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Show VOLUME XXXVI • NO. 9 THE STUDENT VOICE OF UTAH VALLEY STATE MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 11 • 2006 me SPORTS REAL TIED IN 5TH school libraries around the world about freedom, democracy, and citizenship in remembrance of today, as Americans September 11, the Unilook back five years versity of Utah's Willard on the September Marriott Library will be 11,2001 terrorist attacks, offering, events geared we remember and honor around the theme of "De all the lives that were mocracy and Informed tragically lost. All around Citizenry.". the nation events are takIncluded in Uiese ing place in remembrance events will be a presentaof the emergency person- tion from UVSC/ graduate nel and civilians who died Joseph Vogel, w'ho is also as victims and heroes at the author of F e e Speech the World Trade Center in 101: the Utah, Valley UpNew York City, the Pen- roar over Michael Moore. tagon in Washington D.C. Vogel will ;be speaking and Somerset County, about the experience of Pennsylvania. bringing filmmaker MiIn commemoration, chael Moore to the UVSC new Public Safety Com- campus. i. missioner Scott Duncan Also, RacheJ Swarns, has invited the commu- Washington co-responnity to join with police, dent for The New York fire, emergency medical Times since 2003, will and other first respond- speak about the issue of' •• ers today, the morning of immigration and the surSeptember 11, at 10 a.m. rounding politics. And to honor the fallen and Thomas Mann, Brookto remember the terrorist ings Institute scholar and attacks. The commemo- author of The Broken ration will take place at Branch: How Congress is the Utah Fire & Rescue Failing America and How Academy (3131 Mike to Get it Back on Track, Jense Parkway, Provo) will speak about the role adjacent to the Provo Air- and history of the U.S. port. Congress and its impact In Salt Lake City, in on citizen involvement in cooperation with the Sep- the democratic process. tember Project, an orga- For dates and times of the nization which cultivated University of Utah Septhe idea for activities and tember Project events, events of discussion, dia- visit www.lib.utah.edu. logue, and reflection in public, academic, and Ashley Robertson News Editor Real Salt lake is still tied In 5th place but their playoff hopes are alive and well, see how they can make the playoffs on B6. T: UVSC SPORTS UVSCsports teams returned home this weekend but before they did they had to face some tough competition on the road, see more onB9 BfcAr,!** r-WW*l t*5 4i)FH UFE CHOCOLATE SALSA I Check out Provo's newest hip place ; to take a date and learn to salsa\ onBI rfii NEW STUDENT LEADERS Find out more about this years new student government and what there going to be up to this year on B1 jr-.'5'fl 'JGn, Curtesy photo/ snc.hu „• UVSC aviation looks toward future after damaging storm OPINIONS A SCHOOL SWITCH? UVSC hires ex-BYU professor Jeffrey Nielsen who lost his job after publidy disagreeing with the IDS church's policy on gay marriage seeA7 NEWS BUSH PROTEST Several thousand Utahns congregated in Salt Lake City to protest the Presidents recent visit. The college times interviewed students and faculty, Read More onA5 Jared Magill Assistant News Editor Several weeks back, on Aug. 1, when a fast moving microburst thunder storm rumbled across Utah Valley, uprooting trees, knocking down telephone poles and crowning its nefarious achievements by flipping two airplanes owned by UVSC onto their backs, the Aviation Science Department was brought to a temporary standstill. "There was a two to three day period where there were no flights at all," said Associate Chair of Aviation Science Mario Markides, "We were only at half capacity after a week." In the aftermath of the freak storm, it was learned that 17 UVSC airplanes were either damaged or destroyed by the 80mph winds that Occurred during the storm, including ten of UVSC's _ Di a m o n d DA20 "Katana" airplanes, the school's ^ main initial training *^~aircraft for newer pilots. The worst destruction, along with the two planes that were overturned, was damage done to the tail sections of three other airplanes, one of which was later deemed to be a total loss. The rest of the carnage was minor glass and body damage caused by flying debris and hailstones. But, however negligible the majority of the damage may have been, the Aviation Science Department was faced with the contingency of 'having half of its fleet in for re- pairs just a few weeks before the beginning of fall semester. Had this unfortunate occurrence taken place at any other time of the year, it quite possibly could have created a backlog of flight-starved student pilots and instructors long enough to land an aircraft on. However, due to the fact that summer is the slowest time at UVSC's Provo Airport Campus, and the added good forSee PLANE-A4 DLC breaks ground Ashley Robertson News Editor The Digital Learning Center construction is officially underway. Groundbreaking ceremonies were conducted on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 in the parking lot just east of the LA Building. "It's going to be a phenomena] institutional facility here on campus, and students for years to come will appreciate the building," said UVSC President Bill Sederburg of the $48 million DLC. UVSC officials made remarks during the ceremony pertaining to the importance of the new library and the benefits it will bring UVSC. "Now with an edition of an incredible library, an incredible facility such as this, students aren't going to need to commute to somewhere else to do their studying," said Student Body President Andrew Stone, concerning UVSC students who frequent the BYU library to make up where UVSC's library lacks. The 180,000 square foot DLC will include more than 100 public computers, 40 group study rooms, an extended hours area, a cafe, media viewing rooms and seminar rooms. "The Digital Learning Center will have a profound impact on UVSC's ability to meet the academic needs of a growing student body," said spokeswoman Megan Laurie in a statement. The addition of the new library is a necessary step toward UVSC becoming a university, as addressed in a letter from September 2005 to the college from the Utah System of Higher Education Commissioner Richard Kendell. See photos on page A11 |