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Poetry slam champion connects with students

By MEGAN ALLEN staff writer

Students gathered in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom Wednesday to listen to Mike McGee, an internationally known slam poet and comedian.

“Feel free to dance and twirl around during the show,” McGee said. “I might laugh at you, but go ahead. I won’t make you feel uncomfortable.”

McGee said his overall goal was to make sure everyone there had an “effing good time.”

McGee was raised in San Jose, Calif., and started performing there in 1998. He started doing standup comedy and then a friend convinced him to try slam poetry. He did well at his first open-mic night and left the comedy world. In 2006, McGee was crowned the Individual World Poetry Slam Champion.

Getting to that point was tough, he said.

“It takes knowing you’re good, but that you don’t need to win,” he said. “It’s OK to want it, but it’s dangerous to need it.

“I don’t want to just say words that sound good.

With a mic, I can move men and mountains.

Microphones are what made me Mighty Mike McGee.” One of McGee’s first poems was called “An Open Letter to Neil Armstrong.” He wrote it for a girl he realized he was in love with after knowing her for eight years.

“I didn’t want to write your average ‘I think you’re awesome’ poem,” McGee said.

The poem compares his love for her to Neil Armstrong’s experience of walking the moon.

“I believe it doesn’t take rockets to get you where you belong,” he said.

McGee’s next poem was about a different sort of love. He performed his “Ode to Pudding.”

The image of McGee swimming around in a kiddie pool filled with chocolate pudding was clearly described in this poem about his love of pudding and the despair that he could no longer indulge in this passion due to his diabetes.

In between poems, McGee just talked and told jokes.

“I love the fact that I can get up here for an hour and talk and try to connect to this many people,” he said.

The next poem McGee performed was “In Search of Midnight.”

“This one is for anyone who can’t sleep,” McGee said.

From Boise to Hollywood to Denver, people are dealing with their lives, he said.

“In Seattle, someone hears a poem that may keep them alive for one more week,” McGee said.

People are exactly who they should be at midnight.

“Whatever it is, you’re reaching out to yourself to find perfection,” he said.

McGee followed up with his poem “Like.”

“I like you like pirates and frat boys like booty.

Like how homeless people and breakdancers like cardboard. Like the way gay, lesbian, transgender, Irish and Mexican people like to hold parades,” he said. “I like you a whole bunch of a lot and a little bit more.”

“To me, silliness helps lubricate the really rough parts of life,” he said.

McGee said people are his inspi-

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More parking changes possible

By STEPHANIE BLATCHFORD staff writer

Students who are used to parking near the TSC may find themselves hiking across campus if Dave Cowly, vice president of finance, approves the Parking Advisory Committee’s proposal that passed by a vote of 6-4 at its last meeting.

The Parking Advisory Committee passed a proposal to make the B Premium parking lot, adjacent to the University Inn, faculty parking. The lot directly north of the Caine Wanless Russell Performance Hall would be made a blue student parking lot.

Chief Steve Mecham of

USU Police said the number of cars that enter and exit the B Premium and Big Blue Terrace Parking lots as well as the number of pedestrians who cross these areas creates a potential risk, which will be reduced with this proposal.

“The Blue Premium lot is a high-turn around lot. Every class break there are a lot of cars. Moving that lot further to the east and making that an untimed lot should reduce the number of vehicles in the area during class breaks,” he said.

Assistant director for parking and transportation James Nye said there will be 15 more parking spaces in the Orange lot that would be changed to Blue student parking. Almost 1,000 vehicles a day pass in and out of

the Blue Premium lot near the TSC, and the terrace each day, sometimes it takes students 20 minutes to get out of the lot.

Nye said, “Can you imagine being a guest at the University Inn or TSC and trying to get there, who would want to stay there?”

ASUSU Student Advocate Tyler Haws, part of the Parking Advisory Committee, said the purpose of the committee is to advise and suggest ways to fix parking problems at USU. Haws conducted an online survey to see how students felt about the parking proposal in order to represent the student body with his vote. Students already felt like there was inadequate parking on the west side of campus, Haws said. In a week and a half,

309 students responded, and 283 students out of 309 felt these proposals would negatively impact the usage of the TSC, Fieldhouse and HPER. “I understand where parking was coming from with their proposals, but as a student advocate, I represent the students, and the vast majority of studens didn’t want either proposal to pass,” he said.

The two-hour parking is one of the main factors contributing to the congestion on the west side of campus, and faculty and staff usually come in to work all day. Changing this parking to a faculty lot will relieve the congestion in the center of campus, and students can take alternative routes to the other lot that will save them time, Nye said.

He said, “I think most people will realize that once orange becomes blue, the traffic patterns will change.”

ASUSU Executive Vice President Spencer Lee said he voted against the proposal during the committee meeting.

There have been many negative phone calls and reactions from students, Lee said, and he thinks the proposal is about money, not student safety.

“I do not feel that the Parking Advisory Committee acted with the students best interest in mind,” Lee said. “I feel that the bills being proposed were looking only at a budget.”

The second proposal referred to by Haws and Lee would have made the Big Blue Terrace 24hour paid parking. The proposal was voted down 5-4.

– steph.blatchford@aggiemail. usu.edu

STUDENT PARKING adjustments will create less parking on the West side of campus. The majority of students polled about the change reacted negatively to it, saying it would affect how many students went into the TSC, Fieldhouse and HPER buildings. TYLER LARSON photo

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03/12/10 Merlin Olsen, Aggie football legend, passed away Thursday morning of cancer at 69 years old.

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Budget cuts passed

by Utah Legislature

By CHELSEY GENSEL staff writer

. USU will face a 5 percent budget cut for the 2010-’11 school year, down from a possible 22 percent in total cuts.

Two fiscal years ago, USU’s budget was cut 17 percent.

Federal stimulus money was used to backfill 8 percent of this, so last year only 9 percent of the budget cuts were felt by USU students, faculty and staff.

In the final day of the Utah Legislature’s 2010 general session, Thursday, March 11, legislators passed that 3 of the 8 percent will come from higher education funds, so USU will only have to address an additional 5 percent cut on top of the 9 percent taken last year.

Michael Kennedy, special assistant to USU’s president for federal and state relations, said the new base budget will be 14 percent below the budget from fiscal year 2009, which was before the 17 percent cut took effect. It is still a cut, but the 8 percent was reduced to 5 by Thursday’s bill and no additional cuts were made.

The fiscal year 2011 begins in July.

Kennedy said that although the cuts will still impact the university, the news is good compared to the potential cuts that had previously been discussed during legislative sessions.

“It’s an opportunity to try to soften the blow and in some ways maybe reinvest back into the university,” Kennedy said.

ASUSU Executive Vice President Spencer Lee said he spoke to several legislators who appreciated the handwritten letters mailed to senators and representatives last week as part of his Write-a-Thon.

Students wrote 170 letters telling about their experiences at and value of USU to impress upon legislators the importance of minimizing budget cuts. Lee said Rep. Fred Hunsaker, R-Logan, and Sen. Lyle Hillyard, R-Logan, in particular passed along thanks to students who wrote the roughly 15 letters delivered to each of their homes.

Lee said that although they were already on board with the university’s interests, letters such as those help them make their case to other committee members, representatives and senators.

The budget cuts tie into potential upcoming tuition increases because a portion of the proposed Tier II tuition increase is intended to help alleviate some of the cuts.

Tier II tuition differs from Tier I tuition in that it is

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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes

Celebs&People NEW YORK (AP) – The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host “Saturday Night Live.”

NBC said Thursday that the 88-year-old actress will host the show May 8.

“SNL” executive BETTY WHITE producer Lorne Michaels says he can’t think of a better way to spend Mother’s Day weekend than with White.

The announcement followed a campaign on Facebook urging the sketch show to make White a host.

The group attracted nearly half-amillion supporters.

White, whose starring roles include “The Golden Girls,” was given a lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in January.

Nat’lBriefs Lesbian teen back at school after prom flap JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – An 18year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.

Constance McMillen said she didn’t want to go back the day after the Itawamba County school board’s decision, but her father told her she needed to face her classmates, teachers and school officials.

“My daddy told me that I needed to show them that I’m still proud of who I am,” McMillen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “The fact that this will help people later on, that’s what’s helping me to go on.”

Pinera assumes Chile presidency amid quakes

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Harry Reid of Nevada, left, along with Gina Owens from Seattle, Washington, left, whose daughter, Tiffany Owens died after losing her job and health care. AP photo

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.

In doing so, they are all but counting out a small but potentially decisive group whose views on abortion coverage have become the principal hang-up for Democrats fighting to achieve the biggest change in American health care in generations.

Congressional leaders are hoping they can find enough support from other wavering Democrats to pass legislation that only cleared the House by five votes in an earlier incarnation.

The concession came as House Democrats attended a lengthy meeting with White House health adviser Nancy Ann DeParle, who tried to answer questions, resolve differences and calm nerves, especially for lawmakers expecting tough challenges in November. Participants said they generally embraced White Housebrokered compromises on prescription drug benefits for the elderly and new taxes on generous insurance plans.

At stake is the president’s call to expand health care to some 30 million people who lack insurance and to prohibit insurance company practices such as denying coverage to

people who have been sick. Almost every American would be affected by the legislation, which would change the ways many people receive and pay for health care, from the most routine checkup to the most expensive, lifesaving treatment. And most Americans would be required by law to get health insurance.

Republicans continued their fierce criticisms of the president’s efforts, vowing to make Democrats pay dearly in the fall elections if they don’t back off from what they brand a government takeover of health care.

But senior Democrats predicted they can convince their colleagues that doing nothing is the worst option of all, politically and substantively.

“The stars are aligning for victory on comprehensive health reform,” said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. “The end is in sight.”

The end might be in sight, but the outcome remains uncertain. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., must round up at least 216 votes when the real nose-counting and armtwisting begin in a few days, after final cost estimates arrive from the Congressional Budget Office. All House and Senate Republicans have vowed to oppose the legislation.

With Senate Democrats no longer able to block Republican filibusters, the strategy calls for House Democrats to embrace a health bill the Senate passed in December, despite their numerous objections.

ACLU sues over violence at private Idaho prison BOISE, Idaho (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued state prison officials and a private company Thursday, claiming violence is so rampant at the Idaho Correctional Center that it’s known as “gladiator school” among inmates.

The ACLU filed the lawsuit against Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America in U.S. District Court in Boise.

The lawsuit says Idaho’s only private prison is extraordinarily violent, with guards deliberately exposing inmates to brutal beatings from other prisoners as a management tool.

The group contends the prison then denies injured inmates medical care to save money and hide the extent of injuries.

Steve Owen, Corrections Corporation of America’s director of public affairs, said the company would respond to the lawsuit through court filings. He said state officials have unfettered access to the prison and provide strong oversight at the facility, including daily on-site monitoring.

“For the past decade, CCA has safely and securely managed the Idaho Corrections Center on behalf of our government partner, the Idaho Department of Corrections,” Owen said in a prepared statement.

“Our hardworking, professional staff and management team are held accountable to high standards by our government partner, to include those of the American Correctional Association – the highest professional standards in the country for correctional management.”

Idaho Department of Correction Director Brent Reinke said he had not yet seen the lawsuit and could not immediately comment.

Stephen Pevar, senior attorney for the ACLU, said he has sued at least 100 jails and prisons, but

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is urging citizens along the coast to move quickly to higher ground following five strongly felt aftershocks, including the biggest since last month’s 8.8-magnitude temblor.

Chile’s congress also was evacuated as a precautionary measure moments after Pinera was sworn in Thursday.

Aftershocks with preliminary magnitudes of 5.1, 7.2, 6.9 and 6.0, respectively, rocked Chile throughout the inauguration.

ROME (AP) – The decision by a Rome high school Pinera kept his cool but said to install condom vending machines has set off a Chileans shouldn’t ignore the storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the possibility of dangerous waves. move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome’s mayor saying it sends the wrong message.

