The Utah Statesman, March 5, 2015 by USU Libraries

the utah

Thursday, March 5, 2015 • www.usustatesman.com • (435)-797-1742 • Free single copy

Spring cleaning Library purges excess books with annual sale 4By Melanie Fenstermaker staff writer

As spring break approaches, there are several book-filled tables in the Merrill-Cazier library atrium bearing the advertisement: “All books only 25 cents.” Between 9 a.m on Wednesday and 3 p.m. on Friday, the library is holding its annual Spring Book Sale. The sale is designed to clear excess donations and old inventory from the library and give students a chance to find books to read during spring break, said Gaby LeBeau, who works with the Gifts and Special Collections department at the library. An average of 2,000 to 2,500 books are sold each year at the sale, which is approximately 75 percent of the books offered, LeBeau said. Amanda Duncan, head of collection development at the library, said there are three types of books that are accepted into the book sale: first, books that are old or no longer suit the library’s collection; second, books that have been donated to the library during the year that the library already has copies of; and third, popular books donated by Jenson Books, a book store in North Logan. Rather than

recycling or getting rid of the books, Duncan said the library holds the sale as a way of “giving back” to Utah State University students. “Sometimes students will see a new, shiny book on the table and think, ‘Oh, why is this book only for 25 cents?’” Duncan said. “Why would we want to recycle that book or ship it off somewhere when a Utah State student could have it and read it for spring break, enjoy it and then maybe pass it on to someone else? We want the books to find a good home.” Duncan said there are a lot of great books in the sale, but the library can’t accept all of them because there isn’t enough space. “There’s a lot of good stuff there,” Duncan said. “For one reason or another, we get some really cool books, but we’re not going to add 20 copies of a certain book (to the collection).” Duncan also said that there are many popular books in the sale because there are so many cop-

ies in circulation that they are worth very little and the library can afford to sell them for a quarter. The library made about $500 in last year’s sale, evidence that the sale isn’t a “huge money-maker,” LeBeau said. “It’s more of a community service,” she said. “We are an academic community and lots of people like books and knowledge. And everyone likes a bargain.” The revenue from the sale is used to help fund the work of student positions in the library, LeBeau said. She said books left unsold after the sale are donated to organizations like Better World Books and Worldwide Book Drive, programs that promote worldwide literacy by either selling the books to raise money for the cause or by shipping books to countries that need them.

— melmo12@ gmail.com

Mark Belle photo

Students survey air Arts college seeks input on building plans quality attitudes 4By Levi Henrie senior writer

Courtney Flint’s Sociology 4620 class conducted a survey last month on the attitudes of Utah State University students, faculty and Logan residents regarding air quality. Analysis of the survey, which will be completed when classes resume after spring break, will be given to the Logan City Council for public use. “When the city came in, they said this is the first time they’ve even looked into air quality,” said Tom Magnuson, a sophomore majoring in business. “I think it will be really important (for the city to receive the data).” Flint began planning this project once she became aware that the city chose air quality as an area of interest in its Community Bridge Initiative, an act that allows students to use knowledge learned in the classroom to solve local problems. “I thought it was an interesting way for students to apply what they were learning in Environmental and

Natural Sociology in the real world as well as to be of use for someone beyond the classroom,” she said. “This seemed like a perfect fit for our class since we’re studying the connections between society and the environment.” The class spent significant time formulating questions that they considered scientifically appropriate. Afterwards the 36 students split up, they were able to survey 642 people in under an hour. “We were ... grouped according to our interests, then we worked together to formulate questions and submitted them to Dr. Flint,” said Cameron Lawrence, a senior majoring in environmental studies. “It was really nice that she was super involved in the project but that she also let us work to create what we thought was important.” Flint said although the project began with only teaching and service purposes in mind, if students had ambitions of publishing research based on the survey, she believes it may be

jSee SURVEY, Page 4

Correction: In Tuesday’s paper it was reported that 74 percent of the student population voted in favor of the constitutional changes. It should have read, “74 percent of voters.”

4By Melanie Fenstermaker staff writer

The Caine College of the Arts facilities are about to undergo a major transformation, and Utah State University students and faculty have a say in what will happen, said Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts. In a meeting in the Performance Hall on Wednesday, Jessop announced that the college has hired an architectural firm, Sparano + Mooney Architects, to begin the process of renovating and expanding the Caine College of the Arts facilities. The firm, however, came into the process with no specific plans for renovations. Architects are looking to students and faculty to speak up about how the facilities can better suit their needs. “We want this building to be a reflection of who you are,” said Anne Mooney, one of the architects. The college plans to renovate several facilities, including but not limited to Kent Concert Hall, Tippets

Art Gallery, the theater department, the scene shop behind Morgan Theater, several building lobbies, the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Center courtyard and the Performance Hall. Jessop said there are also plans to add a new expansion west of the FAC, which would include classrooms, practice rooms, studio offices, administrative offices and an advising center. John Sparano, one of the architects, said faculty members of each department have submitted their “wish lists” of what they ideally want to see changed in each area, but they need to have conversations as a college to decide which renovations are the most important. In order to invite conversation, the college will hold workshops to discuss the necessary changes to each individual area. Jessop said the workshops will begin after spring break and are open to anyone who wants to attend. They will be announced to students and faculty through emails from Production Services. Samuel Wright,

Annie Hall photo DEAN CRAIG JESSOP addresses architects in the Performance Hall during a discussion about the future of college facilities.

USUSA arts senator, said it is very important for students to attend the workshops — so important that students should be willing to miss class to attend them. “Read the emails from the college,” Wright said. “Do not take a passive role. I think it would be okay for a student to skip one class period in order to attend a process that will affect students 30, 40, 50 years from now. It would be nearsighted for professors to penalize students who want to get involved with the building process.” Wright said some of the biggest student concerns stem from

limited practice and studio space and a lack of windows in the FAC. He believes these concerns will be addressed in the process. “The architects spoke to me personally and said they’re very interested in getting students involved,” Wright said. If students can’t attend the meetings for any reason, Wright said they should speak to him about their concerns. “I’m the one who is required to sit in on these meetings,” he said. “If they can’t make it, they need to talk to me. If they don’t do that, they do not have a right

to complain because they weren’t involved in the process.” Although there have been many suggestions for changes that could be made, Jessop said students and faculty should know that “not everyone will get everything.” “I think, ultimately, some hard decisions will be made at the end, and the buck will probably stop here,” he said. “But I won’t make the decision in a vacuum. I can promise you that it will be an open, transparent discussion.” Once students and faculty speak up

jSee ART, Page 4

Campus News

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Page 2

Tech & Money

USU humanitarians abroad

Aid groups refocus efforts during Ebola crisis 4By Manda Perkins asst. news editor

In light of recommendations from the Center for Disease Control, Utah State University issued a travel advisory restricting all university-related travel to countries affected by Ebola. The advisory, which was sent via email to university students, faculty and staff in early February, also stated that all employees and students who travel to effected areas for any reason, including personal business “may not return to campus until given permission to do so by USU Student Health Services and Bear River Health Department.” “Recent cases of Ebola infection in the United States have been dealt with successfully, yet Ebola remains a very serious health problem in West Africa,” according to the email. “Although the risk of Ebola infection to those of us in the Utah State University community is very low, it would be prudent to exercise an abunMCT Campus photo dance of caution under the HAWA KAIFA, 21, with her two children in Unification City, Liberia. Because of the Ebola circumstances especially outbreak she has been left to care for three other orphaned family members. Rejected by her with regards to international travel.” community, she has no place to go and worries how she will support them.

