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Show VOLUME HI ISSUE 20 JANUARY 30, WWW.UVUREVIEW.COM UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY WOEVEM Akt e BANS ANZLEINS uvu vii. STUDENT ASSOCIATION hiv,. Students start competitive bass fishing club LIFE B4 Please participate in student elections lef:tilt. IliW V& AIL ,1•4 Bringing biking to the forefront THE V MAGAZINE V4 LJ 11 EV THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE Right vs. Left from UVU students Salt Lake Dream team members explain DREAM Act and struggles were brought to the U.S. before the age of 16. They also have to have lived here for at least five years, have no criminal background and either receive an Associate's degree or volunteer to serve in the military for two years. It stands for development, BY YVETTE CRUZ relief and education for alien Staff riter minors. Bryan shared his story Eager to voice their opin- with the audience and told ion and the desire to change them how he came to the the world, even Time Maga- U.S. when he was just three zine declared "Person of the years old and doesn't know Year" none other than, the another place as home. Alprotester. though it seemed he lived a Salt Lake Dream Team life similar to many of his members and siblings Bryan classmates, he was unsure and Raymi Gutierrez shared about his future due to his their stories, struggles and legal status. thoughts on immigration "Like a lot of [undoculaws in a panel on Jan. 25 to mented] students, I lived inform and educate the pub- afraid," Bryan said. lic on the DREAM Act. Bryan graduated from the Before they spoke, a video University of Utah with two was shown to the audience in Bachelor's degrees, yet his which Illinois Senator Rich- immigration status continues and Durbin expressed to his to be an obstacle for him and colleagues the need to pass other dreamers. the DREAM Act. Raymi was the first AmerThe DREAM Act is a ican citizen in her family. piece of legislature that Out of nine children she was would provide residency to the first born in the U.S. She undocumented students who The Dream Act is a bill that would serve as a pathway to citizenship for undocumented students who meet certain criteria As presidential candidates start campaigning, students consider what matters most to them BY SIERRA WILSON Asst. Editor of the V Young people are the voice of the future. Come November, they can be the voice of the next four years. With the US Presidential Elections coming up this year, talk of candidates and political issues can be heard buzzing on Twitter feeds, TV stations, news headlines and even the lips of college students. Using an informal poll of 42 students in the Student Center, the UVU Review tapped into the political buzz here on campus, unveiling some unique results. Students polled were first asked, "If you had to vote for U.S. President today, who would you vote for?" Several students seemed undecided and struggled to select a candidate. Others spoke their choice without hesitation. A total of 64.3 percent of students polled said they would vote for Mitt Romney if they had to vote today. Diverging from the rest of the nation, not a single student said they would vote for Newt Gingrich. However, Gingrich currently has the lead in the running for Republican candidate. Although Romney was the clear favorite with UVU students, most polls, as compiled by RealClearPolitics.com , show that Obama would beat Romney in a general election. The next question students were asked was, "What is the most important political issue to you?" Many students struggled and hesitated with an answer. However, in the end, 54.8 percent of students polled said that the economy was the most important issue to them. This result was not surprising, especially in light of the 8.5 percent national unemployment rate, as reported for December 2011 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. None of the students polled Frequency of Info. Consumption CORTN EY NELSON & DREW MILTON/UVU REVIEW chose "foreign policy" as the most important political issue to them. This may suggest that, at least for UVU students, the November elections will be determined by issues closer to home. If you had to vote for U.S. President today, who would you vote for? Coming in second and third place respectively were health care and education. Three students selected "other" as the most important political issue to them. When asked what issue they thought was most important, one of these students said abortion, another said the environment and the last said the legalization of marijuana. The final question students polled were asked was, "How often do you consume infor- Most Important Political Issue How often do you check in? What matters most to you? Daily • Weekly Every Few Weeks ■ Monthly Rarely I Never mation about the presidential election and candidates?" Most students appeared to be frequently informed on these matters, with 23.8 percent consuming information on the presidential election and candidates daily, and 45.2 percent of students polled