But the Keplero high school vowed Thursday to go ahead with its experiment, billed as the first in the capital. While it’s a relative novelty for Italy, David Letterman, March 9, 2010 schools in several other European countries have Top 10 Signs Rahm Emanuel is nuts installed the machines in hopes of curbing teen pregnancy and HIV. 10. Every morning takes a leak off “This is not about stimulating the use of condoms the Truman balcony. or intercourse,” Antonio Panaccione, the school 9. President Obama smokes cigaheadmaster, told The Associated Press. “On the conrettes; Rahm eats them. trary, it’s about prevention and education.”

8. Spotted today at Toyota dealerThe school plans to install six vending machines ship. as part of educating students about sexuality and 7. He’s leaving Obama to become a HIV protection. The price: US$2.70 for a pack of special advisor to Richard Nixon. three, lower than market prices.

6. In a fit of rage, he snapped Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the pope’s vicar for Dennis Kucinich in half.

Rome, said the decision trivialized sex. He said it 5. Changing his name to Rahm “cannot be approved by Rome’s ecclesiastical comEmanuel Lewis. munity or by Christian families who are seriously 4. Refers to every cabinet official as concerned with the education of their children.”

“Clarkie.”

The newspaper of the Italian Bishops’ Conference 3. Recently got into heated policy said Thursday that sex was being reduced to “mere debate with his stapler. physical exercise.” The newspaper, L’Avvenire, 2. You mean, besides walking lamented that young people these days have no spiriaround D.C. naked? tual guidance on sexuality, and that educators are 1. Even Andy Dick is telling him more concerned with “the health and hygiene conseto chill. quences of sex” than its moral implications.

none came close to the level of violence at Idaho Correctional Center.

“Our country should be ashamed to send human beings to that facility,” he said.

The ACLU is asking for class-action status and $155 million in punitive damages – the entire net profit reported by the company in 2009.

The ACLU said the money should go to lead plaintiff Marlin Riggs, who sustained permanent facial deformities and other medical problems after he was savagely beaten in his cell.

Guards use violence to control prisoner behavior, forcing inmates to “snitch” on other inmates under the threat of moving them to the most violent sections of the prison, ACLU-Idaho Executive Director Monica Hopkins said.

Hopkins said inmates will be beaten by fellow inmates if they become known as a snitch. If they refuse to give up names, the guards will have them beaten anyway, she said.

“It doesn’t do us any good as a society to put people in there where they have to turn to other gangs and become gang members to protect themselves,” Hopkins said. “The thing is, there’s a constitutional duty to protect prisoners from violence at the hands of other prisoners.”

The lawsuit also refers to an investigation by The Associated Press based on public records requests that found the level of violence at the prison was three times higher than at other Idaho prisons, and that Idaho Department of Correction officials believed violence was also dramatically underreported by Corrections Corporation of America and inmates.

At the time of that report, Steven Conry, CCA’s vice president of facility operations, maintained the

prison was safe and well-run.

The Idaho Correctional Center houses about 2,000 prisoners. The ACLU contends it is understaffed, with sometimes only two guards on duty to control prison wings with as many as 350 inmates.

The ACLU lawsuit details the inmate-on-inmate attacks of about two dozen men, all of whom said they told guards they were in danger of being assaulted, had been assaulted or needed medical care after an assault.

In all the cases, the ACLU contends the men were summarily denied help.

Riggs, the lead plaintiff in the case, claimed members of a violent gang on his cell block told him in May 2008 that he’d be beaten unless he started paying “rent” to the gang.

He said in the lawsuit that he told correctional officers about the threat and begged to be transferred to another cellblock, but the guards refused.

That same day, Riggs says he was beaten by inmates, knocked down and kicked repeatedly in the face and torso. Blood was spattered on the ceiling of Riggs’ cell and pooled on the floor, the ACLU said.

Guards eventually took Riggs to an infirmary where a doctor told him his nose was broken and tried to reset it. However, the doctor refused to take X-rays and ignored several other broken bones in his face, the lawsuit claims.

Riggs was denied medical care for six months before being taken to an ear, nose and throat specialist who said he needed immediate surgery, according to the lawsuit.

He ended up with a plate in his cheek and a permanent dent on the side of his face, and he still suffers from blurry vision, headaches, pain, discomfort and mental trauma, Hopkins said.

Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school

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The Vatican opposes artificial contraception.

Catholic teaching views sex as a means for procreation within marriage.

Pope Benedict XVI drew criticism from European governments, international organizations and scientists last year when he said distributing condoms was not the answer to Africa’s AIDS problem, and could make it worse. He said a moral attitude toward sex – abstinence and marital fidelity – would help fight the virus.

“The scandal is that we do it in Rome, because this is the city of the pope and therefore one can’t really talk about sex,” Panaccione said in a phone interview. “They can talk about pedophilia, can’t they?” he said, referring to a sex abuse scandal rocking the Roman Catholic Church in several European countries.

But some criticism came from outside the church, too.

A leading association of parents, MOIGE, said the move was “trivial and insufficient.” Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno, a conservative, was quoted by the ANSA news agency as saying that “on the one hand it’s childish to think young people need these vending machines, on the other hand it seems like a bad message to them.”

The head of Italy’s national association of Catholic pharmacists, Piero Uroda, suggested condoms were responsible for increased rapes and violence.

“We’re giving sugar to the diabetic,” he told Radio 24 Il Sole 24 Ore.

Panaccione said condom distribution was only part of the sex education curriculum. The school enrolls about 860 students aged 15-19 at two venues – one in a lower-middle class neighborhood, one in a blue-collar area.

Panaccione said the decision was taken because of the rising number of HIV cases among young people, and to break a taboo still surrounding the use of condoms in Italy.

LILA, a national association for the prevention of HIV/AIDS, said distributing condoms could help combat HIV among the young.

A CZECH ACTIVIST LAUGHS, in this is a Monday, Sept. 28, file photo, while holding inflated condoms during a protest against Pope Benedict XVI’s policy not using condoms in downtown Prague, Czech Republic. AP/Bela Szandelszky photo

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Analyst shares ways to stimulate economy Briefs

By CATHERINE MEIDELL staff writer

President Barack Obama’s desire to increase taxes by 50 percent is the opposite of President Ronald Reagan’s approach to turning around the economic recession, said Rea Hederman, assistant director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis.

USU’s political science department invited a few employees from The Heritage Center, a public policy research institute in Washington, D.C., to speak to students about what really stimulates the economy.

Hederman said that during Reagan’s presidency, he implemented tax cuts that he believed was an effective way to deal with the economic recession of the 1980s. Reagan passed tax cuts in 1981 and unemployment dropped to 4 percent in the late 1990s.

President John F. Kennedy cut taxes 20 percent while in office, which, again, took the U.S. out of the recession. The Heritage Center has studied the way Reagan, Kennedy, Obama and President George W. Bush have addressed recessions to find out what brings the economy back onto its feet.

“Since the collapse of our financial sector, we are in the direst of times since the Great Depression,” Hederman said.

The Heritage Center has previously worked with political science professor Anthony Peacock, who attributed information to the center’s book “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” The center works with USU by offering students internships.

Heritage is home to the B. Kenneth Simon Center, and Peacock said it is “one of the best places for the study of the history of founding government.”

Peacock said The Heritage Center is a conservative think-tank devoted to individual freedom and traditional American values. Its faculty offers

insight to government officials on improving America’s leadership and policies.

A great deal of research has been done on the current economic situation and the center has formulated how a nation is able to pull out of an economic recession. Along with numerous presidents’ approaches toward the economy, The Heritage Center’s researchers study ideas from the founding fathers, Herbert Croly and the Jeffersonian view. Hederman said one thing that has been realized is the idea to restrain corporations to help the economy is ultimately not beneficial.

He said government believes it knows best, but is often not successful in its approach to issues. Currently, Obama continues to spend, putting the U.S. into a tremendous amount of debt, but this is not the way to get out of a recession, Hederman said. Not only is Obama spending more, he is implementing almost $1 trillion in tax hikes.

“The effect of this is causing uncertainty in the business world,” Hederman said. “They are hit by tougher regulations and labor laws and don’t know how to plan finances for next year.”

He said government spending is not about to stop. The U.S. is following a growth path for much higher government spending.

“You can only squeeze so much blood from the stone,” Hederman said.

The problem with raising taxes now is there is not enough revenue in the top 1 percent of the nation’s wealthiest citizens to establish needed programs, he said. Taxes are projected to be 18.3 percent with the tax raise and will not reduce the deficit until 2015. Income tax will increase 30 percent, value added tax will increase 7.7 percent and Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security will increase 25 percent.

The Heritage Center is in favor of fundamental tax reform, which allows

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REA HEDERMAN, assistant director for The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis, said the federal reserve board deserves some blame for the economic downturn and the policies that led to it. CODY GOCHNOUR photo

only consumption to be taxed, not savings. This type of tax is also known as a flat tax.

“It’s good Heritage came to USU because they’re looking for youth help uphold its truths in the future,” said Jade Little, junior in law and constitutional studies and intern for The Heritage Center.

As an intern, Little said she was able to learn what goes on behind the scenes in the U.S. government system and learn from the nation’s leading scholars.

– catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu. edu

Grant money used for audiology facility

By MITCH FIGGAT staff writer

The pediatric audiology department will be moving into its new facilities with its new equipment to proceed with its unique program as soon as the new Education Building is ready to house it.

The audio and speech-language pathology departments, which now reside in the Lilly White Building on campus, received a grant of $70,000 last month from the Daniels Fund Grant program.

Karen Munoz, assistant professor of audiology, said, “The grant money made part of the $200,000 necessary to equip the new addition to the department in the soon-to-be-constructed Education Building.

She said the new addition to the department will be the pediatric audiology, speech-language pathol-

ogy and deaf education.

Munoz said, “Getting into that new building will be a great advantage – by centralizing our efforts and giving us space to grow.”

According to the brochure provided by the pediatric audiology department, the new location, along with the current location, provides the Graduate Studies program the equipment and personnel to staff a department with goals that are not found anywhere else in the country.

Director in the program in auditory learning and spoken language K. Todd Houston said, “We have a very cutting-edge program for students to be poised to meet the high demand that is out there for specialized pediatric audiology professionals.”

The program is the of auditory learning and spoken language.

The three disciplines that students are instructed in are audiology, speech-language pathology and deaf education. Munoz said, newborns to 6-year-olds will be the main focus in the program. This is because for the last few years it has been mandatory that newborn babies be tested for any hearing disabilities before they leave the hospital.

Munoz said, “Babies with hearing loss who receive treatment early have the ability to learn to speak and hear to the point that they can enter kindergarten with other kids their age who do not have hearing disabilities. This is because of new medical devices, such as hi-tech hearing aids and cochlear implants, and early intervention techniques that teach kids from their very early moments in life to hear and talk.”

Houston said that because every

KAREN MUNOZ, assistant professor of audiology, said the grant from the Daniels Fund was necessary for the financial backbone of the new audiology building. ALLISON OSTLER photo

baby’s hearing is tested, professions with specialized skills for children treatment are in high demand, creating a shortage of pediatric audiologists.

The program offers an interdisciplinary emphasis in which graduate students can participate. The emphasis allows the students who are in one of the three disciplines to work in the other two and know how each field will be of help to the hearing-disabled child. Then they will receive hands-on practice at the university’s educational center, called Sound Beginnings, for children with hearing disabilities. The center will also be housed in the new Education Building.

Liz Hankins, audiology major in her second year of the doctorate program, explained the process a child would receive for treatment, or what the professors call intervention.

She said, “We make sure their hearing aids work. We monitor that their amplification is at the level where they can hear all the speech sounds, then we help them use those sounds to learn the language.”

If the parents choose to have their child learn to listen and start the intervention early, the child can enter school just as a non-disabled child would, Hankins said.

“What the kids need is to learn to listen,” she said. “When they learn that, they learn the spoken language.”

The Daniels Fund Grant program supports many nonprofit organizations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The organization was created by Bill Daniels in 1997, his whole estate was transferred into the Daniels Fund at his death in 2000.

The Daniels program’s official Web site states, “The program focuses on nonprofit organizations that serve for causes such as aging, alcoholism, amateur sports, disabilities, education, homelessness, substance abuse and youth development.”

