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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Wednesday, February 27, 2013 3 DEBATE TICKETS ENERGY Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 of the programs at the U, but that students are not utilizing them. He said if students cannot identify with people running programs, they will not use them. "The identifiable difference is students are not able to connect with the programs that we have," he said. "The problem we have identified as the HOUSE Party is the diversity aspect of these students who traditionally are not aware of the programs. [We must] inform them of them and connect them." The candidates also addressed the future of sustainability on campus. "Sustainability is much more than recycling, but it begins there, and I know our university can do a lot better then we are doing right now," said HOUSE Party vice presidential candidate Sam Ortiz, a senior in social work Ortiz said different parts of campus are using different companies to run their recycling programs, and this is leading to wasted resources. "We want to start the conversation in uniting campus, and pool those resources and get more from what we are investing in recycling," he said. Ortiz also proposed increasing the use of public transportation to campus events, ensuring that students know about ASUU's desire for sustainability and giving them the ability to access public transit. Peak Party vice presidential candidate, Bridger Harris, a junior in marketing, said the Peak Party is dedicated to sustainability and has worked with the director of the Office of Sustainability. Harris said recycling is important, but that ASUU needs to do more to help students employ sustainable practices. He said the party might continue programs like the ASUU reusable utensils. He proposed increasing the number of drinking fountains that can fill water bottles. "It's something that saves thousands of dollars and pounds of waste a year," he said. Newhall said another platform is to expand the Recycle Rice-Eccles program to the Huntsman Center. Candidates of both parties said they want to have gold certifications from the Office of Sustainability on all ASUU events. Both parties also addressed the diversity of their parties. Newhall said Peak Party candidates are representative of traditionally under-represented students at the U. He said the party's candidates are 55 percent women and 25 percent people of color, which are both io percent more than the demographics of the U. "This is not just something we just talk about, this is something we intentionally set up with our candidates," Newhall said. "We did not just go for anyone when identifying candidates. We went for the people who were going to work hard and identify their prospective groups." Ortiz said being Latino defines who he is and how he interacts with the world, and this is one of his assets as a candidate. He said he is the first Latino to run for ASUU student body vice president in recent years. "It is important because the image that we need to cultivate here at the university is that anyone can do this, that it is not just a certain demographic, and I want to represent that for the freshman coming in," Ortiz said. Kendahl Melvin, a candidate for senior class president with the HOUSE party and a junior in political science, said neither party can claim to be the most diverse. "Diversity does not just mean ethnicity, it means who you are as a person," Melvin said. "I don't think it's fair for either party to claim that they're the more diverse party — we are all diverse students. I do not think that is a platform, that is who our parties are. [The HOUSE Party] is not a party that is ethnically diverse, it is a party that is diverse in its students and in the type of people that they are," she said. "I believe the ticket makes sense, but the cost is too much," Oliver said. "The tickets should be less expensive because we are college students. We don't have the money to pay for a ticket like that. We are paying for college. If anything, there should be more crosswalks available for students to use." Joseph Bowen, a freshman in art, also thinks the sioo ticket is too expensive. "Lives are worth more than sioo," Bowen said. "But people are smart enough to make the decision to walk across a dangerous area safely. I think students should get a warning the first time, and maybe a $20 to $30 dollar ticket. But, even then, I wouldn't want to pay that." Xander Stanfield, a junior in art history, shares similar views as both Oliver and Bowen. he said. Typically a dissertation is very scholarly, and when published, it sits on a shelf in a library or database and is not utilized very much. Lexie and Lindsay are doing something different. "They are changing our own perception of what the Ph.D. program can be. Can it be more than something that's published? I think yes." space," said Bill Leach, lighting specialist for Energy Management. "You have to plan for the eventuality that somebody has to get out of the building." The SCIF program and Energy Management will install motion sensors in the corridors of the third floor. After three weeks, they will observe the data and make sure the sensors are working with the lighting control. Many projects first begin with faculty members noticing the lights on and notifying Energy Management. Faculty has also mentioned the Browning Building having unnecessary lights on. Energy Management hopes to roll the LNCO project into the Browning Building once the project is found efficient and successful. "We're going to get a lot of information off that one project and move to other buildings," Wrigley said. "As funding follows, we can expand the control lighting system into classes [and] floors." Other sensors that conserve energy on campus include the daylight sensors, in which inside lighting will turn off, depending on the amount