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USU’s Isotope magazine prints its final issue The science and literature magazine falls victim to budget cuts after seven years trying to bridge the gaps between science and literature. We were trying to show that science was an art.”

Aside from the occasional student After seven years of merging submissions, Howard said the magascience and literature, the literary magazine Isotope has turned the final zine received articles nationally and page. With its last issue, Isotope’s edi- internationally, including those from tor, Christopher Cokinos, wrote about professors and scientists. Cokinos his regret and relief at the cessation of compared Isotope to a “Venn diagram” of “nature, culture, science and the publication. muse,” the four words printed In the letter, posted on Isotope’s at the bottom of each website, Cokinos explains that the issue. Among the reason for closing the magazine is subjects approached part of a larger plague, infecting in the publication are many on-campus projects: budget “astronomy, artificial cuts. Besides losing funding for its managing editor, Isotope also lost sev- intelligence, genetic engineering, sexuality, eral grants, which it had applied for. urban ecosystems, restoraSamuel Howard, editorial assistant tion ecology, physics and and graduate student, said the grant math.” money could have kept the magazine A group of people who will afloat for another year. Thanks to be directly donations and affected by the money from subloss will be the scribers, Isotope “Better to go out graduate students had the money to on top, as they of the English publish its final say.” department. issue.

Isotope offered a Howard yearly fellowship to explained that – Christopher Cokinos, graduate students one of the things Isotope’s editor that draws Howard that made Isotope to the magazine. unique was the After meeting merger of two with the editors, seemingly opposite subjects.

Howard was selected to be a fellow in “We didn’t just get creative writ2008.

After Isotope lost funding for ing submissions,” he said. “We were

By KASEY VAN DYKE staff writer

its managing editor, Leslie Brown, Howard “stepped in to help get (Isotope’s) final issue ready for production,” he said. Howard said the experience was “great” and all the previous

fellows “appreciated the opportunity,” as well as himself.

“It’s the best job I ever had,” he said. “I worked with great people. It was a pleasure while it was going and I’m sad it’s going away. It was great while it lasted.”

As for his relief, Cokinos writes that it comes for final certainty.

“After a year of swirling changes, indecision (much of that mine) and shifting budget priorities,” he writes, “... I am relieved that the situation has clarified and that the magazine won’t limp along without the support it deserves.”

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USU team takes second in Imagine Cup

By CATHERINE MEIDELL assistant news editor

Four USU students traveled to Washington, D.C., to compete in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition and placed second overall for a Facebook application aimed to boost the success of entrepreneurs in third-world countries.

The team is comprised of Cal Coopsman and Yiding Han, Ph.D. students in electical engineering; Josh Light, senior in economics, finance and entrepeneurship and

Susanna Beck, who is majoring in general education.

The Imagine Cup is the largest software competition in the world, and USU students took home $4,000 in prize money because of their software idea, Aidventure, which can be added by anyone as an application on Facebook. Their second place title was held under University of California-Los Angeles who took the grand prize and will compete in Poland during the international competition, Light said. Purdue University, who took first place, will also compete in

Poland. There were 22,000 competitors in the competition.

“I wanted to win the whole thing, and I presented as hard as I could,” Light said.

“I could tell the audience was sold on the idea.”

Light said that upon arriving in Washington, D.C., on April 23, he and his team were introduced to the area and the competition events. On Saturday morning, the team was prepared to present their idea

- See IDEA, page 4

FOUR USU STUDENTS, from left to right, Cal Coopsman, Susanna Beck, Yiding Han and Josh Light, traveled to Washington, D.C., for Microsoft’s Imagine Cup. The group took second place. photo courtesy of STERLING MORRIS

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support came from the English department, Caine School of the Arts, College of HASS, College of Science, College of Natural Resources, Marie Eccles Caine Foundation, Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, as well as a grant from the Utah Arts council and funding from the state of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts. Isotope also had subscribers across the country.

Cokinos writes in his letter the proposal for an online version of Isotope. He wrote that, though “deeply appreciative of their kindness, I have reluctantly concluded that I do not wish to edit an online version of Isotope nor to impinge on the already scant time our faculty have during this era of looming course load increases and already overly large classes.”

Also, Cokinos expressed a deep satisfaction at the time he spent working with the authors of the submissions, especially scientists, calling the magazine a home for scientists writing poetry, stories and personal essays, as well as making visual art.

In his closing remarks, Cokinos thanked everyone for caring about the magazine, concluding with an old adage.

He wrote, “Better to go out on top, as they say.”

– k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu

First CEU-USU chancellor chosen

By RACHEL A. CHRISTENSEN news editor

Joe Peterson, vice president for Instruction at Salt Lake Community College, was named the first-ever chancellor of Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah April 26.

Peterson will begin his duties July 1 when the merge becomes official and will work directly with USU President Stan Albrecht.

“He’s an excellent fit,” Albrecht said.

Peterson was a professor at USU starting in 1982. He has also worked as a faculty member, dean of the arts, interim academic vice president and vice president of Students Services at Dixie College as well as his current role at Salt Lake Community College.

Knowledge of the regional campus system, experience as a senior level administrator at Dixie and Peterson’s extensive experience in higher education in Utah make him the right man JOE PETERSON for the job, Albrecht said.

The variety in his work experiences will also bring “a broad set of skills” to the job, Albrecht said.

The Price native, whose hobbies range from running marathons to reading Latin American literature in Spanish, said he looks forward to being associated with CEU and USU, and their students and faculty.

“I know them both and I like them both,” Peterson said. “They’re just wonderful people.”

There are many positive things that can be done with

- See CEU, page 3

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Celebs&People SYDNEY (AP) – Thousands of frenzied teenagers, who spent the night camped out by Sydney Harbour awaiting a concert by pop star Justin Bieber, surged toward the venue Monday morning, sending at least eight girls to the hospital and injuring several more. BIEBER Police canceled the performance after the swarm, which may have begun when rumors spread that the 16year-old Canadian heartthrob had arrived early. In the crush, at least 10 girls fainted, and paramedics had to pull them out of the crowd, according to Australia’s Network Seven. Of the eight sent to the hospital, one fractured her knee cap, though most had hyperventilated.

NewsBriefs New York debates presumed organ donation ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A New York assemblyman whose daughter is alive because of two kidney transplants wants his state to become the first in the nation to pass laws that would presume people want to donate their organs unless they specifically say otherwise.

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky believes the “presumed consent” measures would help combat a rising demand for healthy organs by patients forced to wait a year or more for transplants.

Twenty-four European countries already have such laws in place, he said.

LateNiteHumor Monday, April 26, 2010 Top 10 Thoughts That Went Through George W. Bush’s Mind As He Wrote His Memoirs 10. ”What’s a memoir?”

9. ”Is 36 pages enough?”

8. ”You know who was a great band? Foghat!”

7.” Taco break!”

6. ”How cool is it that I was President? Come on, up high!”

5. ”Jerky break!”

4. ”Chapter Eight: The day I went 5-for-5 in White House T-ball. And no gimmies. All ropes!”

3. ”What? Ricky Martin’s gay?”

2. ”Do you spell nucular with 2 ‘o’s or an ‘e-w’?”

1. ”Shouldn’t Cheney be the one writing this?”

Arizona center of immigration debate PHOENIX (AP) – The frustration had been building for years in Arizona with every drug-related kidnapping, every home invasion, every “safe house” discovered crammed with illegal immigrants from Mexico.

The tensions finally spilled over this month with passage of the nation’s toughest law against illegal immigration, a measure that has put Arizona at the center of the heated debate over how to deal with the millions of people who sneak into the U.S. every year.

A number of factors combined to produce the law: a heavily conservative Legislature, the ascent of a Republican governor, anger over the federal government’s failure to secure the border, and growing anxiety over crime that reached a fever pitch last month with the slaying of an Arizona rancher, apparently by an illegal immigrant.

“It’s something that should have been taken care of for years. It’s not something we can keep slacking on,” said Thomas Fitch, whose neighborhood was the site of a raid last month that netted 11 illegal immigrants in a safe house. “At the rate we’re going now, it’s going to get a lot worse.”

The new law makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally and directs police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal.

Critics warned that the law could result in racial profiling and other abuses, and they are planning a legal challenge and a November referendum to overturn the measure. Supporters of the law say it is a

commendable effort to combat what is fast becoming a scourge in the U.S. Arizona is the biggest gateway into the U.S. for illegal immigrants. The state is home to an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants – a population larger than that of entire cities such as Cleveland, St. Louis and New Orleans.

The Republican-dominated Legislature has backed a series of tough immigration measures in the past decade, only to have the most aggressive efforts thwarted by then-Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat.

But the political stars aligned this year for the GOP. President Barack Obama appointed Napolitano to his Cabinet, clearing the way for Republican Secretary of State Jan Brewer to take over as governor. The GOP made a headlong rush back into the immigration debate, and Brewer signed the bill last week.

The law reflects frustration with what many lawmakers see as inaction by the federal government.

“While the Bush administration dropped the ball on border security and illegal immigration, the Obama administration can’t even find it,” said GOP state Rep. John Kavanagh.

He said lawmakers also felt compelled to act because more immigrants will come to the U.S. as the economy improves and there is a “smell of amnesty in the air” under the Obama administration.

- See Immigration, page 14

AMARIA LOPEZ, OF Phoenix, protests at the Arizona Capitol on Sunday, April, 25. AP photo

China wants companies to inform on clients BEIJING (AP) – China is poised to strengthen a law to require telecommunications and Internet companies to inform on customers who discuss state secrets, potentially forcing businesses to collaborate with the country’s vast security apparatus that stifles political dissent.

The move, reported Tuesday by state media, comes as China continues tightening controls on communications services. It also follows a spat over censorship that prompted search giant Google Inc. last month to move its Chinese site to Hong Kong, which provides broader protection of civil liberties than mainland China.

A draft of amendments to the Law on Guarding State Secrets submitted to China’s top legislature for review will make more explicit the requirement that telecoms operators and Internet service providers help

police and state security departments in investigations about leaks of state secrets, the state-run China Daily newspaper said.

“Information transmissions should be immediately stopped if they are found to contain state secrets,” the official Xinhua News Agency cited the amendment as saying. Xinhua said that according to the amendment, once a state secret leak has been discovered, records should be kept and the finding reported to authorities.

In China, state secrets have been so broadly defined that virtually anything – maps, GPS coordinates, even economic statistics – could fall under the category, and officials sometimes use the classification as a way to avoid disclosing information.

The new draft maintains that wide scope, defining state secrets as: “information that concerns state secu-

rity and interests and, if leaked, would damage state security and interests in the areas of politics, economy and national defense, among others,” Xinhua said.

Reports did not say what penalties for violations would be under the amended law.

But its passage is unlikely to result in a significant change as communications companies are already often compelled by powerful authorities to comply with investigations.

The amended law is most likely to affect people using local Internet service providers, but it is unclear if Google, which still runs some services on its China site such as Google Video, will fall under the radar.

Many other overseas websites, like Facebook and Twitter, are already blocked in China. It probably also won’t interfere with companies that do not provide China-based services or store data in the country.

Facebook expansion plan triggers backlash SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Facebook’s plan to spread its online social network to other websites could be detoured by regulators looking into privacy concerns that have raised the ire of federal lawmakers.

Four senators said Tuesday that Facebook needs to make it easier for its 400 million users to protect their privacy as the site opens more avenues for them to share their interests and other personal information.

The Federal Trade Commission already had been examining the privacy and data collection practices of Facebook and other social networks, the agency confirmed Tuesday.

Then last week, Facebook announced a proposed expansion that irked Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and, he says, many Web surfers who called his office to complain.

Having built one of the Web’s most popular hangouts, Facebook is trying to extend its reach through new tools called “social plug-ins.” These enable Facebook’s users to share their interests in such products as clothes, movies and music on other websites. For instance, you might hit a button on Levis.com indicating you like a certain style of jeans, and

SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER, D-N.Y., center, accompanied by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., left, and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 27, to discuss Facebook’s new information policy. AP photo

then recommend a movie on another site. That information about the jeans and the movie might be passed along to other people in your Facebook network, depending on your privacy settings.

