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CADE COOPER, SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY QUARTERBACK, is taken down by Aggie defense in the first half of Saturday’s game. USU won its first home game Saturday night. This is the first homecoming game USU has won since 2006. PATRICK ODEN photo

Offense leads USU football to Homecoming win By TIM OLSEN sports editor

After two tough games on the road to begin the year, USU opened its home schedule in style, running up, over and around in-state foe Southern Utah, 53-34, Saturday night. Junior quarterback Diondre Borel had his second straight 300yard game, completing 15-of-21 pass attempts while throwing three touchdowns. Sophomore Robert Turbin – who was No. 4 in the nation in rushing yards per game heading into the contest – had another stellar game for the Aggies as well. Turbin rushed the ball 17 times for 104 yards and a touchdown, and he also eclipsed the century mark in the receiving category, racking up 116 yards and two touchdowns on only four catches. One of those receptions came early in the first quarter off a trick play when sophomore wide receiver Stanley Morrison caught a lateral pass from Borel and then tossed a 29-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Turbin, who walked into the end zone. “We knew that the play was going to work on film,” Turbin said. “Their defense does a pretty good job of running to the ball, so we

threw the screen ball and the defense just broke that way and I was able to slip out, and I was wide open.” The touchdown gave the Aggies a 7-3 lead, a lead they would not give back to the Thunderbirds. All was not roses for the Aggies, however. USU fumbled the ball an astounding seven times against SUU, including three on special teams – all of which they lost. Those fumbles allowed the Thunderbirds to get back into the game after USU had jumped out to a 21-3 lead. SUU scored 13 points off of the three Aggie turnovers. “There’s a lot of positives from this tape and there’s a lot of negatives that we can learn from that are simply self inflicted wounds, and we need to clean that up,” said USU head coach Gary Andersen. Along with turnovers, defensive execution and penalties are other areas Andersen said the Aggies need to improve on. Despite those struggles, USU won its first Homecoming game since 2006, its first home opener since 2005 and did something it hadn’t done in 20 years. Junior speedster Michael Smith joined his backfield mate with

100 yards rushing, a feat that made Smith and Turbin the first 100yard rushing duo for Utah State since 1989. All told, USU amassed 259 yards on the ground and more than 600 yards of total offense on only 66 plays. “He’s faster, that’s why we make a great one-two punch,” Turbin said of Smith after the game. “In my opinion, I think we have similar speed, but he might have a step on me.” It was that offensive production – and balance – that helped the Aggies put 31 points on the board in the first half. But, USU found itself up only 13 at the break due to too many miscues. In the second half, more sloppy play helped the T-birds close the gap to as little as six, at 37-31, when backup running back Major Gray plowed in from five yards out with 9:12 remaining in the third quarter. Six was as close as Southern Utah would get, though, as the Aggie defense buckled down, giving up only three points over the final 24 minutes. “SUU is a tough team. They fought like crazy,” Andersen said.

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Dean appointed as vice provost for Global Engagement By KAYLA WOODRING staff writer

College of Science Dean Mary Hubbard, newly appointed vice provost for Global Engagement, will begin work to improve campus international relations and increase global awareness starting Oct. 1. “I am looking forward to working with students on campus and people across the state and at other institutions both locally and worldwide,” Hubbard said. “I look forward to sharing Utah State University with the world.” The position will require oversight of education and international activities occurring at USU as well as study abroad and international service-learning programs, Hubbard said. “I’ll be working to bring in and host international students,” Hubbard said. “We’ll work to help them with immigration and visas, help them to find housing and transportation options for their stay here as well as connect them with other students from their country.”

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Hubbard said she plans to increase the amount of global content in campus curricula so that students who do not have the chance to participate in Study Abroad programs will still leave the university with international exposure that will aid them in the growing global community. Hubbard said she believes international and Study Abroad experiences are priceless opportunities for a student’s education. She had several experiences herself as a doctoral student and did her dissertation work in Nepal and much of her post-doctoral work in Europe. She said her work as a geologist has taken her all over the world. “Study Abroad experiences are invaluable as they broaden and increase international awareness and understanding of the array of differences across the planet,” Hubbard said. “It is so important that we build these connections as the world is shrinking in so many ways and becoming a more interconnected place whether in business, science, economics or even health issues, such as the

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MARY HUBBARD, newly appointed vice provost for Global Engagement, points to a map of the world. Hubbard’s new position puts her in charge of finding opportunities for students to study abroad. ANI MIRZAKHANYAN photo

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Obama: G-20 brought economy back from brink

PITTSBURGH (AP) – World leaders on Friday issued sweeping promises to fix a malfunctioning global economic system in hopes of heading off future financial meltdowns. President Barack Obama said actions taken so far “brought the global economy back from the brink.” “We leave here today confiNEW YORK – “Saturday dent and united,” Obama said Night Live” has started the at the conclusion of a two-day season with a bang, or, more gathering of the world’s 20 top precisely, an F-bomb. economies to deal with the worst Newcomer financial crisis since the 1930s. Jenny Slate The leaders agreed to keep let the dreaded stimulus plans, which include word slip durgovernment spending and low ing a parody of interest rates, generally in place a talk show by in their respective countries biker women. SLATE for now to avoid derailing still“You know fragile recoveries. Obama had what? You stood up for yourpressed for just such a course self,” she declared, “and I and praised the decision. (expletive) love you for that.” “Our coordinated stimulus plans played an indispensable role in averting catastrophe. Now we must make sure that when growth returns, jobs do, Iran test fires too,” he said at a wrap-up news short-range missiles conference. “That’s why we will TEHRAN (AP) – State televi- continue our stimulus efforts until our people are back to sion says Iran test-fired shortwork and phase them out when range missiles during drills by our recovery is strong.” the elite Revolutionary Guard. In a statement, all the G-20 English-language Press TV leaders declared major progress reported that the missiles tested from what they called their coorwere the Fateh-110 and Tondardinated efforts and “forceful 69, but did not give specifics on response.” the range or other details. “It worked,” they said. Iran has had the solid-fuel Although many of the proFateh missile, with a range of nouncements and actions taken 120 miles (193 kilometers), for by the leaders lacked specifics or several years. details on follow-through, leadPress TV quoted a ers were bold in pronouncing Revolutionary Guard spokesman the gathering – the third G-20 saying Saturday that the exercises would involve simultaneous and consecutive launches of missiles fired at mock targets.

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LateNiteHumor Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 – Top 10 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Spending $63,500 On Dinner With Sarah Palin. 10. “Is the tip included?” 9. “Do my kids really need to go to college?” 8. “Is it ‘All the Moose You Can Eat’?” 7. “Should I prepare by reading every magazine and newspaper?” 6. “Does it have to be at the Denny’s where Todd works?” 5. ”Should we have dinner in Alaska or Russia?” 4. “Will she hunt and shoot the main course?” 3. “63 grand? That’s nearly half of her weekly wardrobe budget!” Remember that reference? 2. “Is there valet parking for my snowmobile?” 1. “Will I be done in time to get to the ‘Fire Dave’ rally?”

G-20 LEADERS MEET during the second plenary session at the G-20 summit, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, in Pittsburgh. AP photo

summit in a year – as a big success. “There was unanimity around the table that the errors of the past won’t happen again,” said French President Nicolas Sarkozy. “The old system of international economic cooperation is over. The new system, as of today, has begun,” said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, referring to a decision to enhance the status for the Group of 20 to make it the lead group for dealing with future international economic issues, eclipsing the older, Western-dominated Group of Eight. “I have the impression that we are on a successful path,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, before leaving Pittsburgh to fly back to Berlin, where she faces German voters

on Sunday. They moved to require members to subject their economic policies to the scrutiny of a peer review process that would determine whether they were “collectively consistent” with sustainable global growth. They promised tighter and more coordinated financial regulation. And, repeating pledges from G-20 summits in November and April, when financial panic was rampant, they vowed anew to “reject protectionism in all its forms.” They also went along with Obama’s push for a pledge to withdraw government subsidies from fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas linked to global warming. While issuing lofty vows, the leaders failed to define how to accomplish many of them and were quickly back to bickering

Swiss arrest famous director, Polanski, on U.S. request in sex case ZURICH (AP) – Director Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police for possible extradition to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, authorities said Sunday. Polanski was flying in to receive an honorary award at the Zurich Film Festival when he was apprehended Saturday at the airport, the Swiss Justice Ministry said in a statement. It said U.S. authorities have sought the arrest of the 76-yearold around the world since 2005. “There was a valid arrest request and we knew when he was coming,” ministry spokesman Guido Balmer told The Associated Press. “That’s why he was taken into custody.” Balmer said the U.S. would now be given time to make a formal extradition request. Polanski fled the U.S. in 1978, a year after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with the underage girl. The director of such classic films as “Chinatown” and “Rosemary’s Baby” has asked a U.S. appeals court in California to overturn a judges’ refusal to throw out his case. He claims misconduct by the now-deceased judge who had arranged a plea bargain and then reneged on it. The Swiss statement said Polanski was officially in “provisional detention for extradition,” but added that he would not be transferred to U.S. authorities until all proceedings are completed. Polanski can contest his detention and any extradition decision in the Swiss courts, it said. Polanski has faced a U.S. arrest request since

1978 and has lived for the past three decades in France, where his career has continued to flourish. He received a directing Oscar in absentia for the 2002 movie “The Pianist.” He was not extradited from France because his crime reportedly was not covered under the U.S.’s treaties with the country. In France, Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said he was “dumbfounded” by Polanski’s arrest, adding that he “strongly regrets that a new ordeal is being inflicted on someone who has already experienced so many of them.” Mitterrand’s ministry said Sunday in a statement that he is in contact with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, “who is following the case with great attention and shares the minister’s hope that the situation can be quickly resolved.” A native of France who was taken to Poland by his parents, Polanski escaped Krakow’s Jewish ghetto as a child and lived off the charity of strangers. His mother died at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp. He worked his way into filmmaking in Poland, gaining an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film in 1964 for his “Knife in the Water.” Offered entry to Hollywood, he directed the classic “Rosemary’s Baby” in 1968. But his life was shattered again in 1969 when his wife, actress Sharon Tate, and four other people were gruesomely murdered by followers of Charles Manson. She was eight months preg-

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over details. They did not suggest, for instance, how the peer review process would be enforced. And they failed to mention that previous pledges to avoid protectionism had been ignored by nearly all 20 members. Disagreements over whether China should gain voting strength in the International Monetary Fund at the expense of European nations and over global warming language marred the summit. Obama talked about actions of the G-20 as creating or saving “millions of jobs.” Yet the U.S. economy alone has lost 3.1 million jobs since January when Obama took office. Since the recession started in December, 2007, some 6.9 million jobs have disappeared. The group agreed to support

changes in the makeup of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The final statement said voting powers in the IMF “should reflect the relative weights of its members in the world economy, which have changed substantially in view of the strong growth in dynamic emerging market and developing countries.” Now, developed industrialized nations wield about 57 percent of the voting rights in the IMF to about 43 percent for developing nations. The G-20 leaders called for shifting shares from developed powers to emerging ones by at least 5 percentage points. They called for a similar shift at the World Bank. European countries, particularly France and Britain, have been resisting such changes. Said Obama: “We brought the global economy back from the brink. We laid the groundwork today for long term prosperity.” “Pittsburgh was a perfect venue for this work,” Obama said of the one-time despairing Rust Belt city. “This community has known its share of hard times. It picked itself up and dusted itself off. It serves as a model for turning the page to a 21st century.” Obama brushed off demonstrations in the city. He said they were mild compared with some in the past at international gatherings. “I fundamentally disagree with their view that the free market is the source of all ills,” he said.

