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The USU volleyball team defeated UVU 3-1 to increase its winning streak. Page 9
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The Ceramics Guild held its annual chili bowl sale as a fundraiser. Page 3
The Autism Support Services: Education, Research, and Training program at USU was awarded the Autism Council of Utah’s education Autism Program of the Year award at the council’s biannual meeting at the state capitol Friday, Oct. 19. The ASSERT program, directed by associate professor Thomas Higbee of the department of special education and rehabilitation, provides educational and behavioral early intervention to 3 to 5-year-old children affected by autism. “We are behavior analysis-based with strong research evidence,” said Alice Keyl, a doctoral supervisor. “It’s a great program because we train undergrad students intensely before they go out into their specified fields.” The Autism Council said they awarded ASSERT based on principles of services, communication, implementation of autism programs, advocacy and achievement of successful results for the cause of autism. The award was open to any educational setting demonstrating effectiveness working with individu- A child in the ASSERT PROGRAM plays a board game with Candace McDonald, junior majoring in elemen-
- See ASSERT, page 3
tary education. The program recently received an award from the Autism Council of Utah, naming it program of the year. NOELLE BERLAGE photo
Future of nuclear power in question
Features Nathan Copier plays Frankenstein at Lagoon on the weekends. Page 5
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Sports The USU cross country team looks to defend the men’s and women’s WAC titles this weekend during the WAC Championship held in Logan. Page 9
Freshman Brad Lowder won the first Rock, Paper, Scissors competition at USU Wednesday. He beat 35 other students, taking the title. TYLER LARSON photo
Students throwing rocks and playing with scissors By LIZ LAWYER assistant news editor
Opinion “As we strive to be professionals of our own local culture, maybe we can have an effect on historical events. At least, if we try, we can know what our contribution to history is.” Page 12
Almanac Today in History: In 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton’s monumental undertaking of constructing the Erie Canal is completed after two years of construction, primarily by Irish immigrants who dug most of the canal with shovels at the rate of $10 a month.
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USU students broke out old strategies and game faces Wednesday in an effort to become the first Rock, Paper, Scissors champion of USU. Brad Lowder, freshman in English, rose to the top of a field of 36 competing ‘throwers’ to take the title. Lowder attributed his success to his
ability to read minds. He said he was inspired to join the tournament put on by Campus Recreation because he saw a banner advertising it and thought, “That sounds like something I can do.” After winning the tournament held next to the Tanner Fountain, a group of his friends lifted him up, chanting his
- See ROCKS, page 3
Two representatives from Utah are looking to place a nuclear power plant in the state for reasons that may include personal business interests, Jessica Kendrick, a field organizer for Heal Utah, said Thursday at a public meeting. Heal Utah, which stands for The Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah, is working to keep a nuclear plant out of the state and protect residents from nuclear or toxic waste and dislikes the fact that two Utah legislators are working to get a nuclear plant in Utah when their business interests are pushing them that way, Kendrick said. “These two men in very powerful positions are sitting on this committee with a huge conflict of interest,” Kendrick said. “We are going full steam ahead with (building a nuclear power plant) because of these legislators and their business dealings.” Kendrick said she feels Utah has been receiving the brunt of the bad effects of nuclear power. “For over four decades, Utah has been right in the bullseye. We have uranium mined from our own soil only to have it be
returned to us as radioactive waste. What a legacy,” Kendrick said. Kendrick said not only are there negative effects of having nuclear power plants, but the entire process of creating nuclear energy is dangerous. “It begins with mining,” Kendrick said. “With uranium mining you not only have the typical dangers of working in the mine but you now have the effects of radiation. After the uranium is mined it has to be milled, Kendrick said. Utah is home to the only current operational mill, and the mill has had adverse affects on the people around it. “When the mill was first opened, house wives brought clothes inside instead of hanging them outside because the hazardous dust burned holes in the clothes,” Kendrick said. The radiation can get to the point were it causes cancer, Kendrick said. “In Monticello, a small town of 2,000 people, 427 of them have been diagnosed with cancer from this,” Kendrick said. After the uranium is milled, it has to be enriched and then used in the power plants, Kendrick said. Utah does not
- See NUCLEAR, page 4
USU alumna’s portrait unveiled in D.C. By M. RUSSELL staff writer
A portrait of May Swenson, USU poet, was recently unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, a distinction shared by Brigham Young and Robert Leroy Parker, also known as Butch Cassidy, among other Utahns. “The diversity of her work is really extraordinary because she writes both for adults and children,” said Joyce Kinkead, English professor. “The breadth of her poetic level is quite incredible and she is regarded as a significant 20th century American poet.” “Within the community of established poets, she is revered,” says Michael Spooner, director of USU Press, which has published three books about Swenson and is preparing a collection of essays about her work. Spooner, English professor, Paul Crumbley,and several graduate students are involved in the May Swenson Project to make the Cache Valley native better known. Michael Spooner, director of Utah State University Press, English professor Paul Crumbley and several English graduate May Swenson, poet and 1934 USU graduate, recently had her portrait unveiled at the
- See SWENSON, page 4
National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. Last year, a May Swenson Room was created in Ray B. West in her honor. There is also a study room dedicated to her in the library. CAMERON PETERSON photo
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP)– A state lawmaker who wants to build a nuclear-power plant in Utah is proposing to use the Green River as a critical source of cooling water, a newspaper reported Thursday. A contract to secure the rights to nearly 10 billion gallons of water a year identified the river, The Salt Lake Tribune said in a copyright story. “We still don’t know basically where the thing is going to go,” said Rep. Aaron Tilton, R-Springville. He is trying to develop a power plant as chief executive of Transition Power Development LLC. It would have two units. “One unit doesn’t give you the scale of economy to give the best competitive advantages,” Tilton said. Transition Power wants to find a site, acquire property rights and conduct studies necessary to get preliminary approvals from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Reed Searle, a partner in the company. Green River Mayor Ed Bentley said he’d welcome a power plant in his community, which is on the Grand County-Emery County line, 70 miles west of Colorado. “Anything that would provide good-paying jobs would be excellent for our community,” he said. Transition Power has a contract with the Kane County Water Conservancy District. It still would need approval from the Utah Division of Water Rights.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) – The Santa Ana winds that helped fires explode across Southern California were dying down Thursday, but the fight was far from over: Despite a massive aerial assault, several blazes remained far from containment as flames drew perilously close to thousands of homes. Some of the hundreds of thousands of evacuees were being allowed back into their neighborhoods, and shelters were emptying. Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, which sheltered more than 10,000 people at the height of the evacuations, had just 2,500 people left Thursday morning. Crews found two burned bodies in a gutted house north of San Diego, authorities said Thursday, raising the number of deaths directly caused by the fire to three. The San Diego medical examiner’s office listed seven other deaths as connected to the blazes because all who died were evacuees. More than 482,000 acres — about 753 square miles — were burned in a broad arc from Ventura County north of Los Angeles east to the San Bernardino National Forest and south HURRICANE, Utah (AP) – A 29-yearto the U.S.-Mexico border. In San old Hurricane High School teacher was Diego County, which received the arrested on allegations of having sex with a worst of the fires, crews cut fire lines student. around the major blazes, but none of “Under Utah law, a juvenile student the four fires was more than 40 percent is incapable of consenting to sexual relacontained and more than 8,500 homes tions with a teacher,” the Hurricane remained threatened. Police Department said in a statement To the northeast, in the San Wednesday. “Under the law, sexual interBernardino County mountain resort course without legal consent constitutes of Lake Arrowhead, fire officials said rape.” 16,000 homes were in the path of two The female teacher, who taught social wildfires that had destroyed more than science, was placed on leave by the 300 homes. Washington County School District. She The fires remained out of control, has not been charged. The student in the but were being bombarded by aerial case is a boy. tankers and helicopters that dumped more than 30 loads of water.
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In Orange County, firefighters lost ground overnight on a nearly 23,000acre fire. President Bush, who has declared a major disaster in a seven-county region, took an aerial tour of the burn areas with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. “It’s a sad situation out there in Southern California,” Bush said outside the White House before leaving for California. “I fully understand that the people have got a lot of anguish in their hearts. They just need to know a lot of folks care about them.” So far, at least 15 fires have destroyed about 1,500 homes in Southern California since late Saturday. The hot, dry Santa Ana winds that have whipped the blazes into a destructive, indiscriminate fury since the weekend were expected to all but disappear. “That will certainly aid in firefighting efforts,” National Weather Service meteorologist Jamie Meier said. Officials continued to lift evacuation orders, the latest in Escondido, which was particularly hard hit. Despite the improving news, nearly 18,000 customers in the San Diego area remained without power Thursday. A San Diego Gas & Electric Co. helicopter attempting to restore power crashed Thursday morning, but all four people aboard escaped injury. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known. Medical examiners were trying to establish the identities of the man and woman whose bodies were found near Poway, north of San Diego, said Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Jan Caldwell. The bodies were found in a cinderblock, garage-sized building behind a home that sits alone atop a hill overlooking the San Diego Wild
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“It’s a sad situation out there in Southern California, I fully understand that the people have a lot of anguish in their hearts. They just need to know a lot of folks care about them. ” –President Bush Animal Park. The pair are believed to be related, officials said. Neighbors said they last saw them around midnight Monday when they told the two to evacuate, according to Caldwell. Flames also claimed the life of a 52year-old man in Tecate. Economic losses total at least $1 billion in San Diego County alone, and include a third of the state’s avocado crop. The losses are half as high as those in Southern California’s 2003 fires, but are certain to rise. The more hopeful news on the fire lines came a day after residents in some hard-hit San Diego County neighborhoods were allowed back to their streets, many lined with the wreckage of melted cars. Running Springs resident Ricky Garcia returned to his house in the San Bernardino Mountains on Wednesday, panicked that his street had been wiped out and his cats, Jeff and Viper, were lost.
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NEW YORK (AP) – Michael Lohan wants to patch things up with his family. “Reconciliation and redemption across the board,” says Lohan, a born-again Christian. “Just all of us getting right with God.” Lohan’s 21year-old daughter Lindsay, star of “Mean Girls,” ‘’Freaky Friday” and Lohan other films, has said that her father’s behavior and her parents’ divorce have caused her to act out. Michael and estranged wife Dina Lohan settled their long-simmering divorce in August, months after he left a New York state prison where he served almost two years for drunken driving and other charges. He reunited with Lindsay in September after a 3-year estrangement. She had entered a drug and alcohol treatment center the previous month after reaching a plea deal on misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges. Lohan’s visit to the Cirque Lodge in Utah was her third trip to rehab since January, a frenetic year in which she wrecked a Mercedes-Benz, released the box-office flop “I Know Who Killed Me” and was arrested more than once. She left the center earlier this month. Does Lohan blame himself for Lindsay’s troubles? “Absolutely. How can I not? I mean, we lead by example,” Lohan said in an interview Wednesday with AP Television News. He entered a Christian-based drug and rehabilitation center in West Babylon, N.Y., after he was released from prison in March. Lohan had repeatedly said Lindsay needed the same kind of treatment. “I made a commitment when I was in there to God and to myself that, when I got out, I was going to do God’s work, and I was going to share with other people what I’ve been through and how God changed my life,” Lohan said.