Although most of the uni- projects. versity community won’t be The organization decidjetting off to West Africa ed in August that the epifor a spring break getaway, demic would be long lasting some campus humanitari- and, due to their work in an organizations and others remote orphanages, they with ties to the university could come in contact with have shifted their focus to children who had been areas not effected by the exposed. But their work virus. has not stalled. Manuel Sustainable Engineering, Dupont said service groups Economics and Education, have continued to sew the or SeeeMe, a local non-prof- sanitary napkins and local it organization which focus- fundraisers have been held es on implementing healthy to assist a baby orphanage and sustainable systems in in Lira, Uganda. Uganda, will not make its The Ebola crisis has yearly trip to rural villag- given the organization time es and orphanages in the to consider expanding the country due to the virus. scope of their organiza “Safety is our num- tion, with the possibility ber-one priority,” said Sonia of taking shorter trips to Manuel-Dupont, USU pro- U.S. destinations to bring fessor and member of Seee aid as another option to the Me. “We would not want to month-long summer stay in put the lives of our students Uganda. Mini projects on in danger. It was not a hard the Navajo reservation in decision to make.” Southern Utah is an option SeeeMe has several currently being discussed. projects devoted to better- “There are a lot of stuing communities in rural dents who would like to Uganda, including women’s be involved but they can’t health seminars, the instil- afford to take off a whole lation of wells for clean month in the summer. water, providing educa- That’s a huge amount of tional and teacher-training time,” Manuel-Dupont material to local schools, said. “It almost means you delivering fabric sanitary can’t have a job, and very napkins to keep girls in school and several other jSee EBOLA, Page 7

Economist warns danger of unsustainable relief 4By Mandy Morgan senior writer

Christopher Coyne, an economist and professor at George Mason University, spoke in downtown Logan on Monday about the effects of humanitarian efforts and aid from an economical standpoint. “What I want to suggest is that basic economic theory — an economic way of thinking — can get us quite far in understanding what the limitations of state-led humanitarian action can do,” Coyne said. Many people, even without understanding all of the factors in a country such as its state of being and economy, still feel that there has to be something done to help after something has gone wrong, Coyne said. “Understanding the limitations on what we can achieve in the world and what we can do to improve it is just as, if not more important than focusing on what we can’t do,” he said. “If our goal is to help people to avoid imposing additional harms on people who are already suffering, we need to understand what our constraints are because we run the risk of not just failing, but of harming those who are already suffering.” He said there are simple, realistic ways for people to make a difference, but it starts

with becoming more informed and willing to accept that huge solutions aren’t ever going to pop up and become plausible. Sonia Manuel-Dupont, assistant professor at USU, also believes there is a real difference between effective and ineffective humanitarian aid. “I think that a lot of groups

Christopher Coyne

“

Economist

Understanding the limitations on what we can achieve in the world...is just as, if not more important than focusing on what we can’t do

”

want to do good in a thirdworld country but they don’t think about sustainability and cultural appropriateness,” Manuel-Dupont said. “A lot of people will go in and will be very enthusiastic and can have some great ideas and have done some research, but perhaps that idea is not the right idea for that particular community.” Manuel-Dupont is a mem-

ber of SeeeMe, which stands for Sustainable Engineering, Economics and Education, a non-profit group dedicated to assessing the real humanitarian needs of communities in third-world countries. “We go in and identify a need and do what the community is interested in,” ManuelDupont said. “Ultimately it’s got to be for and decided by them. A lot of times it’s because a community doesn’t have the research or the knowledge to sustain what they have been given.” The desire to help and serve others is good, but if groups are going in and dropping off any form of aid and then leaving, once it’s gone, it’s gone, ManuelDupont said. “And the people will come to view you differently,” she said. “Suddenly, if it’s not a community involvement anymore, it’s just more of a drop in, drop stuff off and leave.” Lakin Hutchings, a 2013 USU graduate in business marketing, had the opportunity to spend a summer in Peru and be involved with Help International. “Help’s focus is to create sustainable projects, so each year when volunteers arrive on site, they survey the needs of the community, and then it’s up to them to design projects to meet those needs,” Hutchings

Annie Hall photo CHRISTOPHER COYNE addresses students about sustainable humanitarian efforts.

said. Hutchings ran business workshops with a a group of artisan women who were struggling to make a profit for the work they did. By the end of the summer, the women were running businesses and exporting their goods all over the globe. “They made more than five times what their husbands did in the rice fields each month and that was super fulfilling,” Hutchings said. Manuel-Dupont’s husband Ryan Dupont, also a professor at USU, is the faculty advisor for the Mexico team of USU’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders. EWB works only in small communities, and groups of six to eight students, with at least one engineer and advisor, will go on annual trips

For more information call Dennis • (435) 770-2326

to aid in creating sustainable humanitarian projects. “We build long-term relationships with communities; that’s our model with EWB,” he said. “Once a chapter identifies a project,it’s at least a fiveyear commitment to work with that community on projects to help in a variety of different ways.” EWB will go in, assess and prioritize needs in a community and then work with the community, whose leaders are also committed to any projects. The most recent project has been in central Mexico building water tanks for homes in the community to use for accessing their water supply, Dupont said. However, EWB doesn’t build the tanks for everyone in the community and will start

a new project the next year. Dupont said they start with the people who really want to invest and try it out. Then, as volunteers keep coming back through the years, others in the community who have heard about the effectiveness of the tanks, or any project, can also invest and help to build their own. “Commando-kind of humanitarian stuff doesn’t fill needs except with us feeling guilty for being rich and them being poor, so we go and just help a day and take pictures and go back home,” Dupont said. “It’s the long-term, small, incremental projects that work much better.”

—mandy.m.morgan@ aggiemail.usu.edu

Thursday, March 5, 2015 Page 3

Student life

Kelsie Lott photos SOME STUDENTS PLAN TO TRAVEL to places such London, England (pictured above) or Nicaragua to take advantage of no school during spring break next week, March 9-13.

