Monday, March 22, 2010

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Aggie heartbreak in Spokane

MEN’S BASKETBALL loses to Texas A&M, 69-53, in the first round of the NCAA tournament, concluding the season with 27 wins and eight losses. PATRICK ODEN photo

By PATRICK ODEN editor-in-chief

SPOKANE, Wash. – The Aggie men’s basketball team concluded its postseason play Thursday afternoon in Spokane, Wash., falling to Texas A&M 69-53.

It was an especially tough loss for Jared Quayle, hitting only 1-of-9 from beyond the 3-point arc, his collegiate career concluded in a showdown that the Aggies may easily have won had they been on their game, and one that Quayle will likely never forget.

Coach Stew Morrill was quick to credit the defense of Texas A&M, citing their recent bout with No. 1-ranked Kansas, a game the Aggies from Texas led for three quarters of that game.

“I had heard they were good defensively, but to see it first-hand is pretty impressive,” Morrill said.

No question Coach Mark Turgeon’s Aggies were prepared for Utah State. Turgeon said they had reviewed USU’s film, studied their system and practiced every day of the past week preparing a zone offence that they hoped would challenge the defensive force of Utah State. Despite being the higher seed, and having won the first round of the NCAA tournament the four previous years in a row, A&M weren’t taking the boys in blue from Logan lightly.

“I was a nervous wreck yesterday,” Turgeon said.

While Texas’ showed solid execution in both their offense and defense, the Aggies had a lot of open looks at the basket but just couldn’t get them to fall. Post-game percentages could easily insinuate that Texas’ defense was too much for Utah State.

While it did pose its share of frustration for USU, it wasn’t the sole reason for the Aggies being held to 38 percent from the field, 11 percent below their season average. Even Coach Turgeon agreed that “it was a combination of us and a combination of the fact it just wasn’t his (Quayle’s) day.”

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The bigger they are the harder they fall, and if anything were as did the Aggies of Texas. Coach Morrill called it the “zero to be assumed from Quayle’s demeanor after the game, USU’s knucklehead factor,” and credited the players and coaching staff star point guard and graduating senior felt the weight of the of Texas for not only playing well but for playing smart. loss resting squarely on his shoulders.

The Aggies were called out after the WAC tournament loss “I had plenty of wide-open looks. They just weren’t falling to New Mexico State by several broadcasters for not having tonight,” Quayle said. the strength of schedule to justify the at large bid to the NCAA Though not Quayle’s day, he wasn’t alone in his struggles tournament despite their previous 17-game-streak and an RPI to hit the open shot. Nate Bendall had a of 31, claiming the Aggies hadn’t faced any difficult time with the bunnies and Pooh opponents of merit.

“We think that we Williams, attempting at times to assert himWith a 10 point win over BYU and have the ability to self into a scoring role, went 2-of-7. a narrow loss to St. Mary’s, which broke Tai Wesley, Bendall and Williams comthe Aggies 36-game home winning streak, come back and do bined for all four the Aggies’ foul shot the Aggies showed competence against two what we did this attempts, of which none were made for a teams who have already advanced to round year next year, goose egg in the free-throw column. By two of this year’s tournament. with four returning contrast the Aggies of Utah State sent Texas Coach Morrill said, “I get a bad rap A&M to the line seven times for 11 points sometimes for scheduling and I’m not as starters and a deep and were in foul trouble by midway through stubborn or inflexible as people think. We bench.” the first half. try to get as good of opponents as we can.

– Nate Bendall, We’ve got a great home court.”

If the cumulative efforts of Texas weren’t enough for Utah State, Texas A&M freshMorrill said he would gladly schedjunior center man Khris Middelton, a spotty shooter ule a “home and home,” if he could get Duke throughout the regular season, drove the to play USU. dagger deep into the heart of Utah State by hitting a career high This season is in the books with a heart-breaking loss in of five 3-pointers.

Spokane but that doesn’t detract from the outstanding run the “We didn’t do a very good job in our zone of locating him in Aggies have had this year. With a 27-7 season where the average the corner and he got a lot of open looks,” Tyler Newbold said. margin of victory was 19.7 points, the Aggies look ahead to next It wasn’t the Utah State team Aggie fans have seen all year year where they plan to return to the Big Dance. that showed up in Spokane, and Texas A&M presented a chal“We think that we have the ability to come back and do what lenge in quality of coaching and team cohesion largely unknown we did this year next year, with four returning starters and a to Utah State in the regular season. Not to say Utah State didn’t deep bench,” Bendall said. have the potential to contribute to the list of upsets already seen Aggie fans believe so, too. in the first round of this year’s NCAA tournament, but it could – patrick.oden@aggiemail.usu.edu be easily argued that Utah State did as much to beat themselves

3/22/10 Gymnastics team back to full health and showing potential for upcoming postseason.

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Intramurals will begin Monday and dozens of sports will be available to participate in.

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Snowmobiles, ATVs, lobster boats used for census

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Census workers are using snowmobiles, airplanes, all-terrain vehicles – even lobster boats – to visit the most far-flung, hidden-away dwellings when counting the nation’s populace.

Hand-delivering 2010 census questionnaires in the bush of Alaska, Maine’s North Woods and other isolated regions isn’t as simple as strolling up a front walk to a suburLOS ANGELES (AP) – Alice ban home. To get to the more remote remains the queen of the box homes, census workers might fly office. over mountains or onto far-removed Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s islands, four-wheel it through forests “Alice in Wonderland� took in and contend with deep snow, bone$34.5 million chilling temperatures and wildlife on to remain the the move.

No. 1 movie In Maine, census workers will for a thirdbegin delivering forms this week by straight weekwhatever means it takes – ATV, snowend, accordmobile, cross-country skis or snowing to studio shoes – to get to those hard-to-get-to estimates places.

JOHNNY DEPP Sunday. “You don’t now what you’re going The Disney release raised its to find,� said Danielle Forino, who domestic haul to $265.8 million will use her ATV to get to hunting, and its worldwide total to $565.8 fishing and logging camps in the wilds million after just three weekends of far northern Maine. “And I defiin theaters, a huge result for a nitely anticipate coming across a lot of film playing in the typically slow wildlife; the bears are coming out so month of March. we have that to look forward to. And I’m not sure if the people will want to be bothered, but hopefully they’ll be cooperative.�

One woman rode horseback to get Utah man is charged to homes for the 2000 census, said Theriault, manager of the Census in kidnapping case Rick Bureau’s Bangor office for this year’s SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A 31- census. In Alaska, dog sleds are used. year-old man who allegedly held “We do whatever it takes to get the his girlfriend against her will in a job done,� Theriault said.

Utah apartment for three weeks has In all, 10-question census forms are been charged. being delivered to 134 million resiAnthony G. Whyms faces one dences in the United States and Puerto count of aggravated kidnapping Rico. and three counts of aggravated sexual assault. All are first-degree felonies. He also faces a count of second-degree felony aggravated assault causing serious bodily WASHINGTON (AP) — Summoned injury to another. to success

by President Barack Obama, Charges filed in state court the Democratic-controlled Congress Thursday allege Whyms beat the approved historic legislation Sunday woman, used tape to bind her night extending health care to tens of wrists and ankles and forced her millions of uninsured Americans and to have sex. The Unified Police cracking down on insurance company Department said she escaped the abuses, a climactic chapter in the cenMillcreek apartment Sunday.

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Census forms were mailed last week to 90 percent of the homes, about 120 million of them. Census workers are visiting the other 10 percent in person to deliver the forms in areas that don’t have regular mail service or “citystyle� addresses to receive mail.

But only two places – much of Alaska and Maine’s North Woods – have been designated by the Census Bureau as requiring special travel arrangements to reach remote locations.

Those rural and sparsely populated areas, which contain less than 1 percent of all U.S. households, have irregular mail service and often cannot be reached by car.

Those people, like everybody else, still have to be counted.

Census officials in January kicked off the start of Census 2010 in one of those remote communities, the Inupiat Eskimo village of Noorvik, Alaska. To reach Noorvik, U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves and other census officials flew to the village and then rode by dog sled to a local school for a launch ceremony.

Often, it’s the weather conditions – extreme cold, high winds, blizzards – that make the going tough.

The weather is cooperating so far this year in Alaska, but that wasn’t the case a decade ago when storms made it hard for census workers to get in and out of places. “Ten years ago there were a number of (census workers) who were stranded for more than a week,� said Ruben Del Valle of the Census Bureau’s Alaska office.

Forino, who lives in Fort Kent, Maine, along the Canadian border, is a crew leader overseeing other census workers in northern Maine.

CENSUS WORKER Danielle Forino in Fort Kent, Maine, next to the all-terrain vehicle she’ll be using to deliver questionnaires to camps in remote sections of the North Maine Woods. When she encounters trails where the snow is too deep she’ll use snowshoes to reach her destinations. Maine and Alaska are the only two states that have been designated by the Census Bureau as requiring special travel arrangements to reach remote locations. AP photo

Congress clears historic health care bill Sunday night

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Widely viewed as dead two months ago, the Senate-passed bill cleared the House on a 219-212 vote. Republicans were unanimous in opposition, joined by 34 dissident Democrats.

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White House’s Roosevelt Room with The nonpartisan Congressional Vice President Joe Biden and dozens of Budget Office said the legislation aides. When the long sought 216th vote awaiting the president’s approval came in — the magic number needed would extend coverage to 32 million for passage — the room Americans who lack • The vote was burst into applause and it, ban insurers from an exultant president 219-212 to move denying coverage on exchanged a high-five the basis of pre-existit forward. with his chief of staff, ing medical conditions Rahm Emanuel. and cut deficits by an “We proved that we are still a people estimated $138 billion over a decade. capable of doing big things,â€? the presiIf realized, the expansion of coverage dent said a short while later in televised would include 95 percent of all eligible remarks. “We proved that this governindividuals under age 65. ment — a government of the people For the first time, most Americans and by the people — still works for the would be required to purchase insurpeople. ance, and face penalties if they refused.

A second, smaller measure — makMuch of the money in the bill would ing changes in the first — cleared the be devoted to subsidies to help families House shortly before midnight and was at incomes of up to $88,000 a year pay sent to the Senate, where Democratic their premiums. leaders said they had the votes necesFor the president, the events capped sary to pass it quickly. The vote was an 18-day stretch in which he traveled 220-211. to four states and lobbied more than Far beyond the political ramifica60 wavering lawmakers in person or tions — a concern the president repeat- by phone to secure passage of his sigedly insisted he paid no mind — were nature domestic issue. According to the sweeping changes the bill held some who met with him, he warned in store for nearly every American, that the bill’s demise could cripple his insured or not, as well as the insurance still-young presidency, and his aides industry and health care providers such hoped to use the victory on health care as hospitals, nursing homes and medias a springboard to success on bills to cal device manufacturers. tackle stubbornly high unemployment.

