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Congress’ act affects registration for Aggies By MEGAN BAINUM staff writer
All professors are required to post materials online for their class before it can be open for registration because of the Higher Education Act Reauthorization, an act passed by Congress that is being implemented in the summer 2010 registration. Congress passed the act with the intent to provide students with full disclosure of costs associated with their education, John Mortensen the registrar, said. USU already discloses tuition, student body fees and class fees, but the act requires institutions to disclose additional costs, such as those associated with textbooks or other course materials. The bill is hundreds of pages long and contains other matters regarding higher education, such as campus safety and how student loans are processed. However, implementing book fees into registration is the main one USU is dealing with. According to the House bill, institutions of higher education are required to disclose in their course schedules, “to the maximum extent practicable,” the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) of every required and recommended textbook and supplemental materials and retail price information. Publishers are required to provide faculty members with price information, copyright dates of all previous editions in the preceding 10 years and to disclose whether the textbook or supplemental materials are available in any other format.
The deadlines are several weeks prior to registration so the bookstore can have sufficient time to obtain pricing information. When faculty members have an approved exception for not meeting the textbook deadline, the course materials may be listed as “to be determined.” Students and faculty should be aware that there will be some classes offered in the summer and fall that students will not be able to see or register for until the textbook information is received and processed by the bookstore. Mortensen said not only does the act not resolve any registration problems, it may create some. He said it will put a lot of pressure on faculty members to decide on their course materials much earlier in the process. The implementation of the act will be problematic for courses in which the faculty member has not disclosed information regarding textbooks and other course materials, Mortensen said. Mortensen said although the act may create problems for faculty, it PROFESSORS NOW MUST LIST ALL BOOKS needed for their class before their class will show up online when stucould be advantageous for students. “The advantage to students is that dents register. Registrar John Mortensen said while this new process could make things more complicated for professors, there are potential benefits for students. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo illustration they will have more information up front about the costs, so they won’t in stock when the semester starts,” necessary.” Parkinson said since the deadline be surprised when they realize how Parkinson said. Parkinson said that as far as the has been moved up for the faculty, the much it is all going to be,” Mortensen However, USU student Trevor bookstore is concerned, it was too bookstore will get the information said. “The main intent of this act is a Feigleson said the act could make stu- early to tell if this act will be a blesssooner. He said that should lead to full disclosure of all costs associated dents overlook certain classes because ing or a curse. more books being bought back from with the class.” of textbook prices. “We are doing all we can to comthe students at the end of the semesDavid Parkinson, USU Bookstore “I think it would be nice to know, ply with the new legislation, and we ter, resulting in “thousands of more director, said a benefit coming from but students might skip over classes are working very closely with the dollars in the students hands” and the act is being more prepared. they would have otherwise taken Registrar and faculty to make every having more books available to start “It could be beneficial if it helps because of how much the books cost,” effort to have the needed information the semester. us better meet the student’s needs Feigleson said. “I would say it’s not available for the students,” he said. – megan.b@aggiemail.usu.edu and have the products available and
Spearhead key to unlocking history All people want By JESSICA SWEAT staff writer
USU ANTHROPOLOGIST BONNIE PITBLADO will use a spearhead brought to her at the Museum of Anthropology’s Prehistoric Artifact Road Show to learn more about its creator’s ancient civilization. CATHERINE MEIDELL photo
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More than 40 years ago, one young girl unveiled a rare find while working on her grandfather’s potato farm. Today, this find will have USU anthropologist Bonnie Pitblado up to her knees not only in dirt but in excitement, too. At the second annual Prehistoric Artifact Road Show, LeeAnn Hartner from Driggs, Idaho, shared her story and her find with Pitblado. Hartner had lived in Teton Valley and came across a spearhead while digging potatoes in a field. For years it has been in her possession, her children even taking it for show and tell at school. Little did they know, they were holding a spearhead just about 13,000 years old. “It is a highly significant find,” Pitblado said. “It is in pristine condition.” Because of its age, the spearhead gains the title Clovis. “I have never found anything Clovis. That is definitely rare,” Pitblado said. “Some researchers may never even find one.” The spearhead will unlock a little more history for anthropologists and students. It is expected to give more of an idea to what materials and stone technology were utilized and available in that time. “We don’t have that footprint yet,” Pitblado said. There is little known about prehistoric civilizations in the surrounding Utah, Wyoming and Idaho areas. Hartner’s find may become the first documented of its kind. The discovery will send Pitblado and anthropolgy students to Driggs, Cache and Rich counties to see if there is more to be found. The find is expected to add to all kinds of evidence that early inhabitants of the land did in fact live in the area. Pitblado said students who accompany her become part of a team that finds more than just artifacts. They gain a richer and more hands-on experience than that of the classroom, she said. They achieve this by working with others to gain a sense of community, she said. “We are the face,” Pitblado said. “I want to be a good
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to feel secure, Rep. Webb says By BLAZE BULLOCK staff writer
Being a Republican is all about being part of what makes America work, Rep. Curt Webb, R-Utah, said Tuesday in a speech at USU. He said contributing to society is what being a Republican is also about, Webb said. “Being part of what makes America go, not what part of what takes from America,” Webb said. “There’s a big difference. This nation will always need an economic engine. There is no money for the poor if there’s nobody making any to pay taxes.” Republicans believe in social responsibility just as much as Democrats but in a way that makes people “responsible for themselves,” Webb said. “You can’t keep taking away from the people that make money, that are the economic engines of this nation and have them have incentive to continue to make money,” Webb said. President Barack Obama wants to raise the capital gains tax, Webb said. This tax increase would give people less incentive to stay in business so they’ll just sell their businesses to avoid paying the higher taxes, Webb said. “What’s the incentive to stay in business,” Webb said. “Believe me, there is a real consequence to that one simple thing.” Webb said Republicans believe in a set of basic principles. “Limited government, freedom and individual responsibility,” Webb said.
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Celebs&People BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) – just a few miles after passing a towering Marlboro Man ad, a second billboard off the highway promotes cigarettes with a new American face: Kelly Clarkson. The former American Idol winner invites fans to buy tickets to her upcoming concert in Jakarta, CLARKSON the nation’s capital. The logo of her sponsor is splashed in huge type above her head – the popular Indonesian cigarette brand L.A. Lights. Similar ads also run on TV.
NewsBriefs Finger lost in Denver, Colorado, iPad theft DENVER (AP) – A thief’s thirst for a brand new iPad cost a Colorado man not only a much-coveted device but also two-thirds of a pinky finger. Doctors had to amputate part of Bill Jordan’s left pinky after a man Thursday yanked away a bag containing an iPad that Jordan had just purchased at a Denver mall. Jordan, 59, had the cord of the bag wrapped around his left hand when the thief “completely blind-sided” him and jerked the bag off his hand, stripping the flesh of Jordan’s finger down to the bone.
LateNiteHumor Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Top 10 Signs Your Wife Is Having An Affair With Bernie Madoff 10. She often comes home smelling “Madoffy.” 9. Keep finding electronic monitoring bracelets under the bed. 8. She told you she wants a divorce in 150 years. 7. The orange jumpsuit mixed in with your dry cleaning. 6. She complains about your “small returns.” 5. Previously cheated on you with the CEOs of Tyco, Worldcom and Enron. 4. Tells you, “I’m going out for a conjugal ... I mean, to the store.” 3. She keeps getting bouqets of roses from inmate #61727-054. 2. Somehow bought a $2 million dollar necklace on a teacher’s salary. 1. When someone on the news mentions getting screwed by Madoff, your wife says, “Tell me about it.”
Lengthy eruption could cloud economy AMSTERDAM (AP) – Even as Europe’s dormant airports sputter back to life, prudent travelers and businessmen should ask: What if Iceland’s volcano erupts again? Because it might. Over and over again, for weeks, perhaps months, scientists say. The last eruption from the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in 1821 lasted off-and-on for 13 months – but back then there were no jet engines to get clogged by ash. What should the world brace for if ash clouds waft over Europe intermittently for six months or a year, repeatedly closing airports with just a few hours’ warning? A devastated tourist industry. Less out-of-season produce at supermarkets. Businesses forced to improvise. And higher prices on just about everything. Europe’s recovery from the economic recession likely would be set back to zero. Banks and governments, worried about runaway inflation, could tighten credit. Railways and roads would be overloaded with freight and people needing more reliable means of travel. A BMW plant in Germany and a Nissan plant in Japan were forced to close temporarily this week because the ash prevented the arrival of parts shipments.
Prolonged disruptions to supply chains could have a profound effect on manufacturing and global trade. The psychological effects of the uncertainty could be numbing. As long as the volcano keeps rumbling, few people are likely to risk long delays camped out at airports or trapped in overpriced hotels. Some people may feel more isolated, unable to escape on a cheap last-minute air ticket. They may think twice about visiting Grandma if it means six hours on a train rather than an hour in the sky. Booking a seat on the intercity express may be a lot harder. Optimists will see benefits in a slower pace of life and the excuse to pass up yet another business conference. Vacations will be closer to home. The climate might benefit from the absence of polluting aircraft, although the cancellation of 100,000 or so flights would amount to just a blip on the rising graph of the world’s carbon emissions. National railways are enjoying a boom, with extra trains running from Moscow and Madrid and all points in between. Eurostar added 33 trains since the weekend carrying 165,000 passengers from Britain to the continent, or 50,000 more than usual. Economically, however, the picture
PASSENGERS SLEEP AT the T4 Barajas airport in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, April 20. Spain has offered to let Britain and other European countries use its airports as stopovers to get passengers stranded by the volcanic ash cloud traveling again, a minister said Monday. AP photo
would be generally grim. Travel and tourism account for up to 5 percent of Europe’s economic output. Even if the number of travelers drops by just one person in five, Europe would have to scrap its hoped-for return to growth this year, said economic analyst Vanessa Rossi of the London research institute Chatham House.
The spin-off effects of a sharp drop in travel could wipe off 1 to 2 percent of GDP. “That basically means we’ve got a continued recession,” Rossi said. “If it persists, it’s quite chaotic. You find ways through it, but it’s going to be more costly,” she said. “This is absolutely bad news at the wrong time. But nobody chooses a volcano to erupt. So that’s it.”
