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USUSA passes Capital and Support funding bill
Autistic activist visits USU
By Ashley Stilson STAFF WRITER
The Utah State University Student Associa-
tion (USUSA) executive council unanimously
passed a bill on March 22 concerning the Capital and Support review and allocation.
The ECB 2016-06 bill creates a formal
committee to review and allocate all Capital
PHOTO BY Johnny Morris Temple Grandin, professor at Colorado State University, speaking at USU in the TSC Ballroom about autism and the different kinds of minds.
and Support requests. The legislation also updated outdated policies.
Previously, the USUSA executive council was
By Morgan Pratt STAFF WRITER
required to process and approve Capital and
Support requests. The process was time-con-
The TSC ballroom was packed on Thursday,
suming and confusing, the bill stated. Last
March 31, with a significantly high proportion
minute requests needing to be passed in one
of people with therapy dogs, canes and
reading require the suspension of house rules
wheelchairs. Many of them were there to snap
that states every legislation should be read
a picture with their hero and world-renowned
through twice. The bill makes the funding
animal scientist and autistic activist Temple
process simpler and clearer.
Grandin.
“I wrote the Capital and Support bill
“Temple Grandin is a good role model for a
because the process took a while and I felt like
lot of disabled people,” said Caroline Blair, a
it could be streamlined,” said USUSA President
freshman studying psychology.
Trevor Olsen. “It took upwards of three weeks
to approve funding when it could be done in a see “USUSA” PAGE 2
Grandin was diagnosed with autism in
PHOTO BY Mark Bell Members of the Executive Council, Luis Armenta, Brenton Hull, Trevor S. Olsen, Thomas Butters, and Leah Calder, meet last earlier in the semester.
Stolen art on campus
different parties. Grandin said she was forced to further her social skills and her hands-on
thinking by having several jobs as a teenager. “The biggest problem with autistic kids is
they don’t learn how to work,” she said. “It is
outside of the University Reserve building last
really important for those kids to get jobs and
week. USU Police are investigating the origins
to learn social skills.”
of the missing art project.
These days, Grandin dresses with a denim
Meili Stokes, Chelsey Patten and Melody
vest, a western dress shirt underneath and a
Burton spent three hours draping gray tulle
red country scarf tie to complete her country
around a tree and securing it in place with fish
girl persona. She was featured in an HBO
wire in the cold weather.
movie titled “Temple Grandin” and she has a
“The gray tulle was supposed to symbolize
TED talk called “The world needs all kinds of
smog that was choking the tree,” said Stokes,
minds.”
a senior studying art and English.
PHOTO BY Amy Reid Chelsey Patten shows where hers and her classmate’s art hung before it was stolen.
They were halfway done putting up their
Now all that’s left are the tell-tale signs that
an art project was there in the first place:
Grandin in their home. Grandin said her ‘50s her mom even pushed her to be the hostess at
Installation art was stolen from a pine tree
discovered it went missing overnight.
should be institutionalized, but they raised
upbringing helped cultivate her social skills;
By Morgan Pratt STAFF WRITER
installation art for a class project when they
1950. The doctors told her parents that she
Grandin said there are four different kinds
of thinkers; her autism pushed her to be a
“If you are ruining someone else’s art, you
from the tree and the other being a stolen
visual thinker. Grandin attributes that visual
The group didn’t get an extended deadline
Milne confirmed with facilities that they
ing ramps and handling chutes for livestock.
are ruining their line of work,” she said.
skateboard,” he said.
thinking to her ability to build innovative load“Kids are getting too far away from practical
remnants of tulle and fish wire waving in the
on their assignment but they still had to
didn’t tamper with the art project. He said
she was frustrated when they discovered the
to another, more visible, location. Burton said
campus, not that it’s rampant.
to get a job where they can use their hands.
compared to this year’s thefts,” he said.
playing video games today and they’re not
wind. Burton, a freshman studying art, said
rebuild, so they decided to relocate the project
art was missing.
she felt anxious about finishing the installation
we going to have time to fix this? What are we
were left over.
we have less material now, how are we going
again?” she said, “But by no means are we
“No, this is the worst,” she said. “When are
going to do next? We need to downsize and
art on time and with the few supplies that
“If we put it back again, will they take it
thefts are the number one problem here on
and hands-on thinking,” she said. “They need
“We have seen a drop in last year's thefts as
Kids are spending too much time inside
Milne said if anyone sees anything suspi-
getting out there and doing this stuff.”
cious or has information about the stolen
installation art, report it to the police as soon
The school system can be a huge issue for
those high-functioning kids with learning
as possible.
disabilities because they need a diagnosis to
would deter someone from stealing it.”
than a day or two later,” he said.
kids who end up using the diagnosis as a
she said. “Things were just taken down. In
ment said the Chase Fine Arts Center is not an
used to describe mixed-media constructions or
with their lives. Those kids end up in their
ly moved.”
of the school year, there were four reported
place and for a temporary period of time."
people should be saving social security for
to calculate that in?”
discouraged. We put up more defense, we
way the wind blew away the project.
Patten, a senior art major, said there was no “We had a sign there with our names on it,”
fact, we had a cinder block that was completeBurton said the stolen installation art was
“not cool,” especially after they put so much time, money and effort into the project.
figured with it being in a more open location it Capt. Steve Milne of the USU Police Depart-
area with a lot of crime. Since the beginning
crimes, two of them were involved with stolen installation art.
“One being the art project that was hanging
“It is much easier to report it right away
get treatment, Grandin said. There are a lot of
According to Tate.org, "installation art is
crutch, which hinders them from doing things
assemblages usually designed for a specific
— morgan.pratt.robinson@gmail.com
parent’s basement on social security. Those those who really need it, she said.
“I am concerned when high-end kids get see “Temple Grandin PAGE 10
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Room to reflect
and available to everyone.
By Jeffrey Dahdah C0-MANAGING EDITOR
“I think this is very exciting, there is many
students on campus that would love a centralized location where they can go and pray or
On the second floor of the military science
reflect and it’s difficult for some of them to do
building there is a small room with eggshell
that without just going back to their apart-
walls and a lamp in the corner. At first sight
ments off-campus and that could take a lot of
it’s just another, admittedly tidy, room. This
time,” Llewellyn said. “So this is a really nice
room, which opened on March 28, is a
thing what we can provide for students.”
reflection room.