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Chancellor to replace CEU interim president Briefs Campus & Community

By BLAZE BULLOCK staff writer

USU is looking for a chancellor for Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah (USU-CEU), Chief of Staff Sydney Peterson said.

USU started accepting applications for the position on March 1 and started looking over applications on March 17. The position isn’t available until July 1, Peterson said.

USU Executive Vice President and Provost Raymond Coward said the hiring of a chancellor and joining of CEU to the USU system will have multiple advantages but there will be two immediate advantages.

“First, the new USU-CEU faculty will expand the intellectual capacity of our university and, therefore, add to the scholarly expertise associated or affiliated with USU,” Coward said. “In time, this will translate into expanded course offerings, new course opportunities and new opportunities for student learning. Second, the distinct cultural and physical surrounding of the two new USU campuses (in Price and Blanding) offer unique learning opportunities for all USU students and provide new and divergent prospects for student growth and development.”

Coward said the chancellor will oversee all the integration and expansion of learning opportunities in the southeast part of the state. The chancellor will work with the deans of the Brigham City, Tooele and Uintah Basin campuses to plan educational programs.

Students at the USU-CEU campuses will be able to enroll in a variety of classes, Coward said. Students will have the opportunity to take classes over broadcast or online, Coward said.

Peterson said some classes taught at USU will be broadcast to students at CEU and vice versa as a way to give students more opportunities and classes to choose from. Peterson couldn’t specify which majors would have classes taught over broadcast.

“There are some strengths that we have that are probably needed there, that they will then have opportunity to participate in,” Peterson said.

Coward said, “The USU-CEU campus will deliver degree programs in career and technical education, associate degree programs, baccalaureate degree programs and graduate programs,” “Because of the merger of the two institutions, USU-CEU students will be able to transition from program to program with greater ease and transparency. Advisers will be able to assist students to plan their educational program in a manner that maximizes their time and resources, and positions them to achieve their educational goals and career ambitions.”

The chancellor will be the chief administrative and executive officer of the campus and will report directly to the president of USU, Coward said.

“The chancellor will exercise broad authority over and is responsible for administering all academic and administrative affairs of the campus in accordance with the mission and policies of Utah State University,” Coward said.

USU is looking within the state for someone to fill the position, Peterson said. But USU has applicants from out of state, as well, she said.

Peterson said during the search, USU is working with the Utah System of Higher Education, the State Board of Regents and the president of USU. “The president of Utah State will actually make this appointment,” Peterson said.

In the future, USU will be the only entity involved in making the selection, Peterson said. The reason the search is being conducted with the three separate entities is because CEU is in the transition of merging with USU. USU has sent a Position of Description document throughout the Utah System of Higher Education to help find a chancellor. The chancellor’s Position of Description outlines

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USU-CEU CHANCELLOR has yet to be determined. Applications were reviewed March 17 and the individual chosen for the position will oversee integration of the new institution. Statesman illustration

the primary duties the chancellor position will entail, along with a list of qualifications.

According to the Position of Description, “The ideal candidate should possess outstanding leadership ability, combined with a clear vision of a comprehensive regional college and of Utah State University as a statewide, multi-campus system; a deep commitment to academic excellence in both general and liberal education and applied technology programs; a proven record of achieving community and philanthropic support and partnerships; an appreciation for the role and value of collegiate athletics

PoliceBlotter Saturday, March 6 • Police responded to Aggie Village because a lost child was spotted. Complainant informed police the child was riding his big wheel in the middle of the street approximately 1000 N. 1150 East. The child’s father was located and informed of the child’s whereabouts. The father was informed of the consequences if he chose to not take better care of his child.

Sunday, March 7 • A concerned student reported having found two bottles of alcohol on Old Main Hill. Police took possession of the bottles and destroyed them.

Monday, March 8 • Police received a delayed report of two suspicious men near the TSC trying to get a female student to take an unknown item in a small box.

The men left the area after the female refused their offer.

• Police received a delayed report of a theft from the HPER building. A student had an iPod Touch stolen from a locker by the racquetball courts. Police are investigating.

• Police received a phone call from a University Inn resident who complained about receiving a disturbing e-mail.

Wednesday, March 10 • Police and the Logan City Fire Department responded to the outside area of the Widtsoe building on a nitrogen cylinder leak. It was determined that the cylinder was venting as it is naturally manufactured to do and no further action was taken.

Thursday, March 11 • Police responded to the TSC where a male was observed committing a lewd act. The individual was taken into custody and later charged with lewdness.

• Police responded to the business building after receiving a report that a female student might be having a seizure. Logan Fire Emergency Medical Personnel also responded and checked on the student’s condition. The student was examined and police transported her to her residence.

• Police responded to the Logan Regional

Emergency Hospital to gather the name of a student who cut his finger while playing around with a cracked fire hose glass case. He pushed the glass with his finger, causing it to cut his finger, and he needed several stitches.

Saturday, March 13 • USU Police responded to 1800 North and 900 East to assist North Logan Police with searching for individuals trespassing in a vacant house.

Police searched the area but were unable to locate anyone in the area.

Monday, March 15 • Police received a complaint that an unknown caller was calling her office in the Military Science Building, leaving strange messages on her voice mail. Police are investigating.

• A complainant from the Wellness Center called USU Police to inform them of a past patient that the center had common problems with. The complainant wanted police to be aware of the problem in case the former patient came back to the medical facility.

• USU Police reported to the Marketplace after someone attempted to steal a meal from another person’s meal card.

• Police responded to USU’s Townhouses because an individual was soliciting for a subscription company. The individual was warned and educated on the laws of solicitation in the Logan City limits and on university property.

The individual was informed that if his company solicits on campus again they will be arrested and booked into the Cache County Jail • Police received a report of several individuals playing basketball in the Spectrum after hours when the building had been locked. Police identified the individuals and told them they could be arrested for trespassing.

Tuesday, March 16 • Police responded to a report of possible vandalism in an Edith Bowen School classroom.

The complainant showed police that several chairs were neatly turned over and markers were on the ground. The complainant told police she was not sure if the incident was vandalism or was askew for a classroom lesson.

Wednesday, March 17

and the fine and performing arts; and an understanding and appreciation for shared governance.”

Peterson said the chancellor position will not cost money because it’s replacing the position of interim president, held by Mike King.

King never wanted to be in the position long term, Peterson said.

“He’s been doing a great job,” Peterson said. “He really stepped up to the plate to work through this whole transition process.”

Peterson said King has helped a lot with the merger and that he’s been great to work with.

– blaze.bullock@aggiemail.usu.edu

Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies.

Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 • Police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation and then arrested the driver for failure to appear in court for a previous citation. The driver was booked into the Cache County jail.

• Police responded to a report of a peacock at the Living and Learning Center. Logan Animal Control was called to capture the bird and transport it to the Willow Park Zoo. • Police received a delayed report of suspicious activity in the Aggie Terrace. The complainant told police they could hear a vehicle spinning its tires and people yelling. Police were able to locate several tire impressions and are still investigating.

Thursday, March 18 • Police are investigating a theft from the USU Bookstore of a $799 computer monitor.

• Police received a complaint that an unknown caller was calling her office in the Military Science Building leaving strange messages on her voicemail. Police are investigating.

• Police filed a delayed report of a suspicious vehicle following two young children while they were walking home from Hillcrest Elementary.

The parent informed police that her child saw two males in the car who were of Asian descent and in their late teens. They were driving a black vehicle with tinted windows and followed the children from Hillcrest Elementary to Aggie Village. Police are investigating.

• Police responded to a call about a marijuana pipe on Old Main Hill. The pipe was secured and filed as evidence.

• Police responded to the Spectrum for medical assistance during a gymnastics meet. A gymnast injured her neck while competing in a bar routine. Paramedics arrived and transported the gymnast to Logan Regional Hospital for observation.

• Police responded to the Spectrum during a gymnastics meet because a concerned fan wanted USU police to talk with an individual who was dozing off and on. The fan was concerned the individual was driving back to the Salt Lake Cityarea in a tired condition.

-Compiled by Catherine Meidell

Ag college chooses nine ambassadors The College of Agriculture at Utah State University has announced new student ambassadors for the 2010-2011 year. Each ambassador will represent the college in recruiting efforts, Ag Week and the Ag Barbeque of fall 2010.

Prospective ambassadors were put through a long application and interviewing process, which took place Friday, March 5. Ailina Smith, Karmella Dolecheck, Jillian Cartwright, Casey Sanders, Stephanie Clement, Eric Todd Webb, Christopher Riley, Spencer Maughan and Jarvis Pace were selected as the new ambassadors. They will join Taylor Adams, Lyle Whitaker, Wade Campbell, Braden Jensen, Jen Major, Jessica Casperson, Tiffany Maughan and Shannon Mankins, all of whom are returning ambassadors.

Interim director to remain in position USU’s Vice President for Research Office has selected Jeff Coleman, interim director of the Sponsored Programs Office, to continue his responsibilities as SPO director.

Coleman was selected from many candidates as part of a national search, and was chosen for his exemplary experience and leadership style, said Bryce Fifield, chair of the search committee.

“We were very pleased with the number of talented people who were interested in the position and in working for Utah State University,” said Fifield. “There was a strong pool of candidates. Mr. Coleman has a good understanding of the complexities of USU’s research mission and the type of leadership needed to support the campus research community.”

The Sponsored Programs director will be required to effectively manage the daily work of the office as well as many new issues, including an increase in grants as a result of stimulus funding, and implementation of new procedures and policies to ensure efficiency and compliance of sponsored research, said Jeff Broadbent, associate vice president for research.

Los Angeles artist to present at museum The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University is the site of a new exhibit of paintings by the rising artist John Sonsini. The exhibit runs March 23 through May 29, with an opening reception March 23 from 5-7 p.m. at the art museum on USU campus.

The artist will attend the opening reception, and following, he will discuss his work during a public lecture at 7 p.m. in the Eccles Conference Center Auditorium on the USU campus.

In addition to his lecture, Sonsini is also featured in a public interview, conducted by art curator Michael Duncan. The interview takes place at the Study Center gallery in the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at noon, March 24.

Duncan is a corresponding editor for the magazine Art in America and will discuss and explore the issues and political undertones of Sonsini’s artwork during the public interview.

Sonsini is a Los Angeles-based painter who has added new life to the traditional practice of portrait painting. His portraits are not of millionaires, celebrities or politicians, but Latino day workers living in southern California. The artist pays the workers their usual hourly wages to pose, fully-clothed, in straightforward poses. His simple portraits address the complex issues of immigration, labor, work and art.

The exhibition at USU will include the artist’s piece “Day Labor,” a series of 20 small portraits produced during a month-long project when Sonsini worked outside in the parking lot of the Hollywood Community Job Center.

