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Show ecie lime/ lependent voice of students in Utah Valley 1ONDAY-JUNE 20^2005 Keeping it Real Real Salt Lake kicks it old school and brings big league soccer to the Beehive State. Sports on A7. 0r VOLUME XXXIV* NO. I WWW.NETXNEWS.NET Time to freak out the Norms Summer Movie Reviews Local resident Norm Nielsen has his ideas about academic freedom at UVSC, and student John Ditzler has his. Where do you stand on the issue? Opinions on A3. From Batman to Mr and Mrs. Smith, the summer blockbuster season is in full swing. Life on A6. Wars UVSC's Pepsi generation begins as the Coke contract ends. Will students swallow this sweet deal? Michael Palmer News Writer he vending machine contract that UVSC has shared with Coca-Cola over the past ten years is set to expire. As of press time, specifics as to the new contract have not yet been disclosed; however, speculative indication suggests that the new contract will be with Pepsi Cola brand. "It is my understanding, and I guess this is just preliminary knowledge, that the new contracts will be with Pepsi Cola," said Bob Rasmussen, Dean of Students. The change comes after the current ten-year deal with Coca-Cola was set to expire, and the bidding wars for a new contract began. According to Student Body President Jared Sumsion, student representatives tried to find the best possible option for the T Chad Clark/NetXNews COKE IS IT: For now at least, but soon there will be a new soda in town. The question remains, will students be happy with the new options? High-tech meets trades Tom McFarland heads up the new School of Computing, Engineering and Technology ErrinJulkunen Your News Editor Following the Board of Trustees meeting on June 9, 2005, Utah Valley State College has a new school. The Trustees * vote created the School of Computing, Engineering and Technology. This new school proposes to give students the chance to major in very specific engineering programs. The school comes from combining the School of Technology, Trades and Industry with the School of Computer Sci- ence and Engineering Technology. The new school is believed to have nearly 5,000 students, making it the third largest on campus. Tom McFarland, current Dean of the School of Technology, Trades and Industry, will be the dean of the new school as well. McFarland believes the change will bring even more students into this new school. "We have a lot of people coming over to get degrees that are not your traditional technical people. We have men and women who did not Your News Editor Last year's UTA-ED Passes will expire June 30, 2005. Students who rely on UTA for transportation need to renew their passes at Campus Connection in the Student Center. Students need a valid form of identification and proof of payment of one-third of News Desk (801) 863-8617 tuition, either for summer or fall. Students who have not yet paid for fall, but are eligible for financial aid can visit the financial aid offices to get proof of eligibility. Students will need to show at least one of these to the Campus Connection office. The UTA-ED Passes are good on UTA busses and Trax. These passes are paid for by student fees and pro- See PEPSI-A2 Aviation student, instructor survive plane crash "We have men and women who did not expect to be technology people when they were in high school, but they come here and just love it" ErrinJulkunen Your News Editor Tom McFarland Dean of School of Computing, Engineerin and Technology expect to be technology people when they were in high school, but come here and just love it." Combining the schools comes after a year-long study that found many of the courses offered in the different schools were very similar. Beyond the similarities in courses, advancements in Chad Clark/NetXNews See MCFARLAND* A3 Dean Tom McFarland Bus riders need to renew passes ErrinJulkunen school. "When I was elected and I found out about this, I started asking students who they would rather have on campus. It was split half and half, but upon further questioning, a lot of the students didn't know which drink came from which company." Sumsion said that as Online of press he was presently unable to disclose specific numbers of the What do you think arrangement because the about the switch contracts have not been from Pepsi to Coke finalized; however, when on campus? asked whether there Visit us online at would be any price flucwww.netxnews.net tuation or other immediand take our poll ate, noticeable changes, he said, "as of now, the preliminary indication is no. The contract has not been signed yet, but it does not show that that will be the case." Student and faculty reception of the news seemed mixed, primarily based on a loyalty to a particular soft drink. "Nobody can tell me there isn't a difference between Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi," said Brad Anderson, sophomore English major. "I am a Diet Coke person for life." vide an alternative to high gas prices and parking fees. Visit us online at www.netxnews.net A UVSC aviation student and a certified aviation instructor from UVSC are recovering from injuries incurred in a plane crash Saturday, June 11. Jason Castle, 23, and Randon Russell, 25, were taken to the hospital for treatment of severe burns that occurred when the plane went up in flames. Castle, a student in the aviation program, was looking for a way to build time in the flying program and had decided with his family to purchase a Cessna 310C, a high-performance, multiengine light twin plane. According to Mario Markides, the Aviation Coordinator for UVSC, "Russell had experience in that type of plane, but he went out on his own time," noting that the journey was not a UVSC sponsored excursion. The two flew into Mt. Clements, a small area just north of Detroit, and took the plane on a test flight that Markides said went "just fine." Castle and Russell were on their first leg of the journey home when the plane crashed just after takeoff. It landed right side up, but went into flames after the crash landing. Sheriff's Capt. Anthony Wickersham told WJBKTV of Detroit, "If you take a look at the aircraft now and what's left of it out in that field, you'd be surprised that anybody...survived that." "Ifyou take a look at the aircraft now and whafs left of it out in the field, you'd be surprised that anybody...survived that/' Capt. Anthony Wickersham Macomb County Sheriff's Office The cause of the crash is still yet to be determined. According to Wickersham, there may have been trouble getting enough speed to gain altitude. This is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration. Castle was upgraded from critical condition to serious on June 13, and according to recent reports he has a lacerated kidney and severe burns on his face. Russell broke both ankles, and had burns on his arms and hands. Send story ideas to errinluvin@yahoo.com |