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Habitat for Humanity builds upward

Being able to recruit and keep new members is a struggle for many clubs and organizations. Some, like Habitat for Human-ity, face this challenge more than others.

“Like any student-run club, it is a rollercoaster when it comes to members,” said Julie Tille, the club’s advisor. “It just goes up and down.”

Habitat for Humanity is an international non-profi t organiza-tion that builds housing for low-income families. It has a chapter at Westminster College.

Th e organization is well-known by the community, but their list of members varies. Th e Habitat for Humanity local chapter will be working to recruit more members for the upcoming semester.

Th e Associated Residents of Westmin-ster College (ARWC) is one of West-minster’s most active clubs. On Wednes-day, Sept. 26 they put on a longstanding ARWC event: the annual talent show. Full of singing, dancing and poetry reading, it drew in a large number of students, faculty and staff .

PurposeARWC is responsible for putting

on most of Westminster’s “traditional” events; the events that students can look forward to year after year. Th ose events include the talent show, the Mr. West-minster competition, Krispy Kreme

See ARWC on pg. 10Th e leadership behind ARWC, including advisor Nick Rhodes and excecutive cabinet members Ebert Morales, Megan Peters, Shianne Gray, Sia Gerard, and Jasmine Carlson.

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Club President Kirstie Savage showing her love at a Habitat for Humanity build.

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“Study broadly, and without fear.”

John Green, a bestselling author and YouTube sensation, off ered these wise words of wis-dom in response to a question.

Th e question he was asked? “How the hell do I fi gure out what to do with my life?”

Among college students this is one of the more frequent thoughts we have during our course of study. No matter what year of study, no matter what major. Th e question remains.

How the hell do I fi gure out what to do with my life?

It’s a very daunting question. We’ve been raised with the per-ception that life is a linear, mo-notonous process where you go to school, meet your spouse, get married, and have a career.

Fortunately, life is not a lin-ear, monotonous process. Th e only linear aspect of life is that we are born, and that we will eventually die.

Yet the time between birth and death is a time full of count-less opportunities and experi-ences. But these opportunities and experiences only matter if we choose to act upon them.

Green stated in his video that decision-making could lead to a narrowing of options; yet not making decisions has the same result.

It is intimidating to make a decision. Especially as we go through our college years.

Deciding on your major will probably close some doors, and certain careers won’t seem pos-sible.

But life is more than just de-claring a major and having a ca-reer. Life is about being happy, and making memories.

So when you think about what to do with your life, don’t think about it in terms of money and titles. Th ink about it in terms of fulfi llment and joy.

So what makes you happy? What do you really want to try?

By learning as much as we can and believing in ourselves, the an-swers to a lot of our questions will answer themselves.

So don’t fret about your future. Yes, tough decisions will be made. But by remaining true to yourself and working towards the ultimate goal of happiness, you’ll live a full life. You’ll live a successful life.

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New Music ReviewsPhillharmonics

Nile – At the Gate of Sethu: Nile has certainly established a unique niche. Th ey are a highly technical death metal band thematically inspired by Egyptology, primarily the history, mysticism, and religion of Ancient Egypt. Nile is revered for their technical prowess, blistering speed, and immersive theatrical elements. Guttural death metal growls are heard through fresh ears when interpreted as the gravelly voices of mummifi ed god-pharaohs in subterranean passages. Listeners’ curiosities are constantly piqued as thunderous metal infl uenced by Middle Eastern tones is backed by hissing asps, howling sandstorms, and marching, chanting armies. Band mastermind, guitarist, vocalist, and Egyptology devotee Karl Sanders has created an impressive LP here. Although the release has been criticized for its fi nal mix, which is not on par with 2009’s highly regarded ‘Th ose Whom the Gods Detest,’ I feel the mix is perfectly fi ne. I should state, however, that unless one can appreciate technical death metal, Nile’s superfl uous theatrics and Egyptology may not win audiences over. ★★★★/5

Twin Shadow - Confess: ‘Forget,’ the 2010 debut from George Lewis Jr. as Twin Shadow, was a heartfelt sophisti-pop LP with thick synths and a cynical, personal lyricism possessed by Lewis’ past - at times akin to Morrissey lyrically. It was a breath of fresh air that caught listeners off -guard. Any sophomore follow-up attempt was sure to be heavily scrutinized, and the sophomore slump seemed unavoidable after such a vibrant introduction. ‘Confess’ resurrects the glossy 80s rock/pop of its predecessor and hones that sound in further, supporting it with a more expressive vocal delivery and thicker production. Th e album resurrects the John Hughes era perfectly. It could have been made in 1986. Just listen to the guitar parts on “Five Seconds,” which sound straight out the Top Gun soundtrack. ‘Confess’ is solid front to back. If you enjoy this, check out: Sade, Duran Duran, Roxy Music. ★★★★★/5

Th e Avett Brothers – Th e Carpenter: Th e terms bluegrass and folk make me hesitant, as I’ve felt many practitioners of these genres cling too stringently to bygone eras and ideals, and a limiting regionalism, which can produce mediocre products through an avoidance of progression. Long story short I’ve avoided the Avetts for years as a result. I knew this was a mistake in the fi rst minute of hearing the Rick Rubin-produced ‘Th e Carpenter.’ Similarly to many early 60s acts, contemporary pop/rock sensibilities play a large role here but are blended seamlessly over a strong country and folk skeletal structure to produce something earthy, beautiful, and timeless. Th e songwriting talents exhibited here are impressive, the vocal melodies comforting, and the LP convincingly captures a wide spectrum of emotion, providing listeners with a fl eshed out experience. If you enjoy this, check out: Justin Townes Earle, Wilco, Josh Ritter. ★★★★/5

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This year Westminster admitted more freshmen than ever be-fore. Approximately 500 fi rst-year students were enrolled,

with 52% being from out of state.With Westminster’s offi cial policy

being that fi rst-year students must live on campus, where to put them is something to consider.

“We put freshmen in all of Olwell, Behnken, Hogle and Carleson,” said Mark Ferne, Dean of Students. “If I were a fi rst-year student I would ab-solutely want to live in either Hogle or Carleson. I think that is the quint-essential college experience, where you have the opportunity to meet lots of people.”

Hogle Hall and Carleson Hall are structured in the traditional cor-ridor style living. Residents share one room with a roommate, and a bath-room with the whole fl oor.

Riley Sheldon, now a junior, spent his fi rst year in Hogle. “Th e only thing I would change about Hogle is if the bathroom was cleaned more often,” he said.

