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In the video, armed men claim to belong to an Islamic militant group who pledge allegiance Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The French government has yet to confirm the authenticity of the video.
Virus in Utah The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that the virus Enterovirus D68 has made its way to Utah. Primary Children’s Hospital reported 37 admissions because of the virus this week. The virus is affecting children who have asthma, but also kids who don’t. However, those asthma are more likely to be hospitalized.
Climate change Tens of thousands marched through Manhattan on Sunday to warn against the damaging effects of climate change. Groups across the globe joined in their respective areas, asking policymakers to take action. More than 120 world leaders will meet on Tuesday for the United Nations Climate Summit with the purpose to galvanize political will for a new global climate treaty by the end of 2015. Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, who was named last week as the United Nations Messenger of Peace on Climate Change, took part in the march, as well as several other celebrities and former Vice President Al Gore.
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Open Streets Festival could hold future of “Bull-evard” 4By Jeffrey Dahdah
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A portion of 700 North running through campus was closed to traffic and open to pedestrians and businesses for three hours Tuesday. This could be the future for the section of the road known as “Aggie Bull-evard.” The event that shut down the road was called Open Streets Festival. As a part of the festival, clubs and organizations both on and off campus set up on the asphalt for the entertainment and education of the Utah State University campus. “It is pretty much a national movement going on right now,” said Stephanie Tomlin, organizer of the Open Streets Festival. “The idea is that you are creating kind of a paved park, if you will. It’s an envisioning opportunity for people to think about the streetscape a little bit differently.” The businesses and entertainers were all local or on campus groups. “We tried to get local vendors of different sorts and also interactive things,” said Alexi Lamm, USU’s sustainability coordinator. “We wanted to try to get things that were focused on active transportation, but also things that were just local to Logan.” The festival acted as an experiment to see what Aggie Bull-
Ryan Costanzo photo PASSERS BY DRAW SUGGESTIONS on a map for a consulting group working with facilities to gain feedback on the streetscape of both Logan and Utah State University.
evard would look like if it was closed to cars and open to foot and bicycle traffic. “The goal for this is to get people to think about the street a little differently, but also right now we are fortunate that we have a couple of master plans
going on at the time,” Tomlin said. “So Logan city is doing a bike master plan and then Utah State University is doing a full transportation master plan. This really is an opportunity for us to look at seventh north and consider if we want this maybe to be
what it permanently looks like.” An advising group for the university had a booth at the festival and they were taking opinions about closing the portion of the road.
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Students balance full-time school and work 4By Manda Perkins assistant news editor
For some students at Utah State University it’s easy to maintain good academic standing while keeping a job. Others find their class loads too taxing to have a job. But for some, working 30 or more hours a week while maintaining a full class schedule is a reality. According to a 2011 census report, over 70 percent of undergraduate students nationally work while attending school; one in five of those students were working full time.
Abbie Fuit, a freshman majoring in psychology, began her full-time college experience also working full-time as a receptionist for a welding company in Cove, Utah. “It’s actually been a lot harder than I thought it was going to be, honestly,” Fuit said. Fuit is having to pay for her schooling, housing and most other expenses without parental help. Covering the cost of tuition is a major reason why she, along with some students, are choosing to clock almost double the hours of a part-time job. Joe Killpack, a senior
majoring in computer science, said he works about 45 hours a week at Call Assistant in Logan while taking 12 credits. He’s been going to school and working full time for the last two and a half years; his main motivation is to graduate with his undergraduate degree without any student loans. So far, he’s been successful. “I would definitely cut my hours back if school didn’t cost as much as it did,” he said. “But if you want to remain debt free, there isn’t another way to do that besides getting a scholarship.” Talia Pratte, a full-time
student and senior majoring in technical writing, has two part-time jobs; between the two she clocks almost 50 hours a week. She works at the Developmental Skills Lab in Logan and as an assistant for a disabled woman. Pratte also works full time to pay for school but, even if it wasn’t necessary, she said she’d still consider doing so. “It helps that their jobs I love and are things I would day anyway,” she said. “I love my coworkers and the participants I work for, so it’s not drudgery and I enjoy going into work. I never wake up not
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Nick Carpenter photo TALIA PRATTE STUDIES in the library in the evening. Pratt is a technical writing major who also works two part time jobs.
