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At least 14 bills could affect USU in the upcoming 2016 legislation session, including those surrounding mental health and guns on campus.
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Money talks PHOTO BY Mandy Morgan Ditto Student Fee Board members prepare for presentations from on-campus organizations for possible fee increases towards their budgets. By Shanie Howard WRITER
The Student Fee Board at Utah State
University held its first meeting Wednesday
night for presentations on student fee increase proposals for the 2016-17 academic year.
Four organizations on campus requested to
have additional students fees placed towards their programs in the coming school year, including Activities, Health and Wellness, Music and Theater, and Athletics.
vice president and director of athletics,
proposed a student fee increase of $10 per student for the Athletics department.
The $10 increase would be added to the
current athletics fee of $135.14, a 7.5 percent rise.
Hartwell said the current budget of the USU
are to the USU student body, John Hartwell,
Department?” Major said.
Hartwell admitted to having financial
Linda Zimmerman, director of SILC, and
Kevin Webb, associate director of the center, presented the proposal.
They are asking for the money to increase
$32.6 million. Only 15 percent of the budget is
the department was fired.
new legislation that calls for non-exempt
and the projected budget for next year is currently made up of student fees.
He said the funds from this increase would
a new sound system, and that a new video
pointing out how beneficial athletic programs
are we really just bailing out the Athletics
with 12 to 18 credits.
the salary for four of the advisers within
After comparing the USU athletic budget to
ence — the Aggies are dead last — and
“This last year you went about $500,000 in
the hole … so by granting you this increase,
Currently, the SILC fee is $31.85 and the
Statesman fee is $4.10 for a full-time student
difficulties during the past year and that as a
be used to benefit students by adding two new
other colleges in the Mountain West Confer-
Major, a student-at-large on the fee board.
Athletics program is just shy of $29.3 million
Of the four organizations, Athletics asked
for the largest increase.
from the increase was challenged by Casey
result, a member of the financial advisers for “So we are in the process of fixing that,”
Hartwell said.
The student fee for Activities is split
video boards to the football stadium as well as
between two places in the Student Involve-
board would be added to both USU’s soccer
Involvement and Leadership and the States-
and softball fields.
The true intent of how the Athletics Depart-
ment is planning on spending the revenue
Student Involvement to exempt pay, due to employees to work a strict 40 hours a week instead of having salary-based pay, with a “work until the job is done” expectation.
There are three solutions Zimmerman and
ment and Leadership Center (SILC): Student
Webb presented to manage the legislative
man. Activities is asking for an increase of
academic year. These solutions include the use
$2.42 overall — $1.71 for the SILC fee and 71 cents for the Statesman fee.
change, which will be effective in the 2016-17 of some of SILC’s reserve fund for one year,
see “Fee Board” PAGE 7
Throwback for
Traditions Week 2016 By Shanie Howard WRITER
Utah State University’s annual traditions
week this year will begin on Jan. 25, in
celebration of the unique traditions of USU.
This year’s theme for traditions week is '90s
throwback. Daily events will incorporate the theme all week including Dancing with the Stars on Monday, a Snowman Gallery on
Tuesday, High Stakes Bingo on Wednesday, a performance from the a cappella group
Filharmonic and the week will end with a
Throwback '90s dance followed by True Aggie Night.
Dancing with the Stars is a new tradition for
Utah State University that Alex Aburto,
will get the opportunity to show off their
background for this event comes from an old
Student Association programming, hopes will
Snowman Gallery. The Snowman Gallery has
path between Old Main and the Agricultural
“It will be a really good event to showcase
hasn’t been featured as an event for the past
traditions chair for Utah State University
snowman building skills on the Quad in the
catch on in the next few years.
been a tradition for the past 30 years though it
both sides of what the students can do but at
few years due to the lack of snow.
talents of our stars,” Aburto said.
in the Taggart Student Center ballroom and is
athletes and leaders along with some of the
event will follow the '90s theme, including
the event will get the Mirror Ball Trophy.
Earlier that day the Student Alumni Associa-
the same time expose students to different
The stars for this event will include student
university administration, and the winner of On Tuesday different campus organizations
Wednesday’s High Stakes Bingo will be held
free for all students to attend. Prizes for the pogo sticks, magic eight balls and scooters. tion will be hosting the Hello Walk. The
belief that “No student can walk along the
GRAPHIC BY Marcus Haslam
“The Filharmonics were actually in the Pitch
Perfect 2 movie so it’s really exciting to have
Science Building without someone saying
them come here,” said Aburto.
give students a chance to meet more people,
have songs from famous '90s artists including
path as well.
Destiny’s Child. At the end of the dance
nity to meet new people and to have fun,” said
A by Old Main for True Aggie Night.
hello to them." To celebrate that belief and
games and free tacos will be set up along the “I love the Hello Walk; it’s a great opportu-
Maegan Kasteler, VP of traditions for SAA.
Thursday’s event is a performance by the
Acapella group known as the Filharmonic.
The '90s throwback dance on Friday will
Brittany Spears, the Backstreet Boys and
students are invited to head over to the block
— shaniehoward214@gmail.com
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USU POLICE BLOTTER FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
• USU Policed disposed of 47.7 lbs of pharmaceutical drugs that were placed in the public drug disposal box. • USU Police responded to Snowhall on a report of individuals who were under the age of 21 consuming alcohol. Officers made contact with several people in the apartment. It was discovered that alcohol was being consumed by underage individuals. These persons were issued misdemeanor citations for MIP Alcohol. • USU Police responded to the Aggie Parking Terrace in three minutes for a
traffic accident. A report was filed with USU Police.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16
• Officers responded to a report of a vehicle honking its horn at the bottom of Old Main Hill. The vehicle left prior to officers arriving.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17
• Suspicious individuals around a vehicle. Unknown what the individuals were doing or who the individuals are. Individuals not located.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19
• USU Police responded to Valley
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for non-emergencies.
