UVSC College Times, 2003-10-13

              yvc r' l i 9 THtlliiiT llH!h' - jn!UiJi CtuaftiHk '1.,1. Wlttf. Hili'UtmiiMBH i -MtOtlwM fHVilKli'iiMlK UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE n1 EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA SE VENDE VU WljJliJJlJMJJJJ 11 JulliiJfcj) 1 MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2003 VOLUME 32 ISSUE 36 mm ffrastefiidii mi$M 1 By Arnold Dobson VtUdis Staff With the approach of midterms students are once again becoming acquainted with that all too familiar sign of autumn, the line at the UVSC Testing Center. Standing in line gives students plenty of time to wonder why the line is so long and what might be done about it. Kaitlin Kemp, Kara Leinweber, and Michael McCoy stood in line for 45 minutes on Friday afternoon. They echo the concerns most students have about it. "This is ridiculous," said Kemp; an education major. "I have things to do tonight. I hope I can take this test before I have to go to work." "I'm not paying money to have to stand in line." Leinweber, a nursing major added. "They ought to stagger the tests or spend more money to fix the problem." McCoy, an Accounting major, agreed. "This is awful," he said, "but then the Saturday lines are even longer." The only amusement they found was watching the shocked faces of new victims who joined the end of the line. "Most of the time the wait is under twenty minutes," said Colleen Sorenson, Director of Testing Services. "We use a formula to help us plan a staffing schedule that usually keeps the lines in check. We also monitor the line hour by hour to make sure it stays short. If it looks as if the line is getting too long we can add additional staff at check in and open additional rooms for testing." Sorenson understands the concerns of students and realizes that standing in line to take a test "Testing" continued on P9. 3 - .i ' ; J 1 i mm. Students stand in line cutsie the Testing Center. The Testing Center lines have gotten-particularly long ' this semester, causing UVSC ; to consider new ' testing facilities. Jamie TttrlinlNetXNEW Sports The UVSC Women's volleyball team enjoyed a match versus the University of Montana Western, whom they beat last month. Find out if the results were the same at home. UVXPress Check out our brand new weekend edition called the UVXpress. Look for ' it every Thursday. UVXpress deals with the stuff that makes college fun. Let it be your guide for music, movies, and local hotspots. Life Take a drive up the canyon before all the color is gone! Check out the Life page this week for the latest in music, movies andentertainment. UVXNews Chad Hemetstrand t ........ - ii i Be sure to keep a close eye out for televisions on your way to class so that you can check out the UVX News and UV Sportzone, produced and run by students like Chad. Weather MONDAY: Sunny High 73 Low 34 ? A U Sunny " High 71 Low 36 WEDNESDAY: vjL Sunny ) High 74 Low 41 ' ? " Print. Video. Wkb. Liu:. Regnrdlcss of your media preference, NelXNews is there. Gel the news that drives you r" NetXNews.net, our d.iil y broadcast, or right here at The College Times. Accuracy Integrity Excellence t SFECI'inEFCHT CLOTHESLINE FCOJECt -A- ' ... r t -1 ... J Student stands by the clothesline last week admiring the words on t-shirts. The project acts as a visual reminder that domestic abuse is real and happens in our country everyday. Atoese LMe Clothesline project firings avarcness about domestic abuse By Nicole Bourgerie rliMuSlii Please help! Stop hurting me. All I feel is pain. He said he loved me. How is rape love? I gave you my love and you gave me bruises. Loneliness. Mistrust. Hate. Anger. Fear. Why can't I make it stop? We are the lucky ones. We are survivors. Thank you God and please bless the others. These words are a small sam pling of the hundreds written on t-shirts that hang on clotheslines in the quad at Utah Valley State Col lege. Every 10 to 12 seconds a gong ' - ','' '. . ' r f I o - O - i . . z - " - 1 Clothesline project displays t-shirts showing ings that result from victims of abuse. sounds. Each gong represents a woman being battered sorncwhere in the United States. Once every minute a whistle blows to indicate a reported rape. Three to four times during the day, a bell rings to represent the women who die every day as a result of personal violence. Each t-shirt contains the words or pictures of those whose lives have been affected by violence. Cape Cod's Women's Defense Agenda started the Clothesline project in 1990 to provide a visual reminder that domestic abuse happens, because the founders believe awareness leads to action. It gives a voice to those who are often too afraid to speak out and allows them to express their emotions-whether they are feelings of fear, anger and pain or hope and healing. feel- ("SICE Check out the last "Last Angry Inch" Pg 5 Take a look at our news briefs on Pg 2 Coy sliot in lead, tlicn ; Harjs iloivn; riiloliomo hsoriiilfi I'rrss Police are investigating the shooting of a Layton teen who managed to flag down a car, get a ride to town and walk home before being taken to the hospital to have the bullet removed from the back of his head. Police say the 16-year-old boy. wounded early Friday morning, appears to have been shot by a .22-caliber gun. Clinton Police Lt. Dave Valentine said the teenager reported he was walking through Meadows Park On Clinton around midnigrrt when he was shot on the left side of his head, above the ear. - Valentine said the shooting may be gang-related. After the teen was shot, the boy flagged down a car and got a ride to Layton. The teen told police he walked home from there. A family member drove him to Davis Hospital and Medical Center. The boy didn't want to report the shooting, but hospital staffers called police at 2:30 a.m. The bullet was removed and the boy was released from the hospital. Valentine said. ; Police do not have much to go on right now, and Valentine said they would like to talk to the people who drove the teen to Layton. They are not considered suspects. " Education bill not all it's cracked up to be By Windy Hanks WlWm Staff On Wednesday October 8, Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction Steve Laing spoke to students and faculty of UVSC about President Bush's "pet" education bill, "No Child Left Behind" and spoke of the impact this bill is having on our schools and up-and-coming teachers in its second year. Laing talked about the benefits as well as concerns that affect our children, teachers, and ultimately future education majors. President Bush emphasized his concern that too many needy children arc being left behind in public schools and not getting the education they deserve. "NCLB focuses on meeting the needs of all students," said Laing, but there are still some drawbacks. America is a melting pot of the world and in the last decade has seen the most growth with minority populations. To ensure that no group is left behind, objectives were separated out by poverty, race, ethnicity, disability Official rule on unoffical withdrawal By Valerie Porter Iwiiialnll'rre It may seem absurd to most students, but you could be receiving a failing grade for a class you don't even know you are registered for. "Honestly, it is one of the main reasons for students getting a 'UW', or unofficial withdrawal," said Michelle Chester, a registration officer. Many students have been receiving UW grades 9 1 iii i I i -T X. mi li Neglecting to drop a class will result in a "UW." because they forget to drop a class they decided not to take or didn't even know they registered for. A UW differs from a W or withdrawal, because the "UW" continued on pg. 3 "Education" continued on PQ. 3