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Science Unwrapped explores cosmic volcanoes Briefs Campus & Community

By LIS STEWART staff writer

People of all ages found something to catch their eye at the Cosmic Volcano presentation Friday for “Windows on the Cosmos,” hosted by the College of Science as part of the monthly program called “Science Unwrapped.” Hands-on experiments that taught simple concepts about volcanic eruptions, meteorites, convection currents, identifying rocks and the formation of the continents followed a presentation on volcanoes in the solar system at 7 p.m. Young children crowded the tables to watch and participate in some of the experiments that were led by student volunteers. While many students said they volunteered beforehand, Shannon Babb, senior in watershed and earth systems, said she got pulled into it just because she showed up early. She ran the Crater Counting exhibit. “We are teaching people how they can date craters by looking at pictures,” she said, pointing at four black and white printouts of different cratered surfaces. The more craters there are on a planet’s surface, the older it usually is, “except on Earth because of erosion,” Babb said. Teaching difficult concepts in an uncomplicated manner so that everyone, even small children, can understand was the initial challenge of the “Science Unwrapped” series, said assistant professor Shane Larson of the department of physics. Larson, who is head of the program, said the program began in January under the theme of “Mind and Body” to see if it could get going. They found that the activities after the lecture was what drew big crowds, which usually consist of parents and their children. “Kids like the hands-on experiments,” Larson said. Hanging around the Pangaea puzzles were 7-year-old Bridger and his brother, 9-year-old Elliot. Bridger said his favorite experiment was when they dissected pig hearts earlier in the year. Elliot said he enjoyed the rocket launches at last month’s activity. Blair Larsen, geology graduate student and schoolteacher, stood quietly behind the Convection Currents table as another geology graduate student explained how the red, warm water that bubbled out of the jar through the cold water in the tank represented vol-

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CAROL M. DEHLER, from the geology department, explains the structure of different types of rocks to local students as part of the ‘Science Unwrapped’ series Friday. ANI MIRZAKHANYAN photo

canic magma flowing through earth’s crust to the surface. Larsen joined the “Science Unwrapped” committee after it started and used her experience in teaching to help gear the experiments to child level, Larson said. The point, Larsen said, is that children and parents will bring home something to talk about. “We try to have activities where we have multiple ranges of ages,” Larsen said. “We hope it is stimulating conversations at home where the kids are asking their parents questions and learning.” In the lecture, which lasted for nearly an hour, attendees were taught by geophysicist Tony Lowry, assistant professor in the department of geology. Comparing a volcanic eruption to a hot air-balloon ride, he guided his students on a virtual tour of some of the universe’s volcanic wonders. Jupiter’s moon Io is the hottest in the solar system, he said. Io’s pizza-like surface was formed by deposits left by 3,000 degrees Celsius lava flow. He covered subjects such as the 30-year debate on Mercury’s possible volcanism, the Moon’s formation and Mars. Lowry had a question in the form

Ag Week kicks off By CANDICE MATTSON staff writer

Students from the College of Agriculture met with President Stan Albrecht Friday afternoon to present him a gift and to signal the start of Ag Week. Ag Week is a week-long list of events hosted by the College of Agriculture from Sept. 25 through Oct.2. The gift presented to Albrecht was an Ag Week T-shirt and a basket of food products representing different areas of agriculture from Utah. Amy Petersen, Ag senator and senior in agriculture education, thanked Albrecht for his support. Petersen briefly explained the progress in the college, which included new recruitment to encourage students to come to USU. Albrecht accepted the basket and mentioned the new agriculture building that will be built on the Quad. “I want all of you to turn around and look east for just a moment. Imagine what it’s going to be like next May when we do a ground breaking for the new Ag building,” he said. The building will replace the current Agricultural Science Building, Petersen added later. The ceremony is a yearly tradition to kick off Ag Week. Ag Week focuses on events that defines the college, and all seven colleges at the university get a week to celebrate, Petersen said. “Because we are the land-grant university, the College of Ag always has the rights to the first college week,” she said. “This year, we’re trying to focus a lot on the diversity of Ag.” Petersen added they wanted to focus on the different areas of the college that demonstrate their diversity, such as dietetics, family and consumer science, plant science and business. The theme for this year’s Ag Week, according to Utah State Today, is “We’re True Aggies (no kissing required).” “It goes back to the roots of Utah State because Utah State was the

Agriculture College of Utah,” said Ailina Smith, sophomore in ornamental horticulture. “We’re kind of the beginnings of Utah State back in 1888 when it was established.” Petersen said the theme came from the idea that the College of Agriculture are the True Aggies because of its history. Petersen said there are many ways for everyone to get involved in Ag Week. On Monday, there will be a tractor parade. It will honor the eight students and the professor who, while on a field trip in 2005, all died in a van crash. Eleven tractors will be brought to campus to symbolize those involved in the crash, nine will be left on campus. Petersen also mentioned that anyone wanting to participate should meet at the stadium parking lot before the parade at 1:30 p.m. On Monday night, there will be a movie shown at the South Farm pavilion on Highway 89-91 in Wellsville. The movie will be “Taken.” On Tuesday, there will be an opening social at 6 p.m. at the Agriculture Systems Technology and Education shop 1498 N. 800 East. Petersen said Day on the Quad will be Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature a variety of activities and food. There will also be a service project in the International Lounge in the Taggart Student Center (TSC) called Ag in the Classroom. At 9 p.m. there will be country swing dancing at the Fun Park, 255 E. 1770 North. On Thursday, there will be a donut eating contest at 11 a.m. on the TSC Patio. There will be a chuck wagon breakfast on the TSC Patio Friday morning starting at 8:30. To cap the week off, there will be a rodeo held Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Cache County Fairgrounds. “Everyone is welcome to everything that we do. If you just want to come check it out, please come,” Petersen said. –candice.m@aggiemail.usu.edu

of a puzzle for each subject studied, which created audience participation, keeping even the youngest children in their seats. When the lecture ended people hurried out to the Eccles Science Learning Center atrium for the hands-on experiments. “Stump the geologist” was another activity people lined up for after the lecture. Participants were invited beforehand to bring rocks of their own that needed identifying. Geology volunteers were at tables with the other experiments in the atrium to shed some light on people’s mystery rocks. Nathan Giles, senior in geoarchaeology, examined a softball-size conglomerate rock with little crystals jutting out the side. “You can tell by the color it’s got a lot of iron in it,” he said. Giles’ children and their cousins, the Carters, were sprawled on a couch in the atrium by the end of the night. “I like science,” said 7-year-old Parker Carter. Carter had a painted bat on his face like a mask and big smile as he talked about studying rocks in his backyard. Andie Giles, 8, said she has a rock collection.

“I liked the craters,” she said. Impact craters made by meteorites were simulated by having participants throw rocks into trays filled with a mixture of flour and Nesquik powder. Chessie Carter, 10, and Mackayl Giles, 5, said their favorite part of the evening was the volcano experiment. A homemade volcano experiment consisting of vinegar and baking soda spewed out of a man-made volcanic mount attracted throngs of children and parents alike. Children were given a chance to pour the baking soda into the dish of red-dyed vinegar, which caused it to bubble and fizz over the sides. “Windows on the Cosmos” will end Oct. 30 with a presentation about what Albert Einstein called “ripples in space-time,” according to the College of Science’s Web site. The get-together, at 7 p.m. in USU’s Performance Hall, will feature a multimedia performance by composer, musician and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo. “Science is something we think we can have everyone embrace,” Larson said. –la.stewart@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Educator and scholar Kathleen Flake looks at the 19th century practice of plural marriage within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 2009 Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture. The title of Flake’s lecture is “The Emotional and Priestly Logic of Plural Marriage.” The lecture, sponsored by Utah State University’s Special Collections and Archives in the Merrill-Cazier Library, the Leonard J. Arrington Lecture and Archives Foundation and USU’s College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, will take place Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. The lecture is free and all are invited. For USU students, the lecture is an “Aggie Passport” activity. In her lecture, Flake will look at a time in the 19th century when, like so much else in the new nation, traditional understandings of the relationship between the sexes were challenged by many Americans. College students from throughout the region who attend the lecture can participate in the Arrington Lecture Writing competition. Entry forms and details are available at the lecture. Those looking for more information on the 2009 Arrington Lecture should contact USU’s Special Collections and Archives at 797-2663.

Aggies invited to submit best photos All USU students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in the College of Natural Resources Nature Photo Contest. All entries will be displayed Oct. 5-8 in the International Lounge of the TSC during Natural Resources Week. Photos may be submitted in the following three categories: 1) Wildlife; 2) Landscapes and Scenery and 3) People in Nature. There is no cost to enter and participants can enter as many photos as they wish in any or all of the categories. Submissions should be framed or matted, with the photo prints no larger than 8” x 10” in size. Entrants should bring their submissions to the CNR Academic Service Center, Room 120, in the Natural Resources Building. Each entry should include the entrant’s name, phone number, e-mail address or best method of contact on the back of the photo. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m. Following the contest, participants can retrieve their entries beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at the CNR Academic Service Center, NR 120. For more information, contact Michael Butkus at michael.butkus@ usu.edu or 797-2473.

