UVSC College Times, 2002-02-14

              rft.llN VOLUME 30 ISSUE 45 H BUF.N PANO I N 11 ARCA SI- VF.NDE WHAT'S INSIDE Calendar-Page 2 See our daily updated calendar at netXnews.net VALLEY WEATHER For complete and up to date weather go to our website at www.netxnews.net C Qi C to a c X a c i - 1 p p V- 1 ''''''' '.v.: . . .. TEio Art Of LOUG Page 6 ' r , -. UUSC Women's Soccer UUSC hires new women's soccer coach - Page 8 Flowers, chocolates, promises you don't Intend to keep Page 0 Rings leads Oscar nominations BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. The fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings: TheFellowship of the Ring led the Academy Award field Tuesday with 13 nominations. Other best-picture nominees were A Beautiful Mind, a dramatization of "math geniusjohn Nash's struggle with schizophrenia; the classwar satire and murder mystery Gosford Park; In the Bedroom, a low-budget tale of family tragedy and vengeance; and Moulin Rouge, a tragicomic musical set in 1899 Paris. Bush backs $19.2-billion Drug War - WASHINGTON President Bush on Tuesday set a goal of reducing illegal drug use by 25 percent over the next five years by improving law enforcement and treating more addicts. His administration's anti-drug strategy seeks a-1 0 percent reduction in drug use within two years. Afghan talks surrender of Taliban KABUL, Afghanistan Afghan authorities are negotiating the surrender of some 1 5 Taliban leaders, who may include former Cabinet ministers, an Afghanofficial said Tuesday a development that could boost efforts to find the movement's fugitive leader and terror suspect Osama bin Laden. Al-Qaida links suspected in warning . WASHINGTON Attorney General John Ashcroft urged Americans to adopt "the highest state of alert" in the search for 1 6 men possibly linked to Osama bin Lad en's terrorist network and believed to have planned an attack against the United States or its people in Yemen. Vote on today s poll question: Are we too ncn in America?" Vote at www.netxnews.net and see immediate poll results. Watch for the latest episodes of On Campus, UVXNEWS, and the UVSport A poetic history of Valentine's Day Venus Is said to have sent Cupid to earth to help humans tall In love with each other. By Kelsey Haddow of the NetXNews Staff Thousands of yqars ago, In a far away place. Roman soldiers had to go To war with no love on their face. Emperor Claudius felt this was the way To get his soldiers to win the day. So he banned them from wedded bliss. The soldiers would never feel true love's kiss. St. Valentine would not comply, He married the soldiers on the sly. Claudius ordered Valentine's death, And sent him to jail to count his last breaths. But true love could not be denied. The jailer's daughter became the apple of his eye. So as Valentine's heart beat for the last time, The jailer's daughter received the first valentine.In 498 A.D. the Pope Gelasius declared, February 14th would be the day everyone shared, To celebrate their love so true, Only the single people would feel blue. According to the legend told, Cupid with his heart of gold, Was sent by Venus to push love along. Now lovers are pierced by his arrow's song. Now Hallmark and American Greetings lead the way. Helping consumers buy the best card for the day. Men buy chocolate, flowers, and jewelry, Afraid if they don't join in this foolery. Women wait patiently for the gifts to come. Children even join in the fun, Building boxes for Valentine treats A whole day is dedicated to this chocolate feast. So today as the world celebrates love, With hundreds of cupids flying above. Remember the sacrifice that was made, By St. Valentine and his lovely maid. The library: It just keeps getting better By Jilleen Moore of the NetXNews Staff Did you know that the library has a media area where students can check out and listen to CDs and Watch DVDs and videos without leaving the library? Did you know you can check out videos and DVDs from the library? Who would have thought? Not only does our magnificent library have educational videos, but entertainment videos as well. There are many opportunities and resources like these available through the library here at UVSC that many students may not know about. Mike Freeman, the Library director for UVSC, has been here at the college for the past eight years. Freeman said that they have been working hard to improve their library collection this year, and he is proud of the media collection that they have acquired. They have good old movies like Pillow Talk, some great 80's movies, a great foreign film collection, and DVDs of old shows like Gone With the Wind. The UVSC library also has a wide selection of distance education videos, series like "Earth Exploded," and a Series on . - : T S Aafaw SretfiKeOOfewi The library continues to oiler students more and more. "American Cinema." Freeman is especially dedicated to building a serious collection of film history which includes a variety of foreign films. These videos and DVDs are located on the fourth floor of the library. There are also listening stations that are next-door neighbors to the videos on the fourth floor near the railings. At these stations students can watch videos, DVDs, and listen to CDs. Freeman has some great ideas for ways that students can utilize our library and do it more efficiently and effectively. One way is to utilize the UVSC Library Link. This can be accessed at www.uvsc.edulibrary. Within that domain the library link has several options to choose from to fit your library needs. Some items that Freeman "Library" continued on pg. 3 Net Spot THE HOTTEST SPOTS IN: NewsrPofrtics Goto www. Washington posLcom and see what President Bush is saying about die war against terrorism. Entertainment: Go to www.yahoo.com and look in the entertainment section to see the local showtimes for all the movies playing near you. Music Online: Go to www.vhl.com and read all the latest news on your favorite artists. Student helps Go to www.google.com to find all the information you could possibly want on a research topic. Sports: Go to www.byuboard.com or www.utefans.netwe board to find out what Cougar fans and Utah fans are saying about Monday's big game. Figure skating faces embarassment By Nancy Armour Ap Writer The Olympics just aren't the Olympics without a figure skating controversy, so consider the Salt Lake City Games officially open for business. ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta said Wednesday that the referee of the pairs event, American Ronald Pfenning, "has made certain allegations" about the controversial judging. Cinquanta did not say what allegations Pfenning made in a letter to the federation. Cinquanta admitted there were other allegations, "but the most important is the one of the referee. He is the coordinator of the competition."Cinquauta also said he was "embarrassed" by the furor over the Russians beating the Canadians despite an obvious technical error. Canada's Olympic delegation demanded an investigation, and the International Skating Union said it would conduct a rare "internal assessment." That assessment could lead to revisions in judging, Cinquanta said. The Canadian Olympic Association sent a letter Wednesday to Cinquanta seeking an independent inquiry. "We respectfully suggest to you that in order for such a review to have credibility with the athletes, the coaches and the public, it must be independently structured," COA president Michael Chambers wrote. Controversy is practically a stapie of figure skating, whether it's the Tonya-Nancy brouhaha, complaints about the standings in ice dancing or a ban on "undignified" moves. But this one has really struck a chord with both fans and skating insiders prompting calls for reforms in judging and the ISU's organization itself. "This is the worst thing that's happened to figure skating in a long time," said veteran U.S. coach Frank Carroll. "I can understand where, watching that, if the International Olympic Committee said, 'We don't want figure skating in the Olympics anymore,' who's going to argue with that?" The IOC isn't giving fig- 'Figure Skating" continued on pg. 3 j 'A