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UNIVERSITY ouSuunews.comrnal Cedar City, Utah J Southern Utah University Thursday, February 4, 2016 Outtakes reopens in Rotunda By DAYSA CORRINGTON [email protected] After months of Outtakes functioning in a tight space while construction continued on its new location, Chartwells at SUU has reopened Outtakes in the Rotunda of the Sharwan Smith Student Center. At the beginning of the 2015 fall semester, Outtakes had temporarily moved to make room for Chick-fil-A. This was the only location that Chick-fil-A could move into due to construction and wiring related conditions. Outtakes was temporarily relocated to a smaller area across from the Living Room while the new location was under construction. The new Outtakes is a bit smaller than the first location, where Chick-fil-A now functions, but otherwise remains the same. The store will continue selling fountain drinks, bottled Coke and Pepsi products, hot items such as corn dogs, pizza sticks, cold items and Starbucks coffee. Natasha Greene, marketing manager of Chartwells, said moving to the smaller location was difficult because Outtakes JOSH MARTINEZ / UNIVERSITY JOURNAL could not sell all of the products it had. The store had to condense Snow piles by the Gerald R. Sheratt Library show the heavy snowfall Dalton (left) and Samantha Robertson (right) play in the snow after what they previously sold and during Monday’s winter storm (top left). Cedar City residents push classes were canceled Monday (bottom left). Heavy snowfall left had to highlight the top-selling a car, trying to help it get unstuck (top right). SUU students Morgan SUU’s campus closed Monday (bottom right). products. “The students were really great about working with us and being patient with us,” she said. “Sometimes we had a long line and we were only able to have one register, but with the one register we were able to have one person grabbing drinks and running back and forth, but it was still so small and so cramped that we weren’t fully able to do what we do at Outtakes.” See STORE, Page 11 Snow Day Heavy snowfall in Cedar City forces SUU to cancel classes Monday By JOSH MARTINEZ made to close campus for the day as a had damage sufficient enough for an Monday to clear snow on and around SUU’s campus. [email protected] result of the snow. accident report. “The main concern was the safety of “The roads started getting slick around Schools in the Iron County School A large winter storm moved into the roads and the accidents that were 4 (p.m. Sunday) evening,” he said. “It District, such as Cedar and Canyon View Cedar City over the weekend, forcing going on out there,” he said. (was) pretty much non-stop since then.” High Schools, were also closed as a Iron County School District to cancel The National Weather Service issued With the warnings and crashes in result of the snow. school for the first time in 61 years, a Winter Storm Warning until 11 mind, SUU President Scott Wyatt Along with the cancelation of classes, while SUU closed campus along with p.m. Monday night and an Avalanche announced through Facebook, and an several state roads also experienced many of its services. Warning until Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. for e-mail was later sent out, that campus closures. According to the National Weather the backcountry of Cedar City. was closed for the day. The Utah Department of Transportation Service, as of 8 p.m. Monday night, Along with the warnings in place, “Students should all stay home,” he placed a ban of semi trucks on state road there was about 17 inches of snow several major roads, including I-15, said on Facebook. “Employees should 14, while state road 143 was closed in in Cedar City and early Monday experienced multiple crashes. Utah stay home, unless they are serving an both directions between Brian Head Ski JODIE LYBARGER / UNIVERSITY JOURNAL morning Enterprise had about 28 Highway Patrol Sgt. Ryan Bauer said he essential function with our facilities.” Resort and Mammoth Creek. The new Outtakes store in inches of snow. responded to about 30-40 crashes since Despite the request for students and As of Wednesday night, the restrictions the Rotunda of the Student SUU Chief of Police Rick Brown the snow started falling Sunday around faculty to stay home, the Facilities were still in effect. Center is now open. said at about 7 a.m., the decision was 4 p.m. and said about a third of those Management crew worked throughout See SNOW, Page 11 Non-Traditional Center reopens Confucius Institute By COURTNEY SULLIVAN along with a couch and a study FOR THE JOURNAL table. It also offers students several resources, including a computer, to celebrate new year SUU’s Non-Traditional Student printer, scanner, refrigerator, Center has moved and opened at its microwave and television. By DAYSA CORRINGTON new location on campus. Connected to the new lounge are [email protected] The old