Organizers hope that this room will set a
The purpose of the room is allow people to
precedent for future reflections room as new
go and privately pray, meditate or reflect
buildings come to campus.
regardless of their religious beliefs or beliefs.
The room has little decorations in it, and
“It fills a need,” said Rob Llewellyn, Immi-
nothing on the walls, but that is by design.
gration Advisor for the Office of Global
“We’ve kept the setup of the room very, very
Engagement.
simple so that it’s not tailored for a specific
The Office of Global Engagement and the
faith,” Llewellyn said. “it’s for everyone
USU Interfaith Initiative worked together to
regardless of what they believe.”
bring the room to campus. A press release
Llewellyn did say people are welcome to put
from The Office of Global Engagement said
up their own decorations as long as they take
that a 2014 survey of 120 students, faculty,
them down when they leave.
staff and community faith members found that
The room is in Military Science 213A. It is
people wanted a place to express religious
open during regular office hours from 8 a.m.
views on campus, but many didn’t feel safe
to 5 p.m. Students, faculty and staff can use it
doing so.
In the past there was a place like the
reflection room through USU housing, but due to rule changes with locking areas with
housing they couldn’t prove it anymore. So for many years there hasn’t been a place like a
in that time frame and ask the front desk in PHOTO BY Jeffy Dahdah Rugs and pads are available in the reflection room in Military Science 213A. There are few decorations in the room to emphasize that it is non-denominational.
the Military Science Building if they need help
Though finding a place for this had its own
USU and founder of the Interfaith Initiative.
time.
“This can be a challenge working with
world view both in religious contexts and
reflection room at USU.
difficulties.
been working on finding a new location for a
public school restrictions,” said Dr. Glass-Cof-
“Over the last few years many people have
reflection room,” Llewellyn said.
fin in a press release about the room.
Glass-Coffin is Professor of Anthropology at
“USUSA” FROM PAGE 1 matter of days. We are hoping this streamlined process will encourage more groups to apply for the funding and better their programming.”
Capital and Support funds are provided through student fees and the bill
acknowledges strong supervision should be given to the decisions of funding. Before the Capital and Support monies are allocated, requesting parties are
required to exhaust all other resources for funding, according to the bill. The funding must benefit all students, and funding is not to be allocated to the same organization in consecutive years.
In the executive council meeting, a concern was brought up about how
sports teams receive funding for returning years. In answer it was stated that teams haven’t gone to nationals in consecutive years and therefore has not been an issue to this point.
The Capital and Support Review/Allocation Committee (CSRAC) will be
chaired by the USUSA President and other USUSA committee members, including Executive VP, Student Advocate VP, Graduate Studies Senator,
“Students need to be able to express their
finding it. Organizers just ask people to be
respectful of the space and of other people’s
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non-religious contexts.”
Though the room may be small, its creators
say what is important is that it is on-campus
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Fraternity collects toys, blankets for Primary Children’s
By Ashley Stilson STAFF WRITER
Over the past three weeks, Utah State
University’s Pi Kappa Alpha (Pikes) brothers
have been running a toy and clothing donation
rdrive for the Primary Children’s hospital. The fraternity has collected triple the
expected amount of toy donations for the
“Pikes and Tykes Toy Drive,” according to sophomore Public Relations Chairman
Jonathan Whipple. The drive has also had
more than double the expected amount of monetary donations.
“Originally, our goal was $1,500 in money
donations and maybe $2,000 in toys, so the
fact that we’ve surpassed that our first week was incredible,” Whipple said. “It’s been
incredible to see the amount of backing that
we’ve gotten from the community, especially from the school. We’ve had an overflow of
support from the community on this event.”
Currently, the Pikes have collected roughly
$7,000 in toy and clothing donations and
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY Mathew Halton Dalton Wilson knots the edges of the blanket for children at Primary Children’s Hospital. Pi Kappa Alpha has has huge success for their Pikes and Tykes Toy Drive from donors at the local Walmarts.
about $2,700 in cash donations. Whipple said
they are thinking about renting moving trucks to transport all the donations to the hospital.
The fraternity also set up donation tables
outside the south and north Walmart entranc-
Each semester Pi Kappa Alpha organizes a
community donation drive. For the past few
semesters, they have held a food drive for the Cache Community Food Bank, collecting 3.2 tons of food last semester and 2.7 tons the
semester prior to that. This year, they decided
es on Saturdays March 19, 26 and April 2.
Other strategies include hosting fundraising nights at Buffalo Wild Wings and keeping a donation jar at Angie’s, Whipple said.
“My favorite thing about the toy drive has
to switch things up.
been interacting with our community on a
we could do that was big,” Whipple said.
junior majoring in business finance. “It is great
“We were brainstorming ideas for something
“Something that no fraternity has ever done,
money donated to the drive is used to buy supplies to make blankets. On April 1, the
fraternity held a blanket tying event in the
toys,” said member Russ Christensen, a junior. “There’s a lot of people willing to contribute.”
better person. It’s as beneficial for us to be
teamwork from our brotherhood support from
matter as it is for the people we help,” Souvall
nd, a junior studying civil engineering. “The
better and focus on the things that really
other Greek chapter has been great.”
said.
It took about two months for all the
“Every donation, whether big or small, is
basically giving these sick kids toys to play
around three weeks of events on Utah State
“It’s been going good. We have a lot of
Primary Children’s Hospital,” said Ian Frankla-
the drive.
7 by the 38 members of Pi Kappa Alpha. The
donations.
“It makes you want to pass it on and be a
to be out there representing Pi Kappa Alpha
directly at Primary Children’s hospital on April
University campus, aimed at encouraging
dollars worth of toys.
local people that have had children stay at
doing a lot for those kids down there. It’s
the best we can.”
The fraternity has centered the toy drive
donations out front and hearing stories from
planning to fall into place, and the fraternity
All the toy donations will be dropped off
claim it as our own, and go out there and do
person who dropped off around three hundred
positive level,” said member Connor Gery, a
collecting toys and money for a great cause.”
something we could just put our name on,
at the Walmarts on the weekends to collect toy
Taggart Student Center where students could stop by and help out.
