UVSC College Times, 2007-08-13

              "7 .V, News What happens when your ACT score isn't enough ? Find out what the problem is and how you can fix it on A3. Life Sports With the summer of sequels winding down,vv'""''t ' there Iff I to see in tj iMm os? Find out what is worth seeing on A5. Summer doesn't always offer much as far as sports, nit 'l doos give J.iu fans a glimpse of young NO A uUnt. Read about the Rocky Mountain Revue on A7. U V (j If V the IK college A 0 The Independent Student Voice of Utah Valley State MONDAY AUGUST 1 3 2007 NETXNEVVS.NET VOLUME XXXVI NO. 23 UVSC hosts UFRA Fire School Robert Hayden News writer The need for skilled firefighters is on the rise. This week, Utah Fire & Rescue Academy will host its annual Summer Fire School, an event dedicated to the training and improvement of firefighters. Two years after one of Utah's deadliest fire seasons, the state once again blazed with a series of rapidly spreading fires that moved dangerously close to homes and roadways. According to utahfirein- 'the 762 fires that have burned across Utah burnt over 704,000 acres of land' fo.gov, last updated on July 28, 2007, the 762 fires that burned across Utah burned more than 704,000 acres of land, which is approximately half the size of Utah County. Todate.fireshaveclaimed a total of four lives this year. , As fires become a growing threat to our state's land and people, the need for skilled firefighting units is constantly on the rise. See FIRE SCHOOL A2 Care-A-Vanners assist HFHUC with latest project Justin Ritter News writer Habitat for Humanity of Utah County, an affiliate of the well known international home building organization for those less fortunate, welcomes 17 RV "Care-a-vanners" assisting with a new development in Orem to help build a home with the Atene family. The volunteer crew arrived on August 6, 2007 and will be staying for two weeks, working weekdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The RV Care-a-vanners travel from all over the country to assist in Habitat for Humanity projects, depending on where there is a need for volunteers. The group is coordinated by the national Habitat for Humanity headquarters in Americus, Georgia. The 17 RV volunteers draw from a pool of more than 6,000 potential volunteers and serve on the RV team for one year, fulfilling their responsibilities by going all over the country framing houses. Paying their own way for travel and expenses, these RV volunteers camp and build in the location in See CARE-A-VANNERS A2 r-t- . "Green Fever" spreading beyond an advertising campaign Kevin Whitaker News writer Green Fever is already spreading. The marketing campaign originally intended to boost fall enrollment has become contagious enough to be used as the overall theme for UVSC's transition to university status, which will be effective July 1, 2008. According to Ly-anna Lee, assistant director of integrat ed marketing, quot- ed in a UVSC press release, "Green Fever isn't your normal illness. All of the symptoms are benefits." What might these symp- experience. toms be? Well, a few of small class siz- '"Green Fever isn't your normal illness. All of the symptoms are benefits." them include hallucinations of wolverines, pain-free tuition payments, hands-on es and high starting salaries. Lee goes on to explain that the campaign is community oriented, intended to create an exciting community atmosphere by promoting school spirit and reminding people of the pres ence that UVSC has here. The Green Fever epidemic will be continuing through newspapers, magazines and radio. However, it will also be making its way through some non-traditional mediums, like movie theatre ads, Face-book ads and podcasts. Meet UVSC's new Director of Public Safety Eleanor Takahashi Editor in chief UVSC'snewDirectorofPublicSafetyJohnBrew-er, remembers the exact day he arrived in Utah. "I retired from the Gilbert Police Department," said Brewer, "and then moved up here, (arriving) July 2 of '06." The move came after celebrating more than 32 years as a successful law enforcement agent in Arizona, a career that ranked Chief Brewer as commander of 90,000 residents in Mesa's Central District and paved the way to a promotion as chief of police in the city of Gilbert, about which he generously said, "soon became the fastest growing community over 100,000 in the United States." "It was just a wonderful experience to work in a high-growth environment and bring that department along with (the) team that I developed down there," said Brewer, "it was a really, really good experience." Having spent seven and a half years handling the rapid growth of Gilbert, 25 years prior to that in the sprawling city of Mesa, John Brewer saw an opportunity to make the move to Utah. In 2006, Brewer took a job working for Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command where he traveled throughout the country visiting agencies, setting up instructional courses for mid-management law enforcement. As he began tying up loose ends within that department, he noticed an appealing position had opened up at UVSC. "I finished up (some of my) educational goals, and I noticed that this job opened here and I said, 'You know what, I've always been impressed with UVSC and I always kind of thought that it would be a See REGAINS DIRECTION A2 s r . There's a new sherriff in town, Director of Public Safety John Brewer takes on his latest role at UVSC. JohnstonCollege Times What is the story behind the oldest building on campus Justin Ritter 4 r The Bunnell House as it sits today on campus grounds College Marketing News writer In the shade of a few old trees east of the Physical Education Building stands a reminder of Orem's pioneer heritage, a building with a checkered past and an unknown future. The Bunnell pioneer house was home to three generations of one of the area's first families, was the object of a 1970sstudent-faculty renovation project, and once housed a department program. But ever since the house was declared to be structurally unsafe some 10 years ago, it is now used for storage. Associate Vice President of Facilities Planning Jim Michaelis said that UVSC currently has no plans to renovate the house, which would cost at least $250,000 to repair. The home is one of just six houses in Orem built in or before 1892 that has retained its historical integrity. Built in 1892 by Stephen Bunnell Jr. and his wife, Mary Gammon, the small sandstone brick home was once the center of the 60-acre farm where the Bunnells reared their five children. After Stephen Bunnell died in 1911, Mary sold the property to her son, Thomas, who raised his own family of eight children in the house. "It was just a delightful childhood," said Helen Bunnell Weeks, one of Thomas Bunnell's daughters who grew up in the home. "It was heavenly!" Weeks said the hill southeast of the house, where the LDS Institute is now located, See BUNNELL HOUSE A2