UVU Review, 2011-11-07

              This food is B-A-N-A-N-A-S H k; ""'31 s How to graduate and have a good time BY TIFFANY FRANDSEN As a growing university, UVU continually adds degrees for its students. Along with the standard degrees offered at most accredited universities, UVU has less common options for its students. The Aviation Science program at UVU has the third largest enrollment in the United States. Students hoping to obtain a bachelor's degree can choose two specific paths: take an emphasis of aviation administration or study to be a professional pilot. Resources available to students include a fleet of 25 aircraft and flight simulators. Students are invited to take tours of the facilities. .Four years of school can be daunting, but UVU offers plenty of one-year programs including certifications in paramedics, substance abuse counseling, emergency services and cabinetry, to name a few. With information available online and in UVU's Academic Counseling Center, students can find out what they need to have to complete requirements for their desired career path. Since UVU is the only university in Utah to offer a culinary arts program, graduates from this program are in high demand and have many options available to them. Students in this program will have experiences preparing meals for well-attended events at UVU. There is a scholarship available which students are encouraged to apply for every semester. Also available only at UVU is the gaming emphasis in the digital media major. Tied with animation, this emphasis offers students the opportunity to learn the skills they would need for a career in video game creation. Internships are available and encouraged. UVU has career counseling available to students who are undecided about which degree to choose, or where to take the degree they have earned. A 'reality check' quiz is available on the counseling website which students can use to help them explore future career options. Utah-futures.org is another tool available to students who are undecided about ' their futures, with assessments available for students to take and then analyze with their academic advisor. BREAKING NEWS v. .-J M ?f H f UYU dropped frve places in national rankings from last UVU ranks BY KELLY CANNON ! Things weren't too good to i begin with, but it looks like ; they have gotten even worse. According to the annual Trojan Sexual Health Report, UVU dropped five places from 1 1 3 last year to 1 1 8 this year in the nationwide study of sexual health resources on campuses. The study, which was fielded by research firm Helping Hands offers mothers a way to serve The power cf ml: A new way for mothers to help cut from the fr rr-crt rf thr!r hoc BY SIERRA WILSON Sometimes weighing only one or two pounds, premature babies require more than the usual care. Helping Hands, a nationwide virtual milk bank partnered with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is currently campaigning in Utah to spread the word about a new way nursing mothers can help serve premature babies from the comfort of their homes for free. The organization coordinates with nursing mothers who have excess breast milk. After applying and being reviewed for eligibility as donors, mothers will simply collect their excess breast milk and then Helping Hands Do you have news or see news? Contact Jeff Jacobsen- Online Content Manager (801) 656-7452 jacobsen.jeffgmail.com Special preview for men's, it l K V II? II year in sexual heaFiti resources for students. low in sexual health Sperling's Best Places, ranked 141 colleges based on the sexual health resources and information available to students. The scores were based on 13 categories including hours of operation, contraceptive availability, and free or at cost HIV and or STI testing. While UVU was ranked lower than the previous year, the University of Utah shot up over 40 places from 103 to 60. Utah State University will arrange for it to be picked up from their homes, at no cost to the mothers. Helping Hands provides help and instructions throughout the process of becoming a donor. Though it may sound like an unusual form of service, any breast milk women can donate will be used to help premature babies receiving care in neonatal intensive care units. Not only that, but for every ounce of qualified breast milk donated, Helping Hands will donate $1 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation in support of breast cancer research. Helping Hands offers a way for women to turn their excess breast milk into a double dose of service. "You can help those who are having a challenge at the beginning of life and those who are having a challenge later in life," said Loren Kos-mont, communications specialist for Helping Hands. The breast milk women Hands A5 women's basketball p Tr: n s , .. .J J Li U H II II' i'j : If also improved by 24 places, from 125 to 101. The only other local university involved in the study was Brigham Young University which was ranked second to last, beating only DePaul University, the largest Catholic university in the nation located in Chicago, Illinois. The low ranking of these two universities does not imply their students are sexually unhealthy. Rather, it shows the universities do f I : , Domestic violence survivors tell their stories on t-shirts T-shirts make a loud BY YVETTE CRUZ From a distance, the Grande Ballroom filled with colorful t-shirts seemed like a blissful place to be, but up close the words on the t-shirts took a different toll on those observing. The Clothesline Project displayed shirts made by survivors of violent acts, encouraging them to tell their stories. The hanging shirts could be read by anyone who attended the event. There were twelve different colors of shirts consisting of white, yellow, pink, red, orange, blue, green, purple, Ride along with Charley a 51 (t li I J Ptrato Courtesy (d Stoducctig resources not provide resources and information on sexual health to its students, an unsurprising matter considering the conservative Christian values held by both private institutions.The specific reasoning for UVU's low score is unclear since the report did not provide details for each school. UVU does provide sexual health resources to its students but its low score may Health A5 '''I ,A 7 u for the Clothesline Project. black, grey and brown. Each color signified a different form of violence; however, using the specific color code was not mandatory. While onlookers walked around the ballroom and read the shirts, they heard sounds that indicated a violent act in the U.S. A gong went off every 10 seconds to indicate a woman was being assaulted. Every two minutes a whistle symbolized a sexual assault was being reported. A bell meant a woman had been killed by her intimate partner. Sponsored by the Equity in Education Center, Turning Point and Women's Success Center, the display brought .'Ml -r Jenkins LIFE B3 "Occupy" hits Utah and UVU BY EMILY STEPHENSON Occupy Provo and various UVU Professors will be answering questions from UVU students in regard to the nationwide movement of Occupy Wall Street on Tuesday, Nov. 8 in the library at 2:30 p.m. Occupy Provo is a group that has branched off from Occupy Wall Street and consists of mainly college students who are in the active pursuit of making changes to help Americans have better lives. "This movement, its message and its demands are simply shouting back to us the very values that we already have," said Dr. Michael Minch, director of the Peace and Justice Studies Department at UVU. "We need to get over that fear which keeps some of us from hearing our own values presented back to us. I think that's the heart of the issue." Dr. Minch further explained that the Occupy Wall Street movement is a battle of social and economic classes. He said that the movement was about values and that everyone deserves a decent life. "In contrary to UVU, the people at the forefront of Occupy A5 I i Gibed CisiwosIIYU Review statement in more than 1200 people this year. Jennie Briggs, director of the Equity in Education Center, said The Clothesline Project's goal is to raise awareness of the reality of violence and to encourage the community to stop the epidemic. The display also provides support for survivors of violence and their families and serves to give them a voice. "It takes a lot of courage and strength to make a shirt," Briggs said. "It's a very healing thing to do." The Clothesline Proj- T-shirt A5 m. t ,