“It kind of promoted a close family atmosphere,” he said. “If anything, it made the transition from high school to college easier, being surrounded by your peers.”

Nicola Miller is the new Director of Resident Life. Her work is cen-tered around housing and creating a positive experience for the students living on campus.

“I study a lot of the history of higher education, student develop-ment theories, and a lot of diversity and inclusiveness theories,” she said.

“I was really homesick my fresh-men year,” she said. “I found my home in residence life and in the residence halls.”

Miller works with the resident advisors, peer leaders that live in the halls, to build community for the fi rst year students.

“Th ey help our residents to get to know each other, to create relation-ships and feel connected so that they aren’t homesick and aren’t depressed or feeling emotional,” she said.

While students fi nd new relation-ships and new communities within the halls of Westminster living, they also fi nd trouble.

“We try not to think of it as too crazy of a place, but when you put 100 eighteen-year-olds in a build-ing and they’ve never been on their own, things can get a little wild,” said Miller.

“One time it was like midnight on a Tuesday and the fi re alarm went off . Th e fl oor was covered in smoke and we all had to get up and go out-side,” said Amy Forker, a senior who lived in Carleson as a freshman.

“It was the middle of winter and someone had microwaved a bag of popcorn for like 20 minutes and set the whole microwave on fi re. Our fl oor smelled like nasty, burned pop-corn for about a month after that.”

“We were constantly getting in trouble for destruction,” said Cori Santos, who lived in Carleson the same year Forker did. “It was like corporal punishment where everyone was in trouble.”

“Th ere was the time the entire ceiling disappeared, and to this day no one knows who did it,” said San-tos. “Or that other time all the couch cushions were glued together.”

While fi rst year living experiences can be vary, there seems to be a uni-versal agreement that the fi rst year away from home is signifi cant.

“I think it was an important part of college because although there are negative things that happen, it causes you to grow as a person and learn more about yourself, and live away from your parents,” says Forker. “You have to decide if you’re going to college to party and snowboard, or to actually learn.”Fir

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Referring to Residence Halls as ‘dorms’ actually has a negative connotation. Th e word ‘dormitory’ implies that it is a barrack-like living space for simply eating and sleeping.

Nicola Miller had friends who joked that DORM stands for ‘Dirty Old Room of Mine.’

“Th at’s not what we have here,” says Aimee Frost, the Assistant Director of Residence Life. “We provide activities and programs and community building.”

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First year students take the liberty of rearranging their fur-niture. Owen Golden and Sean Arruabarrena have used their furniture to create a ‘cave-like’

aesthetic, according to Holly King, the Senior Resident

Advisor on the fl oor.

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forumfortnightly.com6to be a gap in people you could talk to that knew where to go. So we’re trying to stay on the same page,” said Anderson.

“I don’t think this is a group of people where anyone has to crack the whip on them. There’s so much enthusiasm and momen-tum driving it,” said Brown.

Any students interested in the Director of Commuter Ac-tivities position can contact the ASWC office or Leslie Brown at [email protected] .

ASWC changesSAC President and Chairs are over student activities instead of the Vice President.

Vice President works with specific areas of campus such as the Career Resource Center

Specialized Directors appointed:Director of Public Relations

Michael ToomeyDirector of Academic Affairs

Leslie BrownDirector of Sustainability

Morgan AndersonDirector of Social Justice

Hillary PierceICC (Inter-Club Council)

president replaces Director of Clubs and Organizations.

ICC now functions as a separate branch.

ASWC

Westminster’s student body changes every year, and this time ASWC has changed with them.

Trisha Teig, Director of Stu-dent Involvement and Leader-ship, said that several financial mistakes made last year inspired ASWC to become more acces-sible and helpful to students.

“Part of it was that the pro-cess didn’t work for the students. Now we have to know what we are doing effectively, what we are doing well and what we can do to make it better.”

The biggest change in ASWC was the addition of five new di-rectors over specific areas: pub-lic relations, academic affairs, sustainability, social justice and commuter activities. They were appointed at the beginning of the semester by ASWC president Nick Raoux.

Hillary Pierce, Director of Social Justice, said that the posi-tions allow for specified attention to each department. “My brother was the student body president last year, so he didn’t have all these directors and had to do it all himself. The president can only do three or four things specifi-cally well.”

“The idea is that you have someone else who can take up that issue and work with campus, someone who is focused and can make everyone effective,” said Pierce.

Teig says that each director can focus on their specialty and

give students a more positive out-reach than one person alone.

Leslie Brown, Director of Ac-ademic Affairs, focuses on help-ing students give better feedback. She also helps faculty and admin-istration use that feedback to im-prove student life, in academics and otherwise.

“The goal is to branch the dis-connect between the big decision makers of the school and the stu-dents,” said Brown.

“For a lot of faculty and staff to be making decisions, without student feedback on those things, seems like it’s missing the point,” said Brown. “Students are argu-ably the biggest stakeholders of

this school, and if it’s the stake-holders that are making deci-sions, they should clearly involve students.”

Morgan Anderson, Direc-tor of Sustainability, focuses on environmental issues concerning the campus. “I’m like bridging the gap,” said Anderson. “Before ASWC and the environmental center weren’t on different pages, but there wasn’t a lot of collabo-ration, so my position is connect-ing the two offices.”

As director of Social Justice, Pierce works on issues concern-ing diversity and advocacy. She helps students become informed about issues concerning their

livelihood. “Like helping them not just vote but being an in-formed voter,” said Pierce.

“Michael Toomey [Director of Public Relations] is making sure that ASWC has a constant message to deliver.” said Teig. “That was part of the problem last year was that ASWC wasn’t keeping people updated on what was going on.”

Pierce said the directors al-most function as their own de-partment, because they all work together to make sure students get what they need.

“We’re actually trying to plan meetings, just because I know Leslie found that there seemed

Melody Van De GraaffStaff Reporter

Nick RaouxStudent Body President

ASWC’sNew kids in town

With student loans ris-ing and tough economic times hurting; students are hungrier for free food than ever before. Well, maybe not. For whatever reason, free food is ingrained in the college mentality and has been responsible for educating countless students. I can per-sonally attest to attending ac-tivities, lectures, guest speakers,

sustainability meetings, movie screenings, etc.. all for the sake of free food. Simply said, my college experience would not be the same without the hun-dreds of educational events that have been encouraged by the ultimate motivating factor for college students: free food.

