Friday, April 2, 2010

Friday, April 2, 2010

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Humor-religion columnist: I’m OK with being an idiot

By MIKAYLA RICH staff writer

Robert Kirby, a columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune and, according to professor Ted Pease, “the only humorreligion columnist in the world,” appeared as part of the Media and Society Lecture Series Thursday.

“I’m not exactly sure on the exact day that I came to understand that I was a genius,” Kirby said. “It was just this gradual sense that I was smarter than everyone else around me. I don’t know the exact day when I realized I was a genius, but I know the exact day when I started to get stupid. It was April 23, 1972, when I reported to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for basic training. My father laughed all the way to the airport.”

Kirby’s lecture was titled “You’re not as Smart as You Think You Are,” and he illustrated that with examples from his life and his columns.

“I’m actually OK with being an idiot

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Salt Lake Tribune it was a very Kirby served stressful time humor-religion columnist because he comes an LDS mission in Uruguay and from a family of later became a Toole County police policemen and all of his friends were officer. policemen, but he went to work writ“For those of you who aren’t familiar with Toole County, I tell people - See HUMOR, page 4 that it’s where God practiced making

ROBERT KIRBY, columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune, discussed religion, writing and humor with students Thursday in the TSC Auditorium. Kirby said everyone has “sacred cows,” a metaphor he used for things people focus on so much that they lose perspective. ALISON OSTLER photo

USU undergrad research second oldest in nation

Getting a view of Cache Valley from the sky

By MEGAN ALLEN staff writer

THE ARMY BROUGHT BLACKHAWKS to USU Thursday for an ROTC lab. ROTC cadets, as well as a few members of faculty and staff, were given trips in the Blackhawk around the valley. The lab was to give cadets some experience flying in a helicopter. PATRICK ODEN photo

In 1975, the first episode of “Saturday Night Live” aired on NBC, and Bill Gates founded Microsoft. That same year, though not as noticed, USU founded the Undergraduate Research program from the vision of Glen Taggart, the president of USU from 1968-1979.

Utah State’s Undergraduate Research program is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, making it the second-oldest undergraduate research program in the country, second only to MIT. “Undergraduate research helps students build stronger resumes with real-life experiences, making them better candidates when shopping the job market,” said Joyce Kinkead, associate vice president of research at USU. Undergraduate research programs such as this one are fairly unique, Kinkead said. Most research universities are only interested in graduate students and post-doctorals.

Twice a year, Undergraduate Research gives 50 to 60 Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunity grants. In the last 10 years, the program has given out nearly 1,000 grants to assist students in their projects and research.

“These students are producing research of

- See GRANTS, page 4

Rail Jam to bring 25 tons of snow to campus

By JESSICA SWEAT staff writer

Next week, USU’s Entrepreneurship Club will host its second annual E-Week. According to the club’s Web site, the event will include competitions, presentations, speakers and food.

While E-week used to be E-day, the club felt the need to expand the event into a week-long series in order to host more events and expand opportunities and resources for students.

As part of the week, April 9 will be the specified E-day in which entrepreneurs from surrounding areas attend.

According to the event’s advertisement, there will be some large competitions taking place, such as the Rail Jam, an Elevator Pitch Competition and a 72-hour competition in which students will be presented a problem and have 72 hours to find a solution.

The Elevator Pitch Competition will allow students a two-minute

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pitch of their idea for a business that may result in a cash prize to start up a business of their own. One of the most anticipated events will be the Ski and Snowboard Campus Rail Jam powered

by Galvanic Design in which 60 riders will compete on a threestory scaffolding structure. The structure will include an all star drop-in ramp and 25 tons of snow that is being trucked to USU. Club President and junior in finance and economics Paul Rossiter talked about the preparations his club has made for E-week, saying, “We have put in hundreds of hours between officers and volunteers. We even started looking into Rail Jam in November.”

Rossiter said he wants the everyone from campus to be at the Rail Jam because “it will probably be our biggest event.”

Rossiter explained that if there is a big enough turn out, USU could become a stop on the Campus Rail Jam Tour.

“We want to make Rail Jam a yearly event,” Rossiter said.

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The club’s Web site states that Rail Jam is open to riders aged 18 and up and has a $25 fee. However, space is limited. For viewers, Rail Jam will have giveaways, live disc jockeys and some “amazing talent,” according to the Web site.

E-week will also include a Partners in Business Seminar, where industry leaders from across the globe will share their advice on business. One speaker will be Greg Warnock who, according to marcatoparters.com, has launched more than 21 businesses.

Warnock is the founder of Junto Partners, an “entrepreneurship education initiative that trains and mentors aspiring entrepreneurs,” Rossiter said.

Rossiter said that during E-Week, members of the club “want to expand knowledge about our club and promote business, but we mostly want people to know that we are here to help them. We

- See E-WEEK, page 3

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ClarifyCorrect The Utah Statesman printed on March 26 that the winner of Women Rock the Runway, USU’s Women and Gender Studies celebration for Women’s History Month, was Kate Nash. The winner was Kate Auman, JCOM major, dressed as Lady Gaga.

Celebs&People NEW YORK (AP) – Jennifer Hudson didn’t gain a huge amount of weight when she was pregnant with her son, but it was enough to make her do a double-take when she saw a picture of herself.

“I didn’t realize it was me,” the singer and actress JENNIFER HUDSON said Thursday. “I was like, ‘Who? ... Oh, my God, this is me.’ And now when I look back, wow, look at the difference from then to now.”

Hudson, a former “American Idol” finalist who won a best supporting actress Academy Award for “Dreamgirls,” has lost the baby weight and more, and she says it’s because of Weight Watchers – for which she is the new spokeswoman.

Nat’lBriefs US judge strikes down patent on cancer genes NEW YORK (AP) – In a ruling with potentially far-reaching implications for the patenting of human genes, a judge on Monday struck down a company’s patents on two genes linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet challenging whether anyone can hold patents on human genes was expected to have broad implications for the biotechnology industry and genetics-based medical research.

Sweet said he invalidated the patents because DNA’s existence in an isolated form does not alter the fundamental quality of DNA as it exists in the body nor the information it encodes.

New mileage rules: Save at the pump WASHINGTON (AP) – Drivers will have to pay more for cars and trucks, but they’ll save at the pump under tough new federal rules aimed at boosting mileage, cutting emissions and hastening the next generation of fuel-stingy hybrids and electric cars.

The new standards, announced Thursday, call for a 35.5 miles-per-gallon average within six years, up nearly 10 mpg from now.

By setting national standards for fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes, the government hopes to squeeze out more miles per gallon whether you buy a tiny Smart fortwo micro car, a rugged Dodge Ram pickup truck or something in between.

The rules will cost consumers an estimated $434 extra per vehicle in the 2012 model year and $926 per vehicle by 2016, the government said. But the heads of the Transportation Department and Environmental Protection Agency said car owners would save more than $3,000 over the lives of their vehicles through better gas mileage.

Touting the plan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said, “Putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road isn’t just the right thing to do for our environment, it’s also a great way for Americans to save a lot of money at the pump.”

The requirements for the 2012-2016 model years pleased environmentalists who have criticized sluggish efforts by previous administrations to boost fuel efficiency. They also were welcomed by automakers who have been seeking a single standard after California and a dozen states tried to create their own rules.

Dave McCurdy, a former Oklahoma congressman who leads the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade group representing 11 automakers, said the industry supported the single national standard for future vehicles. He said the program made “sense for consumers, for government policymakers and for automakers.”

Not all dealers were pleased. Ed Tonkin, a Portland, Ore., car dealer who chairs the National Automobile Dealers Association, said the rules were the “most expensive fuel economy mandates in history” and would turn many new cars and trucks into luxury items for consumers.

“Under these new mandates, the price of new cars and light trucks will rise significantly, meaning fewer

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Americans will be able to buy the new vehicles of their choice,” Tonkin said.

Environmental groups said the changes would actually give consumers more choices because they would ensure that every new car would get slightly more fuel-efficient each year.

“Because of these standards, Americans will drive vehicles that save them money at the pump, cut the country’s oil dependence and produce a lot less global warming pollution,” said Jim Kliesch, a senior engineer in the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Clean Vehicles Program.

The regulations set a goal of achieving by 2016 the equivalent of 35.5 miles per gallon combined for cars and trucks, an increase of nearly 10 mpg over current standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The figure could actually be as low as 34.1 mpg because automakers can receive credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in other ways, including preventing the leaking of coolant from air conditioners.

The changes will cost the auto industry about $52 billion, but the government says the program will provide $240 billion in savings to consumers, mostly

NM business owner arrested in body parts case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Police in Albuquerque arrested a businessman on fraud charges in a gruesome case in which body parts that were supposed to be cremated and returned to families turned up in plastic bins in a delivery truck in Kansas.

Albuquerque police have identified

Ind. officer uses stun gun on unruly 10-year-old MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Two officers called to a home day care to subdue an unruly 10-year-old have been suspended after one used a stun gun on the boy and another slapped him in the mouth, a central Indiana police chief said Thursday.

The child suffered no significant injuries. Both officers have been placed on paid administrative leave while police investigate the confrontation Tuesday at Tender Teddies.

A MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORP’S electric car i-MiEV displayed in front of a showroom of the Japanese automaker in Tokyo, Japan, as Japan’s first mass-market electric car went on sale Thursday, April 1. AP photo

through lower fuel consumption. The changes also could help U.S. manufacturers who produce advanced vehicles, batteries and engines, the government said.

The EPA is setting a tailpipe emissions standard of 250 grams (8.75 ounces) of carbon dioxide per mile for vehicles sold in 2016, equal to what would be emitted by vehicles meeting the mileage standard.

This represents the EPA’s first rules ever on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, following a 2007 Supreme Court decision.

Each auto company will have a different fuelefficiency target, based on its mix of vehicles.

Automakers that build more small cars will have a higher target than car companies that manufacture a broad range of cars and trucks. For example, passenger cars built by General Motors Co. will need to hit a target of 32.7 mpg in 2012 and increase to 36.9 mpg by 2016. Honda Motor Co., meanwhile, will need to reach passenger car targets of 33.8 mpg in 2012 and ramp up to 38.3 mpg in 2016.

Some small-volume auto companies such as Porsche, Aston Martin and Lamborghini will not have to meet the standards initially, but all automakers will need to comply by 2017.

Consumers can expect improvements to engines, transmissions and tires, and the use of start-stop technology that halts the engine at stop lights to save fuel. Automakers are expanding their portfolio of gas-electric hybrid vehicles and beginning to introduce electric cars and plug-in hybrids.

Nissan recently announced pricing for its electric car, the Leaf, which will be available in limited numbers later this year. Toyota is launching plug-in hybrids along with battery-powered cars running solely on electricity starting in model-year 2012.

In Michigan, the first version of the Chevrolet Volt, which can go 40 miles on battery power before an engine kicks in to generate power, rolled off the assembly line this week and is scheduled to be sold in limited numbers later this year.

Beyond electric cars, Ford is aggressively promoting its “EcoBoost” line of direct-injection turbocharged engines, which provide a 20 percent increase in fuel efficiency. General Motors will begin assembling the Chevrolet Cruze, a replacement for the Cobalt, in Ohio later this summer. The compact Cruze is expected to achieve about 40 mpg on the highway thanks to a 1.4-liter turbocharged engine.

TRACKING LABELS ARE attached to containers holding unidentified body parts that are stored by the Wyandotte County coroner in Kansas City. The body parts were discovered in a truck at a medical waste company. AP photo

two men and a woman whose remains were discovered among six heads and numerous other human body parts in a truck at a Kansas medical waste facility. Bio Care Southwest owner, Paul Montano, 31, was arrested late Wednesday at his office on three counts of fraud and was being held on $100,000 bond.

Sealed plastic bags containing the heads and body parts – apparently dismembered with a chain saw or other coarse cutting instrument – were found last week in 12 large red plastic tubs inside a delivery truck at a Stericycle Inc. facility in Kansas City, Kan. The tubs had shipping labels from The Learning Center, which is affiliated with Bio Care.

Bio Care receives donated bodies and harvests organs and other parts, which it sells for medical research.

Bodies are stored in refrigerated units until donated organs are returned, then Bio Care sends the remains for cremation and gives the ashes to the families, according to the affidavit.

The company has a contract with Stericycle to dispose of any leftover medical waste.

Montano said Tuesday his com-

pany wasn’t involved in the body parts found in Kansas. He did not return several messages left by The Associated Press on Wednesday, and the main telephone number that had been listed on the company’s Web site had been disconnected Wednesday.

After his 83-year-old father died of a stroke in September, Chuck Hines of Bosque Farms, N.M., entrusted Bio Care to harvest his organs for science and research. They sent back a sealed box with what Hines was told were all his father’s cremated remains.