“The best part for me has been volunteering
also made t-shirts and bracelets to promote
changing lives. We’re going down there and
“The toy drive is important because it’s our
with. We’re the one doing the event, but it’s
opportunity to give back,” said Alex Souvall, a
basically the community that’s really giving
senior double-majoring in physics and
back the most,” Whipple said. “You are making
mechanical engineering. “I love that because
some child’s life so better by your donation,
it’s a good opportunity to live the values that
whether big or small, or any support at all is
we try to teach our members. It feels good to
helping them substantially.”
work for no other reason than to help people who need it.”
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generosity of the community, mentioning one
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Huge document leak exposes how the wealthy and powerful hide money By Kevin G. Hall and Marisa Taylor MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON — A massive leak of
documents has blown open a window on the
vast, murky world of shell companies, providing an extraordinary look at how the wealthy and powerful conceal their money.
Twelve current and former world leaders
maintain offshore shell companies. Close
friends of Russian leader Vladimir Putin have
funneled as much as $2 billion through banks and offshore companies.
Those exposed in the leak include the prime
ministers of Iceland and Pakistan, an alleged
bagman for Syrian President Bashar Assad, a
close friend of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and companies linked to the family of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Add to those the monarchs of Saudi Arabia
and Morocco; Middle Eastern royalty; leaders of FIFA, the international body that controls international soccer; and 29 billionaires
included in Forbes Magazine’s list of the world’s 500 richest people.
Also mentioned are 61 relatives and
associates of current country leaders, and 128 ther current or former politicians and public officials.
The leak exposes a trail of dark money
flowing through the global financial system, stripping national treasuries of tax revenue.
The data breach occurred at a little-known
but powerful Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca & Co., which has an office in Las
Vegas, a representative in Miami and presence in more than 35 other places around the world.
The firm is one of the world’s top five
creators of shell companies, which can have
legitimate business uses but can also be used to dodge taxes and launder money.
More than 11.5 million emails, financial
PHOTO BY Mikhail Metzel/TASS/Abaca Press/TNS Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during the G20 Leaders’ Summit at the Regnum Carya Hotel Convention Centre in Antalya, Turkey, on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015.Close friends of Russian leader Vladimir Putin have funneled as much as $2 billion through banks and offshore companies.
“We have not once in nearly 40 years of
operation been charged with criminal wrongdoing,” spokesman Carlos Sousa said. “We’re proud of the work we do, notwithstanding recent and willful attempts by some to mischaracterize it.”
The law firm’s co-founder, Ramon Fonseca,
in an interview last month on Panamanian
television, said blaming Mossack Fonseca for
what people do with their companies would be like blaming an automaker “for an accident or if the car was used in a robbery.”
Yet plenty of criminals are named the
documents, like drug traffickers and convicted fraudsters.
“The offshore world is the parallel universe
spreadsheets, client records, passports and
of the ultrarich and ultrapowerful,” said Jack
which was delivered to the Suddeutsche
architect of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
corporate registries were obtained in the leak, Zeitung newspaper in Munich, Germany. In
Blum, a white-collar crime attorney and an
The archive, which dates to the late 1970s
turn, the newspaper shared the data with the
and extends through December 2015, reveals
Investigative Journalists.
bring business to Mossack Fonseca.
Washington-based International Consortium of Several McClatchy journalists joined more
that 14,000 intermediaries and middlemen
No part of the world is untouched, including
than 370 journalists from 78 countries in the
the United States.
after a leak.
Wyoming register thousands of corporations
bytes of data.
owners. Some of the billions of dollars moving
largest media collaboration ever undertaken The document archive contains 2.6 tera-
As a registered agent, the Mossack Fonseca
law firm incorporates companies in tax havens worldwide for a fee. It has avoided close
scrutiny from U.S. law enforcement officials. Mossack Fonseca denied all accusations of
illegal activity.
States such as Delaware, Nevada and
annually, often without identifying the true through the domestic economy come from
anonymous foreigners who inflate real estate
prices in places like Miami, buying properties outright in cash.
“We know (of) upwards to $6 to $10 billion
a year laundered through the U.S.,” said
Patrick Fallon Jr., head of the FBI’s financial
The offshore company that connects many
crimes section.
Putin loyalists is Sandalwood Continental
archive revolve around Putin’s closest associ-
was a shareholder until 2012, as was Oleg
The most extraordinary allegations in the
ates, including Sergey Roldugin), a close
friend since the late 1970s when Putin was a young KGB agent.
Roldugin is a cellist for the St. Petersburg
Limited in the British Virgin Islands. Roldugin Gordin, a little-known businessman whom
incorporation documents describe as linked to “law enforcement agencies.”
The files also mention a company co-owned
orchestra, yet his name appears as the owner
by Putin friend Yury Kovalchuk, the largest
worth hundreds of millions of dollars. A
among those targeted by U.S. sanctions in
of offshore companies that have rights to loans Russian news service report in 2010 disclosed that he owned at least 3 percent of Bank Rossiya, Russia’s most important bank.
When Mossack Fonseca helped open a bank
account in Switzerland on behalf of Roldugin, the application form asked if he had “any
relation to PEPs (politically exposed persons) or VIPs.”
The one-word answer was, “No.” Yet,
Roldugin is godfather to Putin’s daughter Mariya.
“Roldugin is, by his proximity to a serving
shareholder of Bank Rossiya. Kovalchuk was 2014 in retribution for Russia’s invasion of
Crimea. Another friend, Arkady Rotenberg,
Putin’s judo partner and a billionaire construction mogul, openly obtained companies
through Mossack Fonseca. The Treasury
Department, when sanctioning him in 2014,
suggested that the oligarch acted on behalf of “a senior official.”
That was widely believed to mean Putin,
whose fingerprints were not on any offshore company.
“When you are the president of Russia, you
head of state, clearly an exposed person,”
don’t need a written contract. You are the
ministry’s organized crime division, told the
State Department official and author of the
Mark Pieth, a former head of the Swiss justice ICIJ team.
The documents show how in 2008 a
company controlled by Roldugin had influence
law,” said Karen Dawisha, an academic, former acclaimed 2014 book “Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?”
A Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said
over Russia’s largest truck maker Kamaz,
last week that ICIJ was publishing a “series of
to help another Putin insider acquire majority
Putin. Peskov suggested that unknown
joining with several other offshore companies control of the company. They wanted foreign investment, and German carmaker Daimler
later that year bought a 10 percent stake in
fibs” that amounted to a media “attack” on
“organizations and services” were behind the media reports.
Kamaz for $250 million.