Prospective nursing student meeting today MARY HUBBARD will start her position as vice provost for Global Engagement Oct. 1. Hubbard said she hopes to make the Study Abroad program available for everyone. ANI MIRZAKHANYAN photo

H1N1 flu.” Hubbard said one of her priorities as she takes the new position is to make Study Abroad more available to students by working to establish more scholarships as well as partnership exchange programs with foreign universities. Partnership exchange programs reduce costs as two institutions exchange students rather than taking on additional students. “My hope is that we can make Study Abroad programs available to everyone, regardless of economic background,” Hubbard said. Hubbard said she believes having students on campus from various world nations will also enrich global and cultural understanding among students, who will have the opportunity to interact with international students. “We do a lot to celebrate heritage and want to pull in students from all across campus to share in this,” Hubbard said. “It helps that the local culture has created a unique composition of students who have had international experiences and who fluently speak foreign languages on this campus.” Hubbard said she has done a lot to increase international research and relations and hopes to continue to do so as vice provost as well as work to do the same in other fields of study. “I’m now focusing on international affairs where it used to be science and international affairs, so at first it felt like the scope of my work was narrowing,” Hubbard said. “But as I started to become familiar with the position, I realized I was actually broadening my work because now I get to work with people from all disciplines.” On Thursday, Hubbard will leave her position as dean of the College of Science and begin her work as vice provost for Global Engagement. She said she is excited to move forward in the new position. –kayla.may.w@aggiemail.usu.edu

Prospective applicants to the Weber State University/USU Cooperative Nursing Program are encouraged to attend a preapplication orientation meeting Monday, Sept. 28, from 5:30-7 p.m. on campus. The gathering will be held in Room 154 of the Merrill-Cazier Library. Applications will be available for the fall 2010 registered nursing program. “This meeting, while not mandatory for admission, is a helpful way to learn about the next admissions cycle and preparations that need to be made for application to the program,” says Yvonne Kobe, pre-health adviser in USU’s biology department. “Admissions officers from WSU will be available to explain the application process and answer questions.” For more information, students should contact WSU nursing program admissions officer Doug Watson at 801-626-6128 or healthprofessions@weber.edu.

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“That is what you get when you play a team full of Utah kids. They should be proud of themselves.” Senior quarterback Cade Cooper led the Tbirds, completing 24-of-48 passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns. The BYU transfer also ran the ball well, rushing for 45 yards on the night. The Aggies now must fix their miscues quickly as they have a short week before a big game with another in-state foe, No. 19 BYU, Friday night. Last season USU spotted the Cougars – ranked No. 8 at the time – 24 first quarter points before Borel replaced Sean Setzer and led USU on two scoring drives. Over the final three quarters the Aggies outscored BYU 14-10, and Utah State hopes to replicate the performance in 2009.

“We have a lot of work ahead of us, but we’ll come back tomorrow swinging,” Andersen said. Much of that work will be spent shoring up a defense that is giving up 486 yards of offense a game. The Aggies, however, did show improvement against SUU, only giving up 367 yards to the Thunderbirds after allowing an average of 546 yards to their first two opponents. “I think a lot of it is mental, honestly,” said senior safety James Brindley. “We’re making strides every week, I think (consistency) is just one thing we need to focus on this weekend and prepare and work a little harder this week on being consistent.” –t.olsen@aggiemail.usu.edu

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USU RUNNING BACK ROBERT TURBIN tries to gain extra yardage against Southern Utah University at the Homecoming game Saturday. Turbin was No. 4 in the nation in rushing yards per game heading into Saturday’s game. TODD JONES photo

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Ants, wasps and flies ... Oh my! USU’s bug collections varied and visual

By APRIL ASHLAND staff writer

There are 2 million insects in the USU bug collection, collected since the school opened in the 1800s, according to USU Entomologist and assistant professor James Pitts. The collection is housed in the Biology and Natural Resources Building on the second floor. The collection has insects from around the world, including Mongolia, China, Madagascar, India and Russia. “We have insects from every continent, from every country in South America and every state in the U.S.” Pitts said. The insects range from Hercules Beetles to wasps. The collection is actually a group of collections in many forms. There are numerous cases of insects that are a part of the master collection, including a section for bees alone. The collection started as a closet with insects on pins but is now very large. The collection has been used as a research tool

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since the 1960s, according to the biology department. Pitts has collected thousands of insects for the Hymenoptera, or ants, bees and wasp collection since he started working for the department and collects wasps mostly in desert regions. Pitts said he would like to see more Hercules Beetles in the collection but would also like to see a couple rare species of wasps from Madagascar join the collection as well. Pitts’ five favorite insects in the collection are velvet ants, spider wasps, ants, antlions and flies.

Pitt said Velvet ants are found in many places, including Logan and Brigham City. They can be collected by the thousands, Pitts said, with the use of a lantern. Velvet ants have bright colors that warn everyone they’re chemically protected. They’re also parasitoids on wasps, he said. Parasitoids are parasites that kill the host they live on. When velvet ants are collected at night with a lantern or light source, it means thousands of wasps have died. “There are about 9,000 species of velvet ants, twice as many as mammals and there are only four of us in the world who study them,” Pitts said. There are also about 9,000 species of spider wasps, and six people throughout the world study them. Spider wasps have different behaviors, Pitts said. Some of them drag the spider to

the spider’s own nest, some of them fly the spider to a mud nest in the wall, and some clip the spider’s legs off so they can fly with them easier. “Spider wasps are interesting from an evolutionary standpoint. Some live together and show some level of sociality. We then ask what behaviors do you need in your repertoire to be able to evolve some level of sociality?” Pitts said. Some spider wasps are huge and eat tarantulas. But there are also small spider wasps as well, which shows a great level of diversity. Spider wasps are also parasitoids, living outside the host and incapacitating it. Ants are predators, social creatures and seed dispersers. Few insects disperse seeds rather than pollinating. Ants are everywhere, and Pitts thinks they are one of the most interesting insects in the collection. There are about 9,000 species of ants, but there are thousands of people who study them because of their evolutionary importance, Pitts said. “Computer questions can be answered by ants. Some ants can only communicate four or

- See INSECTS, page 8

Social networking takes USU by storm By CATHERINE MEIDELL assistant news editor

Facebook is like a tornado, sweeping the nation’s social networking institutions, taking USU students, faculty and staff along for the ride. According to The New York Times’ online business description, Facebook is an online community that was started specifically for Harvard students by Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. It has since become an online world that many Aggies rely on as a source of relationship maintenance. USU faculty and staff are finding that the best way to get information through to students and all USU followers is through the Internet – three sites being most dominant: Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The Nielson Company, a marketing and media information agency, stated in its September 2009 Consumer Insight report that Facebook’s traffic is up 200 percent while Twitter’s is up 1,500 percent from last year. USU student participation in networking is assisting in the growth. In April 2009, the USU Facebook fan page had 1,876 supporters, said Sarah Reale, public relations specialist and keeper of the keys in accessing USU’s Facebook pages. Currently, the number of fans has reached almost 6,300 and the number is growing at a steady pace. Reale said the number of fans skyrockets when someone is consistently updating the page with current events that give students a reason to check the page. “The more active we are, the more active they are, truthfully,” Reale said. USU faculty, staff and clubs are catching on to the Facebook trend, realizing that the best way to reach students is through their computer screens. Reale said the Admissions Office decided USU needed to have a presence on Facebook because it’s the best way to create domino effects of information to the students. It is the most efficient way to get information out to students, she said, because regular Facebook check ups have become a necessity for college students. Because last week was Homecoming, USU’s Facebook page exploded with commentaries on the unfolding events. Reale said most of the comments posted were positive, in part because she deletes the lewd ones. She also said she updates the page two to three times a day and tries to cater one a day to alumni, one to current students and the last as a news post. Reale said she has noticed that creating fewer all encompassing Facebook groups would be more successful than the groups students attempt to make popular on their own. She said she believes the group USU Housing started should have asked to combine its information with the general page, which would have made its networking goal more sufficient. “A lot of people are jumping on the Facebook bandwagon, but they aren’t doing it in the right way,” Reale said. Jeremy Jensen, video producer and director for public relations and marketing, said without the impact of Facebook, USU’s YouTube channel would not be doing nearly as well. He said the best way for YouTube videos to be viewed is through links embedded in Facebook and blogs by students. When this type of circulation happens effectively the video content “spreads virally” and is “opened up to the rest of the world so a lot of people can bump into it,” Jensen said. Jensen has been administrator over the USU YouTube channel for a year and a half, taking over for Steve von Niederhausern who started the channel in 2007. There are 71 videos available on USU’s YouTube channel, some having more than 10,000 views. Jensen said an imperative way to make videos more accessible is the tags they are given. The tags most often given to the videos are “college life,” “college fun,” “Aggies” and “USU.” By giving the tags broad topics, the videos accumulate more traffic, Jensen said. He said YouTube is a great marketing resource, especially for freshmen deciding on which university to attend. Another perk is that YouTube users will look up one video to watch and by the end of their search be watching something completely different. This gives all YouTube videos

the chance of being viewed without being sought after, Jensen said. “YouTube is just another way to take advantage of the media. It’s free, that’s the beauty of it,” Jensen said. Not all students are intrigued by the boom of social networking and even find it sad to see the lives of so many of their peers become devoted to the Internet. Sophomore biology major Ross Wade finds social aspects of the Internet unnecessary, especially Facebook. He said Facebook is an “impersonal” and “detached” way to form and maintain relationships. He said it bothers him that many users have dozens of strangers added as friends. Wade said USU does not need to rely on social media to get information out, saying fliers are equally useful and convenient to gather information. “Facebook has been more of a culture than a conduit for contact. It’s been carried away, like when people are having fights on Facebook, it’s ridiculous. If I have an issue with someone, I want to speak with them personally. Online messages can blow up, even something that may not be a big deal,” Wade said. Other students on campus are eagerly working through Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to reach as many students as possible for numerous causes. Alan Dangerfield, junior in public relations and graphic design, is one student in a group that is creating a commercial about saving higher education that will be

broadcast across campus later this year. The project is being led by Associated Students of Utah State University Vice President Spencer Lee, and USU has been assigned to represent the financial issues of Utah’s public universities through the commercial. Dangerfield said he and the others working on the commercial hope to encourage students to send their concerns about university finances to Utah congress members. Multiple inspirational videos will be made and two of them will be uploaded to YouTube, Dangerfield said. Like Jensen, Dangerfield said the saving higher education videos will not receive enough viewers without the impact Facebook will make dispersing them. He finds that it is the perfect way for him to shoot it out and receive information rapidly. “Why isn’t Facebook beneficial? Think of the things you can do with Facebook. I have pictures from events I don’t even remember going to because my friends tagged me in them, and I think it’s fun and flattering to be stalked,” Dangerfield said. With 1,045 friends, sophomore broadcast journalism major Ryan Baylis utilizes Facebook as a promotional tool. His Facebook account is