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ViewTower in two minutes for a report of receiving harassing text massages. This investigation is continuing.
• USU Police responded to a report of people making noise while sleigh riding on Old Main Hill.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21
• USU Police took a report of a lost wallet. The wallet was last seen at the Animal Science Building. Whereabouts of the wallet is unknown. • USU Police responded to Richard Hall for a noise complain. USU Police spoke with a student in his dorm who had been playing his music loud. The student stated that the RA had already spoken with him and he had turned his music off when the RA came. No criminal action was taken.
• USU Police assisted Logan City Police with a traffic accident with injuries on Hwy 89 and Champ Drive. USU Police assisted with traffic control, diagramming the accident and cleanup. USU Police cleared when assistance was no longer needed. • USU Police responded to a report of a suspicious odor in West Stadium Villa. Upon arrival police discovered that the odor was not drug related. The matter will be referred to housing.
Higher ed and legislation: At least 14 bills could affect USU In addition to a one-time appropriation,
Utah State is asking for two perpetual salaries
By Brenna Kelly SENIOR WRITER
for CAPS. This would help more students get the help they need in a timely manner.
At least 14 bills could potentially affect Utah
Several universities in Utah were awarded
slows down, they won't have to cut higher education budgets.
Other topics of interest to the Utah System
of Higher Education include:
State University in the 2016 legislative session.
funding to build new science buildings, which
* Guns on campus
introduced during the session, but the
chance at getting funding to replace the
* Math/College readiness
Between 12,000 and 15,000 bills will be
is why Abercrombie believes USU has a good
majority of them are not public yet. Once a bill
Biology and Natural Resources building.
it can be numbered, and is then posted
capital during the legislative session. In
has been drafted and cleared with an attorney,
The GRC spends a few days at the state
publicly and open for comment.
addition to serving legislators Aggie Ice
take a position, and it's impossible to take a
mance-based funding.
language on yet," said Neil Abercrombie,
our performance as a university," said Ashley
State. "And then it's also difficult to take a
lot of what our job is to make a good face and
or not it's going to come together or what
stats about what we've accomplished."
the final product yet."
the Higher Education Appropriations Commit-
impact higher education per session, and
interests since 2001. This will be his last
this year.
said he will not be a lame duck.
"For us, at this point... it's difficult to really
position on bills that we haven't seen the
director of government relations for Utah
Cream, they are looking for perfor-
* STEM Action Center
* Freedom of speech
* Concurrent enrollment
* Funding higher education buildings * Military/in-state tuition
The legislative session begins on Monday
and will end on Thursday, March 10.
— brennakelly818@gmail.com @bckelly8
Legislative bills that may affect USU
"We'll be talking about the importance of
Waddoups, student advocate vice president. "A
freedom of speech
Kim Coleman (R) is drafting two bills to modify free speech and free expression at Utah State
position when it's still very general, whether
having some really good talking points and
University. Coleman sits on the Higher Educa-
sides are advocating for what. We don't have
Sen. Stephen Urquhart (R) is the chair of
House of Representatives.
Usually 20 to 30 bills have the potential to
Abercrombie estimates it will be closer to 30 "Impact is really general. Some of those
tee, and has been a proponent of USU's
legislative session in office, but Abercrombie Urquhart met with the GRC in fall semester
could be small tweaks that won't really change
and discussed bills he would like to get
would change a lot," Abercrombie said.
most excited about would appropriate $6
main objectives for the legislative session
and the University of Utah.
issues on campus, share the university's
strengthen higher education in the state of
funding, and obtain funding for a new science
higher amounts of students who wish to
anything. Some could be major changes that
The Government Relations Council has three
— obtain funding to address mental health
passed. The bill that Anderson said he was
"This bill will be an excellent way to
Utah and help our graduate programs accept
building.
obtain a master’s or doctorate," Anderson said.
higher education all over the state, and so
state of Utah to educate more professionals
"Stronger graduate programs will help the
universities are looking for more funding for
and strengthen the state’s economy."
students to get an appointment at USU's
growth the economy is experiencing right now
weeks is too long.
tive when it comes to increasing ongoing
said last year there were two completed
funding and $380 million in ongoing funding.
CAPS services. It can take four weeks for
counseling center, and for some students, four Barrett Anderson, the director of the GRC,
suicides in his apartment complex alone. "Honestly, it’s heartbreaking that any
student who is here at a university to improve
Legislators are exploring options to change the requirements for firearm carriers on campus. This would affect those carrying concealed weapons permits.
math/college readiness
This bill would distinguish early college high schools from regularly authorized charter high schools. It would exempt an early college high school from certain rules established by the State Board of Education.
Legislative analysts are concerned that the
won't continue, and so they will be conservafunding. USU has $180 million in one-time
"They wanted to be a little bit more conser-
vative and save a little bit. The legislature has decided to take $50 million of that and not
their education and themselves as a person
spend it on ongoing items."
said.
short-term investments so if the economy
would end up taking their own life," Anderson
guns on campus
million to graduate programs at Utah State
accomplishments to get performance-based
There is a lack of mental health resources in
tion Appropriations Subcommittee in the Utah
The legislature will be more likely to fund
For more information call Dennis • (435) 770-2326
university funding
Legislative analysts are concerned that the
growth the economy is experiencing right now won’t continue, and so they will be conservative when in comes to increasing ongoing funding.
