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Show 1 I Master Plan open forums shape future of Westminster Bioneers Conference of Community Relations Director will be an urban Westminster says campus Westminster rCtUmS to Faculty, students, staff and locals discuss environment Victoria Garland StafFWriter To Westminster understand community College uses the concerns, these firms word core" to talk Christie Porter Westminster and about values, but StafFWriter held have open recently the word forums. core has been used Human rights, firing locally and oil dependence in conjunction with The last time are some of the topics addressed at this years Bioneers the word campus. Conference. Students, teachers, members of the The core campus developed a master all officials attendance. in were is what students community and public plan was in 1999. and Lake Salt Former current The Master Plan of City Mayors Rocky know as campus Anderson and Ralph Becker were among the local now. The 1999 included the campus this Conference held Bioneers the at construction of the past consists of 27 acres presenters like. could the what Artists of Woodbury rendering project weekend in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts. that cover the land Giovale Library, The Bioneers Conference consisted of three days of from Bill the expanding approximately local workshops and presentations, as well as plenary 1700 South to Westminster Avenue and 1300 East to and Vieve Gore School or Business, Dumke Field and much more. The last thing to be completed on the list speeches rebroadcast from the national conference in 1200 East. San Rafael, Calif. The event at Westminster was one of On Oct. 13 the City of Salt Lake announced the sell of from the Master Plan of 1999 is the Meldrum Science 18 satellite conferences held around the country. the Garfield School to Westminster after taking multiple Center. conference According to Bioneers.org, its an annual With the completion of the new science center, it bids. The Garfield School is located on 1838 South 1500 source of East. Though still within walking distance of the core is time for Westminster to draft another master plan. meant to bring bioneers together to create a said solutions. A Monica innovative Ferreira, campus, the Garfield School will be considered part of According to the master plan website, A new master bioneer, is an innovator from any discipline, committed to an extended campus. Westminster is still deciding what plan is necessary to identify directions, parameters and fife Earth. the future of on and supporting the Garfield School will be used for. preserving guidelines to direct the physical development of the sustainable advocate of an Joan Dye Gussow, As Westminster is looking to possibilities of college over the next 10 to 20 years, in support of the This the author and of Life, Organic agriculture expanding beyond the core campus, they are taking the colleges vision and strategic plan. kicked off the Bioneers Conference with a speech in the Some goals Westminster has for the future of the opinions of faculty, students and community members Vieve Gore Concert Hall. In an interview with Kerry into consideration. . campus and community include increasing enrollment, Case of the Environmental Center, Gussow described To help draft a master plan, Westminster has teamed expanding campus and embracing the Sugar House herself as a teacher, writer and farmer. up with VCBO Architecture, Sasaki Associates and neighborhood. e Thirty-fivyears ago, Gussow was teaching about Westminster set a goal in 2004 to increase other firms specializing in things like transportation. and the importance of eating locally, organically See URBAN CAMPUS on page 14 sustainably. She opened her speech with facts and statistics about the United States agriculture system. She told the audience that todays farms are nothing like the romantic pictures seen in childrens storybooks. Gussow went on to say the food system is not sustainable Campus Patrol Director warns and will eventually collapse. students to lock doors, bikes Now that Ive scared you all to death, Gussow continued, saying, That was a very harsh beginning for What students, faculty and staff Walter Denison what is actually a very positive speech. Assistant Editor should know before logging The rest of her speech did have a more positive note and instead of focusing on the problems, focused on Ernesto Negrete From purses to a Sodexho golf cart, Westminster possible solutions. StafFWriter has reported 24 thefts since August of this year as Kelsie DeFrancia, a senior at Westminster and academic compared to 22 total thefts in the 2009-201- 0 assistant conference coordinator, reiterated Gussows is not unlike any other college or Westminster year, according to the campus crime log. Were already message of hope. There are so many problems, she file or with when illegal sharing dealing caught up with last year and we still have two months to said, But there are a lot of great people working to fix university and Students material. downloads of sensitive go, said Drew Long, director of Campus Patrol. them. Many of those people, DeFrancia said, attend or large for but network the use colleges faculty many things, Eight bikes have been reported stolen this fall, only speak at the Bioneers Conference. some activities can be costly. two of the bikes were found. Were trying to break Notable plenary speakers included Michael Pollan, If students download large files or illegal files this bike theft ring, said Long. Long suggests students will lose their Internet privileges. Online access make note of their bikes serial number. The serial See BIONEERS on page 14 they is a privilege not a right, said Kelly Hill director of number can be used to find the missing bike. Risk Management. Losing the convenience of online Students can also register their bikes at one of two access on campus can make students fives harder, places on campus for free. According to Long, bikes but another concern students should be aware of is may be registered with Campus Security in Stock Hall trouble they can get into with illegal file sharing. or at the cashiers window in Bamberger. One common misconception when students surf When people dont keep track of a valuable items the Internet is they think they are all alone, according serial number, it makes tracking the lost or stolen to Robert Allred director of Information Services. item almost impossible, said Long. Pawn shops as Every time a student is on a computer on campus required by state law must provide the Salt Lake City or anywhere else, that computer is being tracked by Police Department (SLCPD) with a comprehensive fist or some someone application. of serial numbers of all items sold to the store. There are several means of tracking. For example, Long also suggests students use quality locks for and service Internet cookies, providers history may their bikes. A popular cheap lock option for students is be tracked. Every request made from one webpage a quarter-inc- h cord. They are just not thick enough, Westminster i f i Reported theft Is your internet use being tracked? on See INTERNET on page 15 See il F 2 VOLUME XUII: ISSUE 6 THEFT on page 16 ilWnH 9 i ? |