Spring break or spring busy? Aggies dedicate their spring breaks to service, work and educational opportunities

4By Alyssa Hawkins senior writer

Spring break is the time to kick back and relax, get a nice sun tan — or sun burn. It’s a time to completely forget that midterm you just flunked and do absolutely nothing for an entire week. At least, that’s what most people think. Many students have big plans for the upcoming

spring break, ranging from a cruise to Mexico to getting wisdom teeth pulled. But choosing to spend the entire break in the service of others is exactly what some Utah State University students have in mind this spring. For freshman Marissa Bailey, who is studying special education, her spring break will consist of volunteer work in Nicaragua.

“I am going with two of my uncles, three cousins and a person who works with the organization we are going with,” Bailey said. Bailey and her family are involved with Cause for Hope, a charity organization dedicated to helping developing countries become self-reliant, according to their mission statement found on causeforhope.org.

Stay informed with these three news reader apps If you’re like me, you nitely the reader for you. probably spend what your Visually, this app is the least parents would classify as appealing but, like I said, it way too much time on your is simple and easy to use. phone or tablet, and they’re It is available on iOS and probably right. Android, and I would rec But never fear, readers. ommend it for a phone or a With these tablet. awesome, free news Flipboard: Riley reader apps 4/5 Thompson you can now This app is justify your much like the time to them others where What’s and win that you pick topapp tired old aric that interwith gument. ests you and that? it will then Smart News: come up with 4.5/5 stories that First off, relate to that I admit the topic. What naming of really sets this this app is app apart lazy. Some is the visual could say it’s component. simple and that’s the best Their tagline is “your personway to summarize this app. al magazine” and, being the If you are looking for a basic most visually appealing out news reader, I would defi- of all of them, it delivers. It is nitely recommend this. Un- very touch-screen-oriented like others, it doesn’t tailor and you “flip” a story you’re the news for you. You pick interested in to view more, from tabs what subject you making it very user friendly. want to read — from tech to Because of that component, social, it has it all. Then you I would only recommend pick the story and it goes this for tablets or iPads, as it from there. Another great works better with larger defeature about this product vices. You can find it on iOS its “top” feature for the top or Android. However, if you news stories. If you want to stay up to date, this is defi- jSee APPS, Page 4

“We adopt a city for two years and go on trips there periodically throughout those years,” Bailey said. For eight days, Bailey will be travelling around Nicaragua, giving her time and providing service to those in need. “We are meeting with local leaders, touring markets, visiting clients of CFH and helping with their business-

es, painting a medical clinic, hiking, hopefully playing a couple pick-up soccer games and a bunch of other stuff,” Bailey said. While the warm weather in Nicaragua will be a nice change from the chills of Logan, Bailey said that the biggest reward will come from being with the people. “I’m excited for the 90-degree weather and to meet and

help all of the people,” Bailey said. “I think it’ll be so fun to play soccer with them and just interact.” There are other students who are also putting their spring break to good use. Tyler Humphrey, a sophomore studying engineering, plans to spend his break working to save up for school and other

jSee BREAK, Page 4

Students get ‘Fed Up’

Landon Pozernick photo AFTER VIEWING THE ‘FED UP’ DOCUMENTARY, (left to right) Eric Meissner, Lusine Dokhoyan and Kassondra Hancey participate in a discussion about the film.

Documentary reveals truths behind food industry 4By Miranda Lorenc senior writer

How to stay healthy through exercise, eating well and cutting back on sweets have been common topics for the past 30 years, as obesity levels rise. But what exactly is causing that increase is now being discussed. The new movie “Fed Up,” shown by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences on Tuesday, proposed an argument for the cause behind this epidemic. The main theme was the effects of an overabundance of sugar in the average American’s diet.

“If you go to the Fed Up website, they have all sorts of facts abut nutrition in the United States,” said Erica Holberg, a professor of philosophy. “The website claimed that we eat 153 grams of sugar a day, the average American. At least that was true in 2012, and recommended by the World Health Organization is 25 grams of sugar a day. So we’re eating six times as much sugar as we should be, and of course, most of that sugar is hidden.” According to its website, the World Health Organization, or WHO, is responsible for creating policies and health standards along with monitoring health trends and

providing leadership on global health matters within the United Nations system. The problem with reducing the amount of sugar intake in diets, as suggested by the movie, is that sugar is in everything and is called by various names to hide its presence. “Sugar is not always, kind of like, in a sugar form,” said Lusine Dokhoyan, majoring in global climate. “So you may buy a food, not thinking about it having a lot of sugar, ‘cause it’s like there are all these names which are not sugar, which we think, ‘Oh this is not sugar,’ but it actually

jSee FILM, Page 4

Student Life

Page 4

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Event celebrates women internationally 4By Whitney Howard staff writer

With spring break fast approaching, many would agree that slugging it out this far into the semester calls for celebration. The Center for Women and Gender and the Perspectives Club at Utah State University invite students to celebrate in a big way. To commemorate International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8 this year, Global Village Gifts is housing an International Women’s Night Out on Friday. The event starts at 6 p.m. and general admittance is free, said the Center for Women and Gender’s event coordinator Stephanie Bagnell. The theme of the event is the celebration and empowerment of women, paired with awareness and altruism. “We decided to make it into a big celebration where we’re actually helping women internationally,” said Stephane Bagnell, the event coordinator for the Center for Women and Gender at USU. International Women’s Night Out

Film From Page 3 is.” Another point the movie makes is that the food marketed as lean or reduced fat doesn’t help people who are dieting because the fat is replaced with sugar for better taste. Although the amount of sugar is labeled on each food item, the daily value is not available. “So the movie makes the argument that, yes, we need to eat less sugar and part of the (message) was that we need to change how food is marketed and sold,” Holberg said. “We have these pre-processed foods that require not so much work on the back of the person preparing it, but those are going to have lots of sugar in them, because sugar is the way you reduce fat.” This has led to, Holberg said, a backlash of increased obesity and diabetes from trying to eat healthier. What’s also happening

will cover the unique perspectives and challenges that come with being a woman in another country and culture. Students from USU’s Global Engagement are going to be present, Bagnell said, donning the traditional dress of their home countries. There will also be henna tattooing, a service from which the procedes will directly benefit charities. Bagnell stated that sponsors, such as USU Dining Services and Cafe Ibis, will provide food and drinks for the event. The experience will include presentations and information, spreading awareness as well as accepting donations for impoverished women who are suffering in poor conditions. Many charities that benefit and support such issues will be present, Bagnell said. “It’s to celebrate women and where they’ve come in the world and how far we still have to go,” she said. Global Village Gifts, which is the only Fair-Trade-certified store in Utah, is hosting the event. The store sells the wares of impoverished women in third world countries, and most of the proceeds go directly to better the lives of these women.

