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Show Track team places 3rd at the BYU Autumn Classic Invitational When tradition meets tomorrow A6 B1 LIII.V 9.24.12 The Independent Student Voice //uvureview.com UVU debuts Center for Constitutional Studies UVU showcases its students and the new Center for Constitutional Studies with author David McCullough. On Sept. 17, UVU celebrated the opening of the Center for Constitutional Studies with Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough By Kaili Spear News Writer @kailispear After 10 years of preparation, UVU fittingly opened the Center for Constitutional Studies on the third floor of the library on Constitution Day, Monday, Sept. 17. The center's opening ceremonies were attended by Matthew Holland, founding director Dr. Rick Griffin and keynote speaker David McCullough, author of "John Adams." Dr. Griffin, director of the center, spoke at the ribbon-cutting ceremony about how long this project has been in the works. He said the school began offering courses focused on the Constitution 10 years ago. Now, UVU has its own center, which will be used for both student and community study of the Constitution. When asked what he liked best about the new center, Dr. Griffin said, "Working with the young people. Giving them the opportu- nity to work with primary sources and seeing even more student success." He went on to showcase a few of his former students and explained that many of them were in graduate programs across the country. Dr. Griffin had Skyler Johns, student coordinator of the center, and Marin Reynolds, a student ambassador, speak at the ribboncutting about the education they have received. "With Dr. Griffin's teaching methods, we learn how to discuss very passionate topics with knowledge and decorum," Johns said. President Holland also spoke at the ribbon-cutting ceremony and explained how McCullough's work has impacted his own career at UVU. When deciding what type of university UVU would eventually become, Holland spoke of McCullough's book about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. When architects began building the bridge, most people believed a bridge had to be short and narrow to hold many people. The builders of the Brooklyn Bridge had more vision, Holland said, and they were able to come up with a design to make a bridge longer and wider that could be stable. He compared that understand- lay see STUDIES A3 Bridging the gender...gap 4. What UVU is doing to even the odds with female enrollment By Matt Studebaker News Writer 85studebaker@gmail.com Many students carry on in their education seemingly unaware to the fact that there are fewer women attending Utah Valley University than men—actually, a lot less. Although most students are oblivious to this fact, UVU is not, and administration is working hard to bridge the gender gap that exists on campus. In 2012, the fight to close the gap between genders was recognized by Governor Gary Herbert's office, as well as funding from many state agencies such as the Utah System of Higher Education and the Utah State Office of Education. Even UVU President Matthew Holland viewed the gender gap as a serious concern. "Utah's female participation rate of 44 percent is an inverse of the rest of the nation which sits at 56 percent," Holland said. "Compared to all other 50 states, Utah is dead last in terms of the percentage of female students enrolled in postsecondary institutions. And UVU sits as the lowest of the low at 43 percent." I 4 . PO 00 4441,0:014.;Pip04*0 ef?;*P-.004. fie/01094G 011PV64/Z010;-.1 •4P OPN . 4 0P/00 ' , 0 ;4 11‘1P -000/00%00 . 0 : 00 0,b0; PIOVOO . See GENDER GAP A5 e? . ,s„, • ••,fr .0„..„ 0 I.U1., oe,, , i . ,.. '. . , a Afr: .: ,y,,,,t, • •,' 0: 1110101010101PZ' , 4 •,• 7 ,:„....„,.,,,,,/ („.....c. :, er. .: i „,,,o,;, , , e,- 4", - .•( lor zk national uvu average average .,erlPTIP0frfKr0 ' /0 . ,,v11 Pf- ir: *Or I -,,,,/ 0); , : ‘ '., fy , .),,,•0 , . 4 loo . ;60 .; , . ; ! t Pg07.1, 0 |