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Show MONDAY, APRIL 7,2008 • THE COLLEGE TIMES News EVENTS Center for the Advancement of Leadership MasterMind Session: Lisa Bearnson • 4-5:15 p m • S C 206 B the Wellness Department SLEEP FAIR • 10 a m - i pm > Hall of Flags Wolverine Softball v. Idaho State • 3-9 pm • Wolverine Softball field Wolverine Men's Baseball v. Southern Utah • s-7 pm • Brent Brown Park Pre-Health.: Seminar: Cary Nakken, Pharmacist • 12 -1 UVSC Service Council Orem City Park Clean Up • 0 am-12 pm pm • SC 206c U M Wolverine Baseball v. Southern Utah 7-9 pm • Brent •Brown Ball Park A3 s 8 T My Word! Touchstones literary ; event • 7-10 pm • Centre Stage Story of the Year, The Bravery IN CONCERT ; • 7:30-11:30 pm • McKay Events Center • Winter:SolcJiefTestimonies • 10-11:50 am • 2:30 pm-3!s • L^ 008 pm • LA 025 "• i & * \ Fall Registration Begins TRANSIT from Al iUiri&^ej^0ii^?s taken owner being present, and of,"'said Nina Beck, a how he showed comparapresident who was moved to tively little concern about another apartrqent dufe to fire the apartments; the bulk of y his concern clearly focused damage;sustained at hers. on students. John Stutznegger, a resident & studeht who had an According to the police apartment in the same com- report, damages caused by plex, said, "I was in church the fire were an estimated when I was informed that $200,000-300,000. Insurmy building was on fire, so ance adjusters were on site my friends and I took off Tuesday, but had not deterto investigate: I just wanted mined a final figure for the to get my stuff out because degree of compensation. I had thousands of dollars Lena Barney, The direcworth of instruments inside. tor of properties for ProWhen I called my roommate, Star Management, stated I was told that I couldn't get that they wouldn't know for in at all; so I just went back sure on insurance for severto church." al days. She also mentioned Stutznegger also ex- that at least one student afpressed how grateful he was fected by the incident had for the quick response of renter's insurance, which those who came to the aid of would cover damage or loss the students. Other residents to personal belongings. Barhad also mentioned the ney stated that she recom- r mends students research and obtain renter's insurance -a safety net that can cost as little as $10 a month. In a press release, Barney commented, "College Terrace would like to thank Orem City Fire Department, Orem City inspection Department, Questar gas company, Rocky Mountain Power Company, the LDS Church, the American Red Cross, and all the great College Terrace tenants, as well as their family and friends, for their tremendous effort and cooperation, in response to the unfortunate fire we experienced. Through their united cooperation, tenants in nine of the 14 affected units were al?le to move back into their thoroughly cleaned and refurbished apartments." (MAG) is a project partner in the study and has been conducting public meetings to research and develop alternatives to report to the Legislature in September 2008. Local citizen knowledge helps them in this study process. They are relying on public input to determine what alternatives best meet the needs of the area. The UVSC community has the opportunity to give their input about alternatives they would like to see in the future at the comment booth on April 14. For more information on the Utah County eastwest, study, visit: www. Utah county east weststudy .com NEWS BRIEFS Tech Titans winner UVSC student Aaron Willis won at Tech Titans for his Engineering submitted idea H2 Transport. Tech Titans is a student-run design and idea competition open to both undergraduates and graduates in Utah. The goal of ihe competition is to encourage students to de- velop and share new inventions and designs that have the potential to become technologies that can make an impact on the lives of people in Utah and beyond. Each of these students received $1,000 to help develop their idea, along with 5 hours of free legal consulting from Thorpe North and Western. Work study available UVU Financial Aid and Scholarship Office suggests that now is the time to apply for Work Study for the 2008-2009 school year. May 1st is the first priority deadline. April 25,2008 is the last day a work study student can work for the 2007-2008 school year. Work study is not offered study for summer term. To apply for a pin number. www.pin.ed.gov ,-..r.~..<r*. To apply for 'fiflan&i&l aid on-line: www.fafsaied.gav.- Grant awarded to UVSC Information Systems & Technology Department MEXICO from Al In an effort to provide slu- 'dents to irhplerrieilf ifrrts 'public dents an. opportunity: to inteivP (wireless Intemot adjp^pjjjfi&Utah act with community partners, County. •: 'vj jv'•%'-;£•;' UVSC's Center for Engaged Teams establishialTrc*^>ubLeaming granted $2,500 to<S. - lie wireless Internet Itcress at Jeff Cold, associate prdfessor'of :: Canyon View Medical^aroiip, a information systems and tech- medical clinic In SptaiujKh ; nology. The money was present- ^Orem Fast Lubfi! ^ : ' ed to three teams of Information -different locations,1 Systems and Technology stu- Street in P r o v e 'V West Jordan, the CHOICE (Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Inter-Cultural Exchange) philosophy centers on motivating an end to poverty through sustainable village ^development. Through ^expeditions," CHOICE employs? Nd>th American volunteers in humanitarian prSjgcts throughout the vvorliii&DcuSing on employing omul and safe technologies; 1§n • culturally sounds ways, j . 3 • ' j I • Inl999,JoelBradford,an assistant professor of environmental science, traveled with CHOICE to Tamaula, to document a micro-credit project that was being conducted there. "I made a video on a micro-credit program that CHOICE was running, and I sayv the needs, so I volunteered to lead an expedition," says Bradford. "That's how I got involved, originally, with CHOICE. But$}eing a teacher, we(bei gan)vtaidng;.UVSQ students dbwn^ doing a lot of other project?