- See FACEBOOK, page 8

No detail too small in Switzerland

THE OBERHOFEN CASTLE is one of the many places Jenny Young visited during her Study Abroad experience in Switzerland. Read Aggies Around the World on page 8 for her story. photo courtesy JENNY YOUNG

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THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES brings USU alumni who have made a name for themselves to the university. The series is scheduled for the second Friday of every month. TYLER LARSON photo

Distinguished Alumni series is a way for students to look into their future By KUNIKO POOLE staff writer

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences executive director of development Dave Patel sat at a table in his office on the third floor of the Old Main Building and explained the benefits gained by USU students if they attend the Distinguished Alumni series, which was started last year by college Dean Yolanda Flores Niemann. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason we focus on alumni, rather than just great people in general, is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way for students to say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;That guy was me â&#x20AC;Ś a former political science majorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or whatever it is,â&#x20AC;? Patel said. The series brings USU alumni who have made a name for themselves in the outside world back to the university to speak to students. Patel said the university does not pay them to travel or to speak, however. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They come because they went to Utah State and they want to give back,â&#x20AC;? he said. Patel said last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speakers included Jeremy Pugh, editor of Salt Lake magazine and journalism graduate; and Catherine Goodman, English graduate and the current national marketing director for Summit Financial Resources, a company based in Salt Lake City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to get as diverse a group of â&#x20AC;Ś alumni as possible to show our current students whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open once they leave,â&#x20AC;? Patel said. He said the series last year was scheduled at different times, and it created problems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of the challenge last year was that because it was our first time, it was a little bit haphazard to see when we could connect story and speaker,â&#x20AC;? Patel said. This year the coordinators solved the problem by scheduling the series on the second Friday of every month, rather than seeing when speakers are available. Nathan Alder spoke on Sept. 8 and was the first speaker for this year. Alder graduated from USU in 1991 with a history major and economics minor and

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Dreams of the Swiss become reality When students go abroad, they never tell you about the time they sat in a classroom halfway across the world. That’s not what leaves the impact. Switzerland. Looking back, it seems like my time there was a dream. Did I really wake up to the Alps ringing with the sound of cow bells? Did I read ghost stories in the meadow where Mary Shelley wrote “Frankenstein?” Did I take off my shoes and walk the pilgrimage of St. James’ Way? Did I touch the Oberhofen dungeon walls where a prisoner counted off the days he’d spent there? The pictures say I did. The loads of Swiss chocolate I brought home seem to confirm the memory. People ask me what I liked about Switzerland the most. I could no sooner pick a thread from my favorite sweater. It was the combination of many equally wonderful moments that made it so special. The first thing I noticed was how clean Switzerland was. It doesn’t have random bits of trash along the sidewalks. Even its large semi-trucks were spotless. On the bus ride to our hotel, I kept saying to my friend how pretty it was. Switzerland looks like every picture I’ve ever seen of it. O bv io us l y, there were going to be big cultural differences but there were some things I could not get used to. I was never at ease in JENNY YOUNG the cash-based society. People in Switzerland don’t typically use credit cards and much of their cash is in large coins. So every time I went to buy

something, I’d juggle pulling exact change out of my wallet with the items I wanted to buy while trying to determine how much it was going to cost (no sales tax). I never expected to have culture shock when I came home. It should have seemed natural. The hardest part was adjusting to the massive size of our Wal-Mart and traveling in cars as opposed to trains. Even large, busy stores in Switzerland seem compact and intimate. Something a lot of people don’t know is that there are three different official languages in Switzerland: French, Italian and German. From what I understand the Swiss German is rather different from that spoken in Germany, though. I spent the majority of my time on the French speaking side, though most people speak English. In fact, it is normal for most citizens to be fluent in three different languages. It is also normal for signs, menus and even grocery item labels to be in three different languages. While in Basel, Switzerland, we went to the Paper Mill Museum. We learned how it made paper in “ye olden days” from scraps of cloth that had been pounded in to pulp. I even was able to make my own paper. And the architecture. Everything is built with intent. No detail is too small. I took so many pictures of doors. They were all so ornate. They build their homes to last centuries and we build them to last 30 years. While in Leysin, we visited a wooden house that was older than the U.S. Constitution. You can see in every stone that is laid and every carving that these peo-

FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND IS an example of the complex and distinctive architecture found in Switzerland. photo courtesy JENNY YOUNG

ple build with their hands. They take care in choosing every piece of material they place. Something that is quintessentially Swiss is the cow fights. Farmers exploit the natural tendencies of this particular strain of cow. The females fight for queen of the herd and these particular cows are not only agitated by being in a pasture with other unfamiliar cows and have not been milked, but they are pregnant. Irritability takes over and they fight. It’s intense. They are fenced in only by a wall of squishy humans. However, it is not a fight to the death. Every cow that is injured is immediately pulled from the arena. By arena, I mean a grass meadow that sits at a 35-degree angle. We also had the opportunity to go to the Callier chocolate factory. The Swiss takes its chocolate very seriously. Callier actually does not even export its chocolate. It like to keep the best for itself. While we were at the factory we were able to do extensive taste testing. I’ve never eaten so much chocolate in my life.

Facebook: Students take advantage of networks -continued from page 6 less about popularity and more about USU student involvement on campus, he said. Baylis takes it upon himself to inform the student population and the majority of his Facebook use is through his cell phone. He said it makes it convenient to be online for a large portion of the day. The day of the foam dance on the HPER field, Baylis sent an event notification to all of his friends. Within hours, he had 300 attending guests. Baylis found that it is now possible to tag friends to status updates and events, which can create even more campus circulation. Baylis has a Twitter account and said he believes it is a reasonably useful networking system; however, it cannot compare to Facebook. “Twitter is going to fail because Facebook is going to eat it,” Baylis said. New venues for Aggie

Connection are popping up all over social networking sites. Groups to join on Facebook are as diverse as “Boys at USU suck!!!!” and “USU GLBTA

(Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allies) Services.” Benjamin Bielefeld, junior and theatre design major, is a Facebook group administrator

for non-mormons. He said he started the group as a joke to counteract the plethora of LDS groups and it was initially put on a hidden setting.

stream religion” to feel a sense of belonging, though this was not his initial goal. Students who are not interested in converting to Mormonism often feel pressured by the flocks of LDS members residing in Logan and the group is a way to find others who feel the same way. The amount of time USU students spend on Facebook has gradually built an online campus community. It even led a group of protesters to support saving higher education last year. Reale said Danielle Babbel started a Facebook group to create awareness about USU’s financial issues after the budget cuts took effect. Reale said none of the students knew about the financial changes illustration by Jason vonGermeten until Babbel started the page and ultimately created a movement “Then about a month later of 6,000 passionate students we made it public. The next day fighting for their education at over 80 people joined it. It was the state capital building in Salt just crazy,” Bielefeld said. Lake City. He said the group is a way – catherine.meidell@aggiemail. for those not in Logan’s “mainusu.

There was a medieval festival going on at the Gruyere Castle while we were there. While there, members of the company asked for volunteers to participate in some medieval dances. Myself and about fifteen others from our group jumped at the opportunity. Though Switzerland is by no means a third world country, it taught me how much I take for granted – free restrooms and Clean Air Acts, for instance. The Swiss do not live to work, as many Americans do. While the cities are not slow, their lifestyle is to take time to enjoy what they do. They have taught me that I need not be in such a rush to reach my destination but to enjoy the scenery. I know that’s clich, but being among a different culture in a foreign country helps you to appreciate what is going on in your life. Traveling abroad should be a requirement for everyone.

Jenny Young was a Study Abroad student. She also works for the Office of International Students and Scholars

Insects: A vast collection -continued from page 6 five things to their sister, but they can go out and raid, they can build nests, they can do all these complicated things. How can something that simple be put together to give you something complicated?” Pitts said. These are the kinds of questions people try to answer through studying ants. Antlions are insects that live in mostly desert regions. They are found in Cache Valley, as well as in places like Arizona. Antlions are not well studied. Some make traps but most don’t, Pitts said. Antlions are foragers. They look for food rather than sit and wait. “Many antlions forage beneath soil. Whenever they get under the prey they yank it under the sand and eat it,” Pitts said. Flies are considered pests in many places, but Pitts finds them interesting for many reasons. “Animals die or deposit feces and flies get rid of all that stuff. If we didn’t have flies we would have piles of dead animals and feces all over the place,” Pitts said. They can also be used in forensics, because they can tell when someone was murdered based on the maggots in them. “I’m interested in flies that have been duped into pollinating plants. For bees to pollinate, the plant offers pollen, which is their food and nectar for sugar. Many flowers have tricked flies into pollinating them, but the fly doesn’t get anything out of the deal,” Pitts said. Flies that pollinate flowers don’t get food or nectar and often get trapped instead, sometimes for days, in a flower that smells bad. “I find that interesting. We think of flowers as pretty and smelling sweet and yet we have flowers that have evolved to trick flies into pollinating them. How do they do that? They look and smell like rotting meat.” Pitts said. While Pitts has gathered thousands of wasps for the bug collection, he doesn’t collect whatever insects he finds remotely interesting. “Some entomologists are stamp collectors. They like to collect stamps and coins and that and this, and they also like to collect insects, and they put them on pins and put them in museums, but they don’t do anything with them. I collect the insects that I’m specifically after to answer questions about geological events or evolutionary behavior, so I get irritable about people collecting just to collect,” he said. – april.ashland@aggimail.usu.edu

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Big Blue in mascot bowl BY USU ATHLETICS

USU’s dynamic duo SOPHOMORE ROBERT TURBIN, 6, continued his consecutive 100-yard rushing game streak, tallying 104 yards Saturday against SUU. PATRICK ODEN photo