Hines memorialized his father at a simple gathering of friends at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, an event the elder Hines helped organize decades ago.

But Hines found out late Wednesday that some of his father’s remains were found in the delivery truck.

“You know, you get a box of ashes, you don’t know if it’s all there. You assume it is,” Hines said Wednesday, before police say they told him his father’s remains were found. He didn’t respond to phone messages left Thursday.

On Wednesday, Robert Noblin,

owner of Riverside Funeral Home in Belen, N.M., where Hines learned about Bio Care, said he could not comment at length about the matter because of the investigation.

But he said he his company had worked with Bio Care before.

“Unfortunately, I think many funeral homes and families alike have been misled,” Noblin said.

Police also identified the remains of Jacqueline Marie Snyder, 42, of Albuquerque, who died in November of a methadone overdose, and Harold Dillard, whose hometown and cause of death weren’t given.

Snyder’s remains were identified through a tag that shows her body went to the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator for an autopsy on Nov. 1, said Amy Boule of the office.

The body was turned over to a funeral home on Nov. 3.

The affidavit said Kansas City homicide detectives called Albuquerque police March 20, March 21 and March 26 about containers with body parts from the Learning Center. The affidavit said all the bodies appeared to have been dismembered by a coarse cutting instrument such as a chain saw.

have interviewed friends, family and acquaintances and have found nothing to indicate she ran away, Tymkowych said. Police planned to re-interview some of those people Thursday.

About 60 police and FBI agents were aiding in the search for the sixth-grader, whom her mother, April Wilson, described as a “good kid.”

“She never hanged out with the bad crowds,” Wilson said Thursday outside her apartment. “She had her friends.

She liked to hang out at the mall, go to the library – you know, typical kid stuff.”

Wilson said she had no information on what may have happened to her daughter but wanted her to know, “We love you. We miss you. Just come home. We want you home.”

Tymkowych said police have contacted the girl’s father, who lives in California, and other family members to advise them that she’s missing and may be contacting them if she ran away.

He says Kayleah had a boyfriend, who has been interviewed and is cooperating. He is not considered a suspect or person of interest. April Wilson also spent about 12 hours at the police station Wednesday, but Tymkowych said Wilson was there assisting police in the search.

The middle school student is 5-foot1, weighs 145 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. Authorities say Kayleah has asthma and was believed to be carrying an inhaler. She doesn’t have a cell phone.

April Wilson said her daughter likes pizza and the color pink, and that her favorite band is called Celtic Thunder.

At Kayleah’s school a few blocks from her home, teachers on Thursday wore purple and pink memorial ribbons turned sideways to resemble a “K’’ for Kayleah.

Brentwood Middle School science teacher Mandy Skinner described Kayleah as a soft-spoken girl who often

kept to herself but participated enthusiastically in group discussions and completed her assignments.

Search expanded for missing Colorado girl

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) – Four days after a 12-year-old northern Colorado girl disappeared after leaving home to walk to a friend’s birthday party, 10. Everyone in America gets a authorities expanded their search free Sunoco travel mug.

9. Promises not to kill any endan- Thursday to include places she was known to frequent, including a music gered animals except the really store, library and shopping mall. tasty ones.

“We’re hoping against hope that 8. Kids drill free. she’s out there, she’s safe and she is just 7. Drilling won’t affect Scott Brown’s visit to the beach (Video a runaway,” said Sgt. Joe Tymkowych of the police department in Greeley, of naked couple on beach). about 60 miles north of Denver. “But 6. Most extensive exploratory undertaking since Harry Smith’s we have to try to figure all the possible propensities of things that could hapcolonoscopy. pen and pursue those leads as well.”

5. What? Ricky Martin’s gay?

Kayleah (Kay LEE uh) Wilson was 4. 50 barrels of oil reserved each last seen Sunday afternoon, when she year for Mitt Romney’s hair left her Greeley home to go to a birth– zing! day party just across a busy highway 3. Boys at Halliburton seem happy, which is good enough for from her apartment building.

Authorities have since gone door us! to door seeking information on her 2. Provision for drilling the sun whereabouts and used dogs to comb for solar power. medians, ditches and bushes along the 1. Drilling will begin in Glenn highway for clues. Investigators also Beck’s yard.

KAYLEAH WILSON, in this photo provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, is missing and more than 20 police officers and FBI agents were searching March 30 for the 12-year-old Colorado girl. AP photo

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USU innovators and inventors honored Briefs Campus & Community

By CATHERINE MEIDELL assistant news editor

Two titles for “Entrepreneur of the Year” were awarded Thursday morning to Robert Anderson, SensorCAD program manager for the Space Dynamics Lab, and Marie Walsh, associate professor in the nutrition, dietetics and food sciences department.

Walsh received the award

for filing 16 patents while working at USU and working abroad. Since the beginning of last April, Walsh filed six patents and two were licensed. Her licensed patents include the “Textured Whey Protein Product,” issued Oct. 6, 2009. Her first patent was licensed in 1993, and her first patent licensed while working at USU was in 2003.

Walsh said she hopes to file and license more patents

than she was able to this year.

“I didn’t realize I had so many patents and patent applications,” Walsh said.

“I mean, I did, but I didn’t know how I compared.”

She said she was completely surprised when she was called to receive the award and was scanning the crowd to see who the accomplishments being described could belong to. Her research is mainly in food product

KENT TOBISKA, director of the USTAR Space Weather Center, spoke at the Innovation and Invention Day awards ceremony Thursday. CATHERINE URIE photo

development, food bioprocessing, dairy protein and enzyme chemistry. Walsh is currently working on a research project with Chris Winstead, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, that involves preventing the death of horses from colic.

Winstead said prevention system is a sensory device that locates colic in a horse and then alerts the owner about the problem through cell phone.

“One of the key indicators of colic is if the horse rolls repeatedly, but if the horse shakes off, it’s a healthy roll,” Winstead said. “So, the alarm is turned off after the healthy shake.”

Horse deaths from colic cost the horse industry $76 million a year, and the monitor may decrease this number. Walsh and Winstead are working to give the monitor a long battery life with minimal false alarms.

Glenn Whichard, senior commercialization associate for the Technology Commercialization Office, said “Entrepreneur of the Year” is “a person who has been consistent in supporting the movement of lab work to the real world out there.”

Anderson was also awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year”

for his newly developed software system titled “Method and System for Modeling of Images with Distortion.” He also does work with the USU Research Foundation.

In addition to the entrepreneur awards, 19 USU and SDL inventors received plaques for their patents that were licensed since April 2009. Collectively, 29 patent applications were submitted this year and 16 were issued as of Thursday morning.

Whichard said he hopes USU and its affiliations can produce more patents in the year to come, which will ultimately create a number of companies that markets the products.

“Spin-out companies, we love to do,” Whichard said.

“They do take a lot of work, but provide many more jobs here in Cache Valley.”

During the Innovation and Invention Awards reception, researchers were able to update fellow researchers on their projects. Some of the projects included “Radiation Detection and Localization Stimulations,” “Efficacy Study of New Antibiotics” and “Expansion of the ONE Application in the Western United States.”

– catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu.edu

Cache Valley kicks off Child Abuse Prevention Month Children’s shoes lined the steps of the Logan City Courthouse Thursday represented local children who have been victims of abuse.

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Child and Family Support Center of Cache Valley (CFSC) hosted its kick-off campaign Thursday in order to raise community awareness.

Claire Christiansen, USU student and CFSC volunteer, said there were 681 cases of child abuse reported in Cache Valley in 2009. She said she and other members of the center hope to raise awareness, strengthen families and protect local children.

The CFSC has services ranging from children’s classes to women’s workshops.

Services at the center are free, with the exception of educational classes, which have a materials fee.

The center has 24-hour crisis lines, 752-8880 or 877900-CFSC. Information about the center can be found at www.cachecfsc.org.

– rac.ch@aggiemail.usu.edu

E-week: The Entrepreneurship Club is open to all majors are a resource.”

Rossiter said the club is open to all majors, not just entrepreneurship. Rossiter described some of the student-launched businesses that produce clothing, sunglasses, watches and nutritional supplements that came from students of other majors and will be seen throughout the week.

Rossiter said, “I’m excited for the different competitions and seeing the different companies that will come from that. It’s very rewarding to see a student that is enrolled in school still find time to run their own business.”

Senior in international business and economics Sterling Morris will be in attendance and said, “I am excited to compete in the 72-hour competition and for Rail Jam.” Rossiter said, “It will be a great opportunity to network and get involved with entrepreneurship. There will be great speakers, and we want everyone to come out see what we are doing and have a good time.”

E-week is from April 5-9. For more information, students can go to huntsman.usu.edu/entrepreneurclub or register for the Rail Jam at galvanicdesign.com/apply.

– jessie.a.sweat@aggiemail.usu.edu

USU professor of English Phebe Jensen presented her Inaugural Professor Lecture March 24 in a presentation titled “Shakespeare’s Clocks and Calendars.”

Jensen graduated with a bachelor’s from Middlebury in 1981 and lived in Brooklyn for two years, where she worked as an editorial assistant to a documentary filmmaker, at The New Yorker. In the summer of 1983, she went to the Bread Loaf School of English in Oxford for a summer master’s in English program, where she met her husband, Paul. In the summer of 1986 she and Paul were married and she graduated with master’s degrees in English from Bread Loaf. In 1987, they entered the doctoral program at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Joining the Department of English, Jensen began her career at USU in 1995, and has since become one of a group of scholars reconsidering the role of Catholicism in sixteenth century Protestant English culture. She has published articles on that subject in Shakespeare Quarterly, Literature and History, Reformation, Criticism and several essay collections and has been a plenary speaker at conferences at the Clark Library of UCLA and Louisiana State University.

Jensen has also been the recipient of a Folger Shakespeare Library short-term fellowship, which she took in 2006 while finishing her first book, Religion and Revelry in Shakespeare’s Festive World, published by Cambridge University Press in 2008. She has since completed two articles now forthcoming, one on Christmas carols at the Reformation, and another on a cache of Anglo-Saxon coins found in 1609 on the site of a Catholic graveyard in Lancaster.

Jensen has been on sabbatical since August 2009, working on a second book project titled “Shakespeare’s Seasons,” the subject of her inaugural lecture.

The Inaugural Professor Lecture Series is coordinated by the provost’s office and is hosted

by President Stan Albrecht and First Lady Joyce Albrecht. Faculty members in the series have been promoted to full professor within the last academic year and present a lecture that highlights their research, creative activity or teaching at the university.

Fringe Film Festival entries due April 9

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Professor discusses Shakespeare’s Seasons

The Caine School of the Arts at USU hosts the 2010 Fringe Film Festival, a short film competition.

The festival takes place April 23, and film entries will be accepted with a postmark through April 9.

Film entries may not be longer than four minutes in length and must include three out of 10 required elements. The complete rules are posted online, including eligibility information and the downloadable entry form.

All entries must be mailed or delivered to the Caine School of the Arts with the $5 entrance fee

by April 9. This is the second year the Caine School of the Arts has hosted a film festival. Madison Pope was the 2009 overall film festival winner.

Pope ended up winning $1,000 for the Overall Film Festival Award as well as $500 for the Viewers’ Choice Award.

All entrants are eligible to win any of five awards for the 2010 Fringe Film Festival, including $1,000 for the Judges’ Choice Award, an iPad for the Viewers’ Choice Award, and iPod Touches for each of the three individual categories: Most Creative Use of Props, Best Comedy and Best Drama.

More information about the Fringe Film Festival can be found at csa.usu.edu, or by contacting Courtney Lewis at courtney. lewis@usu.edu or 797-9203.

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FBI says ruse created to arrest militia members DETROIT (AP) – Five members of a Midwest Christian militia accused of conspiring to overthrow the government were lured to a warehouse to attend a phony memorial service so they would be unarmed when authorities arrested them, Michigan’s chief federal agent said Thursday.

The ruse in Ann Arbor was part of a series of weekend raids in several states that resulted in the indictment of nine people in the alleged plot, officials said.

“We basically set up a scenario where we were able to draw them all to one location,” Andrew Arena, the FBI’s special agent in charge in Detroit, told The Associated Press.

“And the reason we did that was to obviously get them away from their weapons.”

Nine suspected members of a group called the Hutaree based in southern Michigan’s Lenawee County were charged this week with seditious conspiracy, or plotting to levy war against the U.S., attempting to use weapons of mass destruction and other crimes.

They planned to make a false 911 call, kill responding police officers and set off a bomb at the funeral to kill many more, according to prosecu-

tors. The FBI said it broke up the plot with the help of an undercover agent and informants.

Eight of the suspects are in custody in the Detroit area. The ninth is being held in Indiana.