-Compiled from staff and media reports

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Scholarships Lab receives accreditation Scholarships Scholarships Scholarships

BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS

Student Involvement and Leadership Center Scholarship Application 2010-2011 Instructions: (Please read carefully) 1. Application must be submitted to the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, TSC 326, by Thursday, April 8, 2010.

2. Applicants must be currently enrolled at Utah State University and meet minimum academic requirements.

3. Scholarships are awarded on leadership ability, contributions to USU, involvement in student clubs and organizations and the criteria required for each of the scholarships listed below.

4. Application must be complete to be reviewed. Essay questions are required for a complete application.

5. Recipients will be awarded during the Awards Banquet on April 21, 2010, at 6:30 p.m.

The Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at Utah State University received accreditation from the American Association of Veterinarians Laboratory Diagnosticians.

The state of Utah now has a cutting-edge, accredited, veterinary diagnostic laboratory capable of testing for both endemic and foreign animal diseases.

Testing performed is accepted nationally and internationally, permitting expanded movement of livestock from the Intermountain West. Moreover, an accredited UVDL fulfills more exactly its role in protecting the public from diseases that can be transferred from animals to humans.

“Accreditation is critical,” said Thomas Baldwin, director of the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. “It assures laboratory users that an in-depth quality system is in

place to ensure that all tests and procedures performed are state-of-the-art, timely, accurate, repeatable and validated.”

Users of the laboratory include veterinarians, animal owners and state and federal agriculture and wildlife disease regulatory personnel. UVDL offers laboratory-based essays in veterinary bacteriology, molecular diagnostics, parasitology, pathology, serology and toxicology.

In addition, the UVDL houses expertise otherwise unavailable to Utah citizens: faculty members are board certified in their areas of expertise, including pathology, toxicology and epidemiology. In the United States there are 33 accredited veterinary diagnostic laboratories.

Before accreditation of the UVDL, closest accredited laboratories were in Colorado, Arizona, Washington and California.

Listed below are the available scholarships and the criteria for each. Please check the box of the scholarship(s) you are applying for.

Amanda Moser Lyons Leadership Scholarship One recipient/ $800 per semester / Fall 2010, Spring 2011 1. Must be a member of Alpha Chi Omega 2. Must be a sophomore or junior 3. Must exemplify integrity, leadership and friendship 4. Have made significant contributions to Utah State University, Alpha Chi Omega and the Greek Community 5. Preference will be given to direct descendents of Amanda Moser Lyons Claude J. and Frances Burtenshaw Outstanding Emerging Student Leader Scholarship Two recipients/ $800 per semester / Fall 2010, Spring 2011 1. Must be a sophomore or junior 2. Have demonstrated outstanding leadership potential in performance of duties 3. Have made substantial contributions to the student government thus far in their collegiate career Val R. & Ruth Ann Christensen Student Leadership Scholarship One male & one female recipient/ $800 per semester/ Fall 2010, Spring 2011 1. Must be a junior or senior 2. Demonstrated leadership involvement in ASUSU or any organization affiliated with ASUSU 3. Has devoted significant time and initiative to serve the community 4. Minimum USU cumulative GPA of 3.0 ASUSU Student Involvement Scholarship Two recipients/ $800 per semester per semester/ Fall 2010, Spring 2011 1. Demonstrated leadership involvement in ASUSU or any organization affiliated with ASUSU 2. Made significant contributions to Utah State University 3. Committed to continued involvement at the university Harold C and Grace Minson Steed Scholarship One recipient/ $800 per semester/ Fall 2010, Spring 2011 1. Academically qualified junior or senior student 2. Majoring in the Jon M. Hunstman School of Business 3. Serving in a campus leadership role 4. Native born U.S. Citizen

Name__________________________________________________________________________ A Number _______________________________ Cell Phone _____________________________ E-Mail _________________________________ Local Address___________________________ City _______________________________ State ______________ Zip Code_________________ Major/Minor_____________________________________________________________________ Year in School ___________________ Cumulative GPA _______________________________.

Please type your answers to the following questions on a separate piece of paper and attach them to the application.

1. List the leadership positions you have held while attending USU. What are your involvement plans for the upcoming year? Why are you qualified for the scholarship you are applying for?

2. Highlight an experience at Utah State University where you demonstrated exceptional leadership ability.

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It’s all in the game a larger crowd. He said the team only has a couple of home games every season, often at inconvenient times for spectators, and most people just don’t understand the game.

Students looking to fill the void left by the “When you watch rugby for the first time, end of the 2010 men’s basketball season need it’s confusing,” Giles said. look no farther than USU’s spring intramural Even so, Giles is confident that even withand club sports. out knowing the rules, spectators will be League play begins Monday for intramural entertained. dodgeball, indoor soccer and four-on-four “If you go out and watch a rugby game, volleyball, said Scott Wamsley, campus recre- you’ll have fun,” Giles said. ation assistant director. Students wanting to Wamsley admits that even he is still figurplay intramurals can still register for outdoor ing out rugby but said spring sports are often soccer, softball and ultimate physical, competitive games frisbee, but packets are due and fun to watch.

“We offer a lot of Wednesday at 5 p.m. for all “If people started going, men’s, women’s and co-ed they’d enjoy the games,” different sports teams.

Wamsley said. for whatever your For students who miss Kobe said, “The whole interest is. You having an Aggie team to mission is to get competicheer, a number of USU tion above the intramural don’t need to have club sports are getting (level) but below varsity any experience.” underway in their spring athletics.” seasons, including rugby, Intramurals, on the other baseball, lacrosse, rodeo, hand, allow students a com– Tate Matta, intramural racquetball, cycling and petitive, unthreatening setcoordinator ting to participate swimming. Team schedules firsthand are posted in the HPER in athletics. Tate Matta, building and on individual intramural coordinator, team Web sites, which can be found through said the program aims to offer something for the USU Campus Recreation page. everyone.

Campus Recreation director Kevin Kobe “We offer a lot of different sports for whatsaid a main goal in club sports and intramuever your interest is,” Matta said. “You don’t rals is to give students an outlet for physical need to have any experience.” activity and a chance to be involved.

Just this year, campus recreation has begun “It’s much more of a player game,” Kobe a Big Blue Race series. Kobe said the events, said. “If you’re spectating, it would be quite which range from running to triathlons with different.” swimming and biking legs, have been sucWamsley said attendance at the spring club cessful for a new offering and will continue sports is low, especially compared with the this Saturday with the spring runoff 5k and more-evolved and increasingly popular men’s 10k runs. The race begins at 10 a.m., and reghockey team. He said that for many students, istration is open until the day of the race. these sports are simply unfamiliar.

Wamsley himself participated in USU “I think that people just don’t know about, intramural as an undergraduate, as did his say, rugby,” Wamsley said. “It’s too bad. father.

We’ve got a good rugby team and a good “My dad graduated in ’61, and he played baseball team.” intramurals,” Wamsley said. “It’s been going Pat Giles – who recently graduated and since the late ’50s.” was last year’s captain, coach and president Kobe said interest in intramurals has been of the USU men’s rugby team – said the team above average this year. is in a rebuilding phase. Giles helped create “I think people are really starting to see a Cache Valley team, the Pirates, for high how fun intramurals can be,” Kobe said. school students and hopes that in the coming Competition for many sports is capped at years, the younger players will feed into the 48 teams, a number that, in more than one USU program. He said the team doesn’t have case, has been reached for this year’s season, trouble finding athletes, but many are former Wamsley said. football players and do not have much experi“This year we’ve got the full 48, which we’re ence with rugby. excited about,” Wamsley said.

Giles said the team doesn’t turn anyone Teams play one game a week for four away and size is less of an issue than might weeks, after which a single-elimination tourbe expected. nament is held that lasts about two weeks.

“In all reality, you just have to be fast and Wamsley said teams pay a registration fee smart,” Giles said. between $24 and $45, and tournament winThe players has good support from friends ners receive the coveted intramural champion and family, Giles said, though they could use T-shirt.

By BENJAMIN WOOD assistant features editor

KALECIA HELM WORKS to hold the ball during a women’s rugby game. Rugby is just one club sport getting underway this spring. Intramural dodgeball, indoor soccer and four-on-four volleyball league play begins Monday. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo

“Everybody wants a T-shirt,” Wamsley said.

“I see people on campus wearing shirts from two to three years ago.”

For more information about club and intra-

mural sports, visit the HPER check-in desk or the Campus Recreation Web page.

– b.c.wood@aggiemail.usu.edu

Paying tribute on the runway

By COURTNIE PACKER features editor

Dressing up for the afternoon as Cleopatra, Lady Gaga, Lucille Ball, Beyonce, Tina Fey or Audrey Hepburn is what many students will be doing to celebrate Women’s History Month.

Thursday, March 25, the Women and Gender Studies (WGS) will be presenting Women Rock the Runway. Students and members of the community are invited to participate by dressing up as their favorite women in history, pop culture or media and walk down a runway to pay tribute to a woman they admire.

Mindy Haws, senior in liberal arts and secretary for the Women and Gender Studies Club, said the event is designed to create awareness for Women’s History Month. She said the idea came from the popular TV show “Project Runway,” and the group incorporated many ideas from the TV program.

The theme for this year is Writing Women Back into

History. Jessica Larsen, senior in public relations and on the public relations committee for the Women and Gender Studies Club, said the event will not just be a fashion show, but also will honor women throughout the ages.

“This will be fun and entertaining, and it is unlike anything else,” Larsen said. “People can come to express themselves and someone they admire.”

Prizes will be given to students who dress up in one of seven categories: writers, artists, sleuths, warriors, starlets, strumpets, crusaders for women’s and civil rights, athletes and wild women of rock ‘n’ roll.

Along with strutting their stuff down the runway, participants will be required to write a brief summary about the woman they chose to dress up as.

Larsen said she has chosen to be Audrey Hepburn because of her strong will.

“I really admire her,” she said. “I grew up watching her movies, and she is a strong woman who did a lot of good. She is someone I have always liked.”

Larsen said the organization is expecting 40 to 45 individuals to participate.

“This is unlike anything on campus,” she said. “This really focuses on diversity and nothing else focuses so strongly on it.”

According to the Women and Gender Studies Web site, the WGS program is a collaboration of students and professors across campus who focus on the many facets and faces of gender and diversity.

The Web site also states that Women and Gender Studies brings together men and women of all ethnicities and sexual orientations to explore the many ways that gender influences lives and careers. The club studies masculinity and femininity from many perspectives and what constructs these identities.

Haws said she is interested in the program because this is where her interests stem from.

“Women and Gender Studies is empowering,” she said. “It is vying for equality for everyone in general.”

For students interested in participating in the Women Rock the Runway, pre-registration ends March 23. The registration form can be found at http://www.usu.edu/womenstudies.

Larsen said she encourages all students to participate and express admiration to women in history.

