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Show yourjneuj/ A2 MONDAY-APRIL 3 -2006 Campus hosts second biennial Deaf Studies Today! conference both multi-dimensional and undiscovered yet clear and News Writer familiar in the world of Deaf UVSC is scheduled to host Studies." The conference is comprised the second biennial Deaf of Lectures, discussions, and Studies Today! conference April 6-8. The theme of this performances. Most presenconference. Simply Com- tations will be on Deaf Studplex, "celebrates all that is ies, however, more specific Ashley Robertson topics are incorporated into the studies ranging from the Arts, including filmmaking, and literature to Neo-eugenics, and the Indigenous Deaf community. Although many different topics will be covered, the main purpose of the confer- ence is for the Deaf community to have chance to come together in a professional, academic environment to share their work and accomplishments. Also, all UVSC students and faculty are encouraged to attend at no charge. Bryan Eldredge, conference co-chair, and UVSC ASL professor said, " This is a good chance for UVSC students to explore what it is like in the life of a deaf person." Eldredge also said this will be a great opportunity for hearing students to get to know fellow Deaf students. UVSC has approximately 50 deaf students attending, more then any other college 1 in Utah. When asked about the divide between the Hearing and the Deaf, Eldrege feels the Hearing are often nervous when put in a situation where they think they might not be able to communicate as affectively as they would like. "The fact is that Deaf people have adapted to a hearing world and it's nothing new to them. They don't understand why Hearing people make such a big deal about it", Eldredge said. Keynote speaker, Dr. Marlon Kuntze, will be giving a special address to UVSC students Friday at 1:00 pm in the Student Center. It is a chance for attendee's to "hear a Deaf man sign". His topic, Written Language Without Spoken: Language: Literacy in a NonSpoken Language, is about what literacy means to the deaf community and to give, the public an idea of what it's" like for the Deaf to thrive in a' Hearing world. For students who are unable to attend any presentations there will be exhibits and displays set up in the student center commons so students' can simply get an idea of what the conference consists' of, or get more information. For more information, including presentation sched-, ules and topics, you may visit the Deaf Studies Today! website at www.deafstudies.om. Broken sprinkler floods Student Center Errin Julkunen-Pedersen Your News Editor this stop is just the beginning where the job hunt ends Right now we are hiring inbound security specialists. Job responsibilities include taking customer information from .field technicians who are installing security systems. Ideal candidates will be available to work on Saturdays and holidays. (Time-and-a-half is paid for holiday work.) JOB DETAILS. • $10 per hour pay rate • No previous experience needed • Various shifts Activities in the Sorenson Student Center were disturbed March 30, in the early afternoon, due to a sprinkler break in Campus Connection. *'A little girl was playing with a pool stick and bumped a sprinkler head," said Justin Sprague, UVSCs Fire Marshall. "Any water-flow from the sprinkler system will activate the fire alarm after so many seconds." Activation of the alarm prompted quick evacuation of the Student Center. Hundreds of students, faculty, staff as well as visitors to the ongoing Mormon Studies conference vacated the building, wondering what was happening. A strong chemical smell that accompanied the sounding alarms, as well as the proximity of the flooding to computer equipment, led many to believe there was a fire. Dean of Students Bob Rasmussen and Fire Marshall Sprague dispelled this rumor quickly. "That's the smell of the water in the sprinkler pipes that has been settling there for. awhile," said Rasmussen. Campus officials were on the scene quickly to assess the damage. "At a minimum, damage is around $15,000," said Sprague. The most significant damage affected the Student ID system, though flooding spread from Campus Connection to the Adventure Resource Center and into the Commons area and the Grand Ballroom. Primary concern was dedicated to cleaning up the water, which was as deep as half an inch in some areas. Maintenance crew, members of ad-' ministration, student govern-' ment officers, staff from the' Adventure Resource Center, Campus Connection, Post Office and others worked to salvage equipment and clean up the mess. Sprague speculated that clean-up would take a couple of hours, but the main concern was to address water leaks so floors wouldn't warp, especially in the ballroom, where water is prone to drain. 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