U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Donald A. Scheer in Detroit said Thursday he needed more time to decide whether to grant prosecutors’ request that the eight remain locked up until trial. A decision was expected Friday.

Urging Scheer to deny the request for bond, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Falvey Jr. said that while there is nothing wrong with owning guns or hating the government, it is illegal when “people with dark hearts and evil intents” gather to discuss ways to commit violence.

Releasing the defendants would allow them to regroup and would increase their fear of law enforcement, Falvey said.

The Hutaree are self-proclaimed “Christian warriors” who trained themselves in paramilitary techniques in preparation for what they say on their Web site is a battle against the Antichrist.

Defense attorneys told Scheer that no evidence against the group has

been aired outside the indictment.

Kristopher Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio, issued a statement late Thursday in which he said he is “not an extremist, racist or a cop killer.” In the statement, released by his brother, Alec Romick of Huron, Ohio, Sickles said he is “simply guilty by association and personally had no intentions of harming any person, member of law enforcement or the United States government.”

Arena said the FBI started looking into the Hutaree nearly two years ago based on “information from the public” he wouldn’t disclose.

An undercover agent infiltrated the group, becoming part of suspected ringleader David Brian Stone’s inner circle, making explosive devices under Stone’s supervision and attending meetings and special family events, authorities said.

They said the agent accompanied Stone and others to a planned meeting of militias in Kentucky in February. They were forced to turn back in Indianapolis because of bad weather, but the agent recorded a speech to those in the van by a speaker identified as Stone.

“Now it’s time to strike and take our nation back so we will be free

WILLIAM SWOR, LEFT, attorney for David Brian Stone, Christian militia group Hutaree’s leader, talks with attorneys Lisa Kirsch-Satawa, and husband Mark Satawa outside of the federal courthouse on Thursday, April 1, in Detroit.

The Satawa’s are attorneys for co-defendant Michael Meeks. AP photo

of tyranny,” the speaker said on the recording played Wednesday in U.S. District Court. “The war will come whether we are ready or not.”

Stone’s attorney, William Swor, objected on free speech grounds, saying the tape and government’s testimony shows only “my client has an opinion and knows how to use his

mouth.”

Arena said the FBI investigation found that Stone, 44, and his followers did more than just talk.

“We’ve got evidence ... that it wasn’t just paramilitary training,” he said. “It wasn’t just a bunch of guys out playing army in the woods.”

Grants: Of seniors, 26 percent have been part of independent research -continued from page 1 a quality that needs to be shared within their field of study,” Kinkead said.

Undergraduate researchers present their research at events such as Research on Capitol Hill and the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR). They share their ideas with other students and government officials from around the state.

Many students have even shared their results at national conferences.

ASUSU funds a lot of the travel expenses for students to go to conferences and present their research, Kinkead said. Students can request money from the Academic Opportunity Fund through the Academic Senate president.

At the last UCUR conference, USU was represented by students not just from the main campus, but from three of the regional campuses as well, Kinkead said.

Right now, 26 percent of graduating seniors from USU report they have been a part of independent research, and 1,300 undergraduate students are employed in on-campus research positions, she said.

USU students who have participated in undergraduate research have gone on to achieve many great things, Kinkead said.

Many have been awarded Goldwater and Rhodes Scholarships and gone on to very prestigious graduate programs. Others go straight into the workforce, she said. Many are recruited by big companies to do research because of papers they have written or research they have shared.

Undergraduate research is not something just done in a lab.

Research opportunities are available in all departments and majors. Each department has someone on its staff as a designated Undergraduate Research adviser who guide students through the

process of getting involved in research.

“Undergraduate research is kind of like the library,” Kinkead said. “It reaches out to a large cross-section of students.”

Many students get involved in research from the beginning of their college careers, Kinkead said. Undergraduate Research invites approximately 25 incoming students to participate in the Research Fellows program every year. Students apply for the program and are interviewed during the yearly Scholar’s Day. Getting involved as a freshman is not the only option.

“Some people get the spark later rather than sooner,” Kinkead said.

Students can talk to professors about getting involved in their research or about starting their own projects, she said.

The Undergraduate Research Advisory Board is constantly working to make the already-great program even better.

“We are always looking to see what we can do to improve communication and access,” Kinkead said. “Our goal is to make sure undergraduate research is accessible throughout the entire university.”

All the work that is done in the Undergraduate Research program could not be done without donors, Kinkead said. Many alumni and faculty donate a lot of time and money to help better the program.

“Hands-on inquiry and study builds on classroom knowledge,” Kinkead said. “The discovery and application of knowledge is a hallmark of a land-grant university. Undergraduate Research is a critical component of that mission. Undergraduate Research is a terrific marriage of teaching and learning.”

– megan.allen@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Kirby’s first satirical column was titled “Five Kinds of Mormons” and ran as an editorial in a small Utah County paper. The publisher of the paper was upset over the column. It turns out he was the only one who was upset and, to Kirby’s surprise, the paper was flooded with readers asking for more of Kirby’s work.

When that column went over so well, Kirby said he realized this is what he was supposed to be doing. He also realized that he needed to get another job. Kirby went to write for The Salt Lake Tribune, using his column to poke fun at the behaviors of the LDS community, and he’s been writing his column since 1994.

Kirby’s writing hasn’t gotten him into too much trouble with the LDS church, although it did ask him to tone it down after he wrote in a column that he could beat up now-latechurch President Gordon B. Hinckley.

“Here’s the thing, if you’re

LDS like I am, please understand that what I’m about to say has nothing to do with whether or not the church is true. This is actually about whether or not you’re an idiot.

There’s a huge difference. And if you think that because I’m making fun of my own people and you’re not Mormon that we’re on the same side, think again. You may not be a member of the local herd, but you’re still a cow. I don’t care what you believe, but I care about how you believe it. Because how you believe it usually has a lot to do with how you treat other people who don’t,” Kirby said.

The column Kirby writes isn’t about making fun of the LDS religion. It’s about making fun of how people in the community act and making them realize that no one is as smart as they think they are.

Kirby ended his lecture with another joke, “And now could we please have a volunteer for the closing prayer?”

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Concealed weapon classes open to students

By KELLYN ANDERSON staff writer

This past January, students may have seen Jed Bigelow, vice chair of the College of Republicans, outside the Taggart Student Center advertising a one-time class training for how to apply for a concealed weapons permit. Within two hours, 80 students had signed up, and a class originally intended to be offered one time, turned into two and then three.

Bigelow, senior in political science, wanted to give students an opportunity to receive the permit training in a more available setting and at a discounted price.

The four-hour class, taught by Bill Hendrickson, involves training for gun safety, certification requirements and the concealed weapon laws. After the training is complete, the forms received at the class have to be notarized and sent in with a passport photo and a $65 fee. The FBI runs a background check, and the card, which has to be present any time a weapon is being concealed, is sent in the mail. Citizens cannot receive permits if they are fewer than 21 years of age or have been convicted of felonies.

Both Bigelow and Hendrickson grew up with guns in their homes, and although Bigelow is still waiting on the official card, both believe in keeping a concealed weapons permit. Bigelow received his first gun, a 12-gauge shotgun, for his birthday and remembers shooting with his dad.

Hendrickson has taught his kids, saying that his oldest daughter shoots better than most men he has seen.

“All my kids have guns, and all of them have been taught how to shoot them safely,” he said.

More opposition to the classes was expected, and although there has been some, not many seem to disapprove of the classes.

Bigelow said, “A few wanted to pick a fight, but I mostly ignored them.”

Campus safety is an important thing to all students and staff, but Bigelow feels safer with concealed weapons permits allowed than if they were not.

“If someone is going to come to the college and shoot at students, they won’t care if they are legal or not,” he said. “I would feel better knowing there was someone there trained on how to shoot a gun that could help. More guns does not mean more crime.”

Brian Marshall, sophomore in business, agrees with this statement. Marshall has held a concealed weapons permit for two years and always carries a gun either in his pocket or backpack. He said he first thought about getting a permit after witnessing a man trying to break into a gas station with a crowbar. The incident worried him, and now he feels safe when he holds a gun, even though he has never had to shoot it.

“It’s better to have something to protect yourself,” he said.

According to MSNBC, Utah is one of two states that will issue concealed weapons to residents and non-residents. Florida being the other one. Utah is the only state that allows concealed weapons on campus. Other states leave it up to the schools. The only place concealed weapons are not allowed in are federal buildings and student dorms. If a permit holder lives in the dorms, the USU Police have lockers to hold the gun.

Hendrickson said the number of faculty that hold concealed weapons permits is quite high.

Marshall said faculty members are told that one in 30 students hold permits. Since the whole point of the permit is so the concealed weapon cannot be seen, most students and faculty have no idea who is carrying a gun, and so the safety factor is not really affected.

When asked about his beliefs in gun control, Marshall said, “I believe in people being responsible for their own safety.”

Hendrickson agrees, believing that concealed weapons give people a lot of security.

“I’m trying to help people protect themselves,” he said.

Hendrickson’s help is evidenced by the fact that almost no profit is made from teaching these classes, and Hendrickson even offers to practice shooting with anyone for no charge.

“It’s all about responsibility. I would rather teach them about safety than anything else,” he said.

The concealed weapons classes are open to anyone, even those who do not own guns. Anyone interested, regardless of age, can attend the classes at no cost. Bigelow is always willing to answer any questions about the classes or the permits, and he is hoping to continue to offer them throughout the year.

“I hope people are more aware that these classes are out there,” he said.

– kellyn.anderson@aggiemail.usu.edu

Popular artists take stage for benefit concert

By KATE MARSHALL staff writer

A horrible, unexpected natural disaster hit the Chilean nation last month, Feb. 27. According to The New York Times, it was an earthquake that registered an “8.8 on the Richter scale ... the quake tied for the fifth largest in the world since 1900.” After this massive earthquake hit there have been aftershocks every day in the weeks that followed – “some registering over a six on the Richter scale, which is a considerable earthquake in itself,” The New York Times wrote. The financial damage has risen to more $30 billion. More than two million people are homeless, and 16 million are affected every day.

It may seem that there is no way you can do anything for these suddenly poverty-stricken people whose homes have been destroyed, loved ones lost and possessions have been dissipated, but there is a chance to donate to the cause. USU is hosting “Rebuilding Chile Benefit Concert.” The concert will feature talented artists: Jake White, John Schmidt, Lea Cabrera and other sensational musicians. Miss Utah USA 2010, Katya Feinstein, will be hosting the event, as well.

White is a popular acoustic guitarist, who sometimes performs on a two-necked guitar that he made himself – a fretless bass guitar combined with a six-string acoustic guitar. Schmidt is a renowned pianist who writes and arranges his own pieces.

He tours worldwide with his music and became famous due to his success on YouTube with the hit “Love Story meets Viva La Vida.” He will also be joined by his cellist, Steven Sharp Nelson. Cabrera was a finalist on “American Idol” in season five. Her singing style ranges from soul to blues to gospel.

There will also be a band, called Dan and Nattie, that will help the audience become familiar with the Chilean culture, by playing some Chilean music. Nattalia Arriaza (Nattie) is a friend of Cameron Rigby, who helped to plan the event.

Rigby, sophomore in business, recently returned from a LDS mission in Chile. His love for the Chilean people motivated him to help them restore their cities and lives. Rigby has planned the event so all the proceeds will go toward the Chilean Red Cross Humanitarian Organization, because the country has not yet requested aid from the United States Red Cross.

“After the earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, there were people collecting donations everywhere,” he said. “That was really successful, but we thought it would be a good idea, since that method had been exhausted, to get donations by also entertaining the donors.”

Jamie Rigby, who is also helping out with the coordination

SOLDIERS AND RESCUE WORKERS carrying damaged Chilean flags search for victims in Chile. USU will be hosting “Rebuilding Chile Benefit Concert” Friday in the Kent Concert Hall. AP photo

of the program, said by attending you are helping someone in need.

“If I didn’t have any place to live that would be pretty detrimental to me,” Jamie said. “It’s hard to find a way to help, and this is a fun way to do it. Bring a date or just have fun with some friends while helping people and enjoying some fantastic music.”

Cameron said the International Student Council has been of great assistance in coordinating of the event. The program is also sponsored by the music department.

“Craig Jessop has been a great help in being supportive of the concert,” Cameron said. “We are all really grateful for people’s concern for the Chilean people and making this event possible.

It’s definitely going to be worth spending a Friday night to come to this.”

The concert will be held on Friday, April 2, in the Kent Concert Hall.

Tickets are available at www.boxoffice.usu.edu or the CSA box office.

