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Show Opinions Sports News The UVSC ballroom dance company recently competed in the four-day Embassy Ball DaneeSport Championships. Find out how they performed against the other 25 countries represented there on page A3. The women's soccer team kicked off 2007 against Southern Utah in a game that went to overtime. After two exhibition losses. Coach Brent Anderson was happy with the team's improvements, but did they get the win? Read the story on B5. The summer has been many things, and one of those things has been the unfolding of Bush's new strategy to try and save his old strategy. Read about it on A4. times The Independent Student Voice of Utah Valley State VOLUME XXXVII-NO, 4 NETXNEWS.NET MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 10 • 2007 Interview with ASUVSC Student Government Jennie Nicholls Assistant news editor College Times: What goals do you have for your position this year? Mark Johnston/College Times Jenny Wells, UVSC's new VP of student activities. UV student works with first lady Internet re : UVSC student completes internship with first lady of Mexico Bradley Cummings News writer Every summer, hundreds of UVSC students participate in internships that increase their understanding and competitiveness in their respective fields. One of these students, Melina Jones, a political science major and senior at UVSC. had the opportunity to assist the first lady of Mexico, Margarita Zavala de Calderun, according to a press release on Sept. 5 2007. Melina, a native of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, assisted the first lady daily in many tasks from July until Aug. 22. These included translating, organizing meetings and events and doing office work. All this was done in Mexico City in Los Pinos, the residence of the first family and offices of both the president and first lady of Mexico. One of the highlights of Melina's internship was the opportunity to serve as the first lady's personal assistant at the North American Summit Conference in Ottawa, Canada. She commented on this experience having said, "It was a wonderful i X : experience,. • I learned , so much working with her." Margarita Zavala de Calderon has. been serving as first lady since 2006 and will continue to serve until 2008. She was married to Mexican President, Felipe Galderon ancl they have • three children. Before bel coming.*firsflady, her husband and she served in congress. Core issues for the first lady include adoption, immigration, and as a special focus, immigrant children. (Information Courtesy of Wikipedia.com) This experience had such a great impact on Melina Jones that she is planning -on returning to Los Pinos next year for her senior internship. She is excited to work with First Lady Margarita Zavala de Calderun once more. Jenny Wells: Some of the goals that I have this year for activities are for committee members. My main goal is for recruiting committee members through- out the whole year. People always ask if they can still get involved and of course they can. We take people all year; we'll take you the day before school gets out. I really want people to know that student government is around and that we are open and would love to have people come and get involved. We are always looking for help; not even just at activities, but help for stu- HannaHooge ;•;"' '-.' News writer . • "Utah Valley State College computer labs and wireless Internet access come '"with penalties. Viewing online pornography, extreme violence or illegally downloading material can permanently revoke lab and wireless privileges. "If it's an illegal activity [the school] will take legal action," David Tobler, _ senior director of technology support ] service^aJd. "They [school administra- ions dent government, in general. Another goal I have this year is getting the word out to our UVSC students about activities that are going on in a timely manner, so that they know about them ahead of time. The area that we live in is populated with a whole bunch of college students, obviously, with UVSC and BYU. I really want to try and cater to the UVSC students by getting their opinions on SwREGULATIONS * A3 See WELLS • A2 ^ Scandal at MATC Erik Frederickson tion] have seized computers from either on campus or if it's a personal lab top." The computer systems in the labs are supervised by technicians that can view any other screen at any time. Every download is monitored. Every printed page is counted. "In my computer, I have a screen that I am able to view everybody's screen," Jonathan Young, computer loft lab technician said. "I get up? dates to see what they are doing." If a person is found breaking the; what activities they would like to see happen, and we always like to try new things, especially when the idea comes from the students. That way they are getting what they want and come to events that they think will be fun. We usually have amain idea of what we want to dolike we want to plan a dance, or host a hypnotist-and com- News writer After an audit turned up some questionable activity with public money, the Mountainland Applied Technology College is under investigation. Clay Christensen is the president of MATC and was placed on a paid leave of absence as well as former president of MATC and current president of Utah College of Applied Technology Rob Brems. It appears Rob Brems', a member of the Utah Republican Party, departure came with a questionable transition package of a reported 157.782 dollars. Auditor's also uncovered falsified documents from MATC's President Clay Christensen regarding a parade float. Utah code states that public funds cannot be used for political purposes. It has been reported that Christensen illegally used just over 400 dollars for a parade float for the Utah Republican Party. Christensen proceeded to look for a way for the campus to pay an additional 694 dollars for the same float. State Auditor Auston Johnson said regarding the issue, "We wonder what kind of pressure they were under to break the See SCANDAL • A2 United Way day of caring Jennie Nicholls Assistant news editor Mark Johnston/College Times United Way of Utah County put on its annual Day of Caring on Sept. 6, 2007. The day of caring is an event that supports service and volunteerism in the community. President and CEO of the United Way of Utah County, Bill Hulterstrom described the day of caring in a press release, "United Way day of caring illustrates the great spirit of volunteerism that permeates Utah County and demonstrates what people working together for the community's good can accomplish." The event started with a breakfast and short program held at BYU's LaVell Edwards Stadium for volunteers. In attendance were prominent members of the community, includingelected representatives as well as LaVell Edwards. Following the program, the groups of community volunteers went to the 16 different service project locations. UVSC had a strong showing at the day of caring, with a group of 60 students along with faculty volunteering at the House of Hope. House of Hope is See CARING 'A3 Alternative transportation makes lack of parking irrelevant Britnee Nguyen News writer Parking spots seem to be going extinct around campus and, consequently, students are having a harder time finding a good place to park to get to their classes. Instead of driving to school, there are some alternative transportation options that students can use to avoid this problem. Those living a distance away from campus should consider taking advantage of the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) bus. For just $5, the UTA bus pass is valid until September 2008 for students. It is a great offer considering that a non-student has to pay $107 for just an unlimited monthly pass. The student bus pass can be used to travel not only to UVSC, but to other places in Utah as well. The pass is not valid on ski, paratransit, premium or special services. UTA recently added a new route from Payson to Orem in order for students to have the option to ride the bus to school. UTA bus stops are Mark Johnston/College Times See TRANSPORT • A2 UVSC's shuttle makes its stop outside the Student Center. |