Rockies president dies in Utah hotel room DENVER (AP) – Colorado Rockies president Keli McGregor, who parlayed a lifelong love of sports into a short stint in the NFL before embarking on a career in the baseball business, was found dead in his hotel room in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Detective Rick Wall said two of McGregor’s associates couldn’t get in touch with him and that someone entered his room at The Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City and found the 48-year-old McGregor unconscious Tuesday morning. Police were called about 9 a.m. MDT and emergency workers arrived on the scene and were unable to revive him. “There are no signs of foul play. ... Based on the initial investigation (police and fire officials) did not see anything suspicious,” Wall said. “There is nothing suspicious. At this point it would look like it was some sort of a natural cause or something along those lines.”
Wall said the investigation has been turned over to the medical examiner’s office, which will determine the cause and time of death. The Rockies said McGregor was on a business trip with team chairman and CEO Charlie Monfort and executive vice president Greg Feasel. “Words cannot describe the level of shock and disbelief that we all are feeling this morning at the loss of Keli,” Charlie Monfort said in a statement. “Our thoughts, our prayers are with Lori and the entire family as we all try to cope and understand how such a tragic loss could occur with such a wonderful man.” McGregor is survived by his wife, Lori, three daughters and a son. His voice cracking, manager Jim Tracy said before the Rockies’ game at Washington on Tuesday night that he struggled with what to tell his team about McGregor’s death. “I’m stunned. I can’t believe what’s happened,”
Tracy said. “I told the players in the clubhouse: ‘I want to understand this, but I don’t.’ I don’t know what to say. I don’t understand it. “We said a little prayer for him. The prayers are as much for him as for Lori and for those four children.” The clubhouse was closed before the game. “I guess shock is the word that describes it,” first baseman Todd Helton said as he walked out on the field. “Great man. I’ve known him 15 years. Last person you think you’d be getting that call about. “He kept himself in great shape, worked hard. He really loved this team, loved his family even more,” Helton said. “We went duck hunting together, pumped up together, stayed up playing cards, golfed several times in the offseason.” Rockies hitting coach Don Baylor, who was managing the club when McGregor came on board, said he was a passionate person who always put the organization first.
Marijuana users out, proud nationwide OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Stoked by advancing legalization efforts, pot smokers across the country lit up in public parks, outside statehouses and in the posh confines of a Hummer parked outside a pot gardening superstore to observe the movement’s annual high holiday. Those who weren’t within whiffing distance of a college campus or a reggae concert may not have realized Tuesday was 4/20, the celebration-cum-mass civil disobedience derived from “420” – insider shorthand for cannabis consumption. Advocates from New Hampshire to California trumpeted marijuana’s rising commercial and political acceptance while producing collective clouds of pungent smoke – often under the watchful eyes of law enforcement officers who for the most part let the parties proceed. A daylong rally in Denver’s Civil Center Park drew thousands of people, as did the public smoking event that persisted at the University of Colorado in Boulder despite discouragement from college administrators. Colorado lawmakers coincidentally marked the day by backing new regulations for dispensaries selling medical marijuana. In New Hampshire, about 100 people rallied in the state capital of Concord on the eve of a Senate vote to decriminalize small amounts of pot. Some lit up joints as state troopers watched from inside the Statehouse. Gov. John Lynch said he will veto the bill if it reaches him.
JOHN LAVOIEL TAKES a puff of a marijuana joint in front of the Statehouse in Concord, N.H., Tuesday, April 20. AP photo
In Juneau, Alaska, about 20 young people, two dogs and a mother pushing a stroller marched in driving rain, whooping and chanting, “Yes we cannabis!” Their route took them past the state Capitol and City Hall. In California, where voters in November will consider whether to tax the sale of marijuana for recreational use, a 3-month-old cultivation equipment emporium in Oakland got a 24-hour jump start, sponsoring a “420 Eve”
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festival on Monday. Several hundred revelers lined up outside the 15,000square-foot iGrow shop. Security guards kept them at bay until 4:20 p.m., when they could enter a medical marijuana delivery service raffle to win an oversized joint and a tour of a 53-foot-long portable grow room with a starting price of $60,000. “I wouldn’t have thought we would be able to consume on site,” marveled John Corral, 19, of San Jose, after he obtained a wristband that gave him access to the event’s two “vapor lounges,” the one inside the Hummer and another inside a companion Range Rover limousine. Two years ago, before he had a doctor’s recommendation to smoke pot, Corral commemorated 4/20 on Hippie Hill, the Golden Gate Park promontory where an earlier generation of pot aficionados made their stand. Marijuana use – medically and recreationally – is getting more attention these days, with voters in California and possibly three other states set to decide whether to legalize adult use of the drug. South Dakota voters will consider in the fall whether to join California and the 13 other states that allow medical cannabis use. Most Americans still oppose legalizing marijuana, but larger majorities believe pot has medical benefits and the government should allow its use for that purpose, according to an Associated Press-CNBC poll released Tuesday.
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New ASUSU officers discuss budgets Briefs
By CHELSEY GENSEL news senior writer
Members of the 2010-11 ASUSU Executive Council officially met for the first time Tuesday, April 20, spending time discussing the “house rules” for Executive Council meetings as well as reviewing budget recommendations. “It’s exciting. We have lots of work to do,” ASUSU President Tyler Tolson said. The previous officers recommended a budget of $837,000, based on the amount brought in by fees from 2008-09. ASUSU adviser Tiffany Evans said the budget is based on one of the 10 “fee receiving units,” such as athletics, buses and Aggie Blue Bikes. The ASUSU budget comes from the activity fee, which represents $30.53 of $402.18 in total student fees, at the 13-credit level of enrollment. Evans
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said approximately $28.75 of that goes toward ASUSU. This includes compensation for ASUSU officers as well as activity and operating budgets. “It is important to understand the fees students pay,” Evans said. Each dollar from a student, in budget planning, is equated to about $30,000 per year. That budget can be supplemented by the Capital and Support Fund as well as what the council considers a “rainy day” fund. The Capital and Support, or C&S, Fund is typically capped at $54,000, with any excess being transferred to the rainy day fund, where it gains interest. “C&S is money we’re ready to draw on for student initiatives, or whatever comes up,” Tolson said. However, accessing the C&S Fund involves passing the item of legislation requesting the funds through
a committee as well as signatures from both the ASUSU president and adviser. Between the two funds, there is currently about $130,000, Evans said. The interest accrued gives the council about $4,000-$5,000 more to add to the $837,000 if they so desire. “Last year’s council chose not to use that in their budget recommendation because they wanted, I think, to be fiscally conservative,” Evans said. The council will discuss the budget recommendation at next week’s meeting. The remainder of the meeting focused largely on the structure and guidelines for the meetings themselves. The new council members made only one change to the House Rules, adding a clause to rule 14, which now reads, “Only elected ASUSU advisers, officers and appointed officers may be allowed to
sit at the round table, unless otherwise invited.” They made the change to accommodate special guests, speakers and administrators who may attend meetings. Other rules include dress code, discussion of items of legislation, who is permitted to speak and when, and singing either the Aggie Fight Song or the Scotsman to open each meeting: it’s a requirement. They also considered changing the date and time of the weekly Executive Council meeting, which they will discuss next week, pending finalization of class schedules. The rules can be suspended by a majority vote for any special circumstance that may require a different procedure. – chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu
Ballroom team takes second at competition By CATHERINE MEIDELL assistant news editor
USU’s ballroom team snagged second place in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Devil Dancesport Challenge, a competition that brought six schools together in front of a panel of judges to perform dances from the mambo to the quickstep. The ballroom team is especially pleased by this title because they were able to beat their rival school, University of California-San Diego, which they originally set out to do, ballroom team coach Jeanne-Louise Shelton said. “The team was really crisp and clean in their formations,” Shelton said. “We knew we had a chance. We definitely thought we would be in the to three and that was our goal.” Ballroom team member and junior physics major Scott Stephenson specializes in Latin dancing, such as the salsa, cha-cha and rhumba. This type of dancing is what put the ballroom team in second place for the Latin Medley arrangements. Stephenson said the team felt prepared going into the competition to beat UC San Diego; however, the anticipated first place would go to Southern Utah University because they have a dance program, unlike USU. SUU has a ballroom team twice the size of USU’s and dancers who have more experience, he said. “Utah State is trying to get a dance program back at the univeristy,” Stephenson said. “They had one several years ago, and I don’t know why they stopped. I think the arts are important in education and I feel it’s important to have that option.” Shelton said she and her husband, Adam Shelton, who also coaches the team, are hoping to take next year’s ballroom team to a competition in Ohio and another in Canada, but must raise enough money to do so. The team has previously competed in California, Idaho, Nevada and Utah, she said. “Ballroom dance is addicting and I think it’s addicting for a couple reasons,” Shelton said. “One reason is you get to dance with a partner and there is no other sport where you can compete as a partnership. This makes it really unique and fun.” She said the second addicting aspect of ballroom dance is its artistic elements, in addition to the athletic ability it requires, so the dancer has “the best of both worlds.” Tryouts for next year’s JACOB HOWELL AND JESSICA TRIPP show off their ballroom dancing skills. USU’s Ballroom team ballroom team will be held April 28 at 3:30 p.m. beat out their rival, University of California-San Diego, in a competition at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. in the Golden Toaster chapel on 1200 East, and PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo students who make the team will be split into three groups: competition team, performance team and beginning team. Students have shown an tions. Many current members of the team have a gate how well or poorly a team did. increased interest in the sport throughout the year, few dances they focus on practicing while others “In ballroom, it’s all very subjective,” Shelton and Shelton said splitting the team will allow more decide to compete with 10 dance styles. said. “Sometimes, it’s hard to know how we did participation. Stephenson said the hardest part about prebecause they don’t have an exact criteria, so it kind Stephenson said he is impressed by the growth paring for competitions is memorizing the dance of comes down to the personal styling tastes of the of the university’s interest in the sport as well as routine. Overall, ballroom is difficult because the judges.” the growth of his teammates as dancers. dancers have to pay close attention to the lines of In addtion to the ballroom team’s second-place “I am impressed with how far we’ve come and their formation in order to keep them from lookranking in the Latin Medley, USU’s ballroom team how much we’ve progressed in the years we have ing sloppy. placed third in the International style team match been doing this. With the few numbers we have to Adam Shelton said, “The USU team practices and then came out in first place in the American work with, we have still been able to compete well,” nine hours every week. We work on technique such style team match. Overall, the ballroom team he said. as correct foot placement and hip action, choreogwalked away from the Las Vegas competition with Shelton encourages all students who make the raphy and synchronization.” 40 individual and team awards. ballroom team to narrow their selection of dance Unlike gymnastics and other dance-type sports, – catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu.edu to a few styles in order to master them for competi- ballroom dance has no concrete guidelines to navi-
USU honors recipients of Diversity Award BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS
Utah State University President Stan Albrecht recognized and honored the winners of the 16th Annual Utah State University Diversity Awards at a luncheon held in their honor April 9 at the Haight Alumni Center at USU. Mary Doty, John Lackstrom, Kate Stephens, Krista Bustamante and Cleal Bradford were honored. The awards recognize individuals on campus and in communities served by USU who have made significant contributions to affirmative action, equal opportunity and diversity. Mary Doty was honored posthumously with the Administrator Award. On the USU campus, prior to her tragic death in August 2009, she actively worked with the Multicultural Student
Services, International Students and Scholars, Disability Resource Center, Women’s and Reentry Student Center and GLBTA (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allied) Services to make sure the Counseling Center was responsive to the needs of all students. John Lackstrom, professor of linguistics and Spanish in the department of languages, philosophy and speech communication, College of HASS, received the Faculty Award. In the late 1990s, Lackstrom, along with Al Smith, another language faculty member, developed the Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT) program, using the slogan “Build Understanding.” Kate Stephens, Utah Conservation Corps assistant director, received the Staff Award. The UCC is dedicated to improving public lands and the com-
munities that surround them through partnership projects, education and service. Krista Bustamante is an undergraduate student with a dual major in political science and Spanish and is currently the ASUSU (Associated Student of Utah State University) diversity and organizations vice president. She is the recipient of the Student Award, presented for her many efforts prior to being elected to her current ASUSU position. Cleal Zemire Bradford is the diversity award recipient in the Community category. His lifelong passion has been to preserve diverse cultural resources in southeast Utah, develop educational opportunities for Native Americans and empower Native communities to shape their own political, social and economic destinies.
