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Show THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS JPAGE 4 Limited funds does not equal limited gift ideas Student budgets yield creative gifts and the bigger spenders can beat the holiday rush and get this year's hottest items. Christmas hopping in Cedar City. tudents said some of the best pla to shop are in alt Lake City, Provo or Las Vegas, but others prefer to tick with stor in t. George or Cedar City's own WaJ-Mart upercenter. Mo t students plan to purcha e clothing thi Christmas, but another popular it m on their gift Ii ts i gift cards. Wendy cott, a junior theatre ducation major from Port .mouth.,. Va. , said she plans to get a family portrait as a gift for her family. ate And rson, a junior-communi ation major from Tooele,. tab , aid it "might e m c hee y," but he plans to get everyone UU sweaters. S tudents will likely recommend suggestion to make the mo t of their limited money. On suggestion is for student to take lO minut and create their own gifts instead of paying fonbem . tudent can ~uy ramen noodle and milk on their next Wal-Mart run and al o pick up a fi w mu or other d corative containers to fill with candy or similar items. This type of gift is easy to fill and decorate during study break , while stilJ watching talion 2), Mario Kart: uper Cir uit Advance for Game Boy Advanced) , WWF and lord of the Rings merchaodi e , and tradirfonal favorites such as LEGO, Barbie and Hot Wh el . TV. BY CYNTHIA KIRKHAM SENIOR TAFFWRITER Chri tma i just three weeks away, and SUU students are getting ready to pend money buying gifts fore eryone they kno . ome tudents began their holiday hopping over the Thank giving break , ta.king advantage of th extra time before finals begin. Other students said they went hopping over Thanksgiving becau e they c uld find better bargain where th y live than in edar City. The e tudents aid they wouldn't do any Another idea is to purchase dear tree ornamen at a .craft tore and decorate .them. All that is neces ar is a little imagination. tuden might want to try · taking th top off the ornament and tuff dried flowers , equins, confetti, paint, gJitter, etc. insid . ome people may rem mber the Tickle Me Elmo Nonie Ga~ a so h craze of everal years ago. Thi year, however, there education ~a,·orpf omore elementary are everal toy in hot demand. Play Date 2 1, a th c rom St Geo . e hrlstmas spirit b . rge, Qets Into company that tracks toy sales, said one popular item frnlshing touche t YPutting on the is Bionicle by LEGO, a series of action figure building Bullding's tree ; 0 the Administration ets with alien-like creature . students can oivev~n with low budgets Other popular toy include Bob the Builder, under the tree this made gifts to put Electronic Talking coop by Playskool, Harry Potter ay season. item , Metal GeaI oHd 2: on of Liberty (for Play h~'::; r brings experience Convo hosts Deluca Summe_ Kevin Michael Deluca, assistant professor of peech communication a.t the University of Georgia, will s ~ at today's Convocation at 11 :30 a.m. in the Auditorium. His subject will be a spinoff of his book, Image Politics: the New Rhetoric of turtle conservation work and io Austria, wbece be was also inVolved with environmental issues. . He couples his expertise in this area with his lgnificant experlen e with communication ' theory rclated. to mass media in America, which makes Env#ronmental his lectures Activism. SUU's bonots comprehensive.and · program uses the book in timdy. its syllabi. Deluca's lecture is Del.u.ca is a well-traveled called "Creating individual and an Wilderness: landscape authority on wilderness Images and issues and environmental Environmental challenges. He received his Kevin OeLUC8 Politics," and is coeducation at the University sponsored by the honors program. of Massachusetts <\Od the UniVersicy of I wa. Deluca has All Convocation presentations pent tim in Malaysia doing sea are free and open to th publ.ic. Miss SUU pageant set BY KIMBERLY PATIERSON JO RNAL TAFFWRITER Workshops for the Mi uth m tab Diversity 2002 Pageant b gan jn the middl of ovemb r, but it is not to late for conte tant to enter. Th pageant will take place Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium. D'El B atty, coordinator of tud nt invo lv m nt and pageant director, said the pageant will be the kickoff event for Thunder Wi ek. Mi UU is an official preliminary to th Mi · 'Utah cholarship pageant and the Miss America Pageant, Beatty aid . ontestants are judged in four categori : 40 percent of th total score is talent, 30 p rcent is int rview, 15 percent i phy ical fltne in a im uit and 15 . percent i evening wear. Any female student interes ed in competing ay contact B atty at 865-8075 or Meagin O en, the current Mi , at 831·8331. AIL entry materials are due Monday. Ryder Lemler used his summer to learn about the political world "You must see (it] firsthand to see it properly," BY MEG CADY JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Lemler said. Lemler also said.he was impressed with th staff, especially the senator mother, Betty DascWe. He liked the "Daschle work ethi.c " and came to respect Daschle as an articulate, hardworking man. Lemler had an opportunity to get to know Da.sch1e.on a persooaI level and said he looks to him as an example. Lemler applied for the internship by sending his resume to a member of Dascble' staff. He said several internships were available, but he chose the one be Ryder Lemler, programming chair for the Center for Politic and Public Service, served an internship with Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., during the ummer of 2001. 1be senior political spence major from Gettysburg, S.0:, performed duties such as office errands, casework. and outreach assistance. Casework included hdping citizens wanting personal help with their problems. He listened to concerns and ideas and helped them obtain grants for public projects or records. felt most For outreach appropriate for · assistance, Lemler future career. travel d alJ over Although 1eml r South Dakota and will graduate io met with mayo May, he · returning un ty officials and to ouch Dakota to economic leaders. work for Sen. Tim They reported what Johnson in January. th senator was He wants to work doing in for Daschl again Washington, D .C. , after eJ ctions in and Ustened to November and opinions and progr from Ryder Lemler, a senior political science major from community needs. there. Lemler said trip as Gettysburg, S.D., fulfilled an internship with Senate Lemler said his an outreach assi tant Majority Leader Tom Daschle during the summer of opportunity to 2001 . were among his work with Johnson favorite duti . He was a direct tilt enjoyed discussing various issu s and economic of his intcmsb.ip, and aid tudents ·bouJd get politi affecting th communiti throughout th experience in a ch en field be£ re actually stat with community lead rs. entering tb work force. Lemler said he learned firsthand what it was n1dents who are interested in internship like to he a ator, and ho th S nate works. po ·sibilities in this area may contact Dian He aid he .learned as much from his int rnship Werb r in the Center fi r Politi and Publi as he did during his previous college years. ice at 586-7898. |