UVSC College Times, 2000-02-09

              i rtn-frvmimw iw- w WEDNESDAY February 9, 2CG0 Volume 28, Issui 21 INSIDE Batter up! After winning Liu; national batting title last season, Sabrina Dinkel returns to lead UVSC soffball to a j World Nation NM, sUir DcirikTlioiiuis dies 2 Opinion '(xibies vs. U ics: Untie on the homelVonl 4 Inside the Quad Wolverine hockey returns to the ice 8 Outside the Quad Sundance: A river runs through it 10 Sports Kristen Salihy of UVSd women's hoop 12 Marketplace Pretty fly lor some classifieds 14 region championship See page 13 Fl Jililll1 I'D p. ! i' I ii li ! a I V. Brady Cull "A" N iXNcws DcsL- Iulilo A group of UVSC students took action to remove theanti-discrimination clause required for obtaining official campus club status. When Kendra Ruzicka, president of the local chapter of Eagle Forum Collegians and part-time UVSC student, applied for club status at UVSC, she was unable to sign the application due to its antidiscrimination clause. It states V Rob Beard etXXews Reporter Utah Valley State College has received a land donation of 23 acres located north of Heber City, Utah. The college has been looking for land in the area for about three years, and plans to use the donation to build a per V ' ''.' ' ... ' ' ; f. ---. . . ,v i -..,- .'. 1 '" . .. ' " ' ' ' . V .- ' ' -1 ' 'CTV VlM . ... , - . . . .. nl ';. ' - v- o 11 J f ,A " ! 3 - - .. x ir : . ' ..A". - ," , .. "' i ' kuil m ...... v.. .J uti rf , , .e.ri;. . . 1 i m 11 - m im VarsityBooks.com rewards scholars with dollars VarsityBooks.com, a leading online retailer and marketing channel to the college demographic, launched the VarsityScholars program, which will dedicate more than $500,000 over the remainder of the year to students demonstrating scholastic excellence and leadership ability.' VarsityScholars is one component of VarsityBooks. corn's broader year-long scholarship program that will give away $1 million during 2000. Students can apply for a scholarship online by visiting the company's website at www.varsirybooks.com and completing the application. Each WEEKEND WEATHER 40 23 44 HIGH LOW HIGH Friday Saturday F.Sjiecl mostly cloudy skies loday. The warm spall is ending ami we're back In mid-February lemps. mm Sollsgisiinis "membersliip must be open to al College students; without regard to gender, race, color, creed, sexual preference or ability." On Nov ember 12, 1999, under the advisement of Springville attorney Matthew Hilton, Ruzicka contacted Keri Mecham, Inter-club Council (ICC) advisor at UVSC, to investigate the legal basis for including the term "sexual preference" in the anti-discrimination clause. David Jones, assistant attorney general, informed Mecham that it was legal to manent campus in Wasatch County. Three landowners, Jim Winkler, Clark Hall, and Gary Willey, contacted UVSC President Kerry Romesburg several months ago, proposing to donate some land to the college. Romesburg embraced the deal, calling the area a "nice site" on which to build a campus. The property, about one mile month, VarsityBooks.com will grant 16 awards-one $10,000 award, five $5,000 awards, and ten $1,000 awards. Recipients of the $10,000 scholarship will then be eligible for a final $25,000 award at the end of the year. "VarsityBooks.com is committed to making education more affordable for college students and VarsityScholars is a reflection of that commitment. "We designed VarsityScholars to provide recognition and reward to those students who are challenging themselves to excel," said Eric Kuhn, president and CEO 0fVarsityB00ks.com. Selected by an independent edu- See SCHOLARS CONTINUED on pg. 6 29 LOW 45 27 HIGH LOW Sunday Cloudy skies, dark ami dank. i include an anti-discrimination clause in UVSC chartered club establishment requirements. On January 17, 2000, Hilton sent a letter to Jones requesting information regarding the legal basis for including the term "sexual preference" in theanti-discrimination statement. Jones made no official pronouncement, but requested time to consider the matter. Ruzicka said, "We're happy to give him more time. We're not trying to cause any problems. We just want this clari- "V Oil 23 acre Heber land donation extends UVSC campus in Wasatch county north of Heber City, is situated near an old buffalo ranch. It had previously been considered for residential or commercial development. By obtaining this land, UVSC has only completed the first step in a complicated process of building a campus in Wasatch County. The school must now get approval from the state to build the programs and build The