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Show MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2007- • THE COLLEGE TIMES A 3 News COMMUTER from Al Academic Tutoring We appreciate our great tutors: Writing Center Heidi Bauer Sylvia Bentley Easton Brown Jared Colton Cassie Eddington Julie Hatch Kellon Holgate Andrew Israelsen Shannon Israelsen Matthew Jonassaint Susan Kelly Whitney Nelson Brandon Parks Laura Payne Scott Strihgham Chandler Walpole I O O CM CN 00 JBo tion of five new rail lines. . The remaining expense will be covered by taxpayers in the Salt Lake and Utah counties. Four of these five lines .will be light-rail, located in Salt Lake City. They will extend TRAX to dense gravel areas, such as the Salt -Lake International Airport. The fifth line will be a commuter rail stretching from Salt Lake City, past UVSC, to Provo; this is currently Commuter rail, and unlike TRAX, it will feature diesel locomotives and twolevel passenger coaches to carry passengers. This line . will have less frequent stops, cover longer distances, and travel at higher speeds, topping out at 79 mph. Extensive planning went into this line, which is currently in its "environmental phase," according to UTA's Web site. Independently, "the will take commuter r$il as cost of this project is $880 an efficient and economi7 million," stated Chad Sa- cal alternativetodriving,' Iey, UTA spokesperson. said Utah Representative The University Park- Paul Ray of House Disway Station, which will trict 13, who represents the be constructed just across Davis County area where 1-15, will be directly ac- UTA's first commuter rail cessible to UVU students, is nearing completion. Once construction begins providing a low-cost and in Utah County, commuters efficient method of travel can expect a low impact on to the quickly expandtravel, according to Saley. ing college population. '•To minimize the inconveBecause of the combined jiiences of construction, interest of both UTA and UVSC, "we have been ac- •IUTA employs an active tively working with UVSC public participation process on the station," said Saley. by sending regular conThis station has been marked struction updates and holdas a potential "Intermodal ing monthly general meetCenter," meaning it will ings within the community. "The project is schedact as a UTA hub, providuled to be completed no ing a connection between later than 2015, although various forms of transporour goal is to have it built tation, such as rail and bus. a few years prior to that, 'The commuter rails if we can," said Saley. will have a definite effect on the community's infraFor additional informastructure; many can and tion, visit www.rideuta.com ti o VOUCHERS _from_Al_ Peer Tutoring ents to have choice," he said. "We want choice," said Kim Burningham, a former Utah state legislator and member of the Utah Stale Board of Education, "but we want choice for every child in the public school system." 'The option of private schools is not even an option for many, many students in this1 state," he said. Burningham argued that factors such as the location, selectivity and cost of private schools would make it difficult for many Utah students to attend them, if they wanted to. Scott Black Michael Cupak Cameron Earl Lucas Earl Toni Gaines Ashley Grimm Jeff Harbold Mark Johnson Sean Johnson Bret Kenworthy Richard Loveless Shane Maag' v Dan McCormick Michael Pectol David Peterson Kofford, a former Utah PTA commissioner, said vouchers are not the answer for students having difficulties learning in public school. *'A struggling student will be a struggling student, in a public school or a private school. As a parent, you have to do all you can to help that struggling student," she said. Mero, the president of the Sutherland Institute, a local think tank, argued that the opportunity to attend private schools would help students and parents, especially when it comes to Utah's minority students. "HBI48 is about helping these kids," Mero said. "What they need is a new opportunity. They need hope. They need a new start that empowers their parents to be involved in their lives." Utah residents will have the opportunity to vote on the school voucher issue in the Nov. 6 election. For more information, pick up a voting pamphlet at a COLLEGE TIMES newsstand, or visit www.elections.utah.gov Spencer Sterzik Michael Stufflebeam Math o o Vincent Aibano Blake Allen Erici Anderson \ Cory Baldwin Jonathan Benefield Austin Bunker \ 7 Daniel Carroll Justin Chatwin llda De Pina Julie DeLoura David Eckhard Martin Evans Seth Everingham ;. Kolby Gadd Kasha Granger Lisa Gurney Sung Ryul Hong Weston Hullinger Sam Lee Chunyan Li Kelly Loeper Joylyn Loveridge Dirk Malan .^ ; : Daniel McCormick Rachael Debbie Miner Alfonso Nunez Jung JaeParH The hottest place to bfe! I 00 PARKWAY CROSSING o tJ o 0) this coupon in for $50 dollars off - s costs! . bo - 0 . ; • • » - . ' -V*.-' still (801) 431-0000 Heidi Pope Benjamin Reynolds Isabel Victoria Trevirib Tesfaye Wako Peter Wall W • ••'••:<•$>:•>*/• Qms.iff 84058 -in |