– kmarshall222@gmail.com

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Local artist’s album worth the dollar donation What do you get when you combine sider making a donation to this band for four guys from Everett, Wash., soft rock the use of their music. I make the attempt and the letter “B”? to appeal to my reader’s desire to support No, you don’t get a boat ride on the local talent. puget sound with a six pack of beer and “The Tide” is not crafted as a collection Barbara Streisand music. You get some- of singles and as such. It suffers. The album thing much, much better: Brooksley Born, takes you on a walk through a smooth, soft a local band that started in Everett and has landscape. In my mind, this landscape since come to Logan. is not too unlike the Pacific Brooksley Born’s album, Northwest. Cool, dark, full of “The Tide,” will≠ debut to Landon trees, very little sunlight, loads the world here on USU of rain – I think I’ve made my Hemsley point. I say the album sufcampus at 8 p.m. April 17 in the Lundstrom Student fers because the crafty style Center. The band is throwin which the listener is led ing a release party to prothrough the album will hurt mote its album’s release.

Brooksley Born’s exposure in I was stoked to find local the long run. Young bands Grade $8 talent to review, and, natusimply cannot afford to bury rally, I agreed. Not knowing “The Tide” their best tracks in the middle much about them, I went by Brooksley Born of the album. Large record to the band’s Web site, labels that would promote brooksleybornband.com, their music generally want to to find out what I could. hear the good stuff first and Surprisingly, I found the whole album the rest later, but then maybe Brooksley available for free download.

Born doesn’t care about any of that at all.

The fact that the “The Tide” is available Who can say but the artist? for download to anyone that wants it is The first track is called “Deep Dark admirable. Most new full-time recording Depression,” which is exactly what I feel artists wouldn’t do such a thing unless weighing on my shoulders when I listen to they could be certain that they can gen- it. Track 1 is a staging track that sets the erate enough cash from touring to cover tone of the album and opens the listener their expenses. Generally, a huge portion to what’s coming next. “Depression” is of revenues for young bands comes from only 94 seconds long, and I would just as the sale of CDs to local fans. By releasing soon skip over this track and get to the their album on the site, they at least tell second, “Trevor Graves,” because the secme either that Brooksley Born is a band of ond track is a much better starting track. part-time artists who do what they do just “Trevor Graves” is more upbeat, brighter for fun or that Brooksley Born is confident and more fun. The tempo picks up considenough in its music and its adoring public erably, and it is in this song that we first to believe that it can make enough from hear any guitar and bass to accompany the playing local shows for now. keyboard. Or rather, the sun comes out a Certainly, if you met the band at one of bit. After a 30-second instrumental introtheir shows and saw them live, they would duction, the lyrics enter and those lyrics charge you for their CD. Since buying the lead to a good strong chorus. This song has CD is not required to hear the music, the no lyrical hook that is going to stick in your question then becomes that of a donation. mind, but it does have a moderately strong Should the listener donate so Brooksley musical hook. I don’t believe anybody is Born can continue to produce music? That going to be walking around whistling this is the question I endeavor to answer. As tune all day, but the music is quality and it such, I will be changing my normal rat- certainly doesn’t offend the ear. ing system from a letter grade to a dollar The next track of note is the fourth one, grade. At the end, I’ll let you know how “Starts and Stops.” Once again I don’t hear much entertainment value I think one of any strong hook or anything that is going Brooksley Born’s albums has in terms of to stay with me for a long time after I listen dollars. At that point, I would recommend to the music. The lyrics don’t inspire me my readers listen for themselves and con- in this song. What does inspire me once

Tune Takes

BROOKSLEY BORN’S ALBUM “The Tide” will debut on USU campus. The band is throwing a release party to promote its album’s release. photo courtesy BROOKSLEY BORN

again is the guitar line and the instrumentals. Dave Kinkaid’s voice works very well with this music because Kinkaid is able to make his voice an equal partner with the guitar, piano, and other instrumental parts. Understand that I do not say that Kinkaid’s voice couldn’t be in the forefront of this track, but I think if the band tried to highlight Kinkaid’s vocals, it would impair the sound they are trying to achieve. In “Starts and Stops,” everyone stays in their role well and produces a good ensemble piece.

These two tracks, “Trevor Graves” and “Starts and Stops,” are my two personal favorites, but there is no significant drop off in quality from one track to the next.

Brooksley Born’s music is very homogenous. The album is a testament to the fact that Brooksley Born is after a particular sound, and the band works hard through the entire production to effectively produce that sound. If I could classify that

sound as something other than simply calling it soft rock, I would call it Seattle coffee shop music. This music is not radio music. You will not be hearing it on any radio stations anytime soon, but that is not to say the music is not quality. I would probably play this music in my home on a chill Saturday afternoon when there is little else to do beside read a book and relax.

Now, as for the rating, let us say that $15 is the limit I would be willing to pay for the best album on the face of the planet.

If I were to go to a Brooksley Born show, I would donate $8 to them for their music and thank them for a quality product. If this type of music was the kind I liked to listen to regularly, I would pay more. The music does not entirely fit my style, but I still think it’s some pretty good stuff. I submit that for the reader’s consideration and urge the reader to visit brooksleybornband.com to check the album out.

– la.hem@aggiemail.usu.edu

Seeing green in 3-D boom

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It only took a century, but 3-D films have evolved from a curiosity to a film world obsession.

“In a not-too-distant future,” predicts Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, “big releases will be only released in 3-D.” “This really is a revolution,” proclaims Jeffrey Katzenberg, the head of DreamWorks Animation.

Geeky plastic glasses are suddenly Hollywood’s coolest accessory, but they may cause a loss of perspective.

Instead of triggering a renaissance, 3-D may be the next wave of the effects-driven blockbuster mentality that followed in the wake of “Jaws” and “Star Wars.”

If Zoradi’s “all 3-D all the time” vision arrives, the types of films that benefit most from 3-D – animation, fantasy and horror – could bulldoze grownup fare even further to the sidelines. It may become the new industry standard, but does it deserve to be?

Would “The Godfather” or “Sideways” or “All About Eve” really be richer experiences in 3-D? Enthusiasts call 3-D the third technical breakthrough, after sound and color, to fundamentally change the viewing experience. But 3-D mania has been around before – and around and around and around – without revolutionizing cinema.

By some counts the current wave is 3-D’s seventh revival since “The Power of Love” first required viewers to don red/green glasses in 1922. The format has cropped up sporadically ever since, generally in trashy vehicles like “Bwana Devil,” “House of Wax” and “Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein.”

Each time the novelty faded as it did for such fads as Cinerama and Smell-O-Vision.

Now the stakes have been raised exponentially. As “Avatar” director James Cameron predicted all along, 3-D has become a game-changer – at least economically, at least for the time being.

Despite mixed reviews, Disney’s 3-D “Alice in Wonderland” has led the box office three weeks running.

DreamWorks/Paramount’s 3-D “How to Train Your Dragon,” which opened Friday, is likely to dislodge it. With “Shrek Forever After,” “Toy Story 3” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” on the horizon, 2010 promises to be 3-D’s biggest year yet.

Films such as “Avatar” and Pixar’s “Up” proved that a mature use of 3-D can create a rich, immersive experience, but the stampede to the format is being driven by accounting.

While making a movie in 3-D adds about 15 percent to the film’s budget, it can be vastly more profitable. The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers calculates that movies released in 3-D generate twice to three times the revenue of the same titles in 2-D – in some cases, as much as six times.

Most executives point to 3-D films, which command an extra $3 to $5 per ticket, as the prime contributor to 2009’s record ticket sales of $10.6 billion in the United States and Canada.

Last year 30 films grossed $100 million or more. Seven were in 3-D, earning $1.6 billion. Factor out the 3-D revenue from that handful of films, and Hollywood’s income would have taken a roller coaster plunge.

For studios, there’s another benefit to releasing 3-D films: The stereo images can’t be bootlegged by pirates with video cameras.

The boom is causing some headaches, however. As studios

pump out more and more films in the fledgling format, they face an acute shortage of 3-D-capable theaters.

Counting “Avatar” as a holdover, there will be 22 3-D movies in theaters this year, up from 14 last year. With about 3,500 3-D screens in North America – less than 10 per cent of the total – there are not nearly enough to handle the coming glut.

Warner Bros.’ “Clash of the Titans” opens Friday, a week after “How to Train Your Dragon.” Meanwhile, Disney wants to keep “Alice” in theaters for several more weeks. Now factor in the rising tide of 3-D rock concerts and live sports broadcasts competing for those same scarce screens – next month CBS Sports will present the NCAA Final Four in 3-D in 100 theaters throughout the nation.

With millions at stake, film studios are arm-twisting owners to support their respective movies. The clash of Hollywood titans was Topic One among exhibition executives at the recent ShoWest industry convention in Las Vegas. Paramount warned theater owners with a 3-D-capable screen that unless they show “How to Train Your Dragon” in that format, the studio wouldn’t provide a standard print to show instead.

Following the money, theater owners nationwide have taken out $660 million in loans to double the number of digital 3-D screens to 7,000 by year’s end.

While studios and exhibitors are betting heavily on 3-D, it is not the Holy Grail of box office success. Just ask 3-D pioneer Robert Zemeckis (“The Polar Express,” “Beowulf”). His underperforming 3-D “A Christmas Carol” was not the stocking stuffer Disney expected; earlier this month, the studio pulled the plug on Zemeckis’ cost-intensive production company ImageMovers Digital.

The cool response to Dickens’ classic, a triumph of technology over storytelling that Zemeckis overloaded with thrill-ride effects, may say something about moviegoers’ rising expectations. Simply adding 3-D effects to a movie may not be enough to boost its performance. Cameron has been outspokenly critical of such films as “Clash of the Titans” that were made 3-D in postproduction, likening them to cardboard greeting card pop-ups.

A 3-D presentation has intrinsic limitations because of the special eyewear required for viewing. The polarized lenses reduce the brightness of the screen image significantly, and many theaters fail to dial up their projectors to compensate, resulting in images that are painfully dark. What’s more, wearing the glasses makes the film going experience more isolating.

In a standard movie, you can turn your head toward your seatmate without the screen image going out of register. Audiences at 3-D movies tend to sit through films immobile, staring straight ahead, losing the communal satisfaction of being part of an audience.

A more pressing question is whether the novelty value of 3-D can be sustained in the face of an ever-expanding supply. In the format’s last heyday, a flood of B movies glutted the market and exhausted moviegoers’ appetite for the medium. By the time Alfred Hitchcock brought his 3-D “Dial M for Murder” to theaters in 1954, the fad was played out.

While Cameron and Tim Burton have had their hits, and Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are at work on their own 3-D projects, there is plenty of dubious fare in the year ahead. “Saw VII,” “Piranha 3-D,” “Step Up 3-D,” “Friday the 13th Part 2 in 3D” and “Jackass 3-D” are climbing aboard the gravy train. Here’s hoping they don’t derail it.

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Book finds way to offer perspective “I lie down on my back and look up at want the whole world to know about. At the stars. Cleo lights a cigarette. James least, not one that the whole world doesn’t lights a joint. Just so you know, this is not already know about. where this story becomes a morality tale For my Young Adult Literature class, I about teen smoking or drug recently read a book called use.” (Simone, pg.17) “A Brief Chapter in my And indeed, this protagoChelsey Impossible Life.” nist’s life is not impossible I happened across the Gensel book, for any reason related to the first by author smoking or drug use. Sure, Dana Reinhardt, while there is some. Not really by engaged in a comprehensive Simone, and not really as Google search for another a key theme, but it is presbook entirely, and needless ent just like it is in the real to say, the title intrigued me, Grade Bworld. But it’s not what this as titles are wont to do. witty, heart-and-soul honest “A Brief Chapter in I wanted to know why the my Impossible Life” tale is about. narrator’s life was so imposMost of the time, when by Dana Reinhardt sible, what “brief” chapter I read a book for a class, I could fill the pages of a can recognize the merit of novel, and why this was the that book for its purpose in chapter chosen to make a the curriculum. I may like or even love the novel. book and keep my own copy to re-read at That narrator turned out to be Simone, my leisure. But I don’t often read a book a levelheaded teenager (I know it sounds for school, even a literature class, that I paradoxical) of liberal atheist parents,

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and, oh yeah, she’s adopted. She’s always known this and never wanted to know more, until her birth mother makes contact with her parents, who urge her to reciprocate. She refuses adamantly, all the while going through a unique version of the typical high school experience – finding the right extracurricular activity, finding (and keeping) the right friends and maybe a boyfriend, being a big sister and so on.

Turns out, she’s Jewish, too. Learning more about her genetic heritage prompts Simone to struggle with her religious and cultural identity on top of everything else, and truth be told, I think she handles it remarkably well.

Whether it is a flaw in the writing that makes it less believable or just a flawed sense of what “impossible” means, I don’t think the title fits the novel. It is a great take on both youth and how adults react and interact with youth and addresses some critical points about the American culture, prejudice and identity in many of

its forms, but I don’t think it’s impossible.