CAPSA, a nonprofit organization in Logan that stands for Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse, will be present at the event as well. CAPSA volunteers will deck out the Global Village Gifts house in purple lights. According to Bagnell, guests are encouraged to wear purple, the women’s suffrage color. These guests will receive special discounts on services. Sew N Sews, another organization in Logan that will be present, crafts sanitary napkins for women in third world countries who would otherwise have no access to them. These organizations will be there to inform guests about the common struggles of impoverished

jSee WOMEN, Page 7

Mikayla Kapp graphic

Apps From Page 3 want the most up-to-date, hard-hitting news, this app is not for you. With the way it works, you may end up creating a customized “news bubble” where you don’t see other things that you probably should. Newsify: 3.5/5 The app starts off by having you state your interests — international news, pop culture, etc. — or you can link it to your account on Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. It combines all the feeds of news sources you may be interested in, so that is convenient but can also be a bit overbearing. If you don’t know what to subscribe to, it can give you

Landon Pozernick photo

is that sugar is an addictive substance — eight times more addictive than cocaine, according to the movie. From a very young age, children are exposed to and targeted for sugary-food commercials. “I was pretty surprised to see that there’s so much of it with our kids being like indoctrinated almost to this high-sugar or unhealthy diet and how close the private sector is to public schools,” said Kenneth Duhamel, an aviation major. “It’s crazy to me. It’s insane.” Along with commercials, children get exposed to a lot of sugary foods at schools, which are sold at lunch time and in vending machines. A majority of K-12 schools have a contract with either Pepsi or Coke to sell their products on school grounds, according to the movie. “Probably the most interesting part of the movie was the commercials and how much we’re actually exposed to junk food,” Dokhoyan said. “Because like I was thinking, ‘Oh this is bad,’ and I was thinking

this is your choice, like it’s us. You choose to eat junk food or healthy food, but then, on the other hand, the movie was also saying that, ‘Okay it’s our fault, but also not.’” The reason exercise and dieting are ineffective so often, the movie claimed, is because of the large amounts of sugar in food, not so much because of personal laziness and lack of healthy choices. “I think it was really enlightening to the fact that it’s not just a problem of individual will power and that we place the emphasis on just working to fight obesity in sometimes the wrong areas,” said Patrick Adams, a junior in environmental studies. “And I think it’s really important to understand that in our society, to be healthy is the more challenging route than to just to subscribe to a system that encourages obesity and unhealthy lifestyle.” “Fed Up” proposes a challenge to viewers to go sugar-free for 10 days. To start, they suggest cutting out sodas and food with added sugars and to eat fresh,

whole foods instead. The challenging part is that sugar is found in a lot of foods under many names, and it is addictive and withdrawals may be experienced. For those who don’t want to go completely sugar-free, Dokhoyan suggested a balance would be better. “It’s like really, really hard,” Dokhoyan said. “You have to be super committed to choose the real food over junk food. I’m not calling it healthy food because it’s real food, not healthy.” Adams suggests to at least become more aware about the kind of food being eaten and what is available. He also suggests, when reading articles and documentaries, to keep a critical mind and look at who’s funding the research and why. “I think it’s just important to realize that it’s a slippery slope, and this is something you always need to be aware of when you’re making food choices, “Adams said. “As a society, we need to come together to call for system reform.”

Art From Page 1 faculty speak up about what they need and want to see in the renovations, Sparano said his firm will come up with a plan that can be completed on the college’s budget. Approximately $18 million have been accumulated for the renovation so far, Jessop said. Lynn Thomas, head of Production Services, said some funds have come from the uni-

Survey From Page 1

— miranda.lorenc@ gmail.com

Break From Page 3 expenses. “I wish that I could go out somewhere cool like the beach or even St. George or something like that, but for me that’s just not a realistic option,” Humphrey said. Humphrey, who works for an odds and ends construction company, recognizes the importance of saving and spending money wisely. “I think that taking a break would be super nice, but I have school to pay for, living expenses that I have to take care of, and I think that it will be good for me to just focus and earn up a bunch to help get me by the rest of the semester,” Humphrey said. Humphrey said that while it is good to take time off, he would rather be productive now and take a longer break later during the summer.

possible. “If there are students who step up and actually want to work with this data really deeply and try to publish this, I think it’s possibly publishable,” she said. Regardless, some students For many students, spring break is also a great option when it comes to study abroad programs. Some students from the Huntsman School of Business plan on touring London, England. Rachel Clark is a junior majoring in business administration, who will have the opportunity to travel with the business school. “I have always known that I wanted to travel abroad, and when Liz Allred came and talked about the Go Global program in one of my classes, I was interested immediately, so I made an appointment to talk to her more about it,” Clark said. “After talking to her for about a half hour, I was completely sold on the idea and started applying.” The group will be touring a variety of companies in London, such as Barclay’s Bank, Goldman Sachs, Medopad and Windfire. Clark, who graduated high school with her associate’s degree, said she is thrilled about this edu-

suggestions when you pick the categories you like. The down-side to it is that you might miss out by only seeing what you want and not being exposed to new information. This app is only available for iOS products, so if you’re not an Apple person, this is not the app for you. Any one of these apps should help you be more informed. It’s just a matter of choosing your style of news reading. If you want more news about pop culture, check out my show Popcorn Culture on Fridays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Aggie Radio, found at radio.usu.edu.

— Riley is a senior in marketing. He enjoys everything related to pop culture and has a show on Aggie Radio about the subject. Email him at rileymcmurdiethompson@gmail.com.

versity, but most of the budget has been gifted by donors. Joyce Albrecht, wife of USU President Stan Albrecht, has raised between $14 and $16 million dollars by asking donors for help, Thomas said, and she “intends to raise more.” The timeline for the construction is unknown, but Thomas said it will be decided in midApril once the programming phase has been completed. The construction process has been estimated to take about 18 months.

— melmo12@gmail.com

feel the experience has given them an experience they might not have had otherwise. “I had never had the opportunity to actually conduct a face-to-face survey with anyone before, and it’s hands-on experience,” Lawrence said. “It’s something I could actually be doing in my field after I graduate.”