LateNiteHumor Top Ten President Bush Global Warming Solutions– 10– Instead of “Partly sunny,” have weatherman say “Partly cloudy” 9– Stop using Air Force One for Texas barbecue runs 8– Replace dangerous CO2 in the atmosphere with more eco-friendly 7– Encourage people to walk more by distributing free Dr. Scholl massaging gel inserts. Are you gellin’? 6– Watch Al Gore movie one of these nights instead of “Dukes of Hazzard” 5– Bob Barker’s free. Get him workin’ on it 4– Send more troops to Iraq 3– I dunno, tax cuts for the rich? 2– Reduce hot air emissions by cancelling “The View” 1– Resign
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The Ceramics Guild held a chili fundraiser on the TSC Patio. Members of the guild made chili bowls to sell for the fundraiser. Bowls were $8, coming with a free dish of chili made by Culinary Concepts of Smithfield. All the proceeds went to the Ceramics Guild. John Lackstrom, linguistics professor, received his bowl of chili Wednesday from Robert Sanderson. TYLER LARSON photo
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USU’s College of Agriculture honored its most outstanding faculty, staff and students in the 19th annual Awards & Honors Recognition banquet held recently. The annual ceremony includes a variety of recognitions awarded by the College of Agriculture that range from achievement awards to scholarship funds for agricultural students. Headlining the ceremony was Donald Smee, who received the Jones LeGrand Shupe Achievement Award. Smee is a research professor with the Institute for Antiviral Research in the department of animal, dairy and veterinary sciences. He has more than 100 works published and has worked with the National Institute of Health on the chemotherapy of influenza virus infections. He is also working on developing a treatment for orthopox virus infections. Basudeb Biswas was awarded the Distinguished Professor Award for his career-long devotion to the study of international development in agriculture. He is one of the most celebrated professors at USU, having previously won numerous teaching and advising awards from the College of Agriculture, USU alumni association, international student council, College of Business and the department of economics. He has also won the University Graduate Mentor of the Year award. After earning near perfect scores on his teacher evaluations, Rudy Tarpley of the agricultural systems technology department received the Teacher of the Year award. Tarpley also received the College of Agriculture’s Advisor of the Year Award in 2005 and has won the Western Region Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Association for Agricultural Education in 2007. “I love how enthusiastic Dr. Tarpley is about learning and agriculture,” said former student Kody Howells. “His enthusiasm spreads throughout the room whenever he is teaching. The College of Agriculture awarded John Morrey the Researcher of the Year Award for 2007. Morrey is a research professor of virology in the department of animal, dairy and veterinary sciences. He is also director of the Institute for Antiviral Research. His team is researching new treatments for West Nile virus, hepatitis B virus and Mad Cow diseases. The winner of the College of Agriculture Scholar of the Year is Craig J. Louder, a student in the animal sciences department. Louder, a graduate of North Summit High School, has been active both on and off campus.
Lauder was a member of the platinum award-winning team at the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge’s National Competition held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 2007. This year’s recipient of the Faculty Advisor of the Year Award is Brian K. Warnick, an assistant professor in the agricultural systems technology and education department. Warnick was chosen for his outstanding work as an advisor to approximately 50 undergraduate students. He was cited for his professional preparation of those who have chosen to become agricultural science and technology teachers. “Dr. Warnick is always there to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs it,” said Justin Thornley, a USU graduate. “He always has the answers and if he doesn’t, he finds out quickly and notifies you as soon as possible.” Lazell Allen of the agricultural systems technology and education department received the Service to Students Award. She was honored for being the ‘face’ of the department as she meets, greets and serves students, faculty, staff and visitors in a professional and friendly manner. Allen works with approximately 140 undergraduate students and 40 graduate students. Art Lamont, a business manager in the animal, dairy and veterinary sciences department. Lamont received the College of Agriculture Service to the Faculty Award. Lamont has maintained the fiscal affairs of a large department that requires a thorough understanding of multiple USU policies and procedures and has executed those responsibilities efficiently. Adding to its Alumni Hall of Honor, the College of Agriculture honored Lyman Rich, who graduated from USU in 1925. Since then, Rich has been influential in the advancement of the dairy sciences. He has authored more than 100 publications and has studied artificial insemination in 12 European countries and many U.S. states. He was one of the first people to use a computer for the storage of important dairy records. The computer program that he developed today stores the testing records for over 1.8 million cows. In 1956, Rich was awarded the National Agriculture Superior Service Award in Washington D.C. Along with the individual accolades awarded by USU’s College of Agriculture, the college also awarded 110 scholarships from various organizations to its most outstanding students. For more information about USU’s College of Agriculture and its departments, visit the Web site at www.ag.usu.edu.
name. After losing a round, throwers were knocked out of the winners’ bracket and competed in the losers bracket. After losing a second round, competitors were eliminated from the running. Throwers were competing for a USU sweatshirt and blanket and an intramural championship T-shirt. Students tried different kinds of strategy, from complete randomness to faking opponents out. “I should have thrown rock,” Mike Price, freshman in economics, said after losing in the first round. “I told (my opponent) I was throwing rock ahead of time – then I threw paper. She read right through it.” Steven Yeip, sophomore computer engineering major, who placed third in the winner’s bracket, said he was a little disappointed after he was knocked out of the running. “I blame it on the Bush administration,” he said. “I’ve been doing this since I was two
years old. I felt I really had a chance.” As the competitors moved up in the rankings tension grew, with loud celebration and cries of defeat after each throw. Friends and former competitors trashtalked from the sidelines. As Tyler Burbage, undeclared freshman, was paired up with his next contestant in the losers’ bracket, he made a prediction: “He’s humble, so he’s going to win.” Three throws later, Burbage was knocked out of the running by his modest challenger. Lance Brown, campus recreation chair, said the Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament was part of a series of contests involving “playground games.” “Not everyone at USU is athletic, so we wanted to start some non-traditional intramural sports,” Brown said.” Punt, Pass, Kick Contest was held earlier this semester. Other activities that are planned include a Human Pyramid Building Contest, and a Text Messaging Contest. –elizabeth.lawyer@aggiemail.usu.edu
KVNU’s For the People will host a voucher debate Monday, Oct. 29 from 4-6 pm. The debate will be broadcast live on 610 KVNU. Advocating for Utah’s Voucher Program will be Richard Eyre of Parents for Choice in Education. Arguing against Utah’s Voucher Program will be Teresa Theurer of Utahns for Public Schools. The debate will be moderated by Ryan Yonk, co-host of KVNU’s For the People. The first hour of the debate will be formally structured, patterned after collegiate style parliamentary debate. The questions for the first hour have been disclosed to the participants in advance. Both will have opportunities to rebut and refute assertions and arguments of one another. The second hour of the debate will be a less formal round table discussion with calls, questions and comments from listeners and other media. KVNU’s For the People is heard throughout Northern Utah and South eastern Idaho weeknights from 4-6 pm on 610 AM KVNU and podcast at 610kvnu. com. KVNU’s For the People is co-hosted by Tom Grover & Ryan Yonk.
Presbyterian Church welcomes students The Fist Presbyterian welcomes USU students to join them for an Earth Stewardship Celebration Sunday, Oct. 28. During their education hour from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. there will have a guest speaker, Rob Davies. Davies will present information about the environment and people’s part in being stewards of the earth. Dr. Robert Davies is a Utah-trained physicist and educator. Most recently, Rob spent two years in a research post at Oxford University, England, studying the fundamental nature of light and information. While there he also renewed his interest in climate physics, spending time with researchers at the university’s Environmental Change Institute and delving into the primary scientific literature. Davies decided to return to Cache Valley and help the community he calls home better understand the critically important issue of climate change. Davies’ efforts in the field of climate change are nonpartisan and nonprofessional; he is not affiliated with any political or environmental organizations, nor is he paid for his work. He seeks to serve as an objective and informed scientific voice to the public, free of professional or financial motive. Following the education hour, there will be a worship service that focuses on how people respond to earth stewardship from a faith perspective which will begin at 10:55 a.m. A gathering will also be held after worship at noon for a time of fellowship with refreshments. All are welcome to join the First Presbyterian for part or all of the day.
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Sophomore Steven Yeip, left, competed against Eric Olson, senior, on Wednesday. When Yeip lost, he blamed the Bush administration. The tournament was held as part of a series of non-traditional intramural sports. TYLER LARSON photo
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als and families with autism. “We’re honored the Autism Council recognizes our efforts at Utah State University,” said Carol Strong, dean of the College of Education and Human Services. “Dr. Higbee’s vision is making a great difference in Utah school districts.” Emphasizing the three-fold mission statement of education, research and training, ASSERT instructors help reinforce principles of appropriate behavior, conversation, language, gross motor skills, visual perception, learner readiness and social skills in a one-to-one teacher-to-student ratio. “I’ve worked with other kids from other schools, and I just wish they could come here to learn,” instructor Lindsey Nix said. Along with the education of autistic children, undergraduate students are able to participate in research and get handson experience in their fields of education, Keyl said. They receive training for behavior analysis skills at ASSERT and carry those techniques to future careers across the state and country. “We’re excited about the changes in the
lives of these students and also the training we’ve been able to provide for educators working with children with autism across the state,” Higbee said. Higbee said autism is the fastest-growing disability in the United States, affecting one out of every 166 children, making it more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined. He said he wants the program to expand to include more Utah school districts. Funded primarily by state grants, ASSERT serves as a research site for the development and refinement of educational interventions for autistic children while actively involving parents and families in training seminars, monthly home visits, and data-based reports of child progress, said Sofie Poars, an instructor. “It’s amazing to see a child come in who won’t say a word and leave being able to carry on conversation,” Paors said. For more information about the ASSERT program, go to http://sped.usu. edu/ASSERT. –whitney.kaufman@aggiemail.usu.edu
USU’s Women’s Center sponsors a second “Plant a Pink Tulip” event in tribute to those whose lives have been touched by breast cancer. The second “planting” is Saturday, Oct. 27, and begins at 10 a.m. on the west side of the Logan Library, 225 N. Main, Logan. Each year the Women’s Center plants pink tulips in a variety of locations in Cache Valley to honor survivors and victims of breast cancer. Join USU Women’s Center staff members and volunteers for this annual tradition. Participants should wear appropriate clothing and bring their own tools for planting. Tulip bulbs are provided by Wuthrich Greenhouse of Logan.
Red Ribbon 5K/1 mile walk Saturday During Red Ribbon Week, area schools and other community partners participate in activities that encourage students to be healthy and drug free. The purpose of the red ribbon is to present a unified and visible effort toward the creation of a Drug-Free America. Local youth are encouraged to live without drugs and violence. Activities during the week include a fun 5Krun/1 mile walk held Oct. 27, at 9 a.m. at Mount Logan Middle School. Register at the Health Department.