By ADAM NETTINA staff writer

For the first quarter of Saturday’s Homecoming football game, Utah State was close to perfect. The Aggies swarmed on defense, were nearly flawless in their execution on offense and played with the confidence and swagger of a team not seen in Logan in over a decade. Then things started to unravel. The defense let up. The offense put the ball on the ground. Suddenly, whispers of “here we go again” quietly reverberated before a stunned Homecoming crowd. And while the Aggies (1-2) would ultimately prevail 53-34 over Southern Utah (1-3) to give Gary Andersen his first win as a Football Bowl Subdivision head coach, the Thunderbirds exposed Some serious flaws in Andersen’s team – at one point coming within six points of the Aggies during the third quarter. Even amid a slew of second and third quarter miscues – including seven total USU fumbles and eight penalties – Utah State fought its way past in-state foe, riding the two-headed monster of running backs Robert Turbin and Michael Smith to provide the late game spark to silence the Thunderbird comeback attempt. All told, Smith and Turbin accounted for 380 total yards, over half of the entire USU offensive output on the evening. The Aggies’ 604 total yards of offense was the ninth highest singlegame total in school history, and the most for the team since a 2001 win over Weber State. After the game, Andersen spelled out just how important the two running backs were for his team, and

how vital they will be for the continued success of Utah State’s offense this season. “They are both very talented young men and people at any level – I don’t care where we’re at or who we’re playing – they are going to have a hard time catching those backs when they get into the clear,” he said. Smith and Turbin didn’t just hurt the Thunderbirds on the ground, they showed off a tremendous amount of versatility and athleticism in the receiving game as well. In addition to 104 rushing yards, Turbin had four catches for 116 yards and two scores, including a swing pass, which he took 77-yards to the endzone. Smith finished with two grabs for 60 yards, with 54 of those yards coming on a first-quarter touchdown reception from quarterback Diondre Borel. The emergence of Smith as a complementary back to Turbin has been a major factor in Utah State’s offensive success through three games this season. “The coaches think Mike and I make a great one-two punch,” Turbin said. “He’s a great back and really fast. He’s starting to learn a little more patience, and I think that’s why he was able to break some runs today. He was patient with the ball and found some creases. He did a great job today.” While it was clear to the 18,472 fans in attendance at Romney Stadium that Turbin and Smith’s athleticism bailed the Aggies out of some critical situations Saturday night, both backs credit the play-calling of offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin in setting them up for success. Baldwin’s offense, which features different formations ranging from the classic wishbone to

the ubiquitous five-wide receiver look, creates inherent matchup problems for defenses, which often lose track of the speedy playmakers during pre-snap shuffles. Smith said the various looks were extremely helpful in setting up USU’s offense – as well as he and Turbin – for success against Southern Utah. “It’s very important,” Smith said. “It keeps the defense on their toes so that they don’t know what’s going on. (Robert and I) line up at receiver, we line up in the backfield ... it keeps them on their toes and keeps them guessing.” “We like to use a lot of formations and we like to shift,” Turbin said. “What we try to do is catch the defense off guard so things open up for Mike and I.” Andersen admits that his team is still a work in progress, and said the defense is still prone to playing in spurts. Yet even while the Aggies continue to try to find their way under the first year headman, one thing is certain. As long as the combination of thunder and lightning grace the Aggie backfield, the remainder of the 2009 season will continue to see the development of an offense, and a team, with a mindset focused on nothing short of weekly improvement. “We’ll take a lot of positives from this football game and we’ll learn from our negatives,” said Andersen. “Where we are in this process – and when – is something we’re going to cherish ... but it’s definitely a stepping stone.” – adam.nettina@aggiemail.usu.edu

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Ags fall to No. 18 Cougars in Provo By STEVE CRASS staff writer

After an impressive victory over Utah in an elite stadium, the Utah State Aggies were humbled Saturday when they lost to No. 18 BYU in Provo, 3-0. The Aggies (5-5-1) had a hard fight against the Cougars (8-2-1), keeping them scoreless for the first 10 minutes. “We came out against a very good BYU team, one of the best in the country, and we knew that the first 10 minutes were going to be the most important because BYU traditionally comes out very strong,” said USU head coach Heather Cairns. The Cougars scored back-to-back goals within two minutes of each other and then held the Aggies to a shutout for the win. The goals came in the 12th and 14th minute marks, and another goal for BYU was scored off a penalty kick in the 63rd minute. The Aggies, who had lost a serious amount of momentum very early in the game, still didn’t give up hope heading into the second half, Cairns said. After some quick changes, the overall performance improved drastically against the Cougars. This helped the team improve in a way that will better them for their upcoming confer-

ence schedule. “(In) the second half we made some adjustments, changed our formation, and I thought we did a lot better. We limited their shots to only five in the period, which was a great improvement from the first half,” Cairns said. “We just came up short, but we feel like we improved on some things that can now prepare us for conference, specifically how to defend outside mids. We have confidence, and we know how to play in our system. Tonight we figured out what didn’t work in our system, which is good as well, and we just keep evolving as a team.” One definite highlight of the game was goalkeeper Molli Merril, who ended the match with eight saves. USU was out shot by the Cougars 183, challenging BYU with two shots in the second half. The Aggies now return home for their first home match since Sept. 6. The Aggies will take on Idaho State Thursday before taking on Nevada Sunday in Reno, Nev., as the Aggies open defense of their Western Athletic Conference regular-season title with their first league match. “We love playing at home,” Cairns said. “Our team does well at home. We have a lot of energy and our fans our fantastic, so we’re really looking forward to being back.” –steven.crass@aggiemail.usu.edu

SHANTEL FLANARY, 7, tries to work around an Oklohoma State player during the Aggies game in Logan. PATRICK ODEN photo

Utah State’s mascot, “Big Blue,” will be participating in the sixth annual Mascot Bowl on Monday, Sept. 28, presented by Lehi High School Sports Marketing and Best Buy. This event is designed to raise money for the “Firemen and Friends for Kids” charity, established to offer underprivileged children the opportunity to shop for presents at Christmas time. This event has been a huge success in the past and promises to be even better this year offering plenty of fun entertainment and activities for the entire family. “This is such a fun event, and it’s for a great cause. We’re excited and honored to be a part of this great event again. We’ve gone every year and had a blast every time,” said Linda Zimmerman, USU mascot and spirit squad head coach. “Big Blue” will be joining the mascot team featuring “Bear” of the Utah Jazz, “Grizbee” of the Utah Grizzlies, “Swoop” from the University of Utah, Brigham Young University’s “Cosmo,” “Rocky” from the Rocky Mountain Raceway, Weber State University’s “Waldo, “Leonardo” from Real Salt Lake, “Chief” of the Utah Blaze and the Salt Lake Bees’ “Bumble.” This year the Mascot team will include one NFL mascot from the Denver Broncos, “Miles,” and four mascots from the NBA: the Phoenix Suns’ “Gorilla,” “Boomer,” from the Indiana Pacers, “Blaze” from the Portland Trailblazers and “Crunch” from the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Lehi Little League football team will be taking on the All-Star Mascot team, coached by celebrity coaches Kyle Beckerman and Chris Wingert, Real Salt Lake Soccer Stars. Celebrity quarterbacks for the Mascots include Aaron Boone, former NFL player and wide receiver for the Utah Blaze. In addition to the game, activities will include photo and autograph opportunities with the mascots, Jazz Dancers, celebrity coaches, and quarterbacks. Entertainment will feature the Nuskin Jazz Dancers along with the Lehi High Cheer and Drill teams and The University of Utah’s’ Stunt Team. There will be food, prizes, giveaways, contests, a silent auction, fireworks, and many different games and activities for every member of the family. Festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m. with an autograph session with mascots and celebrities. Fireworks will cap off the evening’s activities. Tickets are $3 a piece, (children two and under are free,) and can be purchased in advance at the Lehi High School Financial office, Scrooge and Marley’s in Lehi, or at the gate the night of the event. Lehi High School is located at 180 N. 500 East in Lehi, just west off the freeway.

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16-10 leave. After a timeout by head coach Grayson DuBose, USU began to fight back, eventually tying it up at 18-18. From Utah State women’s volthat point the Ags refused to leyball team moved to 0-2 in give up the lead again, going on conference play with a five-set a 7-2 run. The set ended with loss against Louisiana Tech another Fowles assist, this time Saturday night (22-25, 24-26, to junior Danielle Taylor, spiked 25-22, 25-20, 6-15). the ball down for the kill, endSophomore Liz McArthur ing the set 25-20. had a career-high Taylor is trying to 24 kills against earn her starting the Bulldogs, spot back after twice as many as a season ending teammate Katie •Liz McArthur ankle injury last set another Astle who also season. had a careercareer-high in The deciding high with 12 fifth set, which is kills. McArthur’s kills with 24. only played to 15, •Christina career-night was won almost didn’t end with Morrill had a immediately by the kills, she game-high 26 the Bulldogs after also tied her they jumped out digs. career-high in to a 5-0 lead. digs with 12. •USU has now Their lead was Junior Christina lost three of soon double digMorrill had a four after a five- its at 13-3, and game high 26 LTU eventually digs in the match, game winning won the set, 15-6. and although the After falling to 8-6 overall Aggies had players on top of and 0-2 in conference play USU almost all statistical categories they were unable to fight off the looks to even out its record with its first home conference Bulldogs. games against San Jose State For only the third time this season USU lost its first set (22- Thursday. USU will also host Boise State Saturday, with both 25) and after a hard fought secgames starting at 7 p.m. at the ond set loss (24-26) the Aggies Spectrum. looked like they were going to – c.h.j@aggiemail.usu.edu get swept in three sets for the second straight match. The Ags rallied back in the third set, ending it at 25-22 with a McArthur kill off a nice set by junior Chelsea Fowles. Fowles ended the day with a match high 55 assists, 10 below her career-high, which came during her freshman year against Nevada. The fourth set was neck and neck until at 12-10, when USU allowed the Bulldogs four straight points giving them a By CONNOR JONES sports senior writer

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USU’S KASSI HARGROVE, 8, sets up teammate Katie Astle, 7, during the Aggies home match against Idaho. PATRICK ODEN photo

USU’S TANNER HIGHAM attempts a putt Friday during the Aggies dual match with Southern Utah. Similar to the football game, USU won the match Saturday. PETE SMITHSUTH photo

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Ags win lone home match BY USU ATHLETICS

Tyson McFarland recorded a 2-1 win against Southern Utah’s Jeff Evans in the final match of the day to lead Utah State’s men’s golf team to a 6.5-5.5 win against Southern Utah in its annual Ryder Cup-style duel held at the Logan Golf & Country Club Saturday. USU has now won each of the last two meetings in the series and evened the matchup at three wins apiece. Utah State won two of the three four-man best ball matches Friday as junior Benjamin Schilleman and freshman Tanner Higham recorded a 4-3 win against Jeff Evans and Raymond Gillip. Senior Thad Truman and freshman Brendan Dennis also notched a victory for USU as they posted a 3-2 win against SUU’s tandem of Denny Job and Brad Millard. Utah State scored half point in the other match as junior Tyson McFarland and fresh-

man Austin French finished all square with the Thunderbirds team of Tai Reynolds and John Lindsay. Utah State began Saturday by winning two of the three alternate shot matches as the tandem of Schilleman and Higham posted a 3-2 win against Gillip and Job, and McFarland and French teamed up to post a 3-2 win against Millard and Evans. Southern Utah rallied in individual match play as it scored points in each of the first five matches with three wins and two ties to even the score at 5.5 apiece with one match to play. In that final match, McFarland registered a 2-1 win against SUU’s Evans to give the Aggies the onepoint win. Utah State will return to action Monday, Sept. 28, when it travels to Layton to participate in the Purple & Red Invitational co-hosted by Utah and Weber State.

