UVU Review, 2010-03-15

              o ! " v' '"f "ts on" i , i V V a V I V j . I . UVU Police make arrests in projector theft case LEX BOURGIOUS News writer On Thursday, Feb. 25, UVU Police arrested two suspects in connection with the theft of approximately 1 8 multimedia projectors in Utah and Salt Lake counties. Two of the suspects were taken into custody by UVU ' - -1 News writer Future UVU students may feel the effects of the new Credit Card Accountability Responsibility Disclosure Act that took affect last month to help protect consumers. As of Feb. 22, college students are no longer able to get credit cards unless they have a co-signer or can prove they have an ability to pay. Credit cards also will not increase the limit of anyone under the age of 2 1 unless it is approved by the co-signer. To help ease the temptation, credit cards are not allowed to hand out freebies or other marketing on college campuses. "I don't know much about it," Andrew Jones, a communication major at UVU said. "I don't want to be in debt, but I guess it will limit them better." Allison Sego, a UVU student, thinks that these new laws limiting credit card approval and the increase of interest rates will help others stay out of financial trouble. "I have seen my sister and a lot of other people get into trouble with their credit cards," Sego said. "I don't think it is a bad thing." According to creditcards. com, President Barack Obama wants to help Americans who "found that credit cards are a one-way street. It's easy to get in, but impossible to get out." Sego said her mom wants her to get a credit card to help her grow up. "My mom wants me to get one," Sego said. "But I don't feel confident in my Financial illiteracy L, AMANDA HESS News writer A recent survey on UVU campus shows that students are not comfortable with their day-to-day spending and even less confident about their major financial decisions. Students were asked how good they felt about their day-to-day spending choices police while working with the Pleasant Grove Police Department to locate the suspects. A third suspect was taken into custody by Salt Lake Community College police. "We actually saw one of the suspects' vehicle at a gas station," said Sgt. Justin Sprague of UVU police. "We were able to go over fi(Q financial situation to have one." Although the credit cards laws have changed, creditcards.com still tells consumers to keep "good credit card habits." Make sure you are paying your bills on time and make more than the monthly minimum payments. Creditcards.com quotes Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut on his views of "gouging the hardworking families" with rate increases and fees. "With the signing of this bill, President Obama has ushered in a new era where consumer protections will be strong and reliable, rules transparent and fair, and statements clear and informative," Dodd said. Jeremy Conterio believes this will "separate the responsible and irresponsible" and help bring back the original "black and white" system by weeding out certain people. "Even though the laws have been changed, you will always have the extreme cases where they max out their cards and declare bankruptcy to get out of the debt," Conterio said. Visit www. credit-cards.comcredit-card-newsassets credit- card-act.pdf To see the CARD act www.credicards. obama-signs-credit- card-law-1 282. php such as which bank to chose, budgeting or managing a credit card. Chelsee Stone, a UVU student, admits that she feels uneducated when it comes to these types of decisions. "I could learn this stuff from my parents if I wanted to," Stone said. "I think it would be good to take it in a classroom instead." According to the 104 students and make the arrest without incident." According to Sprague, the second Utah county suspect was taken into custody at his home where he was hiding under the porch. The projectors were taken over a 3-4 week period from several classrooms at UVU and Salt Lake Com- . munity College campuses, n Though new credit rates and credit card laws are now in place to encourage good credit card habits many students may feel they are now signing their lives away to debt. surveyed, the average confidence of a student's ability to make major financial decisions dropped to 3.27 from 3.85 on a scale of 1-5 with the day-to-day choices. UVU currently offers a Principles of Finance course through the Woodbury School of Business as a core course for the degrees offered within it. Daniel Diaz, a communications major as well as from the Orem Institute of Religion. The exact cost of the thefts has not yet been determined. "The projectors range from $1,500 to $2,500 a piece in value," said Detective Liddillard of UVU police. The arrests were made as part of a cooperative effort between UVU and Pleasant in college at UVU, agrees with Stone that a personal finance class should become a general course. "I heard that some high schools are requiring a finance class for graduation," Diaz said. "If they are making it mandatory in high schools, it should also be mandatory in college." Diaz also believes that the economy as a whole Grove police departments, as well as Utah Highway Patrol. The projectors are mounted on the ceiling as part of a multimedia system found in many classrooms at all three locations. So far, three of the projectors have been recovered. 4, h TRENT BATES UVU Review needs to better handle their finances, which would also help out the nation's current problems. "I'm surprised legislators haven't looked at this yet, it's something we need as a nation," Diaz said. Adam Williams, financial planning evangelist and author of Rabbitfunds.com, specifically urged students See FINANCIAL A3 Animal Rights Conference kyle hc:;t News writer The UVU Animal Allies club will team up with several other departments to host an Animal Rights conference March 29-April 2. The conference will be held at UVU and will feature speakers who will address concerns related to animal ethics. The conference has been in planning for over a year, but has been discussed for much longer than that. The purpose is to raise awareness about how animals are treated and what can be done to help with the cause. "We've been talking about doing this for three years," said UVU professor and conference organizer Chris Foster. "We knew we could get more funding and more of the focus from the ethics center if we waited till 2010 so that's what we did." The list of attendees will include names such as Jane Akre, Bernard Rollin, Mi-chaela Sawyer, Peter Young, Marc Bekoff and Alex Simon. According to members of the planning committee there will also be an appearance from Tom Regan, one of the most famous names in animal ethics philosophy. The focus of the conference will be centered around the moral status of animals. Those involved will present See ANIMAL A3 Wolverine racing team attends Nascar race l: jasc:j udy News writer The UVU Automotive Club and the Wolverine Racing Team got abehind-the-scenes look at a Nascar race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Seven automotive students and two advisors attended the race from Feb. 26 to 28. "I wanted to take students down to learn about professional racing and mechanics," said Todd Low, automotive professor, " but if you go watch a Nascar race you sit in the bleachers and watch the cars go round and round." A Nascar weekend pass to sit in the stands can be over $200 per person. Students could not afford a weekend pass and Low wanted the students to experience more. "I wanted to see the shops; I wanted to see the teams; the pit crews," said Low, who liked the "good example of clean shop." While looking for other options Low found that they could volunteer for security See NASCAR A2