GRAPHIC BY Alayna Leaming
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PHOTOS BY (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS) (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS) (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun/TNS) 1) A light snow continues to fall in Brooklyn, and with a travel ban, all roads are quiet on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, during a powerful weekend storm blanketing the East Coast in snow. 2) An ambulance drives on Pennsylvania Avenue on Jan. 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Thousands of flights were cancelled as millions of Americans hunkered down for a winter storm expected to dump historic amounts of snow in the eastern United States.3) Erica Sibinga and her husband, Ken Hilker, take a tour around Baltimore's Inner Harbor on cross country skis on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, during a powerful weekend storm blanketing the East Coast in snow. 4) Chris Holder, left, and Chris Hauger try as best they could to help push a loaded six-wheel dump and salt spreader which became stuck at the intersection of Charles and Mulberry Streets in Baltimore on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, during a powerful weekend storm blanketing the East Coast in snow.
Christian pastor among 5 Americans released by Iran By Matthew Schofield and Erin Fenner MCCLATCHY FOREIGN STAFF
BERLIN _ After more than three years in an
Iranian prison, Saeed Abedini, a pastor from Boise, Idaho, whose jailing galvanized U.S. Christians, was freed Saturday, one of five Americans released just hours before the
International Atomic Energy Agency certified that Iran has implemented last summer’s nuclear deal.
The freeing of the Americans and the
certification marked the beginning of a new
era in U.S.-Iranian relations. With certification that it had fulfilled its end of the nuclear deal, senior U.S. officials said, Iran now can access
roughly $50 billion in previously frozen assets and begin immediate sales of oil and natural gas, once Iran’s principal source of foreign exchange.
In addition, the Obama administration
removed 400 people from a blacklist of
individuals and entities associated with the Iranian government.
The officials, who spoke to reporters by
conference call on condition of anonymity as per diplomatic protocol, said that “it was not
always apparent” that Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal and the prisoner releases
would come at the same time. The likelihood of the two events’ converging became apparent only in the past couple of weeks, and
another such moment is not expected, the officials added.
“This is a one-time-only type of arrange-
ment,” a senior U.S. official said.
What life Abedini will be returning to in
Boise after his long absence is an open
question. His wife, Naghmeh, stunned her
husband’s many supporters last November by publicly accusing him of abuse.
Still, she woke her children up first thing
Saturday to tell them the news.
“The children are excited. They’re beside
themselves,” she said. “They keep asking me ‘When are we going to see him?’”
As of Saturday morning, Naghmeh Abedini
said she didn’t have a time line of when her husband would be back in the U.S. Jay
Sekulow, the executive director of the Ameri-
can Center for Law & Justice, which has been
dual U.S.-Iranian citizens, who had been
convicted or are pending trial in the United
States,” a U.S. official said. “The United States
whom it was assessed that extradition requests
“physical, emotional, psychological, and
were unlikely to be successful.”
For Christians, it was Abedini’s release,
however, that resonated the most. The Rev.
Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy
said.
Late Saturday, U.S. officials said Abedini and
three other released Americans, including a
sexual abuse (through Saeed’s addiction to
pornography)” she had dealt with during her marriage.
The article said she believed Abedini’s
problems had grown during his time in prison
thank all of you who have prayed faithfully for
her, pray for their children and to pray for her
post. “I praise God for answered prayer and his release!” he wrote.
Graham and scores of other religious leaders
and pressing for his release. Naghmeh Abedini
“He’s faced some serious medical issues
supporters in which she had noted the
Graham, welcomed the release in a Facebook
aboard a Swiss airliner to Germany for
throughout this three-year process,” Sekulow
In a story on the website of Christianity
Today, she discussed two emails she sent to
dismissed any charges against 14 Iranians for
had advocated for Abedini’s freedom, holding
medical tests.
own demons.”
also removed any Interpol red notices and
advising Naghmeh Abedini, said Saeed
Abedini was expected to be taken from Iran
reports described as her concerns about “his
a vigil in front of the White House at one point
in Iran. She also asked supporters to pray for husband, and his release.
In two statements provided to the Idaho
Statesman at the time, Naghmeh Abedini said she regretted sending the emails.
“I was under great psychological and
met with President Barack Obama, who she
emotional distress. I am now taking time off to
home before his term ends next January.
time with my kids,” she told The Statesman in
said promised to work to bring her husband “I was hoping for it, but I didn’t see it
coming” so soon, she said.
Abedini, who converted to Christianity from
heal and to rest and to spend much needed
November. “I would appreciate for those who care about Saeed and our family to give us
time for rest and healing and to respect our
Washington Post reporter, Jason Rezaian, had
Islam and who holds dual U.S. and Iranian
Amir Hekmati, a former Marine from Flint,
and sentenced to eight years in prison on
husband’s release and advocate for him as he
termed “threatening the national security of
faith. I would also ask others to join me in
yet to leave Iran. The other Americans were Mich., and Nosratallah Khosravi-Roodsari,
who was identified only as a businessman.
A fifth American, identified in news reports
as a student, Matthew Trevitthick, also was
released, though his freedom was considered
separate from the other four’s. Officials said he
citizenship, was arrested in September 2012 charges of evangelizing, which the judge Iran.” He was reportedly beaten severely
during his imprisonment and suffered internal bleeding.
In November, Naghmeh Abedini announced
had already departed Iran.
that after years of tirelessly advocating for her
clemency to seven Iranians, six of whom are
the public effort to deal with what press
In return, the United States “offered
husband’s release, she would step back from
privacy.”
She added, “I will continue to pray for my
suffers in an Iranian prison for his Christian continuing to pray for his release.”
Saturday, she said that when her husband
does return, they will work on returning to normal, she said.
“(We will) just rest, heal and just see where
he’s at mentally and physically and go from there,” she said.