Film “Wind Uprising” to be shown at USU A documentary film produced by professors Cathy Hartman and Edwin Stafford of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business titled “Wind Uprising” will be shown at noon, April 22, on the nineth floor of the business building. Admission is free for USU faculty, students and staff. “Wind Uprising” chronicles the turbulent journey that a wind entrepreneur and an engineer trail blazed to bring wind power to their home state of Utah. They faced stiff headwinds at every turn, including policy barriers, fickle investors, transmission limitations and ‘not In my back yard’ resistance from nearby residents that nearly derailed the project. The film details the common market, policy and community roadblocks that stand in the way of wind energy development and the solutions that were discovered in Spanish Fork. The story provides important lessons for entrepreneurship and future of renewable energy development.
Celebrate Earth Day with gold This Thursday, April 22, is Earth Day, and in the spirit of environmental protection, for one day only, S.E. Needham Jewelers is holding a recycling event. S.E. Needham Jewelers will buy old gold at top dollar. They will also offer free jewelry cleaning and inspections, free verbal appraisals and free consultations with one of their jewelry designers if you wish to recycle your old jewelry into something new. You may also use your old jewelry as trade-in toward a new purchase. Last year, enough gold was recycled to save 450 tons of Earth from being moved. Bring in your old gold this Thursday and join the Recycle Event at S.E. Needham Jewelers, in historic downtown Logan.
Poetry at Three up next for Helicon West Poetry at Three, a long standing USU-based writers’ group, will present their 10th annual reading 7 p.m. Thursday, April 22, at the True Aggie Café on 117 N. Main Street. The reading, held in conjunction with Poetry Month, will be hosted by Helicon West, Cache Valley’s popular open-reading/featured-readers series. Audiences of Poetry at Three can expect eclectic topics in narrative and lyrical style, with philosophical, humorous, poignant and rowdy variations of theme. Be warned, however, the reading is uncensored. A collection of poems, “Poetry at Three Volume 8,” will be available for purchase at the reading. The authors and readers are Shanan Ballam, Star Coulbrooke, Brock Dethier, Carrie Farmer, Susan Nyikos, Phil Parisi, Will Pitkin and Anne Shifrer. All creative writers are invited to share up to 7 minutes of original work at the open microphone session following the reading. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact star.coulbrooke@usu.edu.
English Studies Forum announced At 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, in Ray B. West 214, the English Studies Forum (ESF) will present “Publishing in English Studies.” The panel of recent authors and publishing experts includes David Christensen, Christine CooperRampato, Joyce Kinkead, Keri Holt and Michael Spooner, editor of USU Press. The event is free and all are invited. The ESF is an opportunity to discuss issues that impact our field with colleagues from across the department.
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Study shows wind project in San Juan County could benefit Utah’s economy BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS
A newly released USU and U.S. Department of Energy study estimates that a modest 50-megawatt wind power development near Monticello in San Juan County, Utah, could generate during its construction more than $31 million in economic output for the state of Utah. It could also support 51 on-site construction jobs with a total payroll of almost $3 million, the study concludes. “Wind power creates both short-term and long-term economic opportunities for rural communities in terms of job opportunities, lease payments to landowners and increased property tax revenues to fund local community projects,” said Cathy Hartman, marketing professor in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and one of the co-authors of the study. During its first year of operation, a 50-megawatt wind power plant could generate about $150,000 in land lease payments to San Juan County landowners. It could also generate more than $1.3 million in local property taxes for San Juan County, of which more than $800,000 would support the San Juan School District, the study states. The report, “An Analysis of State-Level Economic Impacts from the Development of Wind Power Plants in San Juan County, Utah,” is available from the U.S. Department of Energy website. The study examines the economic impacts of two feasible scenarios of wind-project installations – 50 megawatts and 100 megawatts – for a site near the city of Monticello in San Juan County. The Utah State Energy Program’s anemometer loan pro-
gram has identified the Monticello site as having wind resources that warrant additional testing for potential commercial development. The economic impacts were estimated using the Job and Economic Development Impact model developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo. USU graduate David Ratliff and Huntsman Marketing professor Edwin Stafford were co-authors of the study along with Hartman. “Property tax revenues from wind power plants can be a significant economic boon for rural schools,” Stafford said. “Even a modest 50 megawatt wind farm could infuse millions of dollars into budget-constrained rural schools over a wind farm’s 20-year life. That’s an important social benefit for rural Utah.” Utah has two commercial wind projects in operation – an 18.9 megawatt project at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon and a 203.5 megawatt installation just outside Milford in southern Utah. Those successful projects overcame numerous policy, location and market obstacles that are paving the way for more wind development throughout the state, Hartman said. “Understanding the economic opportunities posed by developing wind resources could help build market demand and community support for local wind energy development,” she said. “Adding wind-generated electricity to the utility system offers an immediate, viable way to move our state toward a clean energy economy.”
Discovery: Road show gives light to rare find -continued from page 1 face for science, for archeology and for Utah State.” Holly Andrew, student, said, “Just to find archeology was awesome but to find something this rare was shocking.” Andrew attended the roadshow and was present while the spearhead was being discussed. “We were all very excited,” Andrew said. “I’ve seen a lot of replicas, but to
actually touch one was breathtaking.” Andrew also described Hartner as “glowing.” Pitblado said any finder is more than welcome to share in the process, and that includes Hartner if she wants to. Pitblado is one of the professionals who will help any anthropology-enthused citizen become part of the project and learn how to record future finds.
While the spearhead is back in Hartner’s possession, Pitblado said she can’t wait for her follow-up of the area. “It is an enormously sexy find,” Pitblado said. Hoping to unravel more finds, Pitblado can’t wait to see what shows up at next year’s road show. – jessie.a.sweat@aggiemail.usu.edu
Webb: Rep. says Utah has great business environment -continued from page 1 Webb said he wants people to stand for something. “If you’re going to be a Republican, be a Republican,” Webb said. “Jump in, figure it out and have a conviction and be committed to the principles of small government, freedom and individual responsibility.” People all want to feel secure, to be able to make enough money to live comfortably and give their children those opportunities. “That’s really what politics is about,” Webb said. “It’s preserving those values and making sure that we create an environment that allows us to get everything.” Webb said Democrats believe that big government is the answer to people’s problems. “I have always viewed the Democrats from this point of view,” Webb said. “Democrats believe that the federal government can do everything, that you only need government to accomplish things. They are the end all, solve all of every
entity in the nation.” Democrats have a tendency to vote for things that benefit the most people even if it’s against the Constitution, Webb said. Webb said Utah has a great business environment for multiple reasons. “We have a good tax base,” Webb said. “Utah has a dedicated work force, generally healthy life styles and a strong work ethic. That’s why companies come here.” Carl Aldrich, president of the USU College Republicans, said he’s Republican because he has the same values as the Republican party. “I believe in limited government,” Aldrich said. “We have the ability to govern ourselves better than government can.” Not only Republicans attended the speech. Webb asked people what their political affiliations were and the results were mixed. Some said they are Libertarian and others Republican. Others said they identified with no party and that was the reason they were attending Webb’s
speech. USU student Gretchen Rinehart said she was at the meeting because she’s recently become informed with how government is affecting her life and she wants to become more educated on the subject. Webb said politicians are unethical when they do things for their own personal gain and when they violate trust. “Unethical behavior, in my mind, is doing something that is contrary to your public trust,” Webb said. “You can question my vote, but if you question that I voted for personal gain, then I violated your trust.” Webb spoke of different politicians that resigned because of private issues and explained why they did. Webb said when a politician violates the public’s trust, they can no longer trust him because they don’t know who he really is. – blaze.bullock@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Classes teach students to ride
By KELLYN ANDERSON staff writer
Whether it is flying over jumps, training young horses or just learning the basics of riding, the USU Equine Science program has it all. The three main riding classes date back to the ‘60s, but they originally only taught Western riding. After Rebecca Lewis took over the classes, she decided to change the curriculum to include English riding. Now the program learns many Western disciplines, such as Western pleasure, trail and reining, but also includes the English dressage and jumping, as well. Lewis has been the riding instructor for four years at USU, and does not just handle the stresses of teaching, she also trains the horses to sell to prospective buyers, keeps track of all the students involved in the program and leaves some time for doing stable chores. With around 35 horse to take care of, many students in the program are also employees at the stables. Katie Hepworth, junior in equine science, said, “I practically live here. It’s my second home.” The main focus of the beginner and advanced riding classes are to help the students not only learn to ride better, but to learn how to work with the horses. “A lot of the students here have come in already knowing how to ride, but they just know the how,” Lewis said. “We try to teach a lot of the why we do things and how what we do affects the horse.”
