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Show orts MONDAY • AUGUST 20 - 2007 "Unknown Zone3 dents pay to go to a game. For too long UVSC hasn't felt like a real college, with no strong bond connecting students, faculty and staff with the school. Jason Adkins But maybe it's because Sports writer UVSC isn't supposed to feel like a real college. If you have only 20 On-campus housing is bucks in your pocket, what non-existent, and there is would you spend it on? What can I get for that? an eight-lane freeway sepa1*11 tell you what you rating the largest apartment get, an all-sports pass to complexes nearby from all UVSC sporting events, campus. Places for students reserved seats for men's to hang out, catch a bite to basketball, a megaphone, eat, hear a cool local band or a rally rag like the Homer shoot some pool don't exist. Hanky that the Minnesota Plus, almost anyone can Twins fans have get into used during playUVSC, not If you still want to off runs and free shell out the $20, more that that food at the count- power to you. part of the less number of tailschool's gate parties that will m I s be held this school year. sion bad. is The great new idea to Frankly, school spirit boost school spirit can be does not exist here because credited to the Wolverine UVSC is just a school in Spirit Task Force, a previ- a community, while in arously unknown organiza- eas where there is a lot of tion that cannot be found support for a college team, on a Google search on the the community and the college's own Web site. school are intertwined. When I was living near It has decided to implement the "Unknown the University of Utah Zone" for this coming several years ago, there school year in hopes of were plenty of places to raising student interest go hangout and feel you in the Wolverine sports, were a part of the U withThe issue with the out even being on campus. "Unknown Zone" being I just don't get the implemented by the "un- same feeling wlaen walkknown" task force right ing the aisles of Walnow is why was it put in Mart, just across the from campus. place during the summer? street If you still want to shell The task force needed to have more input from stu- out the $20, more power dents and faculty, instead to you. For those who disof meeting in relative se- . agree with the "Unknown elusion during the summer. Zone" scheme, not going to Calls to several task , the games is not the greatest force members (including option to protest the change, student government Presi- because no one went to dent Kris Coles and Cory them in the first place. Duckworth, UVSC vice The best way to let those president for student af- who make these decisions fairs and chair of the task know how much you don't force), for comment on the like the move is to politely process that the task force inform student government, .followed were not returned, or perhaps contact D.uckI can see why the task worth's office; after all, force wanted to make stu- he chaired the committee. Decided by unknown process Brandon Schelin/The College Times Fishing for fans What it will cost you *>•"• Ben Webster Sports editor* : Utah Valley students have been passing up free sporting events for too long. Giveaways and contests weren't bringing enough students to the stands, so the n6w Wolverine Spirit Task Force committee at Utah Valley is trying something else. Students will have to pay if they want to go now. For $20 a year students can get an "Unknown Zone" student packet A name will.be voted on by students early this semester, as well as a t-shirt design and student section name at basketball games. The packet includes an allsports pass,': season men's bas- ketball tickets, a t-shirt, mega- stand the value," said Beka Gurlich, a phone, rally rag, entrance to all committee member and UV clubs coortailgate parties and other possible perks. dinator. "We had greater attendance at Beginning Aug. 21 students can sporting events when we were a junior purchase the "Unknown Zone" college and a lot of people thought the packet . at Campus Connection. attendance would grow as the school "The students on the committee grew-but that isn't what has happened." wanted to try something different," said Gurlich said the new packet is a prodCory Duckworth, UVSC vice president uct qfth^jiew student body government and director of the spirit committee. and-their plans to increase school spirit. The difference is students will no Attendance hasn't been a strong longer be able to show up for sport- point for a number of years. The best ating events and get in with just a flash tendance at a mens basketball game (the of their student ID. For men's bas- sport that, on average, brings in the bigketball games, students will receive gest crowds) last year was 4,002, when tickets, unlike the general admission Utah State came to play at the McKay seating that the students who have at- -Center, with the smallest being 611. tended have become accustomed to. . uWe looked at other activities at "We have a great product that our • UySG, and there was better attenstudents don't know about or under- dance at the events where students had Continued on page D4 New "Unknown Zone" student packet Cost • $20 for the year • $2 for single-game tickets with' student ID to all sporting events How to get it What What else Included in the packet is an all-sports pass, t-shirt, men's basketball season tickets, rally rag, megaphone and free admission to all tailgate . parties. Pick it .'Up beginning Aug. 21 at Campus Connection. y A contest for students to decide the name of the fan group, the student section at sporting events and a t-shirt design. Suggestion cards can be picked up in SC105. Cross country ready to start rolling for new season depth in past years. Not this year though, as Houle Sports writer said several runners are coming off their LDS misNormally you wouldn't sions and redshirt years, think that running several and should be ready to go. miles a day when it's near"The boys will be acloser ly 100 degrees outside is a team," Houle said. "Not in good idea, but many people just being close on the team, generally don't think that but in running together." running is a good idea unEven though the men der any have lost one The season is fast approach of their stars, circuming for the Wolverines as the Joe Bendoski, stances. first meet is at Utah State on who T h e gradumen and ated, there is Aug. 37. women's another runner c r o s s who is ready to take on the country teams at Utah role of team leader. Houle Valley would have some- said that junior Chase Enthing to say about that glestead should do well, notion, as they are pre- considering his perforparing for their first meet mance in 2006: Englestead at the end of the month. had second- and third-place Head coach Scott Houle finishes in his first season. is high on both teams, esHoule isn't writing off pecially the men's, which the women, despite losing has struggled with its Jason Adkins File photos/The College Times Both the men and women's basketball teams at Utah Valley had successful seasons but in the stands there was a lot of yellow. ' Continued on page D4 |