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CLUB BASEBALL

Ags split weekend doubleheader By DAN FAWSON staff writer

Game 1: The Utah State club baseball team had been plagued by slow starts all season, but Friday’s doubleheader saw the Aggies finally breakthrough. Brad Singer and Erik Swensen led a spirited offensive charge, helping the Aggies put four first inning runs on the board en route to a 5-2 victory over the Idaho State Bengals. Second baseman Brady Sayama led off the first inning with a double off the wall, and outfielder Kelden Petersen, who coaches said has a knack for getting on base, followed with one of two drag-bunt base hits he provided during the game. Singer then gave the Aggies an early lead they would never relinquish when he brought both home on a two-run RBI single. Swensen kept the early rally going with an RBI double off the wall, and the Aggies effectively seized momentum for the rest of the game. The early runs were a welcome sight for an Aggie offense which, despite its improved performance in last week’s series against the Mavericks, had struggled finding consistency from start to finish. “Everybody hit the ball well,” Singer said of the team’s first inning performance. Swensen, a graduate student at USU, continues to impress at the plate after bursting onto the seen last week with three home runs in four games against Gate City. USU head coach Brett Alamari said last week that he believes Swensen will become the run-producing bat the team has lacked in the middle of the lineup, and the first baseman did little Friday to dissuade Al-amari’s prediction. The early lead provided more than enough run support for Aggie pitching ace Ryan Doyle, who’s continued steady dominance on the mound may have gone relatively unnoticed in the light of the Aggies’ offensive success. Coming off a spring season in which he earned all-conference honors and led the nation in innings pitched, Doyle has gone the distance in each of this three starts this season and is yet to surrender more than two runs in an outing. Game 2: The second game of the Aggies Friday doubleheader served as a reminder for why club baseball has a fall season.

Using a lineup consisting primarily of backups and newcomers, the Aggies followed up a solid game-one victory with a frustrating 12-7 loss to Idaho State. The fall season serves as a barometer for Al-amari and his fellow club baseball head coaches to gauge the ability of newcomers and inexperienced players as they try to figure out what they will have at their disposal come spring. Al-amari has used a game in each weekend series of the fall season to play a primarily inexperienced lineup, each time having sloppy, inefficient results to show for it and Friday was no different. An error filled fourth inning saw Utah State squander an early 2-1 lead, as they gave up seven runs to a Bengals offense, which had been rendered ineffective for the previous game and a half. The meltdown gave momentum to Idaho State and essentially ended any hopes of an Aggie sweep. The Aggie bats started out strong for the second game in a row, something the team had struggled to do the previous two weeks, but the continued offensive improvement wasn’t enough to offset the team’s mental errors. “Errors cost us in that game,” Singer said. “Some people were out of position.” Singer and Gavin Johnson were a couple of the Aggie regulars who saw action in the loss, and both served to lead the charge at the plate. Johnson hit two doubles, and Singer led off the game with a double of his own. Singer, despite the team’s frustrating loss, was an unquestioned offensive bright spot during Friday’s two games, continuing his hot start to the fall season. Asked why he has been successful at the plate while so many of his teammates have struggled finding offensive consistency early in the season, Singer said he has benefited from a non-stop playing schedule dating back to early spring. “Consistency comes from playing baseball,” Singer said. “I have been playing baseball consistently since February or March.” Singer also said his aggressive approach at the plate helps him out a lot. “I don’t strike out much,” he said. “If the first pitch is good I take my shot. I just have that hitter’s mentality that he (the opposing pitcher) isn’t better than me, and he’s not getting me out.” After playing their last four games on the road, the Aggies return home this weekend for a three-game series with the Gate City Mavericks. – majerusforpresident@yahoo.com

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USU places well in opener By MATT SONNENBERG staff writer

USU’s men’s tennis team got its first taste of competition over the weekend as it hosted the Utah State Open tournament at the new outdoor tennis courts on the USU campus. The Aggies got off to a fast start to their season with eight of the team’s nine members advancing past the opening round of 32. The tournament was highlighted by sophomore Nate Ballam and senior Amit Maharaj, both of who won their opening matches in straight sets by finals of 6-0, 6-0. Another USU player, freshman Sven Poslusny had a more difficult route to the round of 16 as he lost the opening set of his first round match against Boise State’s Nick Gourley 1-6. Poslusny bounced back strong to take the second and third sets by finals of 6-2 and 6-3 to advance. The first thing that stood out to USU head coach Christian Wright was that he saw a lot of good matches from his players during the weekend tournament. “I think that physically we’re in pretty good shape,” Wright said. “We look pretty quick around the courts.” Wright attributed much of the weekend’s success to how his team worked to prepare for their its real competition of the year.

“The effort’s been really good in practice,” Wright said. “The focus has been good.” In the round of 16, two pairs of Aggie teammates were matched up against each other with Poslusny defeating Ballam 62, 7-6, and junior Bryan Marchant beating freshman Jose Limon 6-2, 6-3. USU junior Jakob Asplund defeated Weber State’s Spencer Marchant in straight sets 6-1, 6-0, while fellow junior Nikita Ryashchenko beat Utah’s Jason Smits 6-3, 6-1 to round out the foursome of Aggies to advance to the tournament’s quarterfinal round. Among those four Aggies to advance to the quarterfinals, only Marchant advanced to the semifinal round of the tournament with is 7-5, 6-4 victory over teammate Poslusny. Marchant continued his bid for a tournament championship by defeating Weber State’s Sascha Kiehne in a three-set match (6-2, 2-6, 6-3) to set up a meeting with another Weber State player, Simon Unger, in the singles championship round. Marchant opened up the championship match by winning the first set 6-2 before eventually falling 6-1, 6-2 in the second and third sets to give Unger the tournament championship in singles play. “I’m really encouraged by what I, and we, are seeing as coaches,” Wright said. “I really like this team. They’re a very

hardworking team, they’re coachable and it’s just little things that we’re going to have to tweak over the next coming days and weeks getting ready for these next couple tournaments.” While the Aggies excelled in singles play over the weekend, they had a strong showing in doubles matches as well. Two of USU’s doubles teams advanced as far as the semifinals of the tournament where those two teams then met. In that meeting, the duo of Asplund and Marchant defeated Ballam and Maharaj in an 8-3 final. The 8-3 margin was the same by which Asplund and Marchant eventually fell when they were defeated in the doubles championship round by Weber State’s Unger and Jared Burnham. One of the things Wright said his team needs to continue to work on is how they performed on key points during matches. “Sometimes we’ve played real well, others we could make adjustments, so that’s the main thing we’re looking for is just where do we need to spend more time and where are we doing okay,” Wright said. The Aggie men have the next two weekends free from competition as they prepare for the Utah Invitational tournament that will be held in Salt Lake City starting Oct. 14. – matt.sonn@aggiemail.usu.edu

MEN’S SOCCER

Aggies upset No. 2 Weber State By STEVEN CLARK staff writer

USU went into last Saturday’s soccer game against Weber State – which was No. 2 in the region – knowing that it wouldn’t be an easy match. This was a game where tempers flared, unflattering words were exchanged and many yellow cards where handed out, but eventually cooler heads prevailed. Utah State was able to rise above Weber State and finish the game with an extremely hardfought victory, 3-2. “We kept our composure,” USU head coach Morgan Carlson said. “We got down early but we continued to play our game. We had some finishing woes as well, but once we got settled down the goals started to come. It’s a lot harder when you play like you have to have a goal.” The Aggies struggled early on, starting with a quick goal by Weber State to start the game, along with a lot of missed opportunities to score. A whiff on a shot less than 10 feet out from the goal, a few rushed shots that sailed into the parking lot and a miss on a well-designed play on a free kick were a few of the Aggies finishing woes that Carlson referred to. “We could not finish at all at the beginning of the game, but once we got the lid off the net, things started go our way,” Vic Carlson said. “This is a big win for us. It’s just getting us ready for region. I think we’re peaking at the right time.” The biggest story of the game came from the amounts of yellow cards that were being handed out. In the first half alone, five

yellow cards were distributed. There were a total of nine yellow cards and one red card ejection of a Weber State player who slugged a Utah State defenseman that had stolen the ball from him. Danny Fonseca, one of the team’s captains, said that the cards were a little unnecessary and kind of allowed things to get out of hand. The game started with a quick score from Weber State within the first five minutes of the game. That lead was held for the remainder of the first half because of missed opportunities by Utah State. However, the ball was kept on Weber State’s half of the field for the majority of the game. The momentum did not shift in favor of the Aggies until a quarter of the way through the second half when Vic Carlson scored USU’s first goal. Shortly after that ball sneaked passed the goalie, Dave Firmage squeaked another one by not more than 45 seconds later. Utah State held onto the lead for a good portion of the second half until Weber State nailed another goal off a free kick. The game remained tied until about two minutes left in regulation when the Aggies punched in another goal that deflated Weber State’s hopes of leaving Logan with a win. “We beat them in all aspects of the game today,” coach Carlson said. Overall, Saturday’s win was a chance for USU to show the other teams that they are going to make a lot of noise this year in region. – steve.clark@aggiemail.usu.edu