The classes are currently maxed out at 14 equine science majors, but the program is hoping to expand and include more sessions once the new facility is complete. The new Equine Science Facility, scheduled to finish in August, is going to be much larger than the old stable and will allow for horse breeding, which will help with class curriculum and program funding. The program receives all its horses through donation and does not allow outside breeding, including at the new facility. “Outside boarding is a liability. It is a liability for the program, the horses and the boarders,” Lewis says. Since the program just recently became a full major, the size of staff and students is still quite small, but they are constantly trying to expand. Colette Tebeau, the other riding instructor, has really enjoyed her time teaching in the program. “We try to tailor a lot of our classes to what students already know, and then the students expand and develop that knowledge,” she says. The beginning class starts with a quick 10-minute lecture, then proceeds to hands-on training. First, the beginners learn grooming techniques, saddling instructions and, finally, the riding. “I love watching the students progress from not knowing anything to being fairly confident riders,” Tebeau says. Since every class is hands-on, safety is a big issue, for the horses
and riders. The riders are required to wear riding helmets at all times, and every precaution is taken to make sure the students and horses stay protected. The program receives funding through the department and student fees, but the largest chunk is from the sale of horses. Lewis sells five to eight horses a year, all which come from donation, though they will not just take any horse. Most every horse they will accept has breed papers, and they will not take anything over 18 years old. Horses with papers sell much better. The program includes a wide range of horses. While most of the riding horses are stock horses, quarter horses and paints, the herd also includes an Arabian, two mustangs and an appaloosa mix. Some horses are young and have been trained by the students in the colt starting class this year. “We bring them in, get them trained and then turn around and sell them,” Lewis says. In the future, the Equine Science program hopes to expand the classes, the studefnts and the horses. But for now, it helps the students learn the best way they possibly can. Hepworth believes in the program, the teachers and, most definitely, the horses. “I’ve learned so much being here,” Hepworth said. “The teachers are great, the atmosphere is great and my riding has improved so much.” – kellyn.anderson@aggiemail.usu.edu
CAMILLE WHITE RIDES a horse named Penny. The Equine Science program offers three main riding classes, which not only teach students how to ride better, but also how to work with horses. ALISON OSTLER photo
Professor teaches how to make a healthy sound By STOREE POWELL features senior writer
Beautiful sounds are in the ear of the listener, but maybe less so with the research of Cindy Dewey, USU’s assistant department head of music and associate professor. Dewey said, “There are many people who train singers to make beautiful sound, but not all beautiful sound is efficient, and making this happen is my goal. This is where my scientific disposition comes in.” Dewey, who has a doctorate from Louisiana
State University in voice performance and a bachelor’s degree in speech language pathology, began her bachelor’s degree in premed, but quickly changed after making the cut for the eight voice graduate ensemble as a freshman. “I thought it was so much more fun than spending my day in the hospital that half way through my freshman year I switched to music. I didn’t have a sense of my own voice, but I wanted to sing,” Dewey said. Dewey said she was always interested how science went with music, so rather than go to Europe and sing, she kept doing advanced degrees, learning how voice science relates to
ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT HEAD of music and associate professor Cindy Dewey is researching using the KayPentax Phonatory Aerodynamic System. The Kaypentax system picks up the signal of a singer from a mask he or she sings into, and it monitors airflow rates and subglottic pressure. ANI MIRZAKHANYAN photo
vocal performance. Dewey also has a bachelor’s degree in voice performance and was the coordinator of vocal programs at West Virginia University. Dewey also studied with Oren Brown of Juilliard and made her debut in New York in the award-winning opera “Intimations.” Many of her students have sung in famous places, such as the Metropolitan Opera. Though Dewey is an operatic singer herself and has sung with the likes of the Vancouver Symphony, her recent work has been the application of voice science research to voice pedagogy, or how people can be taught to sing. “My focus in the last 20 years is really on pedagogy. How do you learn from voice science? I apply research to voice pedagogy, and now I’m starting to delve into doing the research myself,” Dewey said. Dewey is a teacher and researcher at heart. Lynn Jemison-Keisker, a USU associate professor in the music department and colleague of Dewey, said, “One of the most important things for a vocalist is to nurture their instrument. It can’t be repaired like a piano. It is a living instrument, so it has to be cared for. The marriage of medical science of voice and beautiful sound is being more nurtured contemporarily. Dr. Dewey’s research keeps adding new informative material to the student’s study.” But why? Vocal health and improved teaching, of course. Dewey teaches 23 students and onehour lessons a week. Imparting how to become a better, healthier singer is not only important for Dewey, but her students as well. Dewey said, “I think every person can learn to play their instrument better, though some people are born with Steinways in their throats and your level of gift is unique, you can become technically proficient and anyone who studies can get better.” But not everyone can be a star. Dewey said, “The people who will be stars will be intuitive because the muscles singing deals with are minuscule and hidden from sight.” What are the physiologic traits of a gifted singer? That is what Dewey is researching, using the KayPentax Phonatory Aerodynamic System.
“I think until somebody tells you, you don’t really know what your potential is, and then all an external person can tell you is if they think you have the raw materials necessary,” Dewey said. “You have to have a musical sensitivity, not just a great voice. However, Dewey said some components are impossible to teach. “There is an innate sensitivity to music that some students have, and some students can’t tell they don’t have it. So the difficulty is figuring out how to help anyone who wants to get better. It is the complication in music education,” she said. According to Dewey, the Kaypentax system picks up the signal of a singer from a mask he or she sings into, and it monitors airflow rates and subglottic pressure (the space between the vocal folds). Dewey, along with Kim CorbinLewis in USU’s speech language pathology program, got the system from an innovations grant. Dewey said, “We are looking at if people who have been trained in singing use their airflow differently than speakers will. My research will also include looking at singers who are perceived as being more expert. Is there a difference how air flows when they sing than those who are at a novice level? And how can we use the information in the studies to inform how we actually teach people sing.” Currently, Dewey and Lewis are in the study design stage. According to Dewey, the system is unique because it doesn’t just store the data from the voice sound, but it stores the signal from the voice, allowing expert listeners to go back and replay the acoustic signal to evaluate it for perceptual judgment. Also, Dewey received an electroglotticgraph, a machine that measures how long it takes the vocal folds to come together. According to Dewey, this comes in for the do or die in opera, a phenomenon called the singer’s formant. Dewey said, “A formant is a resonant frequency of part of the vocal tract, or the really ringing quality of an operatic voice that carries it over an orchestra without amplification.
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ASA completes 16 service projects throughout the year By COURTNIE PACKER features editor
They are not trying to solve all the problems across the globe, but they believe that in a world of darkness, the light of a single candle has the power of lightning, Gagik Melikyan said. The Armenian Student Association, ASA, is a new organization on campus. Melikyan, ASA president, said the ASA was instituted in September 2009 by Jon Huntsman Sr. When meeting with Huntsman, he announced to current USU Armenian students that a group of 11 Armenian students would be coming to USU. He then hoped there would then be enough Armenian students on campus to institute an association. Huntsman had created a four-year scholarship program for Armenian students to attend USU, gain an education and better develop their country. Mikayel Khachatryan, business administration senior and secretary of ASA, said meeting with Huntsman was an experience he will not forget. “This was the first time we got to talk to Mr. Huntsman and tell him about our experience at USU,” he said. “It was a major inspiration for us, to get started on something like this.” Khachatryan said by knowing more Armenian students were attending USU, it gave them the confidence and the opportunity to serve and do more projects, which is exactly what they have done. The ASA has done nearly 16 service projects throughout this semester, with a handful planned for the upcoming weeks and months. Melikyan said that within the first semester of the ASA, they had completed eight service projects throughout the community. However, one of ASA’s most recent service projects has been one that has touched many lives and one that ASA members are passionate about. In 1988, an earthquake struck Armenia. Melikyan said Huntsman visited the country shortly after the tragedy and visited the town of Gyumri, which was hit worst by the earthquake. Due to this natural disaster, thousands of people became homeless, and, unfortunately to this day, they have not fully recovered. Shane Bullock, junior in biology and a member of ASA, served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Armenia and said the people who live there are in desperate need of help. He said many of the homes are similar to huts. These homes are built from abandoned railroad cars or large pieces of aluminum thrown
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Sing: Achieving a beautiful sound -continued from page 6 This is an important thing for people training to sing classically so they can be heard. And this is something that you aren’t born with, it has to be developed.” Dewey certainly didn’t plan for a musical life or career. She said, “I did not grow up listening to opera. My voice took me to opera. But you start to see where the voice will take you rather than dictating where you want to take the voice.” Currently, Dewey is the chairperson for the National Association of Teachers of Singing’s National Convention in Salt Lake City, July 2-6. The convention is a mix of university professors and music professionals who come together for workshops, presentations and lectures. Dewey said this is a sign Utah is on the verge of becoming a leader in the field of voice science as well as the relocation of the National Voice and Speech Center to Utah. Despite the success of Dewey, JemisonKeisker said, “Cindy is a great down-to-earth person. We went to a New Orleans conference, and the most fun we had was eating the food.” It could be said the two are friends of fate. Jemison-Keisker taught at Lousiana State University and Dewey studied there. Jemison-
Taking back the kitchen and all about it.