— levi.henrie@ aggiemail.usu.edu

cational opportunity. “I’m most excited to get out of the U.S. and see what there is to see and to learn,” Clark said. “There are so many amazing opportunities out there, and I’m absolutely ecstatic to go and find these opportunities and take advantage of them.” Both Clark and Bailey agreed that having a week off from school will not only be relaxing but also a good time to refocus and reprioritize. “By having a week during the school year where we can vacation, it helps us appreciate that time more and make the most of it,” Bailey said. As a busy student, Clark said she believes having an entire week is the perfect amount of time to spend away from exams and stress. “I think it’s important to have the break in between so we all don’t go crazy,” Clark said. — alyssa.hawkins@ aggiemail.usu.edu

Thursday, March 5, 2015 Page 5

Sports Enjoying the journey Jeffrey Dahdah Cardinal rule

I hate cliches. They are lazy and an escape from saying anything real. They also prevent people about actually thinking about an issue. If someone says, “Plenty of fish in the sea,” or “Every dog has its day,” they aren’t truly thinking through their statement and instead let an old, used phrase do it for them. So it is with a lot of thought that I say this: In March it isn’t about the destination, it’s about the journey. Let me explain. While it does matter who wins conference and NCAA championships, that’s not what is remembered. That’s not what is fun. What I remember from March is staying up late to watch Syracuse and Georgetown go to six overtimes in 2009, Northern Illinois beating No. 1 overall seed Kansas in 2010 or George Mason going to the final four in 2011. I’m going to be honest — I don’t even remember who won the national championship two years ago. Sure I could look it up, but what’s the fun? The fun is in the fact that right now the only teams that are eliminated from “the journey” are the six Ivy League schools that aren’t Harvard or Yale — because the Ivy League doesn’t have a conference tournament — and Syracuse

See JOURNEY Page 6

Saying farewell to the flat top 4By Joe Baraiolo staff writer

Everybody has Saturday marked down on their calendar as Stew Morrill’s final home game at Utah State, but he will be sharing the spotlight with a 6-foot-7, 230 pound man wielding a golden flat-top. Sean Harris is wrapping up his collegiate career as a sixth-year senior. As a captain of the men’s basketball team and its only senior, Harris’ leadership has been critical to Utah State’s success this season. “It’s a really long season,” said Harris. “It’s important to make sure everybody stays loose.” After Utah State’s win over UNLV, Morrill explained how important Harris’ leadership is on the team. “Sean is going to go in and shake it up,” Morrill said. “He’s going to be in there and play hard. That’s kinda what he’s all about. He’s a hustle guy, an energy guy, a great leader for our team. It doesn’t matter if he plays two minutes or 20 minutes — he’s the same. Boy, is that a luxury as a coach.” Harris is from Roseville, California and started his playing days at Rocklin High School. In his senior year, Harris averaged over 16 points, eight rebounds to go along with nearly three steals and two blocks per game. He was, unsurprisingly, named MVP of his high school conference and was named to the All-Metro First-Team that year. After high school Harris took a two-year break to serve an LDS mission. He returned in 2011 and began playing at Yuba College, a junior college in Marysville, California. Harris continued his success while at Yuba. He aver-

aged nearly 15 points and more than 11 rebounds per game as a freshman. He led the 49ers to a 32-4 season while winning the Bay Valley Conference Championship. As a freshman Harris was runner-up to the Bay Valley Player of the Year. The leadership skills Harris brings to Utah State go back to his time in junior college. Yuba head coach Doug Cornelius described Harris as the glue of the locker room. “He’s probably one of the best kids that I’ve been around in my whole life,” Cornelius said. “He’s a big time leader. He keeps everybody loose. He’s funny. He pushes everybody. He keeps everybody motivated.” During his second season at Yuba College, Harris tore the ACL in his left knee, which ended his season prematurely. He only played in five games as a sophomore but still averaged nine points and seven rebounds. The 49ers lost the championship game by seven points that season, but Cornelius believes that Harris would’ve been a difference-maker if he were healthy. “I’ll swear to my grave that if we had Sean Harris playing, we would’ve won the state championship that year,” said Cornelius. “It was devastating for us to lose him. I’ll look back on that injury for the rest of my life.” Harris tore his ACL on his left knee again during a preseason practice at his first year at Utah State. “It was just a normal basketball move,” said Harris. “There was no contact. Nobody fell on me.” Harris’ recovery from his second ACL tear didn’t go very smoothly. “Recovery was tough,”

See FLAT TOP Page 6

Kylee Larsen photo SEAN HARRIS CELEBRATES with Viko Noma’aea during a home game earlier this season. Harris will play in his final game as an Aggie on Saturday after playing out the year on a sixth year of medical eligibility.

Bowl bound or bust:

A look at the upcoming schedule for Utah State football 4By Jeffrey Dahdah news editor

Utah State released its 2015-2016 football schedule on Monday. The schedule features four non-conference opponents on top of a full conference schedule, three of which are in the state of Utah and two featuring Pac-12 opponents. The Aggies open their season at home on Sept. 3 against Southern Utah University. They then play Utah in Salt Lake and Washington in Seattle in back-to-back weeks. The last time the Aggies played Utah was in Rice Eccles, and they lost 30-26. Utah finished ranked No. 21 and 9-5 on the season. Washington finished 8-6. USU then goes on a bye week before starting conference play. Attendance might be an issue for some games. The Aggies’ first conference game is against Colorado State on Oct. 3, which Kylee Larsen photo is LDS General Conference weekend. CHUCKIE KEETON THROWS ON THE RUN while being chased down by an Idaho Utah State’s next home game is against State defender early last season. USU just released its schedule on Monday. Boise State on Oct. 17, which is the Satur-

day during fall break and the opening day of the deer hunt. USU’s other home games include Wyoming, which is on Halloween, New Mexico on Nov. 7, Nevada on Nov. 21 and BYU on Nov. 28. The home game against BYU is the Aggies’ season finale and is also the weekend after Thanksgiving. The Aggies’ road games are Fresno State on Oct. 10, San Diego State on Oct. 24 and Air Force on Nov. 14. The Aggies play six-straight games from Sept. 12 to Oct. 24 against teams who played in bowl games last year. The aggregate record of the Aggies’ opponents — excluding SUU who plays in the Division 2 — is 85-59. Best-case scenario The Aggies avoid the injury bug for the first time under third-year coach Matt Wells and enjoy another successful year. They pick up a win against a Pac-12 opponent for the first time in three years and go back to the MW championship only

See SCHEDULE Page 6

Sports

Page 6

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Women’s frisbee competes in national tournament 4By Kalen Taylor sports editor

On Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. Utah State University women’s ultimate frisbee club team, No Bull, started the first of five games in a national ultimate-sanctioned tournament in Las Vegas. Despite suffering several injuries, ranging from bloodied lips to fractured bones and with barely enough people to fill the roster, the team finished ninth out of 22 teams. “We did pretty well considering that we were playing savage,” said Analise Barker, co-coach of No Bull and USU senior. “We had eight players until Abigail fractured her foot.” In ultimate, savage is when a team doesn’t have substitutes to come in when a player is injured or fatigued. “A girl and I jumped for the frisbee at the same time, and she clipped my back leg,” said USU junior Abigail Bird. “So I came down on one leg, and it got stuck in a hole, and I just rolled it over.” Bird fractured a bone in her foot and was unable to play for the rest of the tournament. Other girls suffered injuries as well, including Barker who has a possibly broken thumb. “It can get pretty competitive,” Barker said. “But I also think we were probably pushing a little harder because we didn’t have any substitutes.” During the fall, the team gets together twice a week and practices outdoors for two hours. When winter rolls around, the sport is taken inside and practices are cut down to only once a week for an hour at a time. “We do a lot of drills. We don’t do a lot of running, but we do scrimmages and practice

