UVSC College Times, 2008-03-03

              i ! ! v. A,;. The College Times MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008 Access the most recent UVSC news online 247. 1 Events calendar Plan your week; cure the boredom and blues. Hot dog wedding How out of your mind do you have to be to get married in a hot dog shop? 1 EEL .. .1 .' Abbey's eden The Outdoor Adventure Center returns to Havasupai. li: Mens basketball Historic loss: NJIT becomes worst team in mens basketball history. UTA Ed Pass program How many use it and whose money pays for it? Britnee Nguyen Public editor Students always hear how riding the bus can help the environment, lower campus parking problems, and save money. But how many of them have embraced the notion and bought a bus pass? As of Feb. 14, there have been 4,822 Utah Transit Authority bus passes sold this 07-08 school year. With the current UVSC student population of 23,840 and UVSC faculty staff population of 4,200, this means 17 of UVSC 's total population has purchased a bus pass to commute to and from campus. The distribution of bus passes on Utah campuses is provided through the UTA Ed Pass program. Schools within UTA's bus services are offered this program to provide alternative transportation for students. The cost of the Ed Pass program varies from each school, depending on the level of service available in the area. For example, University of Utah's Ed Pass program costs more than UVSC's because they are THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF UTAH VALLEY STATE UVCOLLEG ETMES. COM " Let the race begin Student body executive elections this week Jennie Nicholls Aisitant News editor Another school year is turning the corner, and student government is preparing for new leadership to take the reins. There are two teams running frsr positions on the executive branch ol student government. Team Uphoria is headed by Jospeh Watkins running for student body preisdent, Trevor Tooke as executive vice president,- Dave Smith as vice president of academics, and Courtney Welch running for vice president of student life. Team Empower is led by Steve Anderson running for student body president, Jeff Engh as executive vice president, Ben Duffy as vice president of academics, and Dani Jarvis running for vice president of activities. Team Uphoria's platforms include things the team is 'uphoric' about. One platform includes eliminating unneces sary student expenses by instituting a book rental program with the bookstore. Team Uphoria would also like to put a 100 book buyback program into place, as well as get a handle on out of state tuition costs. . Other platforms L , , include being 'uphoric' about UVU's division 1 athletic status and the growth of the MAWL, growth of the campus by getting voting machines on campus, and raising funds to expand the student ceniu' uad pcifoiiii-ing arts center. Team Uphoria is lastly 'uphoric' about the transition to becoming a university. The platforms for Team Empower include empowering students through awareness of cam pus opportunities by conducting forums informing students with explanations on the use of student fees and campus activities as well as the capitol building campaign to get funding for a new science building and perform ing arts center, learn Empower also wants student voices to stay empowered during the university transition by Student Body Elections Voting takes place on UVLINK Polls open: Monday, March 3 at 7AM Polls close: Wednesday, March 5 at 3PM See ELECTIONS A2 Steve Anderson (left) and Joseph Watkins (right) are opponents ror tne position of student body president. The platform for each team can be found on Ai. Study abroad in Japan Ci Ct Greg Kita News writer Language students have always dreamed of having the opportunity to visit foreign lands to use their newly acquired skills with native speakers. UVSC has recently announced the establishment of a new study abroad program to Japan. This program has been established in order to better acquaint students with the culture of See JAPAN . A4 VOLUME XXXVII NO. 23 Free wireless comes with a hitch Kevin Whitaker News writer It seems like such a short time ago that the debate about whether or not UVSC should offer free wireless Internet was raging in its academic hallways. Though technically wireless Internet is still paid for through fees lumped in with tuition and other student fees, "free" wireless Internet was still seen by many as a victory. Bringing up the available wireless networks might be a little confusing at UVSC. No, you aren't getting a sweet deal when you pick that "guest" network and it doesn't make you do anything special to use the Internet; they're both free anyway , remember? So what exactly is the difference? There seem to be two main differences between the "UVSC-Guest" network and the "UVSC-Wireless" network. First, the wonderful people who sympathized with or participated in the recent protests against the local Gold's Gym for its promiscuity will probably want to use the guest network. The guest network is fully equipped with a standard k-12 filter that blocks sites harmful to minors and is in compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act. The UVSC-Wireless network, on the other hand, is the Internet in all its unfiltered, self-control testing glory, but requires a college login ID and password. Second, theUVSC-Wireless network requires that the computer accessing the network is running the CISCO Clean Access agent. See WIRCLESS A2 Google Images - Edited by Robert Hayden College Times With the latest addition of Japan, UVSC now has 10 international study programs. These programs include the counties: Costa Rica, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Guatemala and Namibia (shown above in red). An additional three countries are set to be added in 2009, including: Taiwan, Ukraine and Italy (shown above in blue). These programs enable students to travel abroad while furthering their education. 3 I tMjt