty Art Exhibit currently on display before discussing the meaning of God in art. 3 Prayer gets me through the day, said Alex Griffin a junior majoring in biology and IMA president. IMA is dedicated to serving the community and fostering friendship. Anyone is welcome to join. The next Continued on Page 14 NOVEMBER 4, 2008 |