In ASWC, we have learned that free food really does mo-tivate students to participate. I guess it’s no secret, but ASWC has been using this method to unwillingly encour-age student participation in a broad array of events for quite some time. At Westminster, there’s always free food to be had, you just have to know where to look for it. This ar-ticle will let you in on how to find the food stashes on and around campus.

First off, pay attention to

club events. These are hidden gems when it comes to finding food. Last month Latin@ Club hosted an event where they provided the best tamales I’ve ever eaten. Vol-unteer opportunities provide a limitless opportunity to free food. After all, everyone loves to feed volunteers. Check out the Center for Civic Engagement for how you can get involved. Periodically, the Career Center and Alumni House will offer luncheons with Alumni. Do take advantage of these. Check your Westminster email. I know this sounds hard, but keeping informed WILL pay off in the long-run. For more information about these events, scope the www.myaswc.com cal-endar where we will indicate any event that offers free food. You’ll be surprised at the cool events happening if you do.

On a final note, be appreciative

of all the food you receive, be-cause someone out there took a considerable amount of time all so you could eat. Students underestimate how challeng-ing ordering food can be. It’s easy to forget how compli-cated people are, even when it comes to free food. No one wants to upset the customer with a poor choice in food, even when it’s free. For ex-ample. Little Caesars is an ex-cellent go-to choice, but soon enough “Pizza Pizza!” gets a little old. If you can afford it, catering local is a great option, but that can get pricey. Same goes with Sodexo Catering. Another viable option is to make food at home, but that’s way too complicated on a large scale, and it can be a little weird when people don’t fancy your cooking skills. Whatever

the situation, have the cour-tesy to appreciate effort. There are those out there that like to bite the hand that feeds them; don’t be one of these people as it will surely not help!

On a side note

To improve the student ex-perience at Westminster and with ASWC, we have created a “Feedback” tab available at www.myaswc.com. We en-courage all students to provide us with tips and suggestions on what we’re doing right and how we can improve. Special thanks to Michael Toomey and Dexter Thomas for mak-ing this step towards improve-ment a possibility.

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Helen Hu, an associate profes-sor of computer science, was recently awarded a $790,000 grant to fa-cilitate promoting computer science in Utah’s public and charter high schools.

Th e money comes from the Na-tional Science Foundation’s (NSF) CS10K grant program. Hu and her colleagues were awarded the grant because their mission aligns with the NSF goal.

Lisa-Joy Zgorski of the NSF said that the grant was created to allow for rigorous academic curricula in-corporated into computing courses in 10,000 high schools. Th ese programs are to be taught by 10,000 well-trained teachers.

In an eff ort to provide better ac-cess to computer science, Hu took on the role of principle investigator in a project to bring the subject to every high school in Utah. Her goal is to train 100 computer science teachers in the state within three years.

“Th e grant money is going to al-low us to scale the program much faster than we would be able to oth-erwise,” she said.

Th is year, the curriculum is being piloted in three Utah high schools. Th e team plans to bring ECS to 20 more schools for the 2013-2014 school year.

Hu is working with Carl Lyman, an education specialist in information

technology for the Utah State Offi ce of Education, and Jay McCarthy, an assistant professor at Brigham Young University in Provo.

Th e group is using a pre-designed curriculum called Exploring Com-puter Science (ECS). Th e ECS program has already been applied to both Los Angeles and Chicago high schools, and has resulted in an im-proved rate of female and minority participation.

Students often feel that computer science is intimidating, Hu said. To allay that fear, the ECS curriculum spends the fi rst half of the course problem solving and doesn’t apply that to the computer programming until the second half of the program.

“When I help students we don’t necessarily sit and look at their com-puter code,” Hu said, “we take a step back and see how we can solve a problem.”

Hu feels that placing the focus of computer science on problem solv-ing rather than computer coding will benefi t even those students who don’t choose to pursue computer science.

With an increase in qualifi ed computer science teachers, the NSF hopes to see an increase in students who pursue computer science as a career. Hu said that right now, Utah has more computer science jobs than qualifi ed people to fi ll them.

Michael Corbett, a computer

science teacher in Lehi, is currently teaching the curriculum. He found out about Hu’s project when she presented it during a meeting of the Utah Computer Science Teacher s Association, and it piqued his inter-est.

“I was looking for something diff erent to fulfi ll the graduation requirement of computer science,” Corbett said.

Th e program that he has been teaching focuses on computers be-ing a tool for business, while the new curriculum introduces students to the fi eld of computer science.

Corbett’s students have been re-sponsive to the ECS curriculum so far, and have been involved in more group work this year than they have in the past.

Th ere are two versions of the ECS to choose from right now: a program in Los Angeles and another in Chicago.

“As this process continues, we will have to make recommendations of how to tweak the program to fi t Utah,” Cor-bett said. He feels that the program will eventually be tailored to fi t the cultural dynamics unique to Utah.

As the program grows, Hu plans to involve various departments of West-minster. Because students of the school of education are trained in classroom observation, she plans to have them help determine the eff ectiveness of ECS in Utah.

Jessie SmithStaff Reporter

Professor promotes computer science in high schools

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Temple Square in down-

town Salt Lake City is one of Utah’s most popular tour-ist attractions. Located along South Temple Street, Temple Square is the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, you don’t have to be a Latter-day Saint to enjoy this historical attraction.

Exhibits, art displays, film displays, parks and gardens en-compass the entire square, and visitors can attend free rehears-als of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra.

Temple Square is especial-ly popular to visit during the winter holidays because of its Christmas lights and nativity scene displays.

Desert Star Playhouse

The Desert Star Playhouse in Murray, Utah has been in busi-ness for twenty-five years and performs a variety of shows, in-cluding comedy and drama.

“At one point, everyone was laughing so hard that even the actors were laughing and had to break character, said Hilary Ol-son, a junior.

Desert Star’s next play is called Wicked-er and is about Vanna White, the letter-turner from Wheel of Fortune. It is a parody of the popular Broadway show Wicked.

Jeff Jensen, Marketing and Sales Specialist for Desert Star, said that students don’t need to enjoy “normal plays” to enjoy these shows.

“The comedy pulls from a lot of current day events,” Jen-sen said. “There are jokes in this about Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Zach Gal-ifianakis.”

The theatre offers a student discount with a valid I.D. on shows Monday through Thurs-day. Ticket prices vary based on the day of the show but are be-tween $13 and $19.

