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Show Women's basketball misses ' its shots for wins - 1 s. j 5 W t Dancing with the Faculty Stars swinging into Winter Ball ' S I ,4 I sports page I 5 features page 7 1 i L. Williams longs for ! i I residents support $ i i i I r. i i 1 cs V 3 is I BY SPENCER RICKS SpencerRicks Community involvement and the transformation of St. George into a college town was the focus at the Direction of Dixie forum Nov. 17. f 1 m j ' 9 1 J i fV - 3f ) JX i cz I I A Jasmine this year. JORDAN EAMES JordanEamesDSN 2. 2015 VOLUME XLV NO. 1 3 One of Dixie State Universitys own student athletes is planning to go big or go home with soccer. Jasmine Arollo, a senior integrated studies major from Glendale, Arizona, is raising money for the opportunity to become a professional soccer player with the Houston Dash. She is able to tryout now that her college season is over. Shes raising money through the crowdfunding website, GoFundMe. com. I was trying to think of ways I could get money, obviously through working, but a faster way was through the GoFundMe account, Arollo said. Arollo said the money will help MCEOFDIXIE DIXIESUNNEWS.COM '- - XX,. , v j ,, ,, I Arollo, a senior integrated studies major from Glendale, Arizona, fights for the ball in a soccer match earlier Arollo is raising money through a GoFundMe account for the chance to become a professional athlete. BY DEEEMBEfl i v zl pay for trip accommodations to Houston. She said shell most likely leave in February, although the exact date for the tryouts hasnt been announced yet. She set a maximum donation amount for her fundraiser, but the number is flexible. My GoFundMe account says $3,000, but $1,000 or less would be perfect, Arollo said. If I get that, itd be great, but if I dont, its not a problem. Just enough to get me by would be great. Anything helps. Arollo has raised $165 toward her goal so far. She plans to spend every dime on the tryout, but any leftover money will help her finish school. In a Twitter message, Arollo said she has the chance to go pro because she has a strong support network. I believe in myself and so do my family and friends, Arollo said. If they think I have a chance, I should go for it. Head soccer coach Kacey Bingham said she doesnt know much about Arollo s decision to go pro, but she said Arollo is a great player. She did a great job at this level at our program Division II, Bingham said. She was named to the first team with PacWest. Arollos love for soccer isnt new. The sport runs in her family, and she began playing when she was just three years old. Her siblings are also interested in soccer, and her dad coached her from the beginning. Out of her siblings, Arollo is kicking the closest to a professional soccer title. see PRO page 2 President Biff Williams spoke in front of an audience composed mostly of students about the strategic plan, Dixie 2020: Status to Stature, and how it pertains to students. Williams mentioned some of the projects in the works for Dixie State University, including a bigger student success center, the upcoming Human Performance Building, and renovations to DSUs athletic complexes. Williams said one of the most important goals in Dixie 2020 is to increase opportunities for students. We want to attract students to DSU so were the No.l destination for students in Utah, Williams said. Whether youre a brainiac or if youre like me and a little more challenged when it comes to academics, we want DSU to be the place for all kinds of students. Increasing student enrollment at DSU to 12,500 within the next five years is one of the goals outlined in Dixie 2020, Williams said. He said he wants to increase the number of ethnically-divers- e students at DSU to 30 percent, with 5 percent of DSUs total enrollment to be international students. Once completed, the new Hansen Stadium will be an ideal place for all kinds of community events, including community athletic games, commencements and conferences once the renovations are complet- - see WILLIAMS page 2 WHAT'S INSIDE News 1 Opinion 3 Sports 5 Features 7 Communication department divides into two separate degrees, emphases BY MARKEE HECKENLIABLE (ffimarkeekaeDSN CONTACT NEWS TIPS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DixieSunDixie.edu Jennings room 34 225 S. 700 East St. George, UT 84770 1 435-652-78- 18 The communication degree and department at Dixie State University is changing due to its growth. The communication degree will be split into two degrees with a media studies degree and a communication studies degree and will be implemented in January. ADVERTISING DixieSunAdsDixie.edu 435-414-00- 95 fax: 435-656-40- 19 Brent Yergensen, associate dean and department chair for the communication department, said one reason the department is splitting is because the depart ment has become large enough to need more management. He said another reason the department is splitting is because the two formal emphases have separate curriculums. Were talking about media and communication, Yergensen said. They have different professional associations. Class listings will be different when signing up for communication classes. If students apply for a communication studies course, the abbreviation will be COMM. If students apply for a media studies course, the abbreviation will be MDIA. Yergensen said the communi- cation degree, formally known as the emphasis in human communication, has not seen many changes. But the media studies degree, formally known as the emphasis in mass communication, has seen quite a bit of changes. David Harris, assistant communication professor and department chair for media studies, said there will now be four emphases in the media studies degree. Theres an emphasis in digital film production, which already exists with the old degree; a multimedia journalism emphasis; a social media emphasis; and a generic emphasis. Now we have a generic emphasis, which is essentially just a choose your own adventure where you can kind of pick and choose the courses that you want after youve taken the core requirements, Harris said. Harris said officials in the communication department hope to also start a strategic communication emphasis, which is geared toward advertising, public relations and marketing. He said the department hopes to offer that to students in a year from now. The degrees themselves havent changed as far as the core requirements go, Harris see DIVIDES page 2 |