campaign trail begins to kick up some dirt "1 Uv 4i J V Rob Beard Reporter Last week's primary elections in New Hampshire have changed the outlook of the Republican presidential nomination. Senator John McCain won the elections in a big way, defeating George W. Bush by nineteen points. Steve Forbes, who showed well in the Iowa caucuses, finished a distant third. The New Hampshire primaries are considered very important to each candidate's campaign by T! iT 1 to fied...We don't feel like UVSC should force us to do things their way." Eagle Forum Collegians is a country-wide group of college students whose purpose is educating, informing, instructing, and training the public about current subjects consistent with the principles taught in the Holy Scriptures. Ruzicka said, "Our purpose is not to try and make others believe the way we do, but our purpose is to protect our right to believe how we want to believe." V 1 , v : - t x 4 1 1 - r:. I . .. ings. In addition, UVSC must obtain campus-construction funding. This money is not likely to come entirely from the state, considering the education needs already identified in the area. Utah lawmaker's do not place high priority on constructing a satellite UVSC campus. The school's building cost is See HEBER CONTINUED on pg. 6 giving the candidate a boost going in to the rest of the season. With his landslide New Hampshire primary victory last week, Senator John McCain has decided to skip the Delaware Primaries this week, and concentrate his efforts in South Carolina, where Bush and McCain meet in a critical election on February 19. Governor Bush is hoping that McCain's Delaware Primary skip will prove costly to the senator's campaign. Karl Rove, a top advisor for the Bush campaign, criticized McCain for skipping yet another election. "Governor Bush, if he wins tonight in Delaware, will win more dele- See CAMPAIGN CONTINUED on pg. 3 INSIDE Take a stab at 'Scream 3'- VVcs Craven's final installment in the most successful modern horror franchise is the funniest and the funncst of all. See page 10 lb The students could meet as a group with no official attachment to UVSC as an alternative to obtaining club status. Mecham said, "If they want to be a group that meets together, they are welcome to use the facilities of UVSC, but they wouldn't be affiliated with UVSC in terms of the Inter-club Council. They would have to rent the facility and wouldn't have the advantages of being a chartered club." Some of the advantages include free use of UVSC facilities, funding, and publicity. Conference addresses copyright issues of distance learning T Brady Cull 1111 ore HAH KetXNcws Desk Edi tor On February 4, UVSC hosted a conference titled "Dialogues in Networked Teaching and Learning: Copyright and Ownership" to inform state educators about pressing technology and teaching issues. F.ducators involved in distance learning programs broadcast on television and the Internet are encountering new legal problems regarding teaching materials. Loretta Palmer, UVSC's director of distance learning, said the conference will help teachers and institutions protect their intellectual property and production rights. "In distance learning, the development of instructional materials becomes marketable. The question is, who owns the materials that are being developed," Palmer said. Greg Upchurch, nationally known copyright attorney and keynote speaker at the conference explained, "Just because you purchase a book from Amazon.com, for example, doesn't mean you have the right to make copies of the book." Upchurch said a lot of information passed through e-mail is copyrighted material. He encouraged those in attendance Beating around the Bush last week's primary elections, QUOTE OF THE WEEK John Wooden It is what you learn after you know it all that counts. Eagle Forum Collegians Eagle Forum stands for the fundamental right of parents to guide the education of their own children. : 1 'I Irl - - A . Y'.-i I l.i!t;tlh- a f s i o 1 r 11 it ir Greg Upchurch, a copyright attorney was the keynote speaker at the conference for distance learning copyright issues. to increase their awareness of what they use from the Internet. Many shareware games are copyrighted, and they are posted and distributed illegally. Palmer said television, Internet and live interactive classes are becoming increasingly popular at UVSC and throughout the state. Last year almost 1,700 students participated in UVSC's distance learning programs and the numbers are expected to increase this year. - McCain took New Hampshire in Bush plans to sweep Delaware. ' Ml