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Show Inside this issue Sports I Opinions News Reacquaint yourself with Student Body President Joseph Watkins «o Men's basketball beats Chicago State 77-72 Do you find magic in the perfect cookie? Visit the Sweet Tooth Fairy shop in Provo—, B5 Wee Care Center is refused funds at the student fee hearings ev Decision 09: Let the race begin Changes to Student Government Election Format lAMIEWHJLS __ Asst. hJews editor Jack Jared Waters, This year, the two te,ams running for student government will see a change that will impact their approach to campaigning — silent campaigning. "Basically what we're letling the teams do this year is let them put up 11" x 17" posters on the cork boards throughout campus and allow them to put up a website the week before their hard campaigning begins," said Joseph . Watkins, election committee chair and current Student Body President. "What we want is to have a week-long period before the true campaign begins so students will see signs up and know that elections are coming," Watkins added. "The purpose is to get a buzz going around." Watkins said that during the silent campaign, or the first week of elections, each team also has the opportunity to set up a website, use Facebook or any other electronic who is running for Ex- See CHANGES • A3 Courtesy Team Engaged Courtesy Team UVoice Britnee Nguyen, Jospeh Demke, Jack Waters and Najib Niazi are Team Engaged. Kyle Brown, Kim Rasmussen, Trevor Tooke and Richard Portwood are Team UVoice. Student body executive elections this week [JENNIE NICHOllS Editor at large Team UVoice, led by Trevor Tooke, Student Body President candidate, wants to be the voice of UVU students for next school year. Tooke^ an Orem native, is a veteran with student government, having served as a club ambassador and in his current position as Executive Vice President, "Student government is my pas- sion," he said. Tooke was also the brains behind the creation of the MAWL and served as president of the Wolverine athletics supporters 2007-2008. Team UVoice is rounded out with Richard Portwood, Executive Vice President candidate of Team UVoice, a business marketing major with a minor in Spanish. Portwood is currently the Service Council President. Kyle Brown is run- ning for Vice President of Academics. Brown is currently the Vice President of Clubs and is in his fourth year at UVU, double majoring in Graphic Design and Business Marketing. The final member of Team UVoice is Kim Rasmussen, candidate to be Vice President of Activities. Rasmussen has been involved in the MAWL this year and has contributed to See UVOICE • A2 student experience and involvement and raising the identity of the campus., community Student Body Pres- > to that of a university. ident hopeful, Najibullah Niazi and members To accomplish their of Team Engage say goals they have made that the $6 million a list of 10 changes budget student govern- that, if elected, they ment controls ought hope to implement. "The power of stuto provide the averdents is the power of age student with more people,"' Niazi said than just occasional dance parties. . They quoting an Afghani say they want to put poet. "And the power UVU on the map by of people is the power improving the level of of God. So basically students in every Managing editor community are a strong power that can change and bring change in any way they want." Niazi, an Afghani immigrant who landed at UVU after fleeing his war-torn home, has assembled a team of campus heavyhitters to join him in the executive offices of next year's student government. See ENGAGED • A3 Peaceful Uprising Tim DeChristopher speaks on civil disobedience there were only a one percent chance of bringing us out of the despair, we have Tim DeChristopher, an to go for that chance," he economics student at the. said. DeChristopher spoke on University of Utah, gained the challenges that humans attention from the press for would face if the environhis bidding on proposed oil mental crisis continued, drilling properties in South"How am I going to have ern Utah in late December. His participation at the to figure out who gets to eat auction gained attention be- and who doesn't?" he said. cause, unlike the oil corn- "We need to change what pany representatives in at- we think is politically featendance, his intention for sible." The activist voiced his bidding on land parcels was frustrations with the tradithe prevention of speculational forms of dissenttion and development in the writing letters, holding land surrounding the Arches signs, raising funds and proand Canyonlands national testing, "I did those things parks. In a speech to the UVU that were supposed to make community on Feb. 19, dhange. I realized maybe DeChristopher recounted that the someone that needed that his activism started long to take those steps was me," before the events of Dec. 19. he said. DeChristopher found He said that he went through that through direct action, or a period of mourning for his civil disobedience, he could future because of the climate crisis. "What brought me out make his point more powerof that period of despair was fully. Although it is a federal the realization that even if offense to bid without intent I JENNIE NICHOLLS JitoFatiarge* Dave Iba/UVU Review Former Pakistan ambassador speaks on campus RITNEE NGUYEN lews editor Trent Bates/UVU Review Tim DeChristopher spoke about his participation in bidding on proposed oil drilling properties. to pay, he stands by his decision to bid on the land, saying, "It was enough of an injustice that it demanded more from me than just holding a sign.' See PEACE • A2 Speaking on the subject of the Middle East conflict, former Pakistan ambassador to the U.N., Munir Akram spoke to the UVU commu> nity last week. Munir Akram has been involved in the Pakistan foreign services since 1967 and has 38 years of experience. With his dfplomatic career, Akram has worked with the United Nations and other international bodies. His speech was about the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Iran, Palestinian/Israeli conflict and nuclear proliferation. "The U.S. went into Afghanistan with a war of vengeance after 9/11," Akram See PAKISTAN • A2 |