Facebook says all this will help personalize the Web for people. It stresses that no personal information is being given to the dozens of websites using the new plug-ins.

Still, it means that information that hadn’t been previously communicated

could get broadcast to your friends and family on Facebook.

And Facebook is indeed sharing some personal information with three websites that Facebook hopes will demonstrate how online services can be more helpful when they know more about their users. The sites with greater access to Facebook’s data are business review service Yelp, music service Pandora and Microsoft Corp.’s Docs.com for word processing and spreadsheets.

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Facebook users who don’t want to be part of the company’s expansion have to go through their privacy settings and change their preferences.

Schumer thinks the onus instead should be on Facebook to get users’ explicit consent, a process known as “opting in.”

“They have sort of assumed all their users want their information to be given far and wide, which is a false assumption,” Schumer said in an interview.

Schumer sent a letter calling for simpler privacy controls to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The concerns were echoed by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo; Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska; and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.

Facebook tried to assure Schumer that its latest idea won’t invade users’ privacy.

“We welcome a continued dialogue with you and others because we agree that scrutiny over the handling of personal data is needed as Internet users seek a more social and interactive experience,” a Facebook vice president, Elliot Schrage, wrote in a letter to Schumer.

Schumer called Facebook’s response inadequate and said his staff planned to meet with the company Wednesday.

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ASUSU plans to redesign its website Briefs Campus & Community

to attend the conference to be lowered from $75 per person to around $20-$25, Executive Vice President Brent Crosby said. This was based on An ASUSU budget including notes from ASUSU President Tyler $15,000 more than the original Tolson, who was unable to attend the recommendation from the 2009-10 ASUSU Executive Council was passed meeting. Crosby chaired the meeting in his absence. for 2010-11 at the council’s meeting The council made only one other Tuesday, along with a redirection change in addition to the $5,000 alloof $5,200 from the Diversity vice cated in the previous council’s recompresident’s budget. That money will mendation, allobe moved to the cating $6,000 Programming from Capital & vice president’s “It’s a really big Support to redebudget to deal and it’s not sign the ASUSU accommodate cheap to create, but website over the the move of summer.

I feel like it’s campus clubs The web– formerly CSCO something we need.” site should be – from under “professional, the jurisdiction – Tom Atwood, accessible and of Diversity to Programming.

Programming vice president maneuverable for users,” The vote to Programming transfer the Vice President $5,200 was Tom Atwood said. “It’s a really big made without the presence of deal and it’s not cheap to create, but I Diversity Vice President Kaho Fiefia, feel like it’s something we need.” but was made under the council’s The current site is outdated, assumption that he was aware of the Public Relations director Lacey possibility.

Nagao said, and the redesign Other budget changes included will make it more interactive and taking $4,000 from interest on encourage more traffic so it is truly the I&R fund and $5,000 from the an “ASUSU” site for all aspects of Capital & Support Fund to suppleASUSU and for students. ment the Aggie Blue Leadership The council discussed using the Conference. This will enable the fee

By CHELSEY GENSEL news senior writer

money to provide a consultant, possibly local company Advent Creative, to work with the webmaster on designing the site, which the webmaster can then upkeep throughout the school year.

However, after the budget had been passed, some council members expressed concern over the $2,000 allocated to the Greek community in the new budget. A motion to adjourn the meeting failed, and discussion resumed about where within the Greek community the money might be used.

“I want to make sure the community is benefited the best way it can be,” Athletics Vice President Alex Putnam said, “but I have some reservations not knowing how this money will be used.”

Although several council members wanted more specific information about how the money would be spent and how it might improve the Greek community, the council closed discussion and adjourned the meeting after several minutes, making no additional changes.

The meeting also included for the first time newly elected Senate Pro Tempore Cami Lyman, the 2010-11 Engineering senator. She will be the representative of the Academic Senate at ASUSU Executive Council meetings throughout the year.

Academic Senate President Tanner

Wright, who also sits on the council, announced that people at the ASUSU Information Desk on the first floor of the Taggart Student Center will be handing out scantrons, donuts and apples to students on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during Finals Week beginning at 7:20 each morning.

“So don’t buy scantrons, because we’ll have them for free,” Wright said.

The council spent the remainder of the meeting discussing schedule conflicts due to a number of officers in graduate student programs. They considered changing the date of the meeting as well as early mornings or mid-day times. Conflicts included not only classes but the opportunity for students and faculty to attend the meetings, which are open to the public. Although the later time may make is less desirable for some administrators or faculty to attend, the council voted on and passed a new meeting time of 8 p.m. beginning fall semester.

“The administration is great and we appreciate them, but, honestly, we’re not here for them,” Administrative Assistant Keene Nuehring said. “We’re here for the students.”

– chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu

Utah Conservation Corps launches veterans crew

BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS

The Utah Conservation Corps – UCC – will launch a conservation field crew this summer comprised of veterans. The program will focus on the transition from service in the military to service to public lands and local communities. Education and training will concentrate on the gaining conservation skills and career development services for veterans interested in pursuing further employment opportunities with land management.

UCC is an organization dedicated to improving public lands and the communities surrounding them through partnership projects, service and education. UCC has been a program in USU’s division of Student Services since January 2001.

UCC is currently recruiting veterans to serve on a four-person crew that will be completing a number of natural resource conservation projects this summer. Veterans on this crew will serve 450 hour AmeriCorps terms of service. One of the projects will involve creating two miles of new single-track trail in Providence Canyon.

UCC is partnering with the USU Veterans Resource Office to recruit USU student veterans for AmeriCorps positions and to provide technical oversight.

UCC is also partnering with Veterans Green Jobs, a national organization that has worked with other conservation corps develop service opportunities for veterans through the Veterans Green Corps initiative. The Veterans Green Corps initia-

tive offers “wrap-around” supportive services to conservation corps with veterans crews to provide support recruiting, professional development, benefits coordination, and post-service job placement.

In addition to the UCC veterans crew that will begin this summer, UCC plans to launch a disability-inclusive veterans crew in summer 2011.

In 2009, UCC AmeriCorps members created or maintained 463.76 miles of trail, restored 570.5 acres of habitat and created or maintained 3.8 miles of fence.

For information about the UCC and the veterans crew, contact Damitz, 797-8134 or sean.damitz@ usu.edu.

GOP blocks White House-backed bill again WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans, attacked for twice blocking legislation to rein in Wall Street, floated a partial alternative proposal Tuesday and said it could lead to election-year compromise on an issue that commands strong public support.

The 20-page outline would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to bail out failing financial giants of the future and impose federal regulation on many but not all trades of complex investments known as derivatives. It also calls for consumer protections that appear weaker than Democrats and the White House seek, and it would create new regulations on mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The outline surfaced shortly before Senate Republicans united for the second straight day to block action on White House-backed legislation designed to prevent any recurrence of the ills that led to the economic calamity of 2008. The 5741 vote left the measure three shy of the 60 needed to advance.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he would hold additional votes later in the week, and, he, President Barack Obama and other Democrats have spent days accusing Republicans of doing the bidding of the big financial firms on Wall Street.

“It’s one thing to oppose reform

but to oppose just even talking about reform in front of the American people and having a legitimate debate, that’s not right,” the president said in Ottumwa, Iowa. “The American people deserve an honest debate on this bill.”

Reid said, “More than two years after the financial collapse that sparked a worldwide recession, Senate Republicans are claiming we’re moving too fast. “Two-thirds of Americans support us cracking down on big bankers’ reckless risk-taking.

And a majority supports us asking banks to pay for their own funerals – that’s the fund financed by the big financial firms to cover the cost of their liquidation.”

The events unfolded in the Capitol as Republicans and Democrats alike spent hours at a committee hearing criticizing current and former officials at Goldman Sachs for seeking profits from the collapse of the housing market two years ago.

But the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said Democrats were going too far, coming up with a bill that “reaches into every nook and cranny of American business.” Moments before the vote, his second-in-command, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, predicted that unlike the recent health care battle, this time bipartisan legislation eventually would pass.

The current stand-off follows

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA speaks during a town hall meeting at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa, April 27. AP photo

months of fitful bipartisan negotiations that have failed to yield agreement.

The Republican summary, obtained by The Associated Press, differs from the Democratic measure on several key points.

While banning the use of taxpayer funds in liquidating large financial firms, it calls for the cost to be borne by creditors and shareholders.

Democrats favor a fee on banks to cover those expenses.

Republicans suggested a council

comprising bank regulators and independent appointees to ensure that large banks and other financial institutions do not take advantage of consumers, as opposed to a Democratic proposal for an independent agency with broader powers.

Derivatives, which are complex investments that contributed to the 2008 economic collapse, would be brought under federal supervision for the first time, but not to the extent Democrats seek.

CEU: New chancellor will help create a smooth transition -continued from page 1 the merged schools, Peterson said, and his biggest challenge will be bringing as many of those possibilities to reality as he can.

Peterson plans to complete a strategic planning process where he and others will look at the school’s mission statement, strategic initiatives and activities in order to identify shared goals. In order to bring CEU and USU together fully, Peterson said the schools need to be moving in a common direction. At the end of the planning process, Peterson said he will have a concensus of where his peers would like to see the two schools go.

Albrecht said, “We just need someone who can

make this work. It’s an important step for us. It’s an important step for CEU.” Peterson has spent time in Logan and Price.

He grew up in Price, where his father worked as a faculty member at CEU. Later, Peterson’s father worked as faculty at USU, so Peterson said he, as a kid, spent time on both campuses.

“I feel like this job brings together both parts of my childhood,” Peterson said.

Albrecht said Peterson’s wife is from Price and has Greek heritage, which ties the Petersons further to the large Greek community in Price.

As a faculty member, Peterson said he taught at

a community college and at USU, so he knows “the kind of teaching that happens in those two kinds of places.” He said this knowledge is “kind of an ideal experience” for him to lead the integration of the two school’s strengths.

To the students of USU, Peterson said to expect a lot of new classmates coming to southeastern Utah, “from Carbon County, Emery County, Grant County and San Juan County.”

“They’re going to be alumni of USU, and they’ll share in that great common experience,” he said.

– rac.ch@aggiemail.usu.edu

CEHS individuals receive honors The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at USU held its annual award banquet recently and honored a number of people for outstanding achievements during the year.

The Teacher of the Year award went to Elizabeth Fauth in the department of family, consumer and human development. Brian Higginbotham, also in family consumer and human development, was named Scholar and Researcher of the Year. Dee Child in communicative disorders and deaf education, received the Undergraduate Faculty Advisor of the Year award.

Stacey Quick in psychology was named Graduate Research Assistant of the Year. Scholar of the Year was April Lockwood in special education and rehabilitation. Samantha Nelson in family consumer and human development was valedictorian for fall 2009 and Nanette Wilson, in teacher education and leadership, is spring 2010 valedictorian.

Lori Roggman, family and consumer human development, received Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year, and Aubree Nielsen VanTienderen, teacher education and leadership, was named Undergraduate Researcher of the Year.

The Undergraduate Teaching Fellow award went to Tasha Falslev in the department of family, consumer and human development. Helen Greene, teacher education and leadership, received the Outstanding Staff of the Year award.

Karl White, in the department of psychology, received the Strong Human Services award for 2009. The Strong Human Services Award honors a CEHS faculty member for significant and sustained leadership in applying research to improve the lives of children or adults. The award also recognizes cross-college and interdisciplinary efforts in human services, with leadership coming from a CEHS faculty member Phil Johnson, an assistant coach of the Utah Jazz, received the Alumni Achievement award.

Lyndsay Humes, a physician assistant at Cache Valley Ear, Nose and Throat in Logan was honored as Recent Graduate. The Outstanding Young Professional was Rebekah Richards, chief academic officer and school principal at The American Academy in Salt Lake City.

Kurt Johnson, a teacher at Edith Bowen Laboratory School was named Outstanding Alumni K-12 Teacher.