Keisker grew up in West Virginia, and Dewey taught there. “We’ve been in the same place, but not at the same time. She is a terrific friend and a central figure in Cache Valley,” JemisonKeisker said. According to Jemison-Keisker, Dewey performs the balancing act of being professional and also warm and caring, creating a bond of trust with her students. Jemison-Keisker said, “This is so important for a vocal teacher because you are entrusting your instrument, your body, to someone who is giving you advice, going back to vocal health.” Jemison-Keisker said, “I admire her most for her talents as a teacher. She is well-known in the state as one of the best teachers because of her beautiful soprano voice and the intense study she has had herself, and her interest in vocal health, and the voice as a speech and singing vehicle. She is very committed to the growth of her students. She is exemplary in her own continued growth as a teacher and performer.” – storee.powell@aggiemail.usu.edu
A little spring flavor Now that spring is finally (sort of) here, it’s time to start making food that can be described with words like “light,” “easy” and “fresh.” After months of nothing but soup, eating watermelon, strawberries, Popsicles, potato salad, corn on the cob, and barbecue chicken again feels like reuniting with an old friend. Strawberry Spinach Salad 1 bunch or bag of baby spinach 2 cups sliced strawberries 1/4 cup vegetable oil 2 tablespoons cup white wine vinegar 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 tablespoon poppy seeds – Combine the spinach (make sure it’s washed) and strawberries in a large bowl. – In a separate bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, sugar and poppy seeds. – Drizzle over the spinach and strawberries and toss until evenly coated. You can add almost anything you want to this salad. Some ideas I’ve used and liked are toasted pecans, feta cheese, raspberries and sliced almonds. Asparagus Pasta 1 (8 ounce) package penne pasta 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon minced garlic (or two medium cloves garlic, minced) 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped 1 bunch asparagus, woody ends trimmed and chopped into 1-inch pieces 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth 1/2 teaspoon basil 1/2 teaspoon oregano salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons cream 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese 1/2 cup pecan halves, toasted and chopped (optional) – Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente, eight to 11 minutes. Drain and set aside. – Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large pot. Add the garlic, red pepper and asparagus and cook, stirring often, for five minutes, until the garlic becomes soft and fragrant. – Add the broth and bring to a simmer. Cook until the vegetables start to become tender, five to 10 minutes. – Add the basil, oregano, salt and pepper, cream and lemon juice. – Stir in the cooked pasta and gently fold in the cheese and pecans.
Note: you can add chicken to make this a heartier meal, or if you want something more gourmet, try adding artichokes. You can also replace the pecans with toasted pine nuts. No Bake Cheesecake 1 graham cracker pie crust (see idea below) 2 (8 ounce) packages of cream cheese, softened 2 cups whipped topping, thawed 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla – Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. – Use a rubber spatula to fold in the whipped topping. – Spread into prepared crust. – Top with strawberries or raspberries or anything else you like. Here’s a recipe for a crust that I like: Graham Cracker Pie Crust 3/4 cup finely ground graham cracker crumbs (you can pulse them in a food processor or just put them in a Ziploc bag and pound them with your hands) 3/4 cup finely ground pecan sandies crumbs 3 tablespoons butter, melted 3 tablespoons brown sugar – In a medium bowl, combine the graham cracker and cookie crumbs with the brown sugar. Add the melted butter and stir until all moistened. – Use your fingers to spread into a pie pan (or any pan, really) and form a thin crust that goes about an inch up the sides of the pan. Now that the semester is coming to a close and the days are getting longer and warmer, eating is going to be enjoyable again. Picnics, barbecues and just having a little more time will be a nice change from the Pop-tarts, granola bars and frozen pizzas that have become all too common in the semester’s chaos. I suggest taking full advantage of the farmer’s market this summer, as well as checking out more recipe ideas at my blog, foodislikeart.blogspot. com. Until next year, happy fooding. Jennelle Clark is a psychology major who hopes to make it through the rest of the semester and into a long and relaxing summer. Comments can be left at aggietownsquare.com.
Street Speak What is the worst way to die and why? “Disemboweled while living because you are watching yourself die.”
“Burning alive because it would be the most painful. It would be a long process and you’d – Erik Mikkelson, be coughing from sophomore, all the smoke.” business major – Scott McClellan, sophomore, ceramics
Our Editor is Leaving. Yup. This is the time of year for Big Changes. Graduation, transcripts, resumes, jobs, internships and all that goes with them. But our editor leaving leaves the door open for you. If you think you have what it takes to take the reins of The Utah Statesman, check with the adviser — TSC 105A —soon. Applications are due April 22, noon.
“Crushed in the head with a hammer and then left barely alive to still feel pain, then stabbed 25 times, because hammers are heavy and knives are sharp.” – Ted Ethington, sophomore, social studies teaching
“Being tortured by needles in a hospital by a crazy doctor. I hate needles.” – Holly Whitlock, sophomore, family consumer science education information and photos gathered by CATHERINE MEIDELL
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Softball sweeps UVU in doubleheader TouchBase By LANDON HEMSLEY sports senior writer
USU won out at home Tuesday against UVU, sweeping out a softball doubleheader against the Wolverines, 12-2, 8-6. The Aggies were led by hard-hitting Tina Ferguson who went 6-6 over the two games with nine RBIs in the outings. Prior to Tuesday, Ferguson had hit in a total of 13 RBIs on the season and had been suffering a bit offensively. USU basically dominated the first game from the bottom of the first to the end. Things started out rough. USU got down 2-0 in the first inning as senior pitcher Kate Greenough had a bit of trouble from the mound. The game really wasn’t much of a competition after that. Greenough allowed one hit for the remaining five innings, which came in the top of the second. Aggie head coach Carissa Millsap-Kabala said she was able to turn it around and shut down from that leadoff hit onward. “After that no one got on base except for the walk,” Kabala said of a solitary walk Greenough pitched in the top of the fifth of the first game. “It was smart. She was on her ninth pitch for that at bat and the next batter we had struck out every single time we faced
her. I was saying, ‘Just let go of that one and we’ll go after the next one.’ That was the only other girl that got on base that game.” Aggie bats did the rest. Ferguson batted in four runs on two triples and a single, scoring once herself, and USU’s Kelley Kaneshiro hit two home runs on 2-3 hitting for the day. The second game was much more difficult for the Aggies. USU trailed by five going into the bottom of the fifth inning of a seven inning ball game. Aggie Joreigh Landers singled to start things off, and Ferguson followed with a towering home run over the left center field wall. The two run homer was the only scoring USU produced in the inning, and it brought the Aggies back to within two runs. Solid pitching by Aggie freshman pitcher Shelbi Tyteca kept the Wolverines scoreless in the top of the sixth, and Ferguson drove in the runs when they mattered most. USU had already scored one run and successfully loaded the bases when Landers came to bat for the Aggies. There were no outs on the board, USU had already scored one, and Wolverine pitcher Mandy Tapia was obviously laboring to do her job. Ferguson came to bat and hit a shallow blooper just over the shortstop’s head and just short of the left
fielder’s glove to bring in two runs. Ferguson said she felt much more comfortable batting in a collegiate setting in these games. “I’m just making up for all the times I didn’t hit the ball before,” Ferguson said. “Coach has been working with me a lot to relax. That’s what happens I guess when you’re relaxed.” The icing on the cake came immediately after. Ferguson’s RBIs tied the game up at six apiece. On the Ferguson hit, the Aggie bench cleared to congratulate Simone Hubbard and Nicole Tindall for their runs. As the Aggies filed back toward the dugout, Tapia walked leisurely back to the circle with the ball. Before she arrived in the circle, however, Megan McDonald took advantage of the confusion and UVU’s lack of attention to leave third base and steal home for the go-ahead run. Kabala was quick to praise Ferguson. “We’ve been working real hard with Tina,” Kabala said. “She’s been in a slump for the last couple weeks. She just blew out today. She did a fantastic job.” These two wins snap an eight-game losing streak for the Aggies, all of which have been played on the road. The Aggies combined in the two games for 23 hits in the doubleheader. USU will
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SENIOR, KATE GREENOUGH shut down UVU batters during Tuesday’s doubleheader. PATRICK ODEN photo
continue Wednesday on the road against Weber State and will return home for a threegame homestand on Friday and Saturday against San Jose State. Friday’s doubleheader will start at 2 p.m. and
Saturday’s game will warm up Aggie fans for the USU football spring game as it starts at 11 a.m. – la.hem@aggiemail.usu.edu
10 reasons YOU should attend Saturday’s Blue & White game Still mulling your potential plans for Saturday? Why not check out Utah State’s spring football game. Beginning at 2 p.m. on Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium, USU’s spring game will feature one last afternoon of college football before the Aggies return to practice in August. As if that fact alone shouldn’t be enough to get you out to the field, here are my top 10 reasons to attend the Blue and White Game on Saturday. 10) Diondre Borel: He’s the best dual-threat quarterback in the WAC, simple as that. OK, so maybe it is a toss-up with Nevada signal caller Colin Kaepernick, but, in all fairness, Borel was playing in a new-and-difficultto-learn offense last year, while Kaepernick had the benefit of some outstanding running backs in the backfield with him. Borel – who enters his senior year as USU’s single-season record holder for total offense – was decidedly efficient with 17 passing and six rushing touchdowns last year and should be even better now that he and his teammates have had a full year in coach Baldwin’s dynamic spread offense. 9) Dudes getting trucked: Don’t get me wrong, I love baseball and soccer as much as the next red-blooded American male, but the oasis which is the spring game is the only thing that can satisfy that carnal sports fan’s desire to see some
serious hitting. And don’t lie ladies, we know you like to see the helmets popping and mouthpieces flying, too. 8) Defensive improvement: Maybe you’re a skeptic, the kind of person who says they love college football, but just not Utah State football. The Aggies just aren’t good enough to watch, you say, as you sit in your nerfy beanbag chair, gazing at a group of “student athletes” (emphasis on the quotation marks) in SEC country. Well, I have news for you. Yes, USU may have struggled defensively last season, but Saturday’s action will give all of us a chance to see just how far the Aggie defense has come under coach Andersen. 7) Because Brindley will be there: This might be your last time to say “what’s up?” to the former USU safety before he makes it big in the NFL. Be sure to bring the kid for a picture and an autograph. Just don’t let me find it on eBay this time next year (the autograph, that is, not your kid.) 6) Speed, speed and more speed: Is this the fastest USU team on record? With running backs Michael Smith and Kerwynn Williams clocking in at 4.3 second or lower in the 40-yard dash, the Aggies have high hopes to run past opposing WAC defenses next season.