“You can break out of your shell and do something you care about,” Larsen said. “ Come pay tribute to someone you admire.”

Women Rock the Runway will be from 3-5 p.m. in Room 101 of the Merrill-Cazier Library. The event is free of charge and will be catered by Hamiltons Steak and Seafood.

– courtnie.packer@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Student’s life inspired by fictional character

By KATE AUMAN staff writer

Utah Statesman: What’s the craziest thing you have done in Wal-Mart?

Bryson Bellaccomo: Bought a TV for a week and returned it so I could have it for “Guitar Hero.”

US: When’s the last time you called in sick and why?

BB: Last summer, and the same reason everybody does ... a summer spent doing anything other than working is time well spent.

Caught on Campus Bryson Bellaccomo Vernal, Utah junior biology

US: What were your New Year’s resolutions? And did you break them already?

BB: My New Year’s resolution was to not make a New Year’s resolution.

US: What was the stupidest thing you’ve done this week?

BB: I went to Disneyland, and I didn’t go to the 3-D Michael Jackson movie “Captain EO.” But a close runner-up would be staying up for 24 hours, then driving for three hours and falling asleep at the intersection.

US: What color is your sheets, and why did you pick them out?

BB: Light brown because it reminds me of chocolate milk. I mean ... want to come over and find out?

US: Who is the most attractive human being at USU? BB: Tyler Tolson ... yep, I said it, but only ’cause I know you were thinking it.

US: What’s your favorite dance move and why?

BB: Let me answer your question with another question. Have you ever seen “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”?

US: What’s the last thing you bought?

BB: Reese’s Eggs.

US: What TV show do you secretly enjoy?

BB: “Jersey Shore.”

US: What’s your favorite pick-up line? And does it work?

BB: I know my calculus, You + me = us. It has never worked, but someday I’ll find that special math nerd girl that will swoon when I use it.

US: Ever had a run in with the cops?

BB: Yeah, I got pulled over after a Halloween party with some friends. The cops said we were acting “suspicious,” and so they searched the car for drugs. My friend had been a witch for Halloween, and she had stashed her witch jewelry under the car seat. When the cop was searching for drugs or whatever, he was looking under the seat and found her necklace of a pentagram. He held it up, dangled it in front of my face, and then while looking at me dead in the eye, being totally serious, he said: “Just as I suspected ... Black Magic.”

US: Most useless class you’ve taken at USU? BB: I can honestly say I’ve learned something in every class I’ve had.

US: What is one thing you are bad at?

BB: Being tall.

US: What is humankind’s best invention, in your opinion?

BB: Language.

US: What is the first thing you notice about a girl?

BB: How much makeup she’s wearing.

US: If you were a performer in a circus, which act would you be in?

BB: I’d be the lion, so I could pretend to fight chairs. I would be the elephant but they practically work for peanuts.

US: Do you think you have a calling in life? And if so what is it?

BB: Yes, and it was to do this interview. I’ve never been so happy.

JUNIOR BRYSON BELLACCOMO said his biggest pet peeve is when the toilet paper comes from the back instead of the front.

KATE AUMAN photo

US: Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?

BB: Yeah, and I also think our government runs efficiently.

US: What would you never be caught dead doing?

BB: Letting the dogs out.

US: What do you miss most about childhood?

BB: “SWAT Kats,” “Legends of the Hidden Temple,” and “The Gummi Bears.”

US: What’s your favorite day of the year?

BB: Chili cookoff day at the Agricultural Science Building, the most underestimated and under-attended event on campus.

US: Do you have any hidden talents? And if so, what are they?

BB: Yeah, my sarcasm is virtually undetectable. You’ll never find it.

It’s like it’s not even here ... I mean there.

US: Do you have any scars? What are they from?

BB: Yeah, I have one from the time I watched the movie “Wicker Man.” I’ll never be able see another Nicholas Cage movie without remembering him wearing a bear suit, punching women.

US: If you could change your name would you? And what to?

BB: I would just change how it’s spelled. I’d put a 7 in the middle, then get mad when people misspell it and tell them the 7 is silent.

US: Why is biology your major?

BB: Doctor Emmit Brown inspired me to become a scientist. Fact.

US: What’s your favorite fast-food place and the best thing to get there?

BB: Del Taco, but I’m a poor college student so anything with Arby’s sauce on it and I’m golden.

US: What’s been the most important event in your life?

BB: My mission ... also my birth is pretty high up on the list.

US: Which singer’s album should everyone own?

BB: Sigur Ros. US: What’s your biggest phobia?

BB: Zombies. Actually, no, no, no. It’s robots.

US: What is one thing that you can’t stand about your family?

BB: That we never get to hang out. But really, my friends are my family.

US: What is your biggest pet peeve?

BB: When the toilet paper roll is flipped so it comes from the back instead of the front.

– kate.auman@aggiemail.usu.edu

Hoping for a better world

S “World-Class Pianists in a World-Class Setting”

Bill Mays, jazz pianist Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:30 p.m.

Presented in the award-winning Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall on the Utah State University Campus Reserved Seating Tickets: Adults $20, Students $8

Tickets: (435) 797-8022 or http://csaboxoffice.usu.edu Additional information, including concert programs, at www.usu.edu/wassermann

ince 2008, more than 4,700 people have been killed in Juarez. Are you aware of this? Do you care? Are you familiar with the out-of-control territorial battle of the drug lords in Mexico?

Do not read on if you want your dream bubble world to remain unpopped. Do not read on if you want your heart to stay unmarred and unstained from sadness.

Read on if you can stomach tragedy.

Read on if you want feelings of injustice to be awakened. Read on if you are willing to risk comfort for queasiness.

My mother called me last week to tell me some awful news.

Two U.S. citizens, two El Pasoans, Arthur H. Redelfs, 30, and his wife, Lesley A. Enriquez, 25, four-months pregnant, were murdered. Some armed men in a vehicle, shooting wildly, chased them down (while they were in their own vehicle, driving home from a party in Juarez) causing them, in a frantic and desperate escape, to run into oncoming traffic. Gone. Their 7month-old baby was still in the car, screaming and bawling, but graciously unharmed.

Pow. When I heard this, it was like the air was knocked out of me. I felt sick.

I was already concerned about the violence across the border. I was already

worried about how it was escalating. Yes, the number of homicides alarmed me. But now, suddenly, it hit home with an incredible force that had never hit home with such magnitude before. Reality. Fwoosh.

A feeling of sadness consumed my body. I cannot explain it any other way. No mental thesaurus is going to help here. Sadness.

Pure, sweeping sadness choked my uncontrollably surfaced emotions.

I know these people. I know the people who are directly affected. The man went to high school with my sister. His mother is friends with my mother. His brother taught my Sunday School class.

How is this real? This is a scene from an intensely, suspenseful TV series. This can’t be real life. Car chase. Gun shots. Murder.

Orphans. This just can’t be real life.

It was a gorgeous spring day in Logan, the day I heard the news. Don’t you hate it when the weather does not care a whit about tragic circumstances? How dare the sun be shining, I thought. How dare the snow be melting. How dare the outdoors be so breathtakingly beautiful. How dare anyone laugh. How dare anybody be con-

- See DRUGS, page 7

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Aggies around the world Going green in eco-friendly Costa Rica

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ately, “going green� is a phrase that Americans have servation is a priority. The streets are well groomed, become very accustomed to hearing. From the stores numerous recycling bins are found throughout the cities, we shop at, the shows we watch and even around and residents pick up scattered litter on the sidewalks. campus – it seems to be everywhere. We are constantly However, it takes traveling a bit farther to see the true being encouraged to “preserve the rainforest� and “save mark of environmentalism in Costa Rica. USU students the whales,� but when it comes to taking action, many were taken to a number of farms through Costa Rica that Americans are reluctant to do even simple things, such demonstrated environmental-friendly living. as separating paper from plastic. It seems to be a curOne method that was used in these farms was the use rent trend in our society: encouraging Americans to be of a biodigester. These biodigesters were made into large, proactive in their communities and polyethylene tubes, which can range contribute to the preservation of our from just a few feet, to more than Costa Rica is an environment.

50 feet long and 15 feet in diameter.

Although it is a growing phenomA typical biodigester converts animal exceptional example enon in the United States, we still waste (most commonly from cows) into of what it takes to be have a long way to go, and it leads methane, where it is trapped and used an eco-friendly one to question: What would it be for cooking and heating purposes. By like if “going green� truly came to be preventing methane from freely circucountry and a defining feature of our country? Is lating in the atmosphere, biodigesters demonstrates the it possible? Is it realistic? A handful of reduce greenhouse gas emissions that students from USU had the opportucontribute to Earth’s climate change. positive effects of nity to experience just that and find out Biodigesters also provide farmers choosing ecological for themselves through a USU Study with relatively cheap means of energy alternatives. However, and improve sanitation of farmlands.

Abroad program to Costa Rica that took place over Spring Break.

Farmers can rely on a biodigestor to such effects are only Costa Rica is a country known for heat their houses, instead of burning achieved through being “eco-friendly� and was ranked propane and firewood, which are curthird on the 2010 Environmental rently adding to the emission of greennational awareness.

Performance Index. Costa Rica is conhouse gases. sidered to be the greenest country in Burning firewood also contribthe world. This made it an ideal place for USU students utes to the deforestation of Costa Rica’s rainforest and to experience firsthand what living in an environmental- increases the amount of work needed to supply a farm’s friendly country would be like. energy needs. Biodigesters solve many risks and problems In Costa Rica, environmentalism is truly present on a associated with farming and provide poor to middle-class national level. Not only is the Costa Rican government farmers with an eco-friendly, inexpensive and sanitary extremely involved in the preservation of the environ- form of renewable energy. ment, but its influence could be seen on the streets of the While touring through Costa Rica, it’s hard to forget major cities. A chief contributor to Costa Rica’s conserva- that you’re in a country that is so ecologically aware. tionism is the organization FONAFIFO (Fondo Nacional Street corners with recycling bins, signs and billboards de Financiamiento Forestral/ National Fund of Forest promoting conservation, and friendly reminders to conFinancing). serve water in bathrooms are just a few of the ways FONAFIFO is the leading national financial institu- that the Costa Ricans promote ecological awareness. tion and through whom their Payment Program for Spreading awareness about our impending ecological Environmental Services provides incentives for landown- issues is a great way to remind and encourage our society ers with forestry potential to promote, maintain and to make a conscious effort to choose a more eco-friendly recover the forests of Costa Rica. lifestyle.

In addition to providing monetary incentives for forest Costa Rica is an exceptional example of what it takes to conservation, they serve as an excellent example for the be an eco-friendly country and demonstrates the positive people of Costa Rica to protect and preserve their natural effects of choosing ecological alternatives. However, such surroundings. effects are only achieved through national awareness and Upon arriving in Costa Rica, it was obvious that con- cooperation. Costa Rica is only a fraction of the size of

FARMS USE BIODIGESTORS to convert animal waste into methane. USU student Emily Davis traveled to Costa Rica to experience environmental-friendly living. photo courtesy EMILY DAVIS

the United States, in square miles and population; therefore lending itself to being more manageable in terms of obtaining participation and promoting awareness.

