UVSC College Times, 2003-03-17

              EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA SE VENDE VOLUME 31 ISSUE 44 o CAMPUS CALENDAR See the best uvsc calendar on the planet at netXnm.net A OREM WEATHER TT rrvn MONDAY: Mostly Cloudy High 50 Low 29 TUESDAY: Cloudy High 48 Low 25 Mil WEDNESDAY: II Mostly Cloudy High 45 Low 28 fjS(fffi Candy for both sides of your brain ScisRca and Art ccnvsrgs as Ryan Bswn presents RXN Getting to Imoiv all about you - ' r V ! i i i Paga 5 fem 'iiiiiii ipUasf IwAwil Paga7 'ft NetXNews is yuur student produced news source For breakine news and calendar events visit NetXNews.net news brief: World Bush contemplates abandoning U.N. resolution after French rejection Forced into a diplomatic retreat, U.S. officials said that President George W. Bush may delay a vote on his troubled U.N. resolution or even drop it and fight Iraq without the international body's backing. France dismissed a compromise plan as an "automatic recourse to war." Amid a swirl of recrimination and llth-hour posturing, the White House on Thursday called France's position unreasonable while U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan raised the possibility of a global summit "to get us out of this crisis." Nation House passes bill to limit medical malpractice awards Responding to doctors" complaints about soaring insurance costs, House Republicans pushed through legislation to limit jury awards in malpractice cases. By a 229-196 vote, the House passed a bill Thursday that would cap non-economic damages, such as compensation for loss of a limb or sight, at $250,000. The bill would not limit compensation for medical bills, funeral expenses and other economic damages. A'.Local Ricci's wife wants his name finally laid to rest Salt Lake City police formally cleared Richard Ricci in the Elizabeth Smart case Thursday, but did not offer the apology sought by the widow of the man once considered a top potential suspect. "I am here to say that we do not believe that Richard Ricci was involved in this kidnapping," Police Chief Rick Dinse said at a news conference. For months, police focused attention on Richard Ricci; a man who died of a brain hemorrhage iri a jail cell three months after the then-14-year-old girl was kidnapped. Angela Ricci insisted her husband was sleeping beside her the contested night. rUll'l SES8 TOE JIBM OHl Tl BE. z NetXNews. net ' " Don't forget, you can see NetXNews broadcast daily on the campus monitors every hour on the hour. Visit our website at www.netxnews.net and get daily updates of campus happenings, calendar events, and campus life and even check your email or visit the UVSC t& -1 home vr; page. ' i" ell mm A t wEn I 1 y: " ' 1 i ' i . I 1 y .. -' , r Jami Teerfink'NetXNews Melinda Davis and Ron Walker from the Young Life Research Clinic did individual blood tests. Within two inutes they could tell people their immediate health status and suggest supplements to improve their health. The Women's Expo: Everything a girl could want V I!) Kryslal Hired On Friday and Saturday, "Your Women's Expo" took place in the McKay Events. It was from two until nine on Friday and all day Saturday. The Expo had everything any women could dream of, from helpful panty hose that help with varicose veins to healing retreats, all there to make women's lives easier and more pleasant. Also almost every booth had drawings for prizes. Ranging from gift baskets to other prizes worth up to fifteen hundred dollars. Many of the booths were directed at attaining better health. There were booths that offered different juices, livedry blood tests, and healthy meal on the go bars. Classes were offered on acu puncture, emotional cleansing, and massage.The Expo had exhibits dealing with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, and there were also free classes that work to-"Expo" continued on pg. 3 March is the month for the nation to recognize women and their historical accomplishments V By Jirolr Courji'rie ata.Vi'l.Yti'HsM March is National Women's History Month and the theme for this year is "Women Pioneering the Future." The website for the National Women's History project states that, "Our 2003 theme, "Women Pioneering the Future", incorporates both pioneering women from U.S. history, who led and won struggles for equality and civil rights, created and advanced educational and professional opportunities, and made great contributions to the arts, sciences, and humanistic causes, and innovative women of today who further these efforts and continue to expand the frontiers of possibility for generations to come." In 1992, a