wanting to go into work, so that helps.” Killpack said he enjoys the realm of academia and his typically laid back personality helps him avoid mass amounts of stress. But, by the end of the semester, he typically finds himself burnt out. “It’s not terrible, but it’s not easy,” Killpack said. “It was easier the first two years (of school) but now I’m staring to get into the higher level classes and it’s starting to get real difficult, so we’ll have to see how things go the next two semesters. I can manage it for the most part, but by the end of the semester, I don’t want anything to do with either.” LuAnn Helms, assistant director of Counseling and Psychological Services on campus, said students should consider if they really need to work fulltime while in school. But if there’s no other option, being able to “switch gears” and focus on one task at a time is important. “If you have to do both, really try to pay attention to what you’re doing and the time you’re doing it,” she said. “When you’re at work, try not to think too much about school if possible...Try to find some enjoyment in what you’re doing, whether that’s work or school.” Helms offered tips for students who feel overwhelmed by their work and school responsibili
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Ground-breaking development
Utah State University begins production on unique road that charges electric vehicles
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Utah State University broke ground on a 4,800 square-foot research building which will be surrounded by an innovative track that will have the capability to wirelessly charge electric vehicles while they drive. The track will be the first of its kind in the country. “What’s really making things unique here is that we have the right pieces to pull this together and actually show and develop all of the pieces in to actual wireless charging EV (electronic vehicle) system with the roadway,” said Regan Zane, principle investigator for the Electronic Vehicle and Roadway (EVR) system. The track will house the coils used to charge cars under the asphalt so, in a real world setting, the wireless charging system would not need to be replaced for 30 to 40 years while the actual roadway would undergo construction in a normal time frame, every four to five years. Zane said the project is meant to have a practical impact on the enhancement on electronic vehicle. It’s not just an experiment but a financially feasible option. “This is dollars and cents,” Zane said. “We’re not proposing this thinking it’s just neat. We’re not proposing it just because of the environmental potential impacts, which would be significant, even just straight up dollars and cents we think there is an opportunity here,” Zane said. “This would have return that’s better than any other kind of improvement that’s on the horizon for transportation.”
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CONSTRUCTION FOR a new research building and an track that can wirelessly charge an electric car while it moves took place on the reasearch campus on Tuesday.
Though the overall cost of a roadway with the capability to charge a vehicle is more expensive than an average roadway it would greatly lower the cost of electronic vehicles and fuel costs. “We’ve found, somewhat surprisingly, that because of the cost of fuel and the significant savings that could be had on a vehicle like this the return on investment could be quite short,” Zane said.
Right now the batteries alone in electric vehicles cost more than half the total cost of the car. If major roadways had the technology to charge electric cars, Zane said it’s reasonable 10 to 20 years from now when people are buying new cars there is going to be at least 20 percent of people buying electric cars because they would be less expensive and fuel cost would be virtually nothing.
“If 20 percent of (the) cars purchased and running had this technology it would take about three years to pay off the entire infrastructure in the roads,” Zane said. The track is expected to be completed by spring of 2015. “We’re going to have a quarter mile track going around that building,” Zane said. “The demonstration you should be watching for in the next few years, we antic-
ipate having a vehicle that’s just going to be running continuously around that track. Come here at midnight, come out here in the morning, stop by after work; make sure it’s still running. The thing won’t stop.” The ground-breaking comes just weeks after the university announced its record year for research funding. “I think this is a great event for us, not just because it’s
another ground-breaking for another important, innovative, challenging, Utah State University project,” said USU President Stan Albrecht. “This event this morning represents for me what must increasingly be the model that will drive the work that we do at research universities like Utah State Universities.”
about my job is that not only do I not have to engage in discussions like that but I really shouldn’t,” Shelby said. “The judiciary doesn’t make calls, we don’t have any business in the business of making policy. That belongs to our legislators who are elected by all of us.” As Abercrombie and Butterfield continued to interview Shelby and give him new topics there were many things the judge repeated. He stuck to the constitutional rights and was passionate about it. Shelby said that there are people that say judges are “dispassionately involved in their cases”, which he says is true. “It’s a necessity. You do your very best to get the right result.” A question was asked about the judiciary and their morality and how the judges political views may take part in their
rulings. “Our judiciary depends on diversity in our judges,” Shelby said. “One of the reasons I come and speak at events like this, I think it’s part of the judges obligation to make ourselves available so that people can ask us questions like this. One of the things that concerns me is the perception of the judiciary. We are a powerless branch of government. Most importantly we rely on citizens believing in the integrity of our judiciary.” Students responded positively to Shelby’s talk. “I thought it was really good; I think Judge Shelby did a great job of elaborating what federal judges should and shouldn’t take a public opinion about in a public space and I thought it was educational,” said Jessica Beddingfield, a senior majroing in political science. “And he’s
definitely a good ol’ Aggie.” Shelby ended the fireside by describing how humbling it is to exercise his responsibility as a judiciary. “I did the very best I could so anybody could come and read what I did,” he said. “My views should be transparent in that way.” “I found Judge Shelby’s non entanglement with politics in his judicial matters as being inspiring,” said Justin Miller, a junior double majoring in political science and economics. “I am glad that our members of the judicial system are doing their utmost to be impartial. I was surprised by how humble he was of his position and the way he acted with charm and poise.”