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here are issues bubbling in the bowels of our university, and when the gossip begins to spill forth from the sewer grates around campus, we at The Statesman pay attention. It’s our job. Utah State is not just a school but a community and the issues within our campus community stand to link us together. We all pay tuition, we all deal with the cost of textbooks, and we are all affected by the policies of the administration, good or bad. When we, the journalists you rely on to shed light in to the darkest corners of USU, turn our ears to the wind, we are often stunned by what we hear. Thomas Jefferson said, “When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” In this case the government is the administration and the people are the students, faculty and support staff of the university. We are your voice and we are hear to stand for you, to bring quiet yet substantial concerns to the public consciousness. We are your newspaper and when circumstances dictate, we are proud to depart from the comfort of stories on sports, speeches and social networking, gladly putting ourselves in the line of fire for the betterment of our university. This is our charge, and it is our hope that you, the students and faculty of Utah State, will hold us to this, remembering however, we don’t make the news, we simply report it. We take this role very seriously and so should you. When there is no public awareness of wrong doing, no awareness abuses, we all suffer as the system runs amuck. Jefferson also said, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Consider this a call to action. Professors have asked to speak off the record, hiding behind the notion that publicly speaking out against the practices and policies of Utah State University would stand to cast a negative light on our hallowed institution. Perhaps it’s the fact that a large portion of the universities professors lived through the Nixon administration that prompts them in their attempts to adopt a Deep Throat persona. Perhaps it’s fear of retaliation from the university’s administration. There is a stench in the air and predators smell fear. Less we forget however, there is safety in numbers. Our beloved university isn’t run by the mafia or the KGB, and there is no secret lever, which if pulled, will send you plummeting into a tank of sharks. Stand up, turn on the floodlights and defend your students against any injustices they may be unaware of, after all, your here for the students, right? Be not afraid, help us bring forth the truth. Your students will rally behind you. No need for all of the cloak and dagger, if it’s worth being said, it’s worth being heard. statesmaneditor@aggiemail.usu.edu

ForumLetters Understanding in action

To the editor:

My name is Charles Prebish. I hold the Charles Redd Endowed Chair in Religious Studies at USU, and serve as director of the Religious Studies program. I am both interested in and impressed by Wednesday’s editorial on “Textbooks” in The Statesman. During my 35 plus years on the faculty at Penn State University, and now almost three years at USU, I have been a crusader against outrageous textbook prices that handicap our students and make outrageous sums of money for campus bookstores – many of which are owned by major establishments like Barnes & Noble. I want you to know that some faculty members are actually doing something about this problem!!! Six years ago, along with my best friend and colleague (who teaches at the University of London), we began an ebook program as a special project of an online academic peer-reviewed journal that we began in 1994. It’s called the Journal of Buddhist Ethics, and it was the first online peer-reviewed journal in the field of Religious Studies. It started free in 1994, and remains free 15 years later. Not one penny has ever been accepted as a basis for subscribing to the journal. It has over 5,000 subscribers in 50 countries. The e-book project was designed to contract with major scholars in various sub-disciplines of Religious Studies to create e-textbooks

for Religious Studies students worldwide at prices ranging from one-third to one-quarter of the outrageous prices traditional publishers and traditional bookstores charge. We sidestep the traditional publishers and bookstores completely. Students purchase pdf e-textbooks completely online from our Web site and download them to their computers. They can make the e-books portable by copying the file to a jump drive or CD. Our prices save students tons of money, allow us to pay authors a truly fair royalty for investing the time and risk of entering our project, and we invest our small profits back into the creation of even more ebooks. Everyone wins except the bookstores and rip-off publishers. We’ve written an essay about our experiment, which we hope to publish shortly, and I’m attaching it for your (hopefully) reading pleasure. It documents what we’ve done, and why it has worked better than the projects cited in publications like “The Chronicle of Higher Education.” Please know that your passionate editorial does indeed make a difference.

Poor planning To the editor: This is a rant and rave about some of the policies the school has for extra-curricular activities. I don’t support the amounts of money and time that are spent on athletics when this is a school for higher learning, so I am

Letters to the editor • A public forum not going to mention it further. Thursday afternoon I experienced another example of the occasional error in focus. This week has been full of Homecoming activities. The activity for Thursday was Powder-Puff football – great idea but poor execution. It began sometime around 2:30 p.m., still in the middle of the school day for many students. However, what was worse was the sound system that went with it. That of course started much earlier as those involved got it set up and tested. So we lucky students who were trying to listen, pay attention and learn in our classes were subjected to loud music and annoying prattle such as a person repeating over and over again “linoleum, aluminum” and an intentionally poor version of “The Star Spangled Banner.” The organizers of this event could have fixed some of these problems by waiting until later in the day to start the event to minimize classroom disruption or moving the event to the HPER field. Instead it was on the Quad, a great place but surrounded by some of the oldest buildings on campus where most windows would typically be open on a warm day and thin seals which would not work well to keep out noise. As a class we struggled and even our instructor seemed to lose his focus occasionally. So maybe those in charge of “enhancing student experience” should pay more attention to why we are here at a university. I know I came to learn and eventually receive a degree, not to take part in any and all asinine activities. Beth Fowers

Curiosity killed the cat, ice cream brought it back

n what may have been the most per- in Hades would anyone wait over 30 minutes in fect Tuesday afternoon in the history of line for a small cup of ice cream? The guys who weather, the only question I have on my waited in soup lines during The Great Depression mind is: Why are there 300 people in a line out- got more in their bowls than these practitioners side the TSC? of ice cream zealotry got, and they were actually Oh, it may not have been 300. Whatever the starving to death! number, they were five across and Insane. waiting patiently. What event was This is where the social disconhappening in good ol’ Logan to nect between myself and my felmake so many people wait in such low Aggies comes to the fore. Isn’t a massive line? Was it the line for it the oldheads who are supposed Re-Entry Thoughts Osmond Brothers tickets? Miley to be patient and the youngins Cyrus? Do Utahns wait in line for who are noted for not waiting on concert tickets? anything? Nearly everyone in that line was the Maybe it was a job fair for English majors. traditional college age – whatever that means. Doubtful. The new Wal-Mart is already fully The point – and I am not entirely sure I have staffed. It could have been the line to apply to one – is that the act of waiting in a long line for be lifeguard in the HPER. Impossible. Everyone a substantial amount of time for something you knows the lifeguards are hired out of prison work- can purchase for $2 in a fraction of time is flat out release programs. I thought it could have been the illogical. Perhaps there is no social disconnect at Yolanda Flores Niemann dunk tank. When I did all. And this is certainly not a regional thing that not see any of the HASS professors in line, I ruled I can use to scathingly insult Utahns for going to that out as a possibility. great lengths to receive a product without openThe curiosity overcame me, and I levitated ing their notoriously tight purse strings. This is just through the bulging throng to the front of the line. a bunch of young people waiting in line for free What was the cause of this mass of humanity wait- ice cream for absolutely no good reason whatsoing in line? Free ice cream. What? Free ice cream? ever. Well, except to eat ice cream ... for free. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Now, I fully admit that a man of my considerI mean, maybe a gallon of ice cream would able bulk (RE: I’m fat), talking about the vexing have been worth a conspicuous amount of time in effect of waiting for free ice cream is self-parody. line. But, the scoopers under the tent were giving I am sure that the moderators of a certain nameout those cocktail cups. Barely two scoops. Why less Web site that takes shots at my columns will

Unconventional Wisdom

fall over in glee in lambasting me. I will risk that. Despite how insignificant this column is, there are times when you scoff at relevance to call out 300 people for a mesmerizing lack of judgment and self-awareness. To sum up my argument, allow me to relate a story to you. Like Utah, Pennsylvania only allows liquor to be bought in state run stores. The price of liquor is considerably cheaper in New Jersey, which has privately owned liquor stores. On more than one occasion I drove with my father to New Jersey to buy liquor. Taking in a full reckoning of gas, the tolls to cross the bridge, the taxes New Jersey levies on the liquor and the time spent driving there and back, the savings seemed to be minimal. I asked my father if he agreed. He did. I asked him why we did it if we weren’t saving any money. “We got to spend time together,” he told me. Cheap booze and free ice cream. Logic be damned if they allow families and friends quality time together. Harry Caines in a senior re-entry student in interdiciplinary studies from Philidelphia. Unconventional Wisdom appears every Monday. Comments may be left at www.aggietownsquare.com or sent to chiefsalsa@gmail.com

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he revelation that Iran has been illegally hiding another nuclear plant represented an intelligence coup for the United States and its allies, and it was delivered at an important moment — just days before the first meeting in a year between Iran and the international coalition that has been pressing for a suspension of its nuclear program. The uranium enrichment facility, hidden in tunnels under a mountain near the city of Qom, looks like the sort of clandestine plant that U.S. intelligence agencies predicted Iran would use to produce a weapon; officials say that when it is operational, it could deliver the material for a bomb in a year. If that was its purpose, then its discovery has dealt Iran’s program a setback. The public announcement, which U.S. officials said they had been planning since July, also offers the Obama administration an opportunity to energize what has looked like a lagging campaign to focus international pressure on Tehran. Gathered for the Group of 20 summit, President Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown took turns Friday underlining the seriousness of Iran’s latest violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and warning of harsh consequences if the Islamic regime did not soon take steps to comply with the Security Council resolutions it has defied for years. Whether the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be moved by the warnings is another matter. The two leaders give every indication of believing their own rhetoric, which declares that the United States and its allies are incapable of stopping the nuclear program or of mounting serious sanctions. Nor does Ahmadinejad show any intention of negotiating seriously with the group of five permanent Security Council members and Germany at the upcoming talks

in Geneva. The coup that Ayatollah Khamenei and Ahmadinejad launched against moderates within the regime this summer is aimed at perpetuating Iran’s belligerent policies toward the West. It follows that outside powers will have little chance of stopping the nuclear program through peaceful means unless the two leaders lose power in the ongoing domestic conflict. Strong sanctions could help the Iranian opposition if average citizens blame the regime for shortages, rising prices or other economic disruptions. But Ahmadinejad probably reckons that he can use them to rally the country behind him. That will be harder if the steps have the backing of Russia and China as well as the West — which is why the Obama administration is focusing diplomacy on those governments. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hinted at support for sanctions this week, but it’s not clear that Moscow’s real ruler, Vladimir Putin, agrees. China continues to oppose sanctions in public while quietly striking deals to supply Iran with the gasoline that would be one of the best targets for an embargo. The United States must make clear to those governments that it will not settle for inaction against a regime that is brazenly defying international treaties and U.N. Security Council resolutions. At the same time, the administration should reassess the intelligence community’s conclusion about whether and how quickly Iran is seeking a weapon. If it had not been discovered, the Qom plant could have given Iran the means for a bomb by 2011 without the world knowing about it. And if there is one clandestine facility, most likely there are others. This column first appeared in the Sept. 26 edition of The Washington Post

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Utah State prof wins book award Civil Service panel vindicates prosecutor LOGAN, Utah (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Utah State professor won a national award for a book about members of Congress giving one another campaign donations. The American Political Science Association bestowed the award on Damon Cann, an assistant political-science professor in Logan, for the best 2008 book in legislative studies. The award takes the name of Richard F. Fenno, an American political scientist known for his pioneering research on Congress. Cannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharing the Wealth: Member Contributions and the Exchange Theory of Party Influence in the U.S. House of Representatives.â&#x20AC;? It examines a practice started three decades ago and which â&#x20AC;&#x153;took offâ&#x20AC;? in the 1990s as key members of Congress raised large sums of money and shared contributions with

fellow party members or their party at large. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The story of membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; contributions to one anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election campaigns is fascinating, and clearly under-researched,â&#x20AC;? the Fenno Prize selection committee wrote. Cannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book explores â&#x20AC;&#x153;the consequences of the votes-for-dollars and dollars-for-power exchanges that appear to underlie contemporary majority party politics,â&#x20AC;? it said. Jamie Carson, a former colleague who is now at the University of Georgia, said Cann is â&#x20AC;&#x153;an exceptional junior scholar who is both innovative and meticulous in his research. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His book, based on his dissertation, is what we should strive for in terms of exemplary legislative politics scholarship,â&#x20AC;? Carson said.

