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Show -- 2- DIXIESUNLINK.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 VEI SCAN HE(g WITH yoi SSMARTPHo V CHECK OUT MOBILE Oy PAGE The somet to open campus to political discussio PAW BY GREGORY LAYTON Staff Writer Last PAW was used as a platform for the candidates . and we put a lot of time and money into it, but it was just a flop, Whitbeck said. We still have voter registration and candidate debates going on, but we are kicking it up a couple notches this semester to do something different for the students. We want students to be more involved with the political process. The first activity was held Tuesday with students registering to vote. Voter registration will continue today from 9 a.m. to noon, which is held on The Diagonal. Afterward, speaker Richard Oppel Jr., a correspondent to The New York Times, will give a presentation in the Gardner Student Center Ballroom from noon to 1:15 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Oppel is currently reporting on the contest of the Republican Primaries. His presentation for students is titled The Race for the Presidency: A Reporters Perspec . . Political Awareness Week is currently underway at Dixie State College with new events for students political benefit. PAW is held every spring semester to involve students in political activities at DSC. Events started Tuesday and will end on Friday. Chaz Whitbeck, student body vice president and a senior biology major from St. George, said he, and the student senators, have high expectations for this years PAW activities. The student senators goals for PAW are to get students to vote, but now they have a different target. Voter Registration Voter Registration On the Diagonal dscgmail.com. Student body office candidates will have a debate at the Gardner Plaza Friday from noon to 2 p.m. Candidates will answer questions, debate issues and but re some declare.! State personal positions tthati It is your resp0ll ity to care about q is going on at camp on the I Whitbeck said. F.' there is only oneca date for two posit,, you can know whc. the candidate stand different issues the candidates Son others parent the gc not-- ned, s the up and Chr plat profe1 is. and cl said o r diffict that" uiforr they f,rT 'A v t it rf. & Nc ,0! they c said , c I S not 4 I at st Educt rag m CH conti Thursday Friday then Smoking Issue 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Gardner Ballroom On the Diagonal Richard Oppel Jr. wNew York Times 12 p.m. to 2 Gardner Student Center p-i- n. i be uti Open Public Forum Student Body Deba 3 a.m. to 12 p.m. p.m. All students are encouraged to come and voice their opinions. Pate said there are panels and committees set to represent both sides to create fair and open discussions. If you would like to be a panelist or committee member, then email Pate at healthsciencesenator. munication department Chair Brent Yergensen. Student Sen. Joe Pate, a senior nursing major from Provo, has been heading the topic of smoking on campus. The main goal of the forum isnt to decide Wednesday 1 lectively put their voices together to represent a policy or issue, Pate said. We need the whole student voice to see the whole picture. tive. There is an open public forum on the topic of smoking on campus held Thursday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Gardner Ballroom. The forum will be moderated by com- Tuesday 3 a.m. to on smoking policy, but to get students to col- havin' 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. years Ho1 booth Mall Encampment perioi will s stude Mr. Dixie 7:30 p.m. to 9 pm 27 an 3pm On Gardner Ballroom u Forum to revie pi smoking polic BY APRIL JACKSON Staff Wn ter ,V,ar vf ms Uti I -- be given 10 minm The debate around A making Dixie State College a smoke-fre- e campus is still alive. The debate surfaced last semester when student government came under fire for its polling methods regarding the . 7 flk a A t f a' A Y, A AMU, . V a;1', J' 'V' - 7 f 'f' 1 r U'Y' s, 7 A i r .AVi if A f V . tTa t issue. Student Body President Mike Sheffield, a junior business major from St. George, said student government still wants to know if students want Dixie to become a smoke-fre- e - Fz'iVC'V A UltihivOarHIiEiT' Aw A '- : r : r. - - ; tv a br.k; . tAT. t, Y; r I A - t jw I s r Til f 1 i ''1 ? w. fe v fV ..t V '! I f.ij, I ' . f 2 - jlr' J S i t fa t ,'T ' y T i 1 .t, T 1 r; W , i Tee campus argument The senators d it campus. Student government is trying to understand the voice of the students, Sheffield said. Student Body Vice President Chaz Whitbeck, a senior biology major from St. George, said the forum would be a debate between two senators. Were going to have professor Brent Yergensen of the communication department moderating the forum , Whitbeck said. Well have one senator give a campus pro smoke-fre- e and one giv argument smoke-fre- e anti an ing in the faller but tl to debate their poi ahig other Afterward, the fto a will be open to at T, relea' questions. theC Well open it to: Conti floor to give a one opinio two-minu- te the subject, Whin said. After everyor said what theyve say, well Bat to be pregr blami high State have on: Progr ing arguments. m soi Whitbeck saidti educ; acces forum was are si to increase t The r involvement one.' versy We sat down u the senate and an issue", we can get people voice their opim care about it?1M beck said. We tfrj j around a couple01! j and decided ontlw created-wa- smoke-fre- e campLj Whitbeck said U' believes the forun encourage student' voice their opiw011 the controversial t Its an awesotf opportunity for voices and opimr to be heard by tT student governm-an- d their peers as' Whitbeck said. The smoke-fre- e fomm will be pThursday Cent the Gardner 1- -3 j V |