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Iconic judge and Utah State alumn returns 4By Kaitlin Bluemel staff writer
Judge Robert Shelby, a federal judge and Utah State Alumni, visited campus Tuesday for a fireside, taking questions from the audience. Shelby is widely known in Utah for striking down the gay marriage ban, leaving around 30 other states to follow his lead. The event was organized and put on by Neil Abercrombie, the director of the Institute of Government and Politics (IOGP), and some of his comrades. “We try to have events like this every semester,” Abercrombie said. The events are decided by himself and his colleagues. For this event specifically they decided they wanted to have
someone with a judiciary role. The room was filled and people, some standing along the walls to be able to see what Shelby had to say. Dave Butterfield, a lifelong friend of the judge, was there to introduce him. Abercrombie had prepared some submitted questions and topics for Shelby which allowed the audience to get several different views on his work as a judge. “I interact with juries all the time and it is my favorite thing,” Shelby said. “I was moved with how well our jury system works to resolve disputes and what a great privilege that is that we enjoy.” There were many other topics, such as militarizing the police force and whether or not the judiciary would be involved with that or interfere with it. Shelby could not actually give
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an opinion because he knew no more than the audience on the subject. “One of the best things
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Sorority holds 5K fundraiser 4By Chris Farnes senior writer
This week has been Kappa Delta’s Shamrock week to raise awareness of child abuse in Cache Valley and nationwide. Their largest event, the Shamrock N’ Run 5k, will take place Saturday beginning in the Taggart Student Center. “Our goal is to raise awareness because child abuse is something that often gets left behind,” said Brenna Ponting, Kappa Delta’s vice president of community service. “It is something that people don’t want to think about or don’t think happens because it because it happens behind closed doors.” This is the first 5k that Kappa Delta has put on for Shamrock Week. Their hope is to raise at least $3,000 to go to charities that work to
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prevent child abuse. “Our Shamrock N’ Run is a basic 5k run around the university,” Ponting said.“The thing that makes it special is that all of our proceeds go towards preventing child abuse. We have 20 percent going to the charity Prevent Child Abuse America and then 80 stays here locally
for the Child and Family Support Center here in Logan.” Shamrock Week has typically been held around St. Patrick’s Day in March, but Utah State’s chapter of Kappa Delta has switched it to the fall this year in hopes of increasing participation. “In the past we have usually done it around the last week of March but we are doing it in the fall this year because we want it to work better with the weather,” Ponting said. “We felt like there were more opportunities to do things outside this time of year.” The revenue from the week’s events will go towards the two charities. “We are one of Prevent Child Abuse America’s biggest donators which is a non
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Run From Page 2 profit agency, so they use the funds we raise for everything they do,” Ponting said. “As for the Child and Family Support Center they also are nonprofit so they use it for all their programs and to keep their nursery nice and up to date. They are really prominent within our community here.”
In addition to the 5k run Kappa Delta has put on three other events this week including yoga on the Quad Monday, a service auction in the Skyroom Tuesday and a dodgeball tournament which was held Wednesday. “We did much better than we thought we would at our service auction,” said Madeline Beus, Kappa Delta’s vice president of public relations. “We raised over $1,000 doing it so we were pretty
CampusNews excited about that.” Pre-registration for the Shamrock N’ Run is $15. Day of event registration is $20 for adults, $10 for ages 11-17 and $5 for ages 10 and under. Day-of registration begins at 9 a.m. and the race will begin at 10. After the run prizes will be awarded to the top runners. Kappa Delta will conclude the event with a free barbeque.
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Thakary Minson photo KAPPA DELTA SORORITY HOSTS a 5K fundraiser to two separate charities for child abuse.
ties; getting enough sleep and maintaining healthy sleeping habits are important when managing stress. “If they don’t take time to take care of themselves they’re much more likely to get sick and they lose time that way,” she said. “Or maybe they have a short fuse and say something they wish they hadn’t and have to take time to repair a relationship because they were too stressed out.”
The CAPS office offers many resources for students needing help to navigate the stress of keeping a busy schedule. For those who don’t have the time to sit in a session with a psychologist, there are online resources available. Under the “Self Help” tab on the office’s website are a series of 15 to 20-minute videos to help students navigate stress, anxiety and other emotional issues. Helms suggests watching one video a week, practicing the methods in the video throughout the week. Fuit said staying organized has helped her be successful
while having a crazy schedule; taking detailed notes while in class and using a Google calendar has been a big help. “If I didn’t have that I would be all over the place,” she said. “Organization right now is the biggest key for me.” Killpack said keeping a calendar with dates of assignments has also helped him to be successful, as well as knowing when to make time to be away from homework. “Know when to take a break and know when to buckle down.”