Desert Star’s upcoming shows are Wicked-er (currently showing) and then My Big Fat Utah Christmas, which opens Nov. 15, 2012. For more in-formation on how to purchase tickets, visit http://www.desert-star.biz.

The Leonardo

The Leonardo is a con-temporary museum that fuses science with art and is highly interactive. The center is lo-cated next to the City Library at 209 East. and 500 South. The Leonardo hosts monthly activi-

ties, workshops and classes. A new exhibition featur-

ing the works of Leonardo Da Vinci recently opened on Sept. 28, and includes over 200 pieces of work as well as 75 life-size machines, an example of the Leonardo’s staple of artistic and scientific combination.

Tickets are $9 for adults and $8 for students with valid ID.

City Creek Center

City Creek Center, located on 50 South and Main Street, is one of Salt Lake City’s new-est attractions and is drawing in people from all over Utah and other states, according to one press release.

Jason, General Manager at Teavana in City Creek, de-scribed the environment as very relaxed (Jason preferred not to have his last name appear for personal reasons). “It has mel-lowed out and is definitely nor-mal mall traffic now.”

He also said that the code of conduct for City Creek does not seem to affect the customers.

“I don’t see any reason why people wouldn’t want to come for the atmosphere,” he said.

Corinne Rydman, senior, had a positive experience at City Creek. “If nothing else, go walk through and check out the fire and water fountain.”

The fountain is located on the west side of the mall but Rydman also said the center is just a great place for a walk. City Center is not a place that students will feel obligated to spend money, she said. They can simply enjoy the atmosphere and the “amazing ar-chitecture.”

Utah’s Hogle Zoo

Utah’s Hogle Zoo dates back to 1931 and is one of the most visited attractions in Utah, ac-cording to one press release. It is also the top paid-for tourist at-traction in Salt Lake City.

Over 800 animals are avail-able for visitors to see over a nat-ural terrain that covers 42 acres. Must-see attractions include the young African elephant and the white rhinos.

Aside from educational pro-grams and events, Hogle Zoo also has many opportunities for volunteers in helping aides take care of the animals.

Hogle Zoo is located at the mouth of Emigration Canyon at 2600 Sunnyside Avenue, and tickets are $12.75 for regular ad-mission.

Gallivan Events Center

The Gallivan Events Cen-ter in downtown Salt Lake City

is a local venue for events and concerts. It offers a large variety of entertainment in the summer season, but also has an ice rink that is open to the public during the winter.

Cynthia Stringham, the event advertising and marketing man-ager for the Gallivan Center, encouraged students to visit the center.

“For students, this is a fabu-lous place to meet new people,” she said. “Just coming down here and having an experience at the Gallivan Center, it will be some-thing that you want to do again.”

Hilary Olson, a junior, said that the ice skating rink is nice and it was, “a really great date and it was perfect. It was snow-ing and there are lights and it’s a nice place to just walk around and hang out.”

Stringham said, “We consider ourselves the outdoor living room of downtown Salt Lake City.”

For more information on events hosted at the Gallivan Center, visit thegallivancenter.com. Summer events are starting to end.

Grimm Ghost Tours

In light of the fall season, Grimm Ghost Tours has become busier. Grimm Ghost Tours visits the locations of supposed hauntings in some of the oldest buildings in Salt Lake City.

According to grimmghost-tours.com, tours are year-round and encompass the Old Town and Outer Reaches parts of Salt

Lake. A 90-minute tour of the Old Town includes the first mansion in Salt Lake, the Rio Grande Train Depot, the largest municipal cemetery in the U.S. and the historic city and county building. The Outer Reaches tour includes Ted Bundy’s cabin, old Fort Douglas, the Old Haunted Library and the Premiere Gentile Gentlemen’s Club.

Along with the tours, Grimm Ghost Tours allows its partici-pants to partake in actual para-normal investigations with expe-rienced paranormal investigators. Investigators teach how to use ghost-hunting equipment and al-low fellow participants to record and capture whatever “paranor-mal” activity is found.

Tours are $25 and run Tues. – Sat. nights.

Snowbird Ski Resort

With an average annual snow-fall of 500 inches of low-density dry powder, Snowbird hosts up to 17,400 skiers and snowboard-ers per hour.

Snowbird, located in Little Cottonwood Canyon, has a base elevation of 7,760 feet and over 2,500 skiable acres.

In the winter Snowbird hosts activities such as aerial tram rides, snowmobile tours, snowshoeing, night skiing, he-licopter ski trips and backcoun-try tours.

Will Ermish & Ali Fairchild | Staff Reporters

Utah's BestThe Salt Lake area has a diverse range of attractions, many of which are affordable for students.Experience some of Utah’s best shopping centers, nature hikes and music venues.

The Desert Star Playhouse in Murray, Utah performs original plays. Many of these plays are parodies on modern shows, movies, and cul-tural events.

Photo Courtesy: Desert Star Playhouse

City Creek Center is one of Salt Lake City’s premier malls and caters to many different styles and budgets.

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“I am looking forward to rid-ing the Bird this year and am hop-ing to get out in the backcountry a bit because I love big mountain riding,” said Trevor Martin, a season pass holder. “Snowbird has such sick terrain and I can’t wait to check it all out!”

Season Passes can be pur-chased online and unlimited passes for students range from $600 - $729.

For more information visit snowbird.com

Brighton Ski Resort

Brighton is Utah’s only resort where 100% of its terrain is acces-sible by high-speed quads. Like Snowbird, Brighton has an av-erage of 500 inches of dry snow a year. Brighton is at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon and is therefore located directly in the path of winter storms for lots of snowfall.

Brighton also has four terrain parks that can be accessed from lifts where freestyle riders and skiers can enjoy features that are constantly changing and evolving throughout the season.

“I have always enjoyed rid-ing Brighton because it is rarely super-crowded and it’s got a nice local vibe without lots of tourist idiots,” said Gus Gardner, former season pass holder.

“Brighton is especially fun if you like the park because it is always getting switched up and there are always fresh new fea-tures to hit. Park rats will love Brighton.”

Season passes for students are $599 and come with benefits and discounts from local businesses.

Park City Mountain

Resort

Park City Mountain Resort is located 34 miles east of Salt Lake and has been a major tour-ist attraction for skiers from all over the U.S. The resort contains several U.S. Ski Team training courses and was also the hosting grounds of the snowboarding and alpine giant slalom events for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

The resort has an average an-nual snowfall of 365 inches and four terrain parks. It also has a total uphill capacity of 31,000 guests per hour and 3,300 acres spread over eight peaks and nine bowls.