Flat top From Page 5 said Harris. “I had soreness in my back, achilles and legs. It took me about a year to get back to 100 percent.” In his first season back at full health, Harris is averaging a little more than 12 minutes per game off the bench, scoring two points and averaging a little more than two rebounds per game. This season the Aggies are 18-11 overall and tied for fourth place in the Mountain West after being picked to finish tenth. “No one wants to finish tenth,” said Harris

Photo courtesy of the women’s frisbee club

our offense and defense and some positions,” Barker said. The team, which was started three years ago by students, has struggled to maintain an adequate number of players this year — only eight making it to the tournament. “You’re supposed to compete at least three times a semester,” Barker said. “We didn’t compete very much, so they got mad at us. after beating San Jose State near his hometown in California. “For us it’s not about where we finish at the end of the season. It’s more about how we’re playing as a team. As we keep getting better as we’ve been doing, then those wins are going to keep filling up the win column. We’re not as worried about winning. We should be, and we do want to win, but our biggest thing is just keep getting better.” For the big man who is more focused on the team than himself, his final game at Utah State will be played against Colorado State on Saturday in the Spectrum.

Most of the time we only had five people, so it’s been pretty hard this year.” According to the USU club sports manual, in order to hold club status, a team must maintain student interest with a “membership of either (1) 10 active members, or (2) the minimum number of members, over 10, needed to participate in the activity.” In the last two previous years, No Bull

maintained 12 to 15 players and was able to participate in more games. However, if numbers don’t increase this fall, the club is at risk of being abolished. “They’ve handed out fliers and painted posters that they’ve hung up in the HPER where active people would see them,” Bird said. “We haven’t done anything recently to recruit just because it’s wintertime and frisbee is an outdoor sport.” Unlike the women’s team, the men’s ultimate frisbee club has a large roster. In fact, so many students are so eager to play that tryouts are held each year. At the beginning of this school year, the women’s team started out with nearly 15 women showing up to practice, Barker said. But as time when on, the numbers dropped as they lost interest and became more involved in other school activities. One of the things that has been holding the women’s club team back is “the casual atmosphere,” which makes people hold it as “a lower priority,” said Audrey Kholts, a sophomore player. “I’m very optimistic about next year’s leadership and organization,” she said. Several players from the team will either be graduating or transferring to other schools after this semester, but those who are staying look forward to playing another season. “It’s so much fun, and it’s a reasonable price for what you get out of it,” Bird said. “I’ll absolutely play again next year.”

— ariell.allred@aggiemail.usu.edu

Aggs crushed by Pokes

— joebaraiolo@gmail.com Twitter: @joefish_2

Kylee Larsen photo DAVID COLLETTE WINS the tip against UNLV’s Goodluck Okonobo. Against Wyoming he had 10 points and four rebounds en route to a 76-53 loss on the road.

4By Kalen Taylor sports editor

Kylee Larsen photo SEAN HARRIS GOES TO THE RIM for a bucket past Goodluck Okonoboh while playing UNLV. Harris recorded two points, two blocks an assist and four boards against UNLV.

Journey

From Page 5

who is facing a self-imposed postseason ban. That means that 340 teams can still play in to the NCAA tournament. Aside from the wide field right now, games at this point in the year mean more and pack in more emotion. Rivalries grow out of nowhere and opportunities for great moments are in surplus, even in games that are ultimately meaningless to a champion but advance a team one round in a tournament. Take USU’s victory of Colorado State in the first round of the Mountain

West Tournament last year, for example. USU won in extremely dramatic fashion after being down nine points with a minute and a half left. USU lost by 36 points the next round. Most of the nation didn’t even know, but that meant a lot to the teams involved. If you don’t believe me, watch the Colorado State press conference immediately after, which was stopped by CSU coach Larry Eustachy momentarily to tell his players present that he loved them. March is riddled with moments like that. Cutdown nets, devastation, elation and of course bench celebrations. The heartbreaks are just as compelling as the upsets. For every Duke, there

is a Mercer. For every Georgetown, there is a Florida Gulf Coast. So this March pay attention, not to the last team standing, but to the teams who go further than they should have, the teams who narrowly escape upsets. Pay attention to the excitement that a team can get from going an extra round, from surviving another day. Because, for simple lack of a better phrase, it’s about the journey.

— Jeffrey is a junior majoring in journalism. He is a St. Louis Cardinals, Rams, Utah Jazz and of course Aggie fan. He considers selection sunday the best day of the year.

Following six-straight wins, Utah State lost by 23 points to Wyoming on Wednesday night. “I didn’t see that coming,” said David Collette, a freshman forward who had 10 points, one block and one steal in the defeat. “We just kind of got relaxed with our winning. We played tired and lazy out there. That’s not usually who we are.” In his third game back since missing four from mononucleosis, senior forward Larry Nance Jr. took over in Laramie, Wyoming on senior night. Nance had 21 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and two blocks. “They’ve won 22 basketball games,” said Utah State head coach Stew Morrill, who is retiring at the end of the season. “They took it to us. We were not very good offensively at all. We were flat. We didn’t have any

energy. Our defense wasn’t active enough. We looked like a tired, worn basketball team.” Utah State trailed the entire game. The Aggies were able to cut the deficit to just four points with close to five minutes to play in the first half. After a Wyoming timeout, the Cowboys put their foot back on the gas and boosted themselves to a 10-point lead before the half. In the second half it was all Wyoming. The Pokes had 36 second-half points on 61 percent shooting, compared to just 23 points for the Aggies on 43 percent shooting. USU shot a good percentage from the field — 45 percent — but was unable to keep pace with the 55 percent from Wyoming. Junior guard Josh Adams dished out eight assists for Wyoming and scored 17 points including three 3-pointers. “They picked us apart,

Schedule From Page 5 losing one of their opponents on the daunting schedule. The season ends with Utah State beating BYU in consecutive years, overall 10-2 and 7-1 in conference play. This schedule and a 10-2 result would probably land the Aggies in the top 25. Worst-case scenario The Aggies go into conference play with two losses to their Pac-12 opponents. A long October wears down USU and they start spiraling. The season ends with BYU’s revenge on the Aggies and no bowl. They finish 5-7 overall and 4-4 in conference play. What the Aggies need to do After the bye week, they need to save their

and we just watched them on defense,” Collette said. “The whole game we never got it together defensively and couldn’t put together two stops in a row. They came out with a lot of energy, and they took advantage of it.” Junior Chris Smith led the Aggies with 18 points and sophomore Jalen Moore chipped in 11. Utah State lost the battle on the boards 30-21 to a defensively-dominant Wyoming team. Wyoming also won the assist to turnover ratio with 26 assists to six turnovers. Utah State had 11 turnovers and only 10 assists. “We got our butt kicked, and there’s really nothing else to say,” Morrill said. “It was great on their part, really bad on our part. They dominated the game. We sucked, and that’s it.”

