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Show f V0LUMEXLI,N0.24 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 fSc 21 i SS crilie GREGORY LAYTON Staff Writer c that u'd to j ir wit), mldnt p,ie novatn ontribu nee the challenge deciding how to help with of dUl 2 Club Council State College is Inter by S of, ic by Ker :x said clubs international efforts while juiting enough money for pmg a clubs. DSC Red has aping 0 request-521,00- from the ICC ' ee-aa- d ngs u the 35 performing of the club in their jssist v'erse dents upcoming summer recruiting trip to China. This will be the second time Raging Red will travel to China. We made a name for ourselves in China, said Merrilee Webb, Raging Red club advisor and an assistant music professor. They have only one television station in China . called CCCTV and they were everywhere we went; they couldnt believe what was happening. . Raging Red needs money to help fund traveling, recruiting and show expenses. I have learned if you dont ask then the answer is always no, Webb said. We asked for $21,000, but we dont expect to get $21,000. We will be grateful for whatever we get. According to the 2012 Raging P.ed Bill, the trip will cost $84,000 with $42,000 coming from DSC . hateer at i 3, strut forms as time ew ano enrollment investment for DSC. te is up, Nadauld We are confident that we get it all back and a lot more, Nadauld said. If you look at the combined activities of Raging Red. . . we get many multiple times back of what we spend on them as a recruiting tool; they pay for themselves 10 or 20 times over. In the Raging Red bill, the club still needs $42,000 said. For us to recruit internationally it benefits every student on this campus, Webb said. It benefits the international students as well because their education is less expensive here then to stay where they were. Raging Reds estimated trip cost may seem costly, but it is considered an see CHINA page 3 a in verMi i mak'r me, ever, and our J! sort ids recruiting funds. The money we put into Raging Red is really recruiting money, said DSC President Stephen Nadauld. Its intended to try and get students to come to Dixie. With their help and others, three things have recently happened to DSC student enrollment. The number of international students has dramatically increased, DSC has more minority students than administrators break ground on Snow Science Center; Centennial Commons nears completion RICHARD BRIGGS , Editor-in-Chi- ef isitions ed labs will home on the leanew end of campus, and Chemistry that rules, isCs and in , ; X rth largest building schedule for its in May. administrators use itn npletion mean DSC two-wee- j building contributors ibstep it ground on the new Science Center on 2, and the final iches are being put on iLe origtna the) ow Holland gs. lit ally tons of 1 Centennial 'mmons. was broken 't north of the current axs rary for the Science uxedb liter. When the library ae my moved into the Cen-iniex- Commons, the nent library will be Torev modeled and changed Countn the Science Center. e il nnwi 'ath classes and such ubstep classes, ng chemistry, will be inside the Science genre' i Mi? t''' Grch ubstep Ground the 18. Ir al i ht physi-scienc- Id osites enter. Victor ,11 is can want re Hasfurther, dean and technol-sai- d at the grounding of the Science enter that it was a great science to you physical science for ) stay D a listen idents. d like A much needed chem- - BY ictor APRIL JACKSON Staff Writer dected ial fut living the life-'l- e Saint day may still be the aJnty at Dixie State liege, according to Sun poll, but ;gious diversity is teasing due to more Students n their -- pressing Louis trib- - rrnatioi1 Suiting the Il Cf 4 " what on they followed, ,Urd that 64.3 percent students Students are LDS e 12.8 percent of ;j you ee? er? eedto out-of-sta- poll, which asked Merits iq 23 v.. , 'j didnt follow i i J ..iii ' - f - v Jr S & r & - i Administrators stand with shovels ready to break ground on the Snow Science Center. Other construcd Holland Centennial Commons. tion on campus also includes the nearly-complete- istry lab center is being tarted today, Hasfurther said. Our quality faculty, which have had to live with less than adequate chemistry laboratories for many years, are really excited for the new center. Hasfurther said the specific religion, and 6.9 percent followed an unspecified form of Christianity not affiliated with the LDS church. Lutherans, Baptists and Evangelicals each had 1.9 percent of students following the religion, while 2.9 percent of students identified themselves as Catholic, and .9 percent were Greek Orthodox. Out of the students with religious preferences, 80.4 percent of students said they were of practicing members a new building will help faculty members provide undergraduate students the quality learning environment in the physical sciences, math and other health occupation classes they have needed. He also said he hopes the new building will maybe general storage room. The lower floor will have a chemistry analytical lab, a chemistry instrument lab, and a geology lab and storage room. help DSC obtain a bachelors degree in chemistry one day. DSC President Stephen Nadauld said the upper floor of the building will feature ail organic chemistry lab, a general chemistry, lab, a chemical stock room and a us: Stale College lnings Bldg. j5S7ooE George, UT 84770 ae fjtle: C435) 652-781- 8 (.eater Or MedU limQvMwm lor IILINE their religion, while 19.5 percent said the opposite. Holland Centennial Commons Sherry Ruesch, execu Construction on the plaza in between the Gardner Student Center and the Centennial Commons wont be completed until September, along with tearing down the Whitehead Student Service Center. The Centennial Commons will be used during the summer, but we wont have the grand opening and dedication until September, Ruesch said. Well hopefully have the plaza and SSC demolishing ready by September. As for students with no religious affiliations, 4.9 percent said were atheists, and they .9 percent identified as Satanists. While Mormonism remains the dominant religion on campus, the religious diversity on campus has increased in just the last few years. Maddie Morrell, the Vice President of Student Life, said the increase reflected suc- - out-of-sta- te COriTEtlTrg Baseball wins 3 of 4 against Hilo given tours and 1 PODCAST 'H U SLIDESHOW peoples understanding religious diversity part of that, he said. of each other. If you live in a Everyone should embrace that. He also said religious diversity on campus will- ety is each other, though it is still an issue that gets brought up with potential students and their Ive posed to diversity, and well-round- thought religion shouldnt influence students interactions with parents. diversity is a big part of receiving a education. Pait of getting an education is to be ex- help students prepare for the real world. If youre a white Mormon from Utah and you go to Temple University in Philadelphia, youll be in the minority, Beatty said. We live in a global world. Beatty said ultimately diversity in the world can only strengthen the parents primary concern is religion, she said. Theyre concerned their child wont fit in or make friends. Dean of Students Del Beatty said exposure to cess on the part of the campus to bring more students to Dixie. We want to improve campus culture, and thats done through all sorts of people, Morrell said. Morrell said she S PORTS PAGE 5 aet 'esunflidixie.edu at . r : Dixie students religiously diverse of lyer :en a itfte'iC. 4J o reat tive director of campus services, said completion of the Hoiland Centennial Commons is right on schedule for its original completion date of May 20. She said once the building is complete k there will be a period for the contractors to inspect the building and verify everything is ready to use. The building will be ready to move into by June 4. The library will be moved into the Centennial Commons two weeks after everything else on June it soci- thats homogeneous, doesnt add to the progression of society, Beatty said. LIFESTYLES PAGE 9 Italian restaurant gets praised VIDEO ONLINE DISCUSSION |
