UVU Review, 2010-02-15

              o VOLXLIX N0 2G r I 1 i V f t ! V V C2. 15.2010 I i czz . r 11 r " 1 j JZL2w" I ; p I ( f h h Use a blue or black pen. Start here ieo minutes allpcav 400 billion 'federal dollar: PR students face unprecedented opportunity to work with U.S. Census Bureau l MEGGIE WOODFIELD News editor Students from the UVU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America have begun working on the national Bateman Competition for the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 census. The decennial census determines how state and federal funding will be spent each year on schools, roads, health care services, veteran care, education grants, housing assistance, rehabilitation loans, public transportation services and more. This year's census will be the shortest to date consisting of just ten questions and, according to the PRSSA, will only take 10 minutes to complete. "The fact that 10 minutes in 2010 will help allocate $400 billion dollars is pretty incredible," said Roxanne Hutchens, member of PRSSA and team leader over the 2010 National Bateman team in conjunction with Lara Johnson. "It's important the students know they make a difference." 'Hutchens, along with the UVU PRSSA, will be implementing multiple tactics to encourage census participation among students for the month of February. "We have already distributed fliers and print collateral at a few events, including the Ronnie Price Hall of Fame induction and Miss UVU Pageant," said Hutchens. "We hope to have as many people support our school and the census as possible, ensuring the success of our campaign, and ultimately, more funding for our school." The PRSSA hopes to use its university and college chapters to assist the Bureau to reach students - a normally difficult demographic. Students competing from UVU face aonce-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the public relations field to work on such a large scale campaign. The point of the competition is to implement a branded campaign on campus and in the community. Students are expected to educate, motivate and activate other students of the benefits of participating in the 2010 Census. ( As the UVU chapter has only existed for just over a year, this will be their first time participating in PRSSA's national Bateman competition. Forms for the census will be distributed to every home in the U.S. beginning in March. Students will be receiving hand delivered censuses from census workers or can pick them up at the local post office. Responses to the census are for statistical purposes only and are strictly confidential. However, responses are required by law. Though the Bureau does not yet offer an online census, questions on the upcoming form can be seen at www.2010. census .gov20 1 Ocensus howinteracti ve-form .php Support the PRSSA by visiting wwwJ.Mp UVUCensus.The link will take you to a discussion board dispelling common questions and automatically enter you to win a night in a King Suite at the Salt Lake Hilton Hotel. From this page you can find a link to the team's Facebook account "Tenln2010." Frequent questions and answers can be found on the Census Bureau's home page at www. Census.gov DIANA PRATT UVU Review Students struggling with math previously turned to::-:-:-; off-campus program Oology for help. However, insights - :" from Math department chair Carolyn Hamilton may make":-students read the fine print. -:- Ology progam j rumors confuse students f"" KYLE HUNT s Pen enrollment and has : News writer tne breadth of support for developmental mathernaric.s that UVU has." The credit for those tu- UVU offers intense;aidejd tored math courses you took and progressive learirjng th'aT may actually not benefit you can help students to succeed at all. , in their. Recent confusion about math - the Ology program has "Ology courses, caused a stir around campus , Unlike and left many students look- vJUoMl I many ; ing for answers. QWOTCl other "Ology doesn't award ... schools credit since they are not CreO.IT they also: an accredited institution of siflC thV nave higher learning," said UVU , several Math department chair Caro- QTG PIOT different lyn Hamilton. "There is no Qp QQ- ways to ; such thing as 'Ology credit' ,. , accorri-;-- and that is part of the reason CrSQIT6Q plish the- students are confused. They institution learning , think Ology can award credit process.! to them, when they can't. Ol- Ot higher Tech- ; . ogy is a tutoring service." leQminCJ " nology- ; While several rumors in enhanced have continued to float SQIQ UVU lecture',- around about potential trans- Math de- internet,; fer credit, it has been made hybrid,- clear that UVU does not in partment and - ' ; any way affiliate with Ology, QpQjp live-in-.; making the program obsolete teractiye : for UVU students. COTOlyn are some Hamilton says that it's Hrtmiltnn of the in-unlikely that the transfer numillUM. novative: policy will change any time methods soon but rather expresses used by the university, confidence in the great Hamilton's final words programs the school already of advice were to start early has in place. Recently UVU and take advantage of the was invited to present at help available. "If students ; the National Conference start their math courses duf- for the First-Year Expcri- ing their first semester on ; ence (a prestigious honor) campus and continue in sue-to showcase their campus- cessive semesters until they wide approach to success in have completed the require- mathematics. mcnts of their major, they : "Utah Valley Univer- will find themselves to be . sity has an excellent math proficient at mathematics.'-' program," said Hamilton. " I don't know of any other university of our size which ; ,