consuming such information weekly. In a day of ubiquitous mass media, this isn't hard to imagine. Nevertheless, 11.9 percent of students polled said that they never consume information about the presidential election or candidates. This informal poll only brushed the surface of political life at UVU. However, even with this glimpse, people can know a little about the voices helping to decide the future. For more information on presidential candidates, go online and visit 2012.presidential-candidates.org . This website provides links to the campaign websites of each of the candidates. If you had to vote today, who would you choose? N Obama • Romney Gingrich Santorum Paul Other UVUSA Rock us Caucus: Its' time to run BY J.P. RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer With student body elections taking place this semester, applications for perspective candidates are due Monday, Feb. 6. Application packages can be picked up at the UVU Student Association office located at SC 105. "If students care where their dollars go, they should care about student elections," said Joe Jurisic, vice-president for student life, and a member of the election committee at UVUSA. He said student body officers make decisions that affect the students at UVU, such as allocation of funds from fees, advocating for students at the state and local levels, and planning various campus events. "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and [students] should take advantage of it," Jurisic said. He said student body elections are important because, "they get to determine student's college experience. Gives them an opportunity to feel people in [the UVUSA] office care about what they want." Jurisic said the current student body officers ran unopposed last year. He said when several teams run for office, "we get more different perspectives of how students see campus, and more students can feel their voice is being heard." Jurisic said the election committee put up posters on campus encouraging students to run for office. He said UVUSA held open meetings to let students know what to do to run for student body offices this year, in order to avoid having unopposed elections once again. UVUSA has been reaching out and going to entities on campus whose students would be interested in running, such as honors societies, and different colleges at One of six unchanged historic houses in Orem, is to be moved. UVU. To run, students must pick up and fill out the "2012-2013 Student Body Officer Candidate Packet" at the UVUSA offices at SC 105. This must be filled and turned in by Feb. 6 to run in this semester's elections. Interested students must also attend a mandatory meeting that will be held at the UVUSA office that same day at noon, and pay as security deposit. Jurisic said the $200 is a facilities cleaning security deposit. He said the money will be refunded, provided no permanent damage is done UVUSA A3 CONNOR ALLEN /UVU REVIEW Bye bye good ole' Bunnell house BY TIFFANY THATCHER Presidential Candidate Choice Economy • Immigration Education • Health Care Foreign Policy Other DREAM A3 Asst. News Editor Every student has walked by it. Many look in the windows, but for the most part, the Bunnell home, located near the Liberal Arts building has been underused. This pioneer house, one of six remaining unchanged historical buildings in Orem, is about to be moved off the campus, but this is not its first move. In the late 70's, the Bunnell house could be found near the creek where the Sparks Automotive building is now. Its current location was then the outskirts of campus. In order to make way for the new student wellness center, it will be moved early this summer Vegor Pedersen, academic advisor for the communication department has had many visions for this forgotten piece of the campus, starting when he first noticed it as a student. "Five or six years ago, back when I was a student, I was walking on campus and noticed a really cool building that seemed to be underused," Pedersen said. "My first idea was to have it be a campus cafe. There was nothing remotely like that at that time." Pedersen imagined a student run, student owned café, with many other uses such as poetry readings, and even housing a radio station but these possibilities could only be a reality with funds from the school to fix it up. Many joined Pedersen's efforts and to this day five dollars of each of paychecks go toward the Bunnell house fund. President Holland joined the cause and introduced the idea of it being an interfaith chapel, specifically for Muslim students to pray during the day since, there is a group of Muslim students who currently hold their Friday prayers in the Trustees MOM. However, when Holland and UVUSA looked into it financially, the project was deemed too much to fight for, Pedersen realized this. "Many see the land under the house as more valuable than the house," Pedersen said. "I thought, 'if the president can't save the house, I can't." With all of the requirements for state owned buildings from the disabilities BUNNEL A5 |