The college also honored Dean Carol Strong and her husband, Bill Strong, for their many years of service.

Family legacy in Ag spans 100 years If one were to pass Phyllis Smith on campus at USU, he or she probably wouldn’t notice anything unusual about her. She appears to be just another student pursuing an ornamental horticulture degree in USU’s College of Agriculture. But if one were to take a minute to get to know her, they might find out that she has an interesting story to tell. Smith will graduate in May from the College of Ag exactly 100 years after her prominent grandfather, Robert Haslam Stewart, did in 1910.

“I didn’t realize that I would be graduating exactly 100 years after my grandfather did until he was inducted into the College of Ag’s Hall of Honor in 2008,” she said with a smile. “It was then that I thought to myself, ‘this is pretty cool.’”

Smith is finally seeing the light at the end of a very long tunnel.

The road to graduation is a process that has taken some 30-plus years for her to complete.

-Compiled from staff and media reports

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PEOPLE WALK OUT OF THIS DELTA AIR LINES FLIGHT from Paris to Atlanta which was diverted to Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine., Tuesday April 27. U. S. officials say an American citizen on the flight claimed to have a fake passport and explosives in his luggage. According to Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott there were 235 passengers and eight crew aboard the Airbus 330.

Aftet the plane landed safely at 3:37 p.m., the passengers deplaned onto the tarmac at BIA and boarded buses to BIA’s international arrivals building. AP photo

Source: Man cites explosives, international jet diverts to Maine BANGOR, Maine (AP) – The former Air Force member who was detained Tuesday on a trans-Atlantic flight after allegedly claiming he had explosives in his luggage and a fake passport lives a “squeaky clean” life and has never been in trouble before, his father told The Associated Press.

Richard Stansberry said government officials told him the man who was detained after the Paris-to-Atlanta flight was diverted to Maine is his son, 26-year-old Derek Stansberry of Riverview, Fla. The father said government officials questioned him, but he was as perplexed as they were.

“My son’s profession in the military required he live a squeaky clean life,” Richard Stansberry said.

The father said his son served four years in the Air Force before leaving last year for a job in the private sector. He wouldn’t identify his son’s employer, but said the firm does work for the Air Force.

There were 235 passengers and 13 crew aboard Delta Air Lines Flight 273. The flight landed safely just after 3:30 p.m. at Bangor International Airport.

According to U.S. officials who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing, the man claimed to have explosives in his luggage and a fake passport. They said his passport was authentic, and there were no explosives found on board the plane.

Federal officials met the aircraft at the airport. The Transportation Security Administration said the passenger was being interviewed by law enforcement.

In Washington, Air Force spokeswoman Lt. Col. Linda Pepin said the man detained on the plane was a senior airman and worked as an intelligence specialist. She said he was on active duty from June 2005 to 2009 and was last stationed at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Passengers interviewed Tuesday night said there were some tense moments but that everyone remained calm and there was no shouting or ruckus.

After the man was apprehended, flight attendants asked passengers in the back of the plane to move to empty seats in the front. They also collected passengers’ pillows and blankets, piling the cushions in the back of the plane.

“It was definitely surreal, something you only hear about,” according to Charde Houston, an all-star forward for the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx who was on the flight.

It was not immediately clear what the significance was of the pillows being taken from passengers.

After the failed attack aboard a Detroitbound flight on Christmas Day, for a period of time there were extra pat-downs before boarding flights, no getting up for the last hour of the flight and some passengers reported being told they couldn’t have items in their laps, including laptops and pillows.

“It was scary for three hours but we bonded and kept each other’s spirits high,” said Nancy Albertson of Charlottesville, Va. Passengers prayed together, as well, she said.

Eventually, the pilot explained the situation, said Adithya Sustry of Chicago.

“He basically came on about an hour after the drama started and said, There’s been a security threat and basically we think we have it under control. But we are going to land in Bangor. They did not get any more specific about what the security situation was,” Sustry said.

Houston, 24, said that when Tuesday’s flight landed, FBI agents boarded and helped remove the suspect, who was wearing handcuffs.

“He looked extremely calm, like a blank face.

No emotion,” Houston said of the man who was removed.

Richard Stansberry, of Apollo Beach, Fla., said he has not yet been able to speak to his son.

“Unfortunately, I don’t think they’d let him call me,” the elder Stansberry said. “In a situation like this, the government is doing what it is supposed to do.”

NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, did not launch any military fighters in response to the flight, spokesman John Cornelio said. “By the time we were brought into the equation,” the passenger was already under the control of air marshals, Cornelio said from Colorado.

All passengers were taken off the plane because it was an international flight and they needed to clear customs, said Rebecca Hupp, airport director.

The airline said the passengers diverted are expected to leave Maine at 10:30 a.m Wednesday and arrive in Atlanta after 1 p.m.

Idea: Students shine at national comp.

-continued from page 1 to a panel of successful entrepreneurs, techsavvy Microsoft employees and a slew of others respected in the business world.

Coopsman said Microsoft spent approximately $500,000 on press for the event.

Because of the large event, Microsoft employees were able to familiarize themselves with Aidventure and gave USU’s team positive feedback on the idea, Light said. He said some expressed interest in making the idea a booming reality that could potentially take many entrepreneurs out of poverty around the globe.

“Without Microsoft’s crazy go-show, we wouldn’t be where we are with this idea,” Coopsman said.

Light said, “The Microsoft guys said they would be able to help push us forward by helping with office space in other countries and getting aroud the political barriers.”

Coopsman competed in the Imagine Cup competition in 2009, as well, and said he didn’t pursue the success of the idea any further after the competition. However, he said because the Huntsman School of Business is involved in the progression of Aidventure, its success is a “done deal,” as far as he is concerned. He said the momentum in the business school is unshakeable.

The Imagine Cup is less about making a large profit and more about innovating a way to help mankind, Coopsman said.

“As an engineer, I’m not really motivated by money,” Coopsman said. “Helping people is the

best place I can be.”

The Facebook application works by first adding Aidventure and then browsing the different entrepreneur profiles. The profiles show the entrepreneur’s business plan and business training experience. Most of them have received business training through the business school’s SEED program, which sends business students to countries around the world to teach the principles of business for internship credit.

Facebook users then put money into an entrepreneur’s business that they believe will thrive and can put it as little as $10, Light said.

The money goes toward helping the entrepreneur purchase necessities for his business and depending on its success, the Facebook user who invested in the company will receive returns.

Light is working with Kingsbridge Financial Bank to work out the details of all transactions that will take place. He will travel to their location in Africa this summer for an internship.

While in Africa, he will assist with the necessary paperwork involved in investing, which is issued by the Security Exchange Commission Light said he enjoyed meeting and exchanging ideas with fellow young entrepreneurs from across the country.

“The Yale team was pretty cool,” Light said.

“I ate lunch with them, and I thought they would be real pompous, but they weren’t any different than a lot of Utah State kids. They just have more resources to work with.”

– catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Three Utah State football players will have chance at the NFL

By ADAM NETTINA staff writer

Dexter Davis and former Kent State H-back Jameson Konz in the draft’s final round, but didn’t forget about the ballhawking Aggie defender. With the draft barely in the books, Brindley’s agent phoned the two-time academic all-WAC selection, informing him that he had been acquired by the franchise via priority free agency. For Brindley, who had been speaking with representatives of the Seahawks for the past few weeks – including new head coach Pete Carroll – the situation couldn’t have worked out any better.

“They’ve been the team that’s been most interested the last few months,” Brindley said. “I talked to their (general manager John Schneider) and talked to Pete Carroll the past two weeks, so it’s definitely the place I felt the most comfortable going.”

The exact terms of Brindley’s contract are not known, but he informed The Statesman that it included a signing bonus that would keep him in Seattle for three years, provided he

God must really like James Brindley, Brennan McFadden and Chris Ulinski. That, or Hollywood is just intent on capitalizing on their amazing story.

How else to explain their paths to football success at Utah State? As childhood friends growing up in Grass Valley, Calif., they dreamed of making it big on the gridiron during their days at Nevada Union High School. The three briefly parted ways after that, with Brindley and McFadden finding their way to USU’s football team, while Ulinski went on to play rugby at the University of Nevada. But when circumstance intervened in Logan, Ulinski received the most unlikely of calls, and following his freshman year in Reno, he ended up transferring to USU. Walking his way onto the football team with a booming leg and easy-going sense of humor, the former “frat boy” was reunited with his high school teammates, who quickly resumed their friendship. A dramatic tale by any testament, and one certainly befitting of a Hollywood script, which makes last weekend’s revelations all the more incredible. The three friends – known by some as the “Grass Valley Trio” – have all been offered the opportunity to attend NFL minicamps starting this weekend.

“It’s kinda crazy. I never thought any of us would make it this far,” said former Aggie safety James Brindley, who signed a free-agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday. “Now we all have the opportunity. I’m just thankful for how hard those guys BRINDLEY ULINSKI MCFADDEN have worked for us to get all the opportunities to make our dreams come true.” makes the team. Of course, making an NFL team is easier Brindley was the first of the three friends to get the call. said than done, especially considering that NFL teams are Considered USU’s best hope to be drafted by an NFL team, only allowed to carry a roster with 53 players. That Seattle Brindley anxiously waited for his name to be called on drafted two top-flight, BCS conference safeties in Texas’ Saturday morning at the home of McFadden. Brindley, who Earl Thomas and Virginia Tech’s Kam Chancellor makes averaged 7.8 per game in 2009, had been drawing interest Brindley’s forthcoming battle to make the team all the from several NFL teams and received a phone call from an more difficult, although he’s confident that he’ll be able to unknown caller as the draft neared its conclusion. impress the Seattle coaches enough to make it through final “We were watching the draft, and all of a sudden (the cuts and into September.

Seahawks) call me at about the sixth or seventh round,” he “I just think it’s the opportunity I have,” Brindley said. recalled. “Basically they were saying that they had two picks “From what they’ve said – just between them and my agent in the seventh round, and that I was one of the guys that they and myself – if I can go up there and play like I do on film wanted to draft, but that it could go in a different direction.” there is no reason I shouldn’t be able to make the 53-man The Seahawks did end up going in another direction, at roster. It’ll probably be just special teams and the ‘nickel’ least for the time being. The team chose Arizona State DE

position.”

“They said I’ll be a perfect fit up there, so I’m just trying to go up there and compete,” he added.

Brindley wasn’t the only former Aggie to receive a phone call on Saturday. Fellow Grass Valley native and former USU kicker Chris Ulinski also received a call from an NFL team.

While he would have loved to join his longtime friend in Seattle, the former USU kicker was just as happy when the Cleveland Browns offered him a chance to try out during this weekend’s minicamp. Ulinski, who was an impressive 5-8 on field goals beyond 40 yards in 2009, kicked for NFL scouts during last month’s “pro day” at USU and has shown the ability to contribute in all three areas of the kicking game.

Ulinski and Brindley were all smiles on Saturday afternoon, but the realization soon dawned on them that the next step in the journey to the NFL might be missing a critical component – the presence of teammate Brennan McFadden. Their longtime friend had been influential in helping to bring Ulinski to USU, and neither could imagine taking their game to the next level without at least seeing McFadden have the same chance.

Fortunately for the three friends, it wasn’t long until the former second team all-WAC center got the same lifechanging call.

“It was kind of a long day for me with a lot of doubts, but then I talked to my agent (on Saturday night) and he said there were about four or five teams which had called about me,” said McFadden, who ran a blistering 5-second 40-yard dash during USU’s pro day last month. “He called me (Sunday morning) and said that the Browns would be calling me soon, and about a half an hour after that, I got a call from a scout from Cleveland. He asked me if I wanted to come and give it a shot and I said, ‘Absolutely.’”

Like Ulinski, McFadden was not offered a contract by the Browns and will have to show their coaching staff enough at this weekend’s tryout to receive consideration for being signed as a free agent and being invited back to training camp during the summer. He realizes the odds are stacked up against him, but he isn’t letting those odds put a damper on his positive attitude.

