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The program The school of business has been looking into an entrepreneurial program for some time, see MENTOR page S) A Don Watkins is the former mayor of Alpine and an entrepreneur He resigned as mayor to mentor at Dixie State University 3 turne' sraoem xtrom pi tate, t foot methitj r planet i 4 i, andf with results L nixofD then ah Finn straw poll 'f "V istralim v "3 similar to l t'sthekt V ,4 that mi Iowa caucus ike yout s (yeah, s mount f . ndofej usic f v i U! r'-SK- f. hosts Republican rity Likey, ice DSU J ' v' , f I v It" , ' BY SPENCER RICKS :i SpencerRicks l'"- owssoa ms inon A LA, e golden i ;,whicl geous.a nt help .o.You 1 100 a head oil r" don't coit v eningtotii .r s, . it chair Erin O'Brien, biology department chan and faculty senate pi esident, was pi omoted to biology departmei new a well as implement degree emphasis O'Brien said she hopes to increase research opportunities as . incredible S fixate in January BY ALAN N AH HALL alannahLhall 3. 2016 FEBIARK VOLUME XLV NO. UVQICEOFDIXIE y - 18 DIX1ESUNKEWS.COM ! News. .Vs Opinion. Sports. Features. -- 0 CONTACT NEWS TIPS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The new leader elected as biology chair has goals to expand research and funding to the department at Dixie State University. Erin O'Brien was elected chair of the biology department Jan. 1. O'Brien said she has many goals to boost funding for research and to expand research opportunities. Mikayla Stokes, a junior biology major from Wrangell, Alaska, said there is a lack of funding in the department for independent research, a requirement for most biology majors education. Some students in the department work with faculty in order to fulfill these research requirements. The main expense the biology is department must overcome necobtaining the money for essary equipment in order to complete experiments, Stokes said. DSU isnt a research school, so the funding isnt as readily available. Stokes said in order for the school to grow as a university, it should expand its research capabilities. As a biology student, the ability to do independent research is important, Stokes said. Dr. OBrien is very supportive of independent research and sees it as a big need in our DixieSunDixie.edu 1 Jennings room 34 East S 700 225 St George, UT 84770 4 r 8 435-552-7- JT f t i i I. J. department. Stokes said there are various opportunities for students to do research even without sufficient funding. The faculty is supportive and helps students improvise where they dont have the equipment, Stokes said. Were trying to facilitate faculty research as much as we can, OBrien said. We are working with different funding to agencies to bring in money research. cover the expenses of We are working with local startups that are doing research so that our students can get involved. Joseph Cartagena, a senior biology major from St. George, said he is happy OBrien is the new chair. One thing I really like about her is shes a Ph.D., so she understands the point behind the research that we do, Cartagena said. I feel like we are only going to move forward from here. Kalisi Uluave, a senior biology major from St. George, saic DSU needs more options for student research. You cant get the research opportunities that you can at other universities, Uluave said. Many students would like to see that expanded. OBrien said the department needs to make students more aware of their current options for research. There are 40 to 50 research opportunities on campus alone this semester. These see RESEARCH page 2 Making the case for why their candidate should become the next commander in chief, representatives from several 2016 Republican presidential campaigns visited Dixie State University Saturday. The Southern Utah GOP Straw Poll was hosted by the DSU College Republicans and the Dixie Republican Forum, and it allowed a place for community members and students to vote on their favorite candidate. Republican candidates Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul were all represented at the event by speakers who were each given eight minutes to speak. Cruz won the poll with 43 votes. He was followed by Rubio with 1 3 votes, Trump with 5, Christie with 3 and Fiorina with 3. The results were similar to the results of the Iowa Caucus Monday, where Cruz won with 28 percent of the Republican vote, followed by Trump and Rubio. Uriah Hemalsteen, a junior elementary education major from St. George and president of the DSU College Republicans, said he helped organize the event because its important for students to be informed about whats going on in politics. Everyone whos registered to vote has an opportunity to say something with their vote, which is why they should keep an eye on whats going on politically, Hemalsteen said. Political rhetoric and jabs at the Democratic Party were common in many of the speeches. Willie Billings, the representative for Fiorina, said federal overreach on Utah land ownership will become a deciding part of the election in Utah. The only reason the feds still own so much of Utah land is because tens of thousands of Utahns havent stood up to them in protest see POLL page 3 Softball hopes to return to national championship V it ADVERTISI i DixieSunAdsDixie edu 435-414-00- 95 fax' 435-555-4- 01 $ VO 9 cr sports page 5 |