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Gallons of Tradition
Exploring the history of Aggie Ice Cream
Emissions reduction plan released
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be supportive of what we are
By Karcin Harris NEWS STAFF WRITER
proposing. But we will consid-
er any concerns or opposing
Two Utah State Universi-
ty professors have explained
Aggie Creamery Manager Dave Irish shows some of the equipment used to create Aggie Ice Cream.
The Creamery Today
put on crops and other forms
the war, the college invested
Utah State University is a
weren’t fridges to keep dairy
a greater focus on dairy pro-
sold in the Animal Science
From True Aggie Night to the
advanced, however, the po-
Wilster soon began to teach
years, the Aggie Creamery and
By Alek Nelson MANAGING EDITOR
of agriculture because there
in new equipment to allow for
school built on traditions.
products cold. As technology
duction.
annual Day on the Quad or
tential for the dairy industry
classes on ice cream produc-
to singing “The Scotsman,”
Aggie Ice Cream became a
ferent flavors and recipes. In
from sledding down Old Main
increased.
today’s USU students benefit
staple of the Logan campus in
came before them.
ment of the UAC hired Gustav
cious than a stop at the Aggie
sor. When Wilster arrived on
Aggie Ice Cream. With 52,000
ing famous ice cream in Utah
and sold every year, Aggie Ice
make it, too.
most iconic symbols of USU.
creamery in the basement of
there. Many of the students
When the Utah Agricultural
rival, it had not been used for
dairy program started success-
lished in 1888, emphasis was
focus of the college with the
from the Aggie Family that No tradition is more deli-
1921, when the dairy departWilster, an Australian profes-
Creamery for a cup of famous
campus, he envisioned mak-
gallons of ice cream produced
and teaching students how to
Cream has become one of the
While there had been a
History
College, or UAC, was estab-
Old Main prior to Wilster’s ar-
ice cream and had not been a onset of World War I. After
tion and experiment with dif-
After Aggie Ice Cream was
Building on the Quad for many retail location were moved
the plan.
duction Draft Plan and their
will be a huge benefit to USU,”
Patrick Belmont, an associ-
ly very small and we believe
shed sciences department, has
towards a cleaner, healthier
mittee for the Greenhouse Gas
mental benefits of reducing
months. He, along with 24
to emerge as more of a leader
ed the plan.
ly matters to students. So I ex-
season in Logan, being brought in alongside head coach Gary STATESMAN FILE PHOTO Mike Sanford, former USU OC By Jason Walker SENIOR SPORTS WRITER
In an early 2020 surprise,
Utah State’s offensive coordi-
nator, Mike Sanford Jr., has
been hired by the University of
offense that finished third in
the Mountain West, averaging 434.2 yards per game. This af-
in sustainability and that real-
Belmont
said
there
were
pect this will help us in recruit-
“In Oct. 2018, the Intergov-
And in the long run, many of
Change put out a daunting
University money. Once we
many, many problems that en-
have our own carbon pollution
ing to exceed 1.5 degrees
stronger voice advocating for
“Many faculty and students
tions at the national and glob-
nized that USU really needed
air quality right here in Cache
as the creamery manager in
report that summarized the
have demonstrated that we
campus for an annual Farm-
bachelor’s and master’s de-
sue if we allow global warm-
under control, USU can be a
Celsius,” Belmont explained.
accelerating emissions reduc-
were concerned and recog-
al scale, and also improving
to accelerate our own efforts.
Valley.”
been leaders in understanding
professor in the physics de-
solutions to climate change.
on curriculum around climate
— and it could get really bad.
was able to contribute to the
lead by example. That’s why
Davies stated the direness be-
people who camped out on
er’s Encampment. Flavors of
ice cream included chocolate, vanilla and raspberry.
Wilster’s influence grew from
who graduated from USU’s ful creameries throughout the
state, including Casper’s Ice
Dave Irish began working
March 2017. He obtained his
grees from USU and had been
working as a research scientist prior to his current position. As manager, he sees the effect
the Aggie Creamery has had on the state.
“Everybody who makes ice
cream in the state of Utah see “Ice Cream” PAGE 6
Cream and Farr’s Ice Cream.
ing 2018 season under former then-OC David Yost that av-
eraged 498.6 yards per game. Yost’s offense also contribut-
ed to setting a new Mountain West record for points in a season, 618, an average of 47.5 per game. Though
the
2019
473 passes but threw far fewer
year (32 in 2018, only 20 in 2019) and nearly tripled his
2018 interception total. Love’s completion
percentage
also
dropped, falling from 64.0 to 61.9.
With Sanford Jr. out, Utah
Aggies
State’s more veteran offensive
set of opponents than the 2018
offensive coordinator in three
team, along with the loss of
tucky. The former headed an
other faculty members, draft-
dents were fed to about 2,500
duced by Wilster and his stu-
Utah State, Sanford Jr. spent the University of Western Ken-
our emissions, USU will begin
the recommendations save the
faced a considerably tougher
two seasons as head coach at
Reduction Committee for nine
ernmental Panel on Climate
cream, milk and cheese pro-
Andersen and defensive co-
ordinator Justin Ena. Before
future. Beyond the environ-
Building, where the creamery
touchdowns than his previous
Sanford Jr. only coached one
served on the Steering Com-
remains today.
the summer of 1922, the ice
head coach Matt Wells and
who made the same report.
it will be a huge step for USU
fundraising for future efforts.
Minneapolis. The report first
by Brett McMurphy of Stadium
ate professor from the water-
ating the plan.
Nutrition and Food Sciences
a USU single-season record
and corroborated minutes later
he said. “The costs are actual-
ing and retaining students and
ter Utah State’s record-break-
football reporter Pete Thamel
hopes regarding feedback.
daunting reasons behind cre-
Minnesota’s football program
came via Yahoo Sports college
“If implemented, I think this
in 1975 to the newly built
USU loses OC to Minnesota Sanford gone after one year to fill that same capacity in
Belmont has great hopes for
the reason behind the recent
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Re-
PHOTO BY Samuel Woubshet
views based on their merit.”
several key offensive contrib-
utors and most of the O-line, regression among the offense
was a theme all season. Jordan Love, who recently declared
for the NFL Draft, attempted
players will have seen a third seasons. Henry Colombi, the
man with the inside track to be Love’s replacement at quarterback, will be one of said play-
ers as a redshirt junior in 2020. @thejwalk67
Academic
institutions
have
Robert Davies, an associate
the causes, implications and
partment, has been working
We know how bad it could get
change for many years and
So we have an obligation to
draft plan effort.
we drafted the faculty senate
hind the plan.
hard on the report.”
overstate the extreme risk we
was the “catalyzing factor,” but
position we’re in as a society,”
daunting report has come out
planetary emergency and our
lege.”
institutions are nowhere close
horts are asking for feedback
of time for dithering. We know
campus
now and this plan is the bare
resolution and have worked so
“It’s essentially impossible to
Belmont said the IPCC report
now face, and the precarious
“since that time an even more
he said. “We are in a state of
from the US Army War Col-
most powerful and impactful
Belmont said he and his co-
to behaving like it. We’re out
“to raise awareness, help the
what to do, we must do it right
stand the complexity of reduc-
minimum we should be do-
role in those efforts, and see if
Davies said the plan was am-
community
under-
ing our emissions and their
ing.”
there are other ideas that we
bitious, but not complete with-
have not yet considered.”
out the support of others.
feedback,” he said. “I expect
faith response, on the part
“We’re open to all kinds of
that the vast majority of fac-
ulty, staff and students will
“The draft plan is a good-
of the faculty and staff who
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