UVSC College Times, 2002-09-26

              EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARC A SE VENDE CAMPUS CAL- See the best UVSC Calendar on the planet at i f FJEl'JS BRIEFS 'All-American Road" in Utah Highway 12, which runs through red-rock desert and beautiful canyons in Southern Utah, was named an "All-American Road" last weekend by Gov. Leavitt. The scenic Highway 12 is one of only 20 All-American road s in the Untied States. Highway 12 was chosen because of its scenic, historical, cultural, and archeological significance, and for the unique traveling experience it offers. Ice Cream Cone Stamp Gordon Christensen, a Kaysville resident, has been celebrating the invention of the ice cream cone for the past 15 years, and would like to see it on a stamp. The ice cream cone was "born" on September 22, 1903 and Christensen would like to see a U.S. stamp commemorating this treat before its 100th anniversary in 2003. Since there is already a similar stamp in circulation, the St. Louis World's Fair stamp, it is not likely that Chris-tensen's dream will come true. Appalachian Trail Hiking Trek Lisa McLaughlin, a native of State College, Pennsylvania , quit her job as a teacher to hike the 2,168 mile Appalachian Trail. She began the journey April 1, 2002 on Springer Mountain in Georgia at the age of 25. She finished the trek on September 12, 2002, at the age of 26. McLaughlin said "It was basically rough, and I started out with a 60-pound backpack and wasn't sure what I got myself into for awhile." Although it was hard, and she cried a good deal of the way, she has no regrets. Cement Museum The Atlas Cement Memorial Museum was opened in 1997 in Northampton Pennsylvania. It was built out of respect for the cement industry that once thrived in Lehigh County, particularly Atlas Portland Cement Company. The museum displays more than 2,500 objects, which includes cloth cement bags that were sewn by women, union cards, and a large wooden horse used as a model for building harnesses. UMSMSIHTIIE IVEB A 0 THE Tl"BE NetXNcws.nGt Don't forget, you can see NetXNews broadcast daily on the campus monitors every hour on the hour. Visit our web site at www.netxnews.net and get daily updates of campus happenings, calendar events, and campus life. i f t i L r i'A m -Ad 1 GET YOUR ON AT NctXNews is your It takes a Students prepare thier tech cars for racing. It ready for the race. i . ; Level i i '- - A I I - . - -. - I i I ! f ' ; i , , , .. , . , Empty parking lot not paying off ByEmory Wogenstahl OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF The parking area north of the student center that is blocked off by uninviting cement barriers is now only accessible from the north pay lot. All have seen it and walk through the barriers and faded yellow lines every day. It was formerly used as faculty parking but now it is constantly empty during the day and rarely put to use. The faculty is now having to park where some of the student parking was and that takes a valuable portion of student parking. Students walk through th( old pay manueierlng around cars There is reason behind converting the front of the north lot into a pay lot. With the completion of the student center, many conference rooms and meeting places were finished and made available for use by the public. The administration anticipated that more people would use the conference facilities during the day, and therefore more Campus - news from the world wide web News & Politics 'Entertainment news.bbc.co.uk www.popcultmag.com www.economist.com www.ironchef.com www.foreignpolicv.com www.modernhumorist.com o rm i mm J- II II LADY imUERINES ( STEP IT UP TO w WIN on page 7 GROOUE THE LIFE PAGE on page 7 NETXNEWS n e t x n exw s n. e t student produced news source for breaking news and calendar Photo by Steve Hamberger lot of time and hard work to develop each car and get parking would be required. The pay lot has filled up numerous times but only in the evening when special events are occurring and the lot is open for anyone for free. According to Phil Clegg, Director of Student Ac tivities, including those parking spots in the pay lot was a thirty-day trial and because the extra parking spots are not being used as anticipated other alternatives are being considered." One options being considered is to sell photo by Bran Christiansen parking lot ovaryday and rarely have to worry about new, more expensive permits to students for the closer parking. One other alternative that had been considered was to purchase the large, color marquee that is now in front of Trafalga and to put it in the parking area. Trafalga has not been able to make payments on the sign so the sign maker "Empty" continued on page 3 Music Online www.gigposters.com www.mojo4music.com www.songfacts.com 119111 1 . ..' - - events visit u echnoSogy students are racnong foir a By Jeff Bond OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF Students in the computer sc: - es 4470 artificial intelligence class taught by Professor Kirk Love got to put their imaginations and their ingenuity to the test on Wednesday this week in the Great Car Robot Race of 2002. Whichever team of builders can create a robot capable of traversing a maze and scaling the dreaded "mountain path" in the least amount of time earns the best grade. To build and program these robots they will use laptop computers and a set of Legos. The wooden maze and windy black path are the two courses for the race. Yes, this is what those things have been set up there for. Each robot car is equipped with two types of sensors that help it to navigate its environment. Two touch sensors located at the front of each car tell its onboard computer if it is about to bump into a wall, or fall off the edge of the path. For the maze race the cars don a set of Geneva gets a repreive with another loan ASSOCIATED PRESS VINEYARD, Utah - Geneva Steel has reached an agreement with its secured creditors concerning the use of the company's cash through Nov. 15. Monday's agreement is the fifth extension for use of cash by Geneva since filing for bankruptcy on Jan. 25, its second bankruptcy filing in three years. Access to cash collateral revenues that Geneva's secured creditors hold a lien against allows Geneva to continue to manage its properties by meeting monthly expenses like health care premiums, payroll and professional fees. Operating expenses on a monthly basis for the idled plant total roughly $2.5 million, according to a budget filed with the court. Stephen Garcia, an attorney representing Geneva, said Geneva's secured creditors were reluctant to allow the company access to cash beyond Sept. 27. However, Geneva and its creditors were able to reach a consensus over the use of cash collateral, Garcia said. As part of the new stipulation, Geneva will not seek the use of cash collateral beyond Nov. 15, the deadline by which Germany-based Deutsche Bank must decide whether to offer a $250 million loan to Geneva and file a loan application to , the federal government's Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board. Deutsche Bank's loan to the steel company is contingent on the federal government being willing to back the loan under the guarantee program, established to assist steel companies injured by foreign imports. Student Helps www.quoteland.com www.glossarist.com Internet Public Library- VOLUME 31 ISSUE 11 VALLEY TODAY: Mosdy Sunny High 72" Low1 FRIDAY: Mostly Sunny High 73' Low 40 SATURDArrL High 74 Low v rtJ grade bumpers to trigger the sensors, but the mountain path has no walls, so a pair of weighted levers tell the robot when it needs to turn to avoid a drop-off. Since the cars are made ouof Legos switching these parts is literally a "snap." The second type of sensor lets the robot know when it has completed the course. The&ors of both courses are painted black, except y for the end point, which is white. A light sensor at the rear of the vehicle picks up the light that bounces off the white section and deactivates the car's motors. Students use a C-type programming language to determine how the robot will respond to that sen-' sory input. However, the robot's program must strike a balance with its physical design in order to work properly, which means that each car requires a lot of fine-tuning. "Its kind of fun," said Spencer Musick, a computer science major. "Yeah, but it's frustrating," said his teammate, Matt Nichols. Every "Racing" continued on page 3 'Sports www.skateboardgraphics.oom www.digitalballparks.com www.ipl.org www.paperplane.org f ! t f ! t ' ' 1 ' ' ' , ); ; i v-! t, - - i