According to the program’s application process, the USU pediatric audiology department had to meet certain requirements to receive a grant. Some of these requirements were, “Would the grant received prove to be a catalyst for the programs success?” and “Does the program creatively address root problems with solutions?”

– mfiggat@gmail.com

Students will be meeting to rally for immigration reform at the Salt Lake City Capitol Building, Sunday, March 21. All students who wish to attend the rally are to meet at the University Inn at 10 a.m. and vehicles will be provided for those who want to carpool. The group will meet with the others rallying at the Salt Lake City and County Building at 12 p.m. The group will march from the Salt Lake City and Count Building to the Salt Lake City Capitol Building and is estimated to take two hours.

The march for comprehensive immigration reform is an event in conjunction with March for America held in Washington DC. March for America’s platform supports creating a more legal pathway for citizenship. Aggies for Compassion Towards Immigrants, Latino Student Union and USU’s diversity council are encouraging involvement in the immigration issue which is why they have organized the student event to march in Salt Lake City. The three groups aim to put out awareness of the plight of immigrants and unite the gap between human issues of whites and immigrants.

For more information on the event contact Josh Jones of Aggies for Compassion Towards Immigrants at (801) 400-5401.

– catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu.edu

2010 Senior gift accepting donations The Class of 2010 has chosen to fund a covered bike rack as their Senior Class Gift. Students, faculty and visitors are increasingly using bikes as a means of transportation on USU’s campus because they are convenient and environmentally friendly. However, there are currently not enough places to park bicycles that are secure and protected from the elements. The new covered bike racks will provide space for 24 bicycles each and help beautify campus areas that are being restored. The first bike rack cover will be a gift from the Class of 2010, with the help of your donation.

The Senior Gift gives seniors a change to give back to the university that has given them so much. We hope that giving to the Senior Gift gets graduates to start their pattern of giving back to the university.

In honor of their graduating year, seniors are asked to give $20.10 to the Senior Gift. Donors of $20.10 or more will be listed in the commencement program, along with the name(s) of an individual or couple you would like to honor for their influence on your education. In addition of the standard senior gift, seniors are encouraged to start a tradition of giving back to USU by pledging a Legacy Senior Gift. Legacy donors give $20.10 during their senior year, $30 during their first year out and $50 during their second year out, for a total gift of $100.10. Legacy donors can list two individuals or couples in the commencement program.

To learn more about the Senior Gift and to donate, visit www.usu.edu/ seniorgift. You can also donate when we call you over the phone this week, at the Grad fair, in Old Main room 106, or at our booth during A week.

PRSSA chapter to host conference The Public Relations program at Utah State University is hosting a nationally recognized PR conference March 25-26 at the Riverwoods Conference Center in Logan, Utah.

“Last year, our PR students worked together to carry out a state-wide PR conference at USU,” said Preston Parker, communications lecturer.

“Many of those same dedicated students are on the conference committee this year and are planning on creating the best public relations conference the Mountain West region has ever seen.”

Brittany Brown, USU public relations conference chairperson, said it is a huge achievement for the USU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America to be selected as one of only 12 PRSSA chapters throughout the country to host a regional activity.

-Compiled from staff and media reports

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USU alumnus sees results of prospering business

By MEGAN BAINUM staff writer

Andy Strodman started Campsaver.com his senior year at USU, and since then it has grown into a thriving business.

Strodman graduated from USU in graphic design and has settled in Logan with his wife and two little girls to run Campsaver.com.

Campsaver.com is an online retailer for outdoor sporting goods that ships nationally and internationally.

He said he was looking for business opportunities and had a year left before he had to start an 8-5 job. The opportunity presented itself, he said, so with $1,500 he got started, and the business has grown from there.

Strodman didn’t have another person helping him for the first two years, and he said his experience made it easier to get things done.

“What really helped me was my background. I was able to save a lot of money by just doing things on my own, instead of hiring someone else to do it for me,” Strodman said.

Strodman said the best advice he could give a student looking to be successful is to be the best at whatever it is.

“Become an expert at what you are doing,” Strodman said. “You don’t need to start a business to be successful. You just need to be the best in your field.”

The business has steadily grown and has expanded to the point where he is now at his fourth warehouse. Strodman said a new building is needed about every year and a half because of the growth. Just in the last year, he has hired seven more people, and he now has a partner who owns 10 percent. Campsaver.com is on its sixth Web design from all the updates and changes, and Strodman said he hasn’t noticed the bad economy affecting his sales.

“We haven’t been affected by the economy as far as I know,” Strodman said. “Maybe business would have been even better than it has been, but there is no way of knowing.”

He has gone from working with himself to currently having 20 employees. Thirteen of his employees are students attending USU and seven of them have graduated. Strodman said he prefers hiring USU students over anyone

else.

“I like to hire students because we know they will be here for a while, and they are more mature than hiring high school kids,” Strodman said. “It is nice to have a steady group of the same people while working together.”

Kinji Watanabe, a new graduate, said he likes working with people his age because it makes things more enjoyable.

“We all have fun and enjoy working with

each other,” Watanabe said. “It’s nice to work with people around your same age. We are all friends, and it makes it a really good atmosphere to work in.”

Strodman said he likes to take his employees on trips so they can “practice what they preach” and use some of the equipment they sell. They just got back from Jackson Hole where they went skiing and they are planning on going to the City of Rocks in June.

“We all had a really good time in Jackson Hole and it was fun to get away with the people

Cuts: Students to face five percent budget decrease -continued from page 1 decided individually from one university to another, while Tier I tuition is state-mandated. The same Tier I tuition increase, expected to be about or just more than 1 percent for the upcoming year, will be applied to schools of higher education across the state.

A public hearing on Tier II tuition increases will be held in the Sunburst Lounge on the second floor of the Taggart Student Center March 24 at 2 p.m.

Other bills passed include one allocating $500,000 toward the USU-CEU merger and one releasing a state bond for $43.1 million dedicated to the new agricultural building. Though the bond for the building was authorized two years ago, it was dependent upon federal money coming through for part of the project.

Now, plans are to separate the federal building, which Kennedy said will still be built, but probably not for a couple of years.

With the state money now released, USU can move forward with construction and will probably break ground in May, pending a signature from Gov. Gary Herbert.

“It’s the same amount of money and the same authoriza-

tion,” Kennedy said. “They’re just letting us spend it now.”

The bond for the Ag building is part of SB280, which also funds USTAR buildings at USU and the University of Utah, that passed through the state Senate. Kennedy said that before passing it, the house amended the bill to add an additional $2 million for a state hospital in Provo, which the Senate “didn’t like,” so it refused to pass it.

Because both the state House and Senate must pass a bill for it to take effect, Kennedy said a committee including three members of the House and three of the Senate was formed to “hammer out a deal.”

Kennedy said five of the six committee members are USU graduates, including Hunsaker and Hillyard.

After the committee met, the bill was passed unanimously with “language of intent” to allow the hospital to be funded if the money is available, Kennedy said.

The Legislature also approved a classroom building for USU to erect at the Botanical Center in Davis County. The $3 million approved will come from nonstate donors.

– chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu

you work with, it strengthens your relationships even better.” Watanabe said.

Watanabe has worked at Campsaver.com for about four years. After graduating in December 2009 in economics he became the climbing and footwear manager. He is also in charge of some inventory and advertisement on the website.

Watanabe makes purchasing decisions nine months in advance at the outdoor retailers summer/winter market. Watanabe said he goes to a convention where all the main distributors come and preview what is going to be sold for the next season. He said his friends like to laugh at him because all he does is “shop and talk on the phone all day.”

Strodman said the main thing they sell is typical camping equipment like tents and sleeping bags so that is what they mainly look for at the convention but he also likes to have interesting items in stock as well. One strange item they sell is the Go-Girl. It is a female urination system that Strodman said, “makes it so girls can go to the bathroom like guys can when they are camping.”

Kinji said the coolest thing he saw at the last convention he went to was a new pair of ski/snowboarding goggles that have a built in GPS so the rider can know how far they have gone down on the mountain and where their exact location is. Strodman doesn’t just look at products at conventions however. He also said he likes to find things that people make in their backyard.

“I like having strange things in stock and having items with a story behind them,” Strodman said. “We sell an aluminium stove that someone makes in their backyard and it is actually really popular.”

Strodman also owns the store on Main Street in Logan which was previously named Trail Head. He changed the name to Campsaver so his customers would get the connection between the website and the store.

“We had people from Logan ordering items and waiting for them to be delivered when they could have just gone and picked their stuff up at the store.” Strodman said. “I wanted to brand the stores together so people could connect the two.”

– megan.b@aggiemail.usu.edu

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ration and through observation he can compare what he’s to himself. This is how he comes up with ideas for his writing.

McGee closed the show with his poem “Lullaby.” Unlike the others, this poem was set to music.

“This one is for you guys,” he said. “But mostly for the people you are all going to create.”

“Lullaby” talked a lot about change and growth.

“Change is something that takes time,” he said. “Lots and lots of time.”

McGee told his readers and listeners to imagine what their great-great-great grandparents would think of today’s world. He said to think about what they feared and then tell that fear to leave.

“Fight. Live. Fight. Love. Fight. Laugh. Fight,” he said.

Before he left, McGee gave some advice to students.

“Don’t be afraid to really live,” he said. “Rules are good unless they keep you from feeling free. Be free. And actually stop to smell the flowers.”

Copies of McGee’s book and MP3 recordings of his poems are available on his Web site, mikemcgee.net.

– megan.allen@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Cache Valley’s home on the range

By DELAYNE LOCKE staff writer

Skeet shooting has been around for a long time.

JOEL MARTIN TAKES AIM on the skeet range at the Cache VAlley Hunter Education Center, located at 2851 W 200 North in Logan. TODD JONES photo

According to the National Sporting Clays Association Web site, the sport dates back to early 1900s England, where live pigeons were used as targets. In time, clay targets were introduced and the sport took on its current form.

Helping to keep this tradition alive in Cache Valley and offering a venue for shooters of all abilities, is the Cache Valley Public Shooting Range.

The shooting range was first opened for business in 1991, in conjunction with the Cache County Sheriff’s Office. It was then turned over to the Division of Natural

Resources later that year.

“We offer everything from trap skeet to sporting clays to archery pistol,” said Ja Eggett, shooting range manager. “We also have what we call organized training ranges, and we still work with the sheriff’s office once a week. They come down to train on our ranges on one of the days that we’re closed.”

At the range there are two full-time staff members and one part-time. There are also about 50 to 60 volunteers who help keep the facility running.

Volunteers are always needed, and their duties include range safety officer, cashier, maintenance and construction.

“It’s a pretty good deal. The place couldn’t run without volunteers,” said Roland Roy, who has volunteered at the range since 2003. “They treat us really well. They have incentives, and we are given access to the shooting range on days that we are closed, and we shoot for free so all in all it’s pretty good.”

In trap shooting, the thrower, or trap house, is located in the middle of the field, and all of the targets are thrown up and away from the readied shooter. On one of

these fields, the thrower is voice activated, which means when a shooter yells “pull,” it throws, eliminating the need for someone to run the thrower.

The skeet field is different because it has two throwing houses, and the clay discs are thrown in front of the shooter across the field from two different directions. The best gun to use for skeet and trap shooting is a semiautomatic or an over-and-under shotgun, because the shooter will only be shooting one or two shots at a time.

“I like the challenge of skeet shooting.

You never know where or what direction the skeet will come from,” USU horticulture sophomore BreeAnn Erickson said. “It keeps you on your toes all the time. You need to be ready at any given moment. It is exhilarating.”

Skeet shooting at the public shooting range is $5 a round, with 25 clay targets. Guns can be rented for $3. The sporting clays are $7 a round for 25 targets. Sporting clays simulate what hunters can expect while hunting birds. Instead of only being thrown from

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Spending Spring Break in Logan? Find fun close to home

By KELLYN ANDERSON staff writer

With all the cramming, the test taking and the worrying, there is no greater relief than on Friday night when the week is finally over. Not only is there a weekend to look forward to, but a whole week of relaxing, having fun or traveling.

