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Show uso tuamaiogvifi dlmvo sfrussYf !1ovj do you i Lot u$!mcvj! j ivaaf usiftmth liashiug j): Vitejfi)i2iio. ( WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, -- 4- f 20 DTXTESUNNEWS.COM Our View: todleinit eooissrafiioini As Jerry Maguire once said, Help me help you. In light of recent events involving a professor who was under investigation, the Dixie Sun News staff faced a lack of support from the student body when trying to report on a event closely matter. related to the Students protested in the professors defense outside President Biff Williams office. The event was a silent protest, but the students told strangers who asked whom they were protesting for and why. It wasnt until the big, bad wolf came knocking when people truly grew silent. Unable to find a single student who was willing to speak on record about the event, we found ourselves unable to report on a newsworthy campus circumstance that we felt students had the right to know about. Much to our frustration, nearly the moment we realized we g had something truly was snatched it to report on, from our grasp because people didnt and dont believe we will do our due diligence and adhere to the journalists code of ethics. This is especially frustrat student-organize- d hard-hittin- GdDdGUQ BY AARON PALMER aepalmer All the hours I spent watching the show taugl me that tapping a confirm can any phone suspicion, but nowadays online infidelity is more common and harder to spot than ever. According to a Fusion, com poll, 82 percent of 1 ,000 participants be- - ntro pepoptiniriig ing because the Sun often gets criticized that it doesnt report enough about important topics. How are we supposed to report on something if no one wants to come forward about it? How else will your cause be heard? While the topic surrounding the protest was sensitive in nature, the Dixie Sun News staff has been trained on how to handle touchy incidents. We realize we arent professionals, but we also arent reckless people who are out to get you. We simply aim to report on the facts because every student deserves to know them. As students, were all in the same boat. If you are involved with something youre passionate about, we hope you will come forward and let us be the medium through which you speak up. Were here to help promote your ideas and events. We want to help you gain awareness for your cause, but we cant report on what we dont know. If you refuse to talk to us simply because you think were just nosy reporters with no inhibitions, you have silenced the publication that works only to be your voice. DfilffD Gil Dotty tween the ages of 18 to 34 answered Yes to the question Do online flirtations or relationships count as cheating? We all know that being unfaithful to a significant other online is wrong, but how recognizable is online cheating and flirting? I decided to ask Dixie State University students if they could judge whether a screenshot of a text message was flirtatious or not. But first things first: What does flirtatious mean? It involves giving too much attention to and C A.y"' :A t! X Jfit - - Students protest at University of California, Davis in 2011. The Dixie Sun News staff wants to is important in gathering all of help promote student ideas' and events, but student cooperation the necessary information. GDotKJoGGljBtt 0l? r- G3fa( SttODGiloDilttS tt making someone besides P Good your significant other an morning. Hope object of your emotions, ,lj you said Aaron Hall, a junior scommunication major from St. George. I Hall also said being nervous or fearful to disclose 2 i text or online messages j Idk, I to a girlfriend, boyfriend, husband or wife might Staff writer Aaron Palmer showed this screenshot to signify that some degree students to see whether they think its flirtatious or of cheating is afoot. to see today DIXIE SUN around Payton Davis, yOT If youre in a relationship, your job is to make the other person your teammate, Hall said. And spilling your emotions and problems onto another person is a way of The numerous screens in our lives make the subject of cheating more difficult. Social media draws us closer and connects us to thousands of strangers, but at the same time, passwords and blocked accounts keep those closest to us in the dark. "'5 f'V' Edrtor-m-Chi- Editor Nick Anderson, Opinion Edita Karh Kuhn, Sports Editor Keshara Bjorkman, Features Edu Tom Hender, Photo Editor M , not. Technology has complicated the subject of whats acceptable in dating. cheating on your significant other. Regarding the screen-sho- t, Hall said, I think the first person is flirting with the emoji, but the other person seems more faithful because of their response. Katie Stevenson, a senior English major from LaVerkin, also agreed that the emoji signified flirtatious behavior. The smirking emoticon gives the impression that he or she wants to be more than just acquaintances, but I wouldnt consider it completely cheating because the second person gives a vague response like theyre not interested, Stevenson said. Some people responded that if the second person had ended his or her it response with would be flirting. Apparently, flirting is a matter of punctuation. NEft Emily Havens, Nesvs guess well see. y ) r And people think grammar class is a waste of time. On the other hand, Rebekah Wainwright, a senior music major from St. George, said that cheating really depends on the person youre in a relationship with. Do they care? Because if they do, then it is cheating. Wainwright then simply said open relationships are open and exclusive relationships are exclusive. Every relationship is different and unless its stated beforehand that your relationship is exclusive, its pretty hard to hold anybody to any standard, Wainwright said. Healthy relationships should establish whether they are open or closed. If not, then technically there is no level of commitment, no level of betrayal and, therefore, no such thing as cheating. Cody Eckman, Multimedia Edw Taylor Forbes, Ad Manager Haylie Anderson J C. 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