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USU Extension hosting Utah 4-H Leadership Training Conference
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USU Extension hosts the 2008 Utah 4-H Teen Leadership Training Conference Oct. 28-30. The conference is open to 9th through12th graders from around the state and is coordinated by the state 4-H ambassadors. John Paul Murphy, 4-H youth development specialist with USU Extension, has worked with Teen Leadership Training for more than 20 years. “It is such a treat for me to work with amazing youth from around the state,” Murphy said. “What’s even more exciting is to see participants walk away with tools to continue building their leadership skills in high school, college and throughout their lives.” Registration begins at 6 p.m. on Oct. 28. Sunday night activities include a patriotic program with a flag ceremony by the Army ROTC Color Guard and a service project coordinated by
the Utah National Guard Kids Teen Council. Participants will assemble “Hero Packs” that will be sent to children with deployed parents in the National Guard. On Tuesday, Don Olson, Salt Lake City attorney and former state ambassador, will deliver the keynote address. Workshops and breakout sessions will be held throughout the day on Monday and Tuesday. Utah 4-H is active in every county serving urban and rural Utah youth with programs in robotics, leadership, GPS, legislature and more. Its action-oriented, educational program for youth and volunteer leaders is sponsored by USU Cooperative Extension Service. There are more than eight million 4-H members nationally with 98,269 youths participating in Utah in 2006. For more information, visit www.Utah4H.org.
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May SWenson’s headstone in the Logan Cemetery features one of her poems. Swenson, who died in 1989, published 11 volumes of poetry during her lifetime and was the recipient of several top cultural honors. CAMERON PETERSON photo
students are involved in the May Swenson Project in order to make the Cache Valley native better known, Kinkead said. USU has been sponsoring an annual poetry contest in Swenson’s name, conducted a symposium last year, established a May Swenson Room in the English department of the Ray B. West building and also a study room on the fourth floor of the Merrill-Cazier Library. Swenson’s supporters also have asked the City of Logan to erect a sign at the southern entrance to the northern Utah city, denoting it as May Swenson’s birthplace, Kinkead said.
Swenson graduated from USU in 1934, and died of a heart attack at age 76. When she had died she had published 11 volumes of poetry and had been awarded many top cultural honors, such as the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship worth $380,000, Crumbley said. Swenson was also was a chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and was granted an honorary doctorate in 1987 from USU. “One of the most remarkable aspects of Swenson’s 900-poem legacy is its breadth,” Crumbley said. “She wrote about nature, space travel and science, often employing humor and irony. Her
poetry, though often poignant, was light rather than dark,” he said. Having her portrait in the National Portrait Gallery can only help bring Swenson more respect, Crumbley said. The 1960 portrait, in pastels on paper, is by artist Beauford Delaney, a friend of Swenson’s, Kinkead said. The National Portrait Gallery’s Web site cited buying the portrait from the poet’s literary estate in May of 2005. Swenson was the 21st Utahn in the gallery, either as a portrait subject or artist. –m.l.r@aggiemail.usu.edu
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currently have a nuclear power plant, but even without a power plant, Utahns are still getting the effect of it from the nuclear waste that is moved to the state each year, she said. “96 percent of the country’s low level waste is dumped in the state each year,” Kendrick said. “Low level is not low risk. Some of this waste is still so hot it has to be robotically handled.” Kendrick said some states have tried to move nuclear waste to Utah on the pretense that it will be moved to Yucca, Nev. when it opens. “40,000 tons of high level nuclear waste was almost moved to Utah,” Kendrick said. “They claimed they were going to move it to Yucca after it opened, but it probably won’t open so then we would be stuck with it.”
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Jessica Kendrick, field organizer for Heal Utah, is working to keep a nuclear plant out of the state. DEBRA HAWKINS photo
Not only does nuclear power create a lot of waste, but it is also very expensive, Kendrick said. “This is expensive power, not cheap power as the public has been led to believe,” Kendrick said. “Nuclear power is a high risk investment. More nuclear power plants are started and not finished then started and finished.” Some companies have claimed they can make nuclear power more efficiently by recycling the materials, but there is not much they can recycle, Kendrick said. “The amount that can be recycled of a fuel rod is one percent,” Kendrick said. “It is like taking the tip of a pop can and recycling that and then throwing the rest of the can away. That can’t be called recycling.” Kendrick said she and Heal Utah feel the best way to deal with nuclear waste is “you make it, you keep it.” “If you are going to get the benefit of a nuclear power plant, don’t put another community at risk,” Kendrick said. Kendrick said there hasn’t been a new nuclear power plant built in America in 20 years and now people are talking about building them again, saying “nuclear power is better and cleaner now.” “Nuclear power is coming and asking us for a second chance,” Kendrick said. “But I don’t think it can be clean without a government crutch and so we need to look for other options.” Kendrick said she doesn’t want to see Utah residents take the financial fall for a nuclear power plant. “Nuclear power can turn a one billion dollar investment into a one billion dollar liability.” Kendrick said if companies are going to start building more nuclear power plants, the companies need to work out the problems first. “We don’t want to be the guinea pigs who have to front the money to work out the kinks in nuclear power,” she said. –debrajoy.h@aggiemail.usu.edu
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By RANAE BANGERTER staff writer
After sitting in a chair for almost an hour, having green colored makeup smudged into his white face, and false creases drawn over top, Nathan Copier isn’t even in costume with only 45 minutes left until showtime. It’s all just the start to him becoming Frankenstein. Copier has been playing the green-faced character three nights a week this month as a part of Frightmares at Farmington based Lagoon. Every weekend in October the amusement park offers rides, haunted houses and Halloween shows like the one Copier acts in. He and the rest of the Frightmares performing group produce 18 shows over just one weekend. “I enjoy performing for people, because it’s obviously something I enjoy, but at the same time it makes other people happy,” Copier said. “It’s fulfilling in my life to do such, not just to make people happy but it makes me happy as well.”
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Students ready to dress up and Howl By COURTNIE PACKER senior writer
Students, get your costumes ready. The Howl, hosted by ASUSU, is one of the largest Halloween parties in the state and will be happening Saturday night in the Taggart Student Center and the Fieldhouse. Kimmy Freeman, senior majoring in interior design, said the Howl is one experience that separates USU from other colleges. “The Howl is a tradition for Utah State,” Freeman said. “It is something the Aggies cannot do without.” The Howl has been a popular USU tradition for the past 27 years. Megan Smith, activities director at USU, said the party will be an exciting event, and she anticipates a large turnout. “We are planning somewhere between 4 to 5 thousand people,” she said. “Last year there were about 4,200 people, and the year before had about 4,300. However, the year before that had nearly 6,000 attend.” This year, most things will remain the same as from years in the past. Music, dancing and food will be strewn around different rooms in the TSC, Smith said. “In the Sunburst Lounge, we will have three bands performing throughout the course of the night,” Smith said. “It should be a lot of fun.” Also, the Juniper Room will be transformed into the Pumpkin Lounge, she said. This will be the place to get a taste of delicious dryice root beer, Smith said, and the Walnut Room will also be filled with excitement as it will have a photographer to take pictures of the students in their costumes for
This Saturday students can throw on their favorite costumes and attend one of the biggest Halloween parties in Utah. The Howl will have bands and dancing this year as well as a hypnotist and other activites. TYLER LARSON photo
free with admission. In the Ballroom, Smith said there will be even more activities. “We are bringing the hypnotist back this year,” she said. “Last year there was not a hypnotist, but we decided to try it again this year.” Three separate hypnotist shows will be spread throughout the course of the evening, each beginning at 9 and 10:30 p.m. and midnight. With many of the same activities as in the past, Smith said one change has been made to ensure the safety of the students in attendance. “This year the entrance into the Howl will be through the Fieldhouse,” Smith said. “Students will be required to walk through barriers from the Fieldhouse to the TSC. There will be entertainment and activities going on at
the Fieldouse, such as two bands and the USU Dance Company performing. It should be a lot of fun. We just hope it doesn’t confuse people to have things going on over there,” Smith said. If students want to attend the Howl, they can buy tickets ahead of time in the Ticket Office by Saturday at 5 p.m. After 5 p.m., students will be required to buy the tickets down at the Spectrum Ticket Office. Smith said tickets are $10 for USU students and $20 for students from other schools if they are purchased in advance. At the door, they will be $15 and $25. “Students need to be aware that there are limits on tickets,” she said. “Students can only purchase two tickets at the student price, and only 3 non-student tickets.” Props, weapons, masks or
generally offensive material will not be permitted inside the Howl, Smith said. She also wants students to be aware that ID will be required to enter the party. “No one under 18 will be permitted inside (the Howl),” she said. Law enforcement will be prevalent at the party, Smith said, including USU Police and Logan Police. “There will be a police officer in every room and multiple police at the doors,” Smith said. “Having the police everywhere is not a new thing.” ASUSU hopes the Howl will continue to be a tradition for years to come, Smith said, providing a great Halloween experience for students. The Howl will begin at 8:30 p.m. and will last until 1 a.m. -courtnie.packer@aggiemail.usu.edu
ith cold and flu season coming up, maybe bobbing for apples in a community barrel isn’t the best idea. And eating decorated Halloween cookies may not go over well for the diabetic. So, liven up a Halloween party by doing other activities. • Tell the guests to bring a cardboard cut-out of a tombstone to write their eulogies or cause of death on. Use markers or even frosting to decorate and make each tombstone look the part. Afterwards, set them up in the host’s yard and take a picture with each character in front of their tombstone. • Make Halloween gingerbread houses and compete for the best-decorated. The host can even present a decoration theme like “scary scene from movie of choice” or “most gruesome gingerbread house” to make the competition more challenging. (Side note: ketchup works well here.) • For the less gruesome type, tell each guest to dress up as a famous person throughout history. Upon arrival, guests will sit in a circle and each person brings out their previously made note card that gives clues in telling who they are. The other guests give their best guess. The character being guessed about can also teach or share with the other guests something interesting about their historical character that isn’t easily found. • Divide into pairs. Each team receives a roll of toilet paper to turn their partner into a mummy. The teams race against each other to wrap their partner completely in toilet paper. • Tell guests to dress up as poker players from the Old West (this can include having guests come as saloon girls as well) and spend the night playing poker. Instead of money or Halloween candy, the stakes can be dares. Or the winner of each hand can choose two people to switch Halloween costumes. • Tired of normal pumpkin carving? How about a contest for the most erotic or sexy pumpkin carvings? Or if carving isn’t your thing, divide into teams and place tiny pumpkins under your chin to pass to the person next to you. The pumpkin needs to make it to the end of one line and back to be first to win. • Carve a huge mouth into a pumpkin. Set the pumpkin up at one end of the room and let each guest take their turn at swinging a golf ball into the pumpkin’s mouth. Give prizes. • Create a short Halloween film with the video camera. Divide into groups. Each group has a theme or maybe can create a film based off of who they came dressed up as. • Create a trivia game about Halloween. Have each guest answer questions concerning the origins of Halloween, the most popular Halloween movie, etc. These things can usually be easily found searching the Internet. • Throw a party with a particular theme and have guests dress up accordingly. Possible themes: pirates, Phantom of the Opera, Harry Potter, famous couples, famous villains, dress up as your date at age 60, fairy tales, rock groups or singers, animals, white trash, etc.
