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Show ' 015 s ' 1 . T I 1 irt exhibit displays senior Volleyball wraps up . season with loss art students' accomplishments in Alaska . k 1 feei 1 do. sports page 4 Jiiitj ;ive features page 6 1 ! 'n j. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER BY EMILY HAVENS 9. 2015 VOLUME XLV NO. EmilyHavensDSN 14 Dixie State University students, faculty and community members will soon identify themselves as either a raptor, marshal, rock hound, sun warrior, wrangler or blazer. DSUs Identity Committee has created a survey released Monday along with Love Communications, a firm that helped gather research on the new mascot, where students can rank six preliminary mascot finalists. The results VOICEOFDIXIE DIXIESUNNEWS.COM WHAT'S INSIDE -- Mews 1 Opinion 3 Sports 4 6 CONTACT NEWS TIPS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DixieSunDixie edu Jennings room 1 34 225 S 700 East St George, UT 84770 435-652-78- 18 ADVERTISING DixieSunAdsDixie.edu 435-414-00- 96 fax 435-656-40- 19 Marshals (Marshal the mus-- . tang) Rock Hounds (Red the rock hound) Sun Warriors (Apollo) Wrangleis (Red the cowboy) Blazers (Blaze the buffalo) but will the committee they help make its ultimate decision. The finalists have been determined based off of 10 years of research. Jordan Sharp, chief marketing and communication officer, said the finalists are subject to be tweaked, and are being shown so the public can have a general idea of where the committee is Sharp said all six of these potential mascots and identities are unique to DSU in some way and either tie to DSUs history, geography or its strategic plan. The committee aimed to create an identity that wouldnt fit at any other university, Sharp said. We have a unique opportunity here with our geography and our history that we can play on things headed. The choices will show up in different orders for each participant who takes the survey. The finalists are as follows and are listed in no particular order: Raptors (Rocky the raptor) that other places wouldnt be able to do, he said. One of the first criterion the committee searched for in a new mascot was its athletic appeal. Sharp said something that is tough and that students would want on a hat is a characteristic of a good athletic identity. Similarly, Athletic Director Jason Boothe said a tough mascot is important when battling an opponent. If you just look at all the other mascots, they have that toughness and strength to them, Boothe said. see MASCOT page Services clean despite some students inclination otherwise DSU Dining BY matures wont determine the mascot, SPENCER RICKS SpencerRicks Dirty dishes, not enough variety, and employees not gloves are the complaints some are saying about the Dixie State University Dining Services, especially in the Red Rock Cafe. Wat Manor, a sophomore communication major from Las Vegas, eats at the food court daily and said the metal utensils are often so dirty he uses the plastic ones. Sarah Ladwig, a freshman early childhood education major from Fresno, California, said she is often concerned with servers not always wearing gloves and dishes that arent always clean. But despite the complaints of uncleanlmess, DSU is one of the cleanest establishments that employ teenagers and young adults m St. George that Ive in- spected, said Klint Frei, health inspector with the Utah Public Health Department. Most of the issues that arose in the health inspection for the Red Rock Cafe were common and relatively minor, Frei said. The Red Rock Cafe didnt have clean floors behind equipment and sinks, part of the flooring was damaged, and the conveyer- belt dishwasher in the kitchen was not hot enough during the last health inspection, Frei said, T" ? i " 1 t 4 1 f s v ! g C 1 m d, State University Dining Services employee grills at the Red Rock Cafe Although there has been some complaints that cleanliness codes are not always followed, health inspections reveal DSU Dining Services is compliant A Dixie see DINING page 2 4 2 |