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2019
‘Is Polarizing Partisanship the New Normal?’ Former AZ Senator Jeff Flake visits USU tion, is well-known for his public opposition to
By Peter Pigott NEWS STAFF WRITER
the presidency of Donald Trump.
The forum was titled “Is Polarizing
Jeff Flake, former Republican senator
from Arizona, gave a speech at Utah State University on Monday.
The event was organized by The Foxley
Forum, a program by the Institute for
Government and Politics to bring public figures to USU to discuss national issues.
Flake, who retired from his Senate seat in
Partisanship the New Normal?”
Neil Abercrombie, the vice president for
Federal and State Relations under the IOGP, said Flake was chosen as a speaker for the
series because students exhibited an interest in him.
“For us, the goal is to have students engaged
December after choosing not to run for reelec-
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PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen Former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake speaks on the topic “Is Polarizing Partisanship the New Normal?” at Utah State University on Monday, Feb. 4, in Logan, Utah. Flake was invited by the Institution of Government and Politics to help engage students and other community members.
Utah State’s 2019 football Reducing waste and fighting hunger schedule released The Campus Kitchens Project opens chapter at Utah State
PHOTO BY Matt Halton Junior defensive end Dalton Baker runs onto Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming on Saturday, Oct. 20. The Aggies play the Cowboys at home for the 2019 season on Nov. 16. By Jaden Johnson SPORTS CONTENT MANAGER
The Mountain West conference
announced its full conference
schedule for the upcoming football season Monday afternoon, finalizing the Utah State’s 2019 slate.
The Aggies will open the 2019
season on the road in Winston-
Salem, N.C. on Aug. 30 when they take on Wake Forest. This will be the third time in program history
USU has faced the Demon Deacons, the previous two coming in 2014
and 2017. The teams split the previous two meetings.
The first home game for USU
will come Sept. 7 when it takes on Stony Brook for the first time in
program history. Stony Brook is the lone FCS opponent on the schedule for the Aggies. They will then have a BYE week before starting conference play.
The Aggies will face their first
Mountain West opponent when
they take on San Diego State Sept. 21, the first time Utah State and SDSU have played since 2016.
They will then return home to face Colorado State on Sept. 28.
A break in the Mountain West-
portion of the schedule will come
on Oct. 5 when the team travels to
Baton Rouge, La. to face off against
SEC opponent LSU. The Aggies and the Tigers have only met twice in
program history, most recently in
the teams met up in Boise the final game of the regular season.
The regular season schedule will
2001. LSU won both meetings.
conclude Nov. 30 in Albuquerque,
season on Oct. 12, USU will resume
New Mexico. The Mountain West
After USU’s second BYE of the
conference play against Nevada
Oct. 19, before heading to Colorado Springs to take on Air Force Oct.
PHOTO BY Matt Halton The Campus Kitchen officially opened last year and works with USU Dining Services and Catering to reduce food waste on campus. The club takes the food to their kitchen, located in the The Hub, and creates balanced meals for students to pick up at Student Nutrition Access Center.
The Campus Kitchen at Utah State University is working to put the food on
campus to better use.
The Campus Kitchens Project is a nonprofit program designed to help reduce
N.M. when Utah State takes on
food waste and increase food security in communities across the nation. The
Conference Championship game
2018.
site of the higher-ranked division
and we bring them to SNAC pantry. Last year, our volunteers recovered 21,000
will be held Dec. 7 at the home
Logan chapter of this organization was officially launched near the end of
“We pick up all the bread, pastries, and Aggies Eats items that weren’t sold,
champion.
pounds of food,” said Kara Bachman, Campus Kitchen at USU partner.
play comes for the Aggies Nov. 2
season, tying for its best finish in
nutrition resources. “Students don’t always have the time to make meals or
rival BYU. Utah State has won this
tion about kickoff times and tele-
make balanced meals for students,” she said.
able as the season gets closer.
waste on campus, The Campus Kitchen at USU has also partnered with local
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Another break in Mountain West
when they play host to in-state
game each of the past two years, and won three of the past five meetings with the Cougars.
Utah State is coming off an 11-2
program history. Further informavision networks will become avail-
On Nov. 9 Utah State will travel
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Mountain West champions Fresno
2019 Schedule
to Fresno, Calif. to take on reigning State. While the Bulldogs are coming fresh off of a conference title,
they only retain 38% of their starters from last year’s squad which
went 12-2. They rank as the 129th team out of 130 FBS teams in
terms of returning production.
The Aggies will then return home
for back-to-back home games
against Wyoming and reigning Mountain Division champions
Boise State on Nov. 16 and Nov.
23, respectively. Boise State was
the only Mountain West team to
defeat Utah State last year, when
Aug. 30
@ Wake Forest
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BYE
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Bachman works at the Student Nutrition Access Center and sees the need for
have access to balanced meals, so as part of Campus Kitchen USU, we want to In addition to working with USU Dining Services and Catering to reduce food
businesses Sweeto Burrito and Juniper Take Out and Restaurant to collect
leftover food. The club takes this food to their kitchen, located in the The Hub, and creates balanced meals for students to pick up at SNAC.
Jackie Hendrickson, a representative of the Hunger Solutions Institute,
explained that although many don’t realize it, there is a “hidden hunger”
Stony Brook
among students.
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$ense to examine food security on campus last year. Their survey showed that
Hendrickson and the Hunger Solutions Institute collaborated with Food
Colorado State
32% of students were experiencing food insecurity.
BYE
and be able to have that can have a lot of benefits,” Hendrickson said. “If you
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food.”
@ Fresno State
can be a complicated task.
Boise State
they want to create meals like grilled cheese, soup, salads, or breakfast sand-
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Nevada BYU
Wyoming
@ New Mexico
MW Championship
“Everyone eats and know the importance of food. Helping people get food
knew that your neighbor was hungry, you’d have no problem giving them your The Campus Kitchen at USU recognizes this issue and is taking action, but it Cassandra Twiggs, president of The Campus Kitchen at USU, explained that
wiches. They have be creative in what they make in order to meet food safety see “Campus Kitchen” PAGE 7