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Show UNIVERSITY r .: WAITING I'JOES By JOY COONEY Students wait in line to sell their books back to the Bookstore. The Bookstore Buyback hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every odd hour, While waiting, students participated in different activities to keep themselves entertained such as playing on cell phones and visiting with each other. Ten attend medical experience By KRYSTLE WHITNEY kwhitneysuuoumal com Ten students enrolled in the Rural Health Scholars Program traveled to Montezuma Creek this past week for a culturally diverse medical experience. Rita Osborn, associate director for the Utah Center for Rural Health, said Montezuma Creek, located near Four Comers, is a remote area consisting primarily of Navajo reservations. Ninety percent of the patients these students saw were Navajo, Osborn said. Cory Hatch, a sophomore biology major from Cedar City, said it was amazing to see how the lifestyles and patients culture played into the medical profession This trip allowed us to see more diversity within the health care system, Hatch said. Some of the patients would rather go to their traditional medicine man instead of a doctor. a junior Justin Chandler, biology major fiom Rexburg, Idaho, said he agreed. Doctors wouldnt say the typical Take a teaspoon every Chandler said. Instead, day, experiences at the Monument Valley Clime, the Montezuma Creek Clinic and the Blanding Medical Clinic. First and foremost, they were able to see what it is like working with patients who are culturally diverse. A sunset in Montezuma Creek highlights a mountain. Ten students traveled to the area with the Rural Health Scholars Program. they would say Take this every sunrise to help familiarize it to the patient. Osborn said most of the patients in the area are living in poverty. Seventy percent of the patients at these clinics dont even have running water or electricity in their houses, she said. Chuck Elkenston, a senior biology major from Tooele, agreed that it is a poverty-stricken area. It is almost like a third world country, he said. They average about $7,000 a year (in income). Chandler was amazed at how much technology the health clinics had, despite being in a severely deprived aiea. We went out in the middle of nowhere, and yet there are educated doctois working with highly technical equipment, he said. Osboin said the students weie able to practice and gam great she said. Osbom explained how students were able to see doctors handle different situations. If they happened to have a patient come in who had a Native ceremony performed on them (for an illness), the students w'ould be able to see (how to handle and work with) those situations, she said. Osbom said it wns a good experience for the students because they would then be able to see how both traditional medicine and cultural beliefs work and coexist together. The two have to work side by side in a community like that, she said In addition to learning the each student gained culture, hands-oexperience, she said Elkenston said one of the dentists had saved pulled teeth and allowed the students to dnl n See MEDICAL, Page 3 SUU graduates earn less, stay in Utah By HOLLIE SMITH hsmith suujournal.com SUU had the highest percentage in the state of 2004 graduates earning less than $30,000 per year, accoiding to a study conducted by the Utah Foundation, a lesearch organization. The study What is a Utah College Degree Worth9 utilized a sample of 1,943 graduates from the entire state, with 83 of those graduates coming from SUU, said Richaid Pak, research analyst for the Utah Foundation. The iesponse rate from each school varied because the survey was done through were sent to all 2004 graduates from all of the schools, he said. The respondents from SUU did repiesent all of the types of degiees non-prof- offered, he said. Of survey participants, 69 percent of 2004 SUU graduates earned less than $30,000 per year, follow' ed by 55 percent of BYU graduates and 51 percent of Utah State graduates, accoiding to the study. The lower salaries of Utah graduates in comparison to the rest of the nation can probably be attributed dnectly to the lower salary levels that exist for all Utah woikers, the study reported. The average salary in 2004 in Utah was $32,171, while the national average was noticeably lugher at $39,354, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Location is just one of the many diflerent factois tint determine salaries, Career Set vices di lector Susan Linder Percent of female graduates identifying themselves as homemakers in Utah 15 r 12.8' r e 9 6- - j t said. know that many of our students want to stay m southern Lhah, she said "Statistically, salaries are lower in southern Utah, but so is the cost of I living Careeis are about value choices, she said. See GRADUATES, Page 3 Expect partly cloudy skies this weekend with a chance of rain and snow on Sunday. Highs will be in the low 40s and lows in the upper teens. Almanac, Page 7 ! 