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Show 4 VOICEOFDIXIE 00 St DIXIESUNNEWS.COM '10 ,V411: the WEDNESDAY '2J',Ki C,) .')U HN L',,1 L',.1 OMAreStrZate NZ"a.73 VOLUME 57 NO. 25 1111: Evander Benedict, a junior business major from Las Vegas, won Mr. Dixie International. Pg. 2 "The Bachelor," despite its 1 high ratings, portrays unrealistic and sometime toxic expectations of love, Noe Ile Spencer said. Pg. 3 '',, r'' A 01 1110 t Billie Hatch, a '7. F-1- 1.1 sophomore criminal justice major from Preston, Idaho, goes above and beyond to be "the 166'rfect athlete." 11.1 till. Pg. 5 Vinodh Chellamuthu, an assistant professor of mathematics, is one of six educators across the nation accepted into this prestigious I Lzi GA 41 rrC,71.) Li , program. Pg. 7 AC. 7 ,.,,,, ,, ,,,,,r r t NEWS 1 OPINION 3 SPORTS 5 FEATURES 7 0 0 tt) I Nt-- , ts:, 10 BISON TAIL 01 :0 "4': IN , G2 1,. (t(010., evolso opmwelt- NEWS TIPS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BY ABBY DixieSunDixie.edu abbydomanDSN Jennings room 134 225 S. University Ave. St. George, UT 84770 435-652-78- rV '111.01F. 0 r' u DixieSunAdsDixie.edu DOMAN The Dixie State University Board of Trustees met to discuss matters of tuition and student fees in the Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons building's Zion Room on March 22. The trustees approved numbers previously presented at the students' Truth in Tuition meeting on March 5 most notably a 5 percent tuition increase and 2.64 percent student fee increase. This results in tuition for residents costing $2,340 and $7,480 and student for fees amounting to $408. non-residen- ts, Multiple organizations received an increase in student , fees, including athletics, which received a $21 increase, the student building fund, which received an $11 increase, and the writing center, which received a $2.25 increase. However, decreases were also mandated, including a $21 decrease in student computers and a 25 cent decrease to the Dixie Sun News. Rhiannon Bent, Dixie Sun News adviser, presented an argument to the board on why this decrease was unfair but was overruled. "Seeing the college mature into a university, I have done my best to allow the Dixie Sun to mature along with the institution," Bent said. The concern of the committee is that the Dixie Sun was pro SEE FEES PAGE 2 435-652-78- fax: 435-656-40- Ryann Heinien, Editor-in-Chi- Abby Doman, News Editor Monique Chavez, Sports Editor Noe Ile Spencer, Features Editor Kelly Seaton, Opinion Editor Madison Anderson, Photo Editor Valerie De La 0, Design Editor Autumn Nuzman, Copy Editor Justin Ford, Social Media Kelly Seaton, Ad Manager Ariel le Cabrera Hannah Dismuke Stephanie Du Par Issac Garcia Kristi Harris Jonathan Holland Jessica Johnson Tia Walker 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. Litto.1,4;!lotf graphic on pg. of the March 20 issue incorrectly stated the student fee descreases. The total student fee decrease is $26.75. A 1 Academic club fight against larger clubs for resources BY AUTUMN NUZMAN AutumnNuzman Academic clubs at Dixie State University are always looking for new members, especially since lack of members present at service projects could affect their funding. "Small clubs have a hard time getting members out to events," said Rich Cracroft, a junior information systems and analytics major from Las Vegas. "Part of this is that academic clubs specifically tend to have lower membership in general, especially active members, at least in my experience." Cracroft said funding being tied to showing up for events does make sense since it contributes to DSU's Carnegie a system for Classification classifying comparable colleges and provides and universities administrathe to justification tion and other bodies as to why clubs should receive institutional support. "I have noticed, as has the rest of the clubs branch, that it can be more difficult for the clubs with fewer members to do service projects that they are required to do," said Bailey Carter, academic clubs representative and a sophomore theater major from St. George. "Because of this, the clubs branch works closely with the service branch to provide as many service opportunities for the clubs as possible. Those opportunities count toward the service requirement for clubs and also provide merit money to participating clubs." Carter said the clubs branch also provides opportunities for clubs to publicize themselves, including Club Rush and the newly introduced Clubs Tabling, which gives three clubs per week the chance to show off to the DSU student body and share their respective messages and missions. Each club's president also has the chance to invite others to their events and publicize during the Inter-Clu- b Council meetings every other week. Hillary Beecher, vice president of clubs and organizations from St. George, said she can see how smaller clubs might have a more difficult time completing service projects and getting club of the month or year. On the other hand, she said, all clubs have the same resources when it comes to DSUSA's clubs branch and the number of students needed to pull off a service project is lower than the number necessary to start a club in the first place. Beecher said: "A service project only requires five members for a total of one hour in order for it to count as a completed project. I do understand clubs with smaller numbers have a hard time completing service projects; however, it is required to have 10 members to start up a club. That being said, they should have no problem getting at least five members to participate." Clubs are also required to use Blazer Link, a website which has been labeled as confusing even by its advocates. Cracroft, Carter and Beecher all said while Blazer Link can be confusing at first, it's an extremely powerful tool that could be of great benefit if students were given more help up front understanding it. Beecher said understanding Blazer Link is also a requirement in each club's branch position. "There are so many incredible tools that will help clubs and club presidents be a lot more organized and be able to improve the way that the club runs as a whole," Cracroft said. honors linebacker after death DSU BY RYANN HEINLEN AvereeRHeinlen Dixie State University held candlelight vigil for linebacker Abraham Reinhardt on Monday at the clocktower. The DSU Football team continues to celebrate the life of the student athlete who died Friday using the hashtag "ttAB3." Reinhardt, a junior radiography major from Wailuku, Hawaii, died after being admitted to the hospital on Tuesday following seizures and vomiting. The seizures caused "immediate brain swelling," according to the GoFundMe page; Reinhardt was pronounced brain dead and taken off of life support Friday. The episodes were caused by hyponatremia. Girlfriend Kailana Kayla and Reinhardt's family spoke with Reinhardt's teammates on Saturday where they thanked the DSU Football team for being a part of Reinhardt's life. His family flew in from Hawaii for support, arriving in St. George on a SEE ABS PAGE 2 |