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SPORTS | Grounded
STUDENT LIFE | GAS Team
NEWS | Ghost Stories
Utah State football posts worst offensive outing in over a decade in loss to Air Force
Meet the Getaway Special Team — a group of USU students working with NASA to get a CubeSat into space
The haunted histories of USU’s sorority houses
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MORE THAN JUST A DANCE
Howl 2019 expands available activities By Nichole Bresee STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
Like many of her peers, Morgan Homer went to the Howl to
have a good time. But unlike most, a good time does not mean going anywhere near a dance floor; it means getting airbrush
tattoos, eating food or watching comedians perform. Unfortunately, dancing used to be all students like Homer could do at the Howl, but this year it changed.
The Howl, a massive Halloween party hosted by the USUSA
for students and community members, was held on Oct. 25
with “The Upside Down” as the theme. This year, USUSA de-
cided to increase the amount of activities available in the TSC, PHOTO COURTESY OF Madlyn Petty
Utah State’s premier Halloween party again took over the Taggart Student Center this past weekend.
Blood, sweat, and tears - the life of volunteers cleaning up after the Howl By Michaella Whitney NEWS STAFF WRITER
If the Howl is notorious for confetti, gum
and the occasional condom, why do people volunteer to clean it up?
The answer is simple: They don’t have to
pay for a ticket. They get to go to the Howl and still experience it. They get to be with friends. They also get to be involved on campus.
Some students volunteered because they
didn’t buy a ticket before tickets sold out. Sarah Price, a volunteer, said, “I wanted
to be involved in the Howl, but I was a little late buying a ticket. So I did it because a lot of my friends were doing it.”
Others did it because they felt it was
a better experience than attending as a
patron. Jenny Patino said, “I have volun-
teered before. It’s better than attending. I can tell you that you feel more clean.”
Tiffany Taggart, another volunteer, said,
“I volunteered because I feel it’s a great
way to be involved in campus activities.
It’s a good deal because you get your food, your shirt and free admission to the event
and still get to experience it all but still get
Benson said. “We just want to have people make positive memories.”
“Crazy things can happen at the Howl,
to help.”
but we’ll make sure to nip it in the butt
said, “Without the volunteers, we would
Alexis Needleman said. She is also a mem-
Cy Robinson,USUSA activities director,
not be able to do it.”
Kent Harris, the Utah State University Po-
and make sure everything turns out okay,” ber of activities committee.
People were expecting to see a slew of
lice Department captain, said, “This event
different things, including drugs, inap-
each and every one of them for being here
which, according to Howl attendee Tia
couldn’t happen without them. I thank and working these events.”
Though the Howl is perhaps the big-
propriate dance moves and risky clothes, Goldsberry, is an understatement.
Taggart said, “I love to see and feel the
gest event during spooky season, those
excitement everyone has, whether it’s
making sure everyone was safe and had a
feel like they’re being really rebellious
who volunteered at the Howl focused on good time.
Sierra Benson, a lead and part of the
USUSA activities committee, said their
main objective as leads and volunteers is to “keep people safe and to have fun.”
“We don’t want anyone to come away
with a bad experience of the Howl, which
is one of the things that is hugely stressed,”
Brigham Young University students who coming or whether it’s just USU students
who are just excited to be there with their friends.”
The theme of the Howl was in homage to
the 80s, using the Netflix series “Stranger Things” to inspire the event.
“I think it’s going to attract a lot of peo-
giving students the option to play old-fashioned arcade games, go through a haunted house or try out virtual reality.
“Last year, the main attraction was the dance, and I don’t real-
ly like dances,” Homer said. “But this year, they had a bunch of new things and other options for people like me. I really liked
how interactive the new activities, like the arcade and haunted
house, were. It was a lot better experience than just watching a hypnotist.”
Cy Robinson, USUSA activities director, said one of the goals
for the Activities Committee was to make the experience better holistically for students who may not be fans of the dance, and to also make it seem like a brand-new Howl experience for students who have attended in the past.
“We want to bring people back because they’re like, ‘Oh, what
else is going to be new?’” Robinson said. “The dance is the
dance, and people love it. But the TSC has so much variabili-
ty that we want to create a better experience for all students,
regardless of whether or not they want to dance, or they want to just come and watch their friends get hypnotized.”
Even without the addition of new attractions, multiple attend-
ees like Jadine Medina and Nate Hoffman, who are USU alum-
ni, and Jessica Medina, an SUU student, said they were eager to attend the Howl for the dance alone.
“I just look forward to dancing my butt off,” Jadine Medina
said. “I think it’s so fun, and I love it.”
Robinson explained that many of the activities were designed
to be based off the “Stranger Things” inspired theme. The
arcade was a nod to the second season of “Stranger Things,” while the Aggie Ice Cream was a reference to Scoops Ahoy, which was featured in the TV show’s third season.
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see “Howl” PAGE 5
Women’s soccer explodes offensively to break eight-game winless streak By Sydney Kidd SPORTS STAFF WRITER
After recording 17 shots and zero goals in
Friday’s 1-0 loss to Air Force Academy, the Utah
State University women’s soccer team was looking to get the bad taste out of its mouth.
Sunday’s match against Colorado College
proved to be exactly what the Aggies needed. The team exploded to go 3-0 over the Tigers,
scoring the same amount of goals in 90 minutes
as they had in the past seven matches combined. “You just gotta have faith — and once one falls
they all fall,” head coach Heather Cairns said.
According to Cairns, the previous lack of goals
by the team had resulted in a hit to her players’ momentum and confidence.
After Air Force scored early in Friday’s match,
the team battled back by outshooting their op-
ponents and having over twice as many corner kicks. But the Aggies still came up short.
“You just got to score the first goal of the match
at some point,” Cairns said. “That gives you a lot more spring in your step and you’re not chasing the game.”
On Sunday, the Aggies were finally able to
come out and get that first goal.
The goal came in the 17th minute off the foot
of junior defender Imelda Williams. Williams got the ball off a pass from junior midfielder Amber Marshall and knocked it into the lower right corner of the net.
Williams’ goal came after a frustrating Friday
where she missed several opportunities to score by mere inches. This included a shot on goal in
the 58th minute which was barely tipped out by the goalkeeper’s fingertips.
“The reason why I keep going is because I just
want to keep playing harder for my teammates,” she said. “Instead of just getting down, thinking... I’m going to get the next one.”
Junior midfielder Kami Warner netted the
second goal of Sunday’s match just 18 seconds into the second half. The midfielder shot the
ball from outside the arc of the penalty box and into the top of the net. Warner’s goal set a new record for the fastest second half goal in Utah State history.
By continuing to feed off that momentum, se-
nior forward Alecia Robinson was able to record the final goal of the match in the 50th minute
of play. Robinson worked her way through the Tiger’s converging defense and shot the ball
past a diving goalkeeper and into the lower left
Utah State junior Ashley Cardozo takes a corner kick earlier this season against San Diego State.
corner of the net.
In total, Utah State had 12 shots with six on
frame. Colorado College ended the match with
PHOTO BY Samuel Woubshet
streak suffered by the team and marks its second conference win of the season.
Utah State will return to Chuck and Gloria Bell
9 shots. All six of the Tiger’s shots on goal were
Field on Friday to take on Boise State in the Ag-
The match was Walton’s fifth clean sheet of the
is scheduled for 3 PM.
saved by freshman goalkeeper Diera Walton. season.
The victory also ended the eight-match winless
gies’ final match of the 2019 season. Game time
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