“It’ll be pretty crazy, but I’m just ready to get out there and show what I can do,” he said. “Hopefully my best efforts

- See NFL, page 7

Softball dominates La. Tech, outscoring Bulldogs 20-5 in doubleheader, Tuesday

FRESHMAN PITCHER MANDY HARMON winds up for a pitch during the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo

By TYLER HUSKINSON staff writer

Utah State Aggie junior catcher Shasta Tyteca shined Tuesday, as the Aggies swept in-state rival Weber State Wildcats in a doubleheader, 11-1 and 9-3. The Aggies improve to 20-26 overall and remain at 5-11 in Western Athletic Conference play.

Weber State falls to 1-40 on the year in the program’s first year back since 1983. The Aggies have posted only their second 20-win season in the 2000s.

The Aggies dominated game one and senior pitcher Kate Greenough had another solid outing, securing a win. Greenough struck out two, walked run and allowed one earned run on three hits in five innings of work. The Wildcats scored first in the top of the first inning. Greenough looked uneasy, hitting Weber’s Abby Bowcutt and allowing an RBI double to Heather Jackson.

Greenough settled down after the first inning and the Aggie bats really went to work in the bottom of the second. In all, 16 Aggie batters came to the plate in the bottom of the second. Seniors Nicole Tindall and Simone Hubbard started off the second with base hits. Wildcats pitcher BreAnn Jones issued two walks after that and then gave up an infield hit to senior shortstop Rachel Evans.

The Aggie onslaught continued as junior Megan McDonald hit a two RBI double,

Shasta Tyteca followed with a two RBI triple and sophomore Kelley Kaneshiro hit an RBI single. Wildcat head coach Tina Johnson finally switched pitchers putting in freshman Angela Devries to face red-hot freshman Tina Ferguson. Ferguson recently has been deadly at the plate but was hit by the pitcher. Wildcat pitchers held Ferguson without a hit until her second to last at bat. Hubbard hit a three RBI double as well in the second, and Devries finally settled down, allowing only one more run when junior right fielder Xiao Xue Chang hit a sacrifice ground out to bring home the 11th run of the inning.

The Aggies got behind in game two, as senior pitcher Stacey Ellingsworth allowed lead-off homers to juniors Britinie Hardine and Audriana Chiquete. Aggie freshman Mandy Harmon replaced Ellingsworth and allowed only one run in three innings of work. Freshman Shelbi Tyteca pitched the final two innings of the game, striking out one batter and allowing one hit and no runs.

The Aggies did their greatest offensive damage in the bottom of the third, racking up three runs.

The Aggies conclude WAC play with a doubleheader against the New Mexico State Aggies Friday, April 30, and a single game against the same team on Saturday, May 1. The WAC tournament is scheduled for May 12-15 in Las Cruces, N.M. – ty.d.hus@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Softball drops both games of doubleheader to Utah, Monday

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USU softball dropped both games of a road doubleheader to the Utes in Salt Lake City on Monday, 8-7, 8-3.

Utah came out strong in the first game of the doubleheader. Through three innings of play, Utah was up 6-0 and the road to victory was looking free and easy. Head coach Carissa MillsapKabala said momentum played a large role in the Utes’ early dominance in game one.

“Utah is a big momentum team in terms of creating energy for themselves,” she said. “You need that energy in order to make the other team feel inferior.

Once the girls get over that stigma and have more confidence in their training and have confidence in themselves, they’ll start to see that they are a much better athletic group of girls that just needs to expect themselves to succeed.

Once they start doing that, they’ll do really well.”

Going into the fourth inning the Utes were up 6-0. The Aggies stepped back in contention in the final four innings of the game, fighting their way back within striking distance.

USU scored three runs in the top of the fourth off of a three-run homer by third baseman Kelley Kaneshiro, but

Utah countered with two more, which brought the score to 8-3. The Aggies continued to fight, and current WAC hitter of the week Tina Ferguson brought her stick. Ferguson hit a towering home run over the left field wall after Nicole Tindall walked to lead off the sixth inning, pulling USU two runs closer.

Opportunity knocked multiple times for the Aggies, but the door stayed unopened. In both the fifth and sixth innings, the Aggies had the bases loaded with go-ahead runs with the No. 5 hitter at the plate. In both cases, however, Aggie catcher Simone Hubbard hit a pop-fly to end the inning. Ferguson continued to fight, getting her second homer of the day in the top of the seventh and drawing USU to within one, but Utah held off USU and got the close 8-7 win.

Millsap-Kabala said sometimes things just don’t go the way the Aggies want.

“Quarter of an inch up,” she said of Hubbard’s pop-flies, “and you’re looking at a 9-7 or a 9-8 ball game or something like that. We’re swinging at the right pitches, and we’re doing what we need to do.”

Senior pitcher Kate Greenough had a fairly solid outing in game one. She pitched all six innings, allowed eight hits and four-earned runs, got seven strike-

outs and walked only two batters. What hurt USU most was defensive errors.

Millsap-Kabala said mental timing was an issue in these games “I think the biggest thing that we can do to help ourselves is our mental timing,” Millsap-Kabala said. “We made some mistakes, in terms of our reaction time to the ball. That put us in a bad position to allow them to score some runs – more than they should have. If you take those two mental errors that we had away, you’re looking at a fouror five-run ball game, if that at all for Utah.”

In the second game of the doubleheader, Aggie pitching and defense struggled.

“Learning to be relaxed and do your job is key, and you learn that with maturity and as time goes by,” Millsap-Kabala said of her freshman pitcher’s game.

“She gave up three home runs before she even got an out, but she learned a valuable lesson in that. Our other freshman pitcher came in and did a great job keeping it down, but we had some unfortunate errors in that situation, too. Our errors on defense didn’t help us out that much. Good solid defense will really win you games. Scoring runs is what will win you games, I know that, but good solid defense would knock that score in half.”

– la.hem@aggiemail.usu.edu

USU recognizes 157 student-athletes at luncheon

BY USU ATHLETICS

Utah State’s athletics department recognized 157 student-athletes for achieving a 3.2 grade point average at the 17th annual Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Luncheon Tuesday. To be eligible for the honor, student-athletes must have a cumulative 3.2 grade point average or have posted a 3.2 GPA during the last two semesters.

In all, approximately 47 percent of USU’s student-athletes earned a 3.2 GPA to qualify for the awards.

The top honoree during the luncheon was track athlete Erin Stratton. The senior from Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hill HS) graduated Summa Cum Laude in December of 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a minor in psychology. She was the valedictorian of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department with a 3.98 cumulative grade point average.

As a four-year letterwinner on Utah State’s cross country/track and field teams, Stratton has claimed three Western Athletic

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Conference Championships as she won the mile and 3000m at the 2009 WAC Indoor Championships and the 1500m at the 2008 WAC Indoor Championships.

“To win this award means a lot because it shows that I was able to do well in both sports and the classroom,” said Stratton. “You have to learn how to prioritize and make sure you’re focusing both on school and track. I was raised to excel academically and athletics is something that I love so I have always tried to do well in both.”

Stratton, who has earned academic allWAC honors eight times during her USU career, is currently taking graduate courses in the sciences to prepare for her physician’s assistant program this summer at Marietta (Ohio) College.

Sixteen of the past 18 recipients of the top individual honor have been women as the only males in that time to win the award was Mike Puzey from men’s basketball in 2003 and Tyler Ellis from men’s track who shared the award with Rebecca Anderson and Alison Taylor last year.

Utah State also handed out team honors and women’s tennis was named the top academic team with less than 20 members, women’s track and soccer were the top academic teams with more than 20 members, and men’s tennis was the most improved academic team.

John Johnson, who is a sophomore on the men’s track team, received the Aggie Achievement Award for overcoming life challenges and personal adversity to ultimately excel as a student-athlete and obtain a high level of academic achievement at Utah State University.

Dr. Mary Doty was presented the Meet The Challenge Award posthumously. USU Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Raymond T. Coward also received the Meet The Challenge Award, while Glennie Mesa was given the Outstanding Tutor Award and Trissta Lyman was given the Outstanding Mentor Award for their work with USU’s student-athletes.

The Whitesides honors started in 1953 by former USU athlete, coach and athletics director Joe E. Whitesides.

SectionF

A different point of view Unless this year was just a fluke, the 2009-2010 school year might forever go down as the one that Utah State fans took the proverbial next step into the company of the nation’s elite. Simply put, this year was a whole new animal from beginning to end.

The first two teams to reap the benefits of this were football and volleyball. Football saw impressive student turnouts for just about every home this season, including the largest student turnout on record at Utah State for the Boise State game on ESPN2. The result saw three wins at home this season, another near-victory against an excellent Nevada team and some straightup insanity in the student section when Robert Turbin ran 24 yards for a touchdown to tie the game with Boise State late in the second quarter of that game when hope of pulling off a miracle was still alive.

Volleyball saw its own spike in crowd involvement with some actual bunching of students coordinating chants and standing for entire matches. A win in the homeopener against BYU was the stamp of approval on volleyball’s season, but was definitely not the finishing touches on Utah State’s abuse of the Cougars this past year.

The hockey team chipped in a handful of wins against BYU as well, all in front of crowds that brought the Eccles Ice Center to noise levels that left your ears ringing.

At the end of the year though, the real highlight of Utah State fans, once again, was the basketball crowds at the Spectrum.

I could pick any one of six home games this year that would have been the most rowdy and noisy game of the year in any other season. The crowds were louder and more involved this year than any other season I’ve seen at Utah State, and they were loud and rowdy from start to finish.

When BYU basketball finally made its way back to Logan after a four-year absence, Utah State fans quickly reminded why they cowered away from this place to begin with. Louisiana Tech was given no mercy as the Aggies avenged their final regular season loss in dramatic fashion on national

television. When Nevada rolled into town, the Luke Babbitt hating began from atop the Spectrum before students were even let into the building.

As incredible as the noise levels, coordination and dedication have been this year, the real thing that makes Utah State fans special is that everybody is a part of things.

Any school could have a group of a dozen people or so jumping up and down at the start of a game chanting, “I believe that we will win,” but when 5,000 people are doing that at once and capping off a win by a perfectly executed winning team, losing team chant, that is the step from good to great. It’s not just one person or one group of people, but rather everybody who gets decked out in blue and comes to games.

Aside from all the national recognition that has come the direction of Utah State for the level of excellence established by the fans, the games themselves are just more fun for everyone when things get crazy. The Suzanne Shelton’s of the world will always be around to hate on the good thing we have going, but Aggie fans will continue to be smart enough to know where the line of bad behavior is and to continue to be nowhere near crossing that line.

The standard of excellence has been set.

The traditions are in place. The victories continue to pile up for every sport at Utah State. The world knows what to expect from USU students now. I don’t anticipate anyone will be let down in 2010-2011.

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. leave your comments and thoughts at aggietownsquare. com

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Defense has come a long way under Andersen

By TYREL SKINNER staff writer

While last Saturday’s Blue and White Aggie football game was seemingly a one-sided offensive talent show, the defensive performance should not be completely ignored. The defensive numbers are not as impressive as those the offense posted, but they didn’t go the day without noteworthy achievements. A big question coming into the spring football season was whether Utah State could take last year’s poor defense and develop enough to be competitive against some of the stronger offenses in their league. Linebacker Junior Keiaho says he has seen the defensive progression.

“Last year it was kinda new to us and foreign, so we had to learn it. A season through it gives us experience and knowing the defense to the point where we can own it,” Keiaho said.

This seemed to be the general consensus about spring football defense. Head coach Gary Andersen seemed impressed with the entire team’s effort and achievements this spring. He commented continually throughout spring practices on how hard the athletes were working and the improvements he was seeing. On a whole, Anderson said the spring game’s diminished defensive performance was not a complete buzz kill of the spring practice’s accomplishments.

“Overall on the spring, I think it’s gone back and forth from offense to defense. Last year it was completely one-sided when the offense dominated,” Anderson said. “Throughout the spring practices there has been give and take on both the offense and the defenses. I think that shows progress.”

