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Show "i WEBER STATE QB Higgins ready to face Montana UNIVERSITY See page 6 UME 79 ISSUE 24 Why the cookie crumbled back up and the financial market saw changes that allowed more mortgages to be written." Another boom, this time in the housing market-created jobs in construction, real estate and the housing industry in general. short supply as financial analysts, "Mortgage terms were written By Gentry Reinhart brokers, and economic leaders try differently," Stevenson said. "The asst. sports editor I The Signpost to figure out how this happened. financial industry came out with "The basic story," said Doris these mortgage products that On Wednesday night, the Senate Department looked good initially, but were voted 74-25 in favor of a revised Geide-Stevenson, bailout plan aimed at easing the Chair of Economics at Weber heavily loaded down the road. national economic woes. The State University, "is that, after the All of this was partly because measure now makes its way to the 2001 recession, the tech sector housing prices were going up, so House of Representatives, adding declined following a period of people were hoping they could pressure to an already serious high investment. The Federal get into houses this way and try to Reserve had a standard response refinance later." situation. It's impossible to point to one to the recession, which was to Startingin2006,thetermsunder or two factors responsible for substantially lower interest rates. which the new mortgages had SOUKCfc: ASSOCIAItlJ PKESS the economic issues facing the With low interest rates, housing A drastic point-drop epitomizes a rainy day at the Japanese Market, See Crumbled page*5 evidence of the international scope of the U.S. economic meltdown. country; however, blame is in no prices eventually started to go Professors address economic downturn "Urinetown" floods WSU Wildcat Kendo News in Brief Respirarory therapy program 5K ran Saturday, Oct. 4 the Weber State University Respiratory Therapy Program will hold a 5K run to benefit those in need of Respiratory Care. The "A Breath of Life 5K" will send all proceeds to the American Respiratory Care Foundation. The entry fee for day-of registration will be $25 for all participating adults. All entrants 12 years old and younger will not require an entry fee and may participate free of charge. The race will be held at the MTC learning park near the Ogden RiverParkway; Street address 1750 Monroe Blvd. Ogden. For more information visit www.giveabreathoflife. com or call Tanner at 801-550-4021. Gym Spooktacular Late-night Workout SOURCE: ROBERT CASEY Becca Lemon, Luke Millhouse, and B.J. Whimpey conspire to raise the price to pee in the musical comedy "Urinetown" scheduled to open today, Oct 3. University show opens By Brittany Jackson correspondent I The Signpost Lookpast the "bathroom humor" and come enjoy Weber State University's Department of Performing Arts production of "Urinetown: The Musical," this weekend at the Eccles Theater. "Urinetown: The Musical" is a satirical comedy musical. The show examines capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, petty small-town politics and environmentalism. In the play there is a shortage of water and no private toilets, and because of a monopoly in the public toilet business, corrupt businesses are able to drastically increase the price to pee. Main character Bobby Strong, a young poor man, decides to lead a social revolution, challenge the authorities and "pee for free." Strong is played by WSU junior and musical theater major Kyle Olsen. "I like this character because he does a complete '180' throughout the show as he discovers what's really important," Olsen said. He warned people not to be scared by thetitle. See Urinetown page 5 PHOTO HY RILEV SMITH | 7//f SICNPOST The Weber State University Swenson Gym will host the Late-night Spooktacular workout tonight, Friday Oct. 3 from 8 p.m. to 10 p ; m. The evening will include several events. First there will be free climbing and belay clinics on the rock wall. Second, there will be a group Zumba workout at 8:30. Dodgeball games will begin at 9 p.m. and will continue to the end of the evening. Participants interested in dodgeball games are required to pre-register in the Swenson Gym Room 21. The gym Spooktacular was sponsored by WSU Campus Recreation. For more information call 626-7519. Kendo instructor Jeremy Norton works technique with his Kendo class in the movement exploration room at Weber State University. Students practice ancient martial art of Japanese sword fighting By Jessica Schreifeis editor-in-chief I The Signpost A class of 13 students quickly becomes silent when Jeremy Norton begins class. The barefooted group kneels together and recites words in Japanese, then stands to prepare for another Kendo lesson. While the scene may look like something