UVSC College Times, 2005-03-14

              c M-: 'v. j H . !!:'- I; i . : .uil'. -u-1-7. : . 0 n UTAH VALLEY STATE C EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA VENDE 1 1 'A l J VOLUME 33 -ISSUE 28) Jared Sumsion and Team Focus sweep student body elections, campus approves new constitution Shawn Mansell Your News Editor With over 17 percent of the student body turning out to vote, this year's election set a new record. "It was just competitive and it showed with how many voters turned out," said student-body president elect Jared Sumsion. "We had three quality teams." The crew Sumsion spearheaded, Team Focus, swept to a complete victory securing all four executive student government positions. Ashley Rutgers won for vice president for academics, Karlie Coles won for vice president for student activities, and Mike Taylor will be the next vice president for clubs. Candidates for Team One placed second in every category. Happy Peterson, despite losing her bid to be student body president, was pleased that voter turnout was high. "I'm glad we got so many of the students out to vote," Peterson said. Team Effect finished third. Their presidential candidate Paul Tippets has confidence that their former foes will do well. "I think Team Focus will do a good job next year," Tippets said, "I wish them the best of luck." Some planks on the Focus platform were controversial. Chief among them was one that called for starting the push to field a Division I football team. Focus is also seeking to abolish the testing center late fees and support it instead with additional student fees. Student government's elevated profile, which came as a result of controversial and widely publicized events, may have played a "We ran a great campaign and worked really hard. -Jared Sumsion Team Focus role in the turnout spike, but Phil Clegg, director of student life and leadership, leaves most of the credit with the teams. "The discussions and events controversial ones played into it," Clegg said, Andy HunthetXiNews Team Focus, made up of Jared Sumsion (ABOVE), Ashley Rutgers, Karlie Coles and Mike Taylor, won last week's student body elections. They will take office at the end of this semester. Steve LundquistNetXNews UVSC's Ronnie Price is the focus of a new documentary. Student documenta Ronnie Price's time In ry looks at i at UVSC Shawn Mansell Your News Editor The storied career of Wolverine basketball player Ronnie Price is the stuff movies are made of. Now thanks to a couple of UVSC students such a film exists. Morgan Vance (host of UV SportZone, a NetXNews production) and Rich Lewis co-produced a 12 minute-long piece titled "Priceless." "It seemed like a perfect fit," Vance said of the title. The college's athletic department approached Vance and asked that a project capturing some of Price's high lights be compiled. It starts out with Price's time at Friendswood high school in Texas and chronicles the point guard's three sensational years in Orem. The film debuted after the team's final home game on the jumbo screen in the McKay Events Center. But Price didn't get a chance to see the film until recently. "He's so humble. At first he was a little hesitant to see it," Vance said. Local cable stations and on-campus plasma screens will showcase the film for the next few weeks, Vance said. Workshops to shed liglif on eloiiiGstie uielonso Errin Julkunen Editor-at-Large Utah County residents are invited to attend the First Annual Utah County Community Domestic Violence Workshops on Satuday, March 19 at the Utah County Health and Justice Building. Participants have the opportunity to hear keynote speaker Thelma Soares, mother of Lori Soares Hacking, and attend numerous workshops involving issues of domestic violence. According to information collected from public sources by the Utah Domestic Violence Council, there were 23 domestic violence related deaths in Utah in 2004. Of these fatalities, there were thirteen cohabitant homicides, six perpetrator suicides, two domestic violence-related deaths, onedating-relation-ship homicide, and one family violence-related homicide. "Normally, activities like this take place in October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month," said Sonja Tollefson, one of the event organizers, "but we thought we should implement events like this throughout the year." "There is a need in the community," said Lesa Carter, another organizer of the workshops. "This is an opportunity for us to give training on these issues." Workshops include "Clergy Working With Victims of Domestic Violence," "Police Response to Domestic Violence," "The Effects on Children Who Witness Domestic Domestic Violence in Utah Valley According to a study of single UVSC j students conducted by Ron Ham- mond's Applied Sociology class last fall, I 9 of females and I 7 of males have been physically hurt by their dating partners. For more .' on their study go to page A6. Violence," and "Domestic Violence Perpetrator Panel," among others. The "Domestic Violence Perpetrator Panel" includes a board of domestic violence perpetrators. "We have someone on our coalition who is a treatment provider. As part of their treatment they domestic violence perpetrators have agreed to participate on Andrew GreenNetXNew; ... 4 this panel," said Carter. Additionally, there will be a "Domestic Violence Victim Resource Panel" highlighting the programs and resources available for victims of domestic violence, such as the housing department and the rape crisis center. Keynote speaker, Soares, 1 EtilBGcSl PGStaS SUITOUilti SlOillElO B88S!I Bioctiiics a hot topic as tic cloning becomes a reality n Robin Boatman News Writer On Tuesday March 8, Louisa A. Stark, Co-Director of the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center, spoke in CS 404 at 11:30 a.m. Stark's lecture, titled "Bioethics in the Digital Age," discussed the issues surrounding today's therapeutic cloning and bio ethical decision making. First she posed many ethical questions surrounding the idea of genetic testing such as, "What ethical issues are raised? "Who are the stake holders?" and "What are some possible solutions and their consequences?" Stark then presented a hypothetical case study involving a woman who was at risk for Parkinsons disease, a movement disease due to selective loss of dopamine neurons in the brain. In the case study, the woman had a twin sister and a son. Stark posed a series of questions such as, "Should Ruth's son be tested? If Ruth's sister, who has the same genetic make up, was tested and it came back positive should she have the duty to tell Ruth? When testing positive, what role should insurance compa- i Steve LundquisiiNeiAINeu'S Louisa Stark, the Co-Director of the U's Genetic Science Learning Center, spoke on bioethics last week. nies play?" Stark let the audience discuss with each other in pairs and groups and answer these questions. She then had an open discussion, and students and teachers were free to express their answers and opin- ions to these questions to the rest of the audience. Atendee Amanda Peterson thought it was very useful that Stark "engaged the students in dialogue this way." Stark then introduced Ther- L. i:li'"nli''i 'Jii'i'. J'wi-.J