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Show WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 8 - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM n nf &FVIEC U ll & PA f?: S a f 0 .?, 7 vUl fjiii PARTICIPANTS IN ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK TO TRAVEL TO NEW ORLEANS BY MARKEE HECKENLIABLE markeekaeDSN Some Dixie State University students will get the chance to help those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina more than 10 years after the disaster. Gabbie Holbrook, a senior integrated studies major from Taylorsville and alternative breaks coordinator for the DSU Student Association, said she looked through different location spots and projects to decide what destination to choose for the alternative break. The alternative break program is where students get the chance to go to different places and do d projects on academic breaks. A group of DSU students went to San Francisco for spring break last year. service-oriente- When it comes to this alternative break, you cant just look at the location, Holbrook said. You have to look at what service projects would be offered and whats go ing to make the biggest ing schools and planting, thats overlooked just impact. The poverty level in Louisiana increased, Holbrook said. The main goals of the trip are to expand the al- homes are still in need of repairs, and people are still living in temporary homes after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Isaac made landfall, Holbrook said. ternative breaks program, which has only been around for a year, create a service and cultural ex perience for students, because its something that happened so long ago, and its just crazy that theyre still living in poverty, and theyre still living in homes that arent really Dillon McKinney, a junior mathematics major from St. George and vice president of service, said he was surprised when he heard New Orleans was still in need of disaster relief. Thats something you dont really think about because mass media and everything have this huge coverage and huge push for it, but then, after a year or two, it dies down, and you kind of just assume the problem is fixed, McKinney said. The group that is going on the trip will be staying with a camp called Camp Restore, a nonprofit organization that focuses on service and the community, and they will be doing any service that is needed in the area like construction work, paint homes, Thomas said. McKinney said St. George is not the only place that needs service. Its a constant process that needs devoted and real dedica; to he, out With; pro- - ! cess to strength commuj, and ties, McK inney some of the stress from the work that still needs to be done in New Orleans, McK sai i inney said. The main theme of the trip is disaster relief. The trip will take place March There are 12 people f going on the trip and only one spot left. The deposit of I $200 to go on the trip is due Thursday. Shelby Thomas, a sophomore nursing major from Pay son, said she chose to go on the trip because of the opportunity to do service work and to experience the culture and atmosphere of New Orleans. I feel like its a thing - JT S w; 2. , 1 r t 1 la y :a fe. f 0' ft4 SIA continued from page 7 even further out now that we're all paying attention. But, in almost every way, This Is Acting feels safer and more ordinary than 1000 Forms of Fear. Where Sia vividly urged a lover on the previous album to detonate me Shoot me like a cannonball, here she just wants him or her to take me to the heavens now. And where she previously emphasized the frayed edges of her unique singing voice, here she too often streamlines her delivery, smoothing out the quirks that made Chandelier feel so powerful and vulnerable at the same time. Sia might argue this was all part of her plan. She's said that This Is Acting consists of songs she originally wrote for other artists to sing, and she recorded them herself only after they were rejected. And, indeed, you can hear her adapting her style to the perceived needs of Rihanna (in Cheap Thrills) or Lana Del Rey (in Space Between) or Adele (in Alive, which she te with the British singer). In other words, her thinking might've gone, putting too much Sia in these songs would've prevented them from doing what they were designed to do. (c) Tribune News Service. EASY continued from page 7 she said. Every HR person Ive ever talked to says GPA won't give you the job, but it will keep you from getting the job, Skaggs said. Skaggs said its a lot easier to drop your GPA than raise it up. Retaking classes only looks bad if you did worse the second time. CTOs The Dixie State University policy is to count the most recent grade on a student's transcript. Students should meet with "'1 their adviser to determine whether repeating classes is necessary. Armstrong I said there are classes to boost a GPA that dont r i reflect necessarily badly. She said the fitness center i f classes are a good example. In the fitness center, students improve their lealth and get a little GPA loost if they do well. Armstrong said she encourages students to look beyond grades and focus on learning and taking - V., classes that expand their skills and qualifications. Ask yourself why you are taking the class. Is Emily Shupe, a freshman English it for an easy A, or do major from Upland, California demonstrates thinking about how she can get an easy A. Andre you want to expand your Skaggs, executive director of the Career Center, said it depends cnowledge? Armstrong students plan whether or not grades or classes matter to e mpk said if students still arent ers sure whether taking a class Armstrong said. College is so much is a good choice, they Making sure students more than earning good should talk to their acahave a purpose behind takgrades for coursework. demic adviser. ing an elective is imporArmstrong said. Its I always recommend tant, Armstrong said. If about rigorous learning that a student discuss students are undeclared, thinking critically, work course options, and even they should take a variety ing hard in a subject atf elective course options, of courses in order to dethat is unfamiliar, and regularly with the academtermine which major they really challenging yoir' ic adviser in their would most like to study. major, and your ideas. - WhWrMhl jmum AfelSft Sirs' ' nT-- At (!! - (fy V FEE IS I 01)1 News Opinic Sport1 Featu j 1 FREETUNGSTEN RING WITH A CUSTOM RING ORDER Leave us a comment on Google - https:goo.gllVTTay Leave us a comment on Facebook https:goo.glp367h0 L Di Dixit |