out of a movie or something belonging in a martial arts center, the students in the class all go to Weber State University and are taking the class for PE credit. The class, PE 2810, has been offered at WSU for a few years, and Norton recently began teaching the hour-long evening class this past year. "There's no written materials," he said. "It's all oral instruction." The class learns the art of Kendo, or the Japanese martial art of swordfighting.It teaches students sword fighting using a wooden sword, called a bokken. The sword simulates a katana, which was the primary sword a Saumari carried. The students practice different cuts and the mindset of the Japanese tradition. "The spirit they show in here is still very apparent to the way Japanese people think today," said Casey Parrish, a WSU student who is taking the class. Parrish said he lived in Japan for two years, and had done See Kendo page 5 Hovercraft launched outside WSU Ogden Weber State University students from the Computer and Electronic Engineering Technology Department designed a hovercraft to be used by the military for moving target practices. They tested the vehicle Thursday afternoon outside WSU Ogden Campus Building 4. See photo page 5 WSU supervisor nurtures for 30 years Union goes green By Jared Benware correspondent I The Signpost C H O I O BY CATHERINE MORTIMER SIGNPOSl Candy Stevens cares for one of her 12 doves from an aviary in her home. Candy Stevens likes to nurture living things. She's spent 30 years at WSU making sure students get the help they need, and she's spent the last eight years as a volunteer nurturing hundreds of birds. Stevens began her work at the Ogden Nature Center in 2000 when she took an injured quail to the center and was asked to continue on as a volunteer specialist. Her home and backyard are now filled with all sorts of birds. What once was her living room now shelters 20 birds infivelarge cages. Her patio accommodates 12 more pigeons and doves. Stevens' backyard contains an aviary she helped build, which holds approximately 40 more birds. Stevens said that the chatter of birds is a common noise in her home. She said she sometimes seems to be the only one in the Ogden area who is willing and knowledgeable in the care of birds. "If there are more people in the area, I would like to know who they are so I can send some their way," Stevens said, laughing. Stevens is trained to nurse injured pigeons and doves back to health. She said she occasionally has to let the baby birds eat direcdy from her mouth, which parallels the way some birds eat from the mouths of their mother. "There are very few people in this world who not only care about every person they come in contact with, but with every living thing," said Jennifer Georgi, one of Stevens' co-workers at Weber State University. "Candy is one of these rare individuals." Despite the large number of birds to look after, Stevens said she has about a "90-percent success rate" in releasing the birds alive. For those who can't be released, Stevens keeps those birds as lifelong pets and continues to nurture them. Stevens said her desire to nurture living things motivates her to continue her full-time, non-paying job of taking care of birds. "I want to relieve suffering as much as I can in my lifetime," Stevens said. Stevens also specializes in helping students' registration needs, something she was been doing for 30 years. "She has a vital job that no one else knows how to do," Georgi said. "She has the history See Nurture page 5 Campus recycling options multiply By Jordan Ringler sr. reporter I The Signpost The people who directed the renovation of the Shepherd Union Building at Weber State University had other things in mind when they were bringing in the new computers and pool tables: brandnew recycling bins. The Union's new look came with more than just renovation; students now have the option to recycle their paper, plastic and newsprint waste. "We always recycled in the offices, but we wanted to make the option more available to the public," said Bill Fruth, Business Manager of the Union Building. "We wanted to upgrade all of the Union." Fruth said he has been encouraged by the number of students who now recycle. "We have 24 receptacles in the Union alone," he said. The recycling bins, which closely resemble the trash cans that were also newly replaced, are not hard to find because they are all over the place, according to WSU junior Don Hullinger. "I actually do use them," Hullinger said. "They're everywhere." The bins are emptied weekly into a large dumpster, where everything is sorted. Fruth said that there is always trash in there, but it is sorted through anyway. Some students have not noticed the addition of the recycling bins. Freshman Aaron Calder said he recycles at home, but does not recycle when he is at school because he has only seen trash See Green page 5 |