For some though, adventures to Mexico or road trips home just aren’t an option. For those unlucky enough to be stuck in Logan for Spring Break, have no fear, for there is hope.

Many students are intentionally staying for Spring Break, looking forward to an apartment without roommates or hoping to earn some extra cash. Tyson Thorpe, senior in history, is one of those spending the break working and hanging with friends.

He said, “We are going to get together with the others who are staying here and play games and have a potluck.”

He said Spring Break is also a good chance to catch up with people he hasn’t seen in a while, such as previous roommates or friends from classes.

For those looking for fun indoor activities, Logan is full of places to see and things to do.

“The Cache Valley Fun Park has a variety of activities,” said Lee Stevens, manager of the park.

Activities range from bowling, roller skating, the soft play gym, the arcade and laser tag. The park offers special deals at certain times, as well.

For instance, it has a $2 Tuesday and a $1.50 Thursday.

Located right next to the Cache Valley Fun Park,

the Rock Haus is a great way to have a fun workout. With hundreds of different climbing walls and even a bouldering room, “the Rock Haus has something for everybody,” said Brad Thompson, Rock Haus employee. “We accept all ages, all abilities.” Every Saturday is date night, so the prices are only $10 a person, which is a great way to have some fun on a budget.

Cache Valley is also bursting with outdoor places and activities. Crystal Hot Springs in Honeyville is a popular spot to visit, as well as the vast number of hiking trails up Logan canyon.

Camping, kayaking or canoeing at First Dam are great ways to have a good time.

Equipment for all sorts of activities can be rented at low prices from the Outdoor Recreation Center (ORC). Part of student fees help to pay for the ORC, which enables it to charge low rates for popular equipment.

“You can’t beat us,” said Paul Jones, sophomore in psychology and employee at the ORC. “Students can get killer deals, and many students don’t even know we are here.”

Equipment includes everything from tents and sleeping bags, skis and snowboards, snowshoes, slack lines, climbing equipment and horseshoes.

Airboards are becoming a popular pasttime and can be described as “sledding on steroids,” as Jones says. For only $3 a day, a student can rent an airboard for an experience unlike any other.

Mountain biking is also a way to get outdoors and even get a workout. Trails around Logan are aplenty and completely free. Groups and individuals can rent mountain bikes from the ORC. For those not wanting physical exertion but some outdoor air, a picnic is a great idea. Whether

THE OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTER (ORC) rents out a variety of sports equipment at discount rates to USU students. JESSE WALKER photo

at a park or up the mountain, picnicking can be a fun date or just a good chance for some alone time. With the weather starting to warm up, students may get antsy to spend more time outside, playing frisbee, football or capture the flag.

Maybe it is time to get out the book that has been on the shelf thanks to those chemistry textbooks and odious English readings.

Just because Logan is the only option does not

mean it has to be a depressing one. Spring Break is meant to be just that, a break, so take advantage of it. Try not to fill up the hours with hundreds of exhausting activities, but take time to relax. Come back to school ready to jump into the second half of the semester with some new found strength and motivation.

– kellyn.anderson@aggiemail.usu.edu

Logan Canyon to come alive with the sound of acoustic music

By ALISON OSTLER staff writer

Come Saturday, Logan Canyon will ring with the sound of acoustic music.

At 10 a.m. March 13, the Allen and Alice Stokes Nature Center will host a free event called Music in the Canyon, a new program in which music and nature lovers alike can gather together in the canyon and hold an unplugged jam session, all in the name of nature.

“Music in the Canyon is a hands-on program for music-loving adults,” said Holly Strand, the executive director at Stokes Nature Center. “It’s a way for people to get creative with other like-minded locals in a creative, inspiring atmosphere.”

The program welcomes anyone who loves music to come participate and enjoy the music.

According to Director of Operations Annalisa Paul, the Stokes Nature Center workers were inspired to start the new music program by the nature that surrounds them.

“There’s a link between music and nature,” Paul said. “We’re interested in exploring that link through this event. This was the first year we’ve done a program of this type.”

The event, Paul said, was created as part of the center’s spring program.

“Music and nature are an inspiring combination,” said Sadie Enright, program coordinator of the Stokes Nature Center. “The center has sponsored several musical events for preschool kids and a couple of classical music programs for adults. This week we thought we should try something new.”

The program will be led by Todd Milovich, a local musician who works as an Educational Outreach coordinator for USU. He will be accompanied by his band, The Travelling Band of Wild Untuned Outrageous Mystical Magical Gypsies.

“We call ourselves the Gypsies, for short,” he said, laughing.

THE STOKES NATURE CENTER will host an acoustic jam session on Saturday at 10 a.m. The event is free but an RSVP is recommended. photo courtesy of the Stokes Nature Center

The colorfully-named Gypsies are an acoustic band, which Milovich describes as “a local collection of musicians” who play mainly folk music. The band performs routinely at several venues and events throughout Cache Valley, including concerts at Why Sound, Caffe Ibis and various charitable events.

Milovich has played several times in Logan Canyon, but has never had a jam session there before.

“This is the first time we’ve done this sort of thing,” Milovich said. “It will be a very interesting experience.”

The program will start in the Stokes Nature Center in the morning and go until noon. According to Paul, it will begin with a discussion led by Milovich about acoustic music.

“I’m going to talk about the social aspect of traditional acoustic music,” Milovich said.

After the discussion, band members will take out their instruments, and the jamming begins. At that point, visitors will be encouraged to participate in the music-making, while the Gypsies lead in its varying array of folk music from its assorted repertoire.

“We’re going to be playing everything from traditional folk songs, like “You are my Sunshine,” to Hank Williams and Bob Dylan,” Milovich said.

Don’t play an instrument? No problem, Milovich said.

“No musical talent is needed for participation,” he said.

Participants are invited to play, sing, chant, clap or stomp along to the songs. Percussion instruments will be provided for anyone who wants to get in on the beat.

“We want you participating in the music,” he said.

Milovich said that playing in the canyon is an appropriate place for playing music.

“This is where the music belongs,” he said.

He appreciates the beautiful and traditional setting, and is excited to talk about traditional acoustic music. He said acoustic music traditionally was a fundamental source of entertainment.

“Before there was electricity, people would play together and sing together, and it was an important part of people’s lives,” Milovich said.

The Stokes Nature Center, located one mile up Logan Canyon, is a nonprofit organization founded by Allen and Alice Stokes in 1997 with the intent of encouraging people of all ages to gain a better appreciation and interest in nature. The center is open to visitors Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

While admission to Music in the Canyon is free and open to the public, RSVP is appreciated. To RSVP or for more information about the Stokes Nature Center, please call 755-3239 or visit logannature.org.

– alison.ostler@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Walking the fine line between student and teacher

am a student teacher. I am not a student.

I am not a teacher. I am a student and a teacher; thus, I am a student teacher.

Unbeknownst to some, this paradox is fraught with dilemma. For example, should I use the teacher bathroom or the student bathroom at the schools I teach?

I do not have a key to the teacher bathroom because I am not a teacher. But some sort of pride within my soul tells me that I ought to be able to upgrade from the student stalls. But I do not want to bother my cooperating teacher or office buddies each time I need to relieve myself. But I also do not want to run into my kiddies in their bathroom because then I would lose any sort of ground as a venerable adult, as they will see that I am somehow not qualified to use the prestigiously teachery restroom. Ay ay ay.

We know from past articles that I do not particularly enjoy making decisions. I mean, I would much rather go outside and use the wild than have to commit to a choice of toilet.

It does not help that I force myself to guzzle large quantities of water each day to prevent vocal hoarseness from all the talking I do. But, when you have to go, you have to go. So I suck in my contrived superiority and choose to use the student bathrooms. I figure, who am I kidding? A student teacher is only an unglorified

and unpaid substitute. My worth is less than the plankton of the sea.

Once as I was finishing the process of washing my hands, I discovered that the paper towels to dry my hands were nonexistent.

“Do you know where I can find any paper towels?” I asked a seventh-grade student who was also washing her hands.

She deviously grinned. “In the bathroom next door.”

“Isn’t that a boy’s bathroom?” I asked, raising my eyebrow.

“Oh no, no, no!” she lied. “In our school we have two girl bathrooms next to each other.”

Really now. How stupid do I look? I was not born yesterday. Sigh. I wiped my dripping hands on my pants. It is slightly disconcerting to be the bunt of such pathetically apparent pranks. In the beginning, my orchestra kiddies were always trying to trick me. They would switch instruments. Or names.

“My name is Sue,” a sixth grader announced.

“I thought your name started with a J,” I responded indifferently.

“Um ... the J is silent. Yeah! My name is JSue!” she claimed, waiting eagerly to see if I would swallow her bait.

“Well isn’t that interesting!” I smiled. “My name is spelled with a silent J too! Miss

JCondie!”

Giggles.

Once the little smurfs realize I am not an average schmo from the street, they cool their act, and once they cool their act, teaching is more fun than four square and tetherball combined.

I figure that it is my duty, as a teacher, to present bits and pieces of information to my students and then wait for them to connect the dots. I know they will not learn anything if I spoon-feed instruction by connecting the dots for them and shoving facts down their throats.

If they still do not get it, I give them a little more thought to chew. And a little more. And a little more. Until it clicks. Sometimes things even click that are never meant to be clicked.

For instance, I was showing my high school kids a painting by George Caleb Bingham because a piece they were learning was based on his artwork. I started pointing out some characteristics: “Note the calm waters. And the fur trappers. And their pet cat.”

Think about it. Fur trappers. Cat. Dots connecting? One of my students shouted, “They’re gonna skin the cat!”

Jeepers. A wildly exuberant discussion about the ethicality of skinning a feline exploded into tangent after tangent after tangent. After a few minutes involving a bizarre mutiny of opinion,

I somehow brought the class attention back to the person standing in front of them on the podium.

“Ahem, ahem, ahem. Let’s, um, try to play this movement,” I said. “But try not to sound like a dying cat. Pretty please?”

Then, of course, as we played, some smart aleck scrunched his bow obnoxiously across the strings of his instrument as he imitated his perception of the painting. It was only to be expected, and we laughed. Rehearsal went on, but you can bet your boots that this piece, all of a sudden, held slight more interest to the little boogers. (For the time being.)

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Give a cat a fish and hope to Betsy that the fur trappers on the river leave him alone for all nine lifetimes. That is what I say.

Melissa Condie is a senior majoring in music education. Questions or comments can be sent to her at m.condie@aggiemail.usu.edu.

An inside look at organ donation

By APRIL ASHLAND staff writer

Kevin Potter donated one of his kidneys to his father in 2007, after months of testing.

Potter is the chief deputy of Box Elder County, and said his father never asked anyone to donate their kidney, but that his entire family planned on being tested. He said the children are usually the closest match to the person, and he and his brother and sister were the first ones tested for compatibility.

“I was really hoping that it was going to be me, that I would be the match,” Potter said.

In 2007, Potter’s father was told his kidneys were failing due to kidney disease and was put on Dialysis around the first of the year. The transplant surgery took place in April.

Potter said he was the match for his father, and that neither of his siblings were really good matches.

“Health-wise, I’ve always had the really good health,” he said. “My brother gets sick all the time, so I was happy I was a match.”

The testing is done using blood, Potter said, and he had his blood drawn many times and had all kinds of tests done to be sure the surgery could proceed.

“On occasions I’d give eight or nine vials of blood, and I got a CT scan right before the surgery, just to make sure everything was OK,” he said.

Potter went into the surgery room with his father. The surgeon took the kidney from Potter and immediately put it in his father. The next thing he remembers is waking up in the hospital room, looking for his father.

“My first thought was if my dad had made it,” Potter said. “No one was worried about me. My dad is older and was in poor health because of the problems he was having.”

Potter said the process took so long, because of the various testing and therapy. He said he and his wife and those involved had to be in therapy to make sure he was able to donate and so his family would be fully informed of what was taking place.

A coordinator was appointed to Potter and his family, he said, to

make sure he went to his appointments on time.