“Park City is so much fun ev-ery year!” said Dillon Calderone, season pass holder. “The park is always next level and makes you push yourself out of your comfort zone.”

Aside from skiing and snow-boarding, the resort has an alpine coaster, zip line, tubing and a NASTAR racecourse.

Season passes are $525 for college students and young adults.

Arches National Park

Arches National Park offers scenery that is not available in northern Utah.

“Right now is the perfect

time to go. Bring bikes and go on hikes and go site-seeing,” said Zach Moon, a senior.

Kait Thomas, a park guide for Arches, agreed.

“Right now is really ideal be-cause the temperatures are much cooler.” The summer months are too hot and the winter season changes the activities available to visitors.”

Some of the most popular hikes, according to Thomas, are Delicate Arch, Landscape Arch, and the Windows. Landscape Arch is the largest arch in the park. Windows offers the most “bang for your buck” because it has five large arches and Thomas said it “showcases why Utah is so special.”

Arches offers something for

everyone, Thomas said. “It is something you can make a week-end out of very easily, living in Salt Lake. It is really close and right in Salt Lake City’s back-yard.”

Liberty Park

Liberty Park, located just northwest of Sugar House around 1300 South and 700 East, is a large urban park with several available activities.

The Tracy Aviary is the main attraction in the park. Corinne Rydman, senior, said “it’s super cheap and they have done a great job at updating their exhibits.” She recommended that even lo-cals who may have been there be-fore check out the updated aviary.

Max Poth, sophomore, said that he really enjoys the outdoors and being active. “I find that playing Frisbee, football, beach volleyball, can be really fun there and it doesn’t cost anything.”

In the spring and summer, the park offers paddleboats and ca-noes for rent. The park also offers barbeque grills, a small amuse-ment park, tennis courts, and a swimming pool.

Students interested in ski-ing, hiking, shopping, theatre, or just hanging out with friends in a park can all find things to do in Salt Lake City. For more information on the attractions mentioned above, please visit the Forum website at http://www.forumfortnightly.com/ for links.

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night, Westminster ghost stories and Cosmic Bowling.

Aimee Frost, the Assistant Di-rector of Residence Life, was the advisor of ARWC for seven years. “When I first started, ARWC would do activities once or twice a semester and that was it,” she said. “Now it is at the point where they’re doing activities at least once a month.”

“I think some of my favorites are activities that they’ve made into tra-ditions on campus,” she said. “One of them is Halloween Ghost Sto-ries. Having Rue Wood come with ghost hunters—he actually had ghost hunters come one year and he plays sound clips of different hunts that he’s been on, and I think that’s super-fun for the students.”

Changes

“We’re going to put Westmin-ster on the map,” said Nick Rhodes, ARWC’s new advisor. Rhodes referred to ARWC’s attempt to become part of the National As-sociation of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH).

NACURH is considered to be the largest student run organization in the world. They promote living on campus and provide resources to member schools that allow them to create the best residence hall experi-ences for their students.

Megan Peters, ARWC’s presi-

dent, says it’s the thing that she is most looking forward to this year. “Once we finish our applica-tion process, we’ll simply become RHA (Residence Hall Associa-tion) rather than ARWC,” she said.

“The change of name is kind of cool because people are always asking, ‘What’s the difference be-tween ARWC and ASWC?’” says Peters. “So not only will we have that differentiation, but we’re also going to have a connection to a bigger society of residence halls.”

Involvement

“I think that ARWC is a great stepping stone to getting involved (at Westminster),” said Frost. “Oftentimes students will feel overwhelmed with trying to get involved with ASWC or as an RA. It’s kind of a big process to run for elected positions.”

“I think it gives an opportunity for those people who feel intimi-dated by some of those leaders who have their hands in every-thing, to get involved on a smaller scale. They’re satisfied with it, and they’re getting the leadership op-portunities.”

“This is doable as a first year student and then you can build onto it. So I think it’s a great step-ping stone for other leadership positions.”

Such is Peters’ story, who got involved with ARWC as a fresh-man and is now the president of the club as a sophomore. Peters is also the Student Activities Com-mission dance chair, a presidential ambassador, and a student worker for the admissions office.

“ARWC was one of the first things I got involved with at Westminster, but it was also one of the most fun things,” Peters said. “It’s one of the main rea-sons I’m living on campus. There was no way I wasn’t going to do ARWC. I think I knew before ev-erything else happened that I was still going to keep doing it, and I probably will for my next three years here.”

If any students are looking to get involved in ARWC, they should email Peters at [email protected].

“We’re always looking for more floor reps!” She said.

ARWC Executive Cabinet Megan Peters – President

Chenny Chen & Ebert Morales – Co Vice PresidentsShianne Gray – Publicity Chair

Sia Gerard – Treasurer Chris Kimler – Secretary

Hannah Williams – Historian Jasmine Carlson – ICC Representative

The leadership behind ARWC, including advisor Nick Rhodes and excecutive cabinet members Ebert Morales, Megan Peters, Shianne Gray, Sia Gerard, and Jasmine Carlson



The leadership behind ARWC, including advisor Nick Rhodes and excecutive cabinet members Ebert Morales, Megan Peters, Shianne Gray, Sia Gerard, and Jasmine Carlson

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Th e Diffi culty of Keeping Members

Habitat for Humanity has diffi culty keeping their members active through-out the year.

“Because people come and go, some people come to some events and some people don’t ,” said Kirstie Savage, se-nior environmental studies major and club president for Habitat for Human-ity. “Unfortunately, it varies based on people’s availability to come to events and builds.”

“Th e problem is just getting people to show up for hands-on builds and re-stocking,” said Kory Wolf, sophomore chemistry major and the treasurer of the Habitat for Humanity club. “Most of all it is the timing. Usually when we sign up for a build it’s a Saturday at 8 a.m. so people have a hard time committing to that.”

Currently, the club has fi ve commit-ted members, most of whom belong to the cabinet. A few members say that they became involved with Habitat for Humanity in an unconventional way.

“My friend grabbed me the night before a build and told me I should go with him,” said Wolf. ”So he dragged me along and after I decided to keep going with it.”

“My joining Habitat wasn’t ideal,” said Laura Wolf, senior chemistry ma-jor. “I was dragged out of bed by my brother the morning of a build and he told me I was going with him.”