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A NEW THEATER JUST OPENED behind the mall in Logan. It offers six new screens with one room holding more than 400 people. TYLER LARSON photo
By AARON PECK movie critic The new University Stadium 6 is definitely impressive, especially by Logan movie theater standards. I made my first visit to the theater this week to talk to the
manager and find out exactly why students would want to go to it. While the manager of the theater seemed less than enthusiastic about giving an interview for The Statesman, I was still able to pry some information out of her. When I asked the manager
why students should come to this theater, she just replied, “It’s close.” The location is a plus. Being right next door to the mall makes the theater easy for most students to get to. Stadium 6 boasts six brand new screens and pro-
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jectors. One theater holds more than 400 people. I was disappointed to find out none of their new projectors are digital. Also, there are no convenient credit card kiosks someone could purchase tickets at. However, moviegoers will be able to purchase tickets online at movieswest.com. Prices are still the same as places like Stadium 8 out in Providence, $7 for adults and $5 for matinee prices. Also, for students looking for a job, Stadium 6 is always hiring, especially for the upcoming holiday season. Overall, the new theater looks like one that I’ll be visiting often to see the movies I review. Aaron Peck is the Statesman movie critic. Look for his reviews every Friday of recently released films. Comments and questions can be sent to aaron.peck@ aggiemail.usu. edu.
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When I was 12 years old, my absolute favorite song was “Creep” by Radiohead. I used to sing along to it at the top of my lungs, my pubescent voice cracking at the crescendo when Thom Yorke would unintelligibly sing (in his absolutely ridiculous falsetto), “run, run, run, ruuuuuun awayyyyy…” This usually happened while I was folding newspapers on my driveway in the afternoons after school, listening to X-96 and hoping they would play it so I could press record on my boom box, thereby completing my ultimate radio mix tape (as far as I can recall, it was mainly made up of The Beatles, Nirvana, and some Weird Al Yankovich songs). I would have just called in and requested it, but I was shy and remember being too afraid to talk to the DJ after I had called in and mistakenly asked him to play Bush’s “Metal head” instead of “Machine Head” I only bring this up to point out that Radiohead, despite all the praise lavished on them as the preeminent harbingers of angst, alienation and clinically detached musical catharsis, certainly know how to turn out a good pop song or two. Anyone who says “The Bends” isn’t secretly their favorite Radiohead album is probably lying, not with melodies as exquisite and sad as “Fake Plastic Trees” or “High and Dry.” Although Thom Yorke and his pasty English friends have recently gone the route of innovation and given themselves over to electronicatinged mopey atmospherics
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Grade A“In Rainbows”/Radiohead (to deafening critical praise), the commercial response has been disappointing. When was the last time you heard a Radiohead song on the radio that wasn’t “Karma Police?” Exactly. So, what is “In Rainbows” like? To be honest, it mostly just sounds like a band that got tired of defying fan expectations every time they descend from Mount
Radiohead to grace the world with a new record. The album starts off with a bang on the drum machine propelled “15 Step,” which sounds like a more melodic holdover from 2003’s “Hail to the Thief.” As the songs progress though, it is clear that “In Rainbows” contains actual guitar riffs and melodies, not to mention more conventional pop song structures. “Reckoner” and “Nude” both pack some powerful melodies that could ensnare an entire new generation of 12-year-olds if given the chance. And “Videotape” is the closest to the old shiver-inducing Radiohead I have heard in years. Overall, it’s clear that this is a real band playing and not just Thom Yorke and his iMac.
The fact that “In Rainbows” was released directly to fans through the band’s Web site, and for whatever price one was willing to pay (even nothing), makes the album seem like even more of a revelation. Don’t worry everyone; Radiohead is here to save us from the tyranny of the traditional music industry business model, and to stop the Recording Industry Association of America from suing 8-year-olds for downloading Avril Lavigne singles on their moms’ computers. So, go ahead, call up your local radio station and sing along, because the new Radiohead sounds a lot like the old one. -chase.thompson@aggiemail. usu.edu
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“Sharkwater”
They’ve survived 450 million years. They are the world’s top predator. But they are not our enemy. This movie attempts to help humans believe that sharks are nice swimming animals. Sounds a little like “Finding Nemo” to me. “Fish are our friends, not food.” Of course after Bruce the shark says that, he viciously attacks. Hmmm. As sad as it is, Steven Spielberg ruined sharks for us a long time ago when Jaws became the ‘70s nightmare. So let me guess, it’s time for us to see the light, scuba dive among the fin friends that eat people and be open to our lifelong arch nemesis that’s been nothing but misunderstood. Sounds a little cheesy to me. So although “Sharkwater” is most likely destined to be the next “March of the Penguins,” I pre-emptively hate this movie. -by Manette Newbold/manette.n@aggiemail.usu.edu
As with any pre-emptive review, there are assumptions, guesses and even predictions. Well, let me pull some predictions out right here and now. “American Gangster” is the best film of the year. That’s right, I said it and I haven’t even seen it yet. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, what more could you ask for really? Wait, Washington’s a ruthless mob boss and Crowe’s the cop trying to bring him down? That’s even better. By far, American Gangster is the movie I’m looking forward to the most this fall season. Washington always brings an amazing performance to the screen as well as Crowe. With Ridley Scott directing, this movie is sure to be an Oscar contender. Come Nov. 2, you’ll all know where I’ll be. But, until then, I’ll be pre-emptively loving the crap out of this movie. –by Aaron Peck/aaron.peck@aggiemail.usu.edu
“Saw IV” “Saw” is the new “Land Before Time.” Except replace all the cute dinos with gruesome serial murders. All the happy feelings and heartwarming endings with reverse bear traps and people digging out their own organs. And good wholesome family entertainment with an unquenchable thirst for blood and gore. In essence – when you scrape all of it away – they really are the same. In the least, we will all end up with about 46 of each movie series as a part of our contribution to cinema history. I’ll admit the first “Saw” was good, but – sticking with the dichotomy I have going here – so was the first “Land Before Time.” It could also be possible the creators of “Saw” were just looking to make up for LBT’s obvious lack of violence that’s inherent when you put a bunch of dinosaurs together. Either way, I’m going with LBT. Halloween or not, I preemptively hate this movie. -by Dave Baker/da.bake@aggiemail.usu.edu
The pre-emptive critics write knee-jerk analyses of upcoming films based solely on hearsay, advance publicity and — most importantly — movie trailers. They have not seen the movies.
Ninety percent of the decorations used to make Valley View Towers haunted were made out of things graduate student Dan Stuart had on hand. CAMERON PETERSON photo
Dorms have been redecorated for haunted house By RANAE BANGERTER staff writer
One floor of the Valley View Tower dorms is quickly being transformed into a haunted house for two nights of scaring. On Oct. 30 and 31, anyone can enter the house for free. Guests will enter the lobby from 7 to 11 p.m and be led through a seven to 10-minute haunted floor in groups of eight. “In most haunted houses, it takes you a good hour and a half,” said Alex Lisman, designer on the project. “And because we only have this floor, we have to make it super intense so people get super scared.” Tower Terrorz is this year’s theme, which includes many different rooms: the burlap sac room, the Halloween room, the insane asylum, the scream room, “Resident Evil” room and a cave area. “We guarantee that this will be the best haunted house in Logan,” said the other contributing designer, Dan Stuart. Ninety percent of the display is made out of things Stuart had on hand, he said. Lisman is a junior in fine arts, specifying in sculpture, which helps when he’s designing a haunted house with life-size dummies and other various props, he said. All of the props are rigged with wires and string from the ceiling, and most of the props are motion-sensored or automated in one way or another, Stuart said. Stuart is a graduate student in electrical engineering and said he has rigged up many animatronics for the house, including a dummy that shakes by pushing the pedal of an old sewing machine. Stuart and Lisman volunteer about three or more days a week for more than four hours to create the scary floor. Although they are not paid for their work, Lisman is a resident assistant for the sixth floor and said they are required as RAs to come up with activities for the students, this being one of them. He said he is also passionate about the project from past experiences with the haunted tower. When Lisman was a freshman, he said the RAs had set up different displays in every room on the floor. He said it wasn’t very scary though, because everyone would go into a room and then come out, as if to say, “Now what?” “I thought to myself, ‘This is ridiculous, we have to do something better,’” Lisman said.
- See HAUNTED, page 8
If this is “Real Life” I don’t want to live it
“Dan in Real Life” is a confused movie. I’m not sure if it wants to be a romantic comedy, a situational comedy or just an old-fashioned love story. And because of that, this movie fails to become anything worth watching. “Dan in Real Life” stars Steve Carell (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin”) as Dan, a newspaper columnist and widower who can’t seem to achieve anything above “loser” status with his three daughters. Dan is an overprotective parent who misses his first wife but still yearns to find true love again. Every year, Dan and his extended family head up to the family cabin. This year, Dan stops at a local bookstore and meets Marie, played by Juliette Binoche (“Chocolat”). The movie wants us to believe that
Aaron Peck Movie Critic
Reel Reviews Grade C-
“Dan in Real Life”
this first encounter was love at first sight, but it never gives us much to go on there. They have a quirky conversation about books but nothing to indicate that they’ve fallen head over heels after meeting each other. Once at the family reunion, Dan is excited that he may have just met someone new, until he finds out the person he met is dating his brother, played by
Dane Cook (“Employee of the Month”). That’s basically where the movie falls apart. It seems that the filmmakers, just because they have Carell in the movie, felt they needed to place him in increasingly awkward situations and watch as Carell acts aggravated, which he’s very good at if anyone has ever watched “The Office.” But, that’s just the problem. This isn’t “The Office.” I didn’t want to be able to call this film “Michael Scott in Real Life,” but sadly you could just about call it that. It seems that Peter Hedges, the director, completely missed out on the little gem that Carell was in last year called “Little Miss Sunshine.” Carell can act. He can act very well. There are a few glimmers of hope in
Dan as we see his heart breaking ever so slightly, but then we’re interrupted by a rude joke about masturbation, or a fall off the roof ripped directly from “Meet the Parents.” And about Cook. I don’t understand the obsession with him. He’s definitely the wrong person for this part. You never know if his character is supposed to be the bad guy or the good guy, and then a decision at the end helps you figure that out but completely ruins any mood the film had. The stuff that works in this movie are the scenes with Dan and his daughters. There is some real emotion in those scenes, but everything else is fodder we’ve already seen. -aaron.peck@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Haunted: Towers of terror -continued from page 7 Stuart said they have gotten creative with the budget. “On our budget, you’re always going to know it’s a dorm floor, but we’re trying to make sure that (changes), because what’s scary about a dorm floor?” Stuart said. He and Lisman designed last year’s house, and without advertising, they had more than 300 people come. Because of the success of last year, Stuart said USU Housing is letting them extend it another day. “We just went for it, and now it’s now become a tradition, and I can’t see myself not doing it,” Stuart said. Lisman agrees. “Our goal this year is disorientation,” Lisman said. “Last year people kind of had a general idea of where they were, but this year you’re so disoriented that even we get disoriented.” When they lead groups through the course, Lisman said they will be moving some of the walls and having actors play multiple parts to increase the idea of disorientation. Stuart and Lisman said they plan on having about 20 to 30 actors help with the two days. Lisman said they already have contacted some people for acting but they could use more. To act, individuals can sign up by e-mailing Stuart and Lisman on their Web site at http://towerterrorz.tripod.com Lisman said they hope to have the actors among the crowds as they are waiting to enter the course, and they will also have a video feed of people screaming as they go through the course to scare those waiting in the lobby. -ranae.bang@aggiemail.usu.edu
For two days students can visit the Valley View towers and scream their way through a 7 to 10 minute haunted house. Designers Alex Lisman and Dan Stuart said this is the second year the dorms have had the haunted house inside. This year the designers have a goal of disorientation with the students. They said they want to make sure students don’t know where they are going or where they are in the building. Each room will have a different theme, they said. CAMERON PETERSON photo
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Copier is not only a performer, but a student at USU as well. Majoring in speech communication he’s busy finishing up his final credits before his December graduation. “During all of September, I had rehearsals Monday through Friday starting at 6 p.m.,” he said, “I get home from class really quick and then get right in my car and go down to work.” During performance time Copier arrives at about 4:15 p.m. on Fridays, just in time for make up. “They said that I have Frankenstein qualities in my face, which was kind of not a compliment,” Copier said, “but I had big enough forehead and just enough features that it would be easy enough to make me Frankenstein.” Copier is 6-foot 4-inches and as Frankenstein he’s 5 inches taller with his costume shoes.