“She was there at all my appointments, she answered all my questions and she held my hand through some things. She’s was really helpful,” Potter said.

After the surgery, Potter went to the hospital every couple months to have blood drawn to make sure everything was working fine. He said he now has to go in once a year to make sure he doesn’t have problems with his one working kidney. If he did, he said he would go to the top of the donor list.

“As a kidney donor, if I ever had problems, I’d go to the top of the list because I’ve donated before,” he said.

As a donor, Potter didn’t have to pay anything for the procedure.

He said the Kidney Foundation donated money, or that the doctors donated the time for the surgery, but he didn’t have to pay a penny and still doesn’t.

Chad Floyd, 26, received a liver when he was 4 years old, and said he doesn’t remember much about it.

“I know it was a long surgery. They started at 10 or 11 at night and finished the next morning, and I remember I was the 106th person to get the surgery, back in 1987, so I was kind of a pioneer,” he said.

Floyd also said organs don’t have to be given only when someone passes away.

“People give a lot of blood around here,” he said, “but people need to donate some organs.”

According to organdonor.gov, most religions are in favor of organ donation, or choose to leave the decision to the individual instead of creating rules against it.

John Ricks, funeral director from the Tremonton branch of Nelson Funeral Home, said he deals with bodies of those who have donated organs all the time. He said that in general people can’t tell when someone is an organ donor, but it depends on who embalms them.

Ricks said he thinks organ donation is a good thing.

“It’s a very admirable thing to do, but it’s variable,” he said. “I would donate to save someone’s life or to make it better, but I would never donate organs for research.

“The organ recovery team usually replaces whatever organs they took with things about the same size.”

– april.ashland@aggimail.usu.edu

CHAD FLOYD SHOWS THE SCARS he received after undergoing liver transplant surgery. The USU student was 4 years old at the time of the procedure. ALISON OSTLER photo

Long-winded title leads to a good read “Perhaps there is some next subject after years Chelsey Gensel of writing stories and secret sort of homing instinct in books that articles about the war as brings them to their perit was going on around fect readers. How delighther. She wrote her war ful if that were true.” stories under an alias This line, spoken by Grade B and wanted to redefine the main character of “The Guernsey herself using her own “The Guernsey Literary Literary and Potato name. and Potato Peel Pie Peel Pie Society” Ashton finds her muse Society” about 10 pages in an unexpected letter in, instantly endeared this story to from a man who finds her name and me and kept me feeling surprisingly address in a book she once gave away. pleasant all throughout a book I was The man is from the Channel Islands sure I wouldn’t like. (Yes, based on the between England and France and is, cover.) like many of his neighbors, trying desI expected it to be the quintes- perately to gain footing in reality after sential “book club” or “book of the being occupied by German troops and month” sort of novel – some awful isolated for much of the war. combination of either stuffy or sordid, As the story progresses through a formulaic or frenetic, and altogether fairly transparent preliminary setup to worthless as literature goes. I have the real thick of the plot, Ashton finds very low expectations for best-selling herself in a position to choose a “reafiction for adults, and I haven’t given sonable” life in London or chase the anyone much opportunity to prove possibility of writing something she is me wrong. really passionate about – the story of This particular book was borrowed the occupation of Guernsey Island. from my mother, who read it for her The irony that she has just tired of book club. I must admit, as I often writing about the war and suddenly do, to skepticism at first, because the wants to run off to find another tale title all by itself is confusing enough I about it is not lost on either the reader wasn’t sure what I could possible glean or Ashton’s acquaintances. from 290 pages of it. Fortunately, my As she finds herself seeking out curiosity to know why it was called material for her book as well as getting what it is made me open it. to know the inhabitants of Guernsey Published in 2008 but set in 1946, as friends, Ashton ends up walking the novel is a refreshing take on histori- parallel footpaths with a mysteriouscal fiction and war stories. Although ly missing member of the Guernsey the language is both British-English Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and dated to the period, making it a founding member and protector of a little harder to become lost in, the all involved who left a child sired by a post-war plot well makes up for it.

German soldier and hasn’t been seen The plot is centered on a writer, since the island was occupied.

Juliet Ashton, struggling to find her The characters learn plenty, some-

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times more than, about themselves and one another, but also plenty about the joys and benefits of reading and writing. This theme made this an especially fine piece of work for my tastes and contains many valuable anecdotes hidden in the life stories and current exploits of any given character.

As post-World War II fiction, it offers details both historically accurate and that one would never find in a textbook or scholarly journal, and I found myself wanting to know as much about the real history behind it as I did wanting to know the characters themselves.

This is a book that can be enjoyed by classicists and contemporary readers alike. It is a very modern story for the setting and yet hinges on the ideals of time-proven literature – referencing Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, William Wordsworth and all three Bronte sisters along the way.

I wouldn’t be a bit shocked to learn that the opening quote in this article were indeed true.

First-time novelist Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece and co-author Annie Barrows have a unique gift for letterwriting. Though the novel is written as a series of letters between Ashton and her various correspondents, and sometimes from one minor character to another, the authors do not include every single letter written. They manage to leave some detail to the readers’ imaginations and keep the backand-forth from being tedious or redundant. I have heard that letter-writing is a lost art; perhaps, then, it has been replaced by the new art of writing about writing letters.

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Norway import delights Norway is full vision to thrive. bizarre. Among a wealth of Ben Odd is flaw- other strange occurrences, of natural treasures. There is rendered Odd wanders the icy streets Roden lessly ice. There are by film veteran of Oslo in red high-heels, fjords.

And Baard Owe, takes a midnight drive with there’s writer/ who gives a a blind motorist and, in one director Bent master class in of the film’s best and most Hamer. dramatic deli- dream-like scenes, watches Hamer’s Grade A cacy, carefully as a gentleman glides in latest film, and laboriously apparent nonchalance down “O’ Horten,� “O’ Horten� crafting the an ice-covered street. Odd’s was originally i n c r e m e n t a l movement through the story released in 2007 and has unfolding of Odd. Silence is intuitive, but each event spent the last few years navi- plays an important role in feels more like a vignette gating the mystical and con- Hamer’s films, and to those than means to a dramatic voluted path that every for- accustomed to American end. Despite the episodic eign film must take to reach films, the dialogue can seem feel of the happenings, cohethe shelves of local video sparse. However, each and sion is never sacrificed. It’s stores. every performance is careful impossible to guess where Very early on, you realize and sentient, and even the Odd is headed, but every that “O’ Horten,� both literal- briefest of interactions are step seems to have its place. ly and figuratively, is an ocean worthwhile. “O’ Horten� is Scandinavian away from Hollywood. It’s Hamer approaches the filmmaking at its best – droll hard to categorize and even film with the same whimsy but profound. Unique but harder to summate. and complexity that has accessible. Ethereal but never The film follows Odd marked his work heretofore. without focus. Most impresHorten, a 67-year-old train His approach to character sively of all, it manages to engineer, on the eve of his is unorthodox but effec- gently imbue its melancholy retirement. I suppose it could tive. Rather than implement with a sense of hope – an be called a late-in-life com- a traditional development indomitable warmth beneath ing of age tale or a dead- structure, Hamer drops Odd so much snow. pan comedy about an old unceremoniously into the – be.ro@aggiemail.usu.edu dog learning old tricks. To reduce the film into a synopsis, though, is to rob it of its stately and subtle charm. It is the human response to outlandish circumstance which defines the film, and, in this way, Odd’s journey through the film is paramount to his destination. “O’ Horten� is very aware of its surroundings. It utilizes the Nordic winter as a character per se, a technique that is unobtrusively reinforced by the beautiful cinematography.

Every other aspect of the film is a similar lesson in restraint.

The production stays out of your way, letting the characters quietly have their say BAARD OWE STARS as the title character in “O’ Horten,� a and allowing Hamer’s strange Norwegian film from writer/director Brent Hamer.

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Choose your species in ‘Avatar’ When I got the game “Avatar� I thought to myself, I wonder how hot the female Na’vi girls are as cartoons. I mean, they were sexy on the big screen. Unlike most videogames that are made after movies that follow the same movie storyline, “Avatar� the video game did not. The game instead did a prequel storyline “Avatar� to the movie. You start out as Ryder, a signals specialist for the RDA. The RDA made you travel for five years to work for it because you are a perfect genetic match for an avatar that it has invested millions of dollars in.

If you haven’t seen the movie yet then you should know that an Avatar is a mix between human and Na’vi genetics that, as a human, you can connect telepathically.

Early in the game’s storyline the RDA sends you out to find a mole who is giving tactical information away to the Na’vi, so the RDA can attack the RDA establishments. Out on your mole search, you come to find out that it is your Avatar leader, and the game makes you decide early whether you are going to fight on the Na’vi side or the RDA side. This gives you a moral battle of either being on the non-native tyrant team or on the native compassionate team.

I made the jump just like Kevin Costner did in “Dancing with Wolves� and left my native tongue and people to join the native fight for freedom and for the land that was rightfully theirs. I mean, honestly, who wouldn’t want to be 10 feet tall, blue all over and run and jump around Pandora’s forest in a loin cloth.

Ubisoft, the developers of

Billy the game, did a great job of Harlow taking the movie’s environment

and characters, and implementing them into the gameThere are times when Let’s go play. you get to run through the trees and climb the vines and ride the creatures of Pandora as a Na’vi. On the flip side, as an RDA you get to drive watercrafts, planes and the super cool transformer gunners.

The gameplay does a decent job of entertaining you with new weapons and other upgrades on armor and special skills.

As a Na’vi you are super athletic, which can be quite enjoyable at times, but you lack overall strength from RDA gunfire. And with the RDA, you are able to handle heavy attacks but aren’t very mobile.

The game has its issues, obviously with it being a “made from movie� game. The first is that the movements of characters and vehicles are a little rigid with not a whole lot of room to work. The second is the quest paths you take are super generic to a game like this: go to this place, kill people, find this, save them, free them and save your race. Overall the game can be enjoyable at times, such as riding a horse, but when it’s all said and done, you are sore in your privates and wonder why you just did that.

Positives – entertaining characters and environment.

Negatives – Rigid graphics, generic quests and repetitive attack actions.

Overall – 6 out of 10 – billy.harlow@aggiemail.usu.edu

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The shooting range has competitions and leagues for skeet shooting, trap shooting, shotguns , pistol and archery. It also offers youth leagues for shooting and has a junior olympic archery development team that practices at the range. Along with these programs is the Hunter Education program, which is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;primary focus of the facility,â&#x20AC;? Eggett said. In this course, in accordance with Division of Wildlife Service guidelines, students learn firearm safety, hunter responsibility, wildlife management, survival and how to correctly identify wildlife. Upon completion of written and shooting tests, as well as the 12-15 hour instruction course, students receive a Hunter Education card, called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;blue card,â&#x20AC;? that allows new hunters to purchase game licenses.

The shooting range also has a pistol range that

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In addition to these activities, the public shooting range also showcases cowboy action and practical pistol shooters. They perform their skilled gun-handling every fourth Saturday. The cowboy action shooters set up scenarios, and shoot from a fixed position or move back and forth. The practical pistol shooters walk through the setup scenario and shoot as they move.

The facility creates a safe environment for shooters of all skill levels and ages, a chance to build great memories with all they meet while at the Cache Valley Public Shooting Range.

The Cache Valley Public Shooting Range is located at 2851 W. 200 North and is open to the public and does not require a membership. The facility is open Wednesday through Friday from 37 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the summer months the weekday hours extend unil 9 8 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; delayne.locke@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Aggie legend and NFL Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies

BY USU ATHLETICS

NFL Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, the greatest athlete in USU history, died at City of Hope Hospital near Los Angeles Thursday early morning, March 11, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Olsen’s outstanding record on college and NFL football fields was followed by successful careers as a beloved television actor and as a television sports commentator. He is remembered also as a tireless philanthropist, giving enormous amounts of time, talent and financial resources to numerous causes across the country.

“I can’t think of anyone who has graduated from Utah State University who has accomplished more in a broader array of fields than Merlin Olsen,” USU President Stan Albrecht said. “His distinctive and powerful voice will be remembered for the breadth of its influence and by the impact it has had in so many different facets of our lives.”