However, Andersen, who came to USU from a defensive coaching background, has higher expectations for his defensive squad.

“I’m disappointed that the No. 1 defense couldn’t give us a better stop in the red zone when they got in that third-down situation down near the goal line,” Andersen said. “If there was a disappointment on the day, it was the No. 1 defense.

We had an opportunity to get some more turnovers on defense. Except the snaps, we got one turnover. That’s not enough for what we want.

We want more turnovers from our defense.”

Even quarterback Diondre Borel was quick to praise the defense he played on Saturday, saying, “I feel like they are making more plays now.

They are a lot more aggressive. That is what coach Andersen wanted. Walter McClenton is stepping up, corner Alfred Bowden and Chris Randle have been solid and Bobby Wagner – you guys know all the names. We’ve got more depth on defense. We won’t miss a beat on defense. The defensive line is playing a lot better.”

The defensive performance was highlighted by the achievements of many of the defensive players.

Linebacker Devin Johnson had five tackles, one of which was for a loss of yards. Sophomore Forest Dabb had two tackles, one for a loss. Redshirt freshman Cameron Sanders, who was recently moved from the wide receiver to corner back position, pulled in the team’s only interception. The most impressive, however, was the performance by senior linebacker Maxim Dinka. Dinka had eight total tackles, two for a loss. He also had the team’s sole fumble recovery and sack.

Although he had an outstanding scrimmage, Dinka commented on the improvements that he still wanted to make before next season.

“I have high expectations of myself,” Dinka said, “and I won’t say I necessarily accomplished what I wanted to. I have so much more to accomplish. I did take steps and strides at getting better, but I feel like I have a long way to go.”

Dinka has had a lot to learn during the spring practices this year. Last year they moved him from position to position on defense, and this year he seems to finally have found his niche.

“Right now I am playing outside (linebacker) and defensive end. I feel like it’s an awesome position,” he said. “I love the position. Whatever position they put me in I’m going to go 100 percent and make the best I can out of it.”

Dinka wants to stay focused and has thought of things for him to personally work on during the offseason.

“For the position I’m playing, I feel like I need to put on more size,” he said.

Though Dinka has occasionally received scrutiny about his size for his position, especially his role at defensive end, he said he doesn’t let that bother him when he plays.

“It’s not about the size. It’s about the fight in you. I bring everything I can and try to give them a good look,” he said.

This upcoming year will be Maxim’s final season as an Aggie and his experience has made him a stand-out team leader this year. His years on the team has given him a reference point to compare this year’s upcoming team with previous years.

“Today I thought we came out pretty strong.

It’s not the most aggressive scrimmage that we’ve had. This next season is looking very promising.

I’m just happy to see that my teammates came out healthy, and we finished (spring practice) up well.

I’m looking forward to the summer training,” Dinka said.

The team has seemed to flourish this spring under Andersen’s second year at Utah State.

Dinka has seen that this year, not only for the defensive team, but the team as a whole.

“Previous springs there wasn’t as much team unity,” Dinka said,” even though you bond with certain players each year. Coach Andersen came in here and stressed team unity and bonding and doing things together. I’ve seen the team become really tight, and we do everything together on and off the field. We take care off each other, and even though we go against each other and it’s a war out there, we’ve got each other’s back.”

And that is something that Andersen agrees

SENIOR LINEBACKER AND DEFENSIVE END MAXIM DINKA (20) pursues Michael Smith during Saturday’s Blue and White Spring Game. TODD JONES photo

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will impress the coaches and they’ll want to keep me for the entire training camp and go from there.”

All three players will fly out to their respective NFL cities on Thursday, with plans to engage in rookie camp activities with their teams on Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning before returning to Logan next week. Both Brindley and McFadden acknowledge being nervous about the chance to play with many former big-name college stars, but said they look forward to the opportunity of showing that USU athletes can compete with the very best.

“I’m obviously a little nervous, but when you get out on the field it’s still football, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the past 15 years,” Brindley said. “I’m looking forward to it and the opportunity to go out there and showing what I can do.”

McFadden, in particular, said he’s looking forward to snapping the ball to former Texas Longhorn quarterback Colt McCoy, who was taken in the third round of the draft by the Seahawks.

“It should be cool,” McFadden said. “You always see (Colt) on TV and stuff. Hopefully all the nerves will go away. It’s just going to be like any day or any other practice, but it should definitely be cool. I’m sure I’ll see a lot of guys that are definitely in my same boat or guys who were on another (college team) who are now my teammates, so it’s cool.”

And what about the chance to play with high school and college teammate Ulinski? Or the chance to even go against Brindley in future NFL games? McFadden is still in awe of the fact that the three friends have made it this far and that fate has given them the opportunity to live their dreams on the brightest of stages.

“It’s crazy. Someone could write a book and make money on this story,” McFadden said. “With what me and (Chris) have been through – along with James – going to the same high school, growing up together and playing football together … and now we all get picked up? And for me and Chris (Ulinski) to be going to the same team is just a little bit of luck? A little bit of fate?”

He continued, saying, “Who knows, but if someone would have told me we would have gone to the same team I would have said, ‘Yeah right.’ But here we are again, going to the same team. It’s just pretty amazing. It’ll be nice having someone there I know, and I’m just looking forward to it.”

It’s been a wild ride for the Grass Valley trio, and although the odds of all three making it onto NFL rosters remain slim, the three have proven time and again that stranger things have happened. With a strong work ethic, a little bit of luck, and perhaps some help from the Big Man upstairs, they’re excited to play out their Hollywood script and see just how far their childhood dreams can take them.

“I’m excited,” McFadden said. “I’m living my dream right now, and hopefully I can ride this dream. I’m just going to go with it for as long as I can and enjoy every moment and have no regrets.”

– adam.nettina@aggiemail.usu.edu

with. Andersen has especially seen an improvement in this team over the team he coached last year.

“I believe that the process is much simpler for the kids this year. There aren’t surprises day in and day out,” he said. “That has helped our leadership, and kids are able to except their leadership roles a little bit better.”

Next year when the Aggies suit up to take the football field, rival teams will not be facing the same Aggies they did a year ago. Besides carrying on an explosive offense led by veteran quarterback Diondre Borel, the Aggies will have added a tough, grind-it-out defense led by Dinka and other seniors on the team. There is still much work to be done before next year’s season opener against a tough Oklahoma Sooners football team, but rest assured that the Aggies will be prepared to make a statement about the quality football program that has begun to take root at Utah State.

– t.g.s@aggiemail.usu.edu

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April 28 Today is Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Trisha Orton, senior in deaf education, from West Valley City, Utah.

Almanac Today in History: In 1789, three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the master’s mate.

Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters were set adrift in a small, open boat, and the Bounty set course for Tubuai south of Tahiti.

Weather Thursday’s Weather High: 44° Low: 33° Snow and rain 50%

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

-Design Review Display, Morgan Theatre, all day.

-MFA Exhibition, Chase Fine Arts Center, all day.

-BFA Show, Twain Tippetts Hall, noon.

-USU Ecology Series, NR 105, 6 p.m.

-Donkey Basketball, Logan High, 7 p.m.

-Do Not Hit Golf Balls into Mexico, Caine Lyric Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

-Concerto Evening, Kent Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday

April 29 -MFA Exhibition, Chase Fine Arts Center, all day.

-BFA Show, Twain Tippetts Hall, noon.

-USU Ecology Series, ENGR 101, 3 p.m.

-Spanish Forum, BUS 317, 7:30 p.m.

-Do Not Hit Golf Balls into Mexico, Caine Lyric Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Friday

April 30 -MFA Exhibition, Chase Fine Arts Center, all day.

-BFA Show, Twain Tippetts Hall, noon.

-Softball at New Mexico, 5 p.m.

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

-USU Band Spring Concert, Kent Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

-Do Not Hit Golf Balls into Mexico, Caine Lyric Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

No Test Week

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The Registrar’s Office would like to remind everyone that April 26-30 is No Test Week. Final examinations are May 3-7 and Commencement will take place May 7-8.

Donkey Basketball! Come watch members from the College of Ag and Greek Life attempt to play basketball while riding donkeys! 7 p.m. at Logan High School April 28. $6 for students. All proceed benefit USU Relay for Life.

For the Native American Student Council’s last fundraiser for the semester they will be fundraising with Panda Express. Eat at Panda Express on April 29 and present a coupon and 20 percent with profit NASC. Coupons can be found in the Multicultural Student Services Office.

Registration is currently underway for the Art Camp which will be held June 7-17 and Aug. 2-12 at the Bullen Center in Logan. Art Camp gives children ages 5-11 the opportunity to explore their creativity. Register by calling 435753-2970 or visit www.avaarts.org.

If students are looking for a summer job, informational meetings are held regularly on campus.

Call Janelle at 505-363-7916 or Cody at 575-650-3421 for information on specific days.

Mountain Crest High School Drama Department presents a fundraiser for the MCHS Thespian Troupe. “Clue” an Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre will be presented on April 30 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets must be purchased in advance, call 245-6093 for more information.

Stokes Nature Center invites adults to “May Swenson’s Poetics of Natural Selection” on May 1 at 10 a.m. Dr. Paul Crumbley will introduce a local legend, May Swenson, and present readings from her notable nature writings.

For more info, call 435-755-3239.

Summer LSAT and GRE prep course from June 15 to July 22.

Tuesday and Thursdays: LSAT 4-6 p.m. GRE 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Old Main 119. Call 797-0462 to find out more.

Practice Spanish Spanish Ambassadors Forum will be held April 29 at 7:30 p.m. in BUS 317. Practice Spanish and have fun while developing your language skills. This forum is completely free and open to anyone, so feel free to bring your friends!

LDS Institute

The Logan LDS Institute presents the Latter-Day Voices and the Logan Institute Choir in their annual Spring Presentation, “The Restoration: A Beginning” on April 30 and May 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Logan Institute. There is no cost, but tickets are encouraged and available at the Institute Bookstore.

Cram Jam food

Cram Jam on May 3-5 starting at 11 a.m. until food is gone in the Institute Gym. Monday is pancakes, Tuesday is Chili and Wednesday is pizza.

Porn addiction

The psychology department is seeking individuals with pornography addiction to participate in a study assessing the effectiveness of a psychological treatment for this problem.

The study will involve 15 hours of your time over six to nine months. If you are interested or have questions please contact Jesse Crosby at 797-8303.

Honor Society The History Honor’s Society Phi Alpha Theta will be having its closing social on April 29 at 6 p.m. on the grass north of Old Main. If it’s raining, you can find us inside!

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Moderately Confused • Stahler

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Wild Bill on reality TV

By RYAN BAYLIS staff writer

Rallying for a cause

By JESS WALLACE staff writer

Katie White is a student of USU. Like many of her peers here, she is an excellent student, has plenty friends and a bright future ahead of her. However, unlike most of her fellow students, White also has a mother with multiple sclerosis, or MS. Katie and her family has endured the ramifications of their mother’s illness for years, which has been a long and difficult journey for all of them.

In recent years, White has decided to make an effort in helping her mother’s condition. She and other friends and family have courageously set themselves to the task of raising research funds and awareness of MS, in hopes of finding a cure.

“Anyone who knows my mother, Carmel, knows how genuinely wonderful she is,” White said. “She has been through a lot of trials in this life and has handled them with the upmost amount of faith, patience and grace. She has yet to let anything keep her down, including MS. She

is a professor, and when not teaching, she’s doing research on how MS and other chronic illnesses affect young mothers, like it affected her. She has had MS since I was born but was not diagnosed until I was 11 years old.”

The fight will be long but worth it to help better Carmel’s life and the lives of others inflicted with MS. According to the National MS Society, multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.

Symptoms may be mild, such as numbness in the limbs, or severe, such as paralysis or loss of vision. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS are unpredictable and vary from one person to another.