national study found that history texts devote only two to three percent of their total content to women, which is not an accurate representation of women's influence on historical events. Recognition of girls need for role models is what led to the establishment of National Women's History Month. National Women's History Month started out as a "Women's History Week" for Sonoma County in California in 1978. The Education Task Force of Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women created the celebration because women's history was a virtually unknown topic in the public schools. According to the NWHP website, the week became an important way to recognize and "History" continued on pg. 3 Trustees approve a UVSC 1 2.5 percent tuition hike iwiiriali'd Press Utah Valley State College trustees have approved a 12.5 percent tuition hike for next school year. Utah residents will pay $1 ,036 per semester, and nonresidents will pay 53,627. The state Board of Regents had already approved a 4.5 percent increase for next school year's tuition for all state higher education institutions. On top of that, UVSC is adding an 8 percent in crease in hopes of generat ing $2.6 million to be used primarily for faculty, staff and equipment. "The tuition increase allows us to address critical areas across campus such as hiring more full-time faculty and other staff members to assist our stu dents," UVSC spokesman Derek 1 lall said Thursday. UVSC raised tuition 16 percent for the current school year. UVSC student body president Ryan Vogel said he can see the need for funding. "When the student leaders looked over the numbers, we understood where they are spending the money and we agree with that," Vogel said. The fight has to begin at the state level, not in blaming the administration, he said. "Our administration has been put in a very tough bind as far as the money they have been able to allocate, "Vogel said. "Our concern is what is happening with the Board of Regents and the Legislature," he said." We'd just like to see more of an effort to look at higher education, as a way of recovering from a recession, rather than a burden to fund during a recession." To comment on the article email: netxnewsnetxnews.net NetNews News from the world wide web: NewxPolhics CNN.com Foxnews.com wsj.com nytimes.com netxnews.net cliristiansciencemonitor.com 'Entertainment: theonion.com bored.com games.yahoo.com moviefone.com allthetests.com bored.com egreetings.com 'Music Online: billboard.com liquidaudio.com hardcorejukebox.com mtv.com launch.yahoo.com 'Student helps: howtostudy.com makingcollegecount.com edu.com fastweb.com firetalk.com 'Sports: uvsc.eduathletes majorleaguebaseball.com nflfans.com nfltalk.com nhl.com espn.go.com nba.com wnba.com I320kfan.com Elizabeth Smart found alive but not unchanged lit ReliiTra (Inline Issiii ialcd Press After nine months of living under bridges and in tents with a self-styled prophet and his wife, Elizabeth Smart returned to her million-dollar home alive but not unchanged. When stopped by police, she readily lied about her identity and said the two drifters were her parents. The 15-year-old was nervous and agitated when asked to remove her sunglasses and gray wig and never asked about her family once the truth emerged. "There is clearly a psychological impact that occurred at some point," Salt Lake Police Chief Rick Dinse said. Dinse said the man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth from her home, Brian Mitchell, had been excommunicated from the Mormon church, the religion Elizabeth was raised in, and considered himself a polygamist. But Dinse added, "I do not want to attach his relationship witli Elizabeth in that fashion." Asked about reports that Elizabeth had been taken to be a wife, the girl's aunt, Angela Dumke, said Friday that the family couldn't he certain, but they wouldn't be surprised. "You never know. He's nuts," said Dumke, a sister of Elizabeth's father, Ed Smart. "This guy's proh- Courtesy Photo ably involved in polygamy." Mitchell had produced a 27-page manifesto, titled "The Book of Immanuel David Isaiah," in w hich he wrote as-a messenger of Jesus Christ. One passage suggests polygamy was taken away from the people as punishment and that a just God would restore the "blessing" of polygamy to those who truly followed Jesus. Dumke said another theory of is thai Mitchell's w ife. Wanda Batee, considered Elizabeth to be her child. Police on Thursday briefly outlined Elizabeth's movements, saying she was snatched from her bed at knifepoint on June 5 and spent her first two months with "Unchanged" continued on pg. 3