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Show WAC to UVU: "Thanks, but no thanks." SPORTS B1 Summer is the time for Shakespeare. CULTURE B6 Hear the train a comin'. OPINIONS A4 REV IEW THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE VOLUME LI • ISSUE 34 JUNE 20, 2011 WWW.UVUREVIEW.COM Miss UVU headed to Miss Utah Pageant Summer enrollment numbers on the rise BY MARSGALL SANDERS News Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF GILBERT CISNEROS Miss UVU, Danica Olsen, has been prepping for the Miss Utah Pageant since being crowned back in Oct. 2010. Now, with the pageant quickly approaching, Olsen puts the final touches on her performance. See B5 for the full story. Desde le escena Europa a la villa America BY LIDIA ABANTO News Writer Atravesar el Atlantic° desde el viejo continente para llegar a America ya no es una aventura como la que hizo Cristobal Colon hace 519 anos; sin embargo Maria Guayar y Victor Rodriguez son dos estudiantes espaiioles que decidieron emprender una aventura intelectual hacia el nuevo mundo para estudiar en Utah Valley University. Maria y Victor son los Unicos estudiantes espafloles en UVU, esto los hace muy especiales porque ahora ellos son parte de la diversidad estudiantil. Ellos son estudi- antes en el programa de ingles en esta casa de estudios. Maria Guallar quien es graduada en Publicidad y relaciones ptiblicas en la Universidad de Barcelona expreso; "Decidi venir a estudiar a UVU porque me hablaron muy Bien del programa de ingles ademas no queria estar atada a las reglas de BYU." La diversidad religiosa y cultural llama mucho la atencion a los alumnos internacionales. "Nunca habia Conocido tantos mormones, budistas, y musulmanes; pienso que es bueno aprender de todos," dijo Victor. Esto muestra que UVU es un centro de estudios donde las creencias y religiones no son un obstaculo para interactuar y aprender. Estos dos estudiantes espatioles se llevan involidables experiencias del curso de Ingles y de los profesores." La mayoria de los profesores que dan clases les gusta ensenar, esto es apasionante porque a ellos les gusta que aprendamos de otras culturas en clase," dijo Maria. Por su parte Victor dijo, "Uno de los profesores que mas voy a recordar es Mr. Peterson, por su positivismo, para el todos los dias eran maravillosos, siempre to animaba a aprender y seguir adelante," Pasion y positivismo son unas de las caracteristicas mas resaltantes de los profesores en UVU. Al igual que todos los viajeros Victor y Maria regresaran a la madre patria llevandose el conocimiento del idioma ingles si no tambien el conocimiento de muchas culturas incluyendo la estadounidense. "Me llevo mucho de Corea, ahora se como son sus costumbres "expreso Maria. Por otro lado Victor dijo, "Me llevo una experiencia muy positiva y bonita. UVU es una universidad que tiene muchas facilidades," La aventura intelectual de estos estudiantes espatioles en USA llegara a su fin al final del verano 11evando consigo experiencias reales de interaccion cultural vividas en UVU. Chances are good if you are reading this you are one of the 11,973 students currently attending classes this summer at UVU. Full-timeequivalent enrollment has increased over 10 percent since last summer. That's right, it is not just the hallways getting thinner, but there are also now an additional 637 students moving as well. Enrollment has steadily increased during fall and spring semester, however, it is now reflecting on the summer months as well. "Summer term is now following the same growth patterns as we are seeing in the fall and spring, and that is a pretty hefty growth pattern," said Robert Loveridge, Director of UVU's Office of Institutional Research and Information. In addition, summer 2010 enrollment increased over 24 percent compared to 2009. "Summer term has become very popular with our students," said Michelle Taylor, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management. Many students decide to attend summer semester due to the smaller class sizes over fall and spring semesters and enjoy the benefits offered by free on-campus parking and in-state tuition. Recently, summer semester increased in size, however, is also attributed to students that are now eligible to pay for summer tuition with Pell Grants received. "As usual, students who are Pell Grant eligible and who do not attend full-time fall and spring semesters will have remaining Pell Grant eligibility in the summer semester," said Joanna McCormick, Senior Director for Financial Aid. Fortunately, these recent changes have helped students attend classes year round when they were financially unable to do so. "Students know this is their last opportunity to take advantage of this, and I am sure they are responding to that. We knew that we were going to see a jump for that reason," said Taylor. UVU has responded to the increased interest in summer classes by adding sections of higher demand so that summer students can complete more graduation requirements. Offering students the opportunity to not only attend an entire academic year, but also summer classes continues to allow UVU to accept a larger number of students. "We have done a comprehensive summer marketing plan and we believe students are responding to those efforts," Taylor said. While it may not be for everyone, the increase of enrollment for summer shows that students are hungry for higher education regardless of the season. Textbooks will cost you, don't let it break you BY JULIA POSEY Asst. News Editor Buying textbooks will cost students, but it doesn't have to break them. No more long lines at the campus bookstore or endless hours online price comparing. When families think about the costs of college, they often focus on tuition, room and board, and transportation to and from home. Yet this neglects perhaps one of he biggest costs students come face to face with each semester, textbooks. And it is a big one. "The average student spends $900 a year on text- books," said Jonathan Simkin, founder of SwoopThat, a college-textbook shopping site that helps students compare prices among different retailers, including online sellers. "And this amount is rising at nearly double the rate of inflation." SwoopThat is a website built by recent college grads and current students with one goal in mind• save current students both time and money when purchasing textbooks. Sites like Amazon.com and others offer new and used books at prices that are typically lower than the camps bookstores, where all of the books for all of the classes are UVU REVIEW ONLINE www.uvureview.com typically available. "More than half of all college students buy textbooks from their school's bookstore, even though the bookstore's price is often double the price of an equivalent book online," Simkin said. SwoopThat is a free website that helps students look for books in their nearby area, or any area for that matter. Using the site's search engine, students are able to check real time availability of products on any online store. Anyone is able to get availability status of stuff not present online but can be found only at nearby retailers. This can be beneficial in a number of ways. For example, using the site's own tool students can search for their upcoming semester's textbooks and buy them at cheap local rates. Rather that price hunting book by book, students are able to select the courses they are enrolled in and SwoopThat will then find every book they need to purchase, as well as the cheapest online price for every book. Students can search course information from over 150 colleges in the nation, and that number is growing quickly. Also, SwoopThat's textbooks prove comparison provides in TEXTBOOKS A3 PHOTO COURTESY OF GILBERT CISNEROS The bookstore's popularity diminishes as students find more affordable alternatives for saving money on textbooks. THE V MAGAZINE Farmers Market V4 WHAT'S INSIDE? NEWS OPINIONS Al A5 SPORTS LIFE B1 B5 |