Research for a cure has grown immensely in the last decade or so. The National MS Society is a driving force in the continued search for prevention and treatment of this erratic brain and spinal cord disease. Those suffering from it often have a variety of symptoms, such as

fatigue, numbness, pain, vision problems, depressions, spasticity. Anyone inflicted must begin extensive treatment regiments quite soon, but, unfortunately, these treatments do only that: treat, not cure. There is no way to eradicate the system of MS, only attempted maintenance.

Outside of health care researchers, the opportunities to get involved in finding a cure are surprisingly vast. One of the most prominent prospects for students and their families to get involved is through Walk MS. “Walk MS has become a rallying point of the MS movement, creating a community of shared commitment determined to end MS by raising funds and celebrating hope for the future,” said Becky Woolley, director of the team raising and sponsoring the National MS Society’s Utah chapter. “Walk MS is a day that allows people to come together and be part of a movement by and for the 400,000 Americans

- See WALK, page 11

After impressing producers with a TV interview, “Wild” Bill Sproat has scored a starring role in Fuel TV’s “Thrillbillies,” a spinoff of the show “Nitro Circus,” where actors perform extreme and daring stunts.

“The owner saw me on the news and thought I’d be a good fit, so he asked me to come tryout,” Sproat said.

Fuel loved season one of the show and decided to continue it on for a second. With the new season you can expect a stronger cast and crazier stunts, Sproat said.

“I’m having a blast,” Sproat said. “The cool thing is I get to work with Travis Pastrana and other members of the ‘Nitro Circus’ crew. It’s just a bunch of fun guys doing stupid stuff.”

Stunts have included riding Segways in a skatepark and strapping skis to a La-Z-Boy and taking it off 15foot jumps.

“It’s been pretty crazy,” Sproat said. “Ibuprofen and I are becoming great friends.”

Some of the stunts have led to some minor injuries for Sproat. He cut his head open and bruised his foot after jumping off a 20-foot platform into 3 feet of water.

He was a little shaken up but had no serious injuries.

“Sometimes I don’t make the best choices, and I end up a little sore,” Sproat said. “It’s controlled stupidity.

They’ll never do a stunt they know will injure somebody.”

Most of the stunts are planned in advance to make sure they are safe enough. Safety is the top priority.

Sproat said sometimes anticipation before doing a stunt is hard, and the producers have told him to always make sure a camera is pointed at him before attempting anything.

Aggie fans can still expect to see Bill in his typical Section F Row 1 Seat 13 next year.

“I have no plans of leaving Utah State, unless Natalie Portman gives me a call,” Sproat said. “She’s my girl.”

Upcoming shoots for the show include trips to Las Vegas and Lake Powell, which Bill said he is excited about.

Shooting for “Thrillbillies” started on April 9 and will continue until the end of June. The show is scheduled to air January 2011.

– baylisryan56@gmail.com

Resources available for students with individual needs

By KASEY VAN DYKE staff writer

College isn’t typically described as easy, but for some students, a disability makes higher education even more daunting. Besides physical disabilities, many students struggle with psychological disabilities and financial problems. For these students, there are resources designed specifically to help with their individual needs, one of which is Vocational Rehabilitation.

As another student service, though funded on a state and federal level, Vocational Rehabilitation, located at 275 W 400 in Logan, provides help “to achieve and maintain meaningful employment” for individuals with disabilities, according to its provided pamphlet.

Eligible disabilities range from the physical, such as back problems, multiple sclerosis, diabetes or paralysis, to the psychological.

Having a brother with a psychological disability is what first attracted Dirk Anderson,

a rehabilitation counselor, to this brand of counseling. Anderson has worked at Logan’s Vocational Rehabilitation Office for 10 years and explained the process of getting involved with Vocational Rehabilitation.

After attending an orientation, he explained, applicants submits their application for services. Following the application process, an applicant’s eligibility is determined. To be eligible, an applicant must have a “verifiable physical or psychological disability (‘impairment’),” a disability that “creates problems with getting or keeping a job (‘impediment’),” a need for the “benefit from services in terms of an employment outcome” and a requirement for Vocational Rehabilitation services “in order to be successfully employed.”

Once eligibility is determined, applicants meet with a counselor and plan their “vocational goal,” which includes writing their plan for employment. Once a plan is made, the individuals attend treatment for their dis-

ability, whether it be physical or psychological. Individuals are also trained if necessary, which may include schooling at USU, BATC or other private schools, but can entail on-job training, according to Anderson. Ideally, at this point the individual reaches employment.

Though the end goal of Vocational Rehabilitation is for individuals to obtain employment, Anderson said the main goal is to teach them to be self-sufficient. This is done through the services provided by Vocational Rehabilitation, which include counseling, job placement, vocational testing, training, assistive technology and other provisions decided on by a counselor. Anderson said the process for each person is “individualized.”

Besides the satisfaction of helping people succeed, Anderson said the biggest benefit of being a rehabilitation counselor is helping them “reach their potential.”

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- See SERVICES, page 16

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Getting physically fit with CrossFit with each other, working together. It also creates a competitive environment so that you can push yourself harder.”

One of the focuses of CrossFit is strengthCardio, stamina, strength, flexibility, ening core muscles for movements that power, speed, coordination, agility, balance people use every day. and accuracy. Those are the 10 focuses of “We do things like squats, and we make CrossFit, a workout training program that’s sure that the form is correct,” Busenbark taking the nation by storm, and, thanks says. “This is important because we do that to CrossFit UAC, is now available in Cache movement a lot, such as when we sit down Valley. at an office job, and you want to make sure Since opening its doors in the beginning that you have the right form so when you’re of March, the CrossFit United Athletic Club 80 you can still have a good back.”

(UAC), located in North Logan, has already Dustin Ard, sophomore in Spanish and seen a lot success.

CrossFit client, has been going to CrossFit “The very first week, we had about 15 UAC since it opened and loves the program. people, but now we get around 50 people “I’m obsessed with it,” Ard says. “I didn’t per day,” says Ryan Busenbark, the trainer at think I’d like it at first, but now I love it. It’s CrossFit UAC. addicting.”

What’s drawing the Ard attends CrossFit ses“I didn’t think crowds is the uniqueness of sions five times a week and I’d like it at first, has seen improvement in the experience. Inspired by exercise regimens used for but now I love it. areas such as strength and training police and military increasing the height of his It’s addicting.” officers, CrossFit is a highjumps. intensity exercise program “I can slam-dunk without – Dustin Ard, shoes now, which is cool,” he aimed at achieving greater physical fitness with short, sophomore, says.

20-minute workouts for five Hodel, junior Spanish in Hailey days a week. Each workout management informaconsists of a variety of diftion systems and business ferent reps, from pull-ups Administration, says she was to row machines to lifting weights, with the reluctant about joining the program at first. goal of increasing speed and intensity as the “I was skeptical,” she said. “I didn’t think client progresses.

I would enjoy it. And the after first week of People involved in CrossFit work toward doing it, I was really sore. But now I’m really improving their personal fitness level, which enjoying it. I still get sore from it, but not means that while the program is intense, nearly as bad as when I started.” it is tailored to each person regardless of “At CrossFit,” Hodel says, “you have peofitness level, making it a challenge at any ple all around you and it pushes you to work level. While many professional athletes use harder. You don’t have that when you’re by CrossFit for training, the program isn’t just yourself at the gym.” for athletes.

CrossFit, Ard says, is an affordable option “You don’t have to be an elite athlete to for people who want a great workout but do this,” Busenbark says. “We have students don’t want to pay for a personal trainer. from age 12 to 65. Anyone is invited to join.”

“You go to CrossFit, and Ryan, (the trainSeveral different kinds of exercises are er), is there telling you how to do each exertaught and the routines change with each cise,” Ard says. “You’d normally spend about session. According to Busenbark, the work$45 per session to have a personal trainer, outs are varied in order to ensure that the but with CrossFit, for a little more than that, body is improving with the program. you can pay for a month of sessions.”

“When you are doing the same exercise Classes are held Monday through over and over again, eventually your body is Saturday, with around seven classes per day. going to be smart enough to get used to that The monthly rate of joining CrossFit is $50 exercise,” Busenbark says. “But when you for USU students. CrossFit has a free onechange your routine every time you exercise, week offer for anyone interested in trying it your body can’t get used to it.” out. But Busenbark warns that once people CrossFit can be more effective than exertry it, they’ll want to join. cising at the gym, Busenbark says, because it “Nine out of 10 people who try it like it so has a structured exercise routine. much that they end up joining CrossFit,” he “You walk in, and you don’t even have to says. think about what you’re going to do. It’s all “Make no mistake,” he says. “It’s hard. planned out for you,” he says.

You’ll sweat. It won’t get any easier. But Another great feature of going to you’ll love it.”

CrossFit, Busenbark says, is the sense of For more information about CrossFit, go “family” that isn’t offered at any other gym. to www.crossfituac.com.

“We really focus on creating a family – alison.ostler@aggiemail.usu.edu here,” Busenbark says. “We’re all interacting

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Beauty worth the price of pain?

Students speak out about the discomforts of hair removal

By KASEY VAN DYKE staff writer

From high heels, makeup, crash diets and fad workouts, women seem to try anything to look good. It’s no wonder they will try anything from hot wax to physically pulling out hairs to get smooth skin. There are many methods of hair removal, some more humane than others. With the possibility of irritation, skin damage, allergic reactions and more, is the beauty worth the pain?

One of the more common hair-removal methods is waxing. At-home kits are available at many grocery stores, waxing is a way to get rid of the hair with out the possibility of getting cut with a razor. On the other hand, the idea of ripping out all hair on a leg at the follicle with hot wax might seem like a type of medieval torture to some.

Bre Walker, an undeclared sophomore, agreed, saying she’d only try waxing if she had to.

She said, “I don’t like the whole idea of hot stuff poured on me, then having my hair ripped out.”

Amy Pettit, sophomore in vocal perfomance, disagreed after having her eyebrows waxed.

“I liked how it felt so smooth,” she said.

“It was worth the pain because it worked for days.”

A common practice in the Middle East, hair threading is similar to plucking with tweezers, but is faster, according to threadinghairremoval.net. The origins of the practice are unknown but it is reportedly taught to girls in the Middle East and India from early on. The website stated that the practice involves “crossing two pieces of thread in an X with one looped around the other so that it’s connected in the center.” The thread is then “worked back and forth in a way that gently pulls the hairs out of the skin in a neat row.”

This technique is reportedly more comfortable than waxing and faster than plucking, and, though it is cleaner and more precise than other techniques, there are downsides. Because the practice is less used in the U.S., not many professionals are trained to do it correctly, which can result in breaking the hairs, rather than ripping them out.

Walker commented on this technique, saying she’d only try it because she’s curious.

Pettit echoed Walker’s remark, saying the stipulation she’d need before trying thread-

ing.

“I’d do it if someone dared me,” she said.

“I wouldn’t do it on my own time. I’d have to see how effective it is.”

One chemical form of hair removal, depilatory creams, has been met with some controversy. Depilatory creams dissolve hair, resulting in smooth skin. According to depilatorys. com, the most common forms of depilatories are in “gel, cream, lotion, aerosol and roll-on forms.”

While depilatories can be less painful than waxing or threading, all the creams come with the risk of allergic reaction. Depilatory creams are, like waxing, available over the counter, though they don’t last as long. Like shaving, depilatory creams last as long as hair takes to grow back, because they don’t attack the hair at the follicle.

Both Walker and Pettit were excited about hair-removal creams, saying they sounded “cool” and awesome. Walker said she’d definitely try it, and Pettit concurred, saying she’d try it in a “heart beat.”

Hair removal has made its way into the medical community as well, in the form of electrolysis and laser hair removal. According to medicinenet.com, electrolysis devices “destroy the growth center of the hair with chemical or heat energy,” after a probe is inserted in the follicle. The website goes on to cite the FDA as saying they “recognize only electrolysis as a permanent method of removing hair.”

After several treatments, this form of hair removal can be permanent. Unlike depilatories and waxing, there are no creams or solutions with electrolysis, though some treatments can result in red, irritated skin.