After being dragged by a family member or friend, students interested in volunteering for a build have to fi ll out a waiver from the Habitat for Hu-manity organization beforehand.

“We are very welcoming, we love to have people come and be interested in helping out,” said Savage. Th e Habitat for Humanity club allows people who want to get involved to show up to their meetings at any time.

Attracting Members

Like most clubs and organizations on campus, Habitat for Humanity spreads the word about what they are doing through a variety of diff erent channels. Th e club has a booth at every fair that they can attend, including the Clubs and Orgs Fair and the Volunteer Fair. Habitat for Humanity posts up-coming events on their Facebook page, Dear John and ASWC Weekly.

Habitat for Humanity will be host-ing a pumpkin carving competition on Oct. 16. Th e event is meant for students to learn more about the club and spark the interest of those who may want to join and become involved.

“It will hopefully inspire that com-petitive nature and get people to come,” said Savage.

All funds raised from the pumpkin

carving competition will go to the Salt Lake Valley chapter of Habitat for Hu-manity.

Habitat for Humanity’s next meet-ing will be in the Michael Basis Center for Student Learning on Oct. 9. For more information on how to become involved with the Westminster chapter of Habitat for Humanity, contact Ju-lie Tille at [email protected].

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Tory Hallenburg paints the inside of a home built by Habitat for Humanity

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Th e 2012 Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry series is underway. Writers of many diff erent back-grounds come to Westminster to read their works for the community. Each series features a diff erent lineup of artists.

“Poetry is an art that changes how you feel,” said Natasha Sajé, an Eng-lish professor and organizer of the event. “It does it through a combina-tion of song and performance.”

“It’s not like any other perfor-mance,” she said. “It’s like you are in-gesting some sort of exotic food that your body has to learn to process.”

Th is is Sajé’s fourteenth year work-ing with the poetry series.

“Because it’s art, it’s not like some-one is lecturing at you,” Sajé said. “It’s really fun, I think.”

Funding for the series comes from the Anne Newman Sutton Weeks endowment. Th e endowment is $450,000, and the interest from that amount funds the series.

Sajé also writes a grant to the Zoo, Arts, and Parks program every year, and is awarded anywhere from fi ve to eight thousand dollars for the series.

Many poets are selected to present their works to the series audience.

“One criterion is that the person has never read in the series before,” said Sajé.

Poets for the series are chosen to be able to showcase a variety of styles throughout the year.

Th e next writer to be featured is Ana Castillo, a novelist, poet, essay-ist and playwright. She has taught at such institutions as MIT, Mt. Holy-oke, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. She also teaches upper-level English courses at West-minster.

In addition to her many novels, she has also written columns and essays on topics ranging from the murder of singer Selena to gender roles in the farmworkers movement. Castillo has received awards and accolades from the Before Columbus Foundation and the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago.

Th e reading will be held at Th e Utah Museum of Contemporary Art on Oct. 19th from 7 p.m. to 8:30pm. Th e Utah Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 20S West Temple. Th e reading is free and open to the public, and a book signing will follow.

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October is National Book Month, and to celebrate the Utah Humanities Council holds a free, statewide book festival. Created over 15 years ago, this festival is the oldest and only book festival in Utah.

Festivities began Sept. 22 and ends on Oct. 31. Th e festival fea-tures local as well as nationally renowned authors.

With the goal to “expand mines—one idea at a time,” the Utah Hu-manities Council Book Festival is at various locations throughout Utah. Each session is lead by author(s) to facilitate conversation about their work.

To locate events around Utah, visit www.utahhumanities.org/BookFestival.htm

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10/03/12 • Salt Lake CtiyThe Death of Bonnie and Clyde Michael Gills will read from his work as part of the City Art reading series

10/04/12 • Salt Lake CityWith Golden Visions Right Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, 1849-1852 Will Bagely returns to Ken Sanders Rare Books to discuss the new installment in his Overland West series.

10/05/12 • Salt Lake CitySmoke Signals: Wayward Journeys Through the Old Heart of the New West Infamous Mountain Gazette editor John Fayhee reads from his new book and refl ects on his many adventures

10/06/12 • Salt Lake CitySkeleton CatGet into the Halloween spirit early this year when Kristyn Crow, author of Skeleton Cat, visits the Library's Story Room

10/09/12 • Salt Lake CityThe Avenues of Salt Lake City Join author Cevan LeSieur in the Avenues for a look into one of Salt Lake's most popular, and historic, neghborhoods.

10/10/12 • Orem and Salt Lake CityMen At Work: Rediscovering Depression-Era Stories From the Federal Writers' Project Long-lost Depression-era stories rediscovered! Join author and editor Matthew Basso to fi nd out what he found.

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Th is January, Westminster College will be hosting its fi rst ever student opera, Dido and Aeneas. It was originally writ-ten in England in 1687, and its themes are love and betrayal.

Michael Chipman, stage di-rector for the opera and assistant professor at Westminster, said that students who don’t usually enjoy opera will love the perfor-mance. He said that the music is beautiful and exciting. He added that because the play was written in English, understand-ing what is going shouldn’t be a problem.

“Th ere’s a preconceived no-tion that opera is fat people singing in a foreign language,” Chipman said. “Th ere is some-thing about unamplifi ed human voices in a theater with a live orchestra. Th e music comes to life.”

“If you have never been to an opera this is a great way to be introduced,” he said. “It com-bines visuals, poetry, history, acting, singing and stagecraft.”

“[Th is opera] brings every-thing into one place. It’s ex-traordinary that it can come together on this campus,” Chip-man said.

Th e opera will be set in con-temporary times. Staging and styling will follow a more mod-ern theme as opposed to that of ancient Greece.

“I absolutely love working behind the scenes,” said Alysa Fratto, hair designer for the op-era. Th is will be Fratto’s second production designing hair. She has already started designing the stylings, and said that they may change but will stay focused on a modern and sleek look. Her goal is to create a look that is beautiful but doesn’t distract the performers or the audience.

“Although it was written almost 350 years ago, the emo-tions are so relatable to right now, it could have been written yesterday,” said Chipman.

Instead of being set in an-cient Rome, it will be set in modern day New York City- Dido, the Queen of Carthage,

will be replaced with a wealthy socialite who was tricked into marriage for political and fi nan-cial expediency.

Chipman will be working in collaboration with Brian Stucki and Kimi Kawashima, who are adjunct professors at Westmin-ster.