What does this mean for the United States? Obviously, installing biodigesters in our backyards is not feasible for most of us and access to government funding is often limited. But that doesn’t mean that a “green� means of living is beyond our reach. Promoting awareness of the adverse effects greenhouse gases, recycling and involvement in the community are all small, yet significant, acts that contribute to a more eco-friendly campus, state and, ultimately, a “greener� nation.

Emily Davis is part of the USU Study Abroad program.

Read The Statesman every Monday for more study abroad experiences.

Professor and news anchor to visit USU during week

BY USU ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

On Thursday, March 25, at noon in Eccles Conference Center 205-207, the USU American Studies Program will present Mount Holyoke College professor of Art History Anthony Lee with “In the Opium Den.�

Lee will discuss a photograph made in 1901 or 1902 of a San Francisco opium den

by Isaiah West Taber, a rather obscure photographer today but well known in his own day. The photo offers an entirely different version of the opium den, for it pictured not a Chinese man in the throes of ecstasy but a Mexican man posing as a Chinese addict inviting the viewer to join them.

Lee will also offer insights in to how historical photos can be treated. This event is made possible through support from the Utah Humanities Council, the departments

of English and history at USU, HASS Dean Yolanda Flores-Niemann and Graduate Dean Byron Burnham.

At 11:20 Friday, March 26, in the USU Haight Alumni Center, the Distinguished Alumni Series will present Amanda Butterfield.

Butterfield is the anchor of “Eyewitness News� at 4, 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. When she first came to KSL 5 Television, Butterfield was the early morning reporter for “Eyewitness News Today� and “Eyewitness News at Noon.� She then moved up to anchor “Eyewitness News� on the weekends along with Keith McCord.

Butterfield is thrilled to be back in her home state, working at the station she grew up watching. Born and raised in Bountiful, she went to Woods Cross High School, then on to Utah State University where she played soccer on scholarship and graduated in communications.

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-continued from page 6 cerned with stupid, frivolous things. That afternoon, every petty concern of each respective person around me seemed ridiculously superficial and frivolous. How dare life go on in Logan, not concerning itself one measly bit with the murders down south?

My brain turned into lead. My soul felt heavy. Why do such acts of torture and perversion exist in our world? How do men disregard so callously the precious gift of life? How do such innocent, promising individuals find themselves victims of such brutal, insensitive violence? Why do these criminals succeed in inflicting terror, fear and pain in Juarez? Is there no end to the darkness that is engulfing and pervading the security of a border town so close to my home?

I remember memories of a time before the violence. Walking across the border at night with my luggage, from the Juarez airport, being accosted by customs because my sister confessed that she had mandarin oranges. Going to and from the LDS temple with my youth group. Who can forget the crazy Cinco de Mayo celebrations? Or the market? The silly dresses we got for my sister’s wedding reception?

Now it is all silenced. Deadened. Haunted.

The ciudad lives in fear. An unspoken cur-

few blankets the poverty-stricken streets.

In such a hopeless situation, I think the only thing anyone can hope to have is hope itself. Hope is strong and unbreakable.

Hope preserves us when nothing else can or will. If we do not have hope, we have nothing. All we have is despair and ache.

The reign of terror becomes maddening.

The murders seem endless. We can only hope and pray, pleading above for any sort of abatement or miracle or action that will spare lives. Hope for change. Hope for a better world. Never give up. Never lose sight of how beautiful the world possibly can be.

Dear readers, please join me in praying for Juarez, for the families and friends of the victims, and anyone who is adversely affected. Please pray for peace. It will help give me hope.

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

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Gymnastics team shows resolve Another of Richards’ mid-season predictions came true against the Spartans, as well. Earlier this season, after first stating he thought Heinrich was capable of posting While many USU students spent Spring a 39.200 in the all-around, Richards later Break seeking a little rest and relaxation, the changed his mind, saying he believed his star Aggie women’s gymnastics team spent its gymnast would eventually pass the mark. time off preparing for this Saturday’s Western Consider it done.

Athletic Conference Championships.

Despite finishing in second place behind Despite two home losses to conclude the the 39.325 logged by San Jose State’s regular season, the Aggies and head coach Jeff Thomasina Wallace, Heinrich, a co-captain Richards were pleased with their performancand the team’s lone senior, posted a career-best es.

39.250. She was the top finisher on vault, tying her career-best score of 9.850, and also posted San Jose State vs. Utah State a career-high 9.750 on bars and season-high 9.825 on beam.

The Aggies’ March 12 loss to conference-foe “Honestly, nothing really changed. I just San Jose State was its 12th straight but was eas- cleaned up the little things,” Heinrich said. ily its best performance of the season. While it Richards had been preaching the need to fell short of the Spartans 194.675, USU posted fine-tune routines all season but also said part a season-high score of 193.725, smashing its of Heinrich’s career night can be attributed previous high of 191.225 to support from her teamlogged in a Jan. 12 loss mates. to in-state rival Southern “It’s what we knew “The big thing was Utah. her team was behind her this team could do The Aggies were tonight,” Richards said, all year long” strengthened significantly noting gymnastics is often – Jeff Richards mistaken as an individual by the return of many key gymnasts who had battled head coach sport. injuries throughout much Heinrich agreed with her of the season. One notable coach. returnee was freshman Amelia Montoya who “Now that we have six people in each event, posted team-high all-around scores in two it’s easier to get these kinds of scores,” she said. of her first three meets with the Aggies, but hadn’t competed since a Jan. 29 loss to Boise Sacramento State vs. Utah State State. Montoya posted a 9.600 on floor, the only event she competed in.

USU’s final meet of the regular season came “It’s what we knew this team could do all Friday night against conference opponent year long,” Richards said, noting that durSacramento State. The Aggies recorded their ing points in the season when the team had second-highest score of the season but fell to been hit particularly hard by injuries he had the Hornets by a score of 194.650-192.050. preached “at the end of the year we’re going to While the loss drops the Aggies to 0-5 in get these girls back and we’re going to shine.” conference meets and 1-16 overall, the score The Aggies posted season-high scores of marked only the second time all season the 48.725 on bars and 48.575 on beam. The score team had cleared 192.000. on bars was a meet-best, marking the first The Aggies posted a meet-best score on bars time the Aggies had won an event since the for the second consecutive meet and the third Jan. 29 loss to Boise State when they also captime this season with a score of 48.550. They tured the top score on bars. also had scores of 48.425 on floor, 48.125 on “We always knew and were told that we vault and a 46.900 on beam. Meanwhile, the were capable of these kinds of scores,” senior Hornets recorded scores of 49.275 on beam, Heather Heinrich said. “We’re really happy.”

48.625 on floor, 48.425 on bars and 48.325 on USU also finished the meet with scores of vault. They also had the top individual score of 48.450 on floor, its second-highest on the seathe meet with Cayla Boyce’s 9.900 on beam. son, and a 47.975 on vault. The Spartans finAfter posting a career-high all-around ished with scores of 48.925 on beam and floor, score the previous week, Heinrich celebrated 48.625 on vault and 48.200 on bars. her senior night in style, capturing her second

By DAN FAWSON staff writer

LONE SENIOR HEATHER HEINRICH shows her horns during one of her final meets inside the Glen Dee Smith Spectrum Friday, March 12, against San Jose State. Although the Aggies fell short during both of their meets over Spring Break, Aggie head coach Jeff Richards said he’s confident in his team’s ability heading into the postseason. PATRICK ODEN photo

all-around title of the season with a score of 39.075. She was the meet’s top individual finisher in floor and vault, posting scores of 9.825 and 9.775, respectively. She also tied the career-high 9.750 on bars, which she posted against San Jose State. Amanda Watamaniuk equaled Heinrich’s 9.750 on bars, with the score marking a new career-best for the Aggie freshman.

While Heinrich has been one of the team’s few constants during this injury-riddled, upand-down season, recent strong performances from previously injured Aggies seem to have the team positioning itself well for a strong showing at the WAC Championships.

Junior co-captain Lyndsie Boone continued to impress in her return from injury, placing third in the all-around with a score of 39.850.

Sophomore Chelsea Marquadt posted a 9.675 on floor after first returning to action against

the Spartans. Sophomore Rebecca Holliday, who missed the early part of the season, also continued her strong recent performance on bars, following up a career-best 9.850 against the Spartans with a 9.700 against the Hornets.

Montoya, once again competing only on floor, posted a 9.500.

These performances along with many others have Richards confident in his team’s ability to turn some heads in the postseason.

“It’ll surprise some other teams,” Richards said of his team’s late-season improvement.

“Really, I think we are a very underestimated team.”

With the regular season now complete, the Aggies begin postseason play at the WAC Championships held this Saturday in Fullerton, Calif.

– dan.fawson@aggiemail.usu.edu

USU softball surpasses 10-win mark of last season

By TYREL SKINNER staff writer

The USU softball team played a total of nine games in two tournaments during Spring Break.

The team went on to have a record of 3-6 for the week.

The softball games began on Friday, March 12, when USU traveled to College Station, Texas, to compete in the Texas A&M Aggies Invitational.

Utah State had a rough start to its 2-3 weekend, with a loss to North Dakota State and home team Texas A&M.

In the first game the ND State Bisons quickly took a 1-0 lead over USU. The Aggies answered in the second inning, scoring their only two runs of the game. The Bisons scored two more in the bottom of the second, giving them a 3-2 lead. The Aggies were unable to cross the plate again, while North Dakota State added one more, beating the Aggies 4-2.

Utah State next played its first of two games against Aggies of Texas A&M for the weekend.

The USU Aggies started the game hot, with a 4-1 lead in the first inning. Utah State’s first run came when senior outfielder Nicole Tindall hit an RBI

JUNIOR OUTFIELDER MEGAN MCDONALD takes a swing during last season’s game against the University of Utah. McDonald is one of 12 returning players from last season’s team. PATRICK ODEN photo

single driving Joreigh Landers home. Then, with two runners on base, redshirt sophomore Kelley Kaneshiro hit her fifth home run of the year, scoring three more for USU. Utah State’s scoring went silent for the rest of the game after that, while the maroon Aggies of Texas A&M went on to score nine more runs to bring the final score to 10-4.

On Saturday, USU began with an early game against Wright State at 8 a.m. Utah State scored in the bottom of the second inning with an RBI by senior catcher Simone Hubbard. The Aggies also scored in the sixth with Hubbard’s second RBI of the game. Senior pitcher Kate Greenough threw her second shutout of the season and led the Aggies to win 2-0.

