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Show I T Y A leccJl'dd Id race In honor of J V, President Mike & Debt Benson TuesdayApni 23, 2013 In the Gilbert Great Hall Public Invited 4 6 C i Monday, April 22, 2013 Southern Utah University Cedar City, Utah be N c PM o n OnOrf r? JJUU LsOJL UliOuAy Xj VICTORIA UU JORGENSEN SAVl , i TUB A -- irtrLti1- AawAoIU ARISSA ROWLEY UNIVERSITY JOURNAL sign outside of the Center for Sustainability asks for support. Earlier this semester the Budget Task Force cut funding for the Center. A International I It was By vjorgensensuunews jaH kb'vri u n; til i com The Budget Task Force made the decision earlier this month to cut all funds to SUUs Center of Sustainability; effective July 31, because of budget constraints, which may cause a decrease in alternative energy awareness and recycling educational outreach. Denise Tomer, sustainability specialist, said the social support for the Center is there, but they rely on monetary fuel to run their program. She said she realizes budget cuts must be made, but she said she thinks the Center for Sustainability is vital, and alternative options should be made, instead of cutting the Center. re- u Zji heartbreaking to hear that the hegemonic powers of our university made this choice not to support our efforts, she said. Personally, I think them cutting our funding is like jumping off a ship that is not sinking. Center for the Since in opened Sustainability July 2011, SUU has become SUU a campus. greener achieved a ranking of 96 in the Universitas Indonesia (UI) Greenmetric Ranking, which compared 215 universities in 49 countries for their efforts in sustainability and environment-friendl- y in management February. SUU was also awarded Rocky Mountain Powers Outstanding Green Business award in January - at SUU will be greatly impacted 2012 for continued management if the Center is dissolved, conservation, of energy because the center gives them earlier run a to story according access to vital opportunities and in a Jan. 2012 edition of the internships in this area. University Journal. secret are There many a current little Cindy Benson, job positions that many and former people dont even know about, member board vice president of the Southern that require knowledge about In she said. Utah Recycling Coalition, said sustainability. she feels SUU administrators the future, SUU will regret not are taking a tremendous step giving students an opportunity the skills they need backward in their effort to attract to develop those for jobs. forward-thinkin- g students to this Schofield said she thinks the institution by closing the Center. Center is essential, so she is a Victoria Schofield, doing whatever she can to try to communication save it. She said she is helping sophomore and St. from Michael Hatch, a freshman George major an ambassador between the engineering technology major Earth Club and the Center for from Panguitch, with his petition students to keep the Center. said Sustainability, minor a See RECYCLE, Page 8 sustainability pursuing pre-me- d institute announced By NISHA HOOD nhoodsuunews.com d McDonald Institute, a new addition to SUUs campus created to attract international students, will be having a grand opening ceremony today at noon in room 307 of the Gerald R. Sherratt Library. Johnny Oh, director of the MPI, said the ribbon cutting and open house are open to the public and will showcase the new institute, whose purpose is to help international students into medical get accepted school. want We to help them succeed in their he studies, said. Getting into accepted medical U.S. schools is an The Betty extremely difficult thing (for them) to do on their own. SUU Provost Brad Cook said the university has something unique to offer in this institute, and it may be the first of its kind in the country. So far, we found havent else anything Cook like it, I said. just other think dont universities have thought of this, and there really is a desire for international Pre-Me- should make international parents feel safe sending their children to the U.S. to live and go to school. a has Oh military background, and the schedule is very regimented, Cook said. This is a learning community and with rigid schedules, that in confidence have parents kind of environment. Oh said another major goal of the institute, aside from giving students high literacy, is showing a commitment to the community. I want to set an example, Oh said. Showing them is a good way to teach them, I think. SUU President T. Michael Benson said Oh has set a good example thus far. said Benson is an who Oh, "... We haven't accomplished found anything else like it. practitioner, offered just don't think other I universities have thought of this, and there really is a desire for international students to come to the U.S. and get this kind of education." martial arts recently Taekwondo a class to students who paid a fee out of their own pockets. He did the class for free and took the entire $5,000 he raised and gave it to the womens shelter in town, Benson said. That is the kind of person he is, and we are glad to have him involved. The Institute was able to open of a because of a donation students to come Provost to the U.S. and Cook