“The shoes take forever to tie so it takes a lot to get the costume on,” he said. Even though being tall is a benefit for Frankenstein, Copier said it limits him in roles he can play because he towers over everybody. “I couldn’t be Joseph in ‘Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat,’ because I was like three inches taller than the next person and that doesn’t really work in those roles,” he said. Although his height does restrict him for roles he would like to play, he said there are some benefits. Because of his dancing and singing talents, people can look past his height sometimes, he said, and “it helps out the tall girls a lot because they like tall guys.” This year at Frightmares, the “Monster Classics” show is new, and it’s Copier’s second year performing at Lagoon. “I heard about (the auditions) when I was like 12,” he said. “I saw the first audition for it and I wanted to do it and I was never really around to do it until about two years ago.” He auditioned in January and made it. Beyond performing at Lagoon, Copier writes music and sings to his guitar. “Ideally, I’d love to be a solo artist and sell CD’s and do stuff with my guitar,” he said. Copier hopes to get a job performing for a cruisline or at Disneyworld, but first he’s focusing on school. “I’ve always told myself that I have to finish school before I take any big risks, so I still have a degree to fall back on if this doesn’t work,” he said. Along with speech communication Copier is also studying German and he has served as a USU ambasador for all four years. After the long weekends of performing he stays at his parent’s house, who live in Salt Lake City. “It’s a lot of energy to put out for an evening and by Sunday you’re exhausted, and then the drive back up to Logan is really fun after that,” he said. “Monster Classics” runs through October 30. Shows start at 6:30 p.m. on Fridays, 5:45 p.m. on Saturdays and 3:45 p.m. on Sundays. For more information go to www.lagoonpark.com/ explore_entertainment.php -ranae.bang@aggiemail. usu.edu
every week nathan copier, senior in speech communication, put on green makeup and performs as Frankenstein. DEBRA HAWKINS photo illustration
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Friday, Oct, 26 •”Urinetown,” An earnest musical tale of love, greed, and revolution, Morgan Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Free •USU Photoguild Exhibit Opening, Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall, 5 p.m., Free, Refreshments Served •”Wait Until Dark,” Heritage Community Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, $8, www.heritagetheatreutah.com •“Taffeta Memories,” Old Barn Community Theatre, 3605 Bigler Road, Collinston, Friday and Saturday 7:30 p.m. •Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory, AVA Gallery, 53 W. 100 South Friday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct. 5 through Nov. 27 Saturday, Oct 27 •The Howl, 8:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., TSC, $10, No props or masks, Must be over 18 •An Evening of Masquerades, Food Fun & Dancing at the Bullen Center, 7:30 p.m., $10 per person •Paul Stowe, Presented by the Bridger Folk Music Society, Crumb Brothers Bakery, 291 S. 300 West 7:30 p.m., $10 •Halloween Celebration, USU Museum of Anthropology, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Free •River Bottoms Corn Maze, Friday and Saturday 5-11 p.m., $7, http://cachevalleyturf.com •Green Canyon Farms Corn Maze, 2850 N. 50 East North Logan, Friday 5 p.m. to 12 a.m., Saturday 2 p.m. to 12 a.m. -•merican West Heritage Center Corn Maze, 4025 S. Hwy 8991, Wellsville
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Ags looking to defend title By JAKE IPSON staff writer
The only two teams in the USU athletic department to win a WAC title last season are looking to do it again Saturday. The races will be held at 9 a.m. at the American West Heritage Center. The men’s 8k race will begin at 9 a.m. and the women’s 5k race will begin at 9:45 a.m. Admission is free. This will mark the first time Utah State has ever hosted the event. “I am up to my ears with setting this up, but we are real
excited,” USU Head Coach Gregg Gensel said. He was setting up the course that will be ran Saturday. Even though Utah State will be hosting the tournament, Gensel said his runners will be treating this like another competition. They will have the same routine as though they were on the road. They will eat the same food they usually eat. They will all go to the course at a certain time together.
The only big difference, Gensel said, will be that the runners will all get to sleep in their own beds instead of a hotel. Gensel believes those little details are just of the built-in advantages that come with hosting the tournament. “All the little deals that are part of built in advantages add up to a big deal,” he said. He said he wants to have a fair race so all the other schools competing in the tournament
will have their chance to run the course on Friday. Boise State, Fresno State, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, and San Jose State will all be taking part Saturday. Gensel said he doesn’t know what to expect from the men’s side on Saturday because he doesn’t know how strong the other schools will be. He did say that he knew a couple of the men that will be competing Saturday have had good finishes individually, but he is not sure how strong the teams as a whole are.
- See TITLE, page 10
WAC Pre-Championship Coaches’ Poll Men 1. Utah State.............36 2. Fresno State.............25 3. Boise State...............23 4. Idaho........................23 5. San Jose State..........15 6. Louisiana Tech........13 7. New Mexico St........12 Women 1. Idaho........................63 2. Nevada.....................50 3. Utah State.............50 4. Boise State...............43 5. Fresno State.............35 6. New Mexico St........26 7. San Jose State..........26 8. Hawaii......................20 9. Louisiana Tech........11
Spikers tally fourth in a row
struggles Thursday night to a well-coached, By DAVID BAKER disciplined Wolverine team. assistant sports editor “They played well and they took us out of what we’re comfortable with, which is what Only two nights after their first five-game we kind of do to other teams,” he said. “I match of the year, Utah State’s women’s voldon’t know how to say it, they just did a good leyball team defeated Utah Valley 3-1 in the job.” Spectrum to run their winning streak to The Aggies’ comfort level contributed to a four matches and their overall match full of back-and-forth record to 13-10. games with both teams trad It was a win, but it wasn’t ing side-outs. pretty. Game 1 got USU off to a The Aggies had 51 total good start with 20 kills, five USU 3 errors on the night, and hit total team blocks and a .273 .167 for the match. Even withUVU 1 hitting percentage. Senior out their best match, they were opposite hitter Amanda able to beat a UVU team that came into the Nielson led the Aggies with eight kills in match with a 16-7 record. the first game, while hitting .250. They also “When we’re not even playing our best picked up five kills from sophomore middle and we can still win, that’s a good feeling,” blocker Danielle Taylor, who hit at a .571 junior outside hitter Melissa Osterloh said. clip. “Imagine what we’ll be like when we are Game 2 was a much sloppier contest, with playing our best.” both teams recording double-digit error Even in their Game 1 and 2 wins—30-26 totals. Utah State got down early, but with and 31-29, respectively—Utah State was never really able to get momentum. Head coach Grayson DuBose attributes the Aggies’ - See VOLLEYBALL, page 11
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USU’s amanda nielson (33) joins teammates after winning a point Thursday night vs. Utah Valley. Nielson had 26 kills CAMERON PETERSON photo
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Going 0-8 an Aggie rarity “That does, even though we haven’t won a game, still instill confidence in me that my football team is still listening, still passionate about playing and The last time the USU football program lost eight straight still competing,” Guy said. “A year ago had we got down 14, it games in one season, World would have ended up the same War II was underway and the score as at Nevada last year, University of Minnesota had 42-zip.” the best college football team. USU junior offensive tackle Yes, it has been that long. Derek Hoke, who was part of The year was 1941. The USU’s netting only two rushAggies, under the direction of ing yards in the second half Head Coach E. Lowell Romney, aggie linebacker jake hutton (53) takes down Nevada Wolf Pack running back Luke Lippincott Saturday, is right there with played only eight games. Four last Saturday at Romney Stadium. The Aggies will look to put an end to a 13-game losing streak Saturday when Guy. of those were against schools the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs visit. TYLER LARSON photo “I feel that no matter what the current Aggie team has the challenge is, no matter who on its schedule. Now, 66 years you win a game you know the team we play, that if we go later, that 1941 squad is still how to do it, and it gets easier. out and we play our game and the only USU team to ever When we haven’t won a game we dominate up front, we’ll lose eight yet, it’s a little bit harder to have a good straight USU (0-7) take that step. But I think we outcome, USU offense, page 10 in a single vs . L ouisiana Tech (2-5) can do it.” and that’s season. what we look Television: Altitude (Comcast The 2007 squad could THE BULLDOGS forward to,” Hoke said. Channel 61) become the second team to do “Louisiana Tech is, I think, The Aggies will be in search so Saturday. USU (0-7, 0-3 in Saturday, Oct. 27, Romney Stadium, 1:05 p.m. the talented sleeping giant for a complete game. It has Western Athletic Conference of this league,” Guy said. “I LaTech notes USU notes been a mix of defensive and play) hosts the Louisiana Tech • DB Antonio Baker is third in the • The Aggies are on a 13-game losing just think they may be as taloffensive mistakes throughout Bulldogs (2-5, 1-3) at 1:05 p.m. WAC in tackles (10.7 pg). streak dating back to a win over the season that has been costly. ented of a team that’s come • The team’s rushing defense is secFresno State last year. in Romney Stadium. to Romney this season in the This Saturday the game play ond in the WAC, giving up 115.6 • The Aggies have lost four straight USU Head Coach Brent Guy WAC that we’ve seen as far as for a victory won’t be much yards per game, but the pass games in the month of October. is still confident. He pointed defense is last at 280 yards each • The Aggies have won only one of size and speed and guys that different than it has the previout the Aggies’ resilience in outing. their past 10 home games, and run around.” ous seven games. last Saturday’s loss. Though • They have lost six of the last seven. have lost four straight. The Bulldogs have hung with down 14-0 early to the Nevada “If we just make those plays Last season in Ruston the Aggies fell behind 17-0 in the first quater. and step up at the end, we’ll Wolf Pack, USU scored 21 Though they scored a season-high 35 points, LTU still won. be able to do it,” Hoke said. “A unanswered points. See RARITY, page 10 lot of that is experience. When By SAMMY HISLOP sports editor
Meet the Challenge
Oct. 26, 2007
TouchBase AggieSchedules Cross Country
Saturday Oct. 27 WAC Championships, 9 a.m. @ American West Heritage Center
Women’s Soccer
Friday Oct. 26 USU vs. Hawaii, 3 p.m.
