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Show DIXIESUNNEINS.COM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016 - 8 , Poke n Go '3 frieradis flight 9 st 1 IS 1 1 o The La Voles' story of love, ZEI( tigiOns 01-11- 5 9 nd 4'71p OF DSU jobs, Sinatra I , BY CANDY ROLAND Candygirlspen A couple who gets hired ( together stays together, or at least, that's the philosophy for a new faculty couple at Dixie State University. After Nicole LaVoie, instructor of health commu' nication, and Mark LaVoie, , media studies, i I instructor of i finished their doctoral de,.4" ' grees in August, they said they were lucky to get jobs together at DSU. Nicole LaVoie said they learned about DSU first ' m through a job call for her I, , .4' , 1, current position. 2 "At first I thought, is that m -00 in Mississippi.'" she said. , Nicole LaVoie was ofC Z fered a tenure-trac- k posiZ m tion and, coincidentally on the hunt. DSU has become a hot spot for Poke The nightlife of Dixie State University has been occupied by Pokémon trainers out enough, a position opened are Pokémon. stops, Poke gyms and the mysterious creatures that up at the last minute in the media studies department, member. the game on campus into catching Pokémon. It has BY SPENCER RICKS allowing Mark LaVoie "It's more of a distraction to the late hours of the night, a new community created Ricks sign a yearly spousal Spencer Don Reid, DSU's director of than an issue for us," Reid and opportunities ) meet contract. A spousal consaid. and said at friends police, new campus security DSU, tract allows an instructor's In the few days I played I found a wild Charmander said it gives campus police Justin Lockhart, a freshman husband or wife to be hired "Pokémon Go," it became officers a "slight concern." media studies major from by the clocktower, a Raticate in order to fill a needed somewhat of a distraction behind the McDonald Cen"Pokémon Go comHurricane. position for the year. for me as well, so I deleted ter, and a Grow lithe in the "I've met so many new pounds the amount of people "Many professors choose "Pokémon Go" from my Gardner Student Center. on campus, so in theory, friends playing "Pokémon different schools because to choice the Given do to wanted who someone no No, these aren't terms have phone. idea," Go," you they can't get hired toeither give up good grades, from your chemistry class; harm could disappear into Lockhart said. "It helps me gether," Mark LaVoie said. the crowd," Reid said. "I sleep or catching Pikachu, they're virtual creatures get out of the house and "That was never going to Pikachu would take the called Pokémon in the exercise a bit more too." say that be an option for us." fall. Only time will tell Lockhart said he meets augmented reality mobile though, because there aren't Nicole LaVoie said they if "Pokémon Go" is just game, "Pokémon Go." But if friends while playing "Pokebig crowds coming to play had debated a few universianother fad or if it conPokémon on campus. 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Tweet thoughts using voiceofdixie! tongue-in-chee- k, z t 0 d, HOLIDAY SPECIAL Did you know t that Aug. real-wor- National Trail 31 is Mix Day? It celebrates a high energy, delicious, portable snack that's especially yummy for campouts and hiking. rick some up at a store, or make your own with your favorite cereal, nuts, pretzels, raisins, dried fruit, M&Ms, etc. ; Source: holidayinsights.com UPCOMING MOVIE RELEASES , --, i1 ,, - , .., , . t.....,..,.. , , ......-- .., -N ,,,,. A ,, ,.......,.111....,-..,- t ld C .. DSU 1, ' ). 47 BY JONNY WEAKLEY gonnyjunge Sept 2 "Morgan" "The Light Between mon "Pokémon Go" player fallen asleep on the steps of one of the buildings on campus. When the faculty member opened the doors of the building early in the morning, the "Pokémon Go" player came inside and fell asleep on the couches, which concerned the faculty player day one, Lockhart said he plans to keep playing it for years to come. "I play Pokémon Go to catch them all," Lockhart said, quoting' the Pokémon anime's theme song. "I just want to be the very best like no one ever was." If students need to bor- row money, they should borrow for their needs, not for a lifestyle. J.D. Robertson, the ex ecutive director of financial aid and scholarships, stressed that students tend to borrow money without realizing how much they actually borrow. "Students should realize, if they are choosing to borrow, make sure ev ' u, said. So they raised their glasses and cheered as they left the gray winter slush, the humid summers and the tornadoes of Champaign, Illinois. The LaVoies have been together 16 years, 10 years married. They actually first met as coworkers, at a '1 Mexican restaurant called , L Chevys Fresh Mex. "I asked her if she liked to play pool; she said yes, so then I asked her out," r.' Mark LaVoie said. t i 1 After two cancellations ' ;' from her, he finally got Z the opportunity to pull up , in his punk-roc- k stickered car, with dice hanging in ,- ' -- ' the mirror, to pick her up. --, , He walked her to the car, t i opened the passenger door ,...0' and when he turned on the Screenshots show Pokémon being discovered on the Dixie car, the stereo was blasting State University campus in the augmented reality game, "Poke"Strangers in the Night" by mon Go." DSU is a great place to play Pokémon Go because of Frank Sinatra, she said. all the Poke stops and Poke gyms, says C.P. Paredez, a junior He turned down the communication major from Las Vegas. music, apologized and said he was trying to get in the romantic mood. Nicole LaVoie said she thought that was sweet until she learned it was a I C 14, v I '.1 1 ift, ..., i J - ,!, -- -- 'o..f.,,,, i . .,.. ii I id 77- -, ). s 0 ranks low in student debt ' Oceans" communication major from Las Vegas, said the DSU campus is a perfect place to play "Pokémon Go" because of all the Poke stops and Poke gyms. Poke stops are places on the map where players can obtain items like Poke balls, which are used to catch the Pokémon. And Poke gyms are places where players battle the Pokémon they've caught. There are four Poke gyms on camthe mosaic by the pus fountain, the LDS Institute Building, the clocktower and Legend Solar Stadium. Paredez, who took a summer class at DSU, said many people were playing "Pokémon Go" late at night on campus. "Every night, there were like 40 or 50 people playing "Pokémon Go" until 3 a.m.," Paradez said. "A few nights, I was playing "Pokemon Go" with my buddies for hours until 5 a.m." With all the people playing - j ,c '4 . .,. v locate, catch, the Pokémon, which appear on the screen on a map as if they were in the same location as the player. I finally gave into the pressure and downloaded the app this week to see what all the hype was about. I was never into Pokémon, and I never even played video games as a child. But a few minutes into playing "Pokémon Go," I could see the appeal. I started walking around the Dixie State University campus, throwing red and white balls at the critters that appeared on my phone, which looked to me like purple mice, yellow pigeons and orange hermit crabs with mushrooms growing out of their backs. It was addicting looking for the creatures and adding them to my collection. But for many "Pokémon Go" players, the game's appeal goes beyond just , z o -0- ery one of those borrowed dollars count," Robertson said. "These funds should not be used for a nicer car or nicer clothes and so forth." Though student loan debt can be overwhelming, there are ways to cut your previous debt and prevent future debt. In LendEDU's 2016 report, Dixie State University was ranked No. 37 out of 1,300 colleges and universities in the see DEBT page 9 set-u- p. "I never leave my speakers up," Mark LaVoie said. "He wouldn't admit the truth until after our wedding," she said. Nicole LaVoie said she didn't quite know what she got herself into when see LAVOIE page 9 Y r r. it , t ,.it 11 f , t i P 1 I, I I, i a , 4, |