Thousands stranded by Philippine flooding, 5 die

A BOY CARRIES HIS BROTHER through waist-deep waters following floodings brought about by tropical storm Ketsana (locally known as Ondoy) Saturday Sept. 26, 2009 in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. Nearly a monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of rain fell in just six hours Saturday on the Philippine capital, stranding thousands on rooftops in the city and elsewhere as Tropical Storm Ketsana slammed ashore. AP photo

MANILA, Philippines (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nearly a monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of rain fell in six hours Saturday as Tropical Storm Ketsana slammed ashore in the Philippines, killing five people and stranding thousands on rooftops in the capitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst flooding in more than 42 years. The government declared a â&#x20AC;&#x153;state of calamityâ&#x20AC;? in metropolitan Manila and about two dozen storm-hit provinces, said Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, who heads the National Disaster Coordinating Council. That allows officials to withdraw emergency money for relief and rescue. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had to take an elevated commuter train to the disaster council office to preside over a meeting because roads were clogged by vehicles stuck in the floodwaters. Two people were reported killed in suburban Muntinglupa and three others in Quezon city, said deputy presidential spokesman Anthony Golez. He gave no details. The mayor of Cainta in

nearby Rizal province, who was stranded atop a dump truck on a road that was neck-deep in water, told ABS-CBN television by phone that many residents climbed onto roofs to escape. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole town is almost 100 percent underwater,â&#x20AC;? Mayor Mon Ilagan said. About 13.4 inches (34.1 centimeters) of rain fell on metropolitan Manila in just six hours, close to the 15.4-inch (39.2-centimeter) average for the entire month of September. The previous record was 13.2 inches (33.4 centimeters) recorded during a 24-hour period in June 1967, chief government weather forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However good your drainage system is, it will be overwhelmed by that amount of rainfall,â&#x20AC;? he told The Associated Press. He said poor maintenance of drains and waterways clogged with garbage compounded the problem. ABS-CBN television showed a dramatic video of more than a dozen people perched on roofs of damaged houses being swept

away by the suburban Marikina River. They smashed against the pillars of a bridge and were separated from each other in the rampaging river. It was unclear whether they were rescued. Cruz said seasonal monsoon rains were intensified by Tropical Storm Ketsana, which packed winds of 53 mph (85 kph) with gusts of up to 63 mph (100 kph) when it hit land early Saturday about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Manila. It was moving westward toward the rice-producing Central Luzon region at 12 mph (19 kph). Stranded residents called radio and television stations for help. Popular actress Cristine Reyes tearfully appealed on ABS-CBN television from the roof of her two-story home, saying she and her mother and two young children had been waiting there for rescue for over six hours. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the rains do not stop, the water will reach the roof. We do not know what to do. My mother doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to swim,â&#x20AC;? she said. Manila airport operations chief Octavio Lina said the runway had been flooded, delaying international flights for hours. Floodwaters also caused some electrical outages. The national disaster agency said water was waist-deep in some communities.

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tion, and the civil service panel ruled in April that his termination was unsupported by evidence. He was then rehired. On Friday, the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Career Service Council ruled that Miller unfairly retaliated against Morgan by refusing to assign him cases or let him appear in court after he returned to the district attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. County policy prohibits reprisals against employees who file grievances, and Miller could face corrective or disciplinary action by the county mayor.

Miller couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be reached Sunday by The Associated Press. She planned to issue a statement Sunday or Monday, according to KSL-TV in Salt Lake City. Morgan told KSL-TV he was assigned to do â&#x20AC;&#x153;menial research workâ&#x20AC;? and prohibited from working in court by Miller despite being cleared by the civil service panel to return as a prosecutor. The panel said in a 10-page decision that there was â&#x20AC;&#x153;no evidentiary basis for the DAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lack of trustâ&#x20AC;? in Morgan.

Woman charged in Smart case expects life in prison WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In letters written to her mother, the woman charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart has sought forgiveness for any pain she has caused and says she expects to spend the rest of her life in prison. Wanda Eileen Barzee, 63, however, makes just one reference to Smart in the 12 letters obtained by The Associated Press. And she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide details about the nine months the girl allegedly spent with her and her now-estranged husband Brian David Mitchell. The couple is charged with multiple felonies in state court and last year was indicted by a federal grand jury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In one of these letters, Wanda is remembering the sins that she did,â&#x20AC;? said Barzeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, 88-year-old Dora Corbett, who provided letters sent between July 2008 and August 2009 to The AP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk about it, she just remembers them and says she needs to repent of them.â&#x20AC;? But Barzee writes of repentance only when discussing her desire to be re-baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In a June 21 letter, she recounts talking to a local church leader about the steps necessary to regain her membership, which includes making a full confession. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He knows that Elizabeth Smart and I were victims of Brian,â&#x20AC;? wrote Barzee, who was excommunicated by the church in 2002. Smartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Ed Smart, said Barzee may be making progress, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a victim. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to build a case of sympathy on Wanda and I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any sympathy for it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think she has manipulated ... maybe not just as much (as Mitchell), but I believe that she is very, very culpable.â&#x20AC;? Barzee has twice been found incompetent for trial and is undergoing forced treatment with anti-psychotic medications. Doctors have said Barzee was delusional and believed she was hearing messages from God through the television. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scheduled to appear in state court for a competency review on Oct. 23. Barzee writes of the hearing, and says she imagines her social worker â&#x20AC;&#x153;has found me competent, but wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know for sure until I have been given another evaluation.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Needless to say how nervous I am,â&#x20AC;? she writes in an Aug. 11 letter. Her missives are written in small, disciplined cursive on lined yellow note paper and most are signed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love forever, Wanda,â&#x20AC;? followed by a chain of five tiny handdrawn hearts. Depending on the report from doctors, Barzeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case could proceed toward trial, she could be ordered to more treatment, or prosecutors could seek to have her civilly committed. Scott Williams, Barzeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, said he

could not comment on the letters but said it was Corbettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to share communications between her and her daughter. Privacy laws prevent state officials from commenting about any patient at the hospital, Utah Department of Human Services spokeswoman Elizabeth Solis said. Barzee was arrested March 12, 2003, walking the streets of a Salt Lake City suburb with Mitchell and Smart. That was nine months after Mitchell allegedly cut through a window screen at the Smartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Salt Lake City home and whisked away the then-14-year-old Smart at knifepoint. A one-time itinerant street preacher, Mitchell is said to have wanted Smart as a polygamous wife and may have taken her to fulfill a religious prophecy he laid out in a 27-page manifesto drafted in April 2002. Mitchell, 55, has also been found incompetent to stand trial. His state case is stalled, but a federal case against him continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the seriousness of my charges, and the number of five first-degree felonies, besides being federally charged, I am expecting to receive a life sentence in prison,â&#x20AC;? Barzee wrote in an Aug. 11 letter to her mother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unless I can obtain the plea of not guilty by reason of insanity which will enable me to stay hereâ&#x20AC;? at the Utah State Hospital, Barzee wrote. Doctors at the state hospital, where Barzee has spent most of the last six years, began administering anti-psychotic drugs after an appeal of a 2006 forced medication order was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in May 2008. Barzee had long refused medication for religious reasons. She maintains those objections in a July 29, 2008 letter, saying the medication she is forced to take â&#x20AC;&#x153;has not changed anything of my thought processesâ&#x20AC;? and that it is her â&#x20AC;&#x153;constitutional right to worship the Lord God in how I choose to worship.â&#x20AC;? Corbett, however, believes the medication has put Barzee on a road to recovery and said the evidence is in the tone of Barzeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letters. In the earliest years of incarceration, Barzee would reject letters and cards from Corbett, returning them after scrawling â&#x20AC;&#x153;no such personâ&#x20AC;? on the envelopes. When Barzee did respond, many of her letters were signed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hephzibah Eladah Isaiah,â&#x20AC;? the name Mitchell had given Barzee, Corbett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes, she wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even address me as mother,â&#x20AC;? Corbett said. But by April 14, 2009, Barzee writes that she was working with a social worker toward becoming competent, and she apologizes for any suffering she has caused her family and denounces the religious authority she once believed Mitchell held over her.

Justice: Polanski arrested at last -continued from page 3 nant. He went on to make another American classic, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chinatown,â&#x20AC;? released in 1974. In 1977, he was accused of raping the teenager while photographing her during a modeling session. The girl said Polanski plied her with champagne and part of a Quaalude pill at Jack Nicholsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house while the actor was away. She said that, despite her protests, he performed oral sex, intercourse and sodomy on her. Polanski was allowed to

plead guilty to one of six charges, unlawful sexual intercourse, and was sent to prison for 42 days of evaluation. Lawyers agreed that would be his full sentence, but the judge tried to renege on the plea bargain. Aware the judge would sentence him to more prison time and require his voluntary deportation, Polanski fled to France. The victim, Samantha Geimer, who long ago identified herself publicly, has joined in Polanskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bid for dismissal,

saying she wants the case to be over. She sued Polanski and reached an undisclosed settlement. Festival organizers said Polanskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s detention had caused â&#x20AC;&#x153;shock and dismay,â&#x20AC;? but that they would go ahead with Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planned retrospective of the directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. The Swiss Directors Association sharply criticized authorities for what it deemed â&#x20AC;&#x153;not only a grotesque farce of justice, but also an immense cultural scandal.â&#x20AC;?

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Almanac Today in History: In 1918, in an incident that would go down in the lore of World War I history â&#x20AC;&#x201C; although the details of the event are still unclear â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Private Henry Tandey, a British soldier serving near the French village of Marcoing, reportedly encounters a wounded German soldier and declines to shoot him, sparing the life of 29-year-old Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler.

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