“[My calibrators] are fi rst rate musicians. Th is will be an extremely high level opera. If it’s not high level it’s not opera. I am very grateful to be working with them,” Chipman said.

Auditions for the opera were held last fall, and students spent the summer memorizing their parts. Leads will not only have their own parts, but will sing along with the chorus as well.

Students involved in Dido and Aeneas have been rehears-ing multiple times a week, every week.

“Students have been work-ing incredibly hard rehearsing for an hour and half at a time. Learning the opera from begin-ning to end,” said Chipman.

Performers are thrilled to have an opportunity to be in-volved in such a production.

“Th is is my fi rst time singing principle in an opera. I’m pretty excited about it,” said Corinne Rydman who will be acting as Dido.

“Opera stands the test of time, because we’ve been telling the same story we’ve been telling since we could speak,” Rydman said, “whether its about love or war it’s always about what unites us and tears us apart. Th is is a fi rst for Westminster, so you should defi nitely come and see it.”

As for Chipman, he believes it’s amazing that students will be able to see such powerful performances from colleagues and friends, and that it all will be taking place on Westmin-ster’s campus.

Performances will take place on Jan. 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jay W. Lees Courage Th eater. Students and faculty will receive one free ticket each. Otherwise, they are $5.00.

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Attention everyone!Are you ready for one of the largest

breakthroughs known to mankind?!In October 2012, record-breaking

skydiver Felix Baumgartner, backed by a team of world-leading scientists, engineers and physicians, will take a stratospheric balloon fl ight to 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters above the Earth’s surface – and jump. Th e mission is Red Bull Stratos.

In doing so, Felix will make aero-space history. Not only will he surpass

US Air Force Colonel (Ret.) Joe Kit-tinger’s freefall altitude record – one that has stood the test of time for over 50 years – but he will also become the fi rst person ever to break the speed of sound with his own body.

Valuable scientifi c data and techno-logical developments will be garnered throughout the mission to push the envelope of human fl ight possibilities.

How you can witness history: Red Bull has partnered with YouTube to provide a viewing experience like no

other. Th e goal is to give viewers a ‘you were there’ experience by tuning into the live broadcast at RedBullStratos.com and Youtube.com/RedBull on Oc-tober 8th.

Th e live mission HD broadcast stream will last from between 2.5 to 4 hours (exact timing subject to weather conditions). Th e mission will be broad-casted by a revolutionary live production facility in the sky and on the ground in-cluding 35 still and moving image cam-eras. Cameras will be mounted in four

locations: the capsule, Felix Baumgart-ner’s full-pressure suit, an optical ground tracking system and an airborne tracking system.

Mission Date: Oct. 8, 2012 (subject to change)

Live HD Webcast Times: Th e live webcast is set to start around 5:30 a.m. the morning of the 8th with play by play, updates, etc. and the jump will come 2-3 hours after that. You can watch this at: RedBullStratos.com and Youtube.com/RedBull

Th e World's Best Freeride Bike Riders will compete, once again, on the cliff s of Utah.Red Bull Rampage will be bringing the best of the sport to Virgin, Utah for a downhill spectacle that will be sure to drop jaws around the world. For 36 chosen athletes, Red Bull Rampage will be their chance to prove who’s the

most spectacular and well-rounded freerider on the planet on October 5-7, 2012.

What? Ground Breaking Free Riding Competition that will cap off the 2012 FMB World Tour

Where? Virgin, Utah

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Randy Austin, Director of Stu-dent Heath Services, graduated from Westminster in 2007 and be-gan working for the SHS in 2010. “We offer students everything from flu shots, to help with ongoing con-ditions, such as diabetes and hyper-tension,” says Austin.

Students can walk in and receive

treatment for any number of com-mon health problems, from colds to asthma to depression. Immuniza-tions, flu shots and TB testing for nursing students are also available.

“If you are not feeling well, we are here to help,” says Austin, “All stu-dents need is their student ID card and a $10 co-pay.”

Along with provisions for stu-dents physical health needs, West-minster also provides services for mental health.

Counseling services are offered, free of charge, to all registered stu-dents. Also located in the lower level of Shaw, the counseling center is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Students can get confidential help from any one of the three coun-seling center staff members: Lisa Jones, PhD, Michelle Call, LCSW, or Cory Shipp, LCSW.

“Students can get free individual counseling sessions with no limit,” said Lisa Jones, director of the coun-seling center.

“We are here to support the needs of the students,” said Cory Shipp, a counselor. “Sometimes there is a stigma against getting counseling, but it does help.”

S TA R T C e n t e r“Westminster faculty, staff and

administration care deeply about students, from general health is-sues right down to everyday stresses in their lives,” says Hailee Hatch, Associate Director at the START Center.

Hatch teaches a course that helps transfer students with their transition to Westminster. In the class, students learn the different phases of transition and other issues that may result from being new to the college. Students also learn or-

ganization, time management and academic success strategies.

“There are resources for students to get help, for a myriad of reasons,” Hatch says, “We want students to have the best experience possible.”

HWAC is Westminster’s largest physical recreation center. Its hours of operation are 6 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. on Saturday and Sun-day. HWAC provides club sports, personal training, message therapy, nutrition counseling and much more.

“It is cool to have a place so close where students can go to partici-pate in so many different physical activities, from yoga to basketball,”

said Alessandra Amato, an un-dergraduate. Amato, an HWAC employee, noted the variety of dif-ferent activities that are offered to students. “Students come in all the time for physical therapy, they play basketball or go for a swim in the pool,” Amato says, “getting exercise is great not only for your body, but also for your mind.”

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VOLUmE XLV ISSUE 1Westminster on

Budget controversyEfficacy of the ASWC budget

process questioned

The DrawResidence hall construction underway

“Wait…can we go back to

the stipends?” Th at was the senate’s

10-minute delayed reaction to

the 2011-2012 ASWC budget,

said ASWC Director of Bud-

get & Finance Megan Mann.

