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Show NEWS JANUARY 20, 2014 COMPETITION from A 1 participants through the process of crafting a business plan for an entrepreneurial venture and prepares for them presenting it to judges for a chance at a prize. "Prior to the competition we have a series of workshops where students learn to present business proposals," said Shauna Theobold, Director of Opportunity Quest. "Students learn how to dress, where you stand... They learn how to present a business model that answers questions like 'what problem does this solve?' , 'where are you getting it manufactured?' how are you going to market this?' Tuesday, Jan. 21, the top 10 teams participating in the competition will present their business plans at a crowd pitch to students. Following the crowd pitch, the teams will give a 10-minute pitch, comprised from their executive summary plans to a panel of judges made up of attorneys, entrepreneurs, and business leaders. The winning team of the competition will be allotted $3,000, with Compare to the Active Ingredient in Tylenole Extra Strength * EXTRA STRENGTH Fhin Reliever IV• IIEN ACETAMINOP Pain flefiever Ft e' • TABLETS • MELISSA HENRIE/UVU REVIEW People are starting to question the use of medications at universities. MEDICATION from A 1 if they aren't already interested in the subject matter, no matter how much they want it to work. Call was diagnosed with ADHD in high school, which he was then prescribed Ritalin. Later, out of high school, he tried Adderall. Neither of which helped. "Adderall made me nauseous, Ritalin just made me calm," Call said. "It didn't help me in school because I wasn't interested in school." Mike Cluck, a junior studydents from finals." The appeal for Adderall over Ritalin, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, is the potency of Adderall, which is far superior than Ritalin, making Adderall the clinical choice three-to-one. Many students, such as Johnny Call, a sophomore at UVU studying Film, don't agree that either Adderall or Ritalin will really help stu- two runner-up teams receiving $2,000 and $1,000. In April, the winning teams will have the opportunity to report on the progress they've made on their projects at the UVU Entrepreneurship Awards. The winning team will have the chance to win $40,000 by advancing to the statewide Opportunity Quest competition comprised of teams from Utah State University, Weber State University, and University of Utah, and other Utah colleges. Community support for Opportunity Quest has been ing Computer Science at UVU, says it did help him concentrate, even for the uninteresting classes. "I would literally spend eight hours a night for a two page paper," Cluck said. "It was just not possible for me to do that work." Currently, he takes thirty milligrams of Ritalin after upping his dosage from ten milligrams a few years ago. One individual, who wishes to remain anonymous, chose to take non-prescribed Adderall to both help her while she worked in school and overcome an addiction to Meth, all while she was juggling motherhood. A coworker gave her Adderall, which helped her focus for six months before going cold turkey. She says the appeal with Adderall came because of it being a methamphetamine. "Adderall helped me focus," she said. "It was the only way I could go through school." The idea to be prescribed Adderall hadn't crossed her mind. There are many different tests for ADHD. These tests mainly comprise a doctor's visit and a medical history examination but some add in a few of their own tests to make cheating through to get Ritalin or Adderall that much more difficult. At UVU it's enthusiastic and is growing from previous years. Sponsors for this year's competition include long-time supporter Zion's Bank, Little Giant Ladder, PC Care Support, and Jones Waldo Law Firm. Contributions from sponsors help provide Opportunity Quest with the prize money for winning students. "The community believes in UVU students so more and more, they're stepping forward with sponsorships," said Theobold. "They believe in entrepreneurs and want to support students with money that goes made up mostly of auditory and visual tests. In the case of one Utah Valley University student, who also chooses to remain anonymous, he had two tests. One was a paper test in which he sat and answered questions, whereas the other was a computer test consisting mostly of flashing the numbers one and two and testing the interactive time on how long and how accurate it took to click the flashing number one compared to clicking the number two. "It measures your response time and how long you can focus," he said. "I guess you could fake it by clicking more twos than ones, but maybe they have a way of finding out if you're lying or not." According to Anderson, however, it is actually harder to cheat than many may realize. "The paper tests are what the students could easily fake on, but it's nearly impossible on the computer," Anderson said. To get tested for ADHD at UVU, the consultation is $60, which doesn't include any medication. In a normal setting the consultation can cost $100 per hour session or more, according to the psychological testing website of Jonathan Rich, Ph.D. A3 directly to them." Growing participation from students and sponsors is creating a demand for UVU to hold more entrepreneur competitions throughout the school year. Plans are underway for providing students who have business ideas or an interest in business start-up with more entrepreneurship events to participate in. "We've had so much support for Opportunity Quest that we're also going to launch a second competition as well," said Theobold. "It's going to be an idea competition for aspiring entrepreneurs." 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