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Book festival brings bestselling author to Utah State 4By Zachary Wilson staff writer
Writer Anthony Doerr, author of “All the Light We Cannot See,” lectured at Utah State about “Writing and the Natural World” Tuesday afternoon. Doerr’s speech was part of the 17th annual Utah Humanities Book Festival. Doerr, who grew up in Ohio, now lives in Boise, Idaho, and calls himself a “dilettante,” or a dabbler. He discussed his lifelong interests in many different categories including animals, history, plants, marine biology, architecture and his favorite childhood literature. “Though I wasn’t published for a long time, I started by writing down the things that amazed me,” Doerr said. He wrote down everything he found fascinating for a long time before even considering becoming a writer, he said. Doerr spoke passionately about the world around him. “I try to let my own enthusiasm for the world seep into others’ lives by writing about it,” he said. In his speech, Doerr discussed how he got the idea for his most popular novel, “All the Light we Cannot See,” a book about a blind French girl’s friendship with a German boy. He talked about the way he was amazed by the light spectrum and that we are able to communicate via light waves unseen by the human eye. This inspired the unique relationship the blind French girl had with
Annie Hall photo NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ANTHONY DOERR reads aloud from his novel in the library Tuesday night.
the boy, “the way it is almost as if she can see better than he can in the dark,” Doerr said as he showed a picture of a girl reading Braille. “Compared to the invisible spectrum of light, the visible spectrum is almost nonexistent,” Doerr said. He said one of the central themes of his book was inspired
by his interest in the Hitler Youth programs, which essentially brainwashed youth into believing in the Nazi cause. “Is it right to do something just because everyone else is doing it,” Doerr asked the group. After the lecture, attendees had the opportunity to buy Doerr’s book and he signed them outside of the lecture hall.
Anthony Doerr read from his book on Wednesday evening in the library as well. Morgan Woodcox, a junior in community health, said she enjoyed the reading. “It was great. He was as descriptive as he was in the book,” Woodcox said. “He uses amazing metaphors to help you see what he says.”
The six-week book festival runs from Sept. 18 to the end of October and features readings and lectures by both national and international authors, slam poetry and events for children. October is National Book Month. Festival director Michael McLane said the event wasn’t always statewide.
“We started out a fairly small festival localized pretty much to Salt Lake City,” McLane said. Originally held on campus at Westminster College, the festival grew to fill the Salt Lake City Public Library and now happens in communities around the state. McLane, who has worked as a bookseller and also a performer at the festival, said he has witnessed it from all sides, including the side of months of preparation that “never really stops.” “I am already starting on work for 2015,” McLane said. “I already have a couple of authors booked for next year.” However, McLane refuses to take credit for the festival. “I’m the director for this thing, but a whole lot of the credit goes to our community partners,” he said. “I know the Salt Lake Valley and the Wasatch front really well, but it’s the librarians and the teachers and the museum people and other people working in Moab and Logan and other people around the state that make these things possible. They deserve credit for that.” McLane said the festival allows students to engage with authors and literature. “I think we’re trying to find new ways for audiences to engage with literature in the same way that authors and publishers are trying to find new mediums and new outlets for literature,” he said.
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Weekend event showcases local and international filmmakers 4By Christopher Campbell staff writer
The Logan Film Festival has upped its game to provide better-quality films this year, said Jesse Budd, one of the directors of the festival. The film festival will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25-27, in the Ellen Eccles Theatre, the Dansante Theatre and at Death Ray Comics. It will feature films from around the world as well as from Utah. Budd, who graduated from Utah State in May with a degree in marketing, said the board booked better films by being more involved in selecting which ones will enter the festival. In the past, there were about 10 people who prescreened all 150 submissions and rated them on a scale from one to 10, he said. The board would then look at which films had the highest scores and choose those without watching them. However, the board selected them differently this year. “We took the top couple of their films that they watched and then we ended up watching them ourselves,” Budd said. “Then we had the side-byside comparison that we were able to make a better judgement on those.” Nick Carpenter photo Budd said this worked because when the board relied too much on the pre-screeners’ numbers, it THE LOGAN FILM FESTIVAL OPENS THURSDAY at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, Dansante Theatre may have been weighted wrong. and Death Ray Comics. “Each person has their own opinion, and one
person’s 10 might be another person’s five,” Budd said. Mason Johnson, the lead producer over the festival, said the films he most looks forward to are “20,000 Days on Earth” — which will be the headliner — “The Frontier” and “Young Americans.” Johnson said “Young Americans” is a big deal because it was written and directed by local filmmaker, Kevin Lacy, who is one of the only local filmmakers to go to the American Film Institute, an elite film school. This film in particular is Lacy’s master’s thesis. Johnson said the first night will feature the film “Ephraim’s Rescue” followed by a question and answer session with the filmmakers. Though it’s already released on Blu-ray and DVD, it is there for a more conservative crowd who might want to watch it on the big screen, he said. Johnson said a majority of the filmmakers from the state of Utah who have submitted films to the festival will travel to Logan. It will be a place where they can show their films and mingle with each other. “It’s always nice to provide a good venue for filmmakers around the state to basically network,” Johnson said. Budd said this networking of filmmakers is one of the most important things about the festival
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Recipe: coconut chicken with sweet chili sauce Pan fried to crispy perfection, this seemingly fancy but surprisingly simple main dish will impress anyone. I have made this recipe several times after my first go at it nearly a year ago, tweaking and perMikayla Kapp fecting it along the way. Each time it impresses a Eat new group Well of taste testers because of the unique sweet flavor of the chicken combined with the sauce. The sweet chili dipping sauce is something that seems easy to skip over. Don’t do it. It completely ties the dish together. Splurge the extra three dollars; you will not regret it.
