UVSC College Times, 2002-07-08

              EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA SE VENDE VOLUME 31 ISSUE 1 CAMPUS CALENDAR See the best uvsc calendar on the planet at netXnew.net This week's feature: Summer Dances - o o v: iJ w I " -i if) Iiim. VALLEY WEATHER iiMnw nnriim-fnitfn TODAY: Nothing but sun ;, :-.X High 100s It -; -! Low 65 Thl Week , ; 1 ; Sunny 'tvi Highs 100s Lows 65 oouni ILL OF TOXIC WASTE DU Ftl PS KEY! Is there any iz?:t:i n!iy they can't jusl sixz l. ooIRA'JEL to CALIF0N1A CHEAP stun in their own eacKysru ?:ir La;: NdXNcws is your siuJciit pmclucctl news source For breaking news ami calendar events visit Net NY ws.net V ;;o 1 I '-. .; a O nev; WorldCom Exec's invoke Fifth Ex-WorldCom Execs invoked the their fifth amendment rights and refused to answer questions by a con gressional panel about their $4 billion dollar accounting mistake. WorldCom's president John Sidgmore spoke out Monday and blamed the former Execs for any financial difficulty the company is facing. Melvin Dick, senior audit partner for Aurthur Andersen, stated that he was unaware of an improper accounting. President Bush is proposing tougher penalties, such as jail time for any corporate official who lies on financial statement. Surgeon General Nominee Called Unfit President Bush's pick for surgeon general is facing a tough round of questions by a Senate committee over his record and reputation as a "cowboy" doctor. When he was nominated, Dr. Richard Carmona was portrayed as a Green Beret turned trauma surgeon who also works double-duty as a sheriff's deputy. Since then, questions have been raised about his employment record and his dedication to medicine over crime-fighting. Men Arrested in U.S. Consulate Bombing Paramilitary commandos stormed houses in Pakistan's largest city Monday, arresting three men who were charged in last month's deadly bombing at the U.S. Consulate in Karachi. The three are members ofHarkat-ul-Mujahedeen al-Almi, said Maj. Gen. Salahuddin Satti of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers. The organization is a splinter group of Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen, or Movement of Holy Warriors, anal-Qaida-affiliated extremist group whose members fought in Afghanistan and Kashmir, said provincial police chief Syed Kamal Shah. 500,000 Could Get Smallpox Vaccine Federal health officials are preparing to endorse smallpox vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of emergency personnel and health care workers, going well beyond the limited immunizations recommended by an advisory committee, officials said Monday. The total number of vaccinations offered this fall could surpass 500,000. said Jerome Hauer, acting assistant secretary for public health. f AMPLS tVS OV THE WEB AD 0 THE TIDE NetXNews.net Don't forget, you can see NetXNews broadcast daily on the campus montiors every hour on the hour. Visit our website at wwvy.netxnews.net and get daily updates of campus happenings, calendar events, and campus life. Watch this fall as we launch our new n 1 I 11 III in! m m mmw, .illSGOGltlll . nn rrH rncr.rr? The first signs of the new classroom building emerged last week as construction crews spent 22 hours on two massive concrete pours. The previous weeks of construction were used to remove thousands of yards of earth to prepare for the pouring of the foundation. The foundation pad took 10 hours, twice, and required 4,500 cubic yards of concrete. The classroom buliding is scheduled for completion August 2003. . . V V'v. . O f 1 f - ' '' f "I- - ' ' ' ' k i 1 --if ,1 A y ! f":..,.J;VVf Hover retires; career filled with service and growth "site" look. By Kelsey Haddow OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF Fresh off the plane from Kenya where he and several UVSC students traveled as part of a Service Learning project, Tom Hover, Dean of Student Services, stood near the newly constructed Monolith and cheerfully greeted people. While the scene is not uncommon, the circumstances are. Dean Hover is saying farewell to UVSC after twenty-seven years of unwavering service. Tom Hover came to UVSC, then known as Utah Technical College, the "Tech," in 1975 and started a career that would forever change himself and UVSC. As Director of Student Activities and Student Services, Dean Hover helped form organizations that would teach students leadership skills and enable them to have a voice on campus. Some of these groups were Student Government, Student Media, Outdoor Education and Volunteer and Service Learning. Hover was also instrumental in the organization, planning and completion of the new Sorensen Student Center on Campus. The Monolith that stands in the lobby next to the new ballroom was also a vision that Dean Hover had. It was the final touch to the student center. V V n Tom Hover (center), retiring dean of student services, served UVSC for over 27 years. Above he Is pictured with his daughter Amy Potts (left), on a recent service trip to Watamu, Kenya. Dean Hover for the impact the made on their lives and in the forming of UVSC. Gordon Wilson, a past Student Body President in the early 1980's, even went so far as to follow in Tom's footsteps and is now the Director of Student Life at Salt Lake Community College. Bob Rasmussen, Asst. Dean of Student Life and Leadership, stated, "Over the past twenty-seven years there has not been a better student advocate than Tom. My hope is that I can continue his legacy by being as good of a student advocate as he was. Tom has also been invaluable to the success of UVSC." Campus News from the world wide web: News:Polrtics usatoday.com youthvote2000.orgnws cnn.com ALLPOUTICS msn.com netxnews.net msnbc.comnews default. asp Entertainment: utahvalleymall.com music.utah.edupages schedules utahvalleymusic.com moviefone.com 'Music Online: emusic.com liquidaudio.com mtv.com 'Student helps: makingcollegecount.com edu.com fastweb.com firetalk.com lycos.com Sports: uvsc.eduathletics majorleaguebaseball.com nflfans.com nfltalk.com nhl.com espn.go.com nba.com wnba.com I320kfan.com Deconstruc-tion Zone: Budget woes will impact students even more By Jilleen Moore OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF On Tuesday, June 25, the UVSC Board of Trustees met to report on recent happenings at UVSC. The hot topic for the even ng was the large legislative budget cuts for all institutions of higher education in the state. To address these potential cuts, some members proposed the elimination of 44.5 position's, two academic programs and a 19.5 percent increase in tuition which have already been applied for the year 2002-2003. Worst case scenarios would mean getting rid of anywhere from 7-9 programs if the legislature could not find other ways to make up the deficit. Though the numbers were historic to those in attendance at the Board of Trustees meeting, the emergency meeting at the capital building the next morning (on Wednesday June 26, 2002) was even more bleak as all the schools in the state reported their sobering circumstances and cuts that would be required or that had already been implemented. In attendance at this emergency meeting at the state capital, were President Romesburg the president of UVSC and Ryan Vogel, student body, other presidents of Utah colleges and universities and some state elected officials. Collegeuniversity presidents were asked to apply the budget cuts to their institution of learning and to report the losses that would be incurred with the proposed amount being cut from each institution budget. All of the collegesuniversities presidents reported that there would be programs eliminated and employees laid off if the current budget cut numbers were to remain, and many steep decisions have already been made as some schools have already began eliminating programs. "Deconstruction" continued on pg. 3 Bush vows corporate crime crackdown By Sandra Sobieraj OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) - President Bush called for stiff new penalties for corporate criminals and a crackdown on boardroom scandals Tuesday, promising in a speech on Wall Street that his administration would "end the days of cooking the books, shading the truth and breaking our laws." Confronting a wave of corporate wrongdoing that has undermined investor confidence and threatened political damage to the White House, Bush said, "We will use the full weight of the law to expose and root out corruption." The president called on the U.S. Sentencing Commission to recommend longer prison terms for corporate executives guilty of fraud and announced a new task force for the pursuit and prosecution of corporate criminal activity. The task force would be headed by Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson and include investigators from the Department of Justice and other agencies. Bush likened it to a "financial crimes SWAT team, overseeing the investigation of corporate abusers and bringing them to account." Bush said the mushrooming corporate scandals threatened to undermine economic recovery and damage the financial well- ' being of workers. "The business pages of American newspapers should not read like a scandal sheet," Bush said. "I am calling for a new ethic of personal responsibility in the business community - an ethic that will increase investor confidence, make employees proud of their companies and regain the trust of the American people." "More scandals are hiding in corporate America," Bush said. "We must find and expose them now so we can begin rebuilding the confidence of our people and the momentum of our "Crime" continued on pg. 3 Many past students came to thank "Hover" continued on pg. 3