5) It’s free: Life costs money, and unless you want to take your date to a charming evening of church followed by a romantic meal from the McDonald’s Dollar Menu, you have to admit there are few things to do around here that won’t put at least a small dent in your pocketbook. I mean really, how often do you get to see some of the top athletes in the West perform free of charge? And for the record, I’m an active singer at my Catholic church and a frequent partaker of the McChicken, so hold off on the angry e-mails. 4) Support your school: Before coming to USU, I attended a small Division III school in Washington, D.C., in which there was more pride for the philosophy program than the football team. Thing is, having a big-time college football program at our school is a privilege, not a right. There are hundreds of thousands of students at schools around the country who would love to have the chance to spend a Saturday afternoon at a game. Do them a favor by taking advantage of the opportunity you’ve been given.
Utah State junior Clint Silcock has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week, for the week of April 12-19, announced Tuesday by the conference office. Silcock, a junior from Salmon, Idaho (Butte HS), won the high jump with what is currently the second-best height in the NCAA, clearing 7-05.00 (2.26 meters) as the Aggies hosted the Mark Faldmo Invitational on Saturday. Silcock’s mark is a career best and WAC best, as well as the second-best in Utah State school history, behind the school record jump of 7-06.50 (2.30m) by Dave Hoffman in 2001. Hoffman was in at Saturday’s meet and watched Silcock’s milestone jump. Silcock’s jump is also the third-best in the history of the WAC behind Milt Ottey of UTEP who jumped 7-6.5 (2.30m) in 1982 and Dave Stapleton of BYU who jumped 7-5.5 (2.28m) in 1983. This is Silcock’s second WAC honor this season after also earning the award on April 6. This is the Aggies’ fourth WAC honor in five weeks. In addition to Silcock, junior thrower Joe Canavan collected the WAC Field Athlete of the Week accolade on March 23 and senior hurdler Nick Karren earned the honor last week. Louisiana Tech senior Albert Fullwood earned the WAC Track honor as he ran a season-best and WAC-leading 200-meter time of 20.93 seconds at the LSU Alumni Gold in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday. Silcock and the Aggies will continue action Friday and Saturday, April 23-24, at the Cal Brutus Hamilton Invitational at Berkeley, Calif.
3) The gun show show: Hey guys, looking for an opportunity to show off those bazookas you’ve been working on all semester over at the Fieldhouse? The weather should be great come Saturday, and word on the street is that plenty of coeds will be in
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Utah State Men and Women’s Tennis each sweep Idaho State, 7-0, Tuesday Aggies tennis concludes the 2009-2010 season with sweeping wins. BY USU ATHLETICS
Utah state men and women’s tennis teams finished their seasons with clean 7-0 sweeps over Idaho State on Tuesday at the USU Outdoor Tennis Courts. The Aggie men end the season with a 11-10 season record while the women finish 11-12 on the season. In the men’s 7-0 defeat over the Bengals, USU’s lone senior Amit Maharaj ended his Aggie career with victories in both doubles and singles competition. Maharaj and freshman Sven Poslusny helped USU take the doubles point with a win over ISU’s Colton Pate and Danel Barrenechea, 8-4, at the two spot. Maharaj and Poslusny end the year with a 13-6 doubles record, an Aggie-season high. In singles, Maharaj defeated the Bengals’ Nate Gross, 7-5, 6-2, at the four position. Maharaj finished his senior year with the No. 1 ranked USU singles record of 128. Senior Britney Watts ended her USU career with wins in both singles and doubles action in the Aggie women’s 7-0 victory over the Bengals. Watts and sophomore Monica Abella claimed their first victory this season with a clean
sweep over ISU’s Rachel Ryan and Amy Bettis, 8-0, at the three position. Watts continued to be victorious on the day with a win at the No. 6 singles position over the Bengals’ Rachel Ryan, 6-1, 6-3. Watts posts a 10-11 singles record in her final USU season. Neither the USU men nor the Aggie women qualified for the WAC Championships held in Fresno, Calif., as both teams ended the season seventh in the WAC. The 2009-2010 season marks the first year that the top six conference teams qualify for the WAC Championships. MEN Utah State 7, Idaho State 0 Singles 1. Jakob Asplund (USU) def. Javier Royo (ISU), 6-0, 6-4 2. Sven Poslusny (USU) def. Danel Barrenechea (ISU), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 3. Bryan Marchant (USU) def. Dakota Pate (ISU), 6-0, wr 4. Amit Maharaj (USU) def. Nate Gross (ISU), 7-5, 6-2 5. Nikita Ryashchenko (USU) def. Dan Buckingham (ISU), 6-3, 6-1 6. Matt Braithwaite (USU) def. Colton Pate (ISU), 6-4, 7-5
Doubles 1. Asplund/Marchant (USU) def. Royo/D. Pate (ISU), 8-6 2. Maharaj/Poslusny (USU) def. C. Pate/Barrenechea (ISU), 8-4 3. Ryashchenko/Thatcher (USU) def. Buckingham/Gross (ISU), 8-6 WOMEN Utah State 7, Idaho State 0 Singles 1. Hailey Swenson (USU) def. Sophie Dang (ISU), 6-1, 6-1 2. Jaclyn West (USU) def. Lisel Lewis (ISU), 6-0, 6-1 3. Kristina Voytsekhovich (USU) def. Rilee Moorhead (ISU), 7-5, 6-0 4. Monica Abella (USU) def. Amy Bettis (ISU), 6-2, 3-6, 12-10 5. Taylor Perry (USU) def. Risa Fujiwara (ISU), 7-5, 1-0, wr 6. Britney Watts (USU) def. Rachel Ryan (ISU), 6-1, 6-3 Doubles 1. Swenson/West (USU) def. Moorhead/Dang (ISU), 8-6 2. Voytsekhovich/Perry (USU) def. Lewis/Fujiwara (ISU), 8-3 3. Watts/Abella (USU) def. Ryan/ Bettis (ISU), 8-0
JUNIOR JAKOB ASPLUND positions himself to return a ball during a home match earlier this season. Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams end their regular seasons with a full sweep of Idaho State, 7-0. PATRICK ODEN photo
Suns turn up the heat, rout Trail Blazers 119-90 in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns finally broke away from the methodical style of the Portland Trail Blazers. Boy, did they break away. Jason Richardson scored 29 points, Grant Hill made 10-of-11 shots for 20, and the Suns routed the Blazers 119-90 Tuesday night to emphatically tie the firstround playoff series 1-1. “The game just went by fast,” Portland’s Andre Miller said. “They hit us with the transition game. That’s what they’ve been doing all year.” When the mercurial Richardson has a night like this, his team almost always wins. Phoenix is 27-4 this season when he scores at least 20. Richardson could concentrate on scoring after being freed from the chore of guarding Miller. Coach Alvin Gentry turned to the 37-year-old Hill, and Miller
managed just 12 points on 4-of-11 shooting after getting 31 in Portland’s 105-100 victory in Game 1. “I just tried to make him work,” Hill said. “He’s a great player and I have a lot of respect for him. We’re close in age. He just had an off night tonight and I expect him to play better in Game 3.” Richardson marveled at Hill’s performance. “I don’t know how Grant guarded him. He did a good job on him tonight and scored 20,” Richardson said. “I couldn’t do it.” Amare Stoudemire added 18 points for Phoenix. Steve Nash pushed the team from the start and finished with 13 points and 16 assists. “We were just more aggressive getting the ball up the floor and moving bodies around so they weren’t set,” Nash said,
“and they weren’t able to zone it up as well.” The one-sided nature of the victory only slightly dampened the Blazers’ satisfaction at getting a split in Phoenix. “We got a win but you don’t want to lose like that going home,” Miller said. “But we’re definitely still motivated. It’s a seven-game series.” Portland coach Nate McMillan saw the blowout as a warning as his team returns home for Game 3 on Thursday night. “We came in and got a split, but based on tonight’s game and that sense of urgency and understanding, it’s still a long ways to go,” he said. “You have to win four games. They came out and imposed their will on us from the start.” Martell Webster led the Blazers with 16 points. Nicolas Batum also scored 12
before leaving with a right shoulder strain at the end of the third quarter. He said he was going to have an MRI on Wednesday but didn’t think the injury would keep him out of Thursday’s game. The injuryravaged Blazers already are without leading scorer Brandon Roy for the series. Roy or no Roy, no team was better than Portland all season in disrupting the Suns’ offense. But the Blazers didn’t do it this time. Phoenix shot 52 percent to the Trail Blazers’ 38 percent. The Suns led by 14 at the half and blew it open in the third quarter. The Blazers had won three of four meetings this season, counting their Game 1 victory that gave them homecourt advantage, and didn’t allow more than 102 points in any of them. Phoenix, the No. 3 seed, faced the possibility of
going to Portland down 2-0. The concern didn’t last for long as the Blazers failed to slow down the NBA’s highest-scoring team. The Suns dominated the points in the paint 58-38 and had a 26-12 advantage in second-chance points. “We didn’t give them a chance to get their defense established,” Gentry said. “They’re really good — I think they’re as good as anybody in the NBA if you get them in a halfcourt defense.” Portland trailed 63-49 at the half, and any hopes for a comeback vanished in the Suns’ blistering third quarter. Richardson had five as the Suns outscored Portland 13-4 to lead 78-58 with six minutes to go in the period. During the run, Nash provided the highlight of the night with a circus basket. Portland went nearly five minutes without a field goal while the Suns poured it on.
Lakers beat Thunder 95-92 to take 2-0 series lead Reasons: Because I said so LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant scored 39 points, carrying the Lakers in the fourth quarter when they lost the lead three times, and Los Angeles beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 95-92 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in a Western Conference playoff series. Bryant was 13 of 15 from the free throw line, but just 12 of 28 from the floor in front of his dad Joe, who sat next to the Lakers’ bench. Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 32 points and Russell Westbrook added 19, making all eight of his free throws. Pau Gasol had 25 points and 12 rebounds, and Andrew Bynum had six points and 10 boards for the defending champions, who failed to sustain their strong start for the second straight game. Game 3 is Thursday in Oklahoma City. The Lakers are 39-1 all-time when winning first two games of a best-of-seven series. The Thunder’s defense kept them in the game, with 17 blocked shots.