Game two against Texas A&M went much the same as the first. The maroon Aggies beat Utah State once again, this time with a five inning 8-0 domination. USU was only able to get two hits, one each from senior Emily Reilly and junior Megan McDonald. Texas A&M, on the other hand, was able to score three runs in both the third and fourth innings, and two more in the fifth. Texas A&M concluded the game with a win in the fifth inning due to the mercy rule.

Utah State concluded play for the weekend with a 4-1 victory in its second game against Wright State. After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Aggies battled back with their first run in the third inning. It came from sophomore infielder Kelley Kaneshiro hitting her fourteenth RBI of the season. The Aggies scored again in the fifth and put the game away with two runs in the sixth inning to give the Aggies the win. This win tied Utah State’s winning record from last year, at 10 wins on the season.

The USU softball team was at it again last weekend when it traveled to Sacramento, Calif., to compete in the Sacramento State Invitational.

It was another rough weekend for the Aggies, who finished with a 1-3 record for the weekend.

Utah State lost to Iona with a score of 5-0. The Aggies were their own worst enemies, committing four errors. Iona scored two runs in the first and fourth innings and another in the sixth, while the Aggies remained scoreless.

Game two for the day was against host team Sacramento State. The Aggies, again, let runs score due to miscues, quickly falling behind. In the bottom of the second, Sacramento started out the scoring, with four runs. By the fourth inning, the Aggies trailed 10-0. In the top of the fifth, USU looked to rally, scoring two runs. Freshman pitcher Kali Cancelosi had a pinch hit single that drove in in-fielder Katie Bowdidge and Megan McDonald. This would be the Aggies’ only two runs of the game as they went on to lose 10-2.

Saturday’s game was, again, against Sacramento State. In the third inning, Sacramento scored two runs and then scored again in the fifth. The Aggies only had one hit in the game from Cancelosi, who hit a double to left field in the fifth. USU remained scoreless in the game, falling to Sacramento 3-0.

Utah State played its final game of the tournament and nonconference play on Sunday. The Aggies edged past Colorado State with a 3-2 win, giving the Aggies their only win of the tounament.

Colorado State scored two runs in the bottom of the first but was quickly answered by the Aggies in the second. Cancelosi batted in two to tie the game. Hubbard scored for USU in the sixth off an RBI by junior catcher Shasta Tyteca.

The win evened out the Aggies’ record to 11-11.

The Aggies will now start conference play with their first matchup against Louisiana Tech this weekend.

– t.g.s@aggiemail.usu.edu

Monday, March 22, 2010

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Glass slipper with endorsements?

By CONNOR JONES sports editor

SENIOR BRITNEY WATTS sets up to make a return during her two set win against North Dakota’s Megan Sween. JAMIE CRANE photo

Tough break for USU tennis

By KAYLA CLARK staff writer

Women’s tennis got its four-match winning streak swiped from underneath it this weekend in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The match was a harsh loss compared to the easy victories that came in its last match against College of Idaho. It fell first to Dartmouth, ranked nationally at No. 37, 7-0, and then to Cal Poly, No. 71, 6-1. The women were bumped down to a 6-5 season record.

Junior Hayley Swenson, at the No. 1 singles position, fell to Dartmouth’s Molly Scott, 6-1, 6-0, in the first match of the day, and freshman Jaclyn West lost to Sarah Leonard, 6-4, 6-3, in the No. 2 position. Freshman Kristina Voytsekhovich, at No. 3, fell to Mary Beth Winingham, losing 6-3, 7-5, and sophomore Monica Abella dropped the No. 4 point, losing 6-1. Junior Taylor Perry, at No. 5, lost 6-4, 6-1 to Georgiana Smyser, and at the last singles position, senior Brittney Watts battled against Dartmouth’s Carley Markovitz through sets to lose 7-6, 2-6, 10-6.

Doubles action saw unproductive results as well, handing Dartmouth the point.

At No. 1, Swenson and West lost to Scott and Winingham, 8-6. Voytsekhovich and Abella lost 8-2 to Leonard and King, at the No. 2 position. Perry and Watts claimed the first and only victory of the match, beating Jesse Adler and Georgiana Smyser of Dartmouth, 8-6.

The women went on to face Cal Poly later that afternoon, claiming one of the 7 points from singles.

Swenson was defeated at the No. 1 position, losing to Suzie Matzenauer, 6-1, 6-2. West surrendered the No. 2 point to Brittany Blalock, 6-4, 6-2.

Voytsekhovich claimed the sole victory of the match, beating Steffi Wong 6-2, 7-5. Abella, at No. 4, fell to Diane Filip, 6-1, 6-2, and Perry dropped the No. 5

point after losing to Jocelyn Davis, 6-4, 6-2. At No. 6, the Mustang’s Alexa Lee made a clean sweep over Watts, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles dropped the point, losing in all three positions as well. Swenson and West lost to Cal Poly’s Matzenauer and Blalock, 8-3, at the No. 1 position. Perry and Watts lost 8-1 to Wong and Lee in the No. 2 position, and the Abella-Voytsekhovich team fell to Pane and Filip, 8-0.

USU travels back to the Golden State for a match at Santa Clara Thursday, April 1. The Aggies will continue the competition in San Jose, Calif., opening the WAC action with two matches Friday, April 2, facing off with Hawaii and San Jose State.

Men’s tennis had a rough weekend as well, losing to Cal Poly, 7-0. This match brought the Aggies down to a 9-5 season record.

Junior Jakob Asplund fell to Cal Poly’s Matt Fawcett, 6-3, 6-0, in the No. 1 spot. Freshman Sven Poslusny, at No. 2, lost to Jordan Bridge, 6-4, 6-2, and junior Bryan Marchant lost 7-5, 7-5 to the Mustang’s Alexander Sonesson. Senior Amit Maharaj fell to Drew Jacobs, losing 6-4, 6-4, and junior Alex Thatcher lost 6-2, 6-1 to Cal Poly’s Brian McPhee. Junior Nikita Ryashchenko finished the singles competition at the No. 6 spot, yielding to Robert Foy of Cal Poly, 6-2, 6-1.

At the No. 1 doubles spot, Asplund and Marchant fell to Cal Poly’s Bridge and Sonesson, 8-5. The No. 2 spot was victorious for the Mustang’s Fawcett and Foy, beating the Ags’ Maharaj and Poslusny, 8-5. Finally, Ryashchenko and Thatcher lost to Wardman and McPhee of Cal Poly, 8-5, in their respective position.

The Aggie men will host their next match, playing against the New Mexico State Aggies for the WAC home opener Tuesday. – kayla.clark@aggiemail.usu.edu

Jared Quayle’s story is as Cinderella as they come. A lifelong Aggie fan, originally turned down from a spot on the team, returns for an extraordinary twoyear USU basketball career.

While Quayle’s final 35 minutes in a Utah State jersey may not have been his finest, his other 2,134 minutes played in an Aggie uniform are something true Aggie basketball fans will long appreciate. Quayle’s 2,169 total minutes, that’s more than 36 hours, just more than one and a half days or 130,140 seconds, played in Aggie games endured him to USU fans young and old.

His 892 career-points may fall well below former Aggie greats like Greg Grant and Wayne Estes, 2,127 and 2,001 points, respectively, during their four-year careers, but Quayle’s personality, style of play and beauty on the court was something special to see.

He gave Aggie fans the gift of surprise: you never knew when Quayle would cut through the lane making a tear-drop floater, coil up and hit a timely 3-pointer, dish it for a Nash-like assist or drive to the basket for a layup (or an occasional dunk).

That element of surprise is what made Quayle special. With Jaycee Carroll everyone expected the shot from beyond the arc. He could score like crazy but didn’t have the basketball IQ to truly elevate the players and team around him like Quayle does.

Even though it’s been a while since an Aggie has made it to the NBA, some say Quayle has a good shot.

Jonathan Givony, a well-known draft expert who runs the site draftexpress.com, has Quayle as the No. 11 senior point guard coming out of college. It’s important to remember that there are some 347

SENIOR POINT GUARD JARED QUAYLE played in his final game as an Aggie but some experts say he could move on to the next level. PATRICK ODEN photo

Division I NCAA basketball teams, each one with at least two point guards,so it’s safe to say there are at least around 150 senior point guards playing college ball.

During the ESPN broadcast of the WAC championship game against New Mexico State, commentator Stephen Bardo said of one of Quayle shots, “That shows you his ability to probably play at the next level. He reminds me of Steve Blake of the Portland Blazers, (they’re) very similar in style.

And this young man, Quayle, is a

deceptive athlete. He’s quicker and stronger than you think, and he can shoot from anywhere.�

Bardo’s broadcasting partner, Terry Gannon, responded, saying, “Here’s a guy who had no offers coming out of high school.

Nobody wanted him, and here he is with a chance, maybe, to make the NBA.�

One can only hope these experts are right because it’s not midnight and this Cinderella story isn’t over yet. – c.h.j@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Looking forward

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or the second straight season, the USU men’s basketball team will return four out of five members of its starting line-up for the 2010-2011 season. After a third consecutive Western Athletic Conference championship in 2010, Tai Wesley, Tyler Newbold, Pooh Williams and Nate Bendall look to return to the starting rotation for the Aggies in 2011 for another conference title and a third-straight NCAA tournament bid.

Wesley headlines this group after averaging 13.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game this past season. Wesley joined departing senior Jared Quayle on the All-Western Athletic Conference first team after helping lead the Aggies to a 14-2 conference record. Wesley has proven to be able to score at will against any man-to-man defense, constantly demanding double team’s from opposing defenses, and is an excellent passer out of the post, to top it off. Wesley also emerged as a vocal leader in 2010, on top of being a statistical leader, and should be the main focus of Utah State’s offense again in 2011.

While all four returning starters are standout defenders, none has as big of a defensive impact as Williams. The athletic wing-man from Washington went head to head with every opposing team’s most dynamic scorers out of the back-court and made a trend out of holding those players to some of their worst games of the season. Williams was named to the WAC’s All-defensive team in 2010, making him the first Aggie to earn that honor since USU joined the WAC in 2005. On top of elite defense, Williams also chipped in 8.7 points per game in 2010 while showing the ability to take over games if needed with his ability to drive to the basket and finish around the rim better than any other player on the team.

Newbold’s contributions to the team often don’t show up statistically, but his eight points, four rebounds and 2.9 assists per game are nothing to scoff at. Newbold also shot 42.1 percent from behind the 3-point line in 2010, on top of being another stellar defensive player alongside Williams on the wings.

Bendall returned to the Aggies last season after a church mission and a year of junior college ball to fill the void left by the 2009 WAC Player of the Year Gary Wilkinson and did so with flying colors. Bendall was one of the just three USU players to average double-digits in scoring this past season with his 10.3 points per game. He also pulled down 5.5 rebounds per game and finished second on the team in blocks with 29 on the year. As is the case with all of the returners, Bendall was also a standout defender, particularly in his ability to body up and out muscle most of the bigger and more athletic post players in the WAC this season.