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STUDENT LIFE
Furry companions at USU around a situation," Kras said. "We have to
"I can tell, like, when people want to touch
him," Torres said. "That’s when it’s distracting
to me, because then they’re, like, staring at my dog and I’m just like, ‘please don’t touch.'"
animal, Torres said.
and occasionally takes them to the class he
touch him," she said. "I like it when they ask
the room and interact with the students when
teaches on campus where they can run around
"I have so many people come up and just
his students are comfortable around dogs.
permission, because then depending on how I
Sometimes animals on campus are pets.
felt and how he is, you know, I can say yes or no, but it’s a little difficult when someone
Temis Taylor, a graduate student in environ-
becomes completely distracted."
year-old Labrador mix Rosie to work.
mental society, sometimes brings her one-
comes and touches him because then he
"She’s a really social dog, and we just get
When people touch Poseidon, he isn't
focusing on his job, she said. An animal
out every couple of hours and let her wallow
attacks and is distracted from its job can miss
Taylor said. "She likes to meet people and
in the snow and she’s pretty happy with it,"
trained to be alert for seizures or anxiety
crucial warnings signs that could be critical for its owner. Even when the animal isn't wearing an identification vest, it's important to ask the
however, as they serve as comfort or therapy
the office, she said, Rosie will just hang out and be mellow.
Therapy animals are different from service
of the department of kinesiology and health
Poseidon walks to class with his handler,
Claudia Torres, a sophomore in veterinary science.
She sits near the edge of the class, puts him
in a down-stay position either to the side or in front of her where he can get comfortable and
Poseidon and other dogs, while not common
at Utah State University, can occasionally be
seen walking around campus or sitting in class with their owners. Some of those dogs may be pets getting fresh air, others can be therapy
animals comforting students, and some may be service animals helping their handlers.
Taylor stresses the importance of responsi-
bility and good training for pets around campus.
"Train them. Training’s about the people not
science.
A 1-year-old German Shepherd mix named
Rosie gives Taylor a reason to take a break
get away from reading books and writing. In
animals, said John Kras, an associate professor
him being there," Torres said.
playing with, so she’s happy here."
from work every few hours when she needs to
animals, Torres said.
"It doesn’t distract me because I’m used to
other dogs that are on campus she enjoys
handler if it's okay to interact with them first. Some animals are meant to be touched,
she can focus on the instructor.
stuff without it getting upset or something of
Kras takes Luna and Data to work with him,
biggest problems with owning a service
By Miranda Lorenc SENIOR WRITER
come and pull on its ear or any of that kind of that nature."
Strangers petting Poseidon is one of the
PHOTO BY Jace Goodwin Cody Hyland plays fetch with his three-year-old labradoodle Luzy.
know our dogs and know if a little kid could
"Their only duty is to make people feel
so much about the dogs, how you have to be a
Kras handles two therapy dogs: Data, age 6,
"And just be responsible, pick up after them,
good," Kras said.
and Luna, age 2. Both are Weimaraners. He
takes the dogs to hospitals to comfort children and veterans.
good dog owner to have a good dog," she said. don’t let them be a nuisance, then it’s better for all of us."
Students who miss their dogs and pets at
home and are looking to interact with animals,
Both dogs started training to be therapy
animals at 18 months, Kras said. In order to
become certified by law, they need to graduate
as good citizens and show that they are able to behave around people.
"So the handler has to go through probably
Kras said, could volunteer at the Cache Valley Humane Center, or advertise to those with
animals that they would be willing to pet sit or take them on walks.
more than the animals, because we have to be
—miranda.lorenc@gmail.com @miranda_lorenc
able to identify when they’re not comfortable
For the love of snow:
How Aggies survive the icy campus
By Ellie Dalton WRITER
Snow comes with the territory at Utah State
University. Aggies understand that once it
comes, it’s usually here to stay for a while.
THE WALKER FROM CALIFORNIA Maddy Gilleland isn’t from snow country.
The journalism sophomore is from Newport Beach, California. She came to Utah for a
change of scenery and to be in the mountains. “I don’t see snow a lot. I actually love the
Depending on your attitude, that might be a
snow; I think it’s beautiful,” Gilleland said.
few thoughts from students on how they feel
campus. She admits she doesn’t like it when
campus.
to get from class to class.
really good or a really bad thing. Here are a about all the white stuff hanging around on
THE GIRL ON CRUTCHES Bethany Heywood had knee surgery over
Christmas break. The senior in public rela-
She lives at Aggie Factory and takes a bus to
the sidewalks aren’t well-shoveled as she tries Gilleland recently had an experience with
some ice outside of the Agricultural Sciences building.
“It was like you couldn’t even see the ice; it
tions tore her anterior crucial ligament and
just came out of literally nowhere. I was
summer. She was ordered to be on crutches for
Basically, I don’t know how it happened. I
meniscus playing intramural soccer over the five weeks.
“It’s been really fun chugging around in the
snow,” said Heywood, who has two weeks left
looking at my phone and I almost fell.
should have fallen, but I just caught myself and kept walking,” Gilleland said.
Thankfully she didn’t fall and there were not
on crutches.
a lot of people around to witness her bumble.
has difficulty getting to class.
Gilleland said. "(I was) Definitely embar-
She lives down the hill at Aggie Flats and “Where I live it gets super icy. The other day
when we had the fog, there was like a centi-
“The boys behind me probably saw,"
rassed, but everyone falls on the ice, right?”
meter of ice in our parking lot," Heywood said.
THE BIKER FROM THE ISLAND
caught myself."
sophomore in landscape architecture and
down so she doesn’t slip. Heywood loves it
to snow and big hills, so most days she rides
"I’m pretty sure I slipped like four times, but I She appreciates when people put rock salt
when a kind person opens a door for her. Usually, she tries to pop it open with her crutch really fast and hurry through.