The “twist” seems predictable from an objective standpoint, but I have to admit I didn’t see it coming as I read. I enjoyed the character but sympathized with the minor characters as well, which is part of what makes me want this to be universally read.

Even though it is all written in first person present-tense, from Simone’s perspective, it somehow finds a way to offer perspective.

Consider reading “A Brief Chapter in my Impossible Life” if you are looking for something that is light, fun and easy to read without being “fluffy.” It deals with some heavy subject matter without weighing down the humorous, angsty and philosophical or political aspects of the storyline.

Stay tuned for next week’s episode of teenage religious identity struggle. Bear with me this one more time and I promise not to make it a theme, but – gay, Mormon. That’s all I’m saying.

– chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu

Stroke of inspiration found at laundromat T

his week has been particularly difficult to find the necessary inspiration to produce a column. Most weeks, when an idea pops into my head, I will drop everything I am doing, race to my Behemoth laptop, pound the colorful keys and fill the computer screen with my meandering thoughts. But this week, alas, every idea I have churned has turned dud once I have gotten it out of my brain and into a Google doc. Meaning long and wordy and hard to comprehend.

Stale. My ideas are fine, I never lack ideas, but my writing is stale. I have written and rewritten and tried to rejuvenate former musings over and over to no avail. My writing style has been sickening me as of late. I am not proud of it, not one bit. I am annoyed, irritated and irked by it. Blech, biff, barf.

For instance, I had a keen idea that the Performance Hall on our campus should dispense scantrons through the funky holes adorning the exterior of it, or at least sharpen pencils or something useful, but every time I attempted to express this proposal with written word, it refused to make sense.

My roughly conceived column ended up being nothing more than unintelligible stupidness, especially when I tried to explain my bonanzical epiphany that the “Price is Right” gameshow ought to create a Plinko display along the side of the aforementioned musical venue. Do any of you even know what Plinko is? Are you confused by my inarticulateness? I am.

Other article ideas streamed unsuc-

cessfully through my fingertips. A doomed writers block. I would say that I have a temdescription of that one time I organized my porary delusion of hindered capability. Just great aunt’s Tupperware drawer, matching like the polluted inversion that gets stuck each lid to each container. An ineffective over Logan until it snows or rains away, my retelling of a memory when I hid from the pessimistic mind-set is hovering above my bus in middle school because I did not want writing, interfering with any sort of bold or to race hurdles at the track meet. A useless communicable communication from my travelogue regarding my visitation to each brain to my column. computer lab on campus. A feeble obserFresh changes in scenery do wonders to vational analysis of the my writing, so I decidvocal habits and quirks ed to move my lazy Mostly unknown to employed by Utahns. bum to a new location.

Decent, interesting the common man, Instead of sitting loneideas, right? But fails, laundromats are some in my room tryeach and every one. ing to hammer out some These musings are past incredibly inspiring, hackneyed statements, recovery because they mostly because the I walked a few blocks have been drafted to away from my house to death by my critical people that patronize the nearest laundromat judgments. They just them are incredibly to try my luck there. don’t got no flow no unusual.

Mostly unknown more, and though a douto the common man, ble negative may have laundromats are incredaltered the true meaning ibly inspiring, mostly of this sentence, I think you catch my drift. because the people that patronize them Hm? Drift caught? are incredibly unusual. There was a man, Maybe my stale writing is an indication probably in his late 50s, rocking the world that my life is stale. My brain is indeed out of a vintage pinball machine. I observed fried, meaning I need a break more than with curious awe as he beat the previous anything. While you had your Spring Break, record like it was a walk in the park. dear readers, I was teaching and yearning I put a ten dollar bill into the change for the day I’d get mine, three weeks later. machine and felt like a winner hitting jackDo you know how hard it is to read the pot as ten dollars worth of quarters started Facebook statuses regarding everybody’s to cascade into the monetary berth for my rockin’ Spring Break when you are not per- gathering. sonally celebrating one? Let me tell ya, it is I took note that the four green Speed not enjoyable. In fact, it is plumb difficult.

Queen dryers had names: John, Joe, Hall So anyway, I would not say that I have and Greg. I put my wet clothes into Greg.

There was a farmer who had a cow

THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT HOSTED Barnyard Bingo Wednesday.

Sections of the Quad were marked as personal bingo squares. However, the cow escaped and ran around Old Main. TODD JONES photo

I forgot to put my fabric softener sheet into the dryer.

Then I sat underneath my laptop and basked in deep, loaded questions that lit my mind with inspiration as well as static electricity.

Examples: Why does the New York brand of croutons have Texas-style croutons? Why does it snow in spring? Why do cashiers ask me if I have found everything all right, when they honestly couldn’t careless? Why did the personality test I took tell me I am an otter? Why are leopard print snuggies so wonderful? Why do mandarin orange cups always squirt juice when they are opened?

Readers, just so you officially know, this column was groundbreakingly typed in a laundromat. I hope you feel your five minutes reading this pointless garbage was well spent. Now excuse me as I retrieve my clothes.

Melissa Condie is a senior majoring in music education.

Questions or comments can be sent to her at m.condie@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Arizona linebacker to join Aggies

By ADAM NETTINA staff writer

SECOND-YEAR HEAD COACH GARY ANDERSON instructs his players during practice last spring. With what many are calling USU’s best recruiting class in years, the Aggies are looking to improve on last season’s 4-8 record. PATRICK ODEN file photo

As April arrives, no fooling around on the football field Andersen sees improvement during second full week of spring practice After opening up with several light practices last week, coach Gary Andersen’s Aggies dialed it up over the last few days, donning full pads and engaging in a variety of football drills and scrimmage-like situations. The Aggie first team offense and first team defense squared off on Tuesday and Thursday, with several players standing out and making an early impression on the coaching staff. Here’s the latest buzz from spring ball.

Back and Forth It’s been a mixed bag of results during the early stages of practice for the Aggies, as both the offense and defense have had the upper hand at different times over the week. On the first day in which the Aggies practiced in full pads the defense dominated, yet the first team offense came back and moved the ball almost at will against the first team defense during the second full day of pads on Tuesday. The back and forth nature of the practices might alarm some fans, but for Andersen and his players, the competition is indicative of the entire team’s focus to improve with each passing day.

“I think we’ve had good practices from the standpoint of competition,” Andersen said after practice on Tuesday. “The first day in pads the defense had the upper hand. Today, the offense came back and fought back.”

Andersen, himself a former defensive coordinator, admitted to being somewhat miffed at the play of his defensive line during Tuesday’s practice, and could be heard berating the unit’s intensity and technique throughout the latter parts of the session. Not that the second

year head coach’s complaints bothered senior wide receiver Stanley Morrison, who echoed Andersen’s sentiments about the positive effects of the intrasquad competition.

“Practice is going like it needs to be going,” said Morrison. “The defense and offense are working hard together. We don’t have off days.

The defense is going to win some days and the offense is going to win some days. That’s just how it goes, and it means each person and each side of the ball is getting better.”

Bigger. Faster. Stronger.

One of the most significant changes from last year’s spring practices to this year’s practices has been the effect of the offseason condition campaign on the Aggie players. USU’s athletes have made major strides in the weight room and practice field under first year strength and conditioning coach Evan Simon, who has brought a renewed energy and focus to the program. Coach Andersen praised both Simon and his players for their gains in offseason training, and said that the competition level created by recent recruiting classes will further entice the team’s current starters not to get complacent.

“Evan does a great job with the strength program, and these kids work hard,” Anderson said.

“I think they are starting to take better care of themselves body wise. I think they are eating better, and I think they’re sleeping better. They are hitting the weight room with a lot of aggression.”

He added, “Competition truly creates the opportunity for a young man to want to progress faster than anything else. I think the recruiting

classes have upped the level of competition on this football team, and it has truly helped us to move in the right direction from a physical and mental standpoint.”

Farewell to a Senior The Aggies have already lost several key players to injuries and off-field incidents this offseason, and this past week coach Andersen and his defensive staff learned the unfortunate news that veteran linebacker and special teamer Jacob Actkinson will not return for his senior season. Actkinson, who had one more year of eligibility left in his career, was one of the most physically dominating members of the USU defense. He held position best marks in nearly every workout event (including a 40-yard dash time in the 4.4 second range) and figured to be at the very least a key contributor to the special teams unit in 2010. Coach Andersen said that the loss of Actkinson is unfortunate, but that there are plenty of other linebackers who have the opportunity to step up and provide depth to an already experienced and talented unit.

“Jacob was right in the fight with some young guys,” said Andersen. “With him leaving, it gives Jake Doughty an opportunity to be able to come in and do some things. I love Jake [Actkinson].

He’s a senior who has been through it all. It was – in his words – just time to move on. I love him as a kid and would love to have him on the team, but I wouldn’t say [his departure] is going to leave a big hole for us.”

- See SPRING BALL, page 10

Wrestling club had strong showing at nationals

By TYREL SKINNER staff writer

The Utah State Wrestling Club team capped off its year with a trip to the NCWA National Championships. This is the first time in school history that Utah State has sent a team to wrestle on the national level, and the wrestling team did not squander this opportunity. The club represented Utah Sate well and proved it could compete on the national level.

The road to get to nationals, however, was a long one. The team started practice in November, with its first match Nov. 20. This was also the only match that it would wrestle

before the new year. The next dual that they participated in was at home in January.

“We competed well at each of the duals against the tough local teams of Weber and Idaho State,” junior wrestler Mark Haslam said.

Haslam is the oldest wrestler on the team and runs most of the practices, along with coach Robert Cox. “We started out the season with a pretty good team of over 20 people,” Haslam said.

The Aggie wrestlers competed in two regular season tournaments. Their first was during the last days of Christmas break at the Utah Valley University Open on Jan. 9. The tour-

nament is the toughest open wrestling tournament in the area, especially for club teams, Haslam said.

The competition included the toughest club teams in

the area, and two Division 1 teams. Utah State competed well in the tournament, winning a total of nine matches.

“This year, we did bet-

ter than we have ever done before at this tournament,” Haslam said. “We took more people to it, and

- See WRESTLING, page 9

MEMBERS OF USU’S WRESTLING TEAM (left to right) Jeff Wilkes, Dakota Dana, Zach Walker, Coach Kyle Thornock, Coach Robert Cox, Mark Haslam and Ben Shurtz. photo courtesy of the Utah State Wrestling Club

Nearly two months after National Letter of Intent Day, the final pieces of Utah State’s 2010 football recruiting class are finally starting to come together. On Thursday, USU head coach Gary Andersen announced that Mesa High School (AZ) athlete Kyler Fackrell had signed with the Aggies, bringing the total number of players in the 2010 recruiting class to 28.

Fackrell comes to the Aggies with one of the most distinguished prep resumes in the entire state of Arizona.

A leading member of the Jackrabbits defense, he posted 68 tackles, eight pass break-ups, two interceptions and one forced fumble as a senior in 2009, while also starring on offense. Not only did Fackrell show his versatility by averaging more than 18 yards a catch and snagging five touchdowns for the state’s 5A runner-ups, but the multifaceted athlete also played quarterback for three games in Mesa’s dynamic triple option attack. As a junior in 2008, Fackrell earned team MVP honors while playing quarterback, and currently stars on Mesa’s basketball team as well. Despite Fackrell’s offensive background, Utah State defensive coordinator Bill Busch said he projects Fackrell as a linebacker at the college level.

“That’s where we think he might pan out,” said Busch. “He is a 6-foot-5, 215-pound athlete, so he has a lot of multiplicity to him right there. We couldn’t be more excited about having him. He’s a big-time star on their basketball team and was a big-time volleyball player. Obviously football is our sport, but when you get a guy who is a multi-sport athlete that means he is highly competitive.”

On film, Fackrell shows tremendous field presence as both a linebacker and a receiver, and has uncanny speed for his size. His toughness and durability are unquestionable, and he appears to be a player who should have no trouble making the physical transition to the college level right away. He came into his senior season at Mesa as Scout.com’s fifth rated defensive back in the state of Arizona, and even made recruiting analyst Jason Jewell’s preseason watch list as one of 10 Arizona high school prospects poised to have a breakout season in 2009. Fackrell made good on Jewell’s assessment, earning AllRegion honors while helping to lead his team to its first 5A title game in 17 years.

Fackrell’s commitment to the Aggies is important on a number of fronts. Not only does he become the fourth linebacker from the high school class of 2010 to sign up to play in Logan, but he represents an important piece in coach Andersen’s recruiting philosophy – namely, to bring in more LDS recruits and to have them ready to play after serving their missions. According to coach Busch, Fackrell is not only a player who can keep USU’s strong tradition of student athletes alive, but he’ll likely help the team make inroads in future attempts to recruit prep players intent on taking their missions soon after their graduations.

