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Show Wednesday, February 27, 2013 DTII-CILY UTAH C H RON ICLE www.dailyutahchronicle.com The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 Vol. 122 No. 113 ©2013 ALSO INSIDE Students can get their thrills by watching the extreme sports films at Kingsbury Hall » 5 Columnist argues Utah needs to be more prepared for impending earthquakes on the Wasatch Front » 4 UTA police issue hefty tickets to jaywalkers Kelly McArthur STAFF WRITER Students might reconsider the habit of jaywalking once they know UTA Police Department is issuing fines to those who neglect to use the crosswalks. UTA police are ticketing sioo to people who ignore the crosswalks and instead cross in the middle of TRAX's railings. U students have been feeling the monetary effects of UTA's policy, especially at the South Campus station. "You're only allowed to cross the tracks at designated crosswalks," said Chad Staley, spokesperson for UTA, when stating their policy. "They're usually located at either end of the station. People who cross the middle of the platform are subject to a fine." Some students believe UTA is doing a good thing by passing out pricey tickets to those who disregard the crosswalks. Alex Harris, a junior in communication, thinks the price is right and effective. "It makes sense," Harris said. "If people knew how expensive the ticket was, people wouldn't feel so inclined to cross the tracks. Some parking tickets are not a lot of money, so I don't take them very seriously. It's different with a sioo ticket." Some students think UTA is going overboard with the amount of the fine. John Oliver, a freshman in economics, thinks the tickets are farfetched. See TICKETS page 3 MICHAEL SYGNATOWICZ/The Daily Utah Chronicle Members of the Peak and HOUSE parties debate in front of a packed Hinckley Caucus room on Tuesday. ASUU debates continue VOICING THE ISSUES Both the HOUSE and Peak parties explain platforms in their final debates FIr,L II rl'll PO4t MICHAEL SYGNATOWICZ/The Daily Utah Chronicle Students unable to find room to watch the second ASUU debate in the Hinckley Caucus room crowd around a TV in the hallway of OSH. Topher Webb ASST. NEWS EDITOR ASUU needs to address issues of diversity and sustainability, said candidates for student government office at the second and final debate in the Hinckley Caucus Room on Tuesday. Early in the debate, Peak Party presidential candidate, Cheston Newhall, a senior in political science, addressed the issue that most U students are taking more than four years to graduate. Newhall said education is more than a degree — it is a mind-set. "I think that mind-set starts and you empower students through ASUU first by offering unique experiences to ensure they are learning outside the classroom," Newhall said. Newhall also said his party Sisters redefine beauty through website Marjorie Clark NEWS EDITOR Lexie and Lindsay Kite are not waiting until they complete their education to start what they consider their life's work. The sisters started Beauty Redefined four years ago as a way to share the information and research they gathered about the effects of media on women. Started in 2008, Beauty Redefined began as a simple blog to post excerpts from their research papers sharing what they had learned with others. "We have gotten overwhelmingly positive feedback from the women in our lives," Lindsay Kite said. "Women are really excited about it because it sheds light on something in their lives that they've felt like has always been a problem in how they perceive their own bodies." Lexie and Lindsay, both Ph.D. students in communication, are on track to finish their dissertations this se- mester. When they are done with school, they plan to join a speaking circuit, something with which they are already familiar. While traveling around the country for the past few years, they have been able to share their message with church congregations, treatment centers, health fairs and high schools. "When we speak to people, we're not about changing media, we're about changing people," said Lexie Kite. "We've reached way more than we thought we would." Their message is that power comes not from objectifying yourself, but by recognizing your own beauty, so you can move on to bigger and better things, said Lexie Kite. Recently the sisters have been in the media because of their interaction with the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. They used specially designed sticky notes stuck to the cover of the magazine to conceal the "exposed" See BEAUTY page 3 STAFF WRITER MAX WERNER As ideological forces threaten to divide the country over the environment, U Writing Program instructor Max Werner is dedicated to giving his students the tools to approach these issues through writing. Werner has designed a summer semester environmental writing course taught at Capitol Reef instead of in an air-conditioned classroom. The aim of the class is to help students understand the complexity of environmen- See DEBATE page 3 Motion sensors cut down U's energy usage Anne Plummer STAFF WRITER PHOTO COURTESY LEXIE AND LINDSAY KITE Sisters Lexie and Lindsay Kite started Beauty Redefined four years ago as a way to share the information and research they gathered about the effects of media on women. Prof's new class places students in nature Matt White plans on partnering with Career Services to provide students with counseling with completing their degree and finding a job. He said the proposed Student Leader Council will help make the administration aware of challenges students are experiencing in this area. HOUSE Party presidential candidate Nick Ferre, a graduate student in education leadership and policy, said the reason why students are not graduating in four years is not because tal issues. Students will stay for two weeks at the Capitol Reef Field Station for the three credit hour course while experiencing a holistic program. He hopes guest speakers, including local cattlemen, farmers, park naturalists and artists will give context to environmental issues and help students grasp the complexity and range of opinions on these issues. Werner's passion for environmental issues does not manifest itself in apocalyptic warnings or grumblings about legislative inaction, but in teaching students effective writing skills in order to advocate and cornmunicate. Werner is able to dissect complex issues relating to the conservation of resources because of his passion for environmental causes and writing skill. He said confusion about environmental issues creates strong divisions in the country. "When one subscribes to one ideology, they don't often listen to others," he said. See NATURE page 3 By turning off lights at night and creating energy conservation projects in older buildings, the U is saving up to sr million a year, according to the Energy Management Office. For several years, Energy Management has looked at turning off lights to conserve energy and has created projects to update systems in buildings. The amount of lights turned on at night on campus has significantly decreased over several years, said Bianca Shama, resource conservation specialist for Energy Management. "There's this better culture of people not wasting," Shama said. "If everyone does a little bit, campus-wise, that adds up to be a lot." This semester, Energy Management has partnered with the Office of Sustainability's Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund projects to conserve energy with motion sensors, specifically in the LNCO building. Many of the old buildings on campus do not have the updated, building-wide lighting systems. About half of the LNCO building lights must be turned on at all times, according to Jeff Wrigley, energy manager of Energy Management. But if they can keep the other lights off, they might be able to keep costs down and conserve energy. "Building code dictates you have to have so much illumination in public spaces even if there's nobody in the See ENERGY page 3 |