Matt Sonnenberg is a junior majoring in print journalism. Matt is an avid fan of Aggie athletics and can be found on the front row of every home football and basketball game. He can also be reached at matt.sonn@aggiemail.usu.edu.

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Redshirt junior takes the nation by storm

By PATRICK ODEN editor in chief

No shoes, no shirt, no problem. You know the Aggies’ biggest fan as Bill Sproat, and now thanks to and enamored national media, the world knows him as Wild Bill.

Returning from Spokane, Wash., tired but riding a high that began a little more than a week ago when he accompanied the Utah State cheerleaders Spirit Squad to Reno, Nev., Sproat said he never intended to make the trip, but athletic Director Scott Barnes insisted.

Arranged by Lynda Zimmerman, Spirit Squad adviser, Wild Bill rode with, ate with and played with the Spirit

Squad over the course of the trip and loved every minute of it.

“It was way fun. They are way fun people,” Sproat said.

“They were totally welcoming to me. It was really nice. I felt like I was part of the Spirit family.”

Sproat said Zimmerman played an instrumental role in his appearances throughout the season and that he “loves her to death.” Zimmerman made space available to Sproat at halftime of each home game over the season to dawn his costume du jour in anticipation of rattling the visiting team as he bounced, swayed and screamed.

“Sometimes my costume would be falling off my body and she’d snip it and sew

it right there,” Sproat said.

“She always had a needle and thread.”

A humble Sproat was quick to say it’s not just about basketball; first and foremost he’s an Aggie fan.

“You have a (Aggie) sport and I was there,” Sproat said.

“I’ve been to lacrosse games and I don’t even know what lacrosse is all about.”

Sproat was flown to Charlotte, N.C., by ESPN to participate on the sport network’s “Late Night Bracket Show” for four nights, a trip that caused him to miss the WAC tournament championship game to New Mexico State. Sproat said there was quite a blog buzz, claiming he turned his back on his team when they needed him

most.

“I never took credit for them winning any of their games, so I don’t want to blamed for them losing,” said a chuckling Sproat.

Sproat said he was a little nervous when he arrived in Charlotte, but ESPNU anchor Lowell Galindo told him to just be himself, and once he did, he had a blast.

“I’m just soaking in my 15 minutes of fame for right now,” Sproat said. “I don’t know how to handle it. It really does feel way cool.”

Sproat’s recount of his time in Charlotte makes, it quite clear that the big man had a big time. He visited Duke where the doors were left unlocked and the lights were left on at Cameron Indoor Stadium just so Wild Bill could stroll around at his leisure.

Sproat said when he first arrived at ESPN Studios and saw Dick Vitale, he realized he was in any sports fans dream. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, it’s Dicky V baby!’” he said.

While Wild Bill’s presence on the late night show was well received by fans, producers and the other on-air personalities, Sproat said he was “living the

dream of every little kid who’s ever watched sports or ESPN.” But is Wild Bill a star? Ask the bell boy at Bill’s hotel – who after watching Scott Van Pelt

approach the T-shirt wearing Sproat lounging in a lobby chair, followed by an excited

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WILD BILL makes a short appearance at the Aggies NCAA game against fifth seed Texas A&M last week. Spokane, Wash. was just one of many stops for Bill during Spring Break. PATRICK ODEN photo

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Women in history

News Editor Rachel A. Christensen

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arch is Women’s History Month, a time when everyone feels the need to voice their opinions about the women’s rights movement.

In 1978, the public celebration called Women’s History Week appeared in Sonama County, Calif., and included International Women’s Day, March 8. Then in 1981, Utah’s very own Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) as well as Rep. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) co-sponsored a congressional resolution proclaiming National Women’s History Week. Finally in 1987, Congress expanded this week-long celebration to a month and, voila, March became Women’s History Month.

In order to appreciate Women’s History Month, it’s important to understand what it’s here for. One reason for the month is to give more visibility to the cause of women looking for equality. Another is to celebrate great female leaders – such as Sojourner Truth, Mae Jemison, Deborah Sampson, Jane Addams – who sometimes get pushed to the side in discussions of history. However, they deserve their time to be recognized. Let’s face it; one month out of the year is really not asking much.

Women’s history has been an area of study since before the 1970s, and USU is not exempt.

Aggies can take part in the Women and Gender Studies Program, which the WGS Web site calls an interdisciplinary program that assists “male and female students, white students and students of color, heterosexual and sexual minorities, to understand the roles that gender plays in the world and in their careers and lives.” The program does not just focus on the challenges women face, but it also discusses other issues such as stereotypes of masculinity and heteronormativity.

Arguments against the month are populated with words like “feminism” and “femi-Nazis.”

Those against the month feel it oversteps what it is trying to accomplish, causing reverse sexism. Another argument against is if we have a Women’s History Month, there should be a Men’s History Month, too, right?

Supporters may choose to rebuttal that every other month in the year is Men’s History Month.

The argument for the month has its roots in feminism, a word that has over time been given a negative connotation and is associated with radicals (think bra burnings). In reality, feminism is defined as “the movement advocating equality of women with men in all areas: social, political, familial, eclesiastically, etc.” So now we’ve got this straight. Feminists are not (necessarily) signholding, peace-sign wearing, shower lacking, butch and scary females out to teach men a lesson, though every social group has its radicals.

However, feminists can be found in kitchens (surprise), in the workforce, at universities and elsewhere, in both male and female form.

The battles regarding women’s rights movements are plentiful, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. No matter what your opinion may be, it boils down to one thing: respect, something everyone deserves. It’s not a bad thing to give a little during Women’s History Month.

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Getting back in the groove

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his year was the first time I went on vacation for Spring Break. I got to travel back to my home in the great state of Texas. It was everything I imagined. I enjoyed all the luxuries of being home. Down south “crawfish bowls,” playing horseshoes on the beach. The night life in Dallas was amazing.

It is the world I want to be a part of. I was very close to sending my best friend home on the plane alone. Spring Break was just that much fun. When I got on the plane and returned to my little room in my big fraternity house, reality set in. I’m still in school! I still have a ton of things to get done so that I can enjoy my summer this year. I have to officially get back in my groove. This won’t be too big of a deal for me because I made sure I had all my ducks in a row before I left for break, but I know some of you didn’t and you are now embarking on freak-out mode.

There is an easy way to fix this. Go see your professors and advisers to get your school work in order. Take it from me: summer school is not that fun.

Currently, I have two research papers, three quizzes, a choir performance and vocal recital, master class training, detailed report of what I have done for my internship work and a bowling class league competition to complete by the end of this semester.

This is all on top of my other responsibilities with my different organizations, looking for a paid internship and trying to find a car so I can get to the internship! I have to make sure that everything is on track at all times. So I go and talk to the people who control my future billions (OK, more like thousands) in the tips of their Bic pens.

Professors can seem very intimidating at times. They stand in front of the room and bellow out facts about things we think we will never use, and then they test us on it and expect us to have paid attention. The strange thing is, outside of that classroom setting, these people are normal human beings. I make it a point to talk to my professors at least twice a semester. Since I have started doing this, not only have my grades improved, but I have gotten to know some pretty awesome professors. They aren’t all out to get us. Most of the ones I have worked with have really helped me to do well in their classes. Now this may sound crazy, but it’s their job to teach you so that you can graduate. My suspicion is if they teach you and you graduate, when you come back and unload

money on the school, the professors get a kick back. Now that’s only hearsay from me, but I wouldn’t be surprised if “20/20” did a report on it soon.

Take this next part to heart. If I had the knowledge at the beginning of my college experience of how powerful a good relationship with your advisers can be, well someone else would be writing this article.

I have to take a moment and highlight three of the best advisers in the game. Krystin Deschamps offered me sound advice and sometimes a stern wake-up call as a matriculation adviser for the Retention and Student Success Office. Beth Walden of University Advising walked me through each class that I needed to graduate so that I wasn’t running wild from building to building. Mary Leavitt in the HASS Advising Office has helped me keep on pace and find classes that are not just the same boring requirement courses, but classes that are fun, and in one of them I got to shoot a paper rabbit!

Here is the thing, these professors and advisers can help you in and out of college.

Professors and advisers give some of the best letters of recommendations for summer internships and jobs, especially for those students in specialized majors. My advisers have been ever present in helping me locate different scholarships and grants so that my mind was focused on the academics of school, and not just paying for it. So gird up your loins and pick up the phone or drop an e-mail to your professors and advisers and set those appointments, and instead of planning your summer school courses, you can plan a trip to Texas with me.

Earnest Cooper Jr. is a junior in interdisciplinary studies from Dallas, Texas. Cooper is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha and the Black Student Union. Cooper volunteers with GLBTA, is director of the Council of Student Clubs and Organizations and is a member of the Student Advisory Council to President Stan Albrecht.

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A way forward on marriage equality

he gay rights movement needs to strengthen its ties with the black community. To do so, it should be wary of claiming that marriage equality is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.

Such a claim is a big turnoff, according to a new study from the Arcus Foundation.

It’s supremely tempting to liken the struggle for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights to the civil rights movement. The comparison lends moral authority and historical legitimacy. But this approach isn’t working.

According to the Arcus study, many black people see the term “civil rights” as referring to a specific political movement, which peaked from the 1950s to the early 1970s. To them, another movement’s adoption of the term dilutes the power and uniqueness of their struggle.

Moreover, that struggle remains unfinished.

Black communities continue to fight voter disenfranchisement, predatory lending, bias in the criminal justice system and labor discrimination.

There are plenty of openings, however, to strengthen the connection between black and LGBT people.

Hundreds of thousands of people belong

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to both communities. And people of color are adversely affected by homophobic laws, often more so than whites.

For instance, in 2004, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute exposed the fact that black women are disproportionately discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” What’s more, most blacks support the goal of equal rights for LGBT people.

The Arcus study notes that a majority of black people surveyed overwhelmingly support protection for the LGBT community from hate crimes, job discrimination and housing discrimination.

To the extent that they show less support for gay marriage than on other issues, black people seem influenced by their religious beliefs, just as whites are.

And the lingo of a “new civil rights movement” gets in the way.

Let’s dispense with that, and focus on how to advance the goals of both groups.

First, both the LGBT and the racial justice movement need to shed more light on the racial impact of homophobia. The double prejudice adversely affects many people in both communities.

Second, the movements need to work reciprocally. If LGBT leaders want more support from the black community on marriage equality, the gay rights movement should include demands for systemic changes that blacks and other people of color identify, including on issues of affirmative action, voting rights and the criminal justice system.

Third, supporters in both movements need to drive resources toward LGBT organizations of color so their vital work can reach more people.

By working together, the black and LGBT communities can generate the kind of broad social movement that can expand equal rights for all of us.