One down side, electrolysis can be expensive, depending on the cost of the electrologist and the treatments.

Though she would try the other forms of hair removal, Pettit said she’d shy away from electrolysis, saying she is a believer in “natural way” of hair removal.

“It seems too scientific,” she said.

Walker agreed, saying she doesn’t mind shaving enough to try something that could hurt her skin.

One step beyond electrolysis, laser hair removal can destroy about 80 percent of hair after multiple treatments. During the treatments, laser pulses are sent to the desired area, killing the hair. Though some hair may regrow, it tends to be lighter and finer, according to the American Academy of Dermatology website, aad.org.

A BEAUTY SALON owner uses thread to pull out fine eyebrow hairs. Threading is an ancient hair-removal practice, offered in more and more salons. UTAH STATESMAN photo

There are side effects with laser hair removal, including blistering, pain, swelling around the hair follicle due to excessive fluid, redness and inflammation, lasting one to three days, herpes simplex outbreaks and bacterial infections. These can be counteracted by topical creams and ice packs.

While Pettit said she might try laser hair removal, Walker said she wouldn’t, even if it is effective.

“I hear a lot of people get burns,” Walker said. “I don’t want burns for the rest of my life, hairless or not.”

When asked why girls would put themselves through these painful ways of hair removal, Ren Gibbons, a first-year USU student, said it seems like an “image thing.”

“It seems to me,” he said, “that girls probably do it to look good around boys.”

– k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu

Walk: Student participates in walk to end multiple sclerosis -continued from page 9 with MS. Established in 1989 as the society’s only simultaneous national fundraising event and key awareness building weekend, Walk MS attracted 42,000 participants at 42 sites to raise $4 million. Since that time, the event has grown to attract over 200,000 walkers in nearly 600 locations, covering all 50 states who in 2009 raised over $44 million for the MS cause.”

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“Although I’ve done the walks for more than three years,” White said, “for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of people that suffer from MS, I have to admit my motivation is selfish. I do it for my mother. I am not naive and realize that it may be years and years before there is a cure. Possibly past both my mother’s and my lifetime. But wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a cure found in our lifetimes? I am not a scientist or doctor, I don’t

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udget cuts. Yeah, we’re all sick of hearing those two words because it means more expensive tuition and less cash in our wallets. Higher tuition costs are not the worst thing that can happen, though.

The true tragedy of the budget cuts is what they are doing to the university itself. Administration refers to the university as operating at a “skeletal structure,” meaning all that’s left is bare bones.

With how many staff and faculty that administration has needed to lay off, the university is feeling the pinch. Administration said 16 more positions will be cut by July 1, but they don’t expect to have to cut any more after July.

It still makes you wonder though, how many positions can USU lose and still function properly?

How much does the quality of a Utah State education diminish when you have to cut out so many people?

History students have complained of limited course options when registering last year. The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences was hit hard by budget cuts, and the history department felt the loss. Norm Jones, history department head, has said that with these faculty and staff cuts, the department’s ability to offer courses this past school year was cut in half. Next year, several temporary, one-year professors will provide a greater variety of classes for history majors, but those who lived through it this year know first-hand what a downsize in faculty can mean to students.

There is also the issue of campus activities being cut. If there’s no money for professors, there’s no money for the kinds of activities students love.

Surely, what money the school has needs to be focused on academics – that’s what the students are really here for – but the absence of these activities means Aggies are missing out on part of the college experience. Take out activities, concerts, speakers, Jell-O slides and other fun events, and you just have classes. Classes are only part of the university learning experience.

And then there are projects and publications, such as the Isotope magazine, that are being closed. For the students who utilize these USU phalanges, these projects can greatly augment their university experience. Students have one less outlet for publishing their writing. The Isotope also received many submissions from professors and scientists nationally and internationally, helping to spread the name of USU beyond Logan. These on-campus projects add to the education USU students receive.

Budget cuts: painful for the students’ wallets, panic-inducing for those without tenure and an overall hard thing for an already relatively small university. Administration is doing all they can to make sure students feel as little impact from budget cuts as possible, but it’s impossible to feel nothing at all. All the students can do is send USU’s budget a “get well soon” card.

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riving around Tuesday night, with the window down and Bach blaring, I saw the street lights go out and the sky light up green. It was like a scene from a dream or a foggy memory. My time at Utah State is nearing its end, and it has felt much the same way. I have changed a lot since coming here, yet the last few years are a blurry flashback.

Another semester is over, along with another year of growth, humility and understanding. I came to this school a bullheaded, long-haired war veteran, and a lot has happened since. Universities aren’t just degree factories. Degrees are cheap. You can forge them at Kinkos. Universities are places you learn how to become a better person, and I can’t overstate the impact this place has had on me, my politics, my faith and my understanding of the world.

Of course, life can’t be fully experienced sitting in a library cafe. You have to get out into the world and see how things truly are, both good and bad. That is what I shall be doing yet again this summer, along with many of the people reading this. This old Ninja carpenter will walk off into a summer evening with sword in one hand and books in another, looking for more answers to the world’s absurdities.

What I take with me this semester more than anything is a deeper appreciation for listening in conversation. After several moments of being humiliated by my philosophy professors, namely Dr. Huenemann and Dr. Kleiner, I’ve learned the sage wisdom of keeping my hands down and shutting the hell up.

The core of the current problem of theism and atheism is a lack of understanding, of too few people willing to wait until they truly hear the other person and can respond with substance. Religion today is too much pandering to common desire or reactionary diatribes, and atheism is no better.

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A few clarifications about USU’s feral cats To the editor: In response to the article by Adam Ward titled “Aggie Cat Society helps campus’ feral cats,” I would like to congratulate the author on an article well-conceived and well-written with excellent grasp and transmission of the facts.

There are a few items I’d like to add by way of friendly amendments. First, the name of our organization is Aggie Cat Services (not Society).

We are an authorized USU organization and a 501(c)3 nonprofit. We work with “feral” – that is, homeless – cats on USU property only. We have been successful in reducing the campus cat population from hundreds to dozens. However, we also cooperate with Logan City government and animal control to encourage the use of the humane and effective “Trap-Neuter-Return” method of reducing homeless cat populations as well.

It is correct that you can see our cats outside the USU Junction around 5 p.m. Please note, however, that these cats shun human contact and are only there to eat, not to be

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petted. It is prudent to keep at least 40 feet away from them, both for your sake and for theirs. An attempt to touch them could cause you pain. More likely, however, your approach will scare them away and they will miss a muchneeded meal. Save a bird; let kitty eat kibble.

Please be respectful of these cats’ lifestyles.

They are “living wild” either because they were abandoned or abused, or are the offspring of the latter group. They live near human habitats because their genetic programming tells them they are “domestic” and should hang around humans. They’ve given up, however, on living as “pets.”

A word of thanks for our featured speaker last Tuesday: Dr. Kerry Rood, of the ADVS department (veterinary science), was a charming and informative speaker on the subject of the differences between domestic and wild cat species, and their caregivers.

Thank you, Dr. Rood!

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Fairwell Miss Jones

his week was the worst week in recent memory. Like usual, on Monday I left my duplex. Destination: supermarket. I needed the basics: condensed milk, prunes, a 24pack of TAB, a 20-pound box of cat litter and a week’s worth of cat food (about one 30-pound bag of Meow Mix). I checked out and walked over to the bus terminal. About 10 minutes later the bus came. I said hi to Travis (the driver) and took my usual seat. When I got home, my babies were all waiting at the door, ready for me to break open the fresh bag of Meow Mix. I cooked myself some Top Ramen and steamed carrots, fed the cats and sat down to watch my TiVo’d episode of “Oprah.”

Sometime between Melissa Etheridge’s interview and the cooking session, I fell asleep.

I woke up 20 minutes later to a dull meow coming from the kitchen. Normally when I’m watching TV I have at least Freckles, Tux, Bella and the Professor sitting on my legs, stomach and chest, but there was no cat in sight. I called to them but none of the 28 cats responded. Worried, I hurried to the kitchen. What I saw was horrible.

Cats strewn across the floor, counters and table tops. I didn’t know what to do. I tried splashing water on them, shaking and mouth-to-mouth but nothing worked. From the corner came the Professor’s meow, which was weak and sad. I rushed to her side, picked her up and cradled her in my arms. She was the last one still breathing, and I watched the flame in her eyes go out.

Miss Jones died last week, along with all of my sweet, innocent cats. I can no longer live the lie of an all-knowing, experienced lady. Truth is, I’ve never left Cache Valley. I’ve never even been to Salt Lake City. I’ve never felt the warmth

of a man’s touch or tasted the sweet elixir of life.

I’ve never been in a relationship, written any books, been in movies or on the “Price is Right.”

I’ve never sailed off the coast of Columbiaor or been to Venice. Truth is, I’ve never lived. But after seeing everything I care about being taken away from me by a bad bag of Meow Mix, I’m determined to change that. I don’t want to live alone anymore. I don’t want my closest friend to be my 16-year-old cat. I don’t want the closest sex I’ve ever had to be sex that scene with Dennis Quaid in “The Big Easy.”

I’m determined to make my life better.

I’m sorry to say this, my faithful readers, but I’m resigning. I’ve booked my spot on the Queen Mary 2 World Cruise. I leave from Fort Lauderdale in one week. I have a good feeling about the next chapter of my life, and although I won’t be giving you weekly advice you will always be in my heart. I won’t forget you – any of you. You mean more to me than I can explain, and I hope that even though all my advice was pieced together from soap operas, romance novels and “Twilight” that you learned something about yourself. Something you can carry with you the rest of your life.

My last piece of advice is simple ... be yourself. Live the life you want for yourself, not those around you.

You only live once, so have fun and don’t live the sheltered, terrifying life I did. Explore, leave your comfort zone and most importantly ... Love.

All my love and bet wishes, Miss Jones

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et’s get one thing straight: R.J. Reynolds Co.’s new dissolvable tobacco product is not – repeat NOT – designed to appeal to kids.

Nothing about new Camel Orbs, which look and taste like breath mints but contain all the nicotine punch of cigarettes, is for kids.

Certainly not the shape, which resembles a Tic Tac. Or their sleek, brightly colored metal container.

Orbs are completely different from R.J. Reynolds’ notorious, candy-flavored cigarettes with names like “Twista Lime” and “Winter Warm Toffee.” They were pulled off the market last fall, so get over them already.

Just because R.J. Reynolds invented Joe Camel, public health advocates have jumped to the conclusion that it is once again aiming marketing messages at teenagers.

Honestly, where do people get crazy ideas like that?

In 1973, a former research chemist named Claude E. Teague set down his thoughts about “the youth market.”

He was then the assistant director of research and development at R.J. Reynolds. His report was marked “confidential” in bold, black letters. Alas, it

didn’t remain confidential.

“We are presently, and I believe unfairly, constrained from directly promoting cigarettes to the youth market,” he wrote. “If our company is to survive and prosper over the long term, we must get our share” of that market.

Mr. Teague’s point: No industry that kills its best customers can survive for long – unless it can attract new ones. So he recommended new brands to appeal to young people. And he suggested that tobacco companies manipulate nicotine levels in their products, providing just enough to hook young smokers, but not so much that they’re turned off by the harsh taste.

Mr. Teague was a visionary. In 1972, decades before former Food and Drug Commissioner David Kessler tried to regulate cigarettes as a “drug delivery vehicle,” Mr. Teague wrote: “A tobacco product is, in essence, a vehicle for delivery of nicotine ... in a generally acceptable and attractive form.”

The trouble, then as now, was that many nonsmokers – or, as Mr. Teague preferred to call them, “pre-smokers” – thought tobacco was yucky.

This caused Mr. Teague to muse, “There should be some simpler, ‘cleaner,’ more

efficient and direct way to provide the desired nicotine dosage than the present system involving combustion of tobacco or even chewing of tobacco.”

That’s a pretty good description of Camel Orbs.

It’s also a good description of so-called “e-cigarettes,” electronic devices that deliver nicotine without combustion.