“He’s off the charts academically, so we are extremely excited about that,” said Busch. “But the biggest thing we’re excited about is that we are now expanding ourselves with getting kids. He’s LDS and is going to be a ‘mission kid’ for us. He is a guy who we are going to sign and send on his mission. So we have expanded our territory as far as recruiting those types of kids. It’s part of coach Andersen’s plan, to get a good number of kids rotating through their mission process.”

Utah State will return to the practice field this Friday at 3:30 PM for the team’s only open practice to the public. The Aggies will hold three other general access events this spring, with scrimmages on April 10 and 17 before concluding the spring season with the annual Blue and White Game on April 24.

– adam.nettina@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Tiger’s remaining sponsors ready for his return this Sunday NEW YORK (AP) – Sponsors who stuck by Tiger Woods are ramping up to profit from his return to the golf course.

Upper Deck Co. will sell memorabilia like signed red shirts with price tags upward of $1,800. Electronic Arts Inc. has a new browserbased version of its Tiger-themed video game coming out next week. And Nike Inc. reportedly has a TV commercial featuring Woods in the works, though it won’t confirm that.

The big question is whether his tarnished image can work anything close to its old magic for them and the golf industry, which has been going through tough times of its own because of the weak economy.

It could be that all publicity is good publicity – as time passes since his admissions to extramarital affairs and he returns to golf after four months at the Masters, starting next Thursday.

Woods’ value as a pitchman who embodied professional perfection may have suffered. He became sports’ first $1 billion earner, but lost top endorsements from companies such as Accenture LLP and AT&T Inc. as the scandal unfolded.

But it’s hard to see much falloff in sales of some Woods-branded wares.

Golfsmith, the nation’s biggest chain of golf stores, and sports card and memorabilia maker Upper Deck Co. say Woods’ scandal that erupted in late November didn’t dampen demand for his products.

Golfsmith International Holdings Inc. says sales of Woods-branded hats, shirts and belts (all made by Nike) grew 8 percent from October through mid-March this year compared with last year. Most of that period came after word spread that the quiet, clean-cut golfer had a sex addiction and partook in serial infidelities.

The company sold 9,564 Woods-branded hats, belts, shirts and other products made by Nike from October through mid-March, compared with 8,855 in the same period the previous year.

Woods’ leave from golf will end in about a week at the Masters, the season’s first major tournament. It’s about time for an industry that has seen its retail sales drop as its main participants trim their tee times and spending habits in the recession.

“The tour wants him back. The players want him back. His endorsers want him back and like anybody with an economic interest in him, we want him back,” said Golfsmith CEO Marty

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Wrestling: team happy with performances -continued from page 3 everybody wrestled really well. The past couple of years, I don’t think that anybody from Utah State has even won a match, but this year, we had multiple matches won.”

The second tournament was the CSU Open in Fort Collins, Colo. Utah State took six wrestlers – Haslam, four freshmen and a sophomore – to compete in the roundrobinstyle tournament.

“It was a fun tournament and we each got a ton of wrestling in,” Haslam said. “We had five matches for everybody, which was really good experience for the young guys.

Everybody wrestled well, and I know that everybody won at least one match.”

The CSU tournament served as a good warm-up and primed the wrestlers for the regional tournament, which occurred two weeks later on Feb. 28. The Aggie wrestling team competed in the West Coast Conference Regionals in San Jose, Calif.

Among the competition was a tough Weber State team and a strong host team in San Jose State. Each wrestler faced an eight-man bracket, each knowing that they would have to win their respective bracket to get the chance to wrestle on the national level. The Aggie wrestlers didn’t disappoint. Out of USU’s five wrestlers that went, two took second place in their weight divisions, and the other three finished first. Taking second was sophomore Ben Shurtz, at the 133-weight class, and freshman Dakota Dana who lost to his teammate at the 149 class. The wrestlers who took first and would later have the chance to wrestle on the national level were junior Mark Haslam at 141, freshman Jeff Wilkes at 149 and sophomore Zach Walker at 157.

“The match between Jeff and Dakota at 149 was a tough match,” Haslam said. “They are both good friends and have wrestled each other in practice all year.”

Besides high finishes, Utah State also achieved other honors at the tournament.

Walker earned the Most Valuable Wrestler for the tournament, and Cox was one vote behind San Jose’s coach for the WCC Coach of the Year. The team was also able to edge out Weber State to capture second place in

the tournament, following host team San Jose.

“This was the best that any Utah State team has done at conference,” Haslam said.

“Everybody wrestled unbelievably. Who would’ve thought that our small club team from Utah State would do so well. The whole team had to wrestle tough to achieve what we did.”

The three first place finishers, Haslam, Wilkes and Walker finished off their season at the Collegiate Wrestling National Championships. And on the Wednesday before Spring Break, the USU wrestlers started their long road trip to Hampton, Va. The first weigh-ins and matches started that Thursday, and the tournament lasted through Saturday. The tournament consisted of a 32-man bracket against the best clubs in the nation. Utah State’s three wrestlers competed well and were able to win three matches at this level. Wilkes had a 1-2 record for the tournament, pinning his second competitor in the first period. Haslam made it to the top 16 and had a record of 2-2 for the tournament. Walker wrestled two tough matches and ended up 0-2 for the tournament.

“Jeff (Wilkes) did amazing in his matches. I think that he is definitely the most improved for the season,” Haslam said.

“Each match he lost could have easily gone the other way. Each guy we wrestled we should have beat. We all wrestled well at nationals, and it was a fun tournament.”

Utah State finished 32 out of the 79 teams that were at nationals.

Utah State’s Wrestling Club only looks to improve off of its explosive year. It will be returning all of the wrestlers that qualified for nationals, as well as all those who went to conference.

“I hope that we can take a bigger team to conference next year,” Haslam said. “It would be exciting to see more wrestlers wrestling at the level that we did at conference, and I think we could have a good chance at winning conference with a bigger team. I know we will only be better next year.”

– t.g.s@aggiemail.usu.edu

Hanaka.

Tiger has been good for golf. He’s brought more interest to the game from even casual players, and boosted television ratings and sponsorships – which has translated into higher payouts for Woods and his fellow golfers. In 1995, the year before Woods turned pro, the Masters’ total prize payout was $2.1 million.

Last year, it reached $7.5 million.

The sport is in need of a boost again. The industry has seen an unprecedented slump because of the weak economy and unseasonably wet weather, which also depresses playing, said Tom Stine, co-founder of Golf Datatech LLC, a market research firm.

Total revenue for the golf industry was $2.4 billion last year, down 11.6 percent from $2.8 billion in 2008, the firm said. People are delaying equipment purchases but they’re still playing golf, said Stine, who expected minimal effect from Woods’ return.

EA is releasing the browser version of “Tiger Woods PGA Tour” on Tuesday. The timing is good, though coincidental: the video game maker announced the launch date a day before Woods announced his return and now figures his return will just add exposure for its sites for the game and its Woods franchise.

“Sometimes you just get lucky,” said Craig Evans, marketing director of the game, who added visits to the company’s Woods sites have risen “significantly” since Woods said he’d return.

Former sponsors Accenture, AT&T and others who dropped Woods after his personal

problems became public late last year have declined to say if they’ll make any changes once he returns. Accenture merely referred to its December news release that announced it would drop Woods.

Experts say it will likely be at least a year before any major new companies sign Woods.

Companies that distanced themselves from him, like Procter & Gamble Co.’s Gillette unit, haven’t announced plans to feature him in advertisements again, either. Spokesman Damon Jones said Gillette has no plans to use Woods “for the foreseeable future.”

Those who deal in razor blades and consulting services might be ambivalent, but the golf world undoubtedly wants him back.

“That’s just going to give golf this momentum that’s just going to send it into a whirlwind of a season, which will be huge for them,” said Marshal Cohen, chief analyst for market research firm NPD. Golfsmith’s Hanaka said he’s bracing for a surge in interest if Woods wins the Masters.

“You can see after he wins a major event, our stores are like the Saturday before Christmas,” he said.

Upper Deck, which has had Woods as its golf spokesman and autograph signer since 2001, said there was no noticeable uptick or downturn in demand for Woods memorabilia.

The company has new items it will sell no matter how Woods does at the Masters, including

- See TIGER, page 10

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Jazz score 76 first half points in win

By DAN FAWSON staff writer

Oh what a difference a year makes.

After an offseason fraught with trade talk and fan resentment, most notably Carlos Boozer trade-talk and Boozerdirected resentment, the Utah Jazz have been on fire since shortly before the allstar break and now find themselves in prime position to contend for a Western Conference championship. And fans have even begun to warm up to Carlos. Yeah, I know!

With the Jazz well on their way to securing their 50th win of the season, Boozer stood waiting at the free-throw line near the end of the second quarter of Wednesday’s home game against the Golden State Warriors, having just been fouled while scoring on an offensive rebound put-back.

As he prepared to shoot his free throw, a chant came soaring in from a boisterous group of fans seated near the top of a lower-bowl section: “Bring him back! Bring him back! Bring him back!”

Huh? Such an adoring chorus directed at the unrestricted-free-agent-to-be would have seemed improbable to say the least when the season began. Almost as improbable as a seemingly unchanged Jazz roster going from inconsistent underachievers to leading candidates for a two-seed in the playoffs. Yet here we are. The Jazz enter the final two weeks of the season, having long been playing their best basketball in three years, further evidenced by their Wednesday night thrashing of the hapless Warriors.

The Jazz poured in a season-high 76 first half points en route to 128-104 vicSTAR POWER FORWARD CARLOS BOOZER has had a great year tory, clearing the way for the ultimate test of their playoff-readiness – traveling to for the Jazz, averaging 19.6 points and 11.2 rebounds per game this season.

Boozer, an unrestricted-free-agent at the end of the season, helped the Jazz to Los Angeles for a Friday night showdown a 128-104 victory over the Golden State Warriors. TODD JONES photo with the Lakers. While Kobe Bryant and

defending champion Lakers have been faltering of late, recently finishing a disappointing 2-3 on a late-season road trip, they still represent the greatest obstacle standing in the way of a Jazz title run.

The Lakers have knocked the Jazz out of the playoffs the last two seasons, and it was, in fact, these very same Lakers who were last seen ending the Jazz’s nine-game January-February winning streak with a resounding 96-81 victory in Energy Solutions Arena.

“Let’s be honest, they’re pretty good,” Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan said when asked if there was a mental block for his team when they play the Lakers.

“Everybody picked them to win it all, anyway – most people. They’re still good, and I hope we go out and play them and not be intimidated.”

“Friday’s going to be a good game, and we look forward to it,” Boozer said, noting the team is just focused on playing hard and leaving everything out on the court.

While such tried-and-true responses often seem generic and lacking in genuine feeling, Wednesday’s performance would seem to indicate the Jazz are indeed taking the final two weeks of the regular season one game at a time.

With the Jazz being part of a number of Western Conference teams still jockeying for playoff position, they recognize their current position is an enviable one and worth holding on to.

“Right now we’re in third (place), and we have home court advantage,” guard Kyle Korver said. “We lose a game or two in a row, we’re fifth, or sixth or whatever it is. So they’re all really important.”

Despite an unexpected loss last Friday to the Indiana Pacers, the Jazz have won eight of their last 10 games and have done so in large measure because of their willingness to share the basketball. They have totaled 27 or more assists in seven of

those 10 games, including 37 against the Warriors.

“We did a great job of moving the ball, hitting the open man, and we tried to take advantage of the shots we got,” Boozer said.

“We do a good job of seeing each other and making the extra pass,” guard/forward C.J. Miles said, “and that’s why guys had so many open looks.”

The team’s unselfishness led to five players scoring 18 or more points on the night, led by Boozer’s 25 points on 12 of 14 shooting from the field.

As he so often does, All-Star point guard Deron Williams embraced the role of unselfish playmaker Wednesday night.

Williams left the game for good with the Jazz leading 105-78 with 4.7 seconds left in the third quarter, having already amassed a season-high 19 assists, outdoing Golden State’s final team-total of 13.

“He should have got more actually,” Mehmet Okur said of Williams’ assist count. “We missed some open shots.”

Not many. The Jazz shot 52.9 percent from the field and 42.1 percent from 3-point range, the fifth time in as many games they’ve shot 40 percent or better from behind the arc.

They held Golden State under 40 percent shooting from the field and outrebounded the Warriors 57-35, marking the sixth-straight game they’ve owned the glass.

However, as well as the Jazz are currently playing, it must be reiterated that all roads ultimately lead through LA, a team many fans are still expecting the Jazz to bow out to at some point in this year’s playoffs.

Are the Jazz prepared to overtake the Lakers? Probably not. However, improbability seems kind of trendy right now – “Bring him back! Bring him back! Bring him back!”