-as, vyell. V?e built a health <clijfiic, we developed the watershed, and attempted to do a slow sand filter that diiin't work very well." dents — their work is done mainly when we get down there, but the environmental students are going to be developing a rapid sand filter (here), because there is a learning curve we have to go through in order to take it and (be able to) implement it." The rapid sand filter, a device^that takes very little technical prowess to run yet allows'for the decontamination of;runoff from the village's watershed, is being implemented in collaboration with the Central Utah Water Conservancy s District. As Bradford explains, collaborating with the ^ a t e r Conservancy District is Vital for the successful cornple- , tion of the project in Mexico. "They've got a model that they are going to teach us how to run the rapid sand filter on, and also how to build it, so when we get down (to Mexico) we'll kind of know what we are doing," says Bradford of the Water Conservancy District. "(The rapid sand filter) is essentially the same system (the District) uses to clean water, After?- Bradford's initial it's just on a small scale. Ininvolvement, the connec- stead of millions of gallons, tion between CHOICE and it's hundreds of gallons." UVSC continued to soThe rapid sand fillidify as additional faculty ter is not the only avenue and students were recruit- CHOICE and UVSC are ed to contribute based on exploring because, as Bradtheir specialties. This May, ford explains, there is no UVSC will send four faculty single water source that will members and six students to sustain the population over help develop the water proj- a long period of time. "I ects in the village. Bill Din- can see us working on this klage and Mike Bunds, both last big push for water for professors in Earth Science, a couple of years, because will coordinate a group of it is not one magic bullet. students in charting the geo- It's developing a series of logical terrain in order to • ditches and small reservoirs provide more information on top of the mountain to about where clean, acces- draw the water down to the sible water sources can be bigger reservoirs. It's about located. developing springs -- build"We are going to be in ing cisterns and a system to Mexico for two weeks, but distribute the water." we are going to be working To seek all possible on the project before we go supplemental water sourcdown -- especially the en- es, CHOICE and UVSC vironmental stuff," noted are relying on the expertise Bradford. "The geology stu- and financial backing of US Mr. UVU crowned The Mr. UVU pageant was a night of comedy arid entertainment. 7 fine young men and one Peter Cottontail competed for the title of the firstlever Mr. . . . . . . \ '• • UVU. ._ • • j; _ , The talent competition was most entertaining. The competitors performed an array of skills, from Bee Money and hisiProvo Rap to Neil Smith, who demonstrated how to get your first kiss. But one boy stood out from.the', rest: 21-year-old,; J[a aid from Heber\ prize of $400 and t h e s t e s f Mr. UVU. •5'"£jj When asked whjatih&will do • , " • J -£•$'. with his prize money',McT^Qnald stated, "1 plan on buymg'fpts of stuff, but one thing injj*jBJ(iicular would be a < McDonald - is a major and loves skiprjjrig^rbcks and sneezing. Runnenj Up; were Justin Morrilf and Torn Merrill. STONES from Al Ben Paz / College Times Professor Joel Bradford demonstrates a model rapid sand filter system which will serve as a teaching tool for students traveling to Mexico this summer. The technology will be implemented in a rural mestizo village to improve the sources and quality of the community's water. Synthetic, an Orem-based company that specializes in . drill technologies. US Synthetic has become a longtime supporter of choice under the leadership of Louis Pope, whose parents, Bill and Margaret, are monuments in UVSC history for the donation of funds for the campus' Pope Science Building. "Our work with CHOICE is part of our company's long term goal of community giving," said Bob Johnson, one of the US Synthetic representatives who will be accompanying the CHOICE and UVSC team to Tamaura this spring. "It also provides an opportunity for our em- ployees to give back and see the fruits of their donations through company paid expeditions." Even with the extensive involvement of local corporations and agencies, mostdevelopment projects are strapped for cash and labor. The Tamaura project is no different, but as Bradford explains, the needs of the village are not about comfort, they are about survival. "You try living without water," argues Bradford. "Shut all your taps off and haul your water in from someplace else, and it will tell (you) what the importance of water is." ticipates the release of this project. Edwards is also the coordinator for the Touchstones release party, My Word, which is scheduled for 7 p.m., April 8 at the Center Stage. Edwards said he decided to be an English major so that, one day, he can be homeless. "What better of a life: You get a tan and pictures taken with celebrities. And one day I am going to travel to Africa and be homeless there in the hopes of meeting Bono." Edwards is quite proud of his work in Touchstones this year, and not afraid of its revealing nature,explaining that he doesn't "have a lot of shame." His work entitled "The Tightly Drawn Noose" recounts a disquietingly true event that marred Edwards' freshman year in High School. "It's a compelling piece of teen angst and accidental feces. It is an autobiographical piece. In other words, I pooped myseu0 iiriyt;fieshman year in High School," said Edwards. Touchstones also contains the artwork of graphic design student Jamie Bigney. The cover design began as a mid-term sophomore project for Bigney. "It was created out of frustration with not wanting to be stuck with a boundary. I built off the doodles and built off the design," said Bigney. Thaddaeus Broderick, an English major, contributed his submission entitled "Radio Flyer" to the effort. "I didn't mean to write it. It was accidental," said Broderick. "Radio flyer has been rewritten every time I read it; maybe now that it is final and in print, it might stay the same." Touchstones is scheduled for release at the My Word event on campus. With the promise of poetry, short stories and food, the contributors are excited to see their works published. |