This column was written by Rinku Sen who is president and executive director of Applied Research Center, a think tank on racial justice, and publisher of ColorLines, the national newsmagazine on race and politics. She can be reached at pmproj@progressive.org. She wrote this for Progressive Media Project, a source of liberal commentary on domestic and international issues; it is affiliated with The Progressive magazine.

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Men’s basketball you may have missed

By TYLER HUSKINSON staff writer

The Utah State Aggies had a bittersweet trip to Reno for the Western Athletic Conference tournament. The Aggies extended their WAC winning streak to 16, as they defeated the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, 85-55, in the semi-final game but suffered a let down as they fell to the New Mexico State Aggies in the WAC Championship game, 69-63, Saturday, March 13.

The Aggies played efficient offense and stellar defense against the Bulldogs in the semi-final game.

Bulldogs’ senior center Magnum Rolle went down with an ankle injury and left the game for good within three minutes of the game. Rolle’s injury impacted the Bulldogs immensely on both ends of the court.

The Aggies shared the ball well against the Bulldogs and won both the battle of points and rebounds.

Senior guard Jared Quayle led the sweltering Aggie offense with 16 points and four assists.

Sophomore forward Brady Jardine added 13 points, and junior forward Pooh Williams chipped in 10 points. The Aggies hit 58.8 percent of their shots from the field and a fiery 52.6 percent on 10-of-19 from 3-point range. Jardine did not play particularly well offensively, during the first game of the WAC tournament against Boise State, hitting only three points.

Jardine said the difference was a team effort. “My teammates got me the ball in easy-to-score places,� Jardine said. “My favorite thing about this team is that we don’t have a guy out there that’s in it for himself. Every time I was open, the ball was in

my hands and my teammates made great passes.�

Aggie head coach Stew Morrill was not only impressed with Jardine’s short-term improvement but long-term as well. “Jardine did a good job tonight,� Morrill said. “The thing that I am so pleased with is how he has improved. He’s able to shoot face up jumpers right now, he’s a much better passer and he’s making progress defensively. He’s just improved a whole bunch as the season has gone along.�

The Bulldogs’ leading scorer, senior guard Kyle Gibson, who had averaged 18.4 point per game during the season, was held to only 10 points on the night. Forwards David Jackson and Olu Asholu also had 10 points apiece for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs kept the score close in the first two minutes of the game until Rolle went down, but by the end of the first period, the Aggies led 46-24. “I think the first obvious thing is that La. Tech was not themselves,� Morrill said. “They were not anything close to full strength – not our fault. We just played the way we needed to. With Rolle going down and Gibson not being himself, that is not the La. Tech team that you have seen all year long. With that being said, I’m glad our guys took care of business and kept playing.�

The Aggies shined in one statistical category that the Bulldogs struggle greatly with. The Bulldogs finished with seven assists and seven turnovers, while the Aggies dished out 22 assists and committed 10 turnovers. “That’s the strength of our team,� Morrill said. “When you look at our assists and turnovers over the year, at the beginning of the season we were about 1-and-1 assist-to-turnover, and now we’re a lot closer to 2-and-1. That’s

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Even though the Aggies controlled both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor, Morrill said it was the defensive control that was most important. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always control the ball going in the hole,â&#x20AC;? Morrill said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but you can control the way you defend and rebound, and I thought we were pretty solid in both those areas. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where we try and hang our hat.â&#x20AC;?

The Aggies out-rebounded the Bulldogs, 39-26, to go along with their suffocating defense, holding the Bulldogs to 34.5 percent shooting from the field and 25 percent from 3-point land.

In the WAC championship game, USU faced New Mexico State for the second consecutive year and third time in the Aggiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; five-year history in the WAC tournament. It was the second time the two teams met in the WAC Tournament Championship.

The two teams split the season series, with both teams winning on their home court. New Mexico State defeated the Aggies, 55-52, in Las Cruces, and Utah State pummeled New Mexico State, 81-63, in Logan.

During the 2009 WAC tournament semi-final, Utah State defeated New Mexico State, 71-70. Junior guard Tyler Newbold hit a 12-foot jumper to give Utah State the victory in a game where Utah State trailed most of the time. New Mexico State defeated Utah State, 72-70, in the 2007 WAC Tournament Championship in Las Cruces.

During the 2010 WAC tournament, junior guard Jahmar Young scored 19 points to lead the New Mexico State Aggies past the top-seeded Utah State Aggies, 69-63, in Reno March 13. New Mexico State snapped Utah Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 17-game winning streak and 16-game conference winning streak. Quayle hit 25 points, but New Mexico State beat Utah State in the paint, pressured the ball to force turnovers and shot the ball well enough in the second half to win the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did the things we needed to do defensively, and I think the ball pressure and the stick-to-itiveness is a word I would use in terms of our staying in the game and not getting rattled were part of the key elements that led us to a victory,â&#x20AC;? New Mexico State head coach Marvin Menzies said.

Utah State did not share the ball well, did not get the bench production it normally gets and did

not play the defense it normally plays. Despite the loss, Morrill said his team deserves an at-large bid to NCAA tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Congratulations to New Mexico State,â&#x20AC;? Morrill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought during the second half they did a really good job getting turnovers, getting baskets off of turnovers and shooting at a high percentage. We lost to a real good team.â&#x20AC;?

New Mexico State scored 36 points in the paint, while Utah State scored 26. Utah State was forced into nine turnovers and only dished out 14 assists.

New Mexico State scored 11 points off of Utah Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nine turnovers.

Neither team shot well during the first half. New Mexico State led 28-26. In the second half, New Mexico State poured on the offense, hitting 62 percent of its shots from the field and 40 percent from 3-point range. Utah State shot well from the field in the second half, shooting 51 percent from the field but only hit 28 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.

Utah State had been leading the nation in 3-point shooting in the past month, hitting 41 percent of its shots from beyond the arc.

What really kept New Mexico State in the game and eventually put New Mexico State ahead, was its ability to deny Utah State offensive runs. Each time Utah State scored and try to start a run, New Mexico State answered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew we were in for a really tough game, and they did a good job,â&#x20AC;? Morrill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just kept answering runs. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot of guys that can make plays. They have a lot of weapons. Their wings are very explosive scorers. (Troy) Gillenwater inside makes them a different team since they got him.â&#x20AC;?

Jonathon Gibson scored 14 points and Gillenwater scored 15 points coming off the bench.

Gillenwater hit three of those points with 4:23 left in the game to give New Mexico State the lead for good. Gillenwater earned and All-Tournament team spot and Young was named the Tournament MVP. Quayle along with teammate junior forward Tai Wesley made the All-Tournament team as well.

Wesley finished the night with 13 points and 12 rebounds, and junior forward Nate Bendall added 16 points. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ty.d.hus@aggiemail.usu.edu

Wild: Bill had a wild Spring Break -continued from page 10 former No. 2 draft pick turned broadcaster Jay Williams a few minutes later â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if Bill is a star.

The bell boy approached Bill after seeing the stars fawn over USUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local hero and asked him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who are you?â&#x20AC;? to which Sproat replied simply, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Bill.â&#x20AC;?

ESPN was unable to book Sproat on a flight to Spokane, which left Sproat thinking his season of costumed merriment had come to an earlier end than the Aggies, but while relaxing at a family memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home in Salt Lake City, he was contacted by a family friend who offered him a ride to the NCAA tournament.

Bill accepted, met the caravanning Aggie fans in Brigham City and his adventured continued.

A quick call to Zimmerman, who Bill asked to bring him suitable attire, and the Aggiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most famous fan was back in action.

After catching a quick cat nap in Big Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hotel room, Bill was off to Spokane Arena, where he slept in his seat through the Perdue Siena game before sneaking past security to join the Aggie Pep band behind Texas A&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stanchion.

The fact that the NCAA officials demanded Bill not stand on the seats and that he not remove his shirt made little difference since the Aggies

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from Texas only made it to the line once during the first half, and by that time it was too late. Bill had already exposed himself to the team and the fans.

Bill said he was prepared to stand on the floor and only lift his shirt for subsequent free throws. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had loopholes I figured,â&#x20AC;? Sproat said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to do it.â&#x20AC;?

Wild Bill is ready for next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball season, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already planning his costumes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already been offered to have my costumes paid for and everything,â&#x20AC;? Sproat said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to keep it the same. I think slapping things together at the last minute is more my style.â&#x20AC;?

Sproat said he estimated his cost for this seasons costumes at between â&#x20AC;&#x153;50 and 60 bucks.â&#x20AC;?

When asked if he intended to travel with the Spirit Squad to away games next season, Sproat said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be hard to say no,â&#x20AC;? but admitted it was a bit intimidating to do what he does on other teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home courts.

At home or at large, there is little question that Aggie fans and the nation eagerly await the return of Aggie basketball and Wild Bill Sproat. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; statesmaneditor@aggiemail.usu.edu 2297 North Main, Logan 753-6444

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Today is Monday, March 22, 2010. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Caoch Setw Morrill and the Aggie men’s basketball team of 2009-10.

Almanac Today in History: In 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states for ratification. The Equal Rights Amendment, in its most recently proposed form, reads, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.”

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A screening of the extreme sports movie “Go Big or Go Home” will be held on March 29 at 7 p.m. in the TSC Auditorium.

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

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

Religion if Life will be held March 26 at 11:30 a.m. in the Institute Cultural Hall. The speaker will be Dr. F. Ross Peterson who is vice president of university advancement at USU. LDSSA Friday night service activity will take place March 26 at 7 p.m. in the Institute Cultural Hall. Come help with all kinds of service.

Auditions for singers and dancer to perform in the Celebrate America show “Hooray for Hollywood.” Dancers wear dance leotard and tights, bring dance shoes. Singers come prepared to sing both a broadway and a ballad style song. Call 435-753-1551 to schedule time on April 3.

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

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 “Beginner’s Luck.”

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

ORC slackline Primary Children’s Hospital service activity SHRM Club will be held March 25 in BUS 9th floor at 5:30 p.m.

USU major fair

Support Aggie Blue Bikes and Common Ground at the pedal powered Campsaver benefit concert on March 13 at 8 p.m. at the Campsaver retail store. $2 for students w/ID, $4 without.

Study abroad

Employee Fitness Club begins March 23 at 5:15 p.m. in HPER 109. Kind of like “Boot Camp” but lots more fun. Email caroline.shugart@usu.edu for details.

Light festival

“Kick Butts” USU Student Health Services wants to inform students about smoking. The event will take place on March 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

A booth will be set up in the entrance to the Merrill Cazier Library.

Undergrad grants Women Rock the Runway will be held March 25 from 3-5 p.m. in the Merrill Cazier Library rm. 101. Dress as your favorite woman from history to win a prize. The event is Free.

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.

Brain Waves • B. Streeter

Moderately Confused • Stahler

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