Going to college is still worthwhile financially, study says By Walter Hamilton LOS ANGELES TIMES
Going to college is still a worthwhile
financial investment despite soaring tuition
costs and burdensome student debt, according to a new government study.
From 1970 to 2013, the average college
graduate has earned about $64,500 a year
versus $41,000 for someone with only a high school diploma, according to the analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Over a full working career, total earnings of
the average college graduate topped those of a high school graduate by more than $1 million, the study found.
“Once the full set of costs and benefits is
taken into account, investing in a college
education still appears to be a wise economic decision for the average person,” the study PHOTO BY Lindsey Wasson/Seattle Times/MCT Kezia Willingham earned a master’s degree in social work -- and $24,000 in student loans. Now she worries about college expenses for her children, Zinnia Willingham, 17, and Justin Fernandez-Willingham, 5.
concludes.
But the picture isn’t nearly as bright for
college students as it may seem.
The comparative value of a college degree is
due partly to the steadily declining fortunes of high school grads rather than to sunny prospects for those attending college.
In fact, in the past dozen years, annual
salaries for those with bachelor’s degrees have
fallen 10.3 percent, according to the New York Fed. That’s even worse than the 7.6 percent drop for high school grads.
It’s unclear why college students have fared
so badly, although the sluggish employment market for recent graduates has been well chronicled.
“The average wages of college graduates
have been falling for the better part of a
decade, with the pace of decline accelerating after the Great Recession,” the study says. The study also found that college grads
majoring in fields such as engineering, math and computers, and health care outearned those studying liberal arts or education.
“Not all college degrees are an equally good
investment,” the report said.
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STUDENT LIFE
Student voters reflect on caucus turnout, future of 2016 election By Whitney Howard STAFF WRITER
Many voters in Cache Valley had a long wait
ahead when they arrived at their district's caucus.
The Utah caucus, which was held on March
22, allowed registered voters to choose their
party's nominee for the primary election. This
determines how delegates, individuals chosen
during caucuses to represent their district, will vote during the National Convention.
Skye Cowdell, a Utah State University
freshman in law and constitutional studies and a Republican, voted with her sisters. Cowdell
had attended a caucus before, but this was the first year she was old enough to vote. She saw more fellow voters than she anticipated.
"My sisters said the year before there were
only ten people there, and this year there were 110," Cowdell said.
PHOTO BY Whitney Howard Voters stand in a large and unexpected line outside Logan High School to vote in the Democratic caucus.
Even though Utah is traditionally a red
state, Utah Democrats experienced a drastic
increase in caucus voters. Jenna Hase, a USU junior in social work, drove for two hours — since she was registered in a different town
comparison. She heard of voters throughout the state who waited four hours in line.
Both parties were in a scramble to obtain
— and waited an additional two hours to
enough ballots and registration forms for
said her wait was "actually not that long" in
Hase's friend registered using a Spanish form
place her vote at the Democratic caucus. Hase
everyone, due to unprecedented voter turnout.
An interview with Jessica Lynn, transgender rights speaker By Morgan Pratt STAFF WRITER
Jessica Lynn was formerly male and her
internal drive to be someone society says you
She said she knew since she was four years
suicidal, but after I transitioned I am happy
were born this way. This is what it is, it is an
name was Jeffrey Butterworth.
don’t want to be. For a long time I was
old that she didn't fit into her male body. She
and I’m no longer suicidal.
transitioned to female six years ago.
bathroom debates right now?
at Utah State University on Monday, April 4
the restroom of your birth gender. I was born a
"Certainly at the Democratic caucus there
was an extraordinarily high turnout of young
other years when I've participated. Pretty
see “Caucus” PAGE 10
Spring is for the babies
zier Library.
a boy, I’ve had a complete sex change and the
your presentation on Monday?
but they want me to go into the men’s
JL: According to the law, you have to go into
boy, there is not an ounce of me that looks like
UTAH STATESMAN: What can we expect from
U.S. government recognizes me as a female,
JESSICA LYNN: I am known for being very, very
restroom. Now they’re saying those who pass
Cox, but you’re not going to get one ounce of
someone sitting there checking every bath-
blunt. You can hire Caitlyn Jenner or Laverne
as female can go into it. Are you going to have
information on their lives. They lived very
room checking if their genitalia is a girl? Let’s
will hear my presentation about how I
of hormone imbalance, you can’t go to the
US: What do you want USU students to learn
you want to go pee. I don’t like women. I like
JL: I want people to know and to learn
against the trans community. There was a girl
is to teach acceptance. We are all unique.
room. It is dangerous. We are the most
suicide in our community last semester. Can
US: Obviously it is very expensive to get a sex
community?
JL: There have been studies recently for
This is why I go out there and teach that we
to transition and it costs anywhere from
that once these people become educated, it
haven’t gone to a psychologist once. Before, I
say, “I don’t want my daughter to be in a
week at $100 to $250 a pop for 40 years.
takes to go in that women’s restroom for that
companies are finding transitioning is the
peers and his friends? As he grows up, he has
more that people that transition at a younger
say it is OK for him to transition and then he is
US: Who is your primary audience?
that to look at a naked girl? When any one of
ties. My reason for that is I don’t want to
“naked girl” and any pictures you want pop
our future. They are our future lawyers, our
When I go and speak with an audience, they
our future lawmakers. There are a lot of
US: What do you hope to accomplish given
transgender individual. But schools book me
graphics?
ing around from their mothers and politicians.
sheltered, transitioned lives. On Monday, you
say you have a little bit of facial hair because
transitioned.
bathroom. Then you go in the restroom and
from your presentation?
men. Besides, there is so much violence
acceptance of everybody. My number one goal
last week who was raped in the men’s bath-
US: We had a transgender woman commit
discriminated group in the world.
you speak about suicides in the transgender
change. Can you speak about that?