“I have a new sympathy for people who
have to have crutches because it’s awful,”
Heywood said. “Today I was in a building that had stairs and this girl had crutches. She was crying going down the stairs. I felt so bad.”
PHOTO BY Jace Goodwin Student walks past a sign on campus urging others to pray for more snow.
Emmalee Olsen lives on the Island. She is a
originally from Billings, Montana. She is used her bike to school and work.
while then I’m like, ‘No, this is a good place to
snow, so I got hit by a car on my bike," Olsen
start walking,’” Olsen said.
said. "They were just backing out of their
different route rather than taking on the
anything.”
steep and she has a lesser chance of dying
bike now, but luckily she didn’t suffer any
She rides back home along the highway on a
downhill slope of Old Main. Olsen says it’s less
driveway so they weren’t going really fast or Olsen does have to replace the rim on her
from ice on a steep sidewalk.
major injures. She has since learned how to
fastest way," Olsen said.
to pose a death threat for Olsen. After it
snow.
all the way to the top of the hill, Olsen has a
the road very well.
as we’ve seen," she said.
“I usually just take it up Old Main. I mean
it’s painful any way you go, so I just take the While some students push through the pain
different method.
“I don’t usually ride all the way to the top.
I’m not in that good of shape, so I ride it for a
But slippery sidewalks aren’t the only thing
snows, cars and bikes sometimes don’t share “One day I was riding to work and it had
snowed a little bit, nothing crazy. But this car
was backing up and didn’t see me through the
handle riding her bike around cars in the
“If they can’t see you, then you can get hit ...
— elizabeth.dalton@aggiemail.usu.edu @ eddthegirl
STUDENT LIFE
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THE BEST FOOD ON CAMPUS: Breakfast edition
truly well-rounded college breakfast, you can pair it with a 16-ounce cappuccino for a total cost of only $5.50.
SWEET: DOUGHNUTS, THE QUADSIDE CAFE While they’re possibly the newest and least
healthy food items on this list, the doughnuts
on campus are nonetheless well worth trying. Available in a variety of flavors, they share a doughy, cake-like texture, soft enough to be enjoyable but solid enough to avoid crum-
bling. The flavored glaze, too, hits the right
mark, striking the right balance between a thin glaze and a heavy frosting. Try the glazed
chocolate doughnut for an especially sweet
pick-me-up or the blueberry-frosted doughnut for a hint of fruit. Doughnuts are also occa-
sionally available in the Hub or the Quick Stop if a trek to the library is out of the question.
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN: YOGURT PARFAIT AND CROISSANT, THE HUB For a meal-plan shopper, the combination of
a large yogurt parfait and a croissant cashes in at $6.22, just under the $6.50 limit. The
croissants are among the best food items that PHOTO BY Matthew Halton Yogurt parfait from the campus commissary sold at various cafes and quick stops on campus.
Utah State University has to offer, with a
delicately flaky crust and buttery layers of
pastry. The yogurt parfait adds a delightful For students with early schedules, a filling
breakfast is essential to getting through the
school day. Whether your preference is savory, sweet or somewhere in between, Utah State HANNAH MCDONALD
Dining has a considerable selection of break-
“A Taste for Adventure” — Hannah McDonald is a freshman who spends way too much of her time trying to figure out how to get a full meal for under $6.50. Feel free to contact her if you have food suggestions or want to order her a pizza.
fast items all across campus.
h.mickeyd@gmail.com @h_mickeyd
your choice of bread, topped with garlic
butter, thinly-sliced tomatoes, and a layer of
provolone cheese. Then, it goes into a toaster
until the cheese is lightly melted and the garlic butter sinks into the bread. After it emerges in golden-brown perfection, it's finished with a
splash of olive oil and vinegar and a sprinkling of salt and pepper and parmesan cheese. The
SAVORY: MARV N’ JOE, THE HUB At $2.55, the Marv N’ Joe is ideal for the
typical broke college student. It starts with
result is a savory blend of a buttery and tangy flavors, perfect for a heavier breakfast or a
contrast in texture. Filled with vanilla yogurt, raspberries and blueberries and garnished
with crushed Nature Valley granola bars, it
almost tastes more like a dessert than break-
fast food. Although it’s most readily available on weekday mornings in the Hub, this
particular combination can also be purchased
at the Quadside Cafe in the library or at Luke’s Cafe in the Agricultural Science building.
light lunch. Order it on an asiago bagel for
breakfast or sourdough bread for lunch. For a
Refugee finds home in
Cache Valley
refugee camp for those escaping the war. Doh lived there for nearly ten years without his
parents while he waited to be reassigned to another country as a refugee.
“A refugee camp to me is a prison,” he said.
“I could not leave.”
Living as an undocumented refugee in a
camp in Thailand meant he could not legally leave the camp for any reason, which was a
strict rule that was enforced by a barbed wire
shut down
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The United Nations was in charge of the
refugees on the Thai-Burma border. They
designated specific places for each person to live and provided the refugees with basic
necessities, including food, shelter and water,
so they had no reason — or excuse — to leave the camp.
Doh said people would attempt to escape
the refugee camp in search of food, because PHOTO BY Jessica Barber Chapter Doh was a refugee who is now a student at Utah State University.
there was often not enough protein in the meals the United Nations provided.
“Whenever they did, they got arrested by
the security guards and they would get beat By Morgan Pratt WRITER
Upon first meeting Chapter Doh, three
n .things are apparent: he has smile lines that
frame his chocolate brown eyes, he is quick to
laugh and he is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. He seems like your typical college kid, unless you dig a bit deeper and realize
that maybe his constant laughing is masking
something that is not immediately apparent:
he is a refugee from Myanmar. The seriousness of his life experiences make keeping up with his computer science classes seem mundane and folly by comparison.
