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Show i u i i - I c i i k I V r r ! R E $ I T K Y r- I t V. v Cedar City, Utah ' f' v .V Southern Utah University Thursday, October 15, 2009 i O U COOuS Attorney general stops at SUU as part of statewide tour B y CAN D1CESANDNLS S csaripnesvsiiujOurnal com Utah A"orney General Mjrk Shurtlell warned SUU ,'udents ol the dangcis ot identity thell, the woi Ids fastest-groing cr me, in an open iorum Tuesday. Gloh.dly, people lose approximately SSO billion each year because ol identity ti ell and people need to be very, very paranoid" of identity thell because students can be vicumied as well, Shurtlell stud. Before thell reporting identity databases came into use victims would report their thefts to their police depaitmcnls. who previously had not known how to handle identity thelt cases are getting frustrated," he said. The Utah Ofhce of the Attorney-Generaformed an Identity Theft Committee to investigate identity theft crimes that were occurring at banks, credit unions and credit reporting "R.-opI- bureau-,- . he Identity Theft Committee and officials came together to save taxpayers money by developing an theft IRIS, identity reporting inlormation system that provides step- T repoiting identity idtllelt Utah gov. Shurtlc-- guidance theft at WWW Utah Attorney General and J to U.S. Senate candidate Sold. It's an ofhcial law enforcement Web site where claims are reported to city, state or federal law enforcement Mark k Shurtleff speaks agencies. is theft identity "(Preventing) crucial," he said. "The destruction of your credit and trying to reestablish your good name and your credit is a difficult process, sometimes thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of your time try inn to net it back." See IDENTITY, Page to SUU students, faculty, staff and community members at j 5 ' Tuesdays 6 MEGAN VALANTINE Open fOTUm. JOURNAL UNIVERSITY Fraternity explores new spot to haunt By AMANDA MITCHELL really interested in the old abandoned theatre on Main Street, but none ofthe ow ners were interested in renting them out." He said the fraternity contacted the Cedar City Daily News, who ran a story-othe fraternity needing a location, and property owners immediately began the fraternity contacting with oilers to rent out for the haunted house. amitchellsuujournal.com Sigma Nu will continue the tradition of their haunted Travis Jones, a sophomore engineering technology majorfrom Parowan, and CearraPerri, a sophomore major from Cedar City, check out SUUs pre-dent- al house this year, even without the old hospital. Sigma Nu member Chris Provost said the event will take place in the old Hollow Glen Inn at 3.108 N. Bulldog Road. said Provost after the ow ner of the old Iron County Hospital said it could not be used for the haunted house, the fraternity looked at several venues, but had a difficult time finding one. "W'e looked at a lot of he said. "The old places, Platt Warehouse we were Career Fair to find possibilities for their future. The event brings potential employers and potential employees together. "We went out to (the Hollow Glen Inn) and we knew that was the place to do it." Provost said. Kent owner Hospital Heideman said he is not allowing the event in the old hospital because he is See HAUNT, Page 6 ROTC cadets compete at Air Force Academy By JOSH SMITH Competing against teams from jsmithsuujournal.com freezing Battling SUU the temperatures, ROTC Ranger Challenge team competed with teams from 24 universities last weekend. SUU students connect with potential employers at fair University, said he was "just tickled at the high level of interest from SUU By AMANDA MITCHELL amitchellsuujoumal com students. Merlin Cheney, program director of the Masters of Arts Program at Weber State University, said lie has attended several other career fairs and alhough it was the first one he attended at SUU, he was impressed with interest that students had. Incentives for attendance were not limited to potential jobs, internships, and other opportunities. The ACDC also put together a draw ing for students who brought a resume and dressed in business casual or better to win an iPod. Academic and Career Adviser Brent Jones said. The drawing for the iPod will take place some time later this week. Cat mine said. Despite the high turnout, many of the employers, including the Bureau of band Management, were offering lewer opportunities for employment and mernUiips than in previous years, said Nkk Howell, lire Prevention Mmeation Specialist for the Cedar Grudunte schools joined Utah and national businesses. government agencies, and armed forces for the first time at SUUs biannual career fair Wednesday. Michael Carmine, assistant director of the career development at the Academic and Gaieer Development Center, said adding graduate programs to the Career l air "vvoiked out gteal." Carmine also said the lair was "verv well attended M any and other employ cis representatives at the fair said they noticed an increase in attendance. Capt. James Dav is. the Mat me Corps Officer Selection officer for the st.,te of Utah, said hes recruited at the SUU Career fair for at the last thtee eaieer fairs, and had a significant iikte.ise in interest this year. The titst time I came out here (ill Spring COOS) I scheduled thiee interviews the whole fair." he sun. "So far in the first two hours today Ive scheduled II (interviews)." Curtis Black, eoiporate liaison for outside sales for the Ken Bluiuhaid School of Business at Giand Cumin Tft F I i 7' lU- City BLM "We iistiallv have more internships available, but this year were only oltenng one seasonal internship nd one position." he said. . full-tim- e Winter temperatures at the Air Force Academy near Colorado SpringsJ Colo., provided an icy experience ior the cadets who competed on the team along with the two alternates and support Students could also explore programs from the armed forces to recieve funding for school. Davis said students that enter the Marine Corps program can earn up to SI 0.000 per school year. Its especially ideal for freshmen who are looking for the opportunity to lead." he said. "They can essentially recieve Represenatives from the Army and Navy vvete also there to oiler similar opportunities. Carmine said the Career Fair wasnt just for students to learn and apply for jobs and internships, but it was also an occasion for faculty members to meet with faculty trom other schools and business leaders "We like to encourage faculty to engage with the business leaders ,md faculty from other schools." he sa,d "It gives them all an opportunity to learn from each other " Carmine said other than adding graduate school', there were few changes to this semester's Career I air and the fair r.m smoothly "The Career lair is always a e'eat opportamtv t, r st adenis." ne s.o "We have a lot to ot'er be'c. P.s a co J u.:y to combme work and school " S.'O.OOO-SdJ.OOO.- staff. The SUU team competed in the coed division and finished fifth overall out of eight teams. hvents at the competition included a written test, day and night compass courses, an obstacle course. I0K march and a rope bridge. " ! Utah. and Wyoming Colorado, the Thunderbird Company finished third in the written test, obstacle course and daytime land navigation. In the other events the team scored variously from seventh in the rope bridge to fourth in the march. Team James captain a Bowler, junior history major from St. George, said he thought the team did best at the obstacle course and the 10K muich. We trained well for those events, so feel like we did well. he said. Team coach Sgt. Deiek Hull said he was pleased vv ith the team's el forts. "I think they did a great job." he s.nd "They improved 1 See ROTC, Page 6 cadets prepare to compete in the rope event at the Ranger Challenge at the Air bridge Force Academy in Colorado. SUU ROTC - Student climbers reach hiiili c levels SUC students and southern resident Utah rock climbers surrounded the climbing wall in the Sorenson PE. Building on Saturdav for the annual climbing competition sponsored by the Outdoor Center. 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