UVCC College Times, 1992-02-19

              Bush's healfh plan fails Democrats do no better Editorialists critique national propositions See page 2 12-year-old pleads guilty to sex assaults Cynthia C Pulsipher Senior News Editor The 12 year-old suspect apprehended after a spree of sexual assaults on the UVCC Orem campus on Jan. 27 has pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated sexual assault. According to Tracy Marrott, UVCC campus police officer, the boy has been remanded to Youth Corrections for custody. "We aren't sure exactly what type of custody that will mean," said Marrott. It could mean detainment in a mental care facility, internment in Decker Lake Detention Center, or placement in a group home, he said. College Times awarded top national honors UVCCs student newspaper TheCollegeTimes received twobest-of-show awards at a national convention of college journalists in San Diego this weekend. Presented at the eighth annual national conference of the Associated Collegiate Press and College Media .Advisers, the two awards were given for first place in "front page coverage," and first place in "front page design" a sweep of the categories available to UVCC. "We made a staff decision when I joined the news team in the fall, of 1989 to move from regional competitions to the big leagues at the national level. The nation's big-league colleges and universities, i.e. Stanford, USC, NYU, Columbia, attend and compete at these conventions. The competition is keener, but the rewards are greater," said Grant Flygare, student publication coordinator. "This year's news team should be congratulated on their constant effort in trying to be fair and accurate in their news coverage," said Flygare. "We have a long way to go before we can claim truly commendable news coverage, but I'm pleased that national judges recognized what we have accomplished," said Thomas Epting, editor in chief of the College Times. Individuals interested in working on the College Times staff should contact Epting at SC203 or call 222-8000 ext. 8602. Epting is currently interviewing applicants to work as staff writers, graphic artisits,and advertising associates. A photography editor and senior news director are also needed. Electronic Musicians joltcrowds Club produces album See page 5 ww wwwww volume H ! M 1 s )r ! it 0 A. i Thomat Epting The College Timet Ida Smith speaks to students at gender equity seminar. Gender equity? Lara R. Cifford Community Editor Ida Smith, founder of the BYU Women's Institute, ad-ressed over 100 students in the hall of flags last Wednesday as a part of the Brown Bag series of lectures which the Womens' resource center and Gender Equity co-sponsored. Smith spoke on working through, not against differences in males and females. She started by encouraging the audience to "let go of some ideas and be willing to consider new ones." She said there are many areas where males and females are the same'but I'm not here to discuss where we overlap, I'm speaking on the substantial and real dif ferences between us. "The biggest differences between men and women," she said, "do not lie below the waist, Administrator Rick Swope Staff Writer Since Fall semester, UVCCs administration has promised students new computer labs, but UVCC has run out of funds and there are still no new labs. According to UVCC student body president Kenneth C. Patey, UVCCs administration promised him that construction on a new student computer lab would start by the first of Spring semester and would be completed by mid-term. Pateysaid that Dick Chappell, vice- .-. -Xv. -.".v . '. . v v.".v.v. w .v,.v.v. 20 issue 24 19 february 1992 utah valley community college but above the neck." Smith broke malefemale differences into two categories, verbal communication and cellular make up. Males and females have problems in communication because they preform it differently. As one male audience member said'Women say we can't talk about our feelings and women can't talk about anything but their feelings." Smith said to aknowledge there are differences in the way you communicate and work within those differences. Smith showed slides of men and women and asked viewers to notice the differences in lip and cranium structure. Smith then explained how cellular make-up is effected by action that men generally have smaller lips because of not expressing emotions and had smaller cra-niums because of insecurity. promises computer lab runs president of facilities, told Patey that he would find the funds for this project. "A month ago Chappell told me there was no money for a new lab," said Patey. "We ran out of money," said Chappell. He stated that the reason for the lack of funds was that the money went to various facility repairs. Chappell said the lab is still going to go in. Patey said, "The issue is that there is a student need that is not being fulfilled." In the meantime students are left with one com 111 1 Students petition for Patey impeachment Thomas Epting Editor in Chief Studentbody President Kenneth C. Patey may be coming home from his honeymoon to an unwanted wedding gift. If members of UVCCs Law Society can collect the 900 neccesary signatures, they intend to present him with a petition forcing his own impeachment proceedings. In a one-and-a-half page statement, the Law Society-backed petition claims that Patey failed to fulfill his contract as studentbody president. It states: "We the students of UVCC have read the constitution and understand the impeachment process. The Law Society and all others who are repulsed at witnessing the gross misuse of funds, power and responsibility do hereby appeal the decision of coucil to reinstate Mr. Patey and demand he resign and give the funds and position to one who deserves it and one who's capable of fulfilling it. ...We find his actions inexcusable." Auto burglar targets CD's, speakers and Toyotas Cynthia C. Pulsipher Senior News Editor A series of auto break-ins has put UVCC campus police on alert. According to UVCC Police Officer Tracy Marrott, a suspect is being sought in connection with the theft of car stereo equipment from three locked Toyota pick-up trucks. The break-ins took place on Feb. 12-13, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Stolen items from the vehicles include a Kenwood pull-out CD player and boot, two MTX 8-inch speakers in boxes, a Sherwood 180 puter lab that, Patey said, had a two hour wait during finals week of Fall semester. An interesting note is that the administration has scheduled classes in the science building computer lab, which was paid for out of student funds, and at one time was open to students. Patey said he was initially told that these classes would only lasta fewhours. He later found out that these classes were scheduled for several more hours and were arranged at sporadictimes throughouttheday. This limmited student access to Men and women sweep weekend play in Idaho Both lead division women sixth in nation See page 7 Ik Heidi Noriega, member of the LawSociety and petition organizer, said the law society drew up the document after learning of what they felt were breeches in Patey's contractasstudentbody president. Those breeches include failure to enroll for classes this spring, failure to attend meetings and activities for which the officer has responsibility, failure to meet GPA requirements and "the questionable circumstances behind the later grade correction," Noriega said. Law Society members also questioned Patey's current class schedule, which includes nine hours of work study, a two-hour woodworking class, and a one-hour theater workshop. "Exactly what does the nine hours of work study entail?" the students ask in their petition. "Who is overseeing this? Ken Patey expected sympathy for his own negligence and lack of self-motivation. His reasons for peti- See PATE Y, page 4 watt main amplifier, and a Targa AMFM cassette in-dash car stereo."The perpetrator is targeting vehicles containing stereo equipment, CD's, and tapes," said Marrott. 'They're taking anything left in plain sight and not nailed down." Students driving to school are asked nottoleaveanyhtinginplain sight in their vehicles. Owners of Toyota trucks and Volkswagon cars are asked to be on allert. Both vehicles have similar door locking mechanisms and can be pried in a similar manner, said Marrort.r out of money the lab. Chappell said the engineering and math departments wanted use of a lab, and now the lab is no longer available to students. He said the reason for this is that students were notusingthislab. Patey said, "It is a jurisdictional violation that robs students." Chappell said that there will be a temporary lab.set up in the library. According to Patey, the temporary lab was supposed to be completed last September. About the finish date on the library lab, Chappell said, "We're looking at weeks or days."