JL: 47 percent of us have attempted suicide.
insurance companies. Let’s say someone wants
are just normal, everyday people. I do believe
$45,000 to $50,000. Since my surgery, I
will become a non-issue. I have heard people
was going to a psychologist once or twice a
restroom with boys.” Do you know what it
What is easier? What is cheaper? Insurance
boy with all of the ridicule from all of his
cheaper route. Scientists are finding more and
to have psychiatric doctors look at him and
age have much, much more normal lives.
finally able to go into the girl’s restroom. All of
JL: My core audience is colleges and universi-
us can pull out our cell phones and type
speak to a group of janitors, but these kids are
up. I don’t get it. That’s why I do what I do.
future doctors and our future arms men and
often say, “Wow, I never knew that."
psychology grads who have never met a
Cache Valley’s primarily conservative demo-
because of misinformation that they hear float-
years old when I wanted to be a boy. When I
"Definitely a much larger percentage than in
US: What are your thoughts on the national
from 2:30-3:30 in room 101 of the Merrill-Ca-
whole school to be there. For me, I was 4
associate professor of political science at USU.
young voters.
hated, hated being a boy. I want these people
explicit content. Reader discretion is advised. **
JL: I want to start the discussion. I want the
collected, attendees observed an increase in
three and a half hours," said Michael Lyons, an
these thoughts, so I took a razor to my penis. I to understand that it isn’t a choice and we
Lynn will present about transgender rights
people. I was there for the entire process, all
While data for the participant's ages was not
was 7 I thought I was the only person to have
** Warning: This interview contains some
lived most of her life as a male until she
because her district ran out of English forms.
— morgan.pratt.robinson@gmail.com @ morganprobinson
PHOTO BY Miranda Lorenc Children gather around to pet a goat at the American West Heritage Center.
By Miranda Lorenc SENIOR WRITER
Spring is a time for new life. Grasses are
turning green, flowers have begun to bloom and babies are born.
To celebrate this time of new life, the
American West Heritage Center hosted its
annual Baby Animal Days this weekend, a
three-day event where park visitors can come
and interact with the newborn farm animals . I's a good opportunity for kids to learn
about animals through hands-on experience, said Hayley Smith, a senior in parks and
recreation and volunteer for Baby Animal Days.
"You can actually hear them make the noises
and pet them and see the different animals," she said.
Goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens and even
turtles were brought out for visitors to interact with, and the younger animals were switched out frequently to avoid over-stressing them.
A recent addition to the event was the baby
bears brought in from Yellowstone Bear World. Visitors could come in and see them and learn
about where they came from and how they are raised.
Bringing in the baby bears brought a lot of
attention to the event, said Amanda Repko, a
senior in special education and this year's Miss Cache Valley. More people went to see them because "it’s something we don’t get to see every day," she said.
Repko said she had been coming to baby
animals days for years, but this year was able to volunteer.
"I get to actually hold the baby goats, which
is so fun," she said. "But it’s just fun to see all
the babies and their moms. They’re just all so cute."
Smith said she enjoyed being able to
volunteer because she was able to see how
events like this worked and how the people interacted with the animals.
She said that the event always takes place
during spring break so more kids are able to attend and learn about the animals..
"It’s always on this weekend. It’s just a fun
thing to do," said Wayne McKy, a member of
the Cache Valley Storytelling Festival. "I mean, you've got horseback riding, you've got wagon
rides, you’ve got the pioneer events over there, the hatchet throwing.They can go feed the animals, they can actually go milk a goat, they've got all kinds of things."
In addition to the animals and activities,
there was live music that people could listen to while they sat down for food from the
vendors and trucks. Mcky and his wife have been performing for Baby Animal Days for four of five years, he said.
"The first time I came, we had a blizzard
and hail storm," he said. "We had a tent out here and everybody was freezing and there
were only two people other than my wife and daughter that were there."
Mcky's wife, Katie, added that he had been
trying to tell a story and his lips were blue from the cold.
Baby Animal Days is a community-centered
event, Repko said. Even though a lot of the
activities are oriented toward kids, he said it's a good opportunity for people to visit with community members and meet the baby animals.
A lot of older kids and college students even
come out to see the animals, Smith said.
"It’s just fun to be out here in a congenial
environment," Mcky said."You know, watching
people enjoy themselves and have a good time in a very pleasant environment."
—miranda.lorenc@gmail.com @miranda_lorenc
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2016
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All the days
we sat in a row
four sister stacked like cups
Late night pizza runs, the occasional
on the long cement step, waiting for dinner.
midnight frosty and, of course, Cafe Rio’s sweet pork salads.
All Julys,
It all sounds too familiar… You are guilty, I
late afternoon sun fell
am guilty, we are all guilty. That is what we
past sunburned feet
eat in America and it has been that way since
hair that hung
we were kids.
for breeze to breathe through
Why is that? Why are we addicted to
yellow and brown ropes.
fast-food chains? Why do we constantly spend our money on food that only satisfies our
craving for a short moment? And why do we tell ourselves it’s okay?
It has become a habit that is proving
difficult to break as obesity levels soar in
America and around the world. We’ve been
presented with fact after fact, but drink sizes continue to get bigger and so do our bellies.
The cost for health care in the United States
is estimated to be between $147 billion and
nearly $210 billion per year, according to the
Trust for America’s Health. And yet we come up with arguments for eating junk food, such
as: “Eating healthy just costs so much money,” “ I don’t have time to cook,” and “ I want something quick.”
With every new upsetting fact about
American food that comes out, we are more than ready to come up with another excuse and pay for the frequent visits to the chiropractor for our ever-increasing back pain.
It didn’t always use to be like this. In 1953,
the term “TV dinner” was coined by C.A.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY Johnny Morris
Swanson & Sons. American diets have been in trouble ever since.
became more scarce and baked goods were replaced by processed foods.
serving, well below a typical Big Mac meal at $6. I suggest three ways to enjoy eating
World Eats’ is astonishing.Their data gives
details such as: “People in the U.S. consume
2. Invest in leftover containers.
ago.” Americans eat 781 more calories on an
3. Avoid simple carbs.
of vegetable oil per day than they did 50 years average day than they did in the 1960s.
It’s time America starts to fight back. Quasi
Italia, an online blog, suggests Americans have lost the joy in cooking. They have lost the joy in tasting and they have lost the joy in being around the table together.
corn-chip shovels.
to soak up lake as if we had always been.
1. Plan out your meals.
more than two and a half times as many grams
We waited to scoop up the meat with little Thin towels between our legs,
healthy and to save money.
National Geographic’s study, ‘What the
through spaghetti sauce eternally in the fat yellow bowl.
recipe serves 4 people and costs only $8,
according to Campbell’s Kitchen. That is $2 a
Meals shared around the family table
Mom’s hands pulled loose hamburger
Some nights, Grandma’s hands were in the
hollyhock.