— kalen.s.taylor@ gmail.com Twitter: @kalen_taylor

bodies for the games. Alternating home and away high-stakes conference games will be exhausting and taxing for a month straight. Practices need to be easier on the players’ bodies and focus more on mental preparation. It sounds cliche, but the Aggies also need to worry about themselves. The conference, especially the Mountain Division, is going to include an intricate web of possibilities and scenarios by the time mid-October rolls around, and USU has to focus on its games rather than conference rivals. The Aggies have proved that they can handle adversity and are likely going back to a bowl game. But their schedule doesn’t lend them any favors.

— dahdahjm@gmail.com Twitter: @dahdahUSU

Thursday, March 5, 2015 Page 7

Opinion The Board Mariah Noble editor-in-chief

——— Jeffrey Dahdah news editor

Manda Perkins asst. news editor

——— Noelle Johansen features editor

Katherine Lambert asst. features editor

——— Kalen Taylor sports editor

Logan Jones asst. sports editor

——— Kylee Larsen phtoto editor

Annie Hall

False millennial stereotypes reinforce self-doubt in grads There’s been a lot of gripgraduates in his program, he ing lately about the “millenniis the only one who hasn’t Mariah Noble al” generation. In the eyes of had to move back in with his some, this is equal to the “soparents — barely so. It’s difficial media” generation, the cult for me to envision that an From “socially-inept” generation, entire class of graduates, who the the “lazy” generation. worked for four years to get a While I agree that there degree, are avoiding the work chief are plenty of lazy parasites in force because they’d rather this world, I feel the need to be playing video games alone point out the flaw in categoin their parents’ basement rizing an entire generation as than making a difference in self-absorbed and unwilling the world. That’s not how to work. this generation should be de A few weeks ago, I atfined. tended a speech by Michael Of course, there are the Glauser, a USU professor elite — those who will not and now nationally-recognized entrepreneur rest until they get a job. But for many of my who rode a bicycle around the country inter- generation, there comes a time when they eiviewing business owners. One thing he said ther feel mentally defeated or are told they’ve that stuck out to me is that it’s harder to find been defeated by the numbers dropping in a job now in an age where technology is re- their bank accounts. placing physical, human workers than it was I have a brother who looked for work for a in earlier parts of history. Though the econo- year after graduating with his bachelor’s demy has mostly recovered from the recession gree. I remember him having a goal of how a few years back, the unemployment rate has many jobs he made himself apply for each not recovered so gracefully. week but still had no luck. He had to move I have a friend who graduated with his home and finally got a job working 12-hour bachelor’s a couple of years back, and of the shifts at a factory in my hometown a little

asst. photo editor

design editor

The Page

Letters to the editor All letters may be shortened, edited or rejected for reasons of good taste, redundancy or volume of similar letters. No anonymous letters will be published. Writers must sign all letters and include a phone number or e-mail address as well as a student identification number (none of which is published). Letters will not be printed without this verification. Letters can be hand delivered or mailed to The Statesman in the TSC, Room 311, or can be emailed to: statesmaneditor@ aggiemail.usu.edu.

— Mariah Noble is the editor-in-chief of The Utah Statesman. She plans to graduate in two months. Please send comments to statesman@aggiemail.usu.edu.

LA Times Crossword

——— Mikayla Kapp

Opinions on this page (columns, letters) unless otherwise identified are not from Utah Statesman staff, but from a wide variety of members of the campus community who have strong opinions, just like you. This is an open forum. Want to write something? Contact us: statesmaneditor@ aggiemail.usu.edu.

more than a year after graduation. The person he replaced at the beginning of his shift was the same person who replaced him 12 hours later. During the year, which could possibly be one of the most difficult he’s ever had, he spent a lot of time studying on his own for the GRE and was able to do really well on the exam. He ended up getting his master’s in public administration and now works for the state of California. Most of us have the abilities to succeed and are willing to work, but many lack the resources and connections to find their place. For others, it takes more than a bachelor’s degree to make them stand out. As I’m approaching the portal to “real” adulthood, I’m confident things will work out, but I’m nervous, too. I know I have the skills to succeed and excel, but just in case I don’t have a job right out of college, please don’t categorize me as someone lazy who doesn’t care about the world I live in. Believe me, I do.

Across 1 Wrap giant 6 Reliever Orosco with the MLB record for

career pitching appearances 11 Center of excellence? 14 Quaking causes

15 Plant pest 16 Rest one’s dogs, so to speak 17 It’s fraudulent 19 “Double Fantasy”

Ebola APARTMENTS FOR RENT Brooklane Apartments Now Renting 2015-16. Private Bedrooms. Comcast TV and High Speed Internet Included. As low as $550 for Summer and $2890 for school year. (no smoking/ drinking/pets) Come see at 645 E 900 N #1(manager) or call 435-753-7227. http://www. brooklane-apartments.com/ SUMMER CONTRACTS AVAILABLE!! (May 4-August 27) As low as $550 SUMMER at Brooklane Apartments. Private bedrooms, Comcast TV and High Speed Internet included. No Smoking, Drinking or Pets. Close to USU, stadium and Spectrum. Just the right time to sign up. Applications available at www. brooklane-apartments.com. Come see at 645 East 900 North, #1 (Manager) or call 435-7537227.

AFTON APARTMENTS AFFORDABLE PRIVATE BED & BATH HOUSING. Now accepting Summer 2015 ($500-$630) & Fall/ Spring Applicants ($2500$2700). Bring your friends! 4 people per apartment. Applications available at 564 E 400 N, Logan, UT (in the Laundry Room). Missions Realty Inc (435) 994-0075.

ANNOUNCEMENTS OLD ROCK CHURCH BED & BREAKFAST. Book online at OldRockChurch.com or call (435) 752-3432.

(435) 752-3432.

