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Show The Independent Student Voice of Utah Valley University Monday VOLXXXVll uvureview.com February 2, 2009 NO 43 Inside this issue B5 A5 •JMIEWEL15 How to find a University president. Toolson scores 63 points. Yeah, sixty-three Nosferatu chosen to play at the Kennedy Center. Populist politics of Hollywood Squares. Student job market declining News Sports Opinions Rally for the future ] Asst. News editor Due to the current economic situation, students are finding it increasingly difficult to find jobs on campus as well as within the community. Laura Carlson, UVU Student Employment Manager, said that there are two main contributors to this problem: first, there are more students competing for the same number of jobs and second, there is a lack of available jobs on campus and in the community. Typically, the community helps to serve a lot of student employment needs, but currently employers are not hiring, and they are not replacing people as they quit. Carlson said that between last December and this month, about 200 on-campus hourly student jobs have been lost. "Everyone had to implement some type of budget cuts, so some students ha_ye seen a reduction in hours and some saw job opportunities cut in general," Carlson said. She added that around 100 students have been applying for each on-campus job listed through the Career Services and Student Employment Web site. "Recently a lab assistant opened a job and had 114 applications in five days," stated Carlson. "Our school is handling it amazingly well," she added. "It's been handled much better than what I' ve seen nationwide. I went to a conference in October and the atmosphere nationwide is far more serious than what we are experiencing here in Utah County." Allison Gray, UVU Employer Relations Specialist said that the unemployment rate nationwide is 7.2 percent, but in Utah is only 4.3 percent. Accordingtoapressrelease issued by the Department of Workforce services, approxi- See MONEY* A3 • LORAINE GHOLDSTOM News writer Trent Bates / UVU Review Students from Utah's colleges and universities gather outside the state capitol to rally for higher education. r r Utah colleg&'stoddnts take action~against budgei cuts __!N!E NICHOLLS Editor at large JACK ^WATERS Editor-in-chief Hundreds of students from universities across the state rallied the State Capitol Jan. 30 due to proposed state legislature budget cuts to higher education. Jackson Olsen, executive vice president of Utah State University's student government association, emceed the event by introducing members of the legislature supporting the cause of protesters. Olsen also spoke passionately about the amount of students coming to support, "We are here to dispel rumors of apathy. This is not just our futures and our educations, but also the future of the state." Representative Jack Draxler of Logan thanked the crowd for engaging in the political process by making their voices heard. Draxler also mentioned that the legislature was going to prevent higher education from receiving crippling budget cuts, at least for'the fiscal year 2009, which ends June 30. He said that during fiscal year 2010 that the legislature would be mindful of higher education. A recurrent theme in the morning's events included that higher education is the future of the state and a valuable investment. Current president of Snow College and Utah State University alumnus, Scott Wyatt, presented the statistic that for every dollar invested in higher education, the state will get seven dollars in return. He also noted that in times of economic distress cutting investments is not wise and records show that investing in hard economic times is a way to improve revenue later. He adamantly repeated the phrase, "We are the solution, not the problem." Umbrellas lined the crowd and signs claiming that rainy days have come, referring to the state's 'Rainy Day Fund' which was established for times of economic hardship. This fund has been suggested by many to be used at this time to help with the impending budget cuts not only affecting higher education but also public education. Wyatt did the math and said the Rainy Day Fund has increased to approximately $500 million since it was depleted from its original $125 million to $20 million after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 caused many of the funds to be allocated to several projects and budget changes. Sen. John Valentine, a familiar face to the UVU community, also spoke. "Yes. The answer is yes," Valentine said, "We are restoring half of the cuts we proposed a week ago." Governor Jon M. Huntsman has proposed a plan to cut 11 percent of the higher education budget, as opposed to the previous plan of 19 percent. Protesters were then allowed inside the building to sit in on the House of Representatives session. Rep. Rhonda Menlove introduced the group to the house, which was received with a round of applause. Whether the rally has had an effect on the legislatures decision is yet to be seen. Some estimate the budget may not be finalized until March. See RALLY • A2 UV Dew: most popular beverage on campus News writer Mountain Dew makes this institution unique in that it is the most popular flavored drink on campus, with 1880 cases of Mountain Dew consumed last year. In fact, it is the preferred flavored beverage over Pepsi, 7Up, and Dr. Pepper among all the 55 beverage vending machines on campus. "How do you know you're not at BYU? Mountain Dew," said Erin Stancliff, athletic director of Marketing and Promotions. Student benefits gained from volunteer service "UVU is everything MounNow after 70 years from tain Dew stands for. The its early beginnings, "Doing drink is green and so are our the Dew" stands for someschool colors. So it's a great thing much more than just a way to promote their drink." mixture of whiskey. It gives Mountain Dew dates UVU a unique identity that back to the early 1940s and students indeed "do the was invented in* Knoxville dew," and are proud of it. Tennessee. The inventors Students like it for originally created it to be its refreshing taste mixed with whiskey. Its bot- and added caffeine. tle design featured a hillbilly "Oh, I love Mountain caricature that held a bottle Dew," said full-time stuof whiskey with the phrase dent Seth Reeves. "It's on the side "It'll tickle yore like nature's nectar. Wheninnards!" Mountain Dew ever I need to pull an allwas actually another term nighter, I just pound a for moonshine, which is the 2-liter of Mountain Dew." reasoning behind its name. Mountain Dew's unique : i .• _. I blend of concentrated or- ter is the number one reange juice and caffeine is tail beverage on campus." quenching students' thirst, Brown said if you which is why they continue added up all the bottled to drink it. It tastes good water brands together on and has 55 milligrams of campus-the UVU Brand, caffeine in a nine-ounce Aqua Vista, and Aquafina, can. Mountain Dew ranks it makes up more than 40 near the top of all caffein- percent of all bottled bevated drinks, behind Jolt erage sales on campus. (71.2 milligrams), and So if you prefer to be Red Bull (80 milligrams). all jacked up on Mountain But don't think Utah Dew, or if you just want natValley's beverage alle- ural water, students on camgiance belongs solely to the pus can choose from many caffeinated and carbonated. drinks, but one drink makes According to Val Brown, this institution unique, director of Dining Service thanks to Mountain Dew. Operations, "Bottled wa- Hundreds of students walk right past SC101 every day without a second glance. Others are familiar with the programs offered there, and many have helped our community by participating in the blood drives and food drives they regularly organize. But there are few students who have taken advantage of the volunteer opportunities that can help their degrees. Kaydee Lemonds- Knepper at the Volunteer and Service Learning Center said she would like to see more students take advantage of the programs there. In addition to the resume bullets, experience gleaned, and. the "warm fuzzies" people get from performing volunteer work, students can gain a Service Learning Distinction to go along with their degree, and may even be able to gain a grant through AmeriCorps. "I am very impressed with the quality of volunteers we've had," LemondsKnepper All it takes is logging some volunteer hours and filling out some paperwork. Service Learning distinctions have three categories: Engaged, which focuses of leadership; Community, which focuses on service; and Academic, which focuses on service learning. With the Obama presidency ushering in a new "Era of Service," there is no time like the present to get involved. Popular programs include blood drives which are coordinated with the Red Cross arid take place twice every year; food drives, sock drives, and coat drives for needy families; Habitat for Humanity, United Way volunteer studies, 4H youth mentoring (background check required), and the occasional 5K. For those who have no time to participate in these, you can simply stop by at The Zone right outside SC101 on Wednesdays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and log in an hour or so of service. Failing all else, you can always go online and adopt a trumpeter swan, a whale, a husky, or virtually anything else. Just run a Google search See BENEFITS • A2 |