– dan.fawson@aggiemail.usu.edu

Spring Ball: football team off and hitting in their first week of spring practice -continued from page 8 Getting Inventive With the loss of 2nd Team All-WAC running back Robert Turbin to injury even before the spring season started, Aggie offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin faced a dilemma.

While he has three talented backs in Michael Smith, Derrvin Speight, and Kerwin Williams ready to step in for Turbin, Baldwin also has a bevy of explosive wide receivers who can’t all possibly be on the field at the same time.

The situation has led Baldwin and Andersen to experiment with various formations during the first two weeks of spring ball, motioning a number of different USU receivers into the backfield and then using them in zone-read running plays with QB Diondre Borel. Junior college transfer Xavier Martin has so far assumed the role of the hybrid running back/ wide receiver position, although Andersen said that he and Baldwin will continue to experiment using different players in the

dynamic spread attack.

“We have some special kids who can do some things,” Andersen said in reference to his wide receiving corps. “Xavier Martin can come back there in the backfield and Stanley [Morrison] can too. That is very difficult to defend, and for the defense to get the matchups to defend it. That’s a credit to Dave and our offensive staff to continually find ways to run our offense and get the ball to our playmakers.”

Big Shoes to Fill One of the biggest concerns for the Aggie offense entering the spring would be how the team would go about replacing departing senior center Brennan McFadden, who will likely be invited to an NFL minicamp next month. Redshirt freshman Tyler Larsen was listed atop the depth chart coming into the spring, and through the first two weeks of practice has caught the eye of his head coach.

After practice on Tuesday, Andersen singled out Larsen and two other freshmen offensive linemen as players who’ve been amongst the early surprises for the team.

“We’ve got some young offensive linemen who have really impressed me,” Andersen said. “Tyler Larsen, the center, is coming in with Brennan [McFadden] graduating. Tyler’s done a nice job in locking down that offensive line spot. Eric Shultz, a freshman also, is starting at the left guard position right now and has done a nice job for us. Jamie Markosian is another freshman offensive linemen … I think those three kids have stood out as far as they’re freshmen, and they’re walking into a very difficult spot to come in to play.”

Extra Points

Dinodre Borel, Andersen isn’t taking any chances. With Kane Wilson no longer at the university and depth a concern at the position, Andersen said that Borel will be completely “hands off ” to defenders during spring, as will USU’s backup quarterbacks.

Andersen was adamant before the start of the spring in bolstering the strength of his defensive line, which ranked amongst the worst teams in the country last season against the run. While he said that the unit still has improvement to make, Andersen has been pleased with ends Quinn Garner and Levi Koskan. Koskan in particular had a productive week of practice, and looked as though he had been shot out of a cannon during scrimmage situations against the first team offense on Tuesday. Senior safety Rajric Coleman, who was expected to start this spring, is recovering from a shoulder injury and will not participate in spring drills Junior Kellen Bartlett broke his foot during practice this week, and will also be unavailable until the start of fall practice in August USU will hold its only open practice of the spring season today at Romney Stadium at 3:30 PM. The Aggies will hold open scrimmages on April 10 and 17 at 11 a.m. at Romney stadium, before concluding the spring season with the Blue and White Game on April 24.

Adam Nettina is a junior majoring in history from Ellicott City Maryland.

Adam is a guru of all things college football and member of the Football Writers Association of America. He can be reached at adam.nettina@aggiemail.usu. edu.

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Tiger: Is he still worth the cash?

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50 autographed cleats for nearly $1,400 each.

And if Woods does win, Upper Deck will sell three more items, including 500 autographed pin flags for nearly $1,300.

Nike declined to comment on reports by celebrity gossip site TMZ.com that the company has already filmed a new commercial featuring Woods, the face of its golfing line.

So did Wieden & Kennedy, an advertising firm that frequently works with Nike.

Woods has always brought viewers in droves. But his return, broadcast on CBS and ESPN, is likely to be off the charts. In 1997, Woods’ first Masters win, Nielsen estimates 14.1 percent of all households tuned in, still the most-watched golf telecast since at least 1977.

But if Woods makes it past Thursday and Friday’s rounds into the weekend, it’s likely those ratings will shatter that record, said Neal Pilson, a former president of CBS

Sports and now a consultant with Pilson Communications. He said the ratings could go as high as 18 to 20 percent of all households watching TV. Last year’s Masters had an 8.3 percent share in the final round, getting about 14.3 million viewers. That’s a fraction of, say, the Super Bowl’s 106 million viewers, but it’s golf’s most-watched event, according to Nielsen.

It’s not clear if the heightened interest will help reverse golf’s recession-fueled downturn.

Probably not, said John Sweeney, director of sports communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

“He’ll bring more eyes back to the sport,” he said. “He will not bring the sort of wonderful image that he brought that created a lot of people going, ‘I want to play golf’ back. He’s bringing back the sort of tainted prodigy that he is. But it’ll be fun to watch.”

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SpecialFeatures

Outlining how the recently passed health care bill will impact Americans

BY KIM GEIGER Chicago Tribune

T

he yearlong push to overhaul the nation’s health care system reached a legislative peak Sunday when the House held its final votes on the issue.

Passage of the legislation is considered one of the most historic domestic policy achievements since the creation of Medicare 45 years ago.

The votes were cast on a twobill package containing the Senate bill that passed on Christmas Eve and a separate bill of changes, called a budget reconciliation bill, which was drafted by House Democratic leadership to “improve” the Senate bill.

To avoid casting a recorded vote on the Senate bill, which many House Democrats dislike, the members of that chamber had considered voting only on the “fix” bill. If the fix bill had passed, the Senate bill would

What starts now Six months after the bill is signed into law, insurers must allow children up to age 26 to remain covered under their parents’ plans.

Effective in September, insurers will be banned from placing lifetime limits on coverage and from rescinding coverage.

Also in September, denying coverage to children with preexisting conditions also will be banned. But insurers will not be required to cover adults with pre-existing conditions until 2014.

What will impact everyone Eliminates pre-existing condition exclusions so you can no longer be denied coverage.

Ends lifetime limits on benefits.

Bans rescission — when an insurer cancels your coverage even if you’ve kept your policy current.

Senate approval before it, too, can be sent to Obama’s desk. A vote in that is expected this week.

Here’s a detailed look at what this combined package will mean for you, depending on your income, age, job status and current insurance:

have been deemed approved by the House and ready for President Barack Obama’s signature. But Saturday, House Democrats decided to vote directly on the Senate bill, as well as the fix bill.

The fix bill will still need

S . W. PA R R A / T H E F R E S N O B E E / M C T

Are you now insured?

Are you now uninsured?

You buy your own insurance or you get it through your employer.

You don’t have insurance because you’re self-employed or unemployed and can’t afford to buy insurance or can’t qualify, or because your employer doesn’t offer it.

If your employer provides insurance, you should be able to keep it, but you should be aware of the …

Your income level Individual

‘Cadillac’ plan tax Under this Senate proposal, you could see your plan taxed at a rate of 40 percent for every dollar that exceeds $10,200 for a yearly individual premium and $27,500 for a yearly family premium.

The tax would have applied starting in 2013 under previous versions of the bill, but the date was pushed back to 2018 after protest from labor unions.

Taxes would be paid by insurers or plan administrators, but some say the cost will be passed on to consumers.

If your employer offers health insurance but does not pay at least 60 percent of the cost, or if the cost exceeds 9.5 percent of your income, you may qualify to buy subsidized insurance on an exchange, a marketplace where consumers can compare and buy insurance policies.

If you currently buy your own insurance, you would likely go to the exchange to buy a policy. Depending on your income, you may qualify for help to pay your premium.

Family of four*

Medicaid

Subsidies

If you are an individual who makes less than $14,404, or if you have a family of four with income less than $29,327, you would qualify for Medicaid by 2014.

If you are an individual who makes between $14,404 and $43,320, or if you have a family of four with income between $29,327 and $88,200, you would qualify for government subsidies to help you buy insurance.

Estimated number of people this could affect: 25 million Individual Income

Estimated number of people who would be newly eligible for Medicaid (including children who would join the Children’s Health Insurance Program): 15 million * Based on a family of four with a 50-year-old head of household

Ï A. $14,512 B. $21, 660 C. $27,075 D. $32,490 E. $37,905 F. $43,320

You pay $444 $1,365 $2,180 $2,637-$3,087 $2,637-$3,601 $2,637-$4,115

Family income $29,547 $44,100 $55,125 $66,150 $77,175 $88,200

You pay $904 $2,778 $4,438 $6,284 $7,332 $8,379

Because of a practice called age rating, individuals who are closer to 19 should expect to pay the lower number listed in the ranges above, while individuals who are closer to 64 should expect to pay the higher number.

If you make more than $43,320/$88,200 and your employer doesn’t offer you health insurance, you can buy a policy on the exchange but will not be eligible for a subsidy. Individuals would likely see yearly premium costs of $2,637 — $7,911 and a family of four would pay $7,108 — $21,325, depending on the age of the policy holders.

Estimated number of people this could affect: 5 million

Are you on Medicare?

You are a senior citizen on Medicare or are reaching Medicare age and want to make sure your benefits will be there when you need them.

Medicare Advantage These are private insurance alternatives funded through Medicare that typically offer more generous benefits than standard Medicare.

The bill would change the payment rates for these plans, which some people say could limit the availability of the plans.

Fixing the Medicare ‘doughnut hole’

Up to $2,830: Seniors pay 25% of drug costs

A coverage gap in the Medicare Part D drug plan forces enrollees to pay 100 percent of the cost of prescriptions after they consume a certain yearly amount but before they reach the catastrophic coverage limit. By 2020, that gap will be closed.

2010 20112019 2020

$2,830

After $4,550 (catastrophic cap) Seniors pay 5% of drug costs

$4,550

Discounts on brand-name and generic drugs within the gap range kick in, lowering costs for seniors.These discounts would rise through 2020, at which time the doughnut hole would disappear.

5% of drug costs After catastrophic cap

25% of drug costs Up to catastrophic cap

Health care timeline

Major funding sources

Yield

With expected yield totals for 2010-19

Individuals Yearly penalties of as much as $695 or 2.5 percent of income per adult who doesn’t carry insurance, with some exceptions

$17 billion

Increase in the Medicare payroll tax from 1.45 percent to 2.35 percent for individuals/couples making more than $200,000/$250,000 and a 3.8 percent tax on unearned income for higher-income taxpayers

$210 billion

Large employers (at least 50 full-time employees) Employers that don’t offer health benefits and that have at least one employee who receives subsidized insurance will be charged a $2,000-per-employee fee. If the employer offers coverage but employee(s) instead purchase subsidized insurance, the fee is $3,000 for each employee receiving a subsidy, or $750 for each employee in the company, whichever amount is smaller.

$52 billion

$107 billion

Yearly fees on pharmaceutical companies ($27 billion), health insurers ($60 billion) and medical device-makers ($20 billion) Cadillac plan tax (see description above) Hospitals that are currently reimbursed for unpaid care they provide to low income patients would have payments reduced as more people become insured

March 5, 2009: President Barack Obama holds health care summit at White House.

Spring 2009: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus holds a series of “stakeholder” meetings with groups representing doctors, insurers, hospitals, drug-makers and consumer groups.

Nov. 7, 2009: House passes its health care bill.

Dec. 24, 2009: Senate passes its health care bill.

Jan. 19, 2010: Republican Scott Brown wins election for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s seat, putting Democrats one vote short of a filibuster-proof Senate.

Feb. 22: Obama releases his $940 billion blueprint for health care reform.

Feb. 25: Obama and congressional leaders hold health care summit to discuss differences.

Industry

$32 billion $14 billion

Sunday: House passes Senate bill and reconciliation bill.

Cost (over 10 years):

$940 billion Net effect on deficit (over 10 years):

$138 billion reduction

Reduced spending in medicare Savings in Medicare Advantage program $130 billion

GAP: Seniors pay 100% (after $250 rebate)

$130 billion

S O U R C E S : K A I S E R FA M I LY F O U N DAT I O N , C O N G R E S S I O N A L C O M M I T T E E S , C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E , J O I N T C O M M I T T E E O N TA X AT I O N , T R I B U N E N E W S PA P E R S R E P O R T I N G

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UK creates world’s largest marine reserve for preservation

A U.N. BODY is proposing regulations for the shark trade and banning the export of a tuna species prized by sushi lovers from overfished oceans. Japan, which consumes 80 percent of Atlantic bluefin, has said it will ignore the ban. JAMIE CRANE photo

LONDON (AP) – Britain said Thursday that it will create the world’s largest marine reserve by banning fishing around the U.K.-owned archipelago in the Indian Ocean – a cluster of 55 islands across about a quarter of a million square miles of ocean.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said commercial fishing will be halted around the Chagos Islands to allow scientific research and the preservation of coral reefs and an estimated 60 endangered species.

