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Town hall talks Blue Goes Green funds BY LIS STEWART staff writer
Blue Goes Green officia-� tors encouraged students from different majors across campus to apply for the sustainability grant at a town hall in the Hub on Wednesday. Two student housing employees who attended said they found the ques-� tion and answer session useful for a grant they plan to apply for this spring. Rene Hernandez, Residence Hall Association events coordi-� nator, and Wendy Sticht, a resident assistant, want the funding to educate and encourage sustain-� ability in campus housing. “People talk about recy-� cling, reducing, reusing — those three principles, right?� Hernandez said. “For some reason, for me, sustainability always meant more.� Members of the panel included past grant recipi-� ents, who answered ques-� tions on the application process and gave tips for those interested in apply-� ing. Chris Binder’s said think of a project you are passionate about and find people to help you accom-� plish it. “You don’t just fill out
HENRY EASTERLING mediates during an open forum in the Hub. Blue Goes Green addressed students regarding the sustainablity grant Wednesday. CURTIS RIPPLINGER photo
some paper and get some money and it’s over,� said Binder, a landscape archi-� tecture grad student who was awarded two grants last fall. “You’re going to be involved for at least six months with whatever project you choose, and
if you’re not passionate about it, you’re not going to be all that successful.� Binder’s grant projects both involve bicycles. “I’m a cyclist,� he said. “Even in the winter, I ride my bike to school.� Blue Goes Green award-�
ed a grant to Binder and a group of students who want to put in a bicycle rack on the east side of the TSC. Binder said working in a group was helpful because writing the grant application was a lot of work. Having group mem-�
bers from different majors added value to their appli-� cation, he said. Ron Christiansen, whose group’s project was awarded money last spring, recommended grant applicants take advantage of campus
resources. “No matter what you’re doing, you’re going to find somebody that cares about what you’re doing,� Christiansen said. Christiansen, an engi-�
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Psychological Services helps students with Crisis on Faith BY ASHLYN TUCKER staff writer
On Monday evening, the USU Counseling and Psychological Services center held their first-�ever work-� shop designed to help people who are struggling with reli-� gion and spirituality. The workshop was the first of a five-�part sequence entitled “Successfully Navigating a Crisis of Faith.� The other four parts of the series are to be held over the next four weeks. Twenty-�four students, faculty members and indi-� viduals from the community attended the workshop, and most actively participated in the discussion. According to the event summary on the USU events calendar, topics to be discussed during the five-� week sequence include the relationship between faith and doubt, the common stages of faith and belief, the interplay between morality, religion and spirituality, coping with distress and harmonizing belief with
THE USU COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES offered the first of a five-part series workshop Monday to help students suffering through crises of faith in their affiliations. SAMANTHA BEHL photo illustration
intellect. John Dehlin, a fourth-� year Ph.D. student studying psychology and the present-� er of the workshop, said it was designed for people who
need some support with a very sensitive aspect of their lives. “Facing a crisis in faith often makes people feel stuck,� he said. “We are here
mostly to support people where they are and help get them unstuck.� The workshop focused primarily on identity and emphasized the journey
rather than an end. “I really don’t like the term ‘crisis.’ We want to help participants see their crisis as a gift,� Dehlin said. “It’s OK to never reach a final
state.� Another purpose of the workshop was to normalize the idea of having a crisis of faith. During the workshop, attendees were invited to supplement the presentation with examples from their own lives. The participants were able to see other people facing similar challenges. Ian MacFarlane, a pred-� octoral intern studying psy-� chology, assisted in the pre-� sentation of the workshop. He said in Utah, where the vast majority of the popula-� tion is religious, it is often taboo to talk about religious beliefs and especially the lack thereof. “A lot of people don’t have someone to talk to or don’t know how to handle it,� he said. MacFarlane went on to say that he and Dehlin want to help people navigate through their spiritual struggles without favoring a specific outcome or destina-� tion.
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ASUSU gains formal RHA voice BY ADDISON M.T. HALL staff writer
The Regional Housing Association held a general meeting Wednesday with rep-� resentatives from each area of campus housing, members of USU Dining Services and for the first time, a representa-� tive of the ASUSU Executive Council. During the meeting the south campus area was MEMBERS OF THE RHA COUNCIL collaborate and discuss agenda items during a awarded $150 for an activity meeting with ASUSU. SAMANTHA BEHL photo in March pertaining to all
students on campus. Kenny Fryar-�Ludwig and Analee Scoresby, two repre-� sentatives of the south cam-� pus housing area, requested the money to help fund a “Speak Easy� party on cam-� pus. “It is a 1920’s bar party where we’ll be serving mocktail drinks and where everyone shows up in 1920’s costumes,� Scoresby said. “There’s music, dancing, poker. Basically it’s just a fun party where people can hang
out on a Friday night.� Scoresby said the activ-� ity was not only meant to be entertaining but also educational for all those who attend. “While they’re having fun, we’re actually teaching them something,� Scoresby said. “The things that they’re able to learn is how to take per-� sonal responsibility for their safety; to be aware of their surroundings in social situa-�
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