UVSC College Times, 2006-03-06

              MONDAY MARCH 6 2006 L -V- (b IJD 0 Goodbye Olympics, hello television! Outdoor Sports Issue Time to hit the links DfcgJ &EB qpM2g Q5X (ft v TIig groat outdoors goes indoors in Lchi Cabela's is an outdoormen's paraaise, ana ir is r " " - i right here in A10 3s I ;4V'v32i.t Utah Valley i t - Proposed ASUVSC constitution change During elections this week, the UVSC student body government will be making a change to the ASUVSC constitution. This change will combine a senatorial position for the School of Computer Science and Engineering with the School of Trades, Technology, and Industry. During elections this week students will have the opportunity to voice their opinion and cast their vote on the new senate change. Turning Points in History Lecture Series, LA101, 7pm Student Grant Writing Workshop, BA 207, 2pm AVC Faculty Art Show, Woodbury Gallery T Short Attention Span Theater, Centre Stage, X 7:30 pm Short Attention Span Theater, Centre Stage, 7:30 pm THE STUDENT VOICE OF UTAH 1 State Senator wants religion taught in public schools. Two professors author Mormonism and Evolution: The Authoritative LDS Statements. John Ditzler Executive Editor Amid controversy over the teaching of evolution and t Intelligent Design in Utah t school's, UVSC Associ- v ate Dean of Science and Health, William Evenson and BYU Professor Duane Jeffery spoke at UVSC February 28, about their new book Mormonism and Evolution: the Authoritative LDS Statement. State Senator Chris Buttars has intro- j duced his "Divine Design" Senate Bill 96 during this years legislative session which originally stipulated, "that ' instruction to students on any theory regarding the origins of life, or the origins or present state of the human race, shall stress that not all scientists agree on which theory is correct." See EVOLUTION A3 Ttoiimk Liinik wants to you dom'fc read youv Jon Long News Writer Is confusion or lack of awareness the reasoning behind the low student use of UV Link e-mail accounts? This is a question the administration is asking itself about these accounts and why a committee named Think Link was formed. Student e-mail accounts were designed to allow faculty and staff to mass communicate with students, and to allow students to communicate back, yet its use is low and many students are not even checking their accounts. Students typically don't use their accounts, most citing a lack of personalized accessibility. i he future USU professor to Ashley Robertson News Writer Skull Valley, in Utah, is home to 120 of the less then 500 Goshute Native Americans left in the United States. Due to economic restraints, this Goshute Band has contracted with Private Fuel Storage Corporation (PFS) to build a Nuclear Waste Storage Facility on their reservation, 45 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. On March 6th, Dr. David Rich Lewis, professor at Utah State University, will be visiting UVSC campus and discussing the debate on why or why not the facility should be built. On one hand, Utahans do not want Nuclear Waste to be stored in the state, and on the other hand the Goshute Indians have the right to do what they please on their land. "This presentation will explore issues of American Indian sovereignty as they are unfolding today in Utah," Lewis said, "My presentation isn't about offering easy answers to the problem of deal VALLEY STATE Student government elections this week Polls open Monday at 7 am, close Wednesday at 5 pm. Log into UVLink to vote. O n n n r. r oJJ ILL 7 r Stock "I am not going to be able to give it out to other people," said Vanesa Buckley a sophomore majoring in business management. "The school still mails me everything," adds Vanesa answering why the system does not appeal to her. Although the accounts use is not designed for a more personal use, it's lack of a personal touch have led to many students not utilizing it as a tool here at the school. Designed to give access to students about their information in regards to issues like financial aid and student aid. One of the advantages it was hoped to usher in is the way the school communicates with the students as it makes the transition away from paper trails and of nuclear waste in Utah speak on the challenges facing Goshutes ing with nuclear waste, but about asking difficult questions." The state government has taken extreme measures in the past to ensure this facility would not be built in Utah, such as seizing the roads going in to the reservation in order to prevent the trafficking and storage of Nuclear Waste on the reservation. Former Governor Leavitt imposed a toll that would "be placed so high that it would be economically impossible to transport wastes to the reservation." Along with a high toll for the shipment of nuclear waste, Leavitt planed on denying the Goshutes a transportation permit to transport the waste into Utah. Worries surrounding this issue include potential contamination and exposure of hazardous materials to Utahans. There are also military weapons testing sites nearby, and other hazardous materials facilities. Some are concerned that the Goshute Band is putting themselves at risk unnecessarily. The Skull Valley Goshute Band has VOLUME XXXIV NO. XXI t o 4 i Photowww. sxc.hu kouow why e-mail into electronic interaction. Yet a common problem with the system among students is not enough information is being passed through the accounts to make them worth checking daily, many of the faculty don't use it, instead giving students other places to stay in contact with teachers, like web ct or personal e-mail accounts. Increasing the number of places students can be expected to go to find information pertaining to a class or to contact their professor. "I know a lot of students that don't get answers, back," says Brent Gray, a freshmen majoring in business. Lack of use See E-MAIL A3 Vegor PedersenNetXNews Skull Valley is located just south of The Great Salt Lake. experienced great economic suppression. This contract with PFS will bring millions of dollars to the band, open up approximately 60 local job opportunities See GOSHUTES-A3