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Show THE CAMPUS Bicycle safety still a concern for Senate By JENNIFER MORLEY ASSISTANT EDITOR I I Thursday's Convocation speaker, Izzy Tausinga, spoke to a group on campus Wednesday night as well, displaying gang apparel. 'Izzy' Tausinga speaks frankly of gang violence recruit gang members, and let the new, young members do most of the dirty work said Tausinga. "Most of the leaders either go back to the state they came from on their own, but more often they are jailed and shipped back to their origination," Tausinga said. Once you know what to look for, gang members are not hard to pick out. "Colors and hand signals are the most obvious sign of a gang member," said Tausinga. "Red is generally known as the 'bloods' and blue is the color of the 'crips.' A combination of these colors and their gang symbol or name can easily be spotted. "Gangs are found everywhere in Salt Lake City and don't be surprised to see some of Cedar City's youth displaying some of these signs and symbols," said Tausinga. Tausinga found that his motivation to do away with gangs and violence stems from his experience of recent shootings and gang raids. "I see today's youth, as young as junior high school students, involved in a number of violent crimes," says Tausinga."Today's youth want power, fortune, status and to fill the need of family association. A gang provides all of these things at an alarming rate." The detective proved just how violent gangs can get by showing the audience slides of some gang violence victims. Tausinga continued and said, "The unfortunate ones are always young children, hit by stray bullets in drive-by shootings. The ones pulling the trigger are not much older, trying to kill each other, but it's the innocent that always end up dead." Tausinga concluded by showing photos of recent funerals of some of the gang members he knew. "Imagine what it was like for me to talk to the mothers of these dead gang members. Gang membership only ends up in death." By RYAN HATCH SENIOR STAFF WRITER Students were surprised to see all the guns and gang paraphernalia on display at Thursday's Convocation. Isilei "Izzy" Tausinga, a Salt Lake City detective, demonstrated yesterday that the gang violence currently found in Salt Lake could easily show up in Cedar City in a matter of years. Tausinga said that just seven years ago, the police officials of Salt Lake thought that gangs would never come here. "We would bust kids for carrying bubble gum, now we are confiscating shot guns, knives and bombs." The gang influence immigrated from various locations in the west, he said. The most frequent places gangs come from are California and Washington. Gang leaders will come into Utah, Isilei "Izzy" Tausinga shows to Convogoers the sign and colors of the 'crips.' I Parking and bicycles continued to be the hot topics at Tuesday's SUUSA Senate Open Forum and meeting. Several SUU students have recently voiced their concerns about these issues through the suggestion boxes located in the Student Center. A recent memo written by the state Risk Management/Safety Committee discussed the option of outlawing bicycle riding on campus because bicycles are a safety hazard. A case involving a bicyclist accidentally hitting and killing a pedestrian on a university campus was cited in the memo. If bicycles were to be made illegal on campus, students would still be allowed to ride their bikes to campus, just not on campus. Although this has not been made official, it is currently under consideration. SUUSA leaders are encouraging students to voice their opinions, ideas, suggestions and concerns at the SUUSA Senate open forum held every Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. in Zion A and B, or through the suggestion boxes in the Student Center. Another student concern discussed at the meeting involves the crosswalk by Juniper Hall. Students who live in Juniper feel that cars are not slowing down or stopping for pedestrians who are waiting to cross the street. A possible solution discussed is to put up a "Crosswalk Ahead" sign. Students who have other solutions or thoughts on this issue should feel free to address them at the open forum or through the suggestion boxes. Also during the meeting, SUUSA President Stacee Yardley announced that Justin McEwen, a freshman business administration major from Richfield, U tah, was selected as the SUUSA legislative assistant. McEwen's responsibilities include lobbying, getting voter registration and voting started at SUU and preparing for UIA (Utah Intercollegiate Assembly), Yardley said. Yardley also said the SUUSA Information Center is now fully operational. The center is located across the hall from Thunderbird Circle and is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Alli Holman, director of Clubs and Organizations, announced the approaching "Winterfest" at SUU. Activities planned for the Nov. 28 Dec. 3 fest include a festival of trees, a Winter Formal, Sub-for-Santa community service and a game entitled "You Laugh, You Lose." Students who would like to help plan the week or who would like more information can contact Holman in the Student Association Offices or call extension 7766. Finally, senators passed a $2,826.16 bill allocating the funds for their fall quarter senate projects. The original request was for $2,658.16. However, Business, Communication and Technology Sen. Stafford Southwick amended his requested $56 to $224 for his project, TV Campus Awareness. According to Southwick, the project involves videotaping campus activities and showing them on a bigscreen TV in the Student Center so students who didn't attend could say "Oh, look what I missed. I think I'll go to the next activity." The amendment will fund Southwick's project for four weeks instead of the previous plan of one week for $56. The investigating committee gave the bill a positive recommendation and both the amendment and the bill passed unanimously. Electronics faculty members earn statewide recognition A pair of Southern Utah University professors have been recognized statewide for their efforts in the electronics area of applied technology education. Don Blanchard, professor of electronics, has been named the 1994 Outstanding Electronics Instructor by the Utah State Office of Education's Division of Applied Technology Education. The presentation of the award was made at the annual Utah Applied Technology Education Conference held at Logan. This year, for the first time, the conference recognized outstanding instructors in a variety of industrial education sections. Blanchard, a regular presenter at the conference, is the first electronics instructor to be honored under the new format. He was previously given the 1984 Outstanding Teacher award by the Utah Vocational Association. David Ward, associate professor of electronics technology, has been named president-elect of the electronics section of the conference. Both Blanchard and Ward made presentations at this year's conference. Blanchard led attendees in a laser construction project, and Ward made a presentation on voice synthesis. |