UVU Review, 2009-08-31

              o ,7 Take advantage MEGGIE WOODFIELD News editor Students have the opportunity for their student ID to double as a tap ontap off pass for the UTA system. This includes buses, express buses, all TRAX lines and the new FrontRunner train connecting Salt Lake, Utah, Southern Davis, Weber and North Davis and Box Elder counties. Passes for students are The dead Profesor Haagen Klaus examines the skeletons of 32 women and children to understand who they were and how they died. SAM SCHOLES Courtesy Photo T W " ' ": .'' ' "- " " - - ' ' - - W ' ; " , V 1 1 i , , , . ,, . .... . , . . . 1 Scholarships Awarded by Masonic Foundation " L0RAINE GH0LDST0N ' News writer The Masonic Foundation of Utah has awarded annual scholarships to 5 1 students in 14 different schools for the 2009-2010 year. The awards add up to $86,700. "It's an honor to be in a position to assist these students," said Grand Master $20 compared to the $162 the UTA outlet charges. New students with a U V On-eCardUV PlusCard can take their cards to Campus Connection in the Student Center and have it activated. Cards will be valid through Sept. 15, 2010. Returning students who have a working pass can now renew their bus passes online. Log in to UVLink and click on "Renew your UTA Bus Pass" in the Online Services section speak to of Utah Freemasons, Loyd E. Davis. "Without such need-based scholarships, some students would have a hard time meeting the increasing costs of higher education. We're delighted to administer this annual scholarship program." Though the history of Freemasonry is clouded with suspicion over its secretive rituals and arcane i 1 1 " 1 1 W r: - 1 - - - i i W ' of your of the Home Tab or the Student Services section of the Student Tab. Passes activated last year will deactivate Sept. 15, 2009. If you are not sure when the bus schedule and times are visit rideuta.com to fill out from, to and departure time or arrival information and UTA will plan your trip for you. You can also find schedules and maps on the site. See BUS A2 illuminate JESSICA BURNHAM Campus editor Professor Haagen Klaus revolves a ceramic pot in his hands depicting the gruesome Moche sacrificial process of throat slitting, dripping blood and ritual imbibing. "Here is the sacrificial process in all of its brutal glory," Klaus said. " We aren't sensationalizing ritual killing, but aiming to understand the people." In 2003 Klaus founded the Lambayeque Valley Biohistory Project which is symbolism, the members of the Order do not seem to acknowledge the criticism or claims as anything but common human misconception and people's fear of what they do not understand. Free of the need to explain themselves to the public, Freemasons just keep doing exactly what they've been doing for the past few hundred ID ' :: ii .i an ancient culture a regional field bioarchaeol-ogy program. One of the sites under long-term investigation is Huaca Chotuna, a large archaelogical pyramid and ritual complex on the north coast of Peru dating from AD 900-1532. While excavating one of the smaller pyramids on site in 2008, known as Huaca Norte, the mutilated remains of two very young women were found along with a child of unidentified sex. Klaus left shortly thereafter for his new teaching position at UVU, but subsequent excavations revealed 30 more bodies. years. Controversy and paranoia aside, Freemasons have long been known for their generosity and investment in their communities. Many charities have benefited from donations from the Masonic Foundation, to the tune of about $250,000 per year. Shri-ner's Hospital for Children and Rite Care Learning TRENT BATES UVU Review SAM SCHOLES Courtesy Photo Asked to analyze the remains this past summer, Klaus embarked for Peru along with five of his UVU students. Joellen Perez and Joseph Luce acted as junior colleagues analyzing the skeletons. Sam Scholes served as project photographer, while Kat Phillpotts and Jerel Bartholomew were research assistants. The goal was to understand who these people were, how they died, and what it reveals about an unknown ancient belief system. "We study a very wide See SKULL A4 Centers, which treat children with speech disorders, have also been recipients of donations from the foundation. For more information on this and other scholarships, visit www.uvu.edu financialaidscholarships or call 801-863-8448. The scholarships office is located in room BA 105. ISC fights for a voice MEGGIE WOODFIELD '" News editor Over 20 countries from around the globe were represented on Aug. 20 in students wandering the hallways looking for guidance. The majority of these students had only been in the United States for a week and none had been on campus before. "We get up to 120 international students per semester," said Najib Niazi, vice president of the International Student Council (ISC). "Most students are here by themselves and are-seeing Utah for the first time. It can be a country of its own." The orientation was hosted by the ISC, composed of international student volunteers and ' . dedicated to giving International students a voice on : campus. Adam Black from student advisement and Gus Pacchiega from Campus . Connection gave advice that many native students take for granted. The importance of understand- i ing off-campus housing, : public transportation and even the location of the post office can be crucial to those whose parents are in another state, much less another country. Lorianne Gunn, International Student Advisor, called Wal-mart an international student's "home , away from home" as they deal with finding foods that meet their nutritional needs and cater to a student's budget. However, the biggest problem international students seem to face is finding support at school. "Students, and even faculty, don't know how to treat international students," said Chris Chileshe, president of the ISC. "It's a real issue. International students need to feel like they have a stake in the . school, they pay as much if not more tuition as anyone else. Faculty and Student Government should be asking what they want to learn and facilitate their learning needs." It seems that Chris is not the only one who has seen this problem. Lorianne Gunn feels that although there is no reason for any student to do poorly at school with the amount of support that is availab'e, when professors allow international students to See ISC A3 1 1 If. IP jkS t : n i 4 r