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Monday, September 11, 2000
Ice arena construction an uphill battle REUBEN WADSWORTH
Assistant Sports Editor
Football's home opener turns into a victory over Southern Utah University in the two teams' first-ever meet~ ing.
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>VARIE1Y A look at things to do in Logan for families: Fun for everyone on a limited budget.
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The Bridgerland Community Ice Arena broke ground June 2 and the site is ready for concrete footings to be poured, but construction can't continue until another $1 million is raised. North Park Inter local Cooperative, which will own the structure for the first 15 years of its existence, has mandated the need for more funds. BCIA Executive Director Janet Borg is rushing to write grant applications and organize fund raisers before the end of September. If the BCIA can't supply the funds by then, the French national skating and women's hockey teams will likely not practice in the facility in 2002 as was originally planned .
>ALMANAC On Sept. 11, 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first secretary of the treasury. In 19361 President Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) by pressing a button in Washington to signal the startup of the dam's first hydroelectric generator in Nevada. In 1954, the Miss America pageant made its network TV debut on ABC; Miss California, Lee Ann Meriwether, was crowned the winner.
'We can't go on without those Olympic tie-ins," she said. Borg said she hopes to acquire funds by finding someone to be the building's namesake. Twenty-one individuals and companies have rejected to have the building named after them, though Borg has offered free family skating to anyone who finds a namer. 'We can't lose with that deal," she said. Money isn't the only snag in the process. BCIA has been addressing the concerns of citizens in the area who have filed complaints with the Cache County Planning Commission that the arena would negatively affect their neighborhood. The North Logan City Council is also looking for
BRIDGER LAND COMM UNITY ICE ARENA TRUSTEES, local elected officials and members of the Logan Chamber or Commerce take part in an ice arena groundbreaking ceremony June 2./Lynn Kay photo
more assurance that the BCIA is financially viable before it proceeds, said Jeff Jorgensen, North Logan city administrator. Any problems aside, the council supports the arena and has already passed resolutions to support bonds for its construction, he said. North Logan City has already started adding roads, water lines and sew'er lines necessary for the new structure, Jorgensen said. Local opposition to the BCIA has dampened fund-raising efforts AN ARTIST'S SKETCH OF THE BRIDGERLAND COMMUN ITY ICE ARENA "All people
Diversity in Utah unive.-sities Student body presidents discuss schools' makeup
start. "These facts affect u s all in one Duane Finley, a USU business way or another," Tracy said . major, said many kids don't know Mitko said everyone's education is what they,have to do to get into colenhanced by diversity, not just the JESSICA WARREN lege, and they don't know how they students of color. Senior Writer can find out. . The committee pointed out this "Get us in the high schools," he might help alleviate the misconcepsaid. tion that the Multicultural Center is With diversity as one of its main According to his experience with just for minorities. The word multiissues for the year, the Utah Council high school students, its hard for cultural encompasses all people. of Student Body Presidents (UCSP) them to talk to advisers, and its hard The committee will present to the has put together an ad hoc committee to see the bene Board of Regents the proposed to discuss possible answers for diversifits of graduatideas of the diversity requirety problems throughout the state. ing and going ment and an outreach program Sharon Pewtress, a member of the to college with for high school students, as committee and a representative of the out knowing or well as a survey on diversity Utah Coalition of the Advancement talking to anyissues to use as a tool on what of Minorities in Higher Education, one who has specific areas need to be said USU's Multicultural Center is done it. focused on . being used as a model for other Martinez The UCSP is also opposed to schools. said it is impormaking English the official Ian"Being involved in the - Yvette Tra~ guage of Utah. This issue will Multicultural Center and this (diversi - tant to give these younger Multicultural be on the ballot in November . ty leadership) class helps us to know what to do in leadership positions, not students a Student Services The committee will be vision and reaproposing these items for next just with the Multicultural Center, son to stay. He ..... ..... .. . .............. ... ... year. It is too late to get the but with the university," Pewtress said that the retention rate at USU is fund ing for them this year. said. extremely high. 