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Show SPORTS PAGE 4 : state College ' Womens soccer lacks off year 'WB,d& 700 E c , ; ;rge,UT S4770 652-781- 8 (135) rtU r)(g'dixie.edu ((O)) N'TUJJjJIL Center for Media Innovation THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH ci'' "j N. '7;s e-- '" A I I ix f X j i '-r X j i i A j 1 U ; V. A . enekMKfc) VOLUME XLI, NO. 1 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, Game, ervice9 20il V ST. GEORGE, UTAH foam round out W.O.W. The game features a plethora of mini games 'arr rst Wednesday night. 7- ft A' vi ja V5 - tv i ,1.4 4x r" G 1 , V ; , T nh I r7 M A , ' , ; where contestants have one minute to complete unique tasks. Ryan Mayfield, DSCSA vice president of public relations and a senior communication major from Taylorsville, said "Minute to Win It" will contain several V, i ? Vlf f.X xM, off-the-w- AT) x; ?' ' 8X UA V C- - o ' T "W. ' X: J - i. games. "Two team members might have two balloons each, and they have to keep popping them up in the air with- n 4 c' ? jl-- i " " w f- ?U 7 V' 'vfV 1 G v ' 'A r 4 V Ar 4 V'r7v J ! - ' ; v anstruction, leek 4RD BRIGGS ne Welcome at of State College with a game ".a service project ipsup 1 ilthe Dance as of Dixie College Student nation ushered in Foam nembers te school He year. members 'ISA east of have one V day provided activity for the stu- dio participate, a rf ') in-fe- g carnival on Dixie & V j? 1 rV' 5V t V , H Li VjW. 4 v Monday, an open forum with Wayne Newton regarding the documentary of his life on Tuesday, Club Rush today and Thursday, "Minute to Win It" tonight, a service project on Thursday, and the Foam Dance on Fri- stage passes to the up- coming Yellowcard concert in October. Student Body President Mike Sheffield, a junior business major from St. George, said if students could pick only one activity to choose from to attend then they should choose the Foam Dance. "Everyone loves the Foam Dance," Sheffield said. "Its just a good time." Sheffield said he hopes students will see day. Members of DSCSA are also giving out W.O.W. schedules with ticket stubs attached to them. With these ticket stubs students can enter a drawing to win back- - 4v this year's student government members as approachable. He said his goal is to create a culture and unity on campus that will help propel DSC into university status. Students wanting to join clubs will have that opportunity on Wednesday and Thursday during club rush. The event takes place on The Diagonal from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on both of those days. Anyone wanting to start a club and have it represented at club rush needs to talk Chancen Hall, DSCSA vice president of clubs. Visit him inside the student government room, which is located on the top floor of the Gardner Student Center. For more information about club rush, go to the Lifestyles section on page eight for a list of the clubs and club descriptions. "Minute to Win It" is the activity slated for I 2 State College mobilized with new application BY BRYAN UHRI Online Editor s ! V f i ; Yj B ! J enshot 'V students attended the Week of Welcome carnival Monday at the Encampment Mall. Although juxtaposed with recent the carnival remained a popular part of the week. of new RICH V - M t. Scores 7;c- - out the balloons touching the ground," Mayfield said. "There's a cup stacking contest things where you might have to roll toilet paper around your arms." With all of the games and food, the members of DSCSA also want students to be helpful as well. The service project on Thursday night is that opportunity for students to give back. The service project during W.O.W. is to plant trees around the DSC campus. Meet at the Gardner Center at 5 p.m. Finally, the Foam Dance takes place on Friday at 9 p.m. at the plaza of the North Instructional Building. The Foam Dance, also known as the First Chance Dance, is back for a second year. of the Dixie State Mobile App shows available. The mobile app will be useful ?nts to find campus news, athletics and school'information. U1I Going off to college? Theres an app for that. Dixie State College announced its new mobile phone application this fall, and users are already flocking in with nearly 500 downloads on the Android Market alone. Southern Utah's aspiring college isn't alone in the app store runnings. The University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College and Utah State University all have applications available for mobile devices. The process for devel- oping the application has been in the works since earlier 2011. The app was commissioned by the DSC Public Relations and Marketing team in order 'viii tr to provide students with a useful tool in navigating campus as well as providing other useful information. After discussing the idea in an executive meeting the project was approved and bids were requested from multiple developers, said Stan Plewe, vice president of academic services. Ultimately the development was commissioned by Straxis Technologies. The company has built similar applications for the University of Nebraska, West Point and Tulane University. The application is feature rich and provides access to YouTube videos, school calendars, polls, press releases and even the school fight song. With the new Hol land Commons Building, we have seen that mobile applications can be used as wayfinders for students by using the GPS feature, Plewe and programming, the app was released on Aug. 8, 2011, for both the Android and iTunes application markets said. We hope down the line students will be able to use the app to register for classes as well. Marketing Coordinator Jared Madsen , said the application was developed specifically to help students and that more projects are under- While the word is still spreading about the application, some students have found it to be a valuable tool as classes begin on campus. way. We are adding mobile webpages to the Dixie website to help Blackberry users as well, he said. The app was created thanks to a donation from Randy Judd executive director of the DSC bookstore, and Dean Steve Bringhurst. After nearly six months of brainstorming without charge. Jayce Whatcott, a sophomore biology major from St. George, said she initially downloaded the application after hearing about it in a student alumni meeting. I got it so I could sing the school song, but I read the news stuff as well, she said. Whatcott said she has also recommended to her friends that they get the app to help them find classes around |