Sunday Oct. 28
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Saturday Oct. 27 USU vs. Louisiana Tech, 1:05 p.m.
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Men’s Basketball
Friday Oct. 26 Blue-White Scrimmage, 7 p.m. in the Spectrum.
Wednesday, Oct. 31 USU vs. EA Sports, 7 p.m.
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Saturday Oct. 27 USU vs. Metro State, 8 p.m.
Blue-White scrimmage Friday night By USU ATHLETICS
Utah State’s 2007-08 men’s basketball team will make its first public appearance of the preseason on Friday, Oct. 26 in its annual Blue-White Scrimmage at 7 p.m. in the Spectrum. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and admission to the event is free. Veteran Aggie head coach Stew Morrill will run his 15member team through a pair of 10-minute scrimmages, with a 10-minute intermission in between. Following the scrimmage, players will be available for autographs. Utah State, who is picked to finish first in the Western Athletic Conference according to the league’s coaches, returns three starters from last year’s team.
Arkansas gets probation for violations LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ renowned track and field program lost two national championships Thursday when the NCAA imposed stiff sanctions for violations involving sprint star Tyson Gay and a former assistant coach. The Razorbacks also received three years’ probation. University Chancellor John White said the school plans to appeal. “As we previously acknowledged, the violations in this case primarily involved a rogue former assistant coach and one student-athlete over a short period of time,” White said. “We are disappointed with the penalties imposed by the infractions committee.
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This is the fourth in a seven-part series featuring USU’s four redshirt returners and three new junior-college transfers.
Taking the road less traveled By SAM BRYNER senior writer
The route you take to get from Salt Lake City to Logan at times is very straight; other parts are more curvy. The life and path that Salt Lake Community College transfer Gary Wilkinson took to get to Utah State could be described the latter way. Growing up in South Jordan, Utah, Wilkinson began playing basketball at a very young age when his dad signed him up for a basketball camp. It was at that first camp where Wilkinson won a defensive award and knew that he was pretty good at basketball. Continuing on to succeed at the high-school level would seem to be the logical path for this up-and-coming basketball star who would later become a All-American at Salt Lake Community College. Wilkinson chose a completely different route instead. “Gary didn’t have the advantage of a lot of high school coaching, so he’s a little bit behind in his base,” said Assistant Basketball Coach Tim Duryea. “Most kids are learning a lot of things when they are 16, 17, 18 years old that Gary learned at Salt Lake and they are more habits.” So he didn’t play high school basketball?
“No he didn’t play high school basketball, he dropped out of high school,” said Duryea. Come again? “Yea, he’s one of the all-time success stories,” said Duryea. “There’s a high-school dropout that went on his church mission, kind of got his life together, showed up at Salt Lake and got over a 3.0 GPA and he’s a ju-co (junior college) all-American. He has a lot of self motivation. Anybody that does that is made up of the right stuff.” The “right stuff” is what you can expect Wilkinson to bring to this year’s team. Standing 6-foot-9 and weighing in at 240 pounds, Wilkinson brings toughness and a good attitude to the team, Duryea said. “Gary Wilkinson brings tremendous energy every single day,” Duryea said. “He is physically tough, he is mentally tough, he’s energetic, he’s enthusiastic and those are the intangibles. Basketball-wise he’s big, he’s strong, he’s skilled, he can step out and shoot the three. When he gets fouled he’s a very good free-throw shooter. His back to the basket game is evolving, not where it needs to be, but getting there.” Wilkinson attributes his success on the court to hard work. “Nothing gets done unless you work hard,” Wilkinson said. Motivation to work hard not only comes from within Wilkinson, but also comes from
another source. His wife Jessica, who transferred to Utah State with him and plays volleyball for USU. “She knows when I struggle and when I need to get better,” Wilkinson said. “So she is in my ear probably more than Coach Morrill about getting better and doing the little things.” Coming to Utah State, according to Wilkinson, will give him the best chance at developing his game and winning. “When I was looking at school’s, I felt Utah State would be most advantageous,” Wilkinson said. “They win all the time and I want to be in a program that wins. I think that Coach Morrill is one of the most outstanding coaches. He knows how to get the most out of his players and I think that, if I wanted my game to progress, then this is where I needed to be, so that’s why I chose Utah State.” He said he knows that Division-I basketball is a completely different level of ball than junior college, but says that playing college ball already at the lower level taught him about the amount of work and dedication that is required to be successful. Offensively, Wilkinson will bring a inside presence but also has the ability to step out and hit jump shots if he has to. He said he can score by a number of different methods.
Fast Stats • Earned National Junior College Athletic Association honorable mention All-American at SLCC. • Scored in double figures 30 times as a sophomore at SLCC. • Was a two-time academic AllAmerican at SLCC. • Stands 6-foot9 and weighs 240 pounds. • Served an LDS Church mission. • Wife Jessica is on USU’s volleyball team. “At Salt Lake Community they got to me the ball in the post a lot, inside by the basket, as well as offensive rebounds,” he said. “A few jump shots, but mostly on the inside. I feel way comfortable on the perimeter, though.” Becoming a better defensive
usu JUNIOR-COLLEGE TRANSFER GARY WILKINSON speaks to a reporter in the HPER Building. Wilkinson comes from Salt Lake Community College. TYLER LARSON photo
player is one of Wilkinson’s main goals this year at Utah State. “Do a little better on the defensive end and get more aware of where I need to be and being more solid on the post as far as defense,” he said. While at Salt Lake Community College as a sophomore, Wilkinson garnered hon-
orable mention All-American award’s. He averaged 18.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, while shooting 60 percent from the field and 74 percent from the charity stripe. In addition to his accolades as a basketball player, Wilkinson was also a two time academic All-American. -sam.bryner@aggiemail.usu. edu
Title: Aggie men, women hoping to defend titles
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As for the women’s race, Gensel said the race is going to be a battle. The competition for Utah State will include Hawaii, Fresno State, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada,
New Mexico State, and San Jose State. For Utah State, both the men and the women are defending champions of the WAC Championships.
“We have a real good team this year,” Gensel said. But nothing is a guarantee when it comes to winning the race. Luckily, Gensel also has some returning runners that have ran in the WAC
Championships that have been able to give the younger guys some advice on what to expect. They are helping to take some of the worries away. -jake.ipson@aggiemail.usu.edu
Rarity: Aggies looking to snap 13-game skid
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the WAC’s best, losing Sept. 8 at home to No. 14 Hawaii, 45-44, and falling last week to a visiting Boise State squad, 45-31. Against Boise State, the Bulldogs tied the score at 24-all
late in the third quarter before the Broncos reeled off 21 unanswered. In the same game, Bulldog senior quarterback Zac Champion completed 24-of-42
passes for 255 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. The Bulldog running game ranks fifth in the WAC at 155.7 yards per game. The passing game is eighth with 181.1
yards. Bulldog Head Coach Derek Dooley is in his first season. -samuel.hislop@aggiemail. usu.edu
Tour de France course gets revamped PARIS (AP) — The Tour de France will have revamped rules and a slightly less mountainous but hopefully more exciting course in 2008, organizers announced on Thursday, looking to inject fresh enthusiasm into cycling’s doping-battered showcase race. After the drug problems of
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goal is to give more riders, and not just time-trial experts, the chance to compete for the race lead and its coveted yellow jersey from the very start. Adding further unpredictability to the mix, organizers have done away with time bonuses that were awarded to the fastest finishers each day and those who were among the first at other fixed points along the route. That rule change, especially in the high mountains which often open up large time gaps between riders, could lead to a tighter and
more suspenseful and open Tour. The July 5-27 Tour will cover 2,200 miles, with 21 stages and two rest days. The first of two time trials will come on Day 4. The second comes on the penultimate day, to fix the finishing order before the race concludes with its habitual processional final ride to the Champs-Elysees in Paris, when the winner often sips champagne in the saddle as he rides. “The idea was really to break the classic scenarios,” Tour director Christian Prudhomme said.
