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Show N PORTS LIFESTYLES tennis team ompletes season 4th place ?)SC Get involved around town for Earth Day Page Lj'iVv . i m fj.it, ,i r, .1 f.. . r, t 20 0 Dixie State College of Utah . k 1 stop, hort of he sai nirrtate dolls e. Tha 1 ln gt Womens Achievement Conference Educating women to be focus of Saturdays event ice p.m have a chance to be awarded a S250 wardrobe, and Ill also give a 10 percent off bounce back coupon for those who attend my session, Bertie said. Bertie sa'd hell also have five cos reties or fragrance baskets to give away, as well as another $250 wardrobe at the end of the day. Ill probably also do a 10 percent bounce back for all attendees, he said. If you attend youll get a coupon for 10 percent off anything in the store. Another speaker is regional economist Lecia Langston, who will be discussing the importance of education in the current 1 lent ( k al tent iD' ' a.m 'r mtiff u tbbsaid nvisitt' edfa tool show - 4Ts major from Las Vegas, touches up posters for the upcoming Womens Achievement Conferplace Saturday in the Gardner Ballroom. travels she has realized but that was a ton of work After the those prominent. It wasnt too how women are falling beand wouldnt accomplish hard to sell because its a attending have the opportu- RACHEL TANNER BY Dixie tmector Sun key-not- e, Editor-in-Chi- justsai; d jandob conference organized for women will weekend at dxie State College and I promote the impor-- e of getting a college pecially said, iheld this the 'Red." iwcho: ut30 ducation. ingact lie Womens Achieve-;o- t Conference was sof Porta Dixie or-iz- by current Miss Ve Alana Lee, a sopho-;or- e communication Las Vegas. Lee d7ft she has traveled siund the world to differ- j a sek countries like China rom Ireland, and during her dley, sjor from jtyait is this led Tit aid. "!' BY Dixie CASIE FORBES Sun Online Editor coni Dixie lyablt f their will tingle ed Spends are 41 of a their watch ne'- long needed. adent .ulsett a payment in scholarship given to senators to pay them work. The first por-,:,lDSC student - 315 fthe State College student inators received a stipend ease from $300 to $600 tester, which some ait senators and student Comment members say IJi hah'-:xcit- hind. Women are not making advances as quickly as men are, she said. As I won my title as Miss Dixie, I decided to work on that and start opening doors. Womens education is a really relevant issue right now. Lee began organizing the conference back in December. The WAC was Alana s brainchild, Dean of Students Del Beatty said. She wanted to have an expo with booths and presenters, what she wanted. So she decided to host a conference and have powerful women come speak. Lee contacted several different influential men and women and told them the purpose of the conference. This is not a feminist thing at all, its about what you need to do for yourself, Lee said. All the people I contacted think this is a relevant issue as well. These are all people who are really educated and have used it to become really timely thing. The conference will open with a key-nospeaker: former Miss Nevada Elizabeth Muto. Lee said Muto enacted legislation in Nevada and Utah, called the Safe Haven Law, where women can take babies to any fire or police station and leave them there with no questions asked. Muto was abandoned at the Reno Airport when she was a baby, Lee said. She is wonderful; she became the first black Miss Nevada. te that South Each senator represents a large constituency and sometimes represents more than one department. The senators were originally given a $300 stipend instead of a scholarship to fulfill their du- ties. Abby Hirschi, a junior tal hygiene major from den- Lay-to- n, communication major from Iona, Idaho, said Weber State University pays its senators with a e scholarship, and said when she served on the Student Advisory Counsel one year ago, the representatives were receiving Utah Valley University senators receive a $600 stipend per month. $200 per semester. According to the Associated Students of Dixie State College full-rid- ls sena-1- 5 currently receiving the amount ern Utah University student senators get. SUU pays its senators $300 per semester, but that may increase for the fall semester, said Megan Spiva Lloyd who is SULTs academic vice president. Student Body President Dewey Denning, a senior Constitution and Charter, SAC members represented students, reported concerns about the campus or policies to the Executive Council, and researched concerns made by the student body. "Now that the senate is established, I feel the increase is worth it," she said. "Its really changed a lot." Hirschi said if students realized the time and effort each senator puts into his or her job, they would be surprised. The senators' committee members also put in a ffetf 11 be? song' nedlt it" Hose re to- nity to attend different breakout sessions. Lee said there will be two to three different speakers during each session. Lee said Dillards store Manager Tim Bertie will be talking about dressing for success and how to have people take you seriously. Bertie said he will also be discussing fashion and how it applies to students at DSC when trying to get work after they graduate. People who attend my part of the conference will economy. Langston is going to talk about how important it is for women to be successful because of the economy, Beatty said. These days were seeing more women employed than men because they have more customer service skills. Beatty and his wife will be speaking about understanding the trends of the day and how to stay focused on college. My wife and I are presenting off one of my topics from my masters thesis, Beatty said. I tweaked it a little to talk about education trends in the nation and how it impacts families. We are living this ourselves because my wife is going back to school to educate herself. Other speakers include Tim Eicher, associate professor of family studies, see WAC page 3 Stipends serve as compensation for student gov. nth tfc e x ophomore Alana Lee, a communication ee. The conference is set to take n't km s X to f the ,e VS ' fiMrf $& Visit us online 1T k 1 1 ft T ISA for breaking news, photo galleries, commentary, interactive features, and more how to reach us inside News Sports Opinion Arts & Entertainment Lifestyles lot of work, Hirschi said, but they do not receive stipends. These stipends are all performance-based stipends that can be withheld if a senator is not doing his or her job. However, Jensen said this amount was not enough for the work the senators put in. They were doing more than what they were getting paid for, Jensen said. Senators are required to attend student senate meetings, and have at least three hours of office work, which can include creating bills, attend- - 1 4 6 9 H Dixie State College Jennings Bldg. 225 S 700 E St. George, UT 84770 dixiesundixie.edu ing meetings, investigating bills, and helping discover new degrees. They also help during Political Awareness Week and Student of the Semester. The stipends take the worries out of buying school supplies, said Spencer Potter, the fine and performing arts senator and junior integrated studies major from Ogden. 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