Th is is a budget that includes,

among many other compo-

nents, a fl at $150 stipend raise

for all seven members of the ex-

ecutive cabinet. “I defi nitely believe that

overall you’re going to get bet-

ter employees if you can pay

them more,” said Mann. ASWC Student Body Presi-

dent Jonathon Pierce said that

one of the reasons the stipends

were raised was so that the stu-

dents in the ASWC Executive

Cabinet wouldn’t need to have

second jobs. Pierce described the issue’s

eff ect on the student govern-

ment last year when an execu-

tive cabinet member had too

many jobs and other commit-

ments on top of ASWC. “ASWC turned into the last

priority and it really showed,”

he said.Pierce said that the stipend

increase will create a secure job

position for executive cabinet

members. Th ey won’t need to

have other commitments, and

they’ll be able to put more into

the job than what they’re taking

away.“Th e compensation should

be enough that they shouldn’t

have to work a second job,” said

Jacob Kovac, ASWC Director

of Communications. Th e 2011-2012 ASWC

budget consists of $409,000,

$300,000 of which comes from

student fees. Every Westmin-

ster student pays a $108 student

activity fee, which makes up the

bulk of what ASWC runs on. Mann said that this fee pro-

vides a living for seven students,

and to forget that this money is

going back to students is to take

the issue out of context. Mann said the stipends

are “still comparatively and

relatively and just straight—(they’re) really small.”“I’m making less money

working as president than I did

working at a fast food restau-

rant,” said Pierce.With the stipend increase,

the president and vice president

of ASWC make $950 a month.

At the University of Utah, the

president and vice president of

the Associated Students of the

University of Utah (ASUU),

make $900 a month—but that’s

not counting the perks.According to Toban Ben-

nion, vice president of ASUU,

on top of their monthly sti-

pends the president and vice

president receive “tuition help”

which usually comes out to be

about $2,500 a semester. For

Utah residents who are taking

12 credit hours, semester tu-

ition at the U comes to a little

over $2,800 (from the Univer-

sity of Utah’s online tuition cal-

culator). Th e President and VP at

ASUU also receive free foot-

ball tickets and free campus

parking. Additionally, if there’s

space, the president of ASUU

will receive free room and board

on campus.Bennion said that these

gifts are not paid for by ASUU

funds, and that they come

from the diff erent departments

around campus.

Justina McCandlessEditor-in-Chief

Justina McCandlessEditor-in-ChiefT hey’re calling it

“Westminster on Th e Draw”— at 2150 S.

13th East, the six story build-ing will include student hous-

ing, retail, offi ces, and a dy-namic classroom and activities

space. Construction began on the

project this summer and it’s

projected to be fi nished by Fall

2012. Westminster will be the

major tenant of the building,

which will be leased by Wood-man Properties. Additionally, the south side

of the building will open onto

Parley’s Trail, called Th e Draw

at Sugar House, a trail that

will go under 13th East and

lead to Sugar House Park.

“As soon as this is done

Westminster College is going

to have the best green space of

any university in Utah, I’m just

saying, because we (will) have

Sugar House Park,” joked An-nalisa Holcombe, Director

of Alumni, Community, &

Board Relations. “Th is unit is going to have

168 beds, but that doesn’t

mean we’re necessarily going

to grow the school by 168 stu-dents,” said Curtis Ryan, Vice

President of Finance and Ad-ministration. Ryan said “there’s certainly

a demand for new housing.” Over fi fty percent of West-

minster’s incoming students

this year are from out of state.

“We know we don’t have enough housing because we

get more and more freshmen every year living on campus

and we’ve been recruiting more students from outside

the greater Salt Lake area and outside of Utah,” said Ryan.

Holcombe said, “What do you tell their parents, right?

So they move here from an-other state and then we say,

‘great, but we can only put them up for a year and then

they’re going to have to fi nd another place to go after

that.’”

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See THE DRAW on Page 8

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them more,” said Mann. ASWC Student Body Presi-











ments on top of ASWC. “ASWC turned into the last

priority and it really showed,” Pierce said that the stipend






the job than what they’re taking “Th e compensation should




bulk of what ASWC runs on. Mann said that this fee pro-




the issue out of context. Mann said the stipends


relatively and just straight—(they’re) really small.”“I’m making less money











not counting the perks.According to Toban Ben-


















on campus.

Justina McCandlessEditor-in-Chief

Justina McCandlessEditor-in-ChiefT hey’re calling it

“Westminster on Th e Draw”— at 2150 S.

13th East, the six story build-ing will include student hous-

ing, retail, offi ces, and a dy-namic classroom and activities









Sugar House Park,” joked An-nalisa Holcombe, Director


“We know we don’t have enough housing because we

get more and more freshmen every year living on campus

and we’ve been recruiting

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AUGUST 20, 2011

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Westminster onBudget controversyEfficacy of the ASWC budget

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them more,” said Mann.

ASWC Student Body Presi-











ments on top of ASWC.

“ASWC turned into the last

priority and it really showed,”

he said.Pierce said that the stipend






the job than what they’re taking

away.“Th e compensation should




of Communications. Th e 2011-2012 ASWC

budget consists of $409,000,

$300,000 of which comes from

student fees. Every Westmin-

ster student pays a $108 student

activity fee, which makes up the

bulk of what ASWC runs on.

Mann said that this fee pro-




the issue out of context.

Mann said the stipends


relatively and just straight—

(they’re) really small.”“I’m making less money











not counting the perks.

According to Toban Ben-


















on campus.Bennion said that these

gifts are not paid for by ASUU

funds, and that they come

from the diff erent departments

around campus.

Justina McCandless

Editor-in-Chief

Justina McCandless

Editor-in-Chief

They’re calling it

“Westminster on Th e

Draw”— at 2150 S.

13th East, the six story build-

ing will include student hous-

ing, retail, offi ces, and a dy-

namic classroom and activities




2012. Westminster will be the

major tenant of the building,

which will be leased by Wood-

man Properties. Additionally, the south side

of the building will open onto

Parley’s Trail, called Th e Draw

at Sugar House, a trail that

will go under 13th East and

lead to Sugar House Park.






Sugar House Park,” joked An-

nalisa Holcombe, Director


Board Relations. “Th is unit is going to have

168 beds, but that doesn’t

mean we’re necessarily going

to grow the school by 168 stu-

dents,” said Curtis Ryan, Vice

President of Finance and Ad-

ministration. Ryan said “there’s certainly

a demand for new housing.”

Over fi fty percent of West-

minster’s incoming students

this year are from out of state.

“We know we don’t have

enough housing because we

get more and more freshmen

every year living on campus

and we’ve been recruiting

more students from outside

the greater Salt Lake area and

outside of Utah,” said Ryan.

Holcombe said, “What do

you tell their parents, right?

So they move here from an-

other state and then we say,

‘great, but we can only put

them up for a year and then

they’re going to have to fi nd

another place to go after

that.’”

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See THE DRAW on Page 8

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