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Offense better in WAC play By DAVID BAKER assistant sports editor
The Aggie offense is averaging twice as many points in Western Athletic Conference games—28 — as they did in nonconference games, but the results are still the same. So that begs the question: What’s the magic point total? The answer: There isn’t one. “Lots of people say, ‘How many points do you need to average, or how many points do you need to score?’” offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey said. “My answer is always one more than the other team. And we haven’t done that yet.” For Dickey, every game is a different situation, with different magic number on offense. And his players realize that too. “If (our opponents) score a lot of points, obviously, we’ve got to score a lot of points,” senior wide receiver Kevin Robinson said. “If they don’t score a lot of points, we’ve just got to score enough points to beat them.” It all seems simple enough, but it’s not. And some of that complexity comes from an offense’s three-headed task to control the ball, minimize turnovers, while putting up
enough points to win the game. “Some people, offensively, their whole issue is scoring a lot of points,” Dickey said. “But if they throw five interceptions for touchdowns and they get beat 52-35, I don’t know that the offense has really done their job.” The Aggies came out this season wanting to establish the running game and control the tempo of the game and the clock, and were doing that, but they weren’t scoring enough points, he said. After a conversation with Head Coach Brent Guy about diversifying the offense, Dickey said they are trying to stay close to the original philosophy but are working on having more “quick strike ability.” “We’ve tried to kind of advance our guys a little quicker into some more high-risk plays,” he said. “They have a chance to be point-producing, but they also have a chance to maybe not eat the clock up if they’re not effective, and maybe not take care of the ball.” In the Nevada game, the Aggies had a few of these quick strike attempts. “Obviously, at this stage, we’re not going to be a track-meet offense, but we are going to be a little more balanced,” Dickey
said. “I don’t know if anybody noticed, but last week we took five or six shots deep. We didn’t hit any of them, unfortunately, but we’re going to try it again. We’re going to keep trying to stretch the defense and run, I guess the fans would call them, more fun plays with the chance to maybe trick the defense.” Designing these fun, or gadget, plays is something new for Dickey, who describes himself as “kind of a hard-headed, oldschool, more just ram it up the middle and keep doing it until it starts working” offensive coach. Although it’s different for him, he said he’s enjoying designing some of these new elements of the offense—elements he sees as an important part of the rest of the season for Utah State. “When you’re 0-7, if you just run it up the middle every play, I think everybody gets a little stale and bored,” he said. “So we’re trying some things that produce points, keep the defense off-balance, get the ball in our playmakers’ hands. And the players kind of enjoy those kind of plays.” One new spice Dickey has added to the offense of late is a formation that features Robinson at quarterback. The
Aggies used it effectively last Saturday, running twice out of it for 12 yards and a first down. Ultimately, the formation is a new way to get the ball into the hands of the nation’s leader in all-purpose yards per game (208.3), Dickey said. But for Robinson, it’s all strangely familiar. “To me, it’s just like a punt return,” he said. “You just catch the ball and they go out and block for you, and you just pick a hole, whatever hole you feel like running into. Hopefully it’s the right one and you end up getting out of it.” Robinson has proved more than capable of picking a hole and using his blocks to great effect, but what about his ability to throw the ball from the quarterback position? “It’s not bad,” he said about his throwing arm. “But I don’t think they’re going to let me throw it, because we had some bad experiences back in the day in practice, so I don’t know if they trust me during the game anymore. “I’d say anything over 30 yards we’re not going to make it. But anything under 30, I’m pretty good.” Dickey said he hasn’t seen Robinson throw the ball much, but he doesn’t seem to be
USU wide receiver kevin robinson (6) has a deep pass to him broken up by Nevada Wolf Pack defender Devon Walker. The Aggie offense has been scoring twice as many points in Western Athletic Conference play. TYLER LARSON photo
against the idea. “I feel very confident when the ball is in his hands,” he said. “We’ve got five games left,
you may see anything.” Stay tuned. -da.bake@aggiemail.usu.edu
Utah State looking forward to three-game homestand By SETH R. HAWKINS editor in chief
If Dorothy and Auntie Em were right, the Aggie soccer team has nothing to worry about going into its three-game homestand to wrap up the regular season. But even if there really is “no place like home,” the Ags still have a tall order to face in Hawaii on Friday, San Jose State on Sunday and Louisiana Tech on Nov. 3. But perhaps home-field advantage does mean something. Hawaii, which leads the Western Athletic Conference with a 3-0-0 conference record and 10-3-2 overall, is deadly on the islands, not losing any games on their home field. On the
road, the Rainbow Wahine have struggled this season, with a 1-31 record. USU Head Coach Heather Cairns said while she’s not sure the home-field advantage will play much of a factor in the performance of the other teams, she is grateful her team has a chance to recuperate from the roadweary season. “I’m not sure what it’s going to do to our opponents, I’m just excited about what it’s going to do for our team,” Cairns said. “It’s been a hard week in school for the girls with midterms. Being in town and being able to devote a lot of time to that is great.” Recuperation is also important with team captain and top
scorer Dana Peart still battling to recover from a knee injury she sustained against Boise State on Oct. 14. Since the injury, she has played fewer minutes and hasn’t been able to be as dangerous as she was when she was healthy, Cairns said. “Dana is day by day. She’s not 100 percent,” Cairns said. “Luckily we have good depth. We have some players who can step up and fill those roles. Adjusting without Dana means we need other people to step up.” Cairns said tandem forwards Lauren Hansen and Candice Clark have filled that role and are playing well individually and as a duo. Hansen is tied for first on the team in scoring with Peart with five goals. Clark has
Volleyball: Ags’ Nielson shines again
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the help of a 6-1 run they found themselves up 24-21, and in the driver’s seat, but the Wolverines weren’t done. They went on a run of their own to tie the game up at 29. In an ending that summed up the play in Game 2, the Wolverines gave the Aggies the game with two straight hitting errors. Although they were up 2-0, Utah State looked noticeably different in Game 3. Senior Heather Hillier replaced starter Chelsea Fowles as the Aggie setter and senior outside hitter Monarissa Ale didn’t see a lot of time on the floor. She was replaced by junior Kris Hymas. “I just thought the location was a little off with Chelsea,” DuBose said about the move to Hillier. He said Hymas replacing Ale was for a different reason. “The kids come in and they work hard every single day in practice, and they deserve playing time, and that can’t always happen,” DuBose said. With the slightly different lineup on the court, USU was plagued by errors—16 total errors in Game 3—and struggled to get things started. The Wolverines jumped out to a lead of as much as eight, until the Aggies went on a 12-5 run to take the lead at 21-20. The lead would be shortlived, as UVU came back to put the USU away 3026 in a match that saw the Aggies only hit .075. For the first few minutes of Game 4 it looked like the Wolverines would parlay their momentum into a win and a Game 5. They jumped out to a 5-1 lead before the Aggies went back to the freshman Fowles to run their offense. “(Hillier) came in and did a job and after Game 3, I thought, ‘Let’s go back to something we’re more familiar with,’” DuBose said. Fowles’ first set back on the court looked very familiar, as she got an assist on a Nielson kill. The momentum swung to Utah State as they climbed back to tie the game at seven. From that point, it was mostly side out after side out, with 13 ties in the game. Ultimately, it was four aces by Aggie servers, including two by Fowles, and one each from Nielson and Ale, that gave the game and the match to the USU with a score of 30-27. Utah State’s ability to come back and play through adversity showed DuBose a little about his team. “I thought we showed a little character,” he said. “We stayed composed and we didn’t get too rattled. So even though we weren’t comfortable we were still finding ways to score points.”
USU outside hitter monarisa ale attempts a kill Thursday night in the Spectrum vs. Utah Valley University. Ale recorded 11 kills in the 3-1 Aggie victory. CAMERON PETERESON photo
Despite the errors, several Aggies had good games. Nielson led the team once again with 26 kills. But it was Osterloh’s 16 kills and 15 digs that stood out on the stat sheet. “I just try and be as consistent as possible,” she said. “I just want our team to do the best we can. I just come in every night hoping for that.” Being consistent will only get harder for Osterloh and her teammates, as they will play their third game of the week Saturday at 7 p.m., against Fresno State in the Spectrum. But fatigue at this stage of the season isn’t unusual. “At this point in the season, everybody’s tired, and everybody’s nicked up,” DuBose said. “It’s kind of a battle of attrition here in the end. I’m sure they are tired. I don’t blame them, I’d be tired, too. They’ve played a bunch of volleyball.” -da.bake@aggiemail.usu.edu
two goals and two assists on the season. USU will need power in the attack against Hawaii’s highpower, direct offense. The Rainbow Wahine are led by Taryn Fukuroku, who has eight goals and six assists on the season, tying her for second in the WAC in points at 22. Not too far behind her is another offensive threat in Ambree Ako, who boasts eight goals and four assists.
“Hawaii is a great test for us because they are leading the league right now,” Cairns said. “We’ve also played Boise and Fresno, who are tied for second. Hawaii is that other team that is above us in the rankings. It’ s going to be a good test to see how we shake out against the best in the league.” San Jose State’s record is deceiving at 1-2-0 in the WAC and 3-11-1 overall, Cairns said. While the losing record may
not show much of a challenge, the Spartans boast dangerous shooters, including Jessica Scott who leads San Jose State in scoring with five goals and leads the WAC in shots with 50. “I think we’re going to have two tough games,” Cairns said. “San Jose is definitely going to be another tough game. They are another important team for us because they’re just underneath us in the rankings.” -seth.h@aggiemail.usu.edu
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t’s that time of year again, when all our professors gang up on us and decide they all want either a 10-page paper or a full-blown multiple choice test completed by their innocent little students. Result? Late nights and a lot of sweating. All due to stress. While midterms are never as bad as finals, it’s still hard to keep up with all the extra demands, especially when we have to decide what we’re going to be for Halloween at the same time. Besides that, we’re all going through mid-semester burnout, when sleeping in sounds almost as good as Christmas. While at times it may seem we are being lazy, the truth is we’re tired. Although we just had a three day weekend thanks to fall break, it turns out that may not always be enough. It’s not like we won’t survive. We’re young. We also have plenty of tools readily available for us whenever we need to stay awake just a little longer to cram for that exam that our whole grade depends on. They’re called Mountain Dew and Red Bull. And 1 a.m. runs for Slurpees. Remember coming to college and finding out that it was all about who kissed who on the ‘A’ and what team the Aggies would be winning in basketball? It was about cushy late nights without parents and doing stupid stuff with our friends. And then midterms hit. We realized college was inevitably about something else as well: cramming and Scantrons. For many people, it was finding out how long the TSC computer lab could possibly stay open. It’s 2 a.m. on weekdays. What a lifesaver. Even if it seems bad now, within the next week or so the tests will be over and we can look for one more break before finals. That one will be even better because it will include turkey and pumpkin pie and a whole lot of football. Thank something heavenly for grandma’s house. For now Aggies, good luck. Keep pushing and keep those red, burned out eyes coming. And always remember there’s Red Bull.
Living life when the hills are burning
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live in a fire bowl. As I write, the gigantopolis of Los Angeles is circled by fire: out in Malibu, up in Simi Valley, and down at Irvine and Arrowhead. For Angelenos in fire season, even if you are not personally affected, there is a feeling that there’s no way out. First there is fear, as you chart the fire’s path in your mind, its next possible, unpredictable step. Then comes the realization that your own habitual geography is impermanent. A forest you knew, a canyon, a friend’s house, some L.A. landmark — any of these What others are could be gone tomorrow. As with saying about issues. earthquakes, the place where you live could turn within minutes into something other, something unrecognizable, something dead. Two days ago I drove down to Irvine, where I teach two days a week. Before leaving, I’d checked Sigalert to see how the roads were doing. On the Web site, a fire update in red type said: “PCH is closed from Topanga Canyon to Kanan Road. Malibu Canyon Road, Kanan Road and Topanga Canyon, Carbon Canyon, Tuna Canyon are all closed. Hwy 126 East closed ...” But my freeway wasn’t listed. So I headed south in the dark toward some of the biggest fires. I passed an Army convoy going to help out. That got my sleepy attention. To the east, the sun was coming up behind the mountains, but it seemed too soon for sunrise. Then I realized that what I’d thought was the sun was the fire, making a silhouette of the hills. Smoke was pouring into the sky like a cloud bank in a dazzling sunrise. Around me the pre-rush-hour traffic was moving nicely, past signs for new Hondas, past the dark developments to the west, still asleep. Yet a few miles away from normal life, just over the hills, was a holocaust. That’s fire season. It reminds you that everything in the L.A. area is discrete, a pocket of a town here, a development there, a canyon here, a strip of houses along the beach there. Something bad can be happening in one place while someone else is having dinner at Mozza or Lou, and firefighters can be evacuating your best friend while you’re out buying milk at Ralph’s. But it also reminds you that in a disaster, all those discrete pockets can sometimes be swept together. Fire can burn from Burbank over the canyons and threaten the Hollywood sign. The fire near my freeway could break over the crest and pour down, engulfing the road, the auto outlets, the dark developments. Usually, fire doesn’t reach all classes, the way an earthquake will. It tends to gravitate toward the better-off, because they are the ones closest to what is green, to what burns naturally. Fires start where there is ready brush; they burn down to the walls behind upscale developments, and then they move over those walls. They start in the canyons and burn lush, wooded real estate. They start above Malibu and move down to the homes of movie stars. In aerial photos, you can see — next to the clumps
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ForumLetters Stop letting them get beat To the editor: 7th Game, 7th Loss. I would say this surprises me, but I am long past that point. The football team has had a long history of having a losing season, but nothing is as pathetic as the self-inflicted status they have. In 2004, the Aggie football team was almost dropped to a lower division due to lack of attendance at each football game. Back then I would work each game so I could see very well what they were referring to as “lack of attendance.” The final game of the season needed a sold out stadium or the football team was going down a division. So how did USU take care of this? They offered each employee of the university five free tickets. Each ticket given out was “counted” as sold. Now, I enjoy college football and don’t necessarily feel that we should drop the program, but I do feel that we
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should be realistic as to what our options are. We shouldn’t be going up against schools like Oklahoma or even UNLV. We should be taking on teams we have a chance of beating. But more to the point, we shouldn’t be shelling out tons of money on a program that doesn’t earn it. If our school can’t play in the big leagues, then get them out of the big leagues. Don’t just keep sending them to get pounded each year. Daniel Ligon
Atheists don’t know it all To the editor: I’d like to thank Jon Adams for that excellent article where he rebuffs the argument that atheism is not a religion, I haven’t had that good a laugh in a while. I normally don’t write in for this kind of fruitless argument, but you’ve assaulted my scientific sensibilities. First of all, don’t make a list of reasons why it’s not a religion and include reasons it is, it’s really bad for your argument.