Albrecht said he knows of no other USU graduate whose impact has been so far reaching or so profound.

“This was the voice of a man who not only became one of our country’s most decorated athletes, but also one of the most accomplished and respected people ever to hail from the state of Utah,” Albrecht said. “Throughout this long and impressive career, we are proud to note that it has been an Aggie voice. We will remember him always as a dear and lifelong friend of this institution at so many levels.”

Olsen was a three-year letterman on the offensive and defensive lines for USU’s football team from 1959-’61, earning All-American honors during his junior and senior seasons. During his senior season in 1961, he won the Outland Trophy as the nation’s outstanding interior defensive line-

man. Olsen also was a three-time academic All-American at Utah State and graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Kappa Phi in 1962 with a degree in finance.

During his senior season, Olsen anchored an Aggie defense that yielded an average of 50.8 rushing yards per game to lead the nation. USU also allowed 88.6 passing yards and 139.4 total yards per game in 1961, and all three averages still rank as the best single-season efforts in school history.

The 1961 Aggie defense gave up an average 7.8 points a game, which is second in school history behind Olsen’s 1960 team, which allowed 6.5 points per game.

Additionally, the Aggie defense held four opponents to fewer than 100 total yards that season, including Idaho who was held to a school-record 23 total yards in USU’s 69-0 win on Oct. 28.

During Olsen’s junior and senior seasons, Utah State had a combined 18-3-1 record under head coach John Ralston and was Skyline Conference co-Champions each year as USU played in back-to-back bowl games against New Mexico State (Sun Bowl, 1960) and Baylor (Gotham Bowl, 1961). Utah State finished the 1961 season ranked 10th in both the Associated Press and United Press International polls, the highest-ever final ranking for a USU team.

Olsen is a member of the State of Utah’s Sports Hall of Fame, the Utah State University Sports Hall of Fame and USU’s All-Century Football Team. In 2000, he was selected by “Sports Illustrated” as one of the state of Utah’s Top 50 Athletes of the Century.

- See OLSEN, page 10

MERLIN OLSEN, widely considered to be the greatest football player to put on an Aggie jersey, died early Thursday morning at City of Hope Hospital outside Los Angeles. photo courtesy of USU Athletics Media Relations

Ags beat BSU 84-60, will face Louisiana Tech Friday

By TYLER HUSKINSON staff writer

POOH WILLIAMS drives into a Boise State defender en route to two of his 18 points in Thursday’s WAC quarterfinal game. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo

Three players scored 18 points to propel the Utah State Aggies over the Boise State Broncos, 84-60, Thursday during the WAC quarterfinal matchup.

Juniors Brian Green and Pooh Williams scored career-highs with 18 points apiece, while classmate Tai Wesley finished with 18 points to go along with 10 rebounds. Senior Jared Quayle also posted a double-double, netting 13 points and pulling down a career-high 13 rebounds. The Aggies extended their winning streak to 16 games, which is the secondlongest active winning streak behind Baylor University. The Aggies are now 12-3 all-time in the WAC tournament and 16-14 in quarterfinal games.

Under coach Stew Morrill, the Aggies have now won eight-straight quarterfinal games and improve to 22-6 overall in conference tournaments.

Boise State only trailed by five points at halftime, keeping itself in the game by causing Aggie turnovers. The Aggies figured out the Broncos’ press in the second half. Morrill said he was pleased with the Aggie victory.

“This is a good win,” Morrill said. “Boise is playing well, and we knew they were going to come into the tournament playing well, so we feel good about it. It didn’t feel like we were playing an eighth-place team.”

Morrill said one of the reasons the Aggies struggled with the press is that the Broncos’ way of executing the press is somewhat unusual.

“They trap you in the back court and then

- See MOVIN’ ON, page 9

TAI WESLEY spins around Boise State’s forward Ike Okoye during the WAC tournament’s opening game on Thursday. Wesley finished the game with a double-double: 18 points and 10 rebounds. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo

USU women fall to No. 2-seed Lady Techsters to end season

BY USU ATHLETICS

Despite holding WAC Player of the Year Shanavia Dowdell to two points, the seventh-seeded Utah State women’s basketball team could not overcome sharp Lady Techster shooting, falling 82-65 in the Western Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals Wednesday in Reno, Nev. Utah State ends its fifth season in the WAC with a 13-17 record, while Louisiana Tech improves to 21-8 with the win.

The Lady Techsters will advance to take on third-seeded and host school Nevada in the semifinals on Friday, March 12.

Top-seeded Fresno State will face fourth-seeded Idaho in the other semifinal.

Junior guard LaCale Pringle-Buchanan was the Aggies’ leading scorer with 18 points to go along with five steals. Fellow junior guard Amber White dished in 15 points, 13 of which came in the second half to help USU have a 37-point second half. Senior center Lydia Whitehead had her best offensive game since scoring 14 in a win against Weber State on Dec. 21.

The 82 points scored by the Lady Techsters marked USU’s first time to allow 80 points all season. It was the first time this season that Dowdell was held without a field goal.

After Dowdell got her second personal foul early in the first

half, the Aggies got on the board with two Whitehead free throws. Utah State took its first lead of the game 4-2 with a Pringle-Buchanan jumper.

The Lady Techsters used a 13-0 run to jump out to a 23-8 lead at the 11:49 mark of the first half. Louisiana Tech was led by an early seven points from Jasmine Bendolph and Adrienne Johnson. Johnson would go on to score 11 of LTU’s first 25 points. Louisiana Tech also used its athleticism to take an early 16-6 advantage on the boards.

USU cut the lead down to 36-26 after redshirt freshman TJ Goddard hit her third 3-pointer of the first half.

Despite Dowdell missing much of the first half with foul trouble, the Lady Techters jumped out to a 41-28 half-time lead, behind 25 points scored by the duo of Bendolph and Johnson.

In the first half, the Aggies were led by nine points from Goddard and eight from Whitehead. Pringle-Buchanan added seven first-half points to go along with two steals. USU outscored Louisiana Tech 16-7 in second-chance points.

Louisiana Tech was led in the first half by 13 points from Johnson, who also led the team with five rebounds. As a team, the Lady Techsters out-rebounded the Aggies 24-17 in the first stanza. Louisiana Tech also added eight steals in the first half.

Despite being down 48-34 early in the second half, the Aggies would not go away. USU fought back and cut the lead down to 50-41 with 13:24 left in the game. USU cut the lead down to six at 50-44, after an old-fashioned 3-point play by Pringle-Buchanan. After USU cut the lead down to 50-46, LTU scored five-straight points to stretch the lead to 55-46.

The never-say-die Aggies used 13-second half points from White to cut the lead down to 60-54 with under five minutes remaining. LTU used two quick baskets to rebuild its 10-point lead, 64-54. Once LTU retook the 10-point lead, it never looked back, keeping a double-digit lead the remainder of the game.

Utah State will say goodbye to a quartet of seniors: Nicole Johnson, Whitehead, Tahara Williams and LeeAnn Palo.

Johnson will leave Utah State as the school’s all-time shot blocker with 133 blocks in her four-year career. In Whitehead’s two years at Utah State, she made a huge impact, ending her Aggie career with 420 rebounds and 65 blocks.

For the game, the Aggies shot 41.4 percent from the field (24-of-58) and 50 percent from 3 (7-of-14). The Aggies shot 73.7 percent from the charity stripe (14-of-19). The Lady Tecshters shot 37.1 percent from the field (23-of-62), while shooting 41.7 percent from 3 (5-of-12). LTU shot 68.2 percent from the free-throw line (15-of-22).

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Olsen: Aggie great succumbs to cancer at 69 years old -continued from page 8

Following his collegiate career, Olsen was the third-overall pick in the 1962 NFL Draft and became a charter member of the Los Angeles Rams and the famed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fearsome Foursome.â&#x20AC;? In 15 professional seasons, he was named to an NFL-record 14 Pro Bowls and missed a total of two games during his career. Along with earning All-Pro honors nine times during his career, Olsen was named the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1962 and the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Valuable Lineman in 1973.

Olsen, who retired from professional football in 1976, was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982 and in 1999 was ranked No. 25 on The Sporting Newsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. He was voted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980 and to the All-Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1988. In 2008, Olsen was named to the 75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team to commemorate the Sun Bowl Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diamond Anniversary.

Olsen succeeded in everything he did because he devoted full effort to it. He starred in televisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little House on the Prairie,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Father Murphyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aaronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Way,â&#x20AC;? easily transitioning into life after football. Dick Enberg, his longtime broadcasting partner with NBC Sports, recently described him as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the complete man.â&#x20AC;?

Enberg was particularly impressed by Olsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to their weekly NFL telecasts.

In a letter to Olsen, Enberg wrote of his partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;uncommon willingness to prepare:â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d often feel that I had given an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; effort in our broadcasts, only to recognize you earned the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A-plus.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Beyond their professional relationship, Enberg also was struck

by Olsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personality -- â&#x20AC;&#x153;a man of goodness, eager to consciously do the right thing for yourself while helping others.â&#x20AC;?

John Ralston, coach of those great Aggie teams who went on to have more success at Stanford and in the NFL, still raves about Olsen to this day. Back then, players stayed on the field for most of the game, playing both offense and defense. For those who picture Olsen strictly as a defensive tackle in the NFL, it is almost confusing to hear Ralstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recollections of him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was the best blocker Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been around football for a lot of years,â&#x20AC;? Ralston said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d just run your running back right behind him. He could do it all. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d play him 60 minutes, and the last minute would be as good as the first minute.â&#x20AC;?

Chip Rosenbloom, majority owner of the St. Louis Rams, said Olsen will never be forgotten in Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; history. The team honored him again at a Dec. 20 game in St. Louis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; history, there are maybe 10 guys who are iconic, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of them,â&#x20AC;? Rosenbloom said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nobody who is more important.â&#x20AC;?

MERLIN OLSEN poses for a photo. Olsen played for Utah State from 1959-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;61 and played in the NFL for 15 season, from 1962-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76. He was a 14-time Pro Bowler. photo courtsey of USU Athletics Media Relations

La. Tech and USU meet for third time points. Neither team shot the ball very well.

Louisiana Tech finished the night shooting 45.3 percent from the floor and 33 percent from long range, while Fresno State shot After handling the Boise State Broncos only 40 percent from the floor and 22 peron Thursday, 84-60, the Utah State Aggies cent from the 3-point arc.

(26-6, 15-2) look to extend their 16-game The Aggies split their season series with winning streak as they face the Louisiana the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs defeated the Tech Bulldogs (23-9, 9-7) for the semifinal Aggies handily in Ruston, La., 82-60. Junior matchup of the WAC tournament in Reno, forward Nate Nev. The Bendall led Aggies and the Aggies Bulldogs will with 14 points be meeting for but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the first time USU (26-6) receive much in the WAC VS L A . TECH (23-9) help from his tournament.

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By TYLER HUSKINSON staff writer

Meet the Challenge

Intramural basketball championships

By KAYLA CLARK staff writer

The championships for USU intramural basketball took place on Wednesday night.

Ninety teams started the season, and the final two battled it out for the title in the Spectrum.

The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game proved to be an exciting battle. Without the heat of intense competition that comes with school pride and hard-nosed coaches expectations, the teams were able to play an enjoyable 40 minutes. Although the playing was not as intense as the Spectrum games normally are, the players were talented and exerted spirit in their efforts.

Team (Blank), which was led Chuck Henderson, star of the night, fought its way out of a rough start. Within the first couple of minutes, Z-Unit had a 10-point advantage, but Team (Blank) battled back, gaining the lead a few minutes later. Team (Blank) was able to keep the lead and left the first half up 27-24. Throughout the second half, Team (Blank) maintained the lead, at one point having a 14-point advantage over Z-Unit, and finished out the game

59-52.

Henderson whipped out 20 points, almost a third of his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall score.

He, who played football for SUU and is a graduate student at USU, said his team was put together from pick-up games at the Nelson Fieldhouse, a pastime he enjoys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just having fun,â&#x20AC;? Henderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have never thought about anything else.â&#x20AC;?

