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Show Hall of Famer BEN PAZ/ UVU Review Brian Terry, member of the Utah National Guard, Iraq veteran and fuil-time UVU student has quite a story to tell. Welcome back, ~rian Terry BEN PAZ§i||!Si News writer Our campus has more than 600 veterans currently using Gl Bill funds to pay for tuition. The "UVU Review" is in the process of featuring veteran's stories in this column, and this issue's focus is Brian Terry, an aviation major now in his third year, and 50 credits away from his goal of a degree that will allow him to eventually fly jet aircraft. Terry is also a member of the Utah National Guard, A-Co. 2-21 lth GSAB that deployed to Iraq in 2008. His unit was tasked with transport of visiting VIPs. He got toflymany senators and generals around, notably then-Senator Barack Obama. Terry was fortunate in many ways, and returned home unharmed by accident or enemy action. On the topic of the war, he told us that Iraq "put into perspective all of my views [I had] before I left. It really made me take more notice of the political aspect of our country, why we're over there in thefirstplace. You DAVE IBA/UVU Review Former UVU basketball player Ronnie Price became the newest member of the Utah Valley Univeristy Hall of Fame Feb. 4. Price was supported by previous Hall of Fame inductees, UVU teammates, and current Utah Jazz team members. See Sports B5 Student Government Elections KYLE HUNT writer ™ With the school year's end just around the corner it's almost time for student government elections. In March of each year the student body of UVU has the opportunity to vote for a president and four vice presidents who will later have the responsibility of choosing 25 to 30 members to fill student council positions. Many of the organized teams begin their preparations at the commencement of the new school year and continue working on campaign strategies till election time. Although most teams assemble early, there is still time for students to put in applications for the upcoming election. Candidates can apply in teams or as individuals. The deadline is Feb. 12 at noon and there will be a mandatory meeting held that day for all campaigning teams. If you're not interested in running for a President or Vice President position, there are other opportunities that offer valuable experience. "Being involved helps a lot of students get a sneak peak at how things work in student government," said Student Body President Trevor Tooke. "There are fun retreats and activities, but more importantly it puts you in a place where your opinion can be heard." After the selection of the President and Vice Presidents, there is a time set aside for the selection of new council members. Applications for council are due by the end of March and the interviewing process begins shortly after. New members are announced in early April. While it is surely beneficial to be involved in student government, even those who choose not to run for a position can still show support. "There are a lot of issues floating around and you want to have input," said Tooke. "The sad news is we had only 10 percent of the student body come out to vote last year." Whether you want a chance as the President, a council member or even a committee member, there is opportunity for involvement. More information For applications and student government opportunities, visit the student government office in the Student. Center just across from the Grande Ballroom For voting informa-. tion go to UV Link. 1 Courtesy of Brian Terry don't know what is going on there, unless you've actually been there. You sit in a classroom with people, they have no idea what you've been through, or where you've been." The time in Iraq was tough on some soldiers' families that Terry knew and served with. He saw the stress that his fellow soldiers were experiencing and their spouses, how for at least four families the strain of dis- See VETERANS • A2 The lesser-known night parking pass JT"REV0R WILSON ] writer "The what?" "Never heard of it." "I didn't know that even existed." The night parking pass is largely unknown to the UVU student body, but it could be a substantial benefit to those attending classes in the evening. The night parking pass costs $25 per year, not semester, and allows students to park in any student or employee lot on campus after 4:15 p.m. It also allows them to park in the economy lot or free lot during the day. Despite being the least expensive parking pass available to students aside don't sell as ma'ny night passes as regular passes." However, there were 12,695 students enrolled in evening courses during the fall 2009 semester according to UVU Institutional Research. Even though night student enrollment is up, there have only been 889 night parking passes sold since August 2009. stuEvening students using dents that are the free lot or bus system may want to consider takgoing advantage of the pass, ing to school, especially because of space availability. so it is not as "In the evenings it's popupretty easy to find a parking lar" spot," said Jared Henricksaid . sen, a night student who Tena has a night parking pass. "I Medina, supervisor of UVU can usually park wherever I want." % parking. "We definitely from the free pass, it is one of the lowest in number of sales. "I think that there are not as I can usually park wherever I want." Jared Henricksen, night student |