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Show (ho The independent voice of students I logo lime/ in Utah Valley ^^r WWW.NETXNEWS.NET MONDAY*AUGUST I '2005 VOLUME X X X I V NO. IV More Movies! Is chivalry sexist? Guess who's back? Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson take on the holy act of matrimony. Stealth and Must Love Dogs too. Life starts on A5 Sure, you'll open the door for her, but do you really respect her? Why sometimes being nice is not so nice. Plus a local man warns soldiers of the horrors of war. All this on your Opinions page on A4. Greg Ostertag makes his return to The Jazz; a little older, a little wiser, and probably even more out of shape. Sports starts on A8. Applying local ethics to a national debate Micahel Palmer Both proponents and opponents of animal rights cited LDS scripNews Writer ture they felt vindicated their beliefs. Foster recognizes that there ithin a culture known for is great opposition to what he says, deer hunting, barbecues, but is also somewhat surprised by and a generally intense it. disposition against anything perceived to be left-wing ideology, "I feel that that logic and doctrine animal rights issues are often disagree on this issue; that church missed immediately. However, as doctrine and common sense are the issue of animal rights moves both on our side, but opinions of into focus on a national ba— _ course clash." sis, increasingly becoming There are other local orboth a major social moveganizations concerned with ment and a topic of academic "I feel that logic and doctrine agree on this animal welfare from secular discourse, some local people issue; that church doctrine and common perspectives, including the and organizations are hoping Utah Animal Rights Coalito re-adjust that perspective. sense are both on our side..." tion and the Student Organization for Animal Rights orAmong these organizations ganized at the University of is Mormons for Animals, Dr. Chris Foster Utah, which puts on VegFest headed by Doctor Chris Fosannually in April, last year ter, Professor of Philosophy Mormons for Animals _ _ featuring guest speakers at B YU, and Adjunct Faculty Dennis Kucinich and Howmember at UVSC. ard Lyman. UVSC does not presMormons for Animals is con- presentations and organizations has ently have a club related to animal cerned with animal welfare; how- been oppositional. When Foster rights. ever, it advocates from a position wrote an anti-hunting piece from that Foster feels is consistent with- a religious perspective for BYU's As the issue becomes a major sonot contrary to-LDS doctrine, the newspaper last year, the respond- cial movement for many, it is also dominant theology of this area. ing controversy was enormous on becoming a topic of increased aca"In LDS theology, there is a huge both sides, more vociferously in See ANIMALS-A3 doctrinal foundation for animal opposition, however. W rights, more than any other Christian religion that I am aware of. Culturally, though, it is just the opposite." Foster has given multiple presentations on the subject, including one at UVSC's Mormon Studies Conference last spring. He is also the faculty advisor for the vegetarian club on BYU campus. Some of the reception to these UVSC listens to public input during community forums Micahel Palmer UVSC's own Jim Harris rediscovers long lost flower News Writer On Thursday, July 21, in the Orem City Council chamber room, UVSC hosted the second of two forums designed to layout strategic directions for the school and obtain community input regarding the school and its future. The forums were part of UVSC's ongoing effort to ensure that the needs of the community, with regard to higher education, are sufficiently prepared for and met. Many big names associated with UVSC were in attendance, including President William Sederburg, former President of UVSC, Wilson Sorenson, Vice President of Academic Affairs Brad Cook, Assistant Vice President for External Affairs Val Hale, and two of the recently appointed Board of Trustees members, Karen Acerson and Carolyn Merril. Additionally, many members of the community were in attendance. Orem Mayor Jerry Rushburn welcomed the gathering. "This is an interesting and rewarding experience," Washburn said. "It's an opportunity for the community to get together and give some input." President Sederburg then gave apresentation commenting on the driving growth factors facing the school in upcoming years, and its current spending efficiency. "We are the most efficient school in the most efficient state in the Union," Sederburg said. Sederburg also said that projected enrollment by the year 2030 is 35,000 students, a number disputed as being too low by some audience News Desk (801) 863-8617 Bloomin'genius BonnTurkington News Writer Andy Hunt/NetXNews President Sederburg explained his plans for the future of UVSC at last month's Community Forum. members. forum was widely attended Sederburg then outlined the • by a number of curious comsix strategic directions being munity members concerned keyed in on for 2005-2006: with the direction of the 1) Manage enrollment, 2) school. Establish an integrated camAfter Sederburg laid out the paign to promote a consistent strategic directions, the audipositive image and aware- ence was divided into three ness of UVSC, 3) Expand separate groups to discuss and reallocate institutional more intimately a variety resources, 4) Develop, retain of public concerns regardand attract exceptional and ing the school and its future. diverse faculty/staff, 5) Re- Topics discussed included alize a comprehensive four- public transportation, faculty year college mission, and 6) workload, international sisBuild a distinctive educa- ter-school agreements, and tional experience for UVSC market demand. students. A commonly recurring topUVSC hosted similar fo- ic was that of money. Many rums last year, with five of community members shared the six strategic directions concern that UVSC is not being the same; the sixth dibeing funded sufficiently rection was added this year. In addition to those directly enough to match the projectSee FORUM *A2 associated with UVSC, the Lost, and thought extinct for over 150 years, a beautiful arctic flower was rediscovered almost by accident. Jim Harris, a biology professor at UVSC, was able to locate the plant in a Northwest Territory of Canada along the Kate Bathurst peninsula, after stumbling across a passage in an explorers' journal that hinted at its true location. In the mid 1800s John Richardson, a naturalist with the Franklin expedition, (an expedition to discover the Northwest passage) collected the new plant and brought it back to England where it was named the Braya Pilosa. This flower, he told everyone, was found near the mouth of the Mackenzie River, but in reality was more than 150 miles to the east. Other explorers gave descriptions of this flowers' location as well, but when they searched for the rare flower it was nowhere to be seen. "It may have just been an error in his judgment, or he may have just described too broad of an area," Harris said. Harris1 fascination with the Northwest Territory expeditions and knowledge of botany are what allowed him to discover the true location of the plant. "I located a copy of Franklins' journal on E-bay and was just skimming through it. There was a section in the journal by the guy who originally collected it, John Richardson. In the Visit us online at www.netxnews.net Courtesy Photo Utah Valley State biology professor Jim Harris accidently rediscovered the thought to be extinct Braya Pilosa Rower. account he describes sitting for lunch by a small bay nowhere near the river. He then describes finding a beautiful flower and the way he went on to describe it, I knew it could only be the Pilosa." All the botanical journals used today, however, give the plants' location incorrectly, stating it to be found near the mouth of the Mackenzie River. But when Harris read about the description of Richardson's discovery, he knew he was on to something. "I was immediately curious as to where he really was that day." When Harris pulled up maps of the area described inthe account, he found a place he thought matched 150 miles east of the Mackenzie River. "There are no exact records of the 1848 collection, but the time was right for when the flower was supposed to be discovered." And in the account of an explorer who collected a sample in the 1850s, the description of where he saw it matched the other accounts. So Harris and a companion decided to search the area in hopes of finding the plant. After being dropped off on a small lake in the Northern territory around 7 p.m., Harris and a companion hiked out toward the possible location. See HARRIS-A2 Send story ideas to errinluvin@yahoo.com |