Andy Zurcher of Z-Unit brought in 19 points for his team, with an impressive five 3-pointers over the course of the game.

Zurcher instigated the formation of his team comprised of a group of friends who played basketball together in high school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our first year playing together, and we made it to the championship,â&#x20AC;?

Zurcher said.

Although they came in second, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just happy we made it this far.â&#x20AC;?

The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship, held earlier Wednesday, was a battle between teams JiReal and the Ballers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; initially, there were 12 womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teams. Ji-Real overcame the Ballers, winning 43-31. The lead scorer was

- See CHAMPIONS, page 10

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Gymnasts look to end skid

BY USU ATHLETICS

FIRST-YEAR AGGIE JUNIOR BRIAN GREEN drives to the basket. Green was one of three Aggies to score 18 points. Brian has been an asset and a crowd favorite, adding energy and hustle off the bench. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo

Movin’ on: Ags advance -continued from page 3

they re-establish their press in the front court,” Morrill said. “You really kind of need two press breakers. That’s what we went to. We did our regular in the backcourt and went to our diamond in the half court. Getting our four men to the middle helped us a bunch.”

At half time, the Aggies had eight turnovers, which meant it was back to the drawing board for Morrill. The Aggies finished the game with 15 turnovers, which is the first time in seven games that the Aggies have committed double-digit turnovers.

“I thought in the second half we solved their press a little better,” Morrill said. “In the second half, we made a lot of adjustments that helped us manage it a little better. (Boise State) might have gotten a little tired too.”

According to Morrill, the Aggies also played better on both ends of the court during the second half.

“Our defense was pretty solid in the second half, and we made some shots.

Everything looks better when you make shots,” Morrill said.

The Aggies finished shooting 52.5 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from the 3-point arc and out-rebounded the Broncos 47-27. The Aggies, who were outscored in the paint during the first half, finished the night strong inside, out-scoring the Broncos in the paint, 36-28.

Still, in the second half, the Broncos did not roll over and give up. Junior Robert Arnold hit a 3-pointer to cut the Aggie lead to 48-44.

“It’s easy to kind of panic there, and the nature of Boise is that they can score lots of points in a hurry,” Morrill said. “That’s their style of play. Fortunately, we answered

there (in the second half) and got a little run going ourselves, tightened up a bit defensively, got some stops and all of the sudden it was a pretty good margin.”

Wesley hit a layup with 13:08 left in the second half that spurred a 13-2 run, putting the Aggies up for good.

Williams had five points at half time, scoring 13 in the second half. According to Williams, aggressive drives to the hoop made all the difference.

“First half I felt I was settling a lot, taking a lot of 3’s,” Williams said. “The coaches want me to get in the lane and create plays for myself and other guys. So in second half, I tried to drive more and that opened up a lot for us.”

In his first WAC tournament game, Green went 4-of-6 from 3-point range but said he couldn’t give all the credit to himself.

“That’s my role: to come out, bring energy and try to make some threes,” Green said. “I just wanted to come out and get comfortable for the first game. Our team is really unselfish. They were looking for me, and my shots were falling.”

The Aggies will now face the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, who defeated the Fresno State Bulldogs, 74-66, in the second game Thursday afternoon.

“La. Tech is a big athletic team that presents matchup issues anytime you try to guard some of their players,” Morrill said.

“Louisiana Tech has had a really good year.

Every night out you have to play. There are a lot of capable teams in this league.”

Tip-off against the Bulldogs is set for 7 p.m. at the Lawlor Events Center.

– ty.d.hus@aggiemail.usu.edu

After a two-meet road swing, Utah State gymnastics (1-14, 0-3 WAC) returns to the friendly confines of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum for the Aggies’ final two home meets of the regular-season, opening with San Jose State (8-9, 1-2 WAC) on Friday, March 12. The Western Athletic Conference dual between the Aggies and Spartans is slated for a 7 p.m. start and is Autograph Night, as the Aggies will be signing autographs after the meet.

For the first time in the last eight meets dating back to Jan. 22, Utah State will have a complete lineup in all four events. The Aggies haven’t been able to put six gymnasts up in all four events since USU’s dual at Southern Utah on Jan. 22, seven meets and a month and a half ago.

Friday’s dual with San Jose State is the first of USU’s two-meet homestand to close regular-season action, next Friday’s regular-season finale is against Sacramento State.

San Jose State is No. 37 in the Troester Women’s Gymnastics rankings for the week of March 8 with an RQS of 193.380, while Utah State is No. 52 with a 190.555 RQS. The Spartans are also ranked sixth in the West Region while the Aggies are eighth in the North Central Region.

The match against Sacramento State on Friday, March 19, will be Senior Night as USU will honor its lone senior, Heather Heinrich.

That will be USU’s final tune-up for the WAC Championships on March 27 in Fullerton, Calif.

The Aggies are 1-14 overall and 0-3 in WAC action after posting their second-best beam score of the season with a 47.850 in registering a 189.225 final score Friday in a tri-meet with BYU, hosted by Boise State. The host Broncos won the meet with a 195.625 while the Cougars were second with a 193.750 and the Aggies finished third with the 189.225.

In the WAC rankings, USU is fifth for team total with a 190.555 RQS, as well as ranking fifth on both beam (47.655 RQS) and floor (47.425) while ranking tied for fifth on bars (47.900) and sixth on vault (48.005).

Individually, senior Heather Heinrich is fourth in the WAC, 13th in the North Central region and 64th in the nation in the all-around with a 38.685 RQS. She also is sixth in the conference, 11th in the region and tied for 107th in the country on vault (9.790 RQS) as well as ninth in the league and tied for 22nd in the region on floor (9.750) and 12th in the WAC and tied for 29th in the region on beam (9.750). Freshman Amanda Watamaniuk leads USU and is 14th in the WAC and 32nd in the region on bars with a

9.705 RQS. Utah State has been severely bitten by the injury bug this season, as junior Jackie Dillon, sophomores Rebecca Holliday and Brandie Dickson along with freshman Amelia Montoya all missed the BYU/Denver tri-meet with injuries, leaving USU only six gymnasts to compete. The injury bug bit again with junior Lyndsie Boone and sophomore Chelsea Marquardt suffering knee injuries with awkward vault landings at the BYU meet and missed the Utah meet. Boone has been out since then while Marquardt has been in limited action. Good news for the Aggies, all of the injured will be returning to at least limited action for Friday’s meet.

Senior Heather Heinrich improved her season-best all-around score in each of her first seven meets, peaking with a career-high 39.100 in the BYU dual on Feb. 19 before having her streak snapped at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 26, posting a 38.750. Heinrich started her stretch with a 37.300 in the season-opener at Central Michigan Jan. 15. A 37.650 at the New Hampshire Invite was followed with only competing in three events in the dual at Southern Utah before resuming all-around action in the Boise State dual, posting a 38.425. Heinrich then logged a 38.675 in the BYU tri-meet with Denver, followed by a 38.775 at the Utah dual before her season-best 38.800 in the SUU dual, just .2 off her career-high of 39.000, set during her sophomore season. In the dual vs. BYU, Heinrich posted a career-best 39.100 in winning the all-around and earning USU Athlete of the Week honors.

Heinrich was named the America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week, which is voted on by a state media panel, for the period ending on Sunday, Feb. 21.

Heinrich, a native of Littleton, Colo. (Dakota Ridge HS/Colorado Gymnastics Institute) was Utah State’s lone event winner in its 195.350190.725 loss to Brigham Young on Feb. 19 in winning the all-around title. The 39.100 is currently the fourth-best in the Western Athletic Conference this season.

In the BYU dual, Heinrich was second on beam with a 9.800, a season-high and USU’s highest beam score this season, as well as second on floor with a 9.825, also a season-high and the highest score of the season for the Aggies. She was also tied for fifth on both vault (9.775) and bars (9.700). Heinrich was USU’s top vaulter on Feb. 15, tying for third with a 9.675, as well as the top Aggie on beam with a 9.725, finishing tied for fourth. She also finished the night as the top USU gymnast on floor with a 9.675 to tie for fifth, in addition to tying for fourth on bars with a season-high 9.725.

Bulldogs: Aggies face La. Tech -continued from page 9

The Bulldogs had four players reach doublefigures, and center Magnum Rolle hit 21 points to lead the Bulldogs.

In Logan, the Aggies edged the Bulldogs, 67-61. Wesley scored 16 points to lead the Aggies, and Williams added 15 of his own, all of which he scored in the second half.

The Aggies trailed with five minutes left in the game when Williams exploded, hitting 11-straight points to give the Aggies a 5452 lead with four minutes remaining, after

which the Aggies refused to relinquish their lead. The Bulldogs did play great defense however, limiting the Aggies to 46 percent shooting from the floor and 40 percent from the 3-point line. However, the Aggies shut down the Bulldogs’ offense, limiting them to 37.5 percent from the floor and 27.3 percent from the 3-point arc.

Tip-off against the Bulldogs is set for 7 p.m. at the Lawlor Events Center.

-ty.d.hus@aggiemail.usu.edu

Champions: Intramural B-ball -continued from page 9

Sara Miller of the Ballers, coming in with 12 points.

Co-Rec championships, of which there were originally 10 teams, was held at 6 p.m.

Team Douglass was victorious, crushing Team Fifteen, 47-25. The 6 feet and under intramural championships, held Tuesday night in the Spectrum, proved lucrative for the Dirty South, who beat TBA, 76-66.

Ryan Reid, who is in charge of intramural sports at USU, said, “Intramurals provide a fun, safe and competitive environment for all students.”

Reid said he was impressed with the high turnout this year and is hopeful that it will continue.

– kayla.clark@aggiemail.usu.edu

SOPHOMORE ERICA HUELSMANN competes in the floor exercise in the Aggie Feb. 19 home meet. Huelsmann, a biochemistry major from Naperville, Ill., was an NCAA North Central Regional qualifier on floor in 2009. CARL WILSON photo

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Feds recall more children jewelry in cadmium probe LOS ANGELES (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Federal safety regulators recalled a line of Christmas-themed bracelets Thursday, expanding their effort to purge childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jewelry boxes and store shelves of items containing high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.

The latest action by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission targeted â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeerâ&#x20AC;? charm bracelets that released alarmingly high levels of cadmium in government lab tests, suggesting children could be exposed to a carcinogen that also can damage kidneys and bones.

The chain-link bracelets were sold at dollar-type stores between 2006 and March 2009 and feature characters from the classic holiday movie, including Rudolph and the abominable snowman, as well as snowflakes and candy canes. The agency said parents should immediately take the bracelets from kids and throw them away.

It was the second cadmium-related recall by the government since an Associated Press investigation earlier this year found that some childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jewelry, including the Rudolph charms, was made almost entirely with the heavy metal.

The commission said the recall may not be the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last action as it continues to investigate items highlighted in APâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigation. But while the full extent of cadmiumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence in childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jewelry is not known, the CPSC is apparently not conducting wider market surveillance to see what other items on store shelves may prompt concern.

The agency said in its announcement that there have been no known cadmium poisonings associated with the bracelets.

A trade group representing the jewelry industry reiterated its belief Thursday that its products pose no risk. Cadmium poison-

JUDY BRAIMAN, in this Jan. 13 file photo, a consumer activist poses for a photo after a news conference in Rochester, N.Y., with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeerâ&#x20AC;? bracelet in front of the store where she purchased the item in November. AP Photo/ David Duprey

ing in children has not been widely studied or looked for, and the agency said it is interested in receiving any reports of incidents or injuries.

In their investigation, agency scientists bathed the abominable snowman charm in a liquid that simulates stomach acid to assess how much cadmium a child who swallowed it could be exposed to. It shed more than 20,000 micrograms of the metal in 24 hours; that translates into more cadmium than World Health Organization guidelines deem a safe exposure over 86 weeks for a 33-pound child.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hell of a lot of cadmium coming off,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Paul Mushak, a toxicologist in North Carolina specializing in risk assessment of toxic metals who has worked with the safety commission on other issues. He also noted that young children could ingest a steady, lower-level dose of cadmium when they suck, bite or chew on such items.