Busy, to present us with little pink girls bud for head
There is so much joy in eating healthy. Don’t
waste your meals on simple carbs, fried foods and quick fixes. Start experiencing the joy of home cooking.
bloom for skirt
spine of slim toothpick.
We were to scoot them across the dinner
table,
pass from our growing palms, trading new colors of skirts.
To change the obesity problem, America
needs to start enjoying food again.
— Millie Tullis is a junior studying English and Philosophy at Utah State University. She has a gray cat named Martin Heidegger.
Eating healthy isn’t hard or expensive. A
Campbell’s chicken and cheese enchilada
Music Therapy Program looking to the future issues, but also those with neurological,
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By Eddie Collins STAFF WRITER
physical, intellectual, mental and many other
Utah State University is home to the only
music therapy program in Utah.
In fact, Utah State has one of only seven
music therapy programs in the Western United States.
Being a small program at Utah State, and
also being the only program of its kind in
Utah, many people may not know exactly
what music therapy is. The American Music
Therapy Association’s website defines it as, “an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to
address physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of individuals.”
Maureen Hearns, the director of the music
therapy program, put it more simply.
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“Music therapy is using music to help people
with non-musical problems,” Hearns said. “It isn’t limited to people with psychological
types of difficulties.”
Hearns joined the program as the director in
2005. She worked as a privately contracted music therapist in Provo before joining the staff at Utah State, where she earned her
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“I oversee the program,” Hearns said. “And
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The professional competencies are stan-
dards set by the American Music Therapy
Association that all students must fulfill before they can become certified music therapists.
The AMTA’s website lists all of the competen-
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY Brad Keyes Maureen C. Hearns, music therapy program director, talks about the benefits of the music therapy program, and the healing factor that music can have on the mind..
cies, over 100 in total, which are split into
and relationships. The foundations provide a
four-year period of time,” Hearns said.
on fundamentals of theory, composition and
music therapy competencies.
no easy task, especially within four years,
three categories. “Music foundations” focuses performance, while “clinical foundations”
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PAGE 7 “Music Therapy” FROM PAGE 6 the program. “Because of what we do, we
have to be willing to be put in a vulnerable
dent’s musical versatility, asking them to
perform classical, folk and contemporary
themselves on piano or guitar, and perform on
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in
field. Campbell hopes to eventually move back
formed during the live portion of the audition
kids.”
Utah State, Chadwick was required to
is memorized.
very selective audition process.
Chadwick have had to worry about audition-
accept 14 this year,” Hearns said. “It’s a really
certification isn’t quite finished. After walking
than 70 people audition every year.”
to undergo a 1200-hour clinical internship
“Our dean, Dr. Jessop, has allowed us to
competitive process because we have more Hearns and her colleague Letha Winger
oversee the audition process. The audition is designed to challenge the prospective stu-
Utah and the western region as a whole are
behind the curve compared to Eastern states in
space.”
compete for a spot in the program through a
graduate with his bachelor’s degree this May and is looking forward to his internship.
pieces. They must be able to sing, accompany their primary instrument. Every piece per-
Like every other music therapy student at
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2016
It has been years since Campbell and
“I got accepted to do my internship at the
Houston,” Campbell said. “I love working with Chadwick will be moving to Minnesota to
begin her internship this summer.
Hearns’ goals for the future are to expand
ing into the program, but their journey to
the program at Utah State.
at the graduation ceremony, all graduates have
“We hope to have a master’s level program
before they can obtain the diploma itself.
for music therapists than we have music
Jared Campbell, the president of the USU
Music Therapy Student Association, is set to
prevalence of music therapy as a professional to Utah and assist with the expansion efforts.
“I would love to come back and be a part of
the university,” Chadwick said. “I sure as heck hope the program gets bigger soon.”
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soon. There are more jobs in the United States
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SPORTS
Nini Guensler hits 100 career wins on the scoreboard with her 6-1, 6-1 win over
By Thomas Sorenson SENIOR WRITER
Northern Arizona’s Hanneke Lodewijks.
“I wasn’t thinking about it, I was just trying
USU women’s tennis lost to Northern
Arizona 4-1 Saturday, there was a bright spot however as junior Nini Guensler became the
to play the point,” Guensler said. “After I
realized I thought it was a really cool feeling”. As singles play continued, sophomore
fifth Aggie to win 100 career matches.
Maggie O’Meara fell in straight sets 6-4, 6-3,
for,” said USU assistant coach Ruth Seaborne.
3-1 lead. However, freshman Monika Van de
“Nini’s 100th win is something to be happy
“We’ll celebrate that on Monday”.
to Hailey Rochin to give the Lumberjacks the Vondel had to retire her match because of an
I wasn’t thinking about it, I was just trying to play the point. After I realized I thought it was a really cool feeling. — Nini Guensler injury, giving Northern Arizona the 4-1 win
The day started with doubles, where
sophomore Sabrina Demerath and junior
Ekaterina Tugarinova lost 6-1, junior Nini
over the Aggies.
Sophomores Demerath and Meghan Lyall
Guensler and junior Lexi Turley would also
didn’t finish their matches after the Lumber-
to start off the match.
lost their first sets, and were leading the
lose 6-1 to give Northern Arizona the 1-0 lead “The doubles point proved to be pretty key
today,” Seaborne said. “They came out with a little bit more energy than us and they took their opportunities.”
Northern Arizona would extend their lead to
jacks sealed the win. Demerath and Lyall both second set when the match was called.
The Aggies return to the courts Friday, April
8 where they will host Air Force at 11 a.m. in Logan.
— joebaraiolo@gmail.com @joefish_2
2-0 after Blanka Szavay beat Tugarinova in
straight sets, 6-0 6-1. Guensler put the Aggies
PHOTO COURTESY OF USU ATHLETICS Nini Guensler returns a shot. Guensler became the fifth Aggie to win 100 career matches against Northern Arizona on Saturday.
Run game has strong showing in second football scrimmage coach) Steve Farmer. I think we have really run the ball better.”
Farmer was announced as the offensive line
coach at USU on Feb. 9.
Recognizing the need of a group effort for
lot of games and play good on offense … and
death if we allow teams to run the ball on us
offense had five runs of 11-yards or longer.
“The line did a good job of opening holes
and we were patient and just hitting it,” Lindsey said.
of the carries for USU a season ago, saw
flashes of growth.
scrimmage of spring practice.
cluding an 11-yard scoring run.
