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Show liege lime/ (he The independent voice of students at Utah State ^ ^ Itnh Valley Vallev State VOLUME XXXIV- NO. XI MONDAY-OCTOBER 17-2005 WWW.NETXNEWS.NET Is this your God? RSL hosts UVSC Worth the Journey? Real Salt Lake ended their season by host ing the UVSC's men's club soccer team at Rice Eccles Stadium as they faced off against Northern Colorado. Read about it on A10. Is Cameron Crowe's newest flick Elizabethtown as good as his past movies? To read Luke Hickman's review, turn to B9 in the Life section. news: A I One of our writers brings up some questions regarding how we believe in a greater being. To find out if you agree or disagree with her, turn to A7 in Opinions. r t iiin|jUM \A huvincs: A? ti|ilni«iii><; Mi 'hissiluHfs: A7 lilv: AS s|Kills: A10 Sederburq takes stage Jon Long News Writer If you could ask the president one question what would it be? Not the President of the United States but the President of Utah Valley State. That was the goal of the forum last Tuesday on Center Stage. Though many topics surfaced, some with heated debates, President Sederburg took to the audience in attempt to open dialogue between students and administration. Over 40 students turned out to hear some of what had to be said, and some of them brought their own concerns to the table. Amidst many topics brought up during the conference, the two most discussed1 were football and parking. The subject regarding football as a possible feature of UVSC in the future was brought to the table. "Participation in football may very well be a reflection of conference membership. I think that will be the spark that ultimately leads to football at Utah Valley State," Sederburg said. "It would be realistic to think we will have a football team established in the next 20 years," he said, with a certain degree of enthusiasm on the subject. Yet, one student had his reserves and voiced them over the future of athletics at the school. College Times editor and student Vegor Pedersen asked, "Do you see funding athletics as a risk to programs that may or may not succeed?" This was asked in an attempt to ascertain the situation that seems to plague current athletic departments of UVSC: low attendance. Sederburg seemed to have no doubt that a college football team would attract the needed attendance that the four million dollar price tag would demand. Over the course of the next three years, funding will be diverted into building a level of athletics that will attract the attention of the NCAA. But the question raised was: "What programs will suffer in the pursuit of athletics?" Parking lot L, or "HELL," affectionately named by a student in attendance, was also addressed at the discourse. This nearly turned into a heated debate at one point between College Times News Editor and student Errin JulkunenPedersen, and Vice-President, Val Peterson. Errin's dialogue was centered on a safety issue of students who are at school late at night, while Vice-President Peterson focused on students and faculty misusing the lot while being allowed to park there. "We cannot provide a parking stall next to the door for every student; we only have 8,000 UVSC fields winning Skills USA team John Ditzler Executive Editor With over a quarter million students competing within Skills USA each year for gold, silver, and bronze medals, students from UVSC consistently bring them home. UVSC students brought home a total of 12 medals this year, including 5 gold. With UVSC ranking 2nd in the nation this year, UVSC Skills USA Director Darin Taylor hopes to return next year and win it all. "It was almost hard to walk away with second in the nation this year because for the previous four years in a row, we've been 1st in the nation," Taylor said. UVSC's Taylor also serves as the Skills ^ L parking stalls for a school of 24,000 students," Peterson said. Many other topics were discussed during the hour-long session, such as out-of-state tuition, the testing center and late fees, allowing students to hold two on-campus jobs, and the school's eminent University status, among others. Another prevalent issue that dominated thefloorwas the College's new look. "Would someone like to ask a question about the master plan?" Sederburg asked to get the meeting started. The master plan, which is available to view in the student government office, is a projected forecast of what the school will look like and the facilities it will provide over the next 20 years.' The meeting touched on a lot of issues, some came at Seaderburg like a softball and were easy to answer, while others were a little more difficult and hard to hit. The debated parking lot issue began to fizzle out and the last questions of the meeting were asked. After the meetings' close, some students stayed around to continue talking. Byron Swogger/ NetXNews ccimpu/ came brief/ Ccimpu/ police worn /tuclenl/ The Campus Police Department is informing students that a possible assault may have occurred on campus last week. Anyone with information is asked to contact the officer-onduty at 863-5555. Since this case is still being investigated, the campus police are asking students to walk with a friend, especially at night. If you do not have anyone to escort you, please call the Campus Police Department and they will find someone to walk with you. Courtesy Photo/UVSC Skills team UVSC's William Brickey and Jonathan DenBeste took home the silver medal while competing at the Skills USA national competition in Kansas City. USA state director for Utah and was the Dee Martin, Director of Career and 2001 region 5 Skills USA Advisor of the Technology Education said, "80% of the year. jobs in this country are filled by people According to its website www.skillsu- who don't have a B.S or a B.A.," but still sa.org, "Kills USA is a national organi- have extensive professional training. zation serving teachers and high school People fulfilling demanding roles as fire and college students who are preparing personnel, mechanics, and construction for careers in technical, skilled and ser- "workers. Skills USA is a forum for them vice occupations, including health occu- to hone their skills through competition. pations. Taylor described taking UVSC stuStudents can compete in over 80 cat- dents to the national Skills USA conegories. Starting with the A's students vention and competition each summer compete in such categories as Anima- saying, "Just about every student has a tion, Advertising, Architectural Draft- job offer before they leave there. All the ing, Automotive Technology, and Avia- top business in the various industries at tion Technology, and can work their the national competition because that's way toward the end of the alphabet with where the best new skilled workers in welding and web design, and everything the country are." in between. - - - - Projector/ /lolen in in building Campus police are looking for suspects who have reportedly stolen five ceiling projectors, worth $2,500 a piece. They were taken from various classrooms in the Liberal Arts building on Saturday, October 8. "No alarms were triggered and there was no sign of forced entry," said spokesperson for UVSC, Derek Hall. "The suspects gained access tofiveclassrooms and were able to remove and make their way out of school with the five projectors. This occurred between 6-10 p.m. Saturday night." "Security measures on college campuses are an interesting thing; they are a public space. Tens of thousands of people walk through them every day. Thefts dp happen," Hall said. The same Saturday night, three events were held in the school. It's possible since the buildings are connected, the suspects could have gained access to the LA building. "Changes to the schools security are currently under review and will be made to ensure it doesn't happen again," Hall said. School officials met on Wednesday to review security measures and evaluate changes that can be made. |