Bryant scored 15 points in the fourth, but sent the crowd into an anguished groan when he missed the first of two free throws with 15 seconds left. He made the second to keep Los Angeles ahead 94-92. Durant missed a 3-pointer and Gasol got fouled, but he also missed the first with 7 seconds left, keeping the Thunder’s hopes alive. Gasol hit the second, and then Jeff Green, who had 12 points, missed a 3pointer as time expired. The Thunder led three times, but Bryant twice brought the Lakers back, the last time tying the game at 88 on two free throws. The game was decided at the line over the final 2:20, with the Thunder forced to foul while missing from the perimeter. The Lakers regained the edge in the third quarter, although not by much. Their largest lead was six and it dwindled to 7369 going into the final 12 minutes. Durant was called for goaltending on the Lakers’ last basket or the Thunder would’ve trailed
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by two. With every starter except Bynum on the bench to start the second quarter, the Lakers extended their lead to 37-26. But the Thunder outscored them 21-8 to lead 47-45 going into halftime, despite Westbrook picking up his third foul midway through the period. Durant had nine points in the spurt, with he and Green hitting back-to-back 3-pointers. The Lakers were limited to 33 percent shooting, with Bryant going 2 of 7. The Thunder had nine blocked shots in the half. Bryant’s jumper hit the rim and went in to tie the game at 45 before Eric Maynor beat the shot clock on a fadeaway jumper, giving Oklahoma City its first halftime lead of the series. The Lakers owned the first quarter in a repeat of their strong start to Game 1. They outscored the Thunder 26-18, with Bryant scoring eight of their first 13 points. The Thunder shot 29 percent from the floor.
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-continued from page 9 attendance. Just be sure to use the sunblock – there’s a reason you’ve probably seen me walking around in long sleeves all week. 2) Studying for finals: No, not that you have to do it or that you have to finish that 20-page research paper due in a week. Rather, treat yourself to a break and enjoy the day. Studies show that a little distraction helps your studying in the long run. 1) Because I said so: Hey, it worked for your parents when you were a little kid, and as The Statesman’s “college football guru,” I think I
have just as much authority on matters like this as they did on setting your bedtime.
Adam Nettina is a junior history major from West Friendship, Maryland. A member of the Football Writer’s Association of America, he would like to point out the extreme irony in this article in that he’ll be missing the spring game in order to attend a wedding in Salt Lake City. You can leave your comments at www.aggietownsquare. com
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A different point of view I have successfully made it an entire week without mentioning Utah State basketball, and that one week will be all we get. I could talk more about spring football, but if you can’t bring yourself to go out on a sunny Saturday afternoon in April and watch some college football, the problem is with you, not any win-loss records of a football team. Not to mention, WAC basketball has had quite the shake-up in the past two weeks with Jahmar Young allegedly going all New Mexico State on a local police officer near his university, ultimately leading to him choosing to remain in the NBA draft. Nevada’s Luke Babbitt also announced his decision Tuesday to enter the NBA draft and hire an agent, which means the top of the Western Athletic Conference is no longer wide-open for competition. To many people it never really was anyway, despite New Mexico State’s WAC Championship game upset of Utah State. This leaves plenty of questions surrounding next season, particularly as to who next year’s preseason WAC Player of the Year will be. Babbitt would’ve been a lock for the award had he remained in school, and if he had left, Young was the obvious next choice in the pecking order. Now there are just two returning members of the All-WAC first team in San Jose State’s Adrian Oliver and the Aggies’ very own Tai Wesley. Numbers-wise, the choice is Oliver by a landslide. Luckily, the WAC’s coaches are smarter than just numbers, so much that they will consider a team’s overall record in making these decisions, and by that logic, Wesley is the obvious choice. The more burning question, however, is where the rest of the WAC ranks behind Utah State going into next season. For this reason, I’ll offer my very premature, and very chancesusceptible preseason prediction of the 2011 WAC basketball season, starting at the bottom. 9. Hawaii – This is simply a train wreck right now, and I feel that the Rainbow Warriors are essentially a lock for the No. 9 seed in the WAC Tournament. Translation, don’t expect to see them in Las Vegas for the tournament. 8. Idaho – I hate to have to say it, because I, personally, am pulling for former USU assistant and current Vandal head coach Don Verlin to bring some respectability to Idaho’s team, but they were a disappointment in 2010 and lose essentially every key piece that got them as high as No. 6 in the WAC by season’s end. 7. Boise State – I feel deep down that losing Anthony Thomas could be addition by subtraction in many ways for the Broncos, but I could be wrong. Aside from that, the graduation of athletic big man Ike Okoye is subtraction by subtraction, and the Broncos will struggle mightily in the paint because of it. 6. Fresno State – Steve Cleveland has brought in some serious athletes to Fresno in the past few seasons but has done essentially nothing with them. The graduation of Sylvester Seay and likely NBA departure of Paul George leaves them without the two best things they had going for them in their past two seasons, which could easily be described as underwhelming. 5. Louisiana Tech – The losses of Kyle Gibson and
Magnum Rolle will sting, but, in my opinion, Kerry Rupp is the best coach in the WAC not named Stew Morrill and will have his team ready to play come next season. DeAndre Brown and Olu Ashaolu are two solid pieces to have to work around as well. Rupp’s coaching alone gets his team into the middle of the pack. 4. San Jose State – Adrian Oliver is far and away the best scorer in the conference, and along with Justin Graham and C.J. Webster, the Spartans could have a very dangerous threeheaded monster. They’ve got some holes to fill like every other team, but they’ve got enough crucial parts returning to crack the top half of the WAC standings. 3. Nevada – Had their entire 2009 recruiting class not bailed on them after former head coach Mark Fox’s departure, the Wolf Pack would be right near the top with Utah State. Unfortunately the majority of the 2009 class bailed and left the Wolf Pack to offer scholarships to players who might not be the kind of players with whom you build a potential WAC champion team. They have a couple very solid transfers who will be making their impact felt by the time conference play starts, but it seems to be a stretch to think that any of them can match the production of Armon Johnson and Luke Babbitt. 2. New Mexico State – For a team that is all offense and little defense, losing two of the WAC’s top-six scorers will be tough to overcome. New Mexico State’s play last season was very impressive at times, and at other times they were just a bunch of athletes playing without structure. They look to return big-men Wendell McKines, Troy Gillenwater and Hamidu Rahman, which would give them a huge advantage in every game they play, but they have some back-court holes to fill that might be too much for them to have a shot at the top of the WAC standings by season’s end. Also, given NMSU’s track record, it is almost naive to think that their off-the-court issues are all finished for the summer. 1. Utah State – This is a no-brainer. Replacing Jared Quayle will be a tall order, but head coach Stew Morrill will look to arguably the two most high-profile recruits he’s ever landed to fill that void in Brockeith Pane and James Walker. Don’t forget the value of experience that comes with a veteran of the program like Jaxon Myaer. Every other position on the team returns from a team that won the WAC by three games last year. The Aggies aren’t done recruiting either, which means there could still be another substantial addition to next year’s roster as Utah State looks for a fourth-straight WAC Championship.
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. You can leave your thoughts at www.aggietownsquare.com.
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hursday is Earth Day, the annual red-headed stepchild of holidays. Everyone will still be in work and school, no special events will take place other than maybe a few environmental enthusiasts trying pressure and guilt everyone else into doing some kind of small and probably irrelevant act to make the Earth a better place. The day will go by, and probably a vast majority of people will never know or care it was Earth Day to begin with. This Earth Day is different though. This Earth Day, the No. 1 highest-grossing movie of all time will be released on DVD, probably to the excitement of nobody. James Cameron’s “Avatar” somehow shattered the box-office records held by Cameron’s 1997 “Titanic” en route to raking in more than $2.7 billion in box-office revenue. While the visual effects in “Avatar” were undeniably impressive, the story was unoriginal, the characters were unrelateable and, to top things off, the primary antagonists of the film were humans. It was a movie about how greedy and insensitive human beings can be, taking place in a futuristic setting on a planet that was not the Earth. So why is “Avatar” being hyped as an Earth Day release? Standard procedure for music, video games and DVD releases is for stores to begin selling the new release on a Tuesday, not a Thursday. So why is it that a movie, which does not take place on Earth and has Earth’s most prominent species as the film’s antagonists, is being released on Earth Day? It simply does not make sense and, if anything, insulting to humanity as a whole. It’s bad enough that “Avatar” holds the record it does and that we’ll probably have to hear about that record until is broken. Maybe if we’re lucky, the next Batman movie can creep up to the top spot, but I doubt anybody is banking on that as a legitimate possibility. Plainly stated, we’re all embarrassed that “Avatar” has earned the accolades that it has. We didn’t need “Avatar” rubbed in our faces on Earth Day, but sadly that is what is happening. To that, we say, Shame on you James Cameron for giving a sour taste to what was previously a tasteless holiday.
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Ask Miss Jones Dear Miss Jones, I’m Asian. I have been living in Logan for awhile and started dating this girl, a Mormon girl, to be precise, but that’s not the problem. I’m graduating this semester and I decided that I need to fly home to be with my family for awhile. She isn’t exactly the pushy type of Mormon type, so dating outside her faith is cool. If I didn’t enjoy being with her, I would have totally packed my bags and just ditched her – that’s my style – except, I really enjoy being with her. She’s really laid back and her ideals are aligned with mine. We have been dating for almost two years now but have no plans to get hitched like a lot of couples here dating for that long. I’m going to be gone for awhile, and her moving there with me now isn’t an option. Plus, even if it was an option it’s still moving half way across the Earth and it’s rare for that to work out. I want to be with her but every thing is working against us. Of course when I leave I’m sure boys from her high school are starting to come back from their missions hungry and horny. I want it to work out for us but I don’t want to leave her hanging for years when this is the time she should be out having the time of her life. Every time we talk about it, she takes the side of “everything will be OK.” I’m not trying to be pessimistic, but it’s hard not to be realistic. Leaving on a Jet Plane. Dear Leaving on a Jet Plane, Nihao (hello)! You write wonderfully in English. I’m quite impressed. Let me just say I do not envy you ... not one bit, except for your inherited math and science skills. Who wouldn’t want those? Let me share a story with you that could help your situation. I’m sure I mentioned it in past issues but I was in Europe during WWII. I met many manly men there but none as manly and heart-melting as Akiko.
