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Show A10 OPINIONS Dear Students, This is the third issue of the UVU REVIEW this semester. Each Opinions section has seen some great content, but do you know what we've "been missing? You! There's no better place to make your voice heard than your student newspaper. We are here to not only represent you but to be the transmission signal for your campus concerns and considerations. I Don't just read the UVU REVIEW (and our insert tabloid, THE V) - engage in campus issues with us. If while reading any of the sections you feel motivated to respond, or you feel critical of a perspective, write a letter to Matthew A. Jonassaint, the Opinions Section Editor. You can send your letter via email to uvu.review. opinions@gmail.com - be sure to put "Letter To The Editor" in the subject heading. You can also drop your letter by our newsroom office in SC220. We do not promise to publish every letter we receive but we will publish every letter we can. If you don't feel your voice is well-represented, you have a free invitation to write an article for a future issue! Read, connect, discuss and be heard, Wolverines - we look forward to hearing from you. W- ; . . ._ t; care- how donating gives back 12, the first-ever endowment scholarship for this school's MBA program was created. next time a news The endowment started with story is blasting over a $30,000 gift from a local the television about people businessman who wants to in other communfties pol- remain anonymous. He started the fund to destroying, rob: luting, bing,, demanding or taking honor one of his business something from someone heroes, Gardner Russell. they should not, remember Using his financial success there are many people on from business to help stui this campus who unselfishly dents across the globe, Russell has been an inspiring choose to give back. -• There are 92 different figure to the donor. "He was vital in setendowed scholarship funds and over 100 annual schol- ting up technology trade arships at UVU. On Aug. schools throughout Central TBy N a t h a n V i n e y a r d Opinions Writer America," the donor*said in a press release from campus Marketing and Communications. 'These tech schools will result in 700 job-ready graduates this year, who were previously unemployed or under-employed." Mr. Russell continues to inspire a||fi uplift those around him. Because it is an endowed scholarship, it will begin funding students' education in the fall of 2012. The principal amount will never be used; only returns from the invested capital will be r. V payed out. This endowed scholarship will continue to help generations of students. This is exactly what makes living in Utah Valley and attending UVU so great. People here genuinly care about their community and want to help. The evidence of caring is all around us. In the library, one can count the long list of donors who collectively contributed millions of dollars to build that structure. When you walk down the halls, notice the paintings of men and women on the walls and names on the various buildings. Each of these donors had a different story. They all had challenges and problems they had to overcome, just like us. Yet they all decided to become a positive force for their community and in doing so, they paved a wonderful path all students. If you desire, you can start your own scholarship. Write a check out to the ¥VU Foundation and take it to the 2nd floor of the Alumni building. You can specify if you'd like it to be an en- dowed scholarship or not. This university also has their own large general endowment that accepts in-, dividual contributions. In terms of a return on investment, UVU creates around $300 million each year for the local economy. For every $1 spent on UVU, it creates $6.22 for the larger community. That's mo»ey welLjpent. \ i |