'We need the money; we need to Pewtress said that since \:verardo Martinez has been director of the 'We all need role models," said start now for next year ," Ferre said . Yvette Tracy, Outreach and Activities "The students have the power to Multicultural Student Services, diver decide what their education will be sity organizations have gone from five coordinator for Multicultural Student Services. like." to 14 organizations. Tracy said she spends a lot of time Mitko agreed. She said she felt At its meeting last week, the com talking with principals in the local strongly that in order for change to mittee discussed problems throughout schools, and feels they are ready to take place, the students need to take the state that needed to be addressed listen and take action. the initiative. to the Board of Regents. "So far we are in the beginning Martinez asked the group in attenOne of the problems brought to srnges, but we are positive," she said . dance when was the last time there the table was graduation rates among Another possible solution discussed was a group of leaders of such caliber minorities. was a diversity requirement for all from a wide variety of multicultural Edith Mitko, director of Student undergraduates. populations together. Services and minority affairs and Weber State University is in the Those in attendance included adviser for UCSP, said in some tribes in Utah, seven out of IO students process of starting this requirement. members of the Hispanic Student drop out and some don't even have a Nicholas J. Ferre, chief of staff for the Union, Asian Student Union, Black graduation rate at all. Weber State University Student Student Union, members of the Martinez said the largest tribe in Association, said instead of adding diversity leadership class , student govnew classes, the curriculum of existing ernment officers from various schools population is the Ute Indians, and there is only one attending USU. classes was enriched with diversity around the state as well as advisers In discussing some possible soluconcepts. and professionals. tions, most believed that engaging The committee said this is impor"This is what a typical university tant because of the effects of diversity sett ing should look like," Martinez programs to reach the high school problems. said. students would be a good place to
> WEATHER
Today will be partly cloudy with highs in the lower ?Os.Tomorrow will also be partly cloudy with highs in the mid ?Os.Tomorrow's lows are expected to be in the mid 40s.
>AGGIENEWS NUGGETS USU recently produced a six-part video series that was shot all over Utah this year to bring the fundamental lessons of soil science from the ~countryside to the classroom. The series has been shown to more than 50,000 elementary students, and more than 300 teachers have been trained in the curriculum. The video comes with an educator's guide.
read is negative stuff," she said. "That makes them not want to rally." The BCIA has already raised $3 8 million, and Borg said $1 million more shouldn't be a problem. The Utah State hockey team would like to see the BCIA go up soon. 'We need a rink because driving to Ogden is getting old," said USU hockey player Kelly Froerer "If they give us ice with a roof over it we'll be happy," said USU defenseman Danny Wilson. In addition to providing a closer venue for the hockey team, Froerer said the BCIA would be a great benefit for the youth of the valley. He said no one on the Utah allstar hockey team is ever from Logan because there is no ice
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here. USU forward Aaron Burrell said Cache Valley high schoo l students would also benefit from the r ink . "High school kids need something else to do besides cow tipping ," he said . As it stands now, the rink will conta in approxima tely 500 to 800 seats, with the poss ibility to augment for total seating of 2,000 as funds become available . Eight hundred se!itS would likely not accommodate the USU hockey following . The team has exper ienced sell-out crowds of close to 2,000 at the Weber County Ice Sheet in Ogden, near ly 45 minutes away. Froerer is more concerned about having a place to play than the size of the crowd . "Seats aren't a big deal, we just need ice," he said.
Solicitation bad news on USU campus Scon DAv1s Staff Writer
Utah State University has a nosolicitation policy for all campus proper ty - a policy taken seriously by university administra tors and police. Every year the USU police department deals with violaters of th is policy. This year at least one individual has been arrested by USU Police for violation of the no-solicitation rule. Actual arrests are rare because first -time offenders rec ieve a warnmg . 'We get involved (main ly) because people haven 't rece ived permission or aren't aware of the policy to begin with, " said Sgt. Steve M ilne, an 18year veteran of the USU Police Depar tment. If an individual continues to solicit on campus , rhe police will make an arrest. Violators can be placed under arrest on charges of trespassing or operating without a city business license . Solicitors on campus, usually organiza tions who set up booths in and around the Taggar t Student Center, must have recei ved proper permission from the Administrative Affairs office. While on-campus housing is covered under the un ivers ity-wide policy, student housing is covered under a similar no-solicitation stipulation in every student housing contract . This policy expressly states that door-to door solicitation - commercial, reli gious, or student-run - is not allowed without Hous ing approval. 'We like to maintain an academic â–ş SEE
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