Brad kind of get this quarter-millio- n education. Cook dollars, said Oh said. d the Being able to open this meant to be a institute is, in part, a way to community where learning students honor Betty McDonald and her international husband, he said. are accountability, taught (They) are great friends to American culture and literacy this institution, and (Betty) skills. Cook We will encourage really felt drawn to this, to be able to is nice It said. will and exercising regularly honor somebody who has been coordinate sporting events, Oh said. We will basically so significant in the lives of our hold their hands and ease them nursing students. and McDonald Cook, into the culture. Cook said what will make along with Oh, will be at the the MPI successful is the ribbon cutting ceremony this schedule, which afternoon. regimented ELISE ANDRUS Callie Mieure, a freshman psychology arts major from design major from Salt Lake City, throw old media rt. Sherratt Library booth Friday Orem, Jesse Atkinson, a freshman theatre major from material in the Gerald of the Library Lympics. Murray, and Alicia McKenney, a freshman graphic as part --A Lympics let students test their research, library skills of the Lympics was to get students into librarians, a scavenger hunt and answering the library and to help them learn about the trivia questions on the librarys Facebook whesssuunews.com resources available to them. page. Each participant received a water full of candy, no matter how many bottle earn to activities did certain Participants Librarians at the Gerald R. Sherratt Library earned. the in they points By Lympics competition. hosted the Library Lympics last week in points said Roche Michael the of end the part of the reason for getting the week, Thompson, Week. celebration of National Library won librarians signatures was so students and Phil Roche, assistant professor of library the individual with the most points, third-plac- e to get to know each other could librarians and Secondtablet. Fire media, said after he asked to be in charge a Kindle could continue a learning and so Shari and Flamblin Kedrick better, they winners, of outreach and promotion of the Lbrary, he semesters. for Tablets. Kindle received upcoming relationship regular Skougaard, proposed the idea to other faculty members, from See OLYMPICS, Page 8 Activities included getting signatures who readily accepted. He said the purpose By WADE HESS SUU student wins Best Warrior for Utah By NISHA HOOP nhoodsuunews.com With a week left in Spring are still practice, the Sorenson's for Brad searching leplacement for the quarterback position. Aaron Cantu, Mitch Dahlen, Jacob Allie and Tannon Pedersen are all still in the running to start the 2013 season as the quarterback. Sports, Back Page A basically a hike with 85 pounds of army gear, is no walk in the park. That kind of dead weight can bend a mans back beneath it h the kind and make a of hike that makes a man say, just one more step, over and over again. But its soldiers like Sergeant Conlee Luke of the Utah Army National Guard that make this incredible feat look easy. student at Luke, a full-tim- e ruck-marc- six-mi- le ruck-marc- he said. us up in a They actually picked "Us helicopter. entire Ip order to make it to the Conlee competition, regional Utah of first had to be chosen within Officer of the Year for Utah. whole national Megan Luke, Conlees wife Guard." and a senior at SUU, said Megan Luke winning the NCO of the Year award was a big honor, and her husband is too modest about his of a soldier who had been shot. achievements. Conlee said he had to storm a the entire He represents mock-villag- e filled with enemy Utah within the whole of state soldiers and rescue the downed National Guard, Megan said. man with a paintball gun before See WARRIOR, Page 8 dragging him to the landing zone. It was pretty cool, SUU, a husband, father and a with the weekend warrior 16th Engineering Company out of Fort Williams, has made this h more than once more than once in the past six months, as a matter of fact. After completing 10 tasks, including the and an obstacle h full battle-rattlcourse in helmet and about armor, (body 30 pounds of gear), Conlee won Best Warrior for the state of Utah, then Best Warrior for the region. It wasnt easy, Conlee said. We even had to do a mock-rescu- e represents the state the 1 Pre-Me- Quarterback battle in open competition UNIVERSITY JOURNAL h, ruck-marc- ruck-marc- e, Awards give recognition to best on campus Weather Update This week will begin with sunny skies and warm temperatures. Expect highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s. The Thunderbird Awards took place at the Heritage Center Theatre Saturday students night, finishing up Sunfest with a bang. The Thunderbird Ball followed, and dressed up in their finest, weai irg masks and dancing into the night. For a story and pictures see News, Page Art Hikes appeal to public, students SUMA Art Hikes, quarterly hikes sponsored by the SUMA Engagement Committee, offer participants an Community to experience southern Utah nature and hear opportunity local artists. of professional perspectives Accent, Page 7 Almanac, Page 8 3 Index News 3,4,6,8,10 5 7 Opinion Accent Sports BackPage, 11 |