Matt Wells after the scrimmage. “Our focus
trying to earn a role. That battle will go
and try to run the ball.”
see ways to get all four of those guys the ball.”
sophomore nose guard Gasetoto Schuster and
rushing and three touchdowns on 28 carries.
per carry in the scrimmage, up from the 4.5
were specifically mentioned by Wells as young
As a team, the Aggies recorded 134 yards
Senior Devante Mays led all rushers with 62
yards, coming on just three carries. Sopho-
provement,” Wells said. “There’s some really,
“It’s a good battle,” Wells said. “Guys are
now and a lot of guys that haven’t played in
“The offense has made drastic improvement
more running back Justen Hervey had 11
from last year through this spring,” Wells said.
Junior Tonny Lindsey had eight carries of his
of wrapping their arms around (newly-hired
carries for 49 yards and one touchdown.
“I think we’ve seen some individual im-
carried the ball three times for 13 yards – in-
yards the team averaged in games last season.
“The offensive line has really done a nice job
and a field goal against the short-handed
defensive unit. Junior quarterback Kent Myers opened the scoring with a 50-yard pass to sophomore tight end Dax Raymond.
Myers finished the scrimmage 4 of 11
tion. Cade Smith was the only other quarter-
was limited because of some minor injuries
As a whole, the offense averaged 5.2 yards
Overall, the offense scored five touchdowns
picked up during the spring, but still showed
yards.
through summer and into training camp, but I
in the red zone.”
passing for 70 yards and one touchdown but
limited action in Friday’s scrimmage. Hunt
was trying to come in and establish the run
make them throw it in. We will die a fast
On the other side of the ball, the defense
Maverik Stadium on Friday afternoon as the
“Today was about the run game,” said coach
“Defensively, you can’t let teams run the ball
in the red zone,” Wells said. “You’ve got to
riers to find seams in the defense as the
Utah State football team hosted the second
also blocked a field goal, but struggled to stop
said. “There will be individual honors at the
The success of the line allowed the ball-car-
The running game took center stage at
The defense had four sacks in the scrim-
the run in short-yardage situations.
then those guys will get recognized.”
Junior LaJuan Hunt, who received the bulk
picked up a sack and Schuster had two tackles.
the linemen.
end of the year for the o-line only if we win a
By Thomas Sorenson SENIOR WRITER
the scrimmage as Adeoye and ‘Unga each
mage, six pass breakups, an interception and
“They’re never an individual up front,” Wells
own, finishing just behind Hervey with 36
All three showed up on the stat sheet after
an offensive line to be successful, Wells
declined to hand out singular praise to any of
PHOTO COURTESY OF USU ATHLETICS Justen Hervey hits a gap during USU’s scrimmage on Friday in Maverik Stadium.
that’s going to earn himself a role.”
really young linebackers that are playing right this defense very long.”
Freshman defensive end Cristopher ‘Unga,
sophomore defensive end Adewale Adeoye
players who have had strong spring performances.
“(Adeoye) is like berserker-effort every day,
just chasing the football,” Wells said. “He’s a
guy that’s really enjoying playing. That’s a guy
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he was also responsible for the lone intercepback with a touchdown pass.
The five quarterbacks who saw snaps
combined to go 13 of 30 for 156 yards, two
touchdowns and one interception on the day. The passing attack will see increased focus
as the team prepares for the next scrimmage, Wells said.
The Aggies final spring scrimmage is the
annual Blue and White Scrimmage at Maverik Stadium on Saturday at 2 p.m.
- thomas.sorenson@aggiemail.usu.edu @tomcat340
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PAGE 10
OPINION
Who gets into college? By Los Angeles Times
The following editorial appeared in the Los
Angeles Times on Wednesday, March 9: ___
If a biotech researcher developed a drug
that could reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, few people would care if he or she
was motivated by a love of mankind, a love of science or the desire to make a fortune. Why should they? All sorts of people do good and bad in the world for all sorts of reasons.
That thought comes to mind because of a
new report from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which offers some troubling recommendations for how colleges and
On the surface, those changes sound
appealing. Certainly, for too long students
have gotten points in college admissions for
displaying “leadership” and “global awareness” by going on expensive overseas trips that
combine socializing and adventure tours with
a volunteer project, such as helping to build a playground at an African village school. For
the $5,000 or more per student that such trips generally cost, the village could accomplish a lot more on its own.
Yes, of course colleges should downgrade
meaningless resume-polishing that clearly can be done only by the affluent. Richard Weiss-
bourd, lead author of the Harvard report, said he knows of wealthy parents who shelled out
there are signs that at least some plan to, that
taking advanced placement courses, colleges
turn in professionally polished applications.
_ the fact that some schools don’t offer a broad
won’t mean that ambitious students no longer More likely they’ll force themselves into
another mold that will be no more meaningful
applicants don’t have so much of an advantage over lower-income students. That’s definitely a worthwhile objective. But the report’s main
goal is stated in its subtitle: “Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good through
College Admissions.” More than 70 deans of admissions and other college leaders have endorsed it.
According to the report, students show too
much concern about their own futures and not enough about serving the community. But even if that’s true, is it the job of college
admissions departments to right that wrong?
The report recommends tweaking admissions
to favor applicants who have shown a serious, years-long commitment to a local cause over those who have dabbled in various kinds of
community service at home or abroad. It also
calls for reducing the importance of advanced
high-school classes and SAT scores, and giving more credit to applicants who hold part-time jobs and who help out at home.
“Temple Grandin” FROM PAGE 1 their label crutch,” she said. “They need to be stretched, but don’t surprise them.”
Grandin said she was furious to see a
high-functioning, 12-year-old autistic boy put in a classroom with kids with severe learning disorders. She said she was concerned that boy wouldn’t be able to grow to his full
potential by being in that kind of environment. “I am seeing too many kids over-coddled
and they don’t know how to shop or do laundry,” she said.
There are too many kids that are labeled
with mental disorders. There are a lot of weird kids and a lot of computer programmers who
are probably on the autism spectrum, Grandin said.
“I have been interviewed by journalists who
are probably on the autism spectrum,” she
said. “When it comes to the autism spectrum, it is a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.”