Ethnically motivated civil unrest caused Doh
to flee from Myanmar to Thailand when he
was just 10 years old, with only his aunt by his
up really bad and they would just send them back to the camp,” he said.
Doh was eventually relocated to Salt Lake
City when he was just 19 years old, only to move to Logan a few months later. In the
meantime, he was baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, served an LDS mission, took English
classes, received his GED and enrolled at Utah State University as a computer science major — he is now a junior.
“Why not Utah State?” he said, laughing. He
always laughs.
Doh returned to Myanmar this Christmas
break after being away from his parents and
homeland for 15 years. He said it was bittersweet to return to Myanmar.
side. He spent weeks in the dense jungle
climbing steep mountains to reach safety in
Thailand, where the United Nations set up a
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The Utah State men’s tennis team got its
first win over a ranked opponent as it split a pair of weekend matches.
On Saturday, Utah State fell to No. 2
Oklahoma 7-0 but rebounded with a 4-0 win
Sunday against No. 66 Texas-San Antonio. The matches took place in Norman, Oklahoma in the Aggies’ first ever participation in the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association National
Team Indoor Championship Kick-Off Weekend. Before Sunday’s win, USU had lost three
straight matches, first to No. 35 Drake, next to No. 71 Iowa, and last to the Sooners.
“Anytime you lose three matches in a row, I
think you get incredibly hungry,” said USU
coach Clancy Shields after the UTSA match.
“My expectation is every time we step on the court, we’re going to win.”
FILE PHOTOW
A win over Texas-San Antonio was a strong
way to rebound for the Aggies. UTSA was
Jaime Barajas returns a shot during a men’s tennis match on March 20 against San Francisco in Logan.a
Conference USA Champion last season and
played a 14-12 tie breaker in the first set, and
State.
his set. That was kind of the changing point in
still holds an ITA rank higher than No. 70 Utah “By no means are they a slouch team,”
Shields said. “This is big for our program and it shows how far we’ve come as a group.”
After losing in straight sets to Oklahoma,
junior Jack Swindells gave a strong perfor-
mance on Sunday, winning both his singles
after he won that game he started cruising in his match.”
The Aggies have an underclassman domi-
nant team this season, with four freshmen, two sophomores and two juniors.
“It’s a young team, but overall we’re getting
better,” Swindells said “They (UTSA) are a
and doubles matchup.
good team, and a lot of our guys haven’t had a
well,” Swindells said. “I was a little bit more
will give them a lot of confidence going
“I think I took care of the little things very
aggressive today than I was yesterday. I’m
definitely playing with a lot more confidence.” Shields was also impressed with Aggie
freshman Jonas Maier, who won in straight
big year in their college career, so I think that forward.”
Shields was optimistic that the win will have
a positive impact on the young team.
“We’re not even scratching the surface at
sets against Texas-San Antonio.
how good we can be,” Shields said. “We have
“Today he played really, really tough. He
attitude has to be patience, but we have to
“He’s been unbelievable,” Shields said.
to grow, and it happens in stages. Everyone’s
really want this.”
The Aggies play again Sunday against Grand
Canyon and Idaho State. Those two games
serve as the open to a five-game homestand before Utah State goes back to work on the road at Texas Tech on Feb. 20.
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Utah State and the Mountain West tournament runs from April 29 to May 1 in Las Vegas.
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USU Hurd helps women’s basketball By Ben Fordham WRITER
Utah State improved to 4-3 in conference
play and 9-10 overall with a 72-59 win over San Diego State at home on Saturday.
“I love our women’s team,” said Blake
Lyman. “The whole experience is a little
different than other Aggie games but being in the Spectrum still gives you that ‘I believe’
feeling. The whole game was surprisingly fun for a Saturday afternoon.”
Utah State’s average home attendance this
season has been 418. On Saturday, the Hurd’s promotion for the game boosted attendance
up to 677, still not even a tenth of the 10,000 capacity Spectrum.
Sophomore center Hannah Hutchins had a
career night for the Aggies with twelve points and eleven rebounds. Hutchins gave credit to
the fans in attendance for “providing the team with intensity.”
“I love having fans and I’m really glad we
had more than, like, five people show up,” Hutchins said. “Especially the Hurd, we’ve
heard so much about them cheering at the
guy’s games. It was a great advantage to have them cheer when we couldn’t.”
Students in attendance wore outfits inspired
by the 1980s to distract San Diego State.
USU’s athletic department provided a Ninten-
do 64, a retro John Stockton jersey, Utah Jazz tickets and a record player as an incentive to show up in retro apparel.
“We go to New Mexico and they have 6,000
fans,” said USU head coach Jerry Finkbeiner.
“It’s big. We’re missing that but we don’t have the tradition either. It’s tough on the road in
the Mountain West and tonight was a big lift. They can make an impact on the game.” Sophomore guard Funda Nakkasoglu
entered the game as the twelfth highest
scoring player in the country and finished the game with 28 points to lead all scorers.
“Funda is the player for us right now,”
Finkbeiner said. “I think she had a quiet 28.
She started kind of slow in the first quarter but their defense tonight was to stop Funda and she had 28.”
USU shot 50 percent from behind the
Photo By Johnny Morris
Fans sing the Scotsman during a USU women’s basketball game against San Diego State on Saturday in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
three-point line and out-rebounded the Aztecs
Saturday’s win ended a two-game losing
34-23. The Aggies limited SDSU to only nine
streak for the Aggies. USU’s next game will be
“The shots are finally coming back to us,”
Wolfpack on Jan. 30. The Aggies return to the
points in the second quarter.
