UVSC College Times, 2001-03-01

              EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA SE VENDE VOLUME 29 ISSUE 48 WHAT'S INSIDE mi i n iii;mr--ii i World Nation: Bush sends budget plan to Congress. Opinion: Shannon says "apathy humiliates the F.B.I." Life: Monkeybone has no spine. Sports: Schaack Smack on the home-court advantage. Marketplace: Classified ads with serious class. : Li JU J NETXNEWS V BV AND FOR THE STMM'.NTS OF UTAH Y.U1FY STATE fOliFCi: COLD AS ICE cottagers participate in First Annua! Wasatch Ice Festival pg. 8 March 1, 2001 "DRIBBLE IT, JUST A LITTLE BIT!" Wolverines gearing for last home game - pg. 8 mm : Up-to-date Wolverine Men's and Women's basketball standings and statistics available. Go to uvsc.eduathletics VALLEY WEATHER Today: cioudy High Low 26 (Ji. fMVt- Cloudy JX H'8h Low 29 Saturday: , . . Scattered Snow High 40 Low 30 New Web site gives students a heads up BYU student Peter Knecht has established an independent Web site that gives students the chance to review courses and evaluate professors from various colleges and universities across the nation, including UVSC. BY DANIELLE WHITE OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF Alas! Professor Fabulous is now only a click away. BYU student Peter Knect (pronounced "connect") has officially launched his Campus Soapbox Web site today. The site, designed solely and independently by Knect, aids students in theclass-selection process by providing thousands of teacherprofessor evaluations from colleges across the nation. Knect began developing the site more than a year and a half ago after having a less-than-favorable experience with a class he had taken at BYU. "I sat in this class where the teacher just didn't communicate well and couldn't connect with his students," Knect said. "I couldn't get out of the class because it was already halfway through the semester, and so I ended up getting a poor grade despite working hard. It was such a bad experience. I studied over and beyond and still failed," he said. "It was such a waste of money. I paid to get a bad grade and then paid again to retake it. I invested time and tuition and wasted both. That's when I decided that there had to be a better way to go through college and get the most out of it." After trying to support a wife and baby with next-to-nil income, delving into life savings, and borrowing from family members, Campus Soapbox gained momentum when a partnership with Kiora Incorporating was formed. "Our sponsorships have really helped us get established statewide," Knect said. "Spanish 8 Theaters is working with us by providing free tickets for every four evaluations. . . . By next fall Campus Soapbox will be available to 120 more schools nationwide." Students can post e-mail messages about their school, refer friends, enter chat rooms with other students from different colleges and discuss current events, participate in polls, and get good deals on common products (such as food and entertainment) in addition to reviewing professors. "This is the first time students have had access to something like this that enables them to get information about specific departments, teachers, and courses offered on their specific campus," Knect said. "They can interact with other students through an ASQ (answering students' questions) Continued pg. 3 See "Evaluation" . Ir.-I Campussoapbox.com allows students to voice their opinions about classes and professors. Media vs. healthy body image By DANIELLE WHITE and RACHEL MOSKIOS OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF ' say goodbye to love, no one ever cared if 1 should live or die. Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by and all I know of love is how to live without, I just can't seem to find it. So I've made my mind up I must live my life alone and though it's not the easy way I guess I've always known I'd say goodbye to love... -Karen Carpenter. All bodies are beautiful according, to the UVSC Health and Wellness Center, and was the theme behind Monday's healthy body image seminar. The seminar was held in the midst of Eating Disorder Awareness Week (February 26-March 4) in hopes of teaching students realistic body image, individual worth, and combating stereotypes often fed by the media. Representatives from the Ortm Center for Change spoke about various forms of eating disorders. Former patients of the Center for Change also shared personal experiences in dealing with disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia. "An eating disorder, oftentimes, is an indication of a deeper, more serious problem," Dr. Robert Frost, said. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHAD WINKSTHE COLLEGE TIMES Those suffering Irom eating disorders otten see themselves In an entirely different light than the rest of the world. Reportedly more than hall of girls under the age of 12 have experimented with some form of dieting and 20 percent of college females have had anorexia andor bulimia. Continued pg. 3 See "Anorexia" Cheating: an ever-exploding epidemic By MATT EASTIN OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF Cheaters never prosper... when they get caught. "Hey, do you have the answer to number seven? I forgot to write it on my hand." 'Old School' cheating was once simple and predictable, but with easy Internet access to term papers and cell phones with text messaging, the art of cheating has been taken to another technological level. I Approximately 80 percent of the counts 7 try's best students say that they've cheated ' to get to the top of their class, according to J' Il irr Rriiininc rt( 11.111 J IV I Ull IIU J IS! ) the Christian -" Science Monitor. Most college I?? - students N-"' agree that cheating is just too easy to avoid. Now that cheating Web sites exist, an increasing , , C number of students are down- ' loading their reports I instead of actually PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KEVIN MARLERTHE COLLEGE TIMES learning and doing something that requires effort. A few anonymous UVSC students feel cheating is necessary to cope with the overload of work that's assigned by their teachers. Others say that cheating is the only way to get a decent grade because there isn't enough time to do all of the Continued pg. 3 "Cheating" Net Spot THE HOTTEST SPOTS ON THE WEB: www.menshealth.com: Men's Health, the magazine, Online www.herspace.com: an online page for her www.veggietales.com: the web-site on the popular singing vegetables www.amused.com: centre for the easily amused www.slate.com: Political commentary of events of today www.bored.com: Bored? Not for long. Interesting readings, games, etc. www.adcritic.com: the best collection of funny commercials ever www'ucomics.com: Look up your favorite cartoon from years ago to today www.moviefone.com: all the latest movies with quick shot of the hottest movies. Also shows where they are playing and at what time www.msnbc.com: news and latest happeningswww.resume.com: build your own resume Yip Yaps "Billy Copcland of Ashland City, Tennessee, reached a speed of 1 12.65 knVh (70 mph) on his rocket-powered street luge at Bakersfield, California, on May 15, 1998. The highest wind speed measured in a tornado is 450 kmh. (280 mph) at Wichita Falls, Texas, USA, on April 2, 1958. Marketing and investment consultant Niek Vermeulen of the Netherlands has 2,112 airline sickness bags from 470 different airlines, and heads a list of over 50 serious collectors.Josh Tcnge, from Incline Village, Nevada, performed a back flip measured at 13.6 m (44 ft 10 in) in Nevada on May 20, 2000. Music teacher honored By TERESA WILSON OF THE NETX NEWS STAFF Professor Hill marched into fame again. Dr. Terry Hill, director of orchestras at UVSC received three different awards. He was recognized as college teacherof the year by the Utah chapter of the American String Teacher Association with the National School Orchestra Association during the Utah Music Educatorconference. He was also awarded the first UVSC Trustees Award of Excellence during the Board of Trustees meeting. President Romesburg said the award is going to "individuals who bring regional and national recognition to UVSC." Professor Hill said in response to the award, "This is a great honor. I suppose that it is the highest one can receive at our institution." On March 12 and 13 Terry will again be honored and will be given the Ragan Theatre Award for outstanding service to the school and community. As part of the honor, Dr. Hill will conduct two nights of concerts in the Ragan Theater, featuring four of the orchestras that he conducts. Also, as part of the celebration, the Utah Valley Civic Orchestra will perform Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and part of the Dvorak New World Symphony on Monday evening, along with the Utah Valley Youth symphony which will play Bizet's "Carmen Suite." On Tuesday night he will direct the UVSC Chamber Orchestra in Prokefif 's "Peter and the Wolf" and the UVSC Symphony Orchestra in Bernstein's "West Side Story Overture," part of Schumann's Symphony 3, and Lord of the Dance, among other pieces. I J ......Ml LI ...n ,,,.,, n WmWmmV MH"UP Ml.l, IP ... m H LjmW'mWU."lll.l.in.NUl. l UUUMUmu.W Ul WMWHWU'W y - ":-- ... ij i n m - 'in i' ANDREW GREENETHE COLLEGE TIMES Will the real Prof. Hill please stand up? Music professor Dr. Terry Hill was awarded for his talent and direction. gUa!.!t!.'gBMBSUIgJ 'Ml A i