Skill Level: Beginner to intermediate Tastiness: 8/10 Healthier alternative: bake the chicken at 400 degrees for 25 minutes, turning them at about 15 minutes. Tastes great with: steamed vegetables, asian noodles or rice. Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Ingredients: • 2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts • 2 large eggs • ¼ cup coconut milk • ½ cup all purpose flour • 1 cup panko bread crumbs • 1 cup shredded coconut • ½ tsp salt • ½ cup vegetable oil, divided • 1 cup sweet chili sauce (can be found in grocery store asian section)
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‘Bus Stop’ headlines Caine Lyric Theatre
Annie Hall photos SCENES FROM ‘BUS STOP’ FILL THE STAGE at Caine Lyric Theatre this week. The play is the first production of the season for Caine College of the Arts and opened Tuesday, Sept. 23. “Bus Stop” is about the passengers of a bus that gets stranded in a snowstorm at a diner on the side of the road. The show plays until Saturday, Sept. 27, with a matinee that afternoon.
Book From Page 4 Put on by the Utah Humanities Council, the festival is the only one of its kind in Utah and will have events all over the state including Price, Provo, Salt Lake City, Vernal, Ogden and Brigham City, according to utahhumanities.org. The website description states the UHC aims to help individuals and groups improve their communities by bringing people a way to actively engage in the humanities. The council provides money and support for local humanities projects
ranging from the preservation of oral histories to discussions and interpretive exhibits. The festival will return to Logan on October 9 at the Logan Library on Main Street with poetry readings from poets Cat Dixon and Natalie Taylor. This event will also be part of Logan’s Helicon West series, an event held on the second and fourth Thursday of every month during the USU fall and spring semesters. Helicon West welcomes members of the community to read from their personal creative works as well as listen to the works of other local writers.
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Instructions 1. Cut off any extra fat from your chicken, then cut each of the breasts diagonally into equal strips. 2. Gather three bowls for the breading process. In the first bowl combine flour and salt. In the second, whisk the coconut mild and eggs together until well combined. In the third bowl, stir together the shredded coconut and bread crumbs. 3. Pour 1/4 cup of the vegetable oil into a large skillet. Heat over medium/high heat until just below smoking. 4. While the oil is heating, dredge the chicken strips. First, coat each strip in the flour and salt mixture, then dip each into the egg and coconut milk mixture and finally coat each in bread crumbs and shredded coconut.
5. After breading the strips, the oil should be hot enough. Place 6-8 strips in the pan at once. Leave an inch between each strip; there should only be one layer of chicken strips in the pan at a time. If too many strips are in at once, they will absorb the oil instead of frying. Fry the strips until they are golden brown and crispy (about 2-4 minutes). Place them on a plate with a paper towel to drain excess oil and move on to the next batch. After a couple of batches you may need more oil, so you can add the second ¼ cup to the pan. Allow the oil to heat up before frying the next batch (2-3 minutes). Because the strips are thin, they should be cooked through by the time both sides are browned. 6. When all of the strips are done frying, serve immediately with sweet chili sauce for dipping. (Recipe adapted from budgetbytes.com) — Mikayla is a sophomore majoring in graphic design. Her favorite appliance is the blender. Email any recipe review requests to wmikaylakapp@gmail.com.
Meghann Nixon photo STUDENTS IN THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE department transformed four parking spaces around campus into small parks last week for PARK(ing) Day, the third Friday in September, to advocate the need for open space in urban areas.
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Students critical of new USU ticket system 4By Taylor Orton staff writer
The new student ticketing system for Utah State football is, according to Utah State students, off to a rocky start. In fact, if Utah State students had it their way the system would be done away with, as an unofficial poll showed that an estimated 88% were in favor of eliminating it entirely. In a system that requires extensive planning and forward thinking, students have had a hard time adjusting their game day and even game week plans to fit the new requirements. “I know of people who have elected to not even go to the game because of the added hassle to get in,” said Brittani Bushman, a senior majoring in family consumer and human development. “The great thing about the old system was that you didn’t have to work so hard at going to a game. If you got off work early for example, before you could just go to the game and sit with some friends. Now, you have to make sure you plan in advance to get to the ticket office and make sure you get the same section and row as your friends. It’s just more hoops for students to jump through.” The new hard ticketing system is drastically different than the show up and swipe the ID card tradition of seasons past. In or-
Brooke Maughan praised the lack warding for students to actually of waiting on Saturdays. show up.” “I like having pre-assigned seats Students also have found it so that you don’t have to stand in much more tasking to orgaline for hours and not get a good nize seating arrangements with seat,” Maughan said. “It gives the friends, one of the biggest factors people who get to the card office in creating a fun and enjoyable atfirst a chance mosphere. at better tick “You have Connor Nuss ets and those to decide who USU senior who come latyou want to er don’t.” go to the game One of the with, gather original goals ID cards, defor the new cide who will system was to actually wake allow students up Monday to more free time go pick them on game days, up,” Nuss said. with hopes to “It’s a hassle to promote highmake weekend er attendance plans in adat tailgating vance when so parties and remany students duce or elimiare either gone nate the necesfor the current sity to show up hours in advance weekend or aren’t sure if they will to have one of the more sought be at the game the following Satafter seats. However, some stu- urday.” dents have determined the tail- Nuss added that students who gating to be unappealing. have taken the time to get close “The main point of the sys- seats have had to either kick peotem was to get more students at ple out or squeeze in with other the tailgates right?” said Connor students who just decide to sit in Nuss, a senior majoring in busi- their row without the right tickness. “We went to the first tailgate ets. and got free granola bars. Grano- “The first game my friends and la bars? That’s the best they can I had to stand sideways in the do? They have to make the experience more entertaining and re- jSee TICKETS, Page 9
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Kylee Larsen photo UTAH STATE STUDENT SECTION cheers against Idaho State University in the Aggies’ home opener on Sept. 6. The game was USU students’ first experience with the new ticketing system.