3 o L -- BYU Source: OJ SUU By MCKENZIE ROMERO mromeroSLiiijournal com A .vandeiei is dead alter leaping in front of a motor home on Inteistnte 15 near milepost 67 Monday, a Utah Patrol Highway : spokesman said. Brian Bairett, UHP public lelations officer, said Jose Rodnguez died in what was absolutely" a suicide. Bairett said Rodriguez made two attempts to jump out into tialtic, according to witnesses. le fit si tried to jump in front ol car that swerved and missed him, and then leaped in front of the motoi home On the fatal notification Cole Douglas UHP trooper, said the accident occuned at 9 55 a m. Monday. The driver of the Travel Supreme motor home that hit Rodriguez was m the right lane of southbound 15, with traffic next to the vehicle in the left lane. 10.4 USU lU UTAH uu i AJ UVSC westmnster WSU www utahtoundation.org LINDSEY HARWARD UNIVERSITY JOURNAL brainstorm, School of suggested a progressive disciplinary action, such as a verbal warning on the first offense, a written warning on the second and so on. He suggested offenses could be recorded and added to an instructors file for annual review. Ignoring a problem fosters it, he said. Bruce Barker, College of Education dean, said the policy has worked for the majority of instructors for 10 years, but somehow doesnt work for a few. He suggested one avenue for impacting policy is through the Faculty Senate, and those wanting to make changes could approach the senate with their concerns. Harraf said in addition to Buggs recent three or four other professors have complained about the policy. Simply extending the deadline to accommodate instructors would cause time constraints elsewhere, as so many other processes are dependent on final grades, he said. Harraf said his concern is finding the balance between allowing professors enough time to grade and allowing the regi strar enough time to process the grades to meet deadlines for financial assistance, scholarship programs, athletic eligibility See GRADES, Page 3 Police: Man absolutely wanted death a t 12 jcooneysuujournal.com The Deans Council decided to unanimously maintain current policy dictating grading deadlines in Mondays meeting. Mondays discussion, led by SUU Provost Abe Harraf, began with a comparison of SUUs grading deadline policy to the policies of three other LItah universities. SUUs policy, implemented more tha.i 10 years ago, is more liberal than the University of Weber Utah, State Liniversity and Utah State University policies. The current policy allows instructors work three days after final exams to submit grades to the Registrar's Office. The Deans' Council discussed the issue in direct response to questions raised about the policy after Richard Bugg, associate professor of theatie arts, did not comply with current grading deadline policy, citing a personal emergency as his reason for not meeting the deadline a Current policy states deadline, but does not outline any consequences if instructors do not meet it Previously, it has been an expectation without enforcement. Harraf said it is aboui professional responsibili'v and collegiality He solicited suggestions from the deans. In the round-tabl- e Carl Templin, Business dean, Douglas said Rcdnguez walking north in the right emeigency lane and looked up at the motor home before jumping in front of it. Men, women to play in Louisiana The men's and womens basketball teams play this weekend in Shreveport, La., against Centenary College. The men play Saturday at 6 p.m. and the women play Monday at 6 p.m. Page 6 Rodriguez wai struck by the front right fender and was killed instantly. Bairett said Rodriguez was walking on the freeway last week as well and Barrett responded to the call Baiiett said when he tried to stop Rodnghez and give him a ride off the freeway, Rodriguez ran Ban eft called additional officers who helped him stop Rodriguez. Rodnguez told Bairett he ran because he thought he was going to be arrested for being on the freeway and he vas trying to get to Salt Lake Cny Bairett said he explained to Rodriguez that it was unsafe for him to be on the freew'ay Bairett said Rodnguez was a wandenng subject who has worked in the Grand Canyon and Texas and was carrying identification from multiple states. His last known address was in Phoenix Rodriguezs family, including a brother in New Jersey, has been contacted and tire only further investigation is being done by the medical examiner, Bairett said. |