His ministry insisted the move would not affect operations on the island of Diego Garcia, which Britain leases to the U.S. military for use as a base. Miliband told lawmakers in 2008 that the U.S. had belatedly informed Britain it had used Diego Garcia as a stop for CIA extraordinary rendition flights.

Conservation groups and scientists welcomed the move to protect waters around the islands, reputedly some of the world’s cleanest ocean, and claimed it would become as important for research as the Great Barrier Reef or Galapagos Islands.

“The territory offers great scope for research in all fields of oceanography, biodiversity and many aspects of climate change, which are core research issues for U.K. science,” Miliband said Thursday, announcing the decision.

Halfway between Africa and Southeast Asia, the Chagos Islands have been frequently controversial for the British gov-

ernment.

The European Court of Human Rights is considering a long running appeal from Chagossians evicted from their homes to nearby Mauritius between 1967 and 1973 to make way for the military base. Islanders are seeking to return to their former homes.

“The creation of this marine reserve is a first step towards securing a better and sustainable future for the Chagos Islands,” said Greenpeace activist Willie Mackenzie. “But this future must include securing justice for the Chagossian people and the closure and removal of the Diego Garcia military base.”

Miliband said the protected zone would cover 210,000 square miles (544,000 square kilometers) of ocean, which is home to about 220 types of coral, 1,000 species of fish and 33 different seabirds.

The Chagos Environment Network – a coalition of ocean scientists – said the area will replace the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, in Hawaii, as the world’s largest marine reserve.

Miliband said Britain has agreed to transfer control of the territory to Mauritius “when it is no longer needed for defense purposes,” but has not specified any timeframe.

Under the terms of the lease of Diego Garcia, the U.S. military can remain on the island until at least 2036.

Afghan president blames foreigners for vote fraud KABUL (AP) – President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the U.N. and international community Thursday, accusing them of interfering in last year’s fraud-tarnished presidential election and seeking to weaken his authority after parliament rejected his bid to expand his control over the country’s electoral institutions.

Karzai did not specifically mention the United States, but his harsh words – and his practice of blaming foreigners for the nation’s problems – reflect his increasingly difficult relations with Washington and its international allies.

President Barack Obama paid an unannounced visit here Sunday in hopes of setting a new tone in dealings with the Afghan leader, as the U.S.-led coalition prepares for a showdown with the Taliban this summer in its southern stronghold of Kandahar – Karzai’s home province.

The Obama administration has maintained a reliable Afghan political partner is critical to turning back the Taliban, and State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley rejected any attempt to undermine Karzai.

“Karzai has to step forward, lead his government in terms of convincing the international

community and the Afghan people that they are taking measurable steps to reduce corruption,” Crowley said in Washington. “It’s not in anyone’s interest to see Afghanistan poorly led or weakly led in the future.”

Karzai’s international stature was battered last year after a U.N.-backed watchdog committee threw out nearly a third of his votes in the Aug. 20 presidential election, denying him a first-round victory and forcing him into a runoff, which was canceled after his remaining challenger dropped out.

Karzai’s comments, delivered to employees of the state election commission, also sharpened the power struggle with an increasingly independent-minded parliament over whether foreigners will help oversee parliamentary balloting scheduled for September.

On Wednesday, the lower house of parliament canceled a decree Karzai issued in February revoking the authority of the United Nations to appoint most of the members of the election fraud commission that threw out his ballots last year.

During his speech Thursday, Karzai acknowledged there had been “vast fraud” in the August vote, which returned him to office for a second,

five-year term. But he blamed the fraud on the U.N. and other foreign organizations, which he suggested were part of an international conspiracy to deny him re-election or tarnish his victory.

“No doubt, there was huge fraud. There was vast fraud. The fraud is not by the Afghans.

This fraud has been done by the foreigners,” Karzai said, including officials of the U.N., the European Union and “the embassies here in Kabul.”

He accused unidentified foreign embassies of trying to bribe members of the Karzai-appointed Independent Election Commission with offers of bulletproof cars in hopes they would block his first-round victory.

“See, this election was occurring during a time where there were threats from the terrorists,” Karzai said of the August vote. “It was not only the threat from the terrorists. But seriously, it took place under the threat of foreign interference.”

Karzai singled out the former U.N. deputy chief in Afghanistan, Peter Galbraith, and the chief European Union observer, retired French Gen. Philippe Morillon, accusing them of pressuring election authorities. Galbraith, the senior

American in the U.N. mission here, was fired last year after accusing his boss, Kai Eide, of downplaying election fraud.

“What this really suggests is that Karzai has a slim connection with reality,” Galbraith told The Associated Press by telephone from Rome.

“I think it underscores the importance that the upcoming parliamentary elections should be run by nonpartisan election bodies with no Karzai appointees.”

Galbraith said any foreign government that helps fund the election without major reforms “is asking for its taxpayers to be defrauded.”

“Frankly, I think Karzai is a bit unhinged,” he added.

In New York, U.N. associate spokesman Farhan Haq said: “We have a record of what we have said and done in response to allegations of fraud in the Afghan elections. We stand by that record, and I think ... we’ve made clear the efforts by the United Nations to determine and deal with allegations of fraud and we stand by that.”

Karzai also said foreigners were looking for excuses not to help fund the September election because they “want a parliament that is weak and for me to be an ineffective president.”

New evidence on WWII mystery of Swedish diplomat STOCKHOLM (AP) – New evidence from Russian archives suggests Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with rescuing tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, was alive after Soviets reported that he had died in a Moscow prison, a Swedish magazine and U.S. researchers reported Thursday.

The fate of Wallenberg, who was arrested in Budapest in January 1945 by the Soviet army, has remained one of the great mysteries of World War II. The Soviets claimed he was executed July 17, 1947 but never produced a reliable death certificate or his remains.

Witnesses claim he was seen in Soviet prisons or labor camps many years later, although those accounts were never verified.

Now, the archives of the Russian Security Services say a man identified only as Prisoner No. 7, who was

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arrested in Budapest in January 1945 by the Soviet army, has remained one of the great mysteries of World War II. The Soviets claimed he was executed July 17, 1947, but never produced a reliable death certificate or his remains. Witnesses claim he was seen in Soviet prisons or labor camps many years later, although those accounts were never verified.

Now, the archives of the Russian Security Services say a man identified only as Prisoner No. 7, who was interrogated six days after the diplomat’s reported death, was “with great likelihood” Wallenberg.

The security services reported the find last November to Susanne Berger and Vadim Birstein, two members of a research team that conducted a 10-year investigation into Wallenberg’s disappearance in the 1990s.

The researchers informed Wallenberg’s relatives in a letter released for publication Thursday. The findings also were reported in the Swedish magazine Fokus.

The information still has to undergo in-depth verification, Berger wrote in the letter, “but if indeed confirmed, the news is the most interesting to come out of Russian archives in over 50 years.”

She said strong circumstantial evidence supported the archivists’ conclusion of the identity of Prisoner No. 7.

Berger quoted the Swedish ambassador in Moscow, Tomas Bertelman, as saying in a note to the head of the Russian archives last December that if true, the report would be “almost sensational.”

As Sweden’s envoy in Budapest from July 1944, Wallenberg prevented the deportation of 20,000 Jews destined for Nazi concentration camps or death factories.

He also dissuaded German officers occupying the Hungarian capital from a plan to obliterate the city’s Jewish ghetto, averting a massacre of its 70,000 residents.

He was arrested the day after the Soviet Red Army seized the city, along with his Hungarian driver Vilmos Langfelder. The Russians

never explained why they detained him.

Ove Bring, professor in international law at the National Defense College in Stockholm, said the report by the Russian security services warranted reopening Wallenberg’s case.

“Everything we believed earlier (about Wallenberg’s death) is turned upside down by this,” he told The Associated Press.

“This has to be investigated again. If he was still alive six days later, then maybe he was alive for a longer period of time,” Bring said. “Did he live another week, or a year or 10 years? Suddenly that’s an open question.”

Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman Teo Zetterman said the ministry has to “look at the information to see what it contains in order to make a decision on what we can do.”

Wallenberg’s stand against the Nazi occupation forces, his disappearance and the purported “sightings” in the Soviet gulag have made him a folk hero and the subject of dozens of books and documentaries.

WORLD WAR II HERO Raoul Wallenberg is seen in this undated file photo. New evidence from Russian archives suggests that Wallenberg, credited with rescuing tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, was alive after Soviets reported that he had died in a Moscow prison, a Swedish magazine and U.S. researchers reported Thursday, April 1. AP photo

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April 2 Today is Friday, April 2, 2010. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Jeff Oparaugo, sophomore in business admin., from Victorville, Utah.

Almanac Today in History: In 1513, Near present-day St. Augustine, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon comes ashore on the Florida coast, and claims the territory for the Spanish crown. Ponce de Leon is credited with the first recorded landing and the first detailed exploration of the Florida coast.

The Spanish explorer was searching for the “Fountain of Youth,” a fabled water source that was said to bring eternal youth.

Weather Saturday’s Weather High: 40° Low: 26° Partly cloudy

Friday, April 2, 2010

-Exploding into Science Week.

-Track at BYU Invitational, all day.

-Women’s tennis vs. Hawaii, 11 a.m.

-Good Friday service, TSC Auditorium, noon.

-Women and Gender Spring Luncheon, Alumni Center, noon.

-Women’s tennis vs. San Jose State, 2:30 p.m.

-Softball vs. Nevada, 3 p.m.

-Men’s tennis vs. Idaho, 6 p.m.

-Science Unwrapped, ESLC Auditorium, 7 p.m.

-Beat and Slam Poetry Night, TSC Ballroom, 7 p.m.

-Caine String Performance, Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.

-Once Upon a Mattress, Black Box Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

April 3 -Saturday’s at the Museum, Old Main, 10 a.m.

-Softball vs. Nevada, 1 p.m.

-Men’s tennis at Hawaii, 6 p.m.

-Once Upon a Mattress, Black Box Theatre, 1 & 7:30 p.m.

Monday

April 5 -Utah In the Union exhibit, all day.

-Interior Design Senior Exhibit, Twain Tippetts Hall, all day.

-Women’s tennis vs. Northern Arizona, noon.

-Men’s golf at Wyoming Cowboy Classic, all day.

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Rail Jam competition on April 6 on the Quad from 1-4 p.m. All are invited to come participate in, or just watch. Prizes for winners.

To register visit campusrailjamtour.com. There is $25 entrance fee.

Climb for a Cure on April 10 at the Rock Haus. Donations will be given to the Cache Valley Cancer Treatment and Research Clinic.

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Climbing shoes can be rented.

Auditions for Singers and Dancer to perform in the Celebrate America Show “Hooray for Hollywood.” Dancers wear dance leotard and tights, bring dance shoes. Singers come prepared to sing both a Broadway and a ballad style song. Call 435-7531551 to schedule time on April 3.

Peter Breinholt and Falk will be performing on April 7 in the Kent Concert Hall. Tickets are $10, $8 for students. Proceeds will benefit the SEED program.

Healthy Back Workshop will be held April 9 from 2-5 p.m. Must pre-register. Visit www.usu.edu/ wellness or email Dennise at muddiyogi@gmail.com for details.

On April 2, a Good Friday service will be held at noon in the TSC Auditorium. Admission is open to all.

Applications for those wishing to participate as vendors at this year’s Cache Valley Gardener’s Market are available at http:// www.saabra.org or at the USU Extension Office in the county office building. For more info call 755-3950.

A Weight Watcher’s open house will be held on April 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the TSC Center Colony Room. A representative will be here to answer all your questions and explain the at-work program.

The Weight Watchers at Work program takes place every Thursday in TSC 335 at 11:45 a.m.

For more info contact shannon. johnson@usu.edu.

Relay for Life

College Against Cancer Relay for Life will be held on April 23-24 in the Nelson Field House. Join a team online at relayforlife.orf/ utahstateuniversityut.

35th Last Lecture

The 35th Annual Last Lecture will be April 13 at 2:30 p.m. in the TSC West Ballroom. The lecture will be given by Dr. Charles Swenson, professor of of electrical and computer engineering and director of the center for space engineering.

Hair donations

Thinking about cutting your hair soon? Wait! The Val R. Christensen Service Center is hosting the second annual Aggie Lock hair donating event April 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Religion in Life

Religion in Life class will be held April 2 at 11:30 a.m. in the Institute Cultural Hall. The speaker will be Daniel Judd who was recently released from serving as the First Counselor in the sunday school general presidency.

Come dance.

Special Needs Dance will be held on April 2 from 7-11 p.m. in the Institute Cultural Hall.

Come party at the Institute for the Friday night activity.

Brain Waves • B. Streeter

Moderately Confused • Stahler

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