der to gain entrance and a nice seat at home games, students must go with their student ID to the card office in the Taggart Student Center or to the ticket office in the Spectrum and present their card in exchange for a free
student ticket with an assigned section and row. These hard tickets are then presented to the ushers upon entering the gates at Romney stadium and the ushers help direct the student to their assigned section.
Students can also be admitted to the game with just an ID card but must wait in line until 15 minutes after kickoff, and then are left to fill in any remaining available seats. Freshman dietetics major
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Utah State tennis club serves up fourth season 4By Kalen Taylor assistant sports editor
Utah State University tennis club is beginning its fourth year with a new club president and aspirations to return to nationals. “I love tennis club, this is where all my friends are,” said Muriel McGregor, a graduate student who has been in tennis club since the club started in 2010. “It’s always exciting to see what new players come out, especially girls cause we don’t usually get many of those.” Tennis club competes in tournaments in the fall and a regional tournament in the spring. The top three teams at the regional tournament qualify for nationals. Two years ago the team qualified for nationals with after a third place finish at the tournament. As club tennis has been increasing in popularity across the United States, the amount of teams competing is going up. Utah State’s club team missed out on nationals last year due to increased competition. “The biggest thing that will happen this year is region-
als, which happen over spring break,” said Caleb Camp, a junior in his first year as club president. “The fall is to get everyone introduced and in the spring we do local tournaments and compete against the other universities here in Utah. The surrounding states all come together in Salt Lake and play the big tournament to qualify for nationals. If you qualify then you compete at nationals which is in Arizona this year.” In fall 2010 when Michael Scheffield and Chris Lloyd started the tennis club there were about 20 members. This year there are already about 25 players. There is a chance to grow with larger numbers, however the club is trying to focus more on quality rather than quantity. “We want to keep it at about 20-25 competitive players,” Camp said. “This year our biggest thing is to do two practices a week, every Friday and Saturday there are events going on for our members.” Members join the club for a variety of reasons, mostly because they want to play tennis at a higher level. “I had free time,” said Jere-
my Benson, a freshman in his second semester at Utah State. “Playing tennis in high school was awesome so I thought I would come out and play some more.” Besides getting to play more tennis the players all enjoy close friendships with club members as they compete. “Besides the tennis, Caleb is a great president,” McGregor said. “He’s really devoted to the club.” “The people here are great, everyone is nice,” Benson said. “There are enough quality players that it challenges me. I get to hit with people that are better than me, which helps me get better. I didn’t really play any tournaments last semester, it will be nice to get out and play in some competitive matches.” The club will play its next tournament hosted by Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, on Sept. 27. More information about the Utah State tennis club can be found on Facebook under the “USU Tennis Club” page.
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SOPHOMORE BRANTLEY BOND swings at a ball during tennis practice Friday. Utah State’s tennis club will play next in a tournament at Weber State University on Saturday, Sept. 27.
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State your case: Which NFL team will go the longest without a win?
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There are three teams left that have yet to win an NFL game this season, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be the last to do it. Anyone who watched the game against the Atlanta Falcons last week won’t disagree. Not even the new uniforms will save them. I, along with the rest of America, was stunned, confused and felt really sorry for any legit Buccaneers fans. Do they even exist? Buehler? A historically bad game Thursday left them with an average margin of defeat of 17 points after just three games. With a new coach, a new starting QB and fancy new uniforms I expected this franchise to be fully re-energized for a push to get out of the NFL doghouse. Injuries haven’t helped, as they’ve been without 2012 wonderboy Doug Martin, Pro Bowl DT Gerald McCoy, and starting QB Josh McCown who left the party in Atlanta with a sprained thumb. On top of that, offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford is taking a leave of absence. They rank last in passing offense and 20th or lower in rush yards, defensive rush yards, and defensive passing yards, not to mention they play in one of the toughest divisions in football. Safe to say things may not be getting better anytime soon. Only question is, Winston? Mariota? Gurley? Which college football player should they be tanking for?
