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Show Football breaks conference records for rushing yards r Resources made available to ease student depression ( s t I A . t N, sports page 7 5 features page 7 commit ee refines new mascot wsr' W. W I ! I L. i S.5.2, I r- 'rr - i - t WEDNESDAY 2015 EMBER 4, VOLUME XLV NO. 1 0 Some of the mascots in consideration for the new identity of Dixie State University include the Red Devils, Coyotes, Dragons, Raptors, Pioneers, Rattlesnakes, Mustangs, Scorpions, Suns, Heat, Trailblazers and Renegades The list of mascots will be refined to six to seven finalists that will be voted on by students, faculty, alumni and community members in a survey within the next few weeks SPENCER RICKS SpencerRicks Different desert animals, mythical beasts and icons of the American Southwest are all being considered to be Dixie State Universitys next mascot. Ideas for the new mascot will be narrowed down in the coming weeks from input by university stakeholders including students, faculty, alumni and community members. Am online survey with six to seven different proposals for the new VOICQFDIXIE DIXIESUNNEWS.COM WHAT'S INSIDE News 1 Opinion 4 Sports 5 Features 7 NEWS TIPS AND ' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DixieSunDixie.edu Jennings room 34 225 S. 700 East St George, UT 84770 1 435-652-7- 8 81 ADVERTISING DixieSunAdsDixie.edu 435-414-00- fax' 435-656-4- 01 9 Scorpions, Rattlesnakes, Raptors, Dragons, Coyotes, Pioneers, Trail-blazer- s, Renegades, Mustangs and Red Devils. However, the official choices for the survey have not yet been finalized and may be changed projects at Legislation BY ANDREW PINCKNEY Student entrepreneurs will have a chance to pursue independent projects after winning the Legislation Day competition held by the Dixie State University Student Association. The DSUSA has announced the winners of its competition held a few weeks ago, which offered student groups, clubs and organizations a chance to make presentations and vie for $3,000 in prizes. Legislation Day gives student government a way to utilize funds not already earmarked for senate purposes. and refined as time goes on, Sharp Weve been combing through past data weve collected over 10 years on what students want in a mascot, and weve also been collecting new data to see what the stakeholders want in a mascot, Sharp said. Looking at options The identity committee and Love Communications recently met with alumni, faculty, and focus groups composed of members of the DSU Student Association, DSU Student Alumni Association, and DSU see MASCOT page Warren Anderson, DSUSA vice president of academics and a senior accounting major from Santa Clara, said he could not speak as to why the winners were chosen because the decision was made by an entire panel. The judges consisted of Anderson, his assistant and eight student senators. Each of us filled out a rubric for each group and then we added up all the totals when the event was over, Anderson said. The presentation rubric was divided in seven categories and included evaluating project development, fund necessity, organization of ideas, the number of students affected, how students are impacted, the impact 3 3 athletes dress up for Day Halloween see LEGISLATION page In these meetings, the student leaders were all able to come together and voice their opinion on what we as the students would like to see happen, said Student Body President Matt Devore, a senior integrated studies major from Mesquite, Nevada, and member of the identity committee. Im just part of the identity committee as the student voice and student advocate. The research from Love Communications will help create the mascot ideas for the survey that will be unique to DSU without any alternative definitions and without said. ambassadors. Students win funding for andrewjpinckney CONTACT mascot will be public within the next month, said Jordon Sharp, director of student involvement and leadership and director of the identity committee. Tire identity committee is also using research and data compiled by Love Communications, an advertising and communications firm based out of Salt Lake City, to make its decision on what the mascot will be. Sharp said some of the mascots being considered are the Heat, Suns, trunk-or-tre- at V v,'i v V" i 5 , 4 4 ' f t tint j. IRbWil Members of the men's soccer team dress upas greasers and hand out candy at the annual Oct 28 The event was organized by the Dixie State Unfeatured iversity athletic department for students and community members and many DSU's sports teams in costume trunk-or-tre- v at |