WEDDING IN 2015? Come see us and plan your special Wedding, Luncheon &/or Reception. Visit OldRockChurch.com or call

From Page 2 few students can do that. So it wouldn’t be the same time commitment, and we might even be able to take advantage of other vacations, like spring vacation.” In the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, the Small Enterprise Education and Development program, or SEED, has also had to evaluate and adjust its scope. SEED is an internship program that turns students into business advisers for entrepreneurs in third-world countries. Working with the organization Mentors International, students travel to Peru, Ghana and now the Philippines to help entrepreneurs launch businesses that could potentially break the cycle of poverty. Due to the Ebola crisis, interns have not traveled to Ghana since summer semester. However, Ashley Brasseaux, a SEED student director at USU, said the program has since expanded to include the Philippines and has the potential to continue expanding with more student interest.

artist 20 Extras in an env. 21 Squeezed (out) 22 Web-footed critter 24 Mustard, for one: Abbr. 25 Encouraging shouts 26 Shout 27 It’s fabricated 30 “Saint Joan” star Jean 31 __ Locks: St. Marys River rapids bypass 32 Hid the gray in 33 Brewers’ outfielder Braun 35 Creator of Della 37 Morales of film 40 Part of a foot 42 Pompous authority 46 It’s fake 49 Beer with “Since 1775” on its label 50 Big dos 51 Grazing area 52 More of that 53 Detective Peter of old TV 54 Estate attorney’s concern 55 __ Lingus 56 Race errors, and

what 17-, 27- and 46-Across have 59 Mrs., in much of the Americas 60 Classic six-couplet poem 61 Has __: can save face 62 Triumphant cry 63 Dost espy 64 Has a sudden inspiration? Down 1 Gets to 2 Heroine of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” 3 AAA, for one 4 AAA et al. 5 Enzyme suffix 6 Hiked, with “up” 7 “The Comedy of Errors” setting 8 Word with wood or water 9 Quote qualifier 10 Ex-mayor with a cameo in “The Muppets Take Manhattan” 11 Abstruse stuff 12 Pedigree

“As Africa comes back into the program when Ebola’s gone, we hope to grow the program and to keep students in Africa, Philippines and Peru,” Brasseaux said. Natalee Champlin, administrator of the Jeffrey D. Clark Center for Entrepreneurship, added that although Ghana isn’t currently an option, help is needed in many other countries. “There’s thousands of entrepreneurs in the Philippines alone that we could be helping,” she said. “There’s plenty to be done.” Whether involved in an internship or not, students don’t have to travel far to experience humanitarian work in a new culture, ManuelDupont said. “Students who still want to have those kinds of experiences should look around in the U.S. for opportunities,” she said. “For example, the four corners area in Southern Utah. There’s all kinds of experiences you could have if your desire is to get into another culture and another language and do humanitarian work. There’s just so many opportunities here in the U.S.” — manda.perkins@ hotmail.com Twitter: @perkins_manda

13 Came (in) dramatically 18 Convention attendees 23 Exploit 25 “Live at the __”: Patsy Cline album 26 Venomous arachnids 28 Sources of fine wool 29 “... rapping at my chamber door” poet 34 Fish-fowl link 36 Filming sites 37 Heaven on earth 38 “Told ya!” 39 Natural light shows 41 Pours out 43 Short, tailored jackets 44 Really dug something 45 San Simeon family 47 Guards may prevent them 48 Antarctic explorer Shackleton 53 Pure delight 54 1985 U.S. Open champ Mandlikova 57 Modern art? 58 Recess game

Women From Page 4

women, as well as to accept donations. “International Women’s Night Out is about learning and informing people about different nationalities, women around the world and what they go through,” said Lily Palmer, a member of the presidency of the USU Perspectives Club and a freshman in elementary education. Members of the recently-formed Perspectives Club are no strangers to planning events like this one. Palmer said Perspectives helped with the Monument Quilt at Sundance. This project chronicles in red fabric the stories of rape survivors. The club, which concerns itself with gender equality, also provides screenings of documentaries pertaining to women’s issues. One film to be screened, according to Palmer, is ”It’s a Girl.” As accounted by the film’s website, this documentary film explores the concept of “gendercide.” Filmed in India and China, it reveals the issue of girls being killed and abandoned because of gender. This film will be screened on campus on April 25, Palmer said. “The Hunting Ground” is a Sundance Film documenting gendered sexual violence on college campuses. Palmer said that Utah State will be the first college campus to screen this film. The screen date is tentatively set for April, although an exact date has yet to be determined. Brittany Shields, a junior in clinical psychology, founded Perspectives with Palmer. Shields, among others, said she welcomes student participation from those who value feminism and women’s issues. “There isn’t a lot on campus for gender equality. I think we bring that to campus,” she said. “It would be great if more people wanted to get involved.”

— whitney.howard@ aggiemail.usu.edu Twitter: @omgwhitshutup

Thursday, March 5, 2015 Page 8

Calendar Thursday, March 5 • • • • •

High: 45 | Low : 25 | Sunny

Friday, March 6

• • • •

• • • • • •

High: 50 | Low : 28 | Sunny

Saturday, March 7

This issue dedicated to:

High: 54 | Low : 30 | Sunny

• •

• • •

Monday, March 9 High: 57 | Low : 32 | Sunny

•

Relational Expressions: The Art of Everett C. Thorpe | Chase Fine Arts Center-Utah State University | Free, All Day No school - spring break

Tuesday, March 10 High: 61 | Low : 34 | Sunny

• •

•

Fifty Works for Fifty States | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art| Free, 10:00 am Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft |Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art | Free, All Day No school - spring break

Wednesday, March 11 High: 57 | Low : 37 | Par tl y cloudy • •

•

Fifty Works for Fifty States | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art | Free, 10:00 am Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art | Free, All Day No school - spring break

Jeannie Woller | junior English | Sandy, Utah

Thank You For 17 Great Aggie Basketball Seasons!

Stew “17” Special $17 Membership Fee $17 Card Fee $17 First Month Dues

THANK YOU STEW!

Expires March 17th, 2015 *See club for details - Must Present Coupon

Your Club - Your Results - Your Life! 435-753-7500 www.sportsacademy.com

2015 STATESMAN Bracket Challenge

How to enter: 1. Go to usustatesman. com/brackets 2. Sign by in using Facebook connect or filling out the registration form 3. Create or join a group 4. Challenge your friends to play 5. Login and save your picks by Tuesday March 17th 6. Post a creative photo of your bracket on social media using the hashtag

#BRACKETS USU

USUSTATESMAN.COM/BRACKETS Enter for your chance to win:

• Free 6-month all-access membership to Sports Academy and Racquet Club • 30-minute massages from Sports Academy and Racquet Club • On-campus block meal plans

• Prize packages and gift certificates from Buffalo Wild Wings • Free Bluetooth speaker from Lynn’s Audio and Video • Aggie apparel packages from The HURD • And more...

THANK You

STEW