You know there is a problem when one of the most popular players on a team is the kicker. That is only the beginning of the many problems with the Oakland Raiders. Last year the Raiders went 4-12 and it is not looking any better this year. They are one of three teams who have yet to win a game this season. Will they ever be able to escape the black hole of losing? No, probably not. Who do the Raiders have to help them succeed? No one. I mean, let’s be real, Matt Schaub is running the offense. The same guy who threw a pick six in four straight games last year. As if he wasn’t bad enough, he doesn’t exactly have anyone to throw to. They brought in James Jones from the Packers, but really what good will that do? He scored all of three touchdowns last year, and that was with Aaron Rogers throwing him the ball. Sure the Jaguars and the Buccaneers will also continue to lose, but the Raiders are going to outlast them. They have a tough schedule ahead of them and no room for improvement. They have lost nine straight games and it is only going to get harder. They have not had a winning season in 10 years. The Raiders are the worst team in the AFC West, and one of the worst teams in the league. They are going to continue to lose until they find a real quarterback, a decent head coach and more talent.
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Kylee Larsen photo TREVOR MANN MAKES A CUT to avoid defenders in his flag football game Tuesday night.
4By Olivia Webb staff writer
A fight broke out Monday night between two flag football teams over one team’s insulting remarks to the other. “We have two Ukrainian kids on our team,” said Freshman Ian Newton, who is studying Physical Education and plays on the offended team. “The other team was making fun of their accents. They were pretty upset about it.” Not only did the team make fun of accents, they also teased a player for being short. “They pushed some buttons of one of our players,” said Connor Malloy, a freshman studying biochemistry who plays on Newton’s team. “He’s a little bit shorter and I know
they were calling him ‘midget.’” Newton admitted that after the opposing team caught an interception near the end of the game, he lost his temper. “I slide tackled one of the kids,” Newton said. “I thought I was going to get kicked out. They just called the game short.” If he had been kicked out of the game, he would also have had to miss his team’s next game. Malloy added that the altercation was heated, but not out of hand. “The other team came closing in on him and so our guys ran to his side,” he said. “And that’s what happened, like no punches or anything like that.” Newton and Malloy’s team has a smaller roster than
most of other teams they play against. A flag football game plays seven on seven, and they usually have seven or eight come to play. Most of the teams they play have 10 to 12. “I feel like it was just one of the things where it was kind of heat of the moment,” Malloy said. Teams play on weekday evenings. Newton and Malloy’s team try to practice each week, on Mondays. “I didn’t know the guys until we met, but they’re all good guys” Malloy said. “The only way I know any of them is from flag football.” The season ends next Thursday. — olivia.webb@aggiemail. usu.edu Twitter: @OliviaWebb77
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Film From Page 4 because Logan is a prime place for creativity with a lot of potential for good filmmakers, but there are limited opportunities for them. “I think it’s somewhat of a shame that our school doesn’t have a film program because I think it would thrive in Logan even more than it would down at BYU,” Budd said. “I feel like the festival is one of those avenues that can gather the filmmakers and make people excited about making films.” Weston Woodbury, vice president of the Logan Film Festival, said a major goal of the festival is to get people excited about film. “We’re all passionate about it and we all want to make films as well,” Woodbury said. “We want to see northern Utah recognized as a good place to make films because there’s so many great locations up here.” Johnson said there were other film festivals before the Logan Film Festival existed, the most recent being the Fringe Film Festival, which was discontinued. The main difference the Logan Film Festival brought about was a focus on independent films from around the world. “Fringe was more of a locals-only type of gig that didn’t focus on the artistic expression that we were trying to get out of the
Tickets From Page 6 third row just to fit,” Nuss said. Bushman added concerns that the new system hinders the enthusiasm of the student section. “At the Idaho game, I was quite shocked at the quiet student section,” Bushman said. “There was a lack of cheering, and overall just a boring student section. While the Wake Forest game was much better in that regard, the student section didn’t even look full until ten minutes into the game. In years past, the student section was always full before the game even started, getting ready to cheer on the players. I honestly believe that this new system discourages that.” Not being able to sit with friends has been a major contributor in what some would say is a noticeable “lack of hype” or “less spirit” at the games this year. “The energy of the crowd has definitely taken a dip,” said Lance Hendricks, a senior majoring in finance. “It was nice to have rows of friends bunched together rather than spread out along one individual row, it makes the games
Blame From Page 8 that alcohol is the root of this problem on our campus? Framing the consumption of alcohol as a reason behind sexual assault shifts the rightful blame from the perpetrator to the victim. Blaming victims of sexual assault for the crimes made against them is not only wrong but creates an atmosphere where sexual violence can be simply written off, or even ignored. I do not want our university to be a place where survivors of sexual violence feel they are not taken seriously or are afraid to report these crimes, solely because they were drinking alcohol at the time of the incident. I am not suggesting we forget that alcohol is part of the equation. However, the message that should be shared on our campus is that as a community we need to look out for each other. If you’re at a party and see something suspicious, be brave enough to stop it. If you think there may be a situation where sexual violence could happen, speak up. If you’re hosting a party and suspect that a guest may be