During the event, one mother raised her
hand and asked Grandin what she should do
money to start a nonprofit school in Botswana just so that their daughter could claim on her college application that she had created it. But it’s another matter for colleges to
attempt social engineering through the admissions process. Do we really want
admissions officers making glib moral judg-
ments about which types of community service are inherently more worthy than others? Or decreeing that a student who tries several
different kinds of volunteer work _ or spends extra hours on chemistry experiments or
writes short stories instead of feeding the
hungry or craves the challenge of multiple
Advanced Placement exams _ is less deserving
of a college education than one who works for several years on a local cause?
If colleges adopt the recommendations, and
list of extracurricular activities.
ing on “well-rounded” candidates who do
interests, than a slew of AP courses or a long And though it’s a fair-minded idea to give
applicants credit for helping their families,
colleges considering this should prepare to be
inundated by essays about students who wake
up at 4:30 each morning to clean the toilets so
that their ailing or hard-working parents won’t have to. Among other things, these kinds of stories can’t be verified.
much an extraordinary percentage when you look at the political indifference of young people nationwide."
The young voter turnout was likely not as
high on the Republican side, Lyons said. Young voters tend to lean left. Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders also appeals to young voters
due to his stances on marijuana legalization,
college tuition, gay rights and early opposition to the Iraq war.
This year, there is a candidate for everyone,
said Damon Cann, associate professor of
political science at USU. Voters are turning out to support a candidate who they identify with. However, there are also people on the other side of the ideological spectrum who fear those candidates.
Cann said many Utah Democrats felt in the
past that they had two choices: vote for a
liberal candidate who couldn't win in Utah, or
The goal of giving high-achieving, low-in-
burnout in high school, they should stop insisteverything perfectly. Instead, they should
credit students for whatever it is they do that
truly reflects themselves and that might make
them successful when they get to college. That might be writing short stories late into the
night or holding down a regular part-time job or getting involved in a meaningful extracurricular activity. Colleges could de-emphasize essays, which can be polished by expensive private college counselors, and give added
weight to letters of recommendations, which tell more about the day-to-day mettle of an
applicant. And if colleges really want to make admissions fairer, they could start with two
steps that aren’t even mentioned in this report: Reduce the admissions preference for
come students a better shot at being accepted
athletes. A January report by the Jack Kent
the recommendations on this score also fall
selective colleges, athletic preference dispro-
by colleges is of course worth pursuing, but
short. Rather than reducing the emphasis on
SAT scores, which are a fairly good indicator
of freshman success in college, colleges should limit the number of times students can sit for the tests to no more than twice. That would
eliminate the advantage gained by wealthier kids paying to take the test multiple times
Cooke Foundation found that at the most
portionately gave an advantage to affluent, white students. That’s because many of the sports _ crew, lacrosse, fencing, water polo and the like _ aren’t offered at most public high schools, and require joining private leagues and clubs for training.
Eliminate the admissions boost for legacy
with only the best scores on each section being
applicants _ the offspring or siblings of
role of expensive test-prep tutors, who often
with an applicant’s quality, and everything to
reported to colleges. It might also reduce the
work for years with students as they take the
test over and over. Serious test prep these days can cost between $4,000 and $20,000.
alumni. Such preferences have nothing to do do with a family’s history of access to the college.
And rather than discouraging students from
levels behind in reading.
“If your kid is falling behind at school, find
what he is good at and push him in that direction,” she said.
Grandin said not everyone needs to go to
college. Instead, those who are great at
working with their hands should be getting experience in the field, whether they are
working on a farm or they are building things.
Kaylyn Madany, a senior studying math, said
she thought it was really “cool” to see Grandin speak in person.
“The main reason I came is I saw the movie
of her,” she said. “It was cool to see her
overcome the limitations people put on her.” Holly Huggins is a sophomore studying
special education. She said it is very important for her career to learn about people with mental disorders.
“It was great because we are listening to
someone who is autistic as opposed to
someone who doesn’t have autism speak about it,” she said.
about her son who was a couple of grade
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If colleges really want more authentic
applications from students and less stress and
Do we really want admissions officers making glib moral judgments about which types of community service are inherently more worthy than others?
for leveling the playing field so that wealthy
range of such courses.
to them, no more reflective of their true
universities should rethink admissions. The
report, titled “Turning the Tide,” rightly calls
should take into account _ as many already do
— morgan.pratt.robinson@gmail.com
"hold their noses and vote for a moderate"
John Kasich.
children living in poverty, it hurts me to see
better chances.
conservative, and Trump is just crazy to me.
aren't hurtful," Hase said.
Democrats in Utah is, 'For once, our vote
nomination." Cowdell said, "I didn't even care
out, Lyons is concerned. He believes Ameri-
part of it."
says far-leaning candidates like Trump, Cruz
who didn't fully represent their beliefs but had "The thing I heard over and over again from
finally matters,'" Cann said.
This partially explains why Sanders won
79.3 percent of Utah's vote. Sanders is the first "aggressively liberal" candidate since Howard
Dean in 2004, who didn't last very long, Lyons said.
For Utah Republicans, the reason for turnout
was less due to enthusiasm for a particular candidate, but more opposition to another,
Cann said. Despite Trump currently holding
the national lead, Ted Cruz walked away with all 40 of Utah's delegates.
"Donald Trump doesn't play well in Utah,"
Cann said. "Utah Republicans wanted to come out and express their voice in opposition to Donald Trump."
This was true for Cowdell, who voted for
"I don't really like Ted Cruz. He's way too
Even though I know Kasich will never win the who is elected, as long as I feel like I was a
Hase voted for Sanders. She believes voters
like Sanders because he's "relatable," and he
provides a "goodness of fit" to her own beliefs. Hase and Cowdell also have personal
convictions that drove them to the polls.
Cowdell said it was her "civic duty" to vote,
people just be so angry against people that
As for how the rest of the election will turn
cans are "more disillusioned than ever." He and Sanders will have difficulty passing
anything through the Congress and the House of Representatives. Lyons advises voters to think critically about how a candidate will operate in the White House.
"This has been a dramatic year. It's been a
and people who don't vote don't have the right
fascinating year. It's been, in recent memory,
right to vote as a woman, a privilege American
need to govern the nation after the election,"
to complain. For Hase, she appreciates her
women have had for less than 100 years. Also, as a social worker, it's important to vote for
candidates who are in the best interests of her clients.
"As a future social worker, as a woman, as
someone who has worked with refugees and
unprecedented. But we can't lose focus on the he said.
— whitney.howard@aggiemail.usu.edu @omgwhitshutup
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