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Show u v u r e v i e w_._c o m Visit our new Website at wvA7.uvureview.com Inside this issue Welcome McCain's VP nomination appeals to those who already plan on voting for him and most likely insults those he wishes to entice. What happened to candidates selecting the one to best help govern once in office? jr c 1fi#$j$ A space "crisis" gets the dance department sequestered to the far reaches of the Gunther Trades Building. ^ fj orts A proposed new track facility will enable UVU athletes to actually practice and host meets on campus. 36 Textbook rental now an option m Jared Magill Managing editor According to the National Association of Colleges, as many as 65 percent of students opt to not buy textbooks. At some college campuses in Utah there is now another option. Last February a pair of entrepreneurs, Ron Akins and Stephen Watkins of Murfreesboro, Tenn, started the first-of-its-kind textbook rental service website called mybookhead.com. Mybookhead.com is now operating in six states servicing 37 college campuses including UVlf. BYU and Weber State. There arc no membership fees or service charges, just the rental fees that range from five to 15 percent of retail ' prices. According to Akins and Watkins, students can rent textbooks on an "as needed" basis. Rentals last three days and automatically renew if textbooks are not returned on time and continue to self-renew with no late fees until the retail price of the textbook is met. "Once they've paid the price of the book they own it," Akins said. "We never exceed retail price. Some people are just using it as a payment plan." The service operates in collaboration with local offcampus bookstores such as Beat the Bookstore. Students simply login to the mybookhead.com website, set up a free account, find their local bookstore, browse the inventory and rent. Mike Winward, coowner of the Orcm Beat the Bookstore location said that he heard news of the online rental service through the Murfreesboro, Tenn. Beat the Bookstore franchise that services Middle Tennessee State University, where mybookhead.com got its start, and expressed interest in joining. Winward said that they expect to have the Orem store's inventory list uploaded on the mybookhead.com site by the end of this week. Trent Bates/ UVU Review Week of 7 -j» us UVUSA's annual Week of Welcome (WOW) took place on campus this week. Events included the Crazy Olympics, night games, the White-out dance, a "Sing for your books" competition, a drive in movie, and a barbecue with live music. Dove I b o / UVU Review Dove I b o / UVU Review Being a part of UVU's first master's program Nancy Hale shares her story Campus survey to determine new library hours S3 Amie Wells Britnee Nguyen News editor Sept. 2 marks the first day of UVU's first graduate students pursuing their master's of education degree. There are officially 22 students that are enrolled in the program. One such graduate student is Nancy Hale, a teacher with 19 years of experience in the Alpine School District and the wife of Val Hale, vice president of UVU institutional devel- Asst. News editor opment. "Val has absolutely loved UVU and has been here for four years. It's a great place to be. I was thrilled with UVU becoming a university so they could add this master's program," said Hale. "Being in the education system. I've seen the caliber of teachers UVU has produced out of their education program, so I knew this would be a high-caliber program." In the past, Hale was never interested in obtain- ing a master's degree because most people in her profession would study administration, something she wasn't interested in. Hale became enticed by the fact that the new program at UVU had a focus on instruction and curriculum, which was her expertise and passion. Hale's educational career began when she graduated from BYU in 1979 with a bachelor's in el- See MASTERS • A3 In order to accommodate an anticipated increase in student usage, the UVU library' staff will be administering a voluntary campus-wide survey during the beginning of fall semester to determine whether an extension of the library's hours is in order. "We are looking for a data-driven decision," said UVU Library Director Mike Freeman. "We want the reality of our decision to bear that out." Freeman said that the Library administration would really like to extend the hours, but only if students actually come and use the building. The first option is to extend the closing time from 11 p.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday nights. The second option presented is to have the library open on Sundays, and the last option is a combination of extending the closing time to midnight during the week and opening the library on Sundays. See LIBRARY • A2 |