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o ye therefore, and teach all nations … Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” So speaks God Almighty in the Book of Matthew. Because of this passage, many Christians, including the Mormons, feel that it is their obligation to promote their beliefs to whomever they have the opportunity to reach, whether it’s at home, work or school. Some call it missionary work, some call it proselytizing and some call it religious harassment. Lest you suppose that I am a bitter heathen, before I go on let me state the facts: I don’t have a problem with others choosing to be LDS. I was born and raised LDS. I attended and graduated from seminary – and then I resigned from the church. Being repeatedly approached by missionaries is irritating because of what a miserable experience I’ve had with the church in general. I know more than I want to know about the Mormon religion, and I have purposefully stepped back from the scene only to be constantly approached and reproached by family, friends and now – missionaries preaching a religion that I am certain I am more informed about than they. I should be able to walk through my school (which, along with public and government funding, I paid for)
Akiko was a 4-foot-eight-inch lion of a man, and while he could barely grow facial hair, he had a mane of beautiful soft chest hair pluming from under his child-size V-neck Tshirt. Akiko was from a small fishing island off the coast of Japan and hitchhiked across China and the Gobi Desert before winding up in Venice, Italy. It was my first and only time in the City of Bridges. I’ve had the opportunity to return but can’t face the tidel wave of memories I know will return. I was there working, giving the troops that boost of energy they needed on their way to fight the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, or on their way back to the fight in Europe. When I first saw Akiko I was struck dumb like Zechariah was in the book of Luke. All I could do was stare, his beautiful slanted eyes, his baby soft skin and beautifully manicured hands. I was in love. I followed him over canals, through alleys and across bridges. The more I stared, the more I fell in love. I followed him for two days, finally talking to him only when he confronted me. I’ve never been one to hide my feelings so I told him, “Little man, I love you. I love your perfect fingernails, the way you chew, the deep color of your eyes and the way your chest hair pops out of your shirt at just the right height.” He gazed into my eyes like no one has ever gazed before, after 20 seconds, or what could have been 20 hours, he finally spoke, “What’s your name?” I told him and he said, “Miss Jones, come wif me.” He grabbed my hand and we rushed from alley to alley, until finally we appeared on the bank of the Grand Canal. He pulled me into a gondola and took hold of the oar. we snaked through the other gondoliers. He cut through them with the skill and precision of a surgeon. We pulled into a small canal, only wide enough for the most skilled gondoliers to navigate. It opened into a beautiful courtyard hidden by windowless buildings. There
and not be badgered into conversation with an overeager pair of who I believe are kind, but regrettably ignorant, private religious promulgators – and three times this week I was stopped in the same place on campus by Mormon missionaries. I am all for religious freedom – hell, my own brother is on his mission – but when it repeatedly crosses over into my life when I’ve made it clear that I’m not interested, it has reached a level of harassment. I often relate missionary work to door-to-door sales pitches; even if there is a “No Trespassing” or “No Soliciting” sign on the door, both teams go ahead and knock, making it clear that propagating their agenda is more important than the privacy of disinterested people. The only reason these types of businesses (and Mormon church is a business) succeed is because even though the majority of the audience they solicit is not interested, if enough people are alerted about a product, it requires only the smallest percentage to keep a company or belief system afloat (e.g., Scientology or the National Enquirer). So, for the sake of myself and many other nonMormons who feel the same way I do, I’ll be very clear: proselytizing a religion on campus is not inspiring, admirable or appropriate. It is irritating, offensive and obnoxious. The Mormon church is everywhere – if someone is interested or wants more information, finding resources is not going to be a problem. The
were eight nude men and women lounging on the steps, barely covered by a thin layer of water. Akiko stripped off his clothes and dove in. He made it to the steps and greeted his friends, brother and sisters in this secret community of gondoliers. He turned back to me, his hairy body glistening with the beads of water dripping down his chest. He motioned for me to follow and I didn’t hesitate. I undressed myself and jumped in. Akiko, Adolfo, Guido, Isabella, Jacopo, Leonora, Peppi, Romina, Anna and I had the greatest, most sensual experience. I got two weeks with Akiko before he disappeared. Some said he went back to his small fishing island but I don’t believe it. We had a connection that only he and I could understand. I think that the Gondolier’s union decided he was too big of a threat to their traditional business so they decided to get rid of him. Listen to me jetsetter, you hang onto your woman, hang onto her for as long as you can, whether that means being dipped in some holy water or knocking her out and taking her with you. You hang on to her and never let go. Every day I regret losing Akiko, don’t let my mistake repeat itself with you. Good luck and remember: “With as many times as Miss Jones has been around the block, her directions must be good.” E-mail your questions to be answered by Miss Jones to statesman.miss.jones@gmail. com or search for me on Facebook.
problem, instead, i s that those who want nothing to do with the church endure a very grating experience being confronted with the very thing they are trying to avoid. All this being said, I do understand the presence of the missionaries on campus can have a very comforting effect for members of the Mormon church, so let’s come to a happy medium. The LDS church already allows the fantastic opportunity of having their religious institution right here, almost on campus itself. They should take that privilege and use it appropriately, instead of using it to bother other students passing by. This way, the resource is always available for involved or curious individuals – and as for the rest of us hell-bound pagans, we are left to walk to class, undisturbed. “And thus the people began again to have peace in the land.” 3 Nephi 1:23 Elizabeth Emery is a junior in English from West Jordan, Utah. Comments can be left at www.aggietownsquare. com
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f you just spent a lot of time and money on the process of adopting a child from a foreign country and then sent that child back like it was a defective pair of sneakers, I have one question: What the hell is wrong with you? I have that same question for anyone who got knocked up and decided to pay a man to beat her into miscarriage. Children aren’t merchandise with a Wal-Mart return policy, and actions leading up to kids aren’t gadgets or guidelines with the Billy Mays guarantee. Many claim these events prove the need for more abortion clinics, more pills, more birth control gizmos to prevent more incidents. I think that’s akin to buying some late-night infomercial pill instead of putting down the damn McDouble. The line of reasoning is, kids are going to do it, so make sure they don’t suffer for it. Actions have consequences, though some are hard, they are good lessons. This reasoning just seems like a dodge of the real problem. Responsibility is the issue. It doesn’t matter how many clinics or gizmos are available if people don’t think they’re accountable or responsible for their choices. One of the ways people understand responsibility is in faith, in subservience to what is well beyond their meager lives. Many religious people also promote a desire cater to desires, so what happens then? It’s part of a modern trend that especially affects religion. Many modern ideas center around total individual authority, and any tradition must serve the individual in immediate ways like pleasure or relief. Many religions are rejected by modernists because they appeal to something higher and are viewed as oppressive. Instead, people would prefer the more relaxed Christian faiths, neo pagans or newer forms of Buddhism. Even within conservative religions, there’s a growing trend toward modern individualism. Modernists want to put themselves before their beliefs, and this attitude carries into their life choices. The adopt-and-return parents like Torry Hansen, and those willing to pay to be assaulted like the girl in Vernal last year are prime examples of this. They saw their wants before their responsibilities regardless of consequences. The reason faiths have laws is to ensure more than immediate pleasure. It’s to promote the health of the individual and their family in the long run. Part of that health involves personal responsibility, whether it’s your confession, your silence under the Tao or speaking “only what is useful” before Odin. We believe, because we seek to know what we as individuals and mortals cannot know alone. That means we believers are not at the center of the universe, so we cannot make our own laws based on want and desire. We should aspire to be better than what we are, not just succumb to our current state. Understanding our responsibility and accountability for action is part of that aspiration. Faith should teach us to understand the living condition and transcend it, and many times it does teach that. However, many religions new and old are falling into the trap of being content with thoughtless behavior. I hope to raise my family with a proper understanding of their place and responsibility, but I don’t see things getting better for religion in the short term. Will Holloway is a senior in philosophy. Comments can be left at www.aggietownsquare.com.
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April 21 Today is Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Lauren Moss, a sophomore in psychology, from Santaquin, Utah.
Almanac Today in History: In 1918, in the skies over Vauz sur Somme, France, Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious German flying ace known as “The Red Baron,” is killed by Allied fire. He was 25 years old. In a time of wooden and fabric aircraft, when 20 air victories ensured a pilot legendary status, the Red Baron downed 80 enemy aircraft.
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Institute Ice Cream Closing Social will be held April 23 at 12:20 p.m. in the Cultural Hall, right after the Religion in Life speaker. The Institute will be serving ice cream to show their appreciation for everyone enrolling in Institute. Caffe Ibis in downtown Logan will host Justin Topic from 7-9 p.m. on April 23. Tau Beta Sigma (National Honorary Band Sorority) is having a profit share with Texas Roadhouse on April 26 from 4-10 p.m. Ten percent of your bill will go to support Tau Beta Sigma if you mention their name! Free screening of “Lords of Nature,” a wildlife documentary will be shown on April 21 at 7 p.m. in ENGR 101. Snacks will be provided, and there will be a panel of wildlife experts who will answer questions after the film. All ages are invited to Stokes Nature Center at 11 a.m. on April 24 for a free program in celebration of Earth Day. For more information call 435-755-3239. Encore Screening of “Wind Uprising” will be shown on April 22 at noon on the ninth floor of the business building. A documentary film produced by professors Cathy Hartman and Edwin Stafford of the Huntsman School of Business. Free admission. Scott Olsen and Miranda and Stephanie will be performing live music at Pier 49 Pizza in Providence on April 23 at 6 p.m. Katie Jo and Jessie Jo Kerr will perform on April 24 at 6 p.m. No cover charge. 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.
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Fringe Film Festival will be held April 23 at 6 p.m. in the Morgan Theatre of the Chase Fine Arts Center. $3 or $1 if you bring a printable coupon available to those who vote for films online at csa.usu.edu. Dinner catered by Smokin’ Blues, more than $700 worth of prizes given away.
Hiring SI leaders
Hiring SI Leaders for fall 2010. $9/hour. 10hrs/week including excellent training. Contact Academic Resource Center, TSC 305, 797-1128 or Student Employment www.usu.edu/ studemp for more details.
“Inside N. Korea”
SIBED and ISSA present “Inside North Korea,” a documentary by Liberty in North Korea exploring the political and cultural realities for people living within North Korea to be shown April 22 at 7 p.m. in the Lundstrom Student Center.
Religion in Life
Religion in Life will be held April 23 at 11:30 a.m. in the Institute Cultural Hall. The speaker will be Richard Allred who has served as a member of the Quorum of the Seventy, a mission president in Guatemala and was a career officer in the U.S. Air Force.
Brain Waves • B. Streeter
Moderately Confused • Stahler
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