Atheism is in fact, a world view that you use to define your purpose or lack thereof. As for a group with shared feelings, every atheist says that the reason god doesn’t exist is because he doesn’t come down and hold their hand, that every pimple and cough is a sign that god doesn’t love them therefore there is no god. And next time an atheist tries to base the existence of god on scientific evidence, they need to ask someone who actually knows something about an actual physical science, I can’t even begin to imagine how it’s possible to think that being a political science major makes you smarter than Einstein, who himself pointed out that the shear improbability of our existence at all points that someone had a hand in things. I don’t care if a religion is attacked based on the actions of their followers, I’d expect such in political science, but please don’t tell me god doesn’t exist because you got a boo-boo on your hand, and in your finite and extremely limited knowledge you’ve
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very once in a lifetime, you get to see something unbelievable. A bridge restored. An unfathomable gap conquered. A war prevented. I experienced that at the ripe old age of 23. I had the chance to be near the His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. I was in the same city, at least. Heck, for a yokel boy from Utah, it’s anything to be in a big city. But to then have a major world religion leader that much closer to you makes everything around the big city go quiet. All seems golden and pure. All kidding aside, his influence for good is felt far and wide, and he hasn’t even been able to stop at his home country for a break since 1959. He gets some well-deserved credit. Everything in the District of Columbia felt his influence. Pedestrians stopped to hear his address. The Metro trains actually ran on time. What?! Did Nancy Pelosi just stand and applaud George W. Bush for something he did and said?! Those three things are just lies. Except the
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last part; miracles really do happen in this democracy. Being at the hub for all things America has certainly shown me a few things about the influence of one person. Why are we obsessed with the news? And what is so important that the whole world has to know it? When two branches of the American government, a WWII Holocaust survivor and an actor with a Golden Globe all say China should go easy on someone – maybe we all should pay attention. Who are the people who leave a lasting mark on society instead of only being a part of a small, sequestered group? Are political activists lobbying Congress more influential in American culture than college Republicans and Democrats shaping the discussions among their fellow students? Last year’s sports star or rookie of the year is infrequently remembered except on a stat sheet. Hollywood’s acts of
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stupidity in the name of fame are forgotten from day to day. Even much of the federal legislation debated over long days is lost in the annals of the public mind when something more exciting comes around the corner. There is a powerful and almost intense feeling when participating in an event which the history chooses to mark down. Many people feel these moments define the culture of our time. I disagree. They only indicate where we have been and where we are going. The Dalai Lama and the president met publicly for the first time since China’s hostile take over of Tibet. The event is important only in that it serves as a marker of where our government is trying to go. Bush and Pelosi really did shake hands. Maybe there will be more of that. There
certainly needs to be more of it in our personal lives. Maybe we should look more closely around our own communities. Despite Congress having an approval rating lower than any historical account, I think we should ask, “What is the approval of our own lives, communities and actions?” If Congress is supposed to be our elected representatives, I venture to say they represent a little bit of everything we are, good and bad. They really do try and reflect the minds of the people while working to make the best decisions. Maybe throughout the country’s complaints about Congress, the people are really only tarnishing their own name. In history classes, I learned about the culture of former decades from what professional historians deemed wor-
thy to be written down. What do our actions, our governments and our culture say to the history readers of the future America? I’m calling for individuals to write history in their own actions. As we strive to be professionals of our own local culture, maybe we can have an effect on historical events. At least, if we try, we can know what our contribution to history is. Jacob Fullmer is an intern in Washington, D.C., for another few months striking down in history how he reacts to each moment of the day.
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of ash that once were houses — the swimming pools, the hot tubs. This is not Katrina. Still, the whole metropolitan environment is affected. Dust and ash cling to cars tens of miles from the fires. Soot snows down onto the highways. Everywhere, upper respiratory tracts are shot. Worst, thousands can fall victim to one person’s stupidity or malice. We sit around in L.A. estimating how many teenagers there are and, among them, how many love a good fire and, among them, how many would be tempted by the hot, windy Santa Ana season. It’s not hard to understand why more than 25 percent of these fires can be attributed to what is kindly called “human involvement.” Imagine lighting a match and then, for a week or two, seeing your creation featured 24 hours a day on television, growing more and more insanely beautiful and destructive. Once you’ve lived through a half-dozen fire seasons, you begin to notice a certain normalization. Each morning, fire coverage may take six to eight pages in the Los Angeles Times (there are no photographs more dramatic than a black house at night with orange flames dancing in every window), but meanwhile in L.A. and San Diego and Irvine, there’s a kind of battle weariness. Oh, yeah,
take the 405 — it’s untouched. Get your car washed, keep your windows closed. Outside, wear a bandanna to cover your mouth and nose. No hiking in the Hollywood canyons, which have been closed because officials fear a sudden blaze. And so forth. We check the skies over our homes for the gray smudges that signal the fires’ continuation. We walk two blocks for a better view of the flames. We take pictures. We feel bad for the houses that couldn’t be saved, the coyotes and deer and lizards swept from their habitats, all
the choking firefighters, the people wandering around their burned neighborhoods, collecting precious remaining possessions. We suffer from a mild form of survivor guilt. Then we wait: for the winds to die down, for the temperature to drop, for the fires to be contained. And for what passes for normal to begin again. Amy Wilentz is the author, most recently, of “I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger.”
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Atheism follies -continued from page 12 proven that the existence of god is illogical. And don’t tell me that the absence of evidence is evidence of absence, the vast majority of modern thought it based on “I haven’t proven it wrong yet.” Why else do you think we rely on ‘innocent until proven guilty’ when a life hangs in the balance? Where would you rather err, killing the innocent, or sparing the guilty? Killing the innocent is a little to final for me. Ben Thatcher
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Osama bin Laden calls for Iraqi insurgents to unite CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – Al-Qaida sympathizers have unleashed a torrent of anger against Al-Jazeera television, accusing it of misrepresenting Osama bin Laden’s latest audiotape by airing excerpts in which he criticizes mistakes by insurgents in Iraq. Users of a leading Islamic militant Web forum posted thousands of insults against the pan-Arab station for focusing on excerpts in which bin Laden criticizes insurgents, including his followers. Analysts said the reaction highlighted militants’ surprise at bin Laden’s words, and their dismay at the deep divisions among al-Qaida and other Iraqi militants that he appeared to be trying to heal. “It’s not about Al-Jazeera, it’s about their shock from bin Laden,” said Diaa Rashwan, an Egyptian expert on Islamic militant groups. “For the first time, bin Laden, who used to be the spiritual leader who gives guidance, became a critic of al-Qaida and is confessing mistakes. This is unusual.” “God fight Al-Jazeera,” railed one militant Web poster, calling the station a “collaborator with the Crusaders” for suggesting the tape showed weakness in al-Qaida and featuring discussions of how the tape reflected weaknesses and divisions among insurgents in Iraq. The recording aired Monday contained unusually strong criticism of insurgents in Iraq from bin Laden, who urges them to admit mistakes and unify. Bin Laden even aknowledges that he advises himself not to be “fanatical” in his stances. “Some of you have been lax in one duty, which is to unite your ranks,” bin Laden said. “Beware of division ... Muslims are waiting for you to gather under a single banner to champion righteousness. Be keen to oblige with this duty.” “I advise myself, Muslims in general and brothers in al-Qaida everywhere to avoid extremism among men and groups,” he said. The tape was met with a cautiously positive response from at least one insurgent coalition that has been opposed to alQaida.
But the Al-Fajr Media Center, which usually posts al-Qaida video and audio tapes on the Web, accused Al-Jazeera of “counterfeiting the facts” by making the speech appear as exclusively critical of insurgents. “Al-Jazeera directors have shamefully chosen to back the Crusaders’ side, and the defenders of hypocrites and the thugs and traitors of Iraq,” Al-Fajr said in a statement posted on several Islamic Web sites. Another Web contributor even rattled off a five-stanza poem of rhymed couplets, comparing the station to a “miserable fly in the garbage” and concluding, “Your day will come, vile one. As long as we live, you won’t be safe, Jazeera.” Few of the thousands of messages posted by contributors on the Web sites — who are only identified by usernames — called for direct violence against Al-Jazeera. Most instead urged that the full bin Laden tape
be distributed as widely as possible on the Web to show its true message. The full 30-minute audio was posted on Islamic Web sites the day after excerpts were aired by Al-Jazeera. It features long sections praising insurgents for their “holy war” against U.S. and Iraqi troops and urging Iraqis to join them. The editor-in-chief of the Qatar-based station, Ahmed Sheik, refused to comment on the criticism but said the tape had not been misrepresented. “Every time, we deal with their tapes same way we did last time,” he told The Associated Press. Bin Laden’s message came at a time of deepening splits in the Sunni Arab insurgency in Iraq. Some insurgent groups have formed a coalition rivaling one set up by al-Qaida in Iraq.
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- Utah Music Teacher’s Association annual conference, all day. - National Chemistry Week, all day. - USU Photoguild Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall. - USU women’s soccer vs. Hawaii, 3 p.m., soccer field. - USU Big Band Swing Club, 7 to 9:30 p.m., HPER. - USU Theatre Production: ‘Urinetown,’ 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Morgan Theatre. - Corn maze, 8 to 10 p.m., Heritage Center.
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