Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 11-8-2010 The Utah Statesman, November 8, 2010 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, November 8, 2010" (2010). The Utah Statesman. 188. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/188 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Students at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Utah Statesman by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 UtahThe Campus Voice tatesman SUtah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com since 1902 USU updates website to incorporate new features By KASEY VAN DYKE students. Most of the change, he ments and colleges, Admissions staff writer said, will be geared toward the and ASUSU. Renard-Wiart said future students, though those the new ASUSU page will be The USU homepage got a changes aren’t as noticeable right much better than what they had facelift this weekend which away. before. Ben Renard-Wiart, the USU “We want it to help prospec- “It’s so much better than Webmaster, said is part of a tive students discover what Utah what they had,” he said. “There’s cycle. Aside from changes in the State is about and how cool we a huge improvement here.” look and feel of the homepage, are,” he said. The new website also ties in Renard-Wiart said there is more Around 15 pages will be popular social networking and information targeted toward added to the website, including content sharing sites, such as prospective students. pages about living on campus, Blogger, Twitter, Facebook and “We wanted to give more info the history of USU and things to YouTube. As students become about USU and the great school do in Logan. There will also be more and more competent with it is,” he said. a more comprehensive calender computers and the Internet, One of the more obvious which will compile the different DeVilbiss said, the website needs changes is the wider page lay- academic and extra-curricular to evolve with them. out. Renard-Wiart said this is calenders around campus. “We have students who are because computer screens are One of the new features being very savvy when maneuvering getting wider and the website developed is a career finder around the website,” he said. needed to evolve along with tech- application. Renard-Wiart said Renard-Wiart said one way nology. the new feature, which is fairly to make the website more user A website is usually updated unique to USU, will hopefully friendly will be the different every three to five years, Renard- be available within the next two chains used on the website. Wiart explained, and the last months. Students will be able By reorganizing content and time the USU website was updat- to use the career finder to learn revamping the look, students are ed was in 2006, four years ago. about career options, what they able to find the information they USU Spokesman John DeVilbiss can do with their degree and need in less time than before. said the update was a matter of what different careers are like. Annalisa Purser, a public timing. Renard-Wiart said, “it’s a relations specialist who has also “I think of the website as a huge huge tool we’re bringing to been working on the website, home,” he said. “Like any home, the website. Very few universities said content for the updates it needs updating.” have done that.” has been coming in for about Renard-Wiart said the Many specific areas on 10 months, while work on the USU’S WEBSITE WAS updated over the weekend in order to stay streamlined with advancing tech- nology which has incorporated wider computer screens. The site now offers more features including a homepage is a marketing tool campus are also updating their pages, including several depart- career finding application, department and college updates and links to social networking sites. Statesman when it comes to prospective -See CHANGE, page 3 photo illustration Campaign encourages club involvement By JESSICA SWEAT College senators will also take the concerns and questions from staff writer their clubs to be addressed at the meetings. Fiefia said this will assure each club receives the information they need. This week, students across USU’s campus are being invited by Physical Therapy Club President Melissa Lambert said she ASUSU Diversity Vice President Kaho Fiefia to get involved and believes this may benefit her club. Lambert said while CSCO meet- “Go Clubbing.” The campaign is aimed at getting students moti- ings are only once a month, they are usually lengthy and some of vated to join a club or organization. the material would not apply to certain clubs. She said the new sys- Fiefia, who is overseeing the campaign, said when students get tem would enable clubs to be able to ask more questions and relay involved, the rewards are numerous. He said students’ college life their issues. will improve, they will make more friends and feel more a part of Also new this year is the creation of a diversity council. Fiefia USU. He also said students will have the opportunity to apply the assembled a council of individuals to help him with tasks through- knowledge learned from classes in real life. out the year. Fiefia said having a council has made his office better “The real college experience comes from being involved,” Fiefia and more efficient. Covering public relations and marketing for said. Fiefia is student Michael Brice. Brice said he is a success story when Fiefia said the campaign’s timing couldn’t be better because it it comes to “clubbing” because he used to live off campus and corresponds with the launch of USU’s new website along with the didn’t participate in many events. Brice said that he now lives on new ASUSU website. campus, got involved, and feels that everything is going much bet- College Republicans Fiefia said clubs and organizations will be represented better on ter. the new website. He said the old version looked unattractive and Student Katie Parker said being part of the club “The HURD,” celebrates success of was difficult to search. He also said the new website will provide turned out being fun and worth its fee. Parker said she would not club seekers three different ways to find a club to join. The new have joined initially if it wasn’t for her friends. search methods include alphabetically, by category, or by academic “It got me involved all over campus and made me want to attend party in 2010 midterms college. more events, especially with athletics,” said Parker. For those who cannot locate a club, Fiefia said students can cre- Lambert said her club currently charges a $5 fee because it does ate their own club as long as it enhances student life. not receive any funding from ASUSU. She said her club still func- By ASHLEY CUTLER “We want diversity in clubs,” he said. tions well without funding and the benefits of being a part of the staff writer Fiefia is also making other changes as Diversity VP. While club are worth more than the small fee. Lambert said that because The leadership committee of USU’s College Republicans gath- all clubs were required to attend Council of Student Clubs and of the physical therapy club, students can come learn more about ered Thursday night to celebrate the results of the 2010 Midterm Organizations (CSCO) meetings, Fiefia said attendance was only physical therapy and find other students who are applying for around 30 percent, meaning many clubs were not receiving neces- General Election. sary information. From now on, each college senator will attend “We’re celebrating the midterm elections because we see this CSCO meetings in place of the clubs associated with their college. -See CLUBS, page 3 as a huge shift in the way our government is going to work,” said Terry Camp, chairman of the College Republicans and political science major. The midterm elections resulted in a transfer of power from one party to another in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the CNN Politics Election Center, the Democrats kept the majority in the United States Senate, with 53 seats, but the United States House of Representatives is now dominated by Republicans, with 239 seats. They needed 218 seats to take con- trol of the House. We’re anxious to see if President Obama is going to reach out and be bipartisan, like he said he would,” Camp said, referring to President Barack Obama’s post-elections press conference Wednesday, shortly after voters ousted several Democrats from the Senate and House. “... No one party will be able to dictate where we go from here. We must find common ground in order to make progress DOZENS OF CLUBS on campus are looking forward to the opportunity to put their names out there for students and encourage them to join groups that interest them in order to become more involved at USU. 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