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Show WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM 6, 2017 1010, CIS 1210, degree requirements LIB adapted to increase information retention designed to help students learn the basics of university-levresearch by giving students the director of general education, announced via email on Nov. 20 general education requirement changes will EMMA VAN LENT BY emmavDSU el skills necessary to successfully research and write in the most affect the information literacy, computer literacy, and global -- ., , i - I j ,- - ,,, education program starting fall 2018. Nancy Ross, interim 1 t, ; , ,,. 7 , i, t,'0 -- ' , ps i i , 1, , : 't , 'f ,1 '' 1 1 ,,,. , ,iy.,..:,, ,,I, -, ,L ,, " 1 ,,,,, ',..Zi-:- v- el - ' , - t ! f . - ',', I , '.,..,- ; :',.. -- , )I L, ' li - ' t ,: 4) 0,t, 44 .0: ii i 1 1 : ft I0I ,, ,... .. ,., ' i - - A ' ,, q' .,,,'',,, ,,, ,..,,,,t .,,., ,'J, ,, - l - .: - ..., t4 , 'II' ... , lc - - ' '' ' : ((P t ' 1 -- , ------ ' ' 't ; .1 , 1 - . 5.7 . T" r. - il'l ,14,.! 4 1 ---- ce .., t! longer be a requirement for GE. LIB 1010 is a course ,72':mIrrt"..-7----,,,,-,(--z-- ' !40 ' 1 , effective way possible. Instead of taking LIB 1010 for credit, students will learn the library skills in their Life Science and GE classes. English 1010-201- 0 Brooke Wayman, a freshman and cultural perspective courses. The information literacy course, LIB 1010, will no Dixie State University is making three structural changes to the general to....,7N 1' ", ; , Q1...,,,,, , - i ',,i, 't 4'1 -- j ' 11 . ,,t!' .0.' : :i r,...,,,:- 'I'.:4 , . !. .i'I '' .i'- ,' ..,. e - '' '' - ,..,. -,.. ,- ,,,,., v r 1 f ; , I,, ,,. .,..4 r,.,. : , ',- .,,.,. k,,,, ....,, f.,.1 ,,,, - ,,i,,,...,. - .,..., k n, , , ' Ill' 4 - ,,I, ...,,, 1t -- '..,, ', ..,.,., ,,,.,, , ,, Z Students make their way through the campus of Angeles Wednesday September 23, 2015. USC in Los physical science major from St. George, said she is glad LIB and CIS are no longer going to be required because they are a waste of time. "I think they are pointless," Wayman said. "We know how to use Word and Excel and all that, and LIB is just a burden." Computer literacy, or CIS 1200, will also no longer be an institutional requirement. CIS 1200 is a course designated to teach students how to use particular computer programs, such word processing, as spreadsheet and presentation software. As an alternative to this class being required for GE classes, there will be a computer literacy assessment given to students during First Year Experience courses. If students do not meet the benchmark requirements in the assessment, it will then be suggested they take CIS 1200 to help develop those skills. The global and cultural perspective classes are also changing. The GLOCUP category will cease to exist, and instead students will achieve the six credits needed for GLOCUP through Social and Behavioral Science and LiteratureHumanities courses offered for GE credits. Erin Ortiz, chair of the general education committee, said by combining these courses students will have a simpler route to their degrees. Ortiz said, "This kind of streamlines those choices to help students have a more clear path through the curriculum." Ross said all students who have been declared will not be affected. Once students are declared, their catalog year is established, meaning they have to meet the requirements based on what the catalog stated at the time of the student's declaration. "If you are not on the fall 2018 catalog, then you need to take those things," Ross said. "So things don't change for you; your requirements don't change because of your catalog year." All of the changes to be made to GE have been approved by the academic council and the university will be put into affect next fall. If students have further questions, they can visit Ross in her office located in the North Plaza Building in room 125D. Student asserts Stanford has been 'lying to students' faces' BY ETHAN BARON INS Half the students at Stanford University's $70,000-a-yea- r business school receive fellowship grants. For years, the school has said the money goes to those who might otherwise be unable to attend, or who might be forced against school to work recommendations e the master during of business administration part-tim- program. "AU fellowships are says promotional material from the Graduate School of Business. "It's important to understand that we do not negotiate fellowship amounts or eligibility." But now, because of a breach of students' personal financial data, the school has been caught cheating by one of its own. In February, MBA student Adam Allcock discovered 14 terabytes of confidential student data from financial aid need-based- DIXIE SUN NEWS Mark 6e Heckenliable, Editor-in-Chi- Ryann HeinleR News Editor Alexis McClain, Sports Editor Taylor Lewis, Features Editor Emma van Lent, Opinion Editor Spencer Ricks, Multimedia Editor Kylea Custer, Photo Editor Hai lee Hodgson, Social Media Editor Hanna Pollock, Copy Editor Hai lee Hodgson, Ad Manager SKILLSUSA Camden Bennett Trey Davis continued from page Hakoda Jonathan Holland Adriana Hymas Grant Jones Vanessa Manual Erin Rhiannon Bent, Adviser The Dixie Sun News is distributed each Wednesday during fall and spring semesters as a publication of Dixie State University, the communication department, and Dixie State University Student Activities. DSU administrators do not approve or censor content. The student editorial staff alone determines its news coverage. The unsigned editorial on the opinion page represents the position of Dixie Sun News as determined by its editorial board. Otherwise, the views and opinions expressed in Dixie Sun News are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Dixie Sun News or any entity of the university. CORRECTIONS Corrections from Nov. 29 issue: State University added the Jeffrey R. Dixie Holland Centennial Commons as mentioned in features page 7. The Eccles Mainstage Theatre hosted the student dance