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films,” Johnson said. “We were really trying to bump up the quality in films that we could get submitted to our festival.” Johnson said despite the fact that there are films from around the world, there is an entire category called Locals Only which has the biggest cash prize of the festival at 1,000 dollars. He said it is good to incorporate both worldwide and local aspects because it allows filmmakers and audiences in the community to see quality films from around the world. “Incorporating those two aspects, it gives everyone a chance to see things that they wouldn’t typically be able to see,” Johnson said. “When we get international independent films into our festival, it gives those people a chance to actually expose their film to new audiences as well. So it works both ways.” Johnson said all the films are submitted by the filmmakers through a website called Withoutabox, which allows them to find film festivals looking for entries. For the most part, the board does not reach out to get individual films. This year, Johnson said there were about two exceptions, one of them being “20,000 Days on Earth.” Budd said he hopes people who go to the festival gain more of an appreciation for independent film and an understanding that good films do not require a big budget. — topherwriter@gmail.com Twitter: @ChrisCampbell02 less enjoyable and the crowd isn’t as enthusiastic.” Many students have their own personal ideas for how to best alter the new system to fit the needs of the USU student section. “The security staff is so small, students can get away with just about anything,” Nuss said. “I think if they wanted to take this new ticketing system seriously, they would crack down and check tickets when students are in the row, and not just at the top of the section.” For those that cite a lack of time for a trip to the card office during the week, senior Megan Craghead proposed a new possibility. “I would either make tickets available online and students would just have to enter in their A# and maybe be able to insert up to 10 more A#’s,” Craghead said. “Then let students choose their section, or have students get the tickets the day before the game so that they have more time. I personally preferred the system the way it was last year, much more convenient for students, but if alterations were to be made to the current system that is what I would do.” — taylor.c.orton@aggiemail. usu.edu engaging in inappropriate behavior, send them home. Sexual assault can be prevented in situations where alcohol is involved, but it takes someone to notice wrongdoing and stop it. If you or anyone you know is a survivor of sexual assault, report the incident. Do not be afraid to make your voice heard. It does not matter if you were drunk; never feel that being intoxicated is an excuse for others to violate your body. The Sexual Assault and Anti-Violence Information office, or SAAVI, is a safe place to report any sexual violence; you will not be penalized for consuming alcohol as a minor. I’m grateful for USU staff members, who work to ensure a safer campus. However, if we want our university community to be free of sexual violence we need to shift our focus. We need to stop using alcohol as a scapegoat for the real issue: real people committing acts of violence.
— Manda Perkins is the assistant news editor of the Statesman and a senior majoring in journalism. When she’s not petting cats or watering plants, she is scheming to take over the patriarchy. Contact her at manda.perkins@hotmail. com or on Twitter @perkins_manda.
Ryan Costanzo photo JACK GREEN, a student sustainability volunteer, talks with Alex Lamm of the sustainability council during Tuesday’s festival.
Festival From Page 1 “There is sort of three camps,” said Julie Bjornstad, a consultant working with facilities. “There is the people who really like the idea because there is a lot of conflicts that are happening between pedestrians and bicycles. Then there is another group that wants to keep it open because it is one of the main routes through campus and there is pick-up and drop-off that hap-
pens. The third group is sort of unsure about it, they see the benefits but they are kind of concerned with where certain traffic would go.” The feedback from Open Streets Festival will be combined with data collected on the road over the last few weeks. “We collected data about two weeks ago about how much traffic was using it and how many pedestrians were crossing during the peak periods of the day,” Bjornstad said. “So depending on sort of what the feedback is about public opinion mixed with what that would
do to traffic around campus.” While the feedback was an important part of the Open Streets Festival, Tomlin said a large purpose was simple. “We just want it to be fun,” Tomlin said. “Obviously it’s kind of a difficult thing for a lot of organizations because it does kind of create a headache, but it’s also a cool way for people to think about the street just a little bit differently. So it’s a fun atmosphere and it’s a good time.”
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• Nora Eccles Harrison Museum exhibit ‘Black Mountain College’ and ‘Relational Forms,’ display Enchanted Modernities • Utah An Der Ruhr exhibit at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Chase Fine Arts Center 102 • Logan Film Festival at Ellen Eccles Theater at 6 p.m. Cost is $5 for students. • Bus Stop at Caine Lyric Theater at 7:30 p.m.
• Nora Eccles Harrison Museum exhibit ‘Black Mountain College’ and ‘Relational Forms,’ display Enchanted Modernities • Utah An Der Ruhr exhibit at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Chase Fine Arts Center 102 • Women’s soccer vs Colorado College at 4 p.m. at Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field • Bus Stop at Caine Lyric Theater at 7:30 p.m.
• Utah Ukulele Festival at 10 a.m. at Willow Park • Artoberfest from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Performance Hall • Volleyball vs. Wyoming at 7 p.m.
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