Mushak applauded the recall, but suggested the current system isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working and that broader regulatory reforms are needed. Legislators at the state and federal level have proposed a zero-tolerance policy for cadmium in childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jewelry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This crap has to be off the market,â&#x20AC;? Mushak said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outrageous that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this endless, endless litany of highly toxic stuff coming down the marketplace and CPSC is essentially saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OK, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get to that one, too.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Lead was long the favored metal for cheap jewelry; now that federal law tightly restricts how much lead can be used in children jewelry, some manufacturers are using cadmium.

Cadmium emerged as a safety concern earlier this year after the AP investigation revealed that lab tests conducted on 103 pieces of low-priced childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jewelry found 12 items with cadmium content above 10 percent of the total weight. All were made in China. In the testing done for AP, the Rudolph charm contained 91 percent cadmium.

Safety regulators werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to determine how many of the Rudolph bracelets may still be on store shelves, or how many have been sold because the company that imported them from China is no longer in business. That company â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Buy-Rite Designs, Inc. of Freehold, N.J. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was the subject of two separate charm bracelet recalls in 2007 due to high lead content.

Sweden labels mass killing of Armenians genocide STOCKHOLM (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Swedenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting the Turkish government to recall its ambassador in protest.

The measure passed with a one-vote margin in a surprise decision that came a week after a U.S. congressional committee approved a similar resolution.

Swedenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s governing center-right coalition opposed the measure but it passed in a 131-130 vote because a handful of center-right lawmakers broke party lines. Eighty-eight lawmakers were absent in the 349-seat assembly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After 95 years it is time for people who have suffered so long to obtain redress,â&#x20AC;? said Gulan Avci, a Liberal Party lawmaker who broke her partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line and backed the measure, which had been proposed by the left-leaning opposition. Avci is a Kurdish immigrant

from Turkey.

Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I. Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated and those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.

Turkey recalled its ambassador to Sweden immediately after the vote and the Anatolia news agency reported that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled a visit to Sweden on March 17. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We condemn the decision. Our government, and our people strongly reject the resolution crippled by big mistakes and devoid of basis,â&#x20AC;? the Turkish government said in a statement.

The resolution also labeled as genocide the killings of Assyrians and Pontian Greeks, ethnic groups that also suffered under the Ottoman Turks.

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Looking at the history, myths and traditions surrounding St. Patrick’s Day BEVERAGES

W I L L I A M G R AT Z / A B AC A / M C T

Many people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by donning Irish-themed garb and attending parades.

BY WENDY ZANG McClatchy-Tribune

St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Born in the late fourth century in Scotland, he was kidnapped as a teenager and shipped to Ireland as a slave. He was sent to the mountains as a shepherd, where he spent his time in prayer. After six years, he had a dream in which God told him to leave Ireland. Walking nearly 200 miles, he escaped to Great Britain, where he reportedly had a second vision, telling him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Soon after, he joined the priesthood CURRIER & IVES and did just that. He is creditSt. Patrick ed with converting much of Ireland to Christianity. He died in the mid-fifth century, on March 17.

St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Trinity. It has been associated with him and the Irish ever since. The shamrock’s color is also one of the reasons why people wear green for St. Patrick’s Day. Green is also a symbol of spring and of Ireland itself.

The Irish have celebrated St. Patrick’s Day as a religious holiday for centuries. Irish families would spend the morning in church and the afternoon celebrating. Since the holiday usually fell during Lent, the Catholic Church waived the usual Lenten restrictions on the consumption of meat, and people would dance, drink and feast (often on the traditional Irish meal of bacon and cabbage).

It was the Americans who turned it into a secular holiday of Irish nationalism. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in 1762, when Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through the streets of New York City. During the mid-1800s, St. Patrick’s Day parades became a show of strength for Irish Americans (most of them poor, Catholic and the targets of discrimination). In 1948 President Truman attended New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. It was, according to The History Channel, “a proud moment for the many Irish whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in America.”

It wasn’t until 1995, however, that the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick’s Day to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world.

S O U R C E S : W W W. C AT H O L I C. O R G , W W W. H I S TO RY C H A N N E L . C O M , W W W. C AT H O L I C - F O RU M . C O M , W W W. S A I N T PAT R I C K S DAY PA R A D E . C O M

You may want to celebrate with some traditional Irish grub: Bacon and cabbage (or corned beef and cabbage) Champ: A mixture of mashed potatoes, eggs and scallions Colcannon: A dish of mashed potatoes, cabbage, butter, salt and pepper Irish stew: Usually made with lamb, potatoes, onions and parsley Irish breakfast: Pork sausages, bacon, eggs, black and white puddings (sausages), toast or soda bread Irish soda bread: Quick bread that substitutes baking soda for yeast Dublin coddle: A casserole of bacon, pork sausages, potatoes and parsley Here’s one recipe from the Chicago Tribune to get you started:

QUICK IRISH ‘BOILED’ DINNER WITH MUSTARD SAUCE Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Yield: 4 servings INGREDIENTS • 2 tablespoons butter • 1 package (5 ounces) Canadian bacon or ham, cut into strips • 1 small sweet onion, diced • 1 package (6 ounces) coleslaw mix • 12 baby red potatoes, halved • 2 cans (141/2 ounces each) chicken broth

• 5 sprigs fresh thyme, tied together • 1/2 teaspoon salt • Freshly ground pepper • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, or more to taste • 1 tablespoon flour • 1/3 cup whipping cream DIRECTIONS 1. Heat butter over medium heat in large skillet or Dutch oven. Add Canadian bacon; cook until lightly browned on one side, 1 minute. Turn; cook 1 minute.

Remove to a plate; set aside.

2. Add onion to skillet; cook 2 minutes. Add coleslaw mix; cook, stirring often, until onions begin to brown and cabbage wilts, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high. Add potatoes, broth, thyme, salt and pepper to taste. Heat to boil; reduce heat to simmer. Cover; cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.

3. Mix mustard and flour in a small bowl; stir in a small amount of the cream until smooth. Stir in remaining cream. Add cream mixture and Canadian bacon to skillet. Cook, stirring, until broth is slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Serve in wide bowls.

Nutrition information per serving:

595 calories, 26 percent of calories from fat, 17 g fat, 9 g saturated fat, 55 mg cholesterol, 89 g carbohydrates, 21 g protein, 1,585 mg sodium, 9 g fiber

— Chicago Tribune

SOURCES: EPICURIOUS.COM, WIKIPEDIA

Forget the green beer, here are some real Irish beers to help you celebrate this St. Patrick’s Day: Guinness: Brewed in Dublin since 1759, rich and dark. See if your bartender can draw a shamrock in the head of your Guinness.

Guinness also makes Smithwick’s Irish Ale and Harp Lager.

Murphy’s: Brewing Irish Stout in Cork, Ireland, since 1856. Murphy’s also makes an Irish Red (a lighter alternative).

Beamish: Also brewed in Cork, since 1792.

Along with Murphy’s and Guinness, it makes up what epicurious.com calls the Blessed Trinity.

O’Hara’s Celtic Stout: Made by Carlow Brewing Company in Carlow, Ireland, a microbrew that started up in 1998.

The stout has won international awards.

D’Arcy’s Dublin stout: Made by Dublin Brewing Company, another newcomer to the scene, founded in 1996.

Or opt for some other Irish drinks: Irish coffee: Legend has it the drink of coffee, Irish whiskey, cream and sugar was invented at Shannon Airport in Ireland.

Irish whiskey: Barley malt whiskey made in Ireland. Similar to Scotch whiskey, except for where it’s made.

Bailey’s Irish Cream: A whiskey and cream-based liquor made by Bailey & Co. of Dublin.

Irish Car Bomb: This one mandates directions: Pour a half a pint of Guinness into a beer mug; let settle. Meanwhile, prepare a shot with 1/2 ounce Irish whiskey and 1/2 ounce Bailey’s (or other Irish cream). Drop the shot glass into the mug and chug.

SOURCES: EPICURIOUS.COM, W I K I P E D I A , W W W. D R I N K N AT I O N . C O M

SONGS Here are a few lyrics from some popular Irish folk songs: DANNY BOY Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer’s gone, and all the flowers are dying ’tis you, ’tis you must go and I must bide.

But come you back when summer’s in the meadow Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow ’tis I’ll be there in sunshine or in shadow Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

B O B F I L A / C H I C AG O T R I B U N E / M C T

Cabbage, potatoes and Canadian bacon are elements of our quick Irish “Boiled” Dinner recipe.

Capital: Dublin Population: 4,203,200 (July 2009 est.)

Life expectancy: 78.24 years Labor force: 2.16 million (2009 est.)

Total area: 27,132.557 sq mi (70,273 sq km) — slightly larger than West Virginia Median age: 35 years Languages: English, Gaelic in areas along the west coast

S O U R C E : C I A W O R L D FAC T B O O K

IRELAND

WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING When Irish eyes are smiling, Sure, ’tis like the morn in Spring.

In the lilt of Irish laughter You can hear the angels sing.

When Irish hearts are happy, All the world seems bright and gay.

And when Irish eyes are smiling, Sure, they steal your heart away.

S O U R C E S : W W W. T H E B A R D S . N E T, W W W. I R E L A N D - I N F O R M AT I O N . C O M

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Friday, March 12, 2010

StatesmanBack Burner

Friday

March 12 Today is Friday, March 12, 2010. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Amy Stuart, senior in family finance, from Ogden, Utah.

Almanac Today in History: In 1930, Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India.

Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s independence was finally granted in August 1947. Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu extremist less than six months later.

-Recyclemania, all day.

-Track at NCAA Indoor Championships, all day.

-Softball at Texas A&M, 2 p.m.

-Gymnastics vs. San Jose State, 7 p.m.

-Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Labourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lost, Morgan Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

March 13 -Track, NCAA Indoor Championships, all day.

-Softball at Texas A&M, 9 a.m.

-Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the Museum, Old Main, 10 a.m.

-Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Labourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lost, Morgan Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Monday

March 15 -Spring Break.

Organic Farm

Brain Waves â&#x20AC;˘ B. Streeter

You need to know....

The Registrarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office would like to remind everyone that March 12 is the last day to change classes to P/F. March 13 - April 5 drops will require a late form and will appear as a WF on transcript. March 15-19 is Spring Break.

Steven Halliday CD Release Concert will be March 23 in the TSC Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m to promote his new album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Luck.â&#x20AC;?

Music for the Small and Tall spring session starts March 17.

This is a music program for young children, ages 6 months to 5 years.

Call Ewa Wilczynski at 755-0853.

College Against Cancer Relay for Liz Woolley and Todd Milovich Life will be held on April 23-24 will perform live at Pier 40 Pizza in the Nelson Fieldhouse. Join a in Providence on March 12 startteam online at relayforlife.orf/ ing at 6 p.m. Spencer Jensen will utahstateuniversityut. perform live on March 13 at 6 p.m.

Caffe Ibis presents an art recepSupport Aggie Blue Bikes and tion of Mel Torrie on March 12 at Common Ground at the pedal 7 p.m. powered Campsaver benefit concert on March 13 at 8 p.m. at the Campsaver retail store. $2 for students w/ID, $4 without.

ORC slackline

USU major fair

Moderately Confused â&#x20AC;˘ Stahler

Study abroad

Employee Fitness Club begins March 23 at 5:15 p.m. in HPER 109. Kind of like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boot Campâ&#x20AC;? but lots more fun. E-mail caroline.shugart@usu.edu for details.

Light festival

FNA movie marathon will be on March 12 at 7 p.m. at the Institute. Come enjoy an evening of movies, food and fun before your Spring Break vacation.

Undergrad grants

On March 27 a bridal faire will be held at the Riverwoods Conference Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

Weather Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weather High: 39° Low: 21° Chance of rain 10%

Undergrad grants

More FYI listings, Interactive Calendar and Comics at

A screening of the extreme sports movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Big or Go Homeâ&#x20AC;? will be held on March 29 at 7 p.m. in the TSC Auditorium.

The price of $6 includes movie, food and a raffle.

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