concert Nov. 30 and Dec. p.m. 1 ," at 7:30 and even nail care. There is also an area called Job Skill Demonstration Open, which is where contestants demonstrate and teach an entry-levskill to a panel of judges. This allows people to take almost any skill they have and enter el the competition. "There's definitely a lot of openness to anyone in SIdllsUSA, which I think is one of the best parts," Whitney said. "It's really fitting for anyone." Chapter President Chris Harward, a freshman biology major from St. George, said the atmosphere and community at the competitions are very rewarding. "State competition is such a blast," Harward said. "You're having fun, but you're learning something along the way." applications, according to a new report. Later that month, Allcock reported the breach to the school's financial aid director, and the records were removed within an hour, the report said. However, Al'cock had dug deeply into the data, spending 1,500 hours analyzing the information and putting together a report, according to Poets&Quarits, a website covering business school news. The Graduate School of Business had not been honest with students. It had been "lying to their faces" for more than a decade. Rather than being solely the fellowship to rank were used grants students according to their value to the school, Allcock need-base- d, found. The business school had routinely granted fellowship money to students without regard for their financial need, often favoring women and people with a background in finance even though had more many money saved up than students who Another big aspect of SIdlIsUSA is community service. Whitney has plans to offer students' services to the community during SkillsUSA Week in the upcoming year. Whitney is also the SkillsUSA national college treasurer. She has served multiple positions as a Utah state officer arid has now stepped up to serve nationally. She and the other national officers post-seconda- ry received less financial support, Poets&Quants reported. The student investigator a former Google account management intern and founder of a consulting firm in the United Kingdom, according to his Linkedin also found what profile he called "systemic biases" against foreign students. Stanford's business school, consistently ranked at or near the top for elite MBA programs worldwide, had been "systematically discriminating" on the basis of gender and international status, Allcock said in his report, which was obtained by Poets&Quants. What's behind this apparent deception? Poets&Quants John Byrne, 'former of Businessweek.com and Fast Company, noted in the article that business schools have been pushing to get more women into MBA programs. Also, the number of domestic candidates for e MBA programs has been sliding for several years, "so it would make sense for editor-in-chi- ef editor-in-chi- ef full-tim- METOO continued from page 1 The Title IX office on campus, the Women's Resource Center, and the Dove center in St. George are all re a school, even Stanford, to dangle higher fellowship awards to those admits to get the best of them to go to Stanford." The focus on students with backgrounds in finance "suggests an admissions strategy that helps the school achieve the highest starting compensation packages of any MBA program in the world," Byrne wrote. Last year's median salaries for the 12 percent of graduated students who went into private equity was highest in the class at $177,500, while the 7 percent who went into venture capital received median pay of $167,500. The overall median salary for the class was $136,000, according to Poets&Quants. The business school's dean, Jon Levin, admitted in a message to students that financial need was not the sole criterion for the grants. "The school has offered additional fellowship awards to candidates whose biographies make them particularly compelling and competitive in trying to attract sources for students who have experienced sexual assault. Dove advocate Elizabeth Bluhm is available on campus every Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Bluhm works with DSU to help students who are victims of sexual assault; everything a diverse class," Levin wrote. The difference between what the school says it does and what it was found to be doing is "an issue we intend to address," Levin wrote. The data breach arose because information had been "improperly stored in a shared folder that was accessible to all Stanford GSB faculty, staff, and students," but the data were anonymized so students' names were not exposed, Levin wrote. The financial aid data had been accessible starting in June 2016, and the school has hired a data forensics company to "examine what other files might have been improperly stored and accessible over time," he wrote. "There is no excuse for this compromise of privacy and security, and I intend to do everything possible to ensure that it does not happen in the future," Levin wrote. He also promised "significantly more" transparency about the school's financial aid awards. (c)2017 The Mercury News. that is reported to her is considered confidential. This is a good source for students looking to talk about their experience, but don't want to file an official report, Bluhm said. She also said anyone is welcome to talk to her both on campus or at the Dove Center. , 1 , work together to build up membership across colleges and universities across the U.S. "We really prepare students in our organization to become good workers, employable workers that industry leaders are looking for in their companies," Harward said. "It's a really good opportunity to get involved and prepare yourself for the worIcforce." '4f E700 0 If you are interested in joining SkillsUSA in the spring, you can find them on OrgSync or keep an eye out during club rush next semester. ,1 I T z Women affected by sexual assault began the Metoo movement to bring awareness to the issue. The movement started with victims telling their stories of abuse and using the hashtag 'MeToo.' |