Nakkasoglu said. “Our shooters are getting
their touch again and that’s going to guide us in other games in the future. Everyone
definitely wanted this game. Everyone knew their roles and played them well tonight. That’s what we need as a team.”
played on the road in Reno against the
Spectrum on Feb. 3 to host Boise State.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016
Aggies winless versus Aztecs By Kalen Taylor SPORTS EDITOR
Utah State men’s basketball is still winless
versus San Diego State since joining the Mountain West.
The most recent Aggie loss came Saturday, a
70-55 loss in San Diego. Earlier in the season USU lost 70-67 at home.
“We just have to figure out a way to avoid
those (scoring droughts),” said Aggie coach Tim Duryea after the game. “It seems like one of those hits us every loss we have.”
Last season the Aggies lost to the Aztecs in
California 62-42. During the 2013-2014 season
USU lost at home by five points in overtime and on the road by 15. The two also met in the sec-
ond round of the Mountain West tournament
where SDSU took care of business and beat Utah State by 34, 73-39.
Despite the two close home games, San Di-
ego State holds a plus 15 advantage in average margin of victory.
In the two games this season, San Diego
State has outscored Utah State 32 to 8 on second-chance points and 70 to 52 in the paint.
“This game boils down to one column, and
that column is second chance points,” Duryea said after the first meeting on Jan. 2. “We talk-
ed about it again and again, but allowing 16 offensive rebounds is just not good enough. Our start to the second half was unexplainable.
OWe were down three, and we came out as flat .as we could be.”
File Photo Spencer Butterfield attempts to get a pass off around a couple of San Diego State defenders on Jan. 25, 2014 in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The Aggies lost the matchup 74-69 in overtime.
Many of USU’s struggles come from the mis-
or less in half of their conference games this
lineups. The starting lineup for the Aztecs has a
“Obviously we missed way too many wide
match that San Diego State creates with its
“You can go back and point to a six or sev-
season.
en-minute period where we only score two
nine inch advantage over the smaller Aggies.
open jumpers, more open jumpers than we
we are very jump shot oriented, small, and we
defensively. They’re super long and athletic,”
combined,” Duryea said. “That was really the
“San Diego State has always been really good
said Lew Evans after the first meeting this sea-
son. “That shouldn’t be an excuse for us to
shoot poorly. We need to shoot better as a team,
and I think we can do that.”
The season-long shooting slump continued
for Utah State. The Aggies have shot 40 percent “Fee Board” FROM PAGE 1
taking the fee proposal to Tier II tuition for
students to pay in that way, or to increase the
mActivities fee to compensate for the salary r
increase of the four non-exempt advisers. “We’re supporting option three … the
biggest reason for that is it keeps all of our
salary dollars coming from the student fee,” Webb said. “If we did a Tier II increase, it
would just be different money coming from
students so it just makes more sense for us to keep that the same and maintain all of our
personnel budget coming from student fees.”
If the four advisers became exempt workers,
it would be unnecessary for SILC to hire
have had here in the past two or three seasons
difference. We came up with a lot of good shots, but when your starting wings go 2 of 18 from
chance to finish near the top of the MW confer-
just have to make shots consistently throughout
unplayed and USU has until Saturday before its
the game. You can’t have live ball turnovers against them, you just can’t.”
Most of Utah State’s struggles came in the
second half. Against San Diego State, the story
USU this season; they are 0-3 on the year when
the half the first time the teams met in 2015
scoring less than 60 points in a game.
All struggles included, the team still has a
points,” Duryea said. “A lot of that is because
the floor, it’s hard to win that way.”
Low-scoring games haven’t been a friend to
State in 0-7 when trailing at the half.
ence. Over half of the MW schedule remains
next game against Nevada. The game tips off at 7 p.m. in the Spectrum.
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is no different. The Aggies trailed by three at
and by five most recently. On the year, Utah
another adviser to work the extra hours
psychological services available, Davis said
the presentation said that by adding these
help the advisers’ maintain their current level
psychologist when they did come into the
shows would increase.
current advisers work over 40. It would also of involvement, which would benefit the students and programs.
The Health and Wellness department
proposed an increase in student fees by an
that being able to take a student directly to a center would be much more beneficial for the student, both in the diagnostic and overall mental health.
The Music and Theater department of the
additional $2. This increase in funds for the
program presented the lowest proposal during
psychiatrist.
student fees. The increase would be used to
department would go strictly to hiring a new Jim Davis, the executive director of the
Health and Wellness Center, showed evidence that about 15,000 students use the center
effects, the number of students attending
However, when asked for proof of this claim,
they came up empty handed. Nevertheless, the department did hold its position on the need for more effects.
“The very thing we want to do is what the
the meeting, asking for only a $1 increase to
students come to us and ask for,” said Chris
counteract the inflation that was predicted to
the Caine College of the Arts.
be at 8.7 percent in the upcoming academic
Terry, associate dean over student affairs for Students who wish to see where their
year.
student fees are currently going can visit the
diagnosed with physiological diseases rather
also be used to add more theatrical effects to
sheet online.
Although USU does have counseling and
Members representing the department during
every year and the majority of them are than physical ones.
In addition, the increased funding would
performances put on by the department.
online 2015-16 Tuition and Fees breakdown
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MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016
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OPINION
Let crazy people be crazy his antics.
Parenthood facility and killed three people
me are all more telling factors as to what leads
someone grabs national headlines for doing
Evangelical Christian. Does this mean that his
their religions.