of sunlight coming through the windows. It's a neat system because it's expandable and customizable, Wrigley said. Buildings also have occupancy and vacancy modes. In occupancy mode, lights turn on when someone is in a corridor and will turn off if nobody is there. At night, lighting switches to vacancy mode in which lights are turned off all the time. While newer buildings are able to conserve money and energy with building-wide control panels for temperature and lighting, Energy Management must work with the funding they have to update older lighting or temperature systems on campus. m.clark@ chronicle.utah.edu a.plummer@ chronicle.utah.edu BRENT UBERTY/The Daily Utah Chronicle A U student jaywalks across South Campus Drive to catch a train. Students have recently been ticketed by police who wait near the TRAX stop. NATURE Continued from page 1 In Werner's opinion, there are two major realities in environmental science. First is the physical reality, which is dominated by statistics with few gray areas. The second is the rhetorical reality, or the ability to produce sentiment through the power of words and argument. He said these realities must come together and allow the nature of rhetoric to soften the character of the physical reality. "We live in a physical world, with a lot of things we do know about our surroundings and many we don't," BEAUTY Continued from page 1 Kate Upton. The sticky notes said, "You are capable of much more than looking hot" and "Your reflection does not define your worth." The sisters want people to know it is not just Sports Illustrated they have been speaking out about, but every media outlet that targets women. While completing their undergraduate degrees in journalism at Utah State, BLOG Continued from page 2 After speaking with In The Venue, I decided to call Johnny's On Second and spoke with Paul Marcux. Marcux has been bartending for more than eight years and has had his fair share of exchanges with very intoxicated persons. He assured me he never just kicks people out, and the only time he uses the phrase, "You're too drunk, you need to leave," is when an obviously drunk person is attempting to enter the bar for the first time. In fact, Marcux usually helps the "too drunk" person find a friend to escort him or her home after offering water and something to munch on. Now that I have spoken with some seasoned professionals who have the know-how to kick someone out of a bar, I have mixed together a formula that the stronghanded bouncer at Club Sound should routinely follow: Step one: Find an obviously impaired person by looking for the telltale signs, including slurred speech, quivering "I understand UTA is trying to protect people," Stanfield said. "But college students shouldn't have to pay $100 dollars for rushing to catch a bus to class. College students don't have $100. I agree with the ticketing, but it's a hassle when it happens. he said. "Language shapes this physical world we live in and allows us to connect the hard facts on the environment to our own decisions." Werner graduated from the U with a bachelor's degree in English and has a master's degree in fine arts from Arizona State University. He wrote "Crooked Creek," a novel set in Utah and Arizona at the turn of the loth century, and "Black River Dreams," a collection of fly fishing essays. This collection won the Utah Art Council's Original Writing Competition as a nonfiction entry in 2008. University Writing Program director, professor Maureen Mathison, said the course gives students a dif- ferent learning experience that is still close to home. "When we think of experiential learning, we often look to study abroad," she said. "The Environmental Writing course provides a similar experience in our own community." Professor Thomas Huckin of the U Writing Program completed a faculty observation of Werner during a Writing and War course and was struck by the engagement of the students. "What impressed me was how he spurred a lot of class involvement and how little he had to talk to keep the conversation going among the students," he said. Lexie and Lindsay took a media literacy class and realized the messages they had bought into from the media were not healthy. "I've never resorted to an extreme, I've never had an eating disorder or paid to have cosmetic surgery or any of those extremes," said Lexie Kite. "But I had spent, as just a normal girl, a lot of time fixating on what my outside looked like, thinking that's where my happiness and love and success would come from." Glen Feighery, a professor of communciation and legs, unfocused eyes and the inability to compose simple sentences. Step two: Tell the inebriated customer that he or she can no longer purchase alcohol, however, they can still enjoy the bar ambiance. Step three: Offer the drunk person a tall glass of water. Step four: If the drunk in question attempts to cause mayhem, find a way to get him or her safely home. Hopefully, my arch nemesis, the surly bouncer, will read this blog and forever follow the aforementioned steps I have comprised thanks to In The Venue and Paul Marcux. fmoody@ chronicle.utah.edu k.mcarthur@chronicle.utah.edu m.white@chronicle.utah.edu member of their review committees, said it is apparent in their committee meetings the work means a great deal to them. "It's not limited to their heads, their hearts are in it too," Feighery said. "I find that inspiring. I love to work with them on this. Every time we meet, every time we talk about it, I feel optimistic and energized." The work they are doing is different than the traditional Ph.D. program, L NEED FUNDING FOR A rSTUDENT PUBLICATION? Student publications are eligible to receive funding from the Student Media Council for the 2012-2013 academic year. Contact Jake Sorensen, Director of Business, at jake.sorensen@utah.edu to receive an application. 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