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Show WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, C"'' DTXIESUNNEWS.COM -- 4- ApflSfiude SqsOg NERDY CaoDpCc!) deanifag gqfggf Sea Utah seems less judgmental when it comes to nerdy continued from Page 3 pastimes. People who are vocal about their nerdiness have just accepted the fact of who they are and what they like, Woods said. Personally, I do feel more comfortable being a nerd at Dixie State, but that doesnt deter me from being myself back home. Ive accepted the nerdy things I like and people really cant knock me for the question remains: Why is Utah nerd haven compared to nerd hell (the southern states, according to the survey)? Collin Woods, a junior pofllla that. For this change in society, kudos goes to popular shows like The Big Bang Theory and entities like Marvel EnStan Lee, the tertainment famous comic book writer, is basically Moses to nerds There are a lot of people Woods also explained that This screenshot displays a student s strengxns anei test. Staff writer Haylie Anderson said aptitude testsof.help students identify career paths they might not have thought potential BY HAYLIE ANDERSON hayande Grow- ing up can be such a ' U h I .. . i ... difficult thing when having to move out and decide what you want to do. Dixie State University has an aptitude test that could possibly get you looking in the right direction. I think it is a good idea to take the test to help make the decision a little easier and maybe even give you a little reassurance if you have already chosen what you want to do. I actually enjoyed taking the aptitude test. It let me know I am on the right path and I am making the correct decisions so far on my major choice. The test asks many different ques people. My personality type is logical, analytical and objective. This means I want the basic facts before making any decision. I am also able to think logically, get to the very core of a problem and solve that problem. Taking the test was really easy. I went and talked with a career counselor on where to start and where to go after the test was complete. You can do the test from your own computer . and then go to the career center and one of the counselors will help you with other questions. I recommend going in and at least talking with a counselor. They are located on the fifth floor of the Holland Centennial trator. Commons. If you know I was matched as a social what you want to do you type or a helper type of can still take the test; it can interthe work in worker est assessment. The means give you some type of re assurance on your decision I would do best in a job where I am in contact with making process. tions regarding schooling, personality, skills, enjoyments, etc. It then gives you a basic picture of what you might be good at by how you answered the questions. I have a declared major of criminal justice. I chose this major because I would like to go into law enforcement. While in high school, I volunteered with the Bonneville County Sheriffs Office, and ever since then I have wanted to go into law enforcement. My aptitude test matched me pretty well. My fourth (paroleprobation officer) and sixth (police officer) results were the closest matches. My first result, which didnt match, was a child care center adminis- Send letters to the editor to DixieSundixie.edu Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in the newspaper and or dixiesunnews.com. The guidelines for letters are as follows: Submissions should be no longer than 250 words and must be well written. Wi iters must include name, phone number and email address. Students should also include year in school, hometown and major. Letters are subject to editing for length, style and grammar. Letters consisting of inaccurate, libelous, or highly offensive content will not be published. Letters should be submitted to in the body of the email, not an attachment. Letters become property of Dixie Sun News and may be published in any format. Dixie Sun News encourages a lively discussion on its website amongst its readers. Dixie Sun News does not edit comments. However, an editor will not post any comments that are libelous or dixie-sundixie.e- vulgar. du O : 2Qp for making more superheroes household names. To conclude, will this recognition change anything in Utah? Probably not. In Utah, nerds are usual and practically invisible. That guy in Sociology 1010 who dresses like Buddy Holly isnt abnormal anymore. At stores, nobody wonders why fashion lines the racks. Nerd culture is popular culture and I say keep the fashion coming. Despite the recognition, perhaps Utah has been for nerds longer than anyone has catalogued, a state described in the film Reveno. of the Nerds as a place where nerd persecution ends. geek-chi- c sanctu-ar- C x Of i $ V s FT 'T i ' -7 1; ' IE It t t" s Truong, a freshman computer and information technol-mi Elk Grove, California; Emily Beddoes, a freshman education ogy major from and Jesse from Fife, a freshman early childhood education major fror Delta; jor FROM LEFT, Phi-Kri- Seattle, show off their nerd attire. Staff writer Aaron Palmer said the definition of nerd is different than in the past. Unreasonable judgment worse than vulgarity I was in attendance in an advisery capacity at the recent BSU social mentioned by Rachel Gee in her letter to the editor. I also had my two young children with me. For the time I was and in attendance, the music being played was edited. I took special note of this as my wife try to limit our young children's exposure to profanity. thif p At one point, a popular song came on that was not edited. It played for about who seconds, give or take, before the student in charge of the music noticed. This student, was across the room socializing, quickly made his way over and changed the song. Furthermore, I do not think the characteristic that "makes Dixie look like scum," to borrow Ms. Gee's wording, is vulgarity. I think the problem stems from an individual judging-roofull of people "within the 20 second time span that I passed through the room." I do not know Ms. Gee, but we cannot foster a unified institution if students are going to and under educated conclude a room full of their peers "makes us look trashy, is more that interaction. behavior after twenty seconds of passive vulgar than any Frankly, four letter word. hip-ho- low-clas- s, Lish Harris Criminal justice assistant professor Racism evident in daily language As a Black faculty member on this campus, I feel it my responsibility to address the issu( and of linguistic racism. When words are used like scum, trashy, in association with individuals who are not given the same access to power and resources that others are, it perpetuates a climate of contention and disharmony that in turn limits access and the affordability to minority students as well as staff and faculty. I do think that the writer was intending to be offensive andor racist in any way. However, think that at times our biases are so ingrained in our daily language, mannerisms, discussic and interactions that coming up with the words: scum, trashy, and under-educare just covert and loaded ways of calling the BSU students and myself derogatory nanies the past. As the adviser to the Black Student Union, I would like to address the opening social event. At one point, a popular song came on that happened to not be edited, the student charge of the music quickly made his way over to the speaker and changed the song. Te music was not blasting at any unreasonable level. I was sitting towards that back of the room and was conversing with those around me quite easily. Personally, I actually am rea grateful that Ms. Gee wrote this letter because it goes to show the amount of work we h3'1 when it comes to inclusion and acceptance on campus. low-cla- under-educate- ss no 1 low-cla- ss at I s ( H Christina Duncan Sociology instructor Black Student Union Adviser c - I f |