location was a temporary two private rooms. spot while the new Veteran’s One room is specifically designed The Confucius institute at SUU and SUU International Affairs center was remodeled. for children and nursing mothers. Services will be coming together with the Cedar City Nikki Tippets, the non-traditional The room has a rocking chair, community for the Lunar New Year’s celebration Monday in student services coordinator, said changing table and some toys for the SUU Ballroom. she was excited about the new children to play with. Students are The Lunar New Year is a celebration for many Asian cultures center and some of the new aspects allowed to let their children in this rather than the traditional Chinese New Year. The celebration the center will also be starting for room to play while they are doing will include festivities from different Asian cultures such as fellow students. homework, studying or working in dancing, food, music, martial arts and a fireworks display at the Tippets said the move was the lounge area. end of the night. The second private room is Tippets’ Local elementary and high schools will also be participating extremely beneficial, especially JODIE LYBARGER / UNIVERSITY JOURNAL for her, her student worker and for office, which includes a conference table. in the night’s events with dances and demonstrations. The the privacy of students and their Tippets said non-traditional The Non-Traditional Student Center offers a celebration will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. The children. The new office has an students fall under a unique category. play room for students with children and is fireworks display will immediately follow. open area for the student worker, See CENTER, Page 11 located in Room 175 of the Student Center. See CONFUCIUS, Page 3 Inside & Online SUU football players Weather Update gain NFL’s attention Speaking out with quilted art Temperatures will gradually SUU Student Gina O’Neal speaks out against sexual abuse by creating climb but stay in the 30s until Four former SUU football quilted pieces of art that depicts different moments of her story with a next Wednesday, when they players played in college all- will jump into the 50s. goal in mind to share it across the nation. — Almanac, Page 11 star games late January, hoping — ACCENT, Page 5 to increase their NFL draft standings before April 28. Index Defensive end James Cowser, Student worked in National Park quarterback Ammon Olsen, News...........................................................3,11 Abi Farish, a senior biology major from Salt Lake City, worked Opinion........................................................................4 cornerback LeShaun Sims and in Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee for a Accent............................................................5,6 safety Miles Killebrew aim to start summer internship as a resource education and interpretation their professional football careers. intern at the National Park. Outside.....................................................7,8 — SPORTS, Page 9 — OUTSIDE, Page 7 Sports..............................................................9,10 Page 2 University Journal Thursday, February 4, 2016 Thursday, February 4, 2016 University Journal Page 3 Clelia Haudiquert, an ambassador for the International Student and Scholar Services from Confucius France, said the celebration will be a bigger event French film festival News this year compared to the previous celebrations Continued from Page 1 at SUU. IN BRIEF The Chinese New Year and lunar celebration “The lunar new year is the celebration of the hopes to enlighten new year for Chinese and Korean students,” she is a key festival celebrated in the Asian cultures. social science composite major Families can chase out the bad of the past year and said. “They want to open it to other students and By NAOMI BEATTY from Midvale, said he would love SUU a cappella open usher in the blessings of a new year in different ways, show how their culture is, that is why we will have [email protected] including the use of special decorations, lighting off fireworks, and we will have a dragon show and we to go to the French Film Festival tryouts to all students firecrackers and performing traditional dances. will have Korean and Chinese food.” SUU’s French department is to further expand his knowledge The International Student and Scholar Services hosting its annual French Film of the French language and SUU has an a cappella Jacob Ng, the executive director of the Confucius Institute, said the Chinese New Year sometimes has (ISSS) office is there to support international Festival, which started on Jan. 25 culture. club known as Thunder7 A students during their time at SUU and host events and continues through Feb. 10. “One of the reasons I would Cappella, and they are holding not been emphasized enough compared to other celebrations for other ethnic groups.