University of Utah Student Newspapers--The Chronicle | 2006-09-12 | Page 3

Tuesday, September 12,2006 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Board of Trustees Briefs dents spring 2007. U building named after philanthropist The David.Eccles School of Business has named its new entrepreneur center after Pierre Lassonde following a $i2-million donation. The building will house such business programs as the Utah Entrepreneurial Challenge, the University Venture Fund and Launch Pad. Board approves historic preservation certificate Red Butte Garden area named for Utah senator An area in Red Butte Garden was named after Utah Sen. Wallace E Bennett. Bennett had been a benefactor of the U for nearly a decade before his death in 1993, and his family has recently pledged more than $42,000 to new garden trails. New executive director for Huntsman Cancer Institute The U Board of Trustees has Mary Beckerle was announced approved a new historic preservation certificate within the college as the new executive director for the Huntsman Cancer Institute at of architecture. certificate j u U b c u s on an the September Board of Trustees meeting. .Beckerle, a professor of biology, has more than 10 years experience and jtizis been serving as the instiGlaltili SPEAKER ;". ADVOCATES FREE SPEECH ATHINCKLEY FORUM continued from Page 1 a month before the presidential elections, Moore was greeted at UVSC by mass protests. Traffic gridirons were set up in roadways to keep people from driving to the campus. Despite a hostile environment, Moore delivered his speech, bringing positive effects to the student body, Vogel said. "Students were talking about issues that mattered. That's what a healthy campus and a healthy democracy should be like," he said. During that semester, UVSC had the highest number of registered voters it had ever seen. With the writing and publishing of his book, Vogel was forced to resign his position as student body president. He is now a graduate student and adjunct professor at Brigham Young University, hoping to convey the PROGRAM OFFERS STUDENTS TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES What: Teach for America Info Session continued from Page 1 hear stories like Briggs'. "After two years of battling in the classroom to catch my students up to grade level," Saloner said, "I just couldn't walk away. Working as a recruitment director allows me to effect even larger change. I am thrilled to share my experiences with college students and to encourage them to use their leadership and talent as corps members." Saloner will hold an information session this afternoon from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 319 of When: Tuesday, Sept. 12,12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Where: Union Room 319 Applications are due: Sept. 30, Nov. 5, Jan. 7 and Feb. 18. RYAN PERKINS/ TV Pjily Uioh Ckwnkle the Union. The program will also have an information booth in the Union lobby today from 8 a.m. to noon. For more information, visit ASUU RESTRUCTURES BAJWTED AT BYU EVENT Presenter's Office. Jeffrey Nielsen is among the former BYU professors scheduled to speak at the event in October. Nielsen was the subject of local headlines after he was fired from BYU for writing a column in The Salt Lake continued from Page 1 Tribune criticizing LDS church format because initially it was policy toward homosexuals. about educational freedom, not Cooley said he was disapjust BYU," said Kyle Hansen, pointed by ASUU's move. director of programming in the "I told them I didn't think it importance of free speech to his students. He received the UVSC Martin Luther King Jr. Award in 2004. "I'd like to lead a revolution of independent, earnest free thinking, with students realizing our power to make this country better," Vogel said. U senior Paul Tippetts, a double major in public relations and political science, was on the UVSC student council with Vogel in 2004 and shares his advocacy for free speech. "Many of our political leaders are so focused on maintaining political power that they neglect free speech—one of the 'inalienable rights' that is so fundamental for our democracy," Tippetts said. r.mcconkie@ chronicle.utah.edu us death threats and news stations came in to stop us. I was even sent e-mails saying that I should be tarred, feathered and run out of the state," Vogel said. "People were saying that I had betrayed my religion and my country and that they were going to come after me—it was pretty scary." Although UVSC faculty and administration were .largely supportive of the ; event, university donors : planned secret meetings to .convince the school of the damage that Moore would cause, Vogel said, offering $40,000 to keep him from speaking. One donor pulled •a $i.4-million art collection from the school. State •legislators held $37 million •of funding for the school, • threatening to remove fundHumanists of Utah invite you to hear Professor Amanda ; ing for a new library if Moore Barusch speak about a healthy sexual relationship was allowed to speak. After three votes on the is- Thursday, September 14th, at the First Unitarian Church, sue, the predominantly con- 569 South 1300 East. Her presentation, "What's Love Got servative student council to Do With It?" will discuss the benefits of being in love. voted 17 to three in favor of It begins at 7:30pm Moore coming to UVSC. . '."Students were saying to me, 'I don't like Michael Moore, but that doesn't mean his speech should be silenced,'" Vogel said. • On Oct. 14, 2004, less than the Teach for America Web site at www.teachforamerica. org or e-mail Saloner at amber. [e-mail]. [e-mail] was right, but it's their decision ultimately," he said. 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