This is actually a pet peeve of mine. When
something crazy or violent, oftentimes the first thing we find out about that person is their Jeffrey Dahdah
“Cardinal Rule” — Jeffrey Dahdah is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in religious studies. He has had the pleasure of learning about a lot of faiths in the past year and has discovered that they rarely preach violence. Who knew? dahdahjm@gmail.com @dahdahjeff
In my opinion, Ammon Bundy is crazy. You
can sympathize with him, you can agree; that really doesn’t matter much to me in the end,
but I think he is crazy. However, I don’t think
that religion should be considered a factor in
“Refugee” FROM PAGE 5
“I met my family and they were so happy,
but at the same time they were so sad,” he said. “It has been too long for them.”
Since Doh returned to Myanmar, the violent
civil unrest died out and the country is
experiencing the beginnings of rebirth and
peace, though the country still has prevalent scars.
“Everything changed,” he said.
Doh visited those painful places, including
the arduous mountain he had to cross to flee
to Thailand, his now burned-down childhood home, the tree where his father --who was a Karen soldier-- was tied up over night while
headlines for their insanity the conversation
more than 280 million Evangelicals in the
spirals into a discussion about Islam. This is rarely productive.
Lately, though, other religions have been
roped into this trend. Bundy is Mormon and
grabbed enough attention about that fact that
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints had to publicly say it did not condone his
ate Chambers. I’ve been lucky enough this year
to serve as the chair of this amazing board, and
wanted to share a little bit of information with
you about what exactly happens during those
meetings.
Fee Board meetings are open to any member
of the public who wishes to attend. They run
from 5 to 9 p.m. so if you want to show up for
the whole time, buckle up. I know my first Fee
Board meeting I was wondering if all that time
was really worth it. Let me be the first to tell
you: it definitely is.
The first half of the meetings are spent on
presentations from different groups that are
seeking an increase in the fee that funds parts
of or the entirety of their budgets. Each group
is given 25 minutes to make their case and take
questions from the board.
The second half is then spent on open discus-
sion for each proposal. The presenters are not
in the room during this time, which gives the
board members an opportunity to candidly ex-
world and only one walking into the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood. There are more
than 1.6 billion Muslims in the world and only two, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik,
I am not Muslim, but the fact that people try
to point to an organization that makes up such a chunk of the world as a reason for horrific
actions of individuals frustrates me. I am not
Mormon, but the fact that people try to point
to an organization that makes up such a chunk of the world as a reason for such ludicrous actions frustrates me.
My point? Bundy, Dear, Farook and Malik
are individuals. It is not fair for us to speculate
I do think people’s background should be
people as silly and irresponsible. At the end of
Bernardino.
the need to condemn Bundy. Robert Dear, the
religious affiliation rather than upbringing,
man who went into a Colorado Planned
people to taking the actions they take than
attacked the Inland Regional Center in San
investigated to better understand why this is
obvious, but clearly it wasn’t to some, hence
happening. But too often people only examine
if they represent religions with millions of
the day, let the crazy people be crazy, not their faiths.
criminal history or medical history, which to
enemy troops deliberated whether or not to
for two days at the school.”
Karen, Karenni, Burmese and Rohingya, which
shot at by soldiers who were camping out in
learned how to be more humble from the
unique languages, culture and heritage.
kill him and where Doh ran away from being trees. Somehow these experiences have not hardened Doh; instead they empower him. But the country is not all stained with
Doh said upon returning to Logan, he has
Burmese people.
“People are happy, even though they don’t
have a lot of stuff like we have in America,” he
haunting memories. Doh also visited a grove
said.
tower over his head and provide fruit. Doh is
Logan, though he said if he could return to
of fruit trees he planted as a kid that now
Doh returned to America and is now back to
like those trees. He is now full-grown and he
Burma right now, he would.
of education in the poverty-ridden country.
who live in Utah, with another estimated
school there called Tseker.
Refugee Community Liaison Chelsea Eddy.
where,” he said. “I even taught them English
Thai-Burma border, including the ethnic
is helping rebuild Myanmar by planting seeds Doh donated $600 to a local elementary
“The school children followed me every-
press their thoughts.
Did you know that there are 11 departments
at USU that receive funding from student fees? Whenever a group wants to increase this mon-
They meet again tomorrow in the USUSA Sen-
ment building hostage in Oregon. There are
behaviors. To me that should have been
Fee Board
met last week, as I’m sure you’ve heard by now.
There are more than 14 million Mormons in
the world and only a handful taking a govern-
Muslims and when it is a Muslim grabbing
What students should know about
The Utah State University Student Fee Board
faith determined if he would do that? No.
religion. Most of the time this happens with
USUSA VIEW
By Thomas Buttars USUSA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
while injuring nine more is described as an
ey, they must come before the Fee Board and receive approval in order to do so.
Twenty-three students sit on Fee Board, in
addition to Vice President of Student Services, Dr. James Morales, and fifteen of the students are elected student body officers. Remember when voting this year that the people who win
the USUSA elections are eventually responsible
for where your money goes while in college. Elections should not just be a popularity con-
test, so keep in mind the difference that your
representatives in student government can make.
Tomorrow night we’ll meet again to decide if
there will be any student fee increases. Please note, it is not too late to express your opinions
on this matter. Please find one of your student leaders and voice your thoughts to them. Stu-
dent fees impact us all, financially and with the quality of experience we will get here at Utah State. We want what you want.
— executivevp.ususa@usu.edu
Doh is among an estimated 50,000 refugees
1,000 more coming each year, according to Utah receives a variety of refugees from the
is a Muslim ethnic group. Each group has
While Salt Lake City is the only designated
resettlement city in Utah, Cache Valley is a
hub for many refugees, said Luz Carreno, an AmeriCorps Vista for the Cache Refugee and Immigrant Connection. One reason is that
newly migrated refugees typically want to live
near their friends and families. Another reason is that there are a lot of jobs in Cache Valley, particularly at the JBS beef packing plant in Hyrum.
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