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Show your new/ MONDAY-SEPTEMBER II »2006 Photo by Jaime Teer Thousands turn out to protest President's visit John Ditzler Executive Editor Among the several thousand people congregated Aug. 30. in Salt Lake City's Washington Square to protest President Bush's coinciding visit were a number of UVSC students and faculty. Various reports estimate the turn to have been between t .500 and 4.000. The anti-Bush rally was organized by SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson and featured speeches by Anderson, a retired Green Beret, an undocumented immigrant and various members of the community. Bush had accepted an invitation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars to speak at their national convention Aug. 31. but arrived in Utah the day before. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were also in Utah to speak. President Bush told a welcoming crowd of several hundred when he arrived in Utah that, "Iraq is the central front in this war on terror. If we leave the streets of Baghdad before the job is done, we will have to face the terrorists in our own cities. We will stay the course; we will help this young Iraqi democracy succeed, and victory in Iraq will be a major ideological triumph in the struggle of the 21st century." Anderson stated at the beginning of his speech to several thousand protestors, "Let no one deny we are patriots... We have so many veterans here today... We are grateful to our veterans who have sacrificed so much for our freedoms. We love our country. We hold dear the values upon which our nation was founded. And we are distressed at what our President, our administration and our congress are doing to, and in the name of, our nation." "Why invade and occupy Iraq when it was bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked our country and still haven't been brought See PROTEST- A6 New Exchange Students visit and explore UVSC Brandon Schelin News Writer Every fall Utah Valley State College receives foreign exchange students from Jumonji (yes. it's pronounced just like the Robin William's movie) a partner school in Japan. Bach year foreign exchange students from around the world visit UVSC. Jumonji College in Saitama, Japan is a strong supporter of this student exchange program. Students from Jumonji, have the choice to come for either a semester abroad or a three-week holiday. ] In addition to visiting UVSC, these students wanted to see the inner workings of an American high school. Mountain View High School has long been their school of choice. Student Coun- cil Members at Mountain View chauffeured these students around giving them an in-depth look at high school life. These students seemed somewhat shocked by the lack of similarities between the high schools that they attended and Mountain View. Most shocking to them was American students ability to choose their own classes. "We all had classes that we had to take,1' according to Natsumi, a third year Information Technology student. "You have a much larger variety of classes to choose from." According to Nami, a second year Communications student, there are no similarities between Japanese and American high schools. Of course the. difference in class variety is not the only one, in fact far from it. Most of what makes up an Ameri- \ can high school are contradictory to what makes up a Japanese high school. Despite the glamour that comes along with visiting a high school in Orem, Utah; believe it or not that is not the sole reason for their crossing the pond. Actually a more recreational reason is to blame. While on their holiday in Utah, the students visited many landmarks. Landmarks unique to Utah such as Bryce Canyon National Park, and Kennecott Copper Mine. They even found time in their busy schedule to make the hike to Timpanogos Cave. In addition the students also visited KSL news studios. With many of the students majoring in communications, KSL played host showing them how an American news studio runs. A5 |