An editorial in last week’s edition of the journal Pediatrics warns about the dangers of new smokeless tobacco products like Orbs.

Some groups already are calling on the FDA, which recently was given authority to regulate tobacco products, to require prominent warnings on the labels.

Mr. Teague would have approved. He wrote in 1973, “A new brand aimed at young people should ... perhaps carry some implied risk. In this sense, the warning label on the package may be a plus.”

At least it would be if R.J. Reynolds were trying to appeal to teenagers. Which, of course, it’s not.

This editorial first appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Friday, April 23.

Searching: The journey continues -continued from page 12 sidewalk chalk writing from both sides, and the religious presence is akin to a bunch of car salesman.

There are too many good and smart people here on both sides whose thoughts are lost in the rabble. Religion should seek truth and should listen for it, not give into the white noise of modern chatter. Faith belongs in the public sphere, and we believers have the responsibility of giving it something to say.

I realize I’m saying this in a public forum and might be just adding to the rabble, but I see faith in trouble from its assimilation into poor culture. Writing here, though, has also taught me that a point can’t always be explained in a 12-line Kantian sentence, and I’ve gained more patience in learning from others how to better my craft. I’ve also learned how much someone’s response to something can reveal about them, whether

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So as I pack my ninja bag with knives and pentacles, and look out to another unknown frontier, I bid adieu to a bunch of interesting mountain villagers who had all sorts of ways to teach me about myself. If I return, I will keep myself to the shadows, but do not fear to enter them if you find me. It is in darkness we must listen most, so we can guide others and come out of the wilderness stronger than before. Watch for thickets on your country path, thus speaks the Ninja Jesus.

Will Holloway, aka Ninja Jesus, is a senior in philosophy.

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Bennett trailing in Senate polls SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Republican Sen. Bob Bennett, struggling against anti-incumbency sentiment and strong challenges from more conservative GOP candidates, is running a disappointing third place in a survey of delegates to next month’s state convention.

The poll results released Tuesday are the latest sign that Bennett is in serious danger of becoming the first incumbent U.S. senator to lose in the 2010 election – a scenario once unthinkable for the once-popular politician.

The poll commissioned by The Salt Lake Tribune found just 16 percent of delegates wanted Bennett re-elected, lagging behind his top two challengers at 20 percent and 37 percent.

Bennett will be eliminated if he fails to win at least 40 percent of the 3,500 delegate votes at the state GOP’s convention May 8.

A statewide June 22 primary featuring the top two candidates would be needed if no single candidate ends up with 60 percent of the vote.

Attorney Mike Lee leads the field with 37 percent in the poll, and businessman Tim Bridgewater is in second place with 20 percent. Fifteen percent of respondents said they were undecided.

“Bennett has almost no shot of getting more votes at the convention than Bridgewater and Lee,” said Brad Coker, managing director at Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., which conducted the poll.

The poll surveyed 400 GOP delegates to the May 8 convention and was conducted from April 22 to April 25. It has a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.

Bennett said polls his campaign is conducting show there is a “great deal of volatility” among the delegates as support changes from one candidate to the other. He is in the midst of an active effort to court delegates as he attends a series of local political gatherings.

“The only real conclusion we can come to is that the race is still very volatile and people are changing their minds,” Bennett said.

At the convention, all but the top three candidates will be eliminated after the first round of voting. Based on the delegates’ second choices, poll found Lee likely would prevail in a head-to-head convention contest against Bridgewater – 44 percent to 30 percent. But Lee would fall short of the 60 percent needed to clinch the GOP nomination, Coker said.

IN THIS MAY 13, 2009, photo, Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, walks to the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Bennett, darling of the National Rifle Association and grandson of a Mormon Church president, suddenly may not be conservative enough for ultraconservative Utah. He could become the first 2010 election casualty among incumbent U.S. senators if he fails to win at least 40 percent of the 3,500 delegates at the state GOP’s convention May 8. AP photo

Immigration: New Arizona law focal point for immigration debate -continued from page 2 Over the past three years, federal agents have made 990,000 arrests of immigrants crossing the border illegally in Arizona, or an average of 900 a day. The figures represent 45 percent of all arrests of illegal immigrants along U.S. borders.

Authorities routinely come across safe houses and vehicles jammed with immigrants across the vast Arizona desert. Last week, 67 illegal immigrants were found crammed inside a UHaul truck – a fairly typical scenario in the state.

“We’re on a hampster wheel here. We’re chasing our tail until that border is secured,” said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babea, whose territory includes busy smuggling corridors.

The volume of drugs coming through the Arizona border is also eye-popping. Federal agents seized 1.2 million pounds of marijuana last year in Arizona. That amounts to an average of 1.5 tons per day.

Pot busts have become so common that until recently federal prosecutors in Arizona generally declined to press charges

against marijuana smugglers caught with less than 500 pounds.

Phoenix has also been dubbed the kidnapping capital of the U.S. amid a surge of extortion-related abductions tied to drugs and human smuggling. The city has averaged about a kidnapping a day in recent years – some resulting in torture and death.

Victims’ legs have been burned with irons, their arms have been tied to the ceiling, their fingers broken with bricks.

The anger over immigration-related violence reached a boiling point in late March when a popular cattle rancher named Rob Krentz was gunned down along with his dog on his property near the border. With authorities suspecting an illegal immigrant, politicians seized on the killing to argue that border security is dangerously weak.

There has long been strong public support in Arizona for a crackdown.

In 2004, Arizona voters easily approved a law that denies some welfare benefits to illegal immigrants. It passed with 55

percent of the vote. In 2006, lawmakers put four immigration measures on the ballot, including ones that would deny other government benefits to illegal immigrants and make English the official language. Each measure passed with at least 70 percent.

At the same time, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio carved out a reputation as a national leader on illegal immigration, routinely carrying out raids in Hispanic neighborhoods that have prompted a federal investigation. He was elected to a fifth term in 2008.

As the backlash grows over the law, people like Natalia Garcia are closely watching to see how it plays out. She and her husband are illegal immigrants and are afraid that they will get swept up.

“It’s taking away our human rights because we have brown skin,” she said in Spanish while shopping at a Phoenix grocery store, adding that they will move their family back to Mexico if arrested. “Although we’ll live poor, it’s better to be together.”

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How to survive Dead Week Dead Week – bodies strewn across library tables, books and papers wilt with sudden overuse. Arguably the most dreaded week of the semester, apart from Finals Week, Dead Week consists of late-night study sessions, excessive amounts of caffeine, stress and regret that more time and attention weren’t spent earlier in the semester. It’s a time for cramming and jamming every possible bit of information into your brain.

I hate Dead Week. I don’t handle stress very well, so Dead Week becomes a dark and frustrating hell of my mind. No matter what you’re studying, there are certain study tools that have proven to be effective.

–Find your happy place. Don’t study somewhere distracting. It may be nice to study out in the open, around all your friends and everything, but it may not help you learn. I need a certain amount of constant white noise when I study, so my usual perch ends up in the Quadside Cafe at the northwest, curved couch. If you need complete silence, try the third floor of the library or the TSC. Both have tons of chairs and tables and are generally pretty quiet.

– Take breaks. Having an eight-hour study session might sound impressive, but you will learn more if you break it up and give yourself time to absorb the information. Try studying for an hour then walk around, eat an apple or answer a text.

– Use a mix of notes, oral repetition, flashcards, everything. Mixing up the media of study will create more opportunities for your brain to latch on to the material. Your mind learns through visual, auditory and kinesthetic, or by touch. Utilize all these and your brain will have a greater number of ways to remember things.

– Have a list. Write down what you need to do, what you need to study and how you can still have fun doing it.

This way, you won’t have to remember your task list on top of studying for all your classes.

– Prioritize. Don’t waste time studying for the class you already have an A in.

Focus on the hardest class or the one with the lowest grade. I stress about the class that I don’t think I’ll pass, not the one I can skip the final and still get a good grade. Putting more energy into the more stressful class will ease your tension and make you feel more secure.

– Meet with professors. They have office hours for a reason, plus they’re writing the final. They can help you with anything you don’t understand and tell you what you need to pass the class. Though it may be hard to believe, they are people, too, and they have been in the same position we are now.

– Relax. In the end, the worst thing that could happen is that you’ll have to retake a class. It’s not that big a deal.

Acing your final isn’t worth a mental break down. Have some fun at least once a day. It’ll all pass and then you’ll have summer to detox from school.

Kasey Van Dyke is a sophomore in print journalism and political science.

Questions or comments can be left for her at aggietownsquare.com.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Services: Providing opportunities -continued from page 9 the Disability Resource Center (DRC), another student service, has assisted, “on average, 700 students a year by providing the support they need to have a successful career in school,” even before the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The mission of the DRC is to “provide qualified persons with disabilities equal access to University programs, services and activities.”

Diane Craig Baum, director of the DRC, has seen this mission fulfilled since 1981 and said she’s seen the center grow in number as well as variety.

“When I started, we had 47 students,” she said, “and now we have 500. We’ve also seen the types of disabilities change considerably. The larger group is people with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder and depression.”

The DRC offers services, such as, but not limited to, note-taking assistance, sign-language interpreters, counseling and referral, a peer-mentor program and priority registration. This, Baum said, is one of the biggest benefits of the DRC because it “levels the playing field.”

“They get to compete with other students without their disability interfering,” she said.

Baum said working with the students can often times be an “emotional experience.”

“We go to commencement every year,” she said, “and watch our students graduate. One of the most important things is seeing a student find their way.”

Baum went on to give advice to students considering seeking help from the DRC. “Give us a chance to help,” she said. “Having a disability is not anything to be embarrassed about or shy about.”

Offering students services such as academic advising, course selection, tutoring, financial aid planning, faculty mentoring, reading instruction, study skills instruction, math instruction and major or career advising, Student Support Services (SSS), also in the University Inn basement, has a mission to “support disadvantaged students who have potential to meet the challenges of higher education by strengthening and developing their academic and self-management skills.”

Nazih Al-Rashid has been director of SSS for 22 years and explained the services provided by the program are “aimed to retain them (the students), help them perform better and increase their chances for graduation.” He went on to say the services provided are based on research and aren’t “hap-hazard.”

Aside from group and individual tutoring,

financial-aid planning, academic advising, among others, Al Rashid said an important service provided is the atmosphere of the program and office.

“Each SSS participant knows there is a friendly spot to visit and contact with,” he said, “a place they can come and feel secure and welcomed.”

Aside from being the director for SSS, Dr. Al-Rashid has taught classes in sociology, which he said have given him a “special vantage to see student needs and the class environment.” As for his personal experience, he said it has always given him a “great reward.”

“I know for sure that the program and the staff contributed,” he said, “to create a better experience for the students in promoting their success and impact our community positively due to their graduation with a bachelor degree.”

In one of its pamphlet, SSS quotes a previous student, Lupe Young, who said SSS helped her adjust to college and gain confidence.

“The program was very influential in keeping me on track with my goal to graduate,” she said.

“I am now employed as an accountant for a large firm in Las Vegas and will be attending graduate school.”

Besides being an American citizen and an undergraduate student at USU, students must meet one of three criteria. A student must either be on a low income, a first-generation student or have a documented disability, learning or physical.

Because the three goals of SSS are a high retention rate, high graduation rates and high academic success, Al-Rashid explained that the program conducts a longitudinal evaluation study. For six years, they follow students from three groups on campus: the average USU student, those that fit the requirements for SSS but don’t receive their help and those enrolled with SSS. Al-Rashid said the study shows that the program is reaching its goals.

“That (the study) is one way to see if we are doing well or not,” he said, “and we are doing really great.”

Al-Rashid encourages students to contact SSS for application during the first week of August, well before classes start, by calling them at 7973372 or e-mailing them at ssstrio@usu.edu.

Though some might be reluctant to receive help, he said SSS students are the “average USU student.”

For more information, visit usu.edu/drc, usu. edu/sss or call the Logan Vocational Rehabilitation office at 787-3487.

– k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu