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Show uvureview.com Monday VOL xxxvn October 6. 2008 NO 33 | The Independent Student Voice of Utah Valley University Inside this issue I RogerLeroy Opinions Racquetball team members respond tofieart attack 1944-2008 Roger Coltharp, an adjunct faculty member in the biology department, had a heart attack on Sept. 22 while playing racquetball on campus. He was transported- to Timpanogos Hospital, where he died. When Coltharp first collapsed, his friend rushed into the next racquetball court where David Shamo and Ernesto Espinosa, UVU racquetball players, were playing and asked them if they knew CPR. Shamo is certified in CPR through his work as a security officer^ for Novell. .."'-?. >'."^'.'-;: "All I could think of is getting to him and starting what I had been trained to do," said Shamo. Shamo and Espinosa immediately started CPR. The UVU police arrived shortly along with the Orem Paramedics and took him to the hospital. "If it weren't for Dave Shamo and Ernesto Espinosa, the paramedics said (Coltharp) would have never even made it to the hospital before his eventual passing," said Brian Pointelin, head coach of UVU Racquetball. According to Pointelin, Coltharp was a pleasant man and always greeted people with a smile and never said a bad word about anyone. "Roger is a friend of us on the racquetball court, and off," said Shamo. "He loved the sport and was very good at it. He died playing a game he loved. God bless his family." Planned Parenthood club available at Planned Parenthood and the UVU Wellness Center. JARED MAGILL Managing editor It's a common local misconception, according to community health education major and Voices for Planned Parenthood intern Pam Hatch, that Utah women have no need for cervical cancer screenings and vaccinations, emergency contraception or contraception in general. "People have histories and then settle down," Hatch said. "Why wouldn't you want to be protected?" According to a report issued by the Huntsman Cancer Institute, 11,150 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2007. The National Women's Health Information Center lists cervical cancer as the second leading killer of women in the world. Another misconception, if you track the statistical data, is teaching Utah adolescents that the only truly effective form of contraception is abstinence, a rationale that, in An account from an alumnus in NYC The students visited 13 major companies on Wall Street such as Merrill These past two weeks Lynch, Morgan Stanley, have seen a frenzy of inGoldman Sachs, as well as vestment banks and insurLehman Brothers, the first ance companies on Wall investment bank that went Street going bankrupt or bankrupt in these past few being saved by other comweeks. panies or the government. "Lehman Bros, did not John Shoaf, a UVU give any indication that alumnus who graduated in times were bad and they 2004, is currently in New were facing losing their York City, working on his jobs. One of our main orMBA at Columbia Univerganizers for Pathways sity. He was also a senior associate at David N. Deutsch was an employee of Leh& Company, a Wall Street man Bros.," said Michael Snapp, director of UVU investment-banking firm. Career Services, who ac"Yes, I think there were a companied students on the number of clear signs," said trip. "There really was no Shoaf on whether he saw talk about things going bad this crisis coming. "People anywhere. People talked of were looking at speculation the markets being up and on markets and there was a down, but something like lot of excess lending. Most this never qarne up." people on Wall Street had a After Wall Street started sense of it happening, but crashing, a $700 billion no one expected it would bailout plan was proposed, be of this magnitude." which Congress approved In August, Shoaf hosted last week. Shoaf agreed 40 students (seven from with the approval that using UVU) in NYC for "Paththe government as a last-reways to New York," an event that Shoaf created to sort buyer js necessary for let students experience the this situation. Many people have seen NYC business wprld for three days. • BRITNEE NGUYEN Trent Bates/ UVU Review early 2000, prompted state legislation making abstinence only the solitary legal sex ed curriculum in Utah. In a Deseret News article dated Feb. 26, 2000, Rep. Bill Wright (R) stated on the House floor, "There are no failures with abstinence." In the same article. Rep. Mary Carlson responded saying, "Ignorance is never the best policy. It only fosters more ignorance. Abstinence is also a method of birth control that has a very, very high failure rate. It fails because people don't practice it." It is these fallacies that Voices for Planned Parenthood (VOX), a nationwide student advocacy group seeking to educate the public on issues regarding sexual health and rights, is working to cast off. VOX is currently circulating a petition that will be presented to the state legislature next spring asking lawmakers to widen Utah's sex ed curriculum to include contraception and sexually transmitted diseases, both of which are illegal to teach under current Utah Law. With the month of October being breast and cervical cancer awareness month, the UVU VOX club is advocating that uninsured UVU students take advantage of services for the uninsured offered by UVU's Wellness Center on campus at either no or at greatly reduced cost. Discounted services range from general health exams, which would be provided to breast and pelvic exams and cervical cancer vaccines. UVU VOX club will have a booth set up on campus Oct. 10-13 and will host a panel discussion Oct. 15. Survey looks at students' political choices News editor See WALL STREET • A4 u HANNA HOOGE HOPKINSON News writer When it comes to being informed about political decisions, a"s a whole neither Republicans nor Democrats at UVU take the time. On both sides of the fence, students are failing to consistently research their party's candidates, yet they will vote and consider it very important. In fact, according to a recent survey done on campus, those who were most informed when it came to political standings were the people who claimed to belong to no party at all. Out of the 100 random students surveyed, 53 percent were Republican, 12 percent were Democrat, three percent were Libertarian, six percent were "other" and 26 percent claimed no party. Of the 26 percent in the no-party category, 61.5 percent of them professed to read, watch or listen to See DECISIONS • A4 Survey of 100 Random UVU Students 53-Republicans 12-Democrats 6-Libertarians 29-No Party Why they chose their party: 20.7% Farriily ] 20.7% Researched Facts 20.7% (Chose 2 Options) 3.7% Don't Know Beliefs I Cross-country teams set the bar for the remainder of fall season. B7 News Dave Iba/ UVU Review Wall Street woes Student artists kick back at the Sego Arts festival for some good tunes and beautiful art. f Sports advocates health and education Free condoms are Spoiled Americans should take a time out. Read about why on 91.7% '". 8.3% Beliefs Researched (Religious or otherwtw) Facts Death Symposium raises questions about the impact of the death penalty and how the abolishment of the practice is a sign of progress. Early voting machines on campus AMIE WELLS Asst. news editor Early voting machines will be available in the Student Government Office, Oct. 21 through Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., allowing the community to vote at UVU. 'The early voting booths that will be on campus are for Utah County residents," said Tom Merrill, UVUSA Chief Justice. "It doesn't matter where you live, as long as you are registered in Utah County, you can come to the student government room and early vote here." This opportunity is part of the UVote initiative, which aJso includes the voter registration tables on campus and the upcoming Rock the Vote Concert. The proposal to bring the early voting machines to campus began at last year's voter registration drive. "When we were involved with our first registration drive it was the first year early voting machines were available in Utah County," said former Chief Justice, Justin Davies. "However, the only location was in downtown Provo at the Utah County Clerk's office." While Davies was encouraging students to vote that year at the registration drive, he was asked several times if early voting machines were available on campus. "I wanted to see more students become involved in the voting process," said Davies. "And if we had early voting machines on campus, it would be harder for any student to give a legitimate excuse for not voting," Davies added, "I think that student involvement in the elections process is something that's extremely important, from city council elections to even presidential elections, if every UVU student voted they'd consist of a demographic that would be impossible for candidates to overlook." "We put the petition together, circulated it around campus and ended up getting around 2,000 signatures," said Matthew Palfrey man, K Graph by Jordy Kirkman/ UVU Review See VOTE • A4 |