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NEWS | Police Blotter

Find out what trouble USU students go into this past week. see PAGE 3

STUDENT LIFE | Aggie Heroes

SPORTS | Basketball is back

Hear five different Utah State University students together to tell their stories of perseverance.

The Aggies beat the Evergreen State College Geoducks by 51 points 96-45 in the first exhibition game of the season. see PAGE 7

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LGBT members and allies demonstrate for trans rights

By Margot Crabtree NEWS STAFF WRITER

LGBT members and allies gathered to

show support for transgender rights in the

wake of reports that the Trump administration is reviewing the legal recognition of transgender individuals nationwide.

Faith and visibility were the predominant

themes of the transgender visibility demon-

stration held on Saturday outside the Cache County Courthouse.

“I wanted to have some type of demonstra-

tion in Cache Valley so our trans community can know that there are people here

that care about them and will validate their experience,” said Desiree Chavez, a social

work student at Utah State and the primary organizer of the event.

The demonstration lasted about 10 min-

utes and focused around speakers from various backgrounds talking about trans issues and experiences, followed by a march on Main Street by demonstrators. Speakers

offered a variety of trans perspectives as

well as perspectives from members of multiple Christian denominations.

“I felt it was important to reach out to

trans individuals in organizing this event.

Representation from the person with the

lived experience is necessary to be seen,”

Chavez said. “It is their story to tell. I want the trans community here in Cache Valley

to feel safe, loved and valued for who they are.”

Chavez said the event was heavily influ-

enced by the religious makeup of the Cache Valley community, and the barriers it has

PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen People march for transgender visibility on Saturday in Logan, Utah. In light of recent and ongoing attacks against the trans community, people of Cache Valley came together to uplift, validate and give visibility to trans voices of Cache Valley. Speakers talked about the history of transgender identity, shared personal stories and shared ways to help make the community safer. The rally ended with a march around the block in front of the Cache County Historic Courthouse.

a trans woman from Hyde Park and former

about is the oppression they had in the

church or its teachings,” Dana said. “This

Latter-day Saints, challenged church mem-

remember that they had many people help-

might not agree with the queer movement,

member of the Church of Jesus Christ of bers to stand up for trans rights.

created for trans individuals. April Dana,

“One thing the LDS faith likes to talk

early days of the church. They need to

ing them overcome this oppression, peo-

ple that didn’t necessarily agree with the

Sexual assault reported near campus, Code Blue alert states

By Lauren Bennett NEWS CONTENT MANAGER

A sexual assault was reported near Utah State

University campus, according to a Code Blue alert

sent out to students Monday morning. The assault

was reported to the Logan City Police Department

Sunday night and the alert stated the report came 24 hours after the alleged incident. Police are investi-

gating, the alert said, and there is no suspect at this time.

The reported sexual assault may have involved

drugs or alcohol, the alert states, and although the location of the reported crime is unclear, the alert

stated it “likely occurred at a fraternity” near campus.

The Logan Police Department is asking citizens to

contact police if they have any information pertaining to the reported sexual assault.

“Everyone on campus has a responsibility to make

our community safe,” the Code Blue states. “It is

never possible to completely eliminate the risk of becoming a victim of a crime.”

The alert ends by providing resources to students

and information about USU’s amnesty policy.

This Code Blue comes just one week after an alert

was sent out to students warning about who police called a potentially dangerous man — Lonnie

Nyman, who was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor.

There are three types of alerts the campus sends out

to students: emergency notifications, timely warning

notices and safety alerts. Amanda DeRito, the univer-

sity’s sexual misconduct information and outreach

coordinator, said university officials want students to be informed.

“We don’t have all the facts — it’s being inves-

tigated by Logan police,” DeRito said of the most recent alert. “But we have enough to know its a threat to our campus community.”

National data gathered for the Clery Report

showed the highest number of sexual assaults

on college campuses occurred during the fall — deemed the “red zone.”

“We know from national research on cam-

puses that most sexual assaults occur before

Thanksgiving break. We’re very aware of that. We definitely try to highlight it and we pay a lot of attention to it,” DeRito said.

DeRito said there is a push nationwide to send a

higher number of alerts to college students. Last fall, in the months before Thanksgiving break,

DeRito said there were two Code Blue alerts sent to students relating to sexual assault. This year,

there have been three alerts total with one related to sexual assault.

“We want to make sure that we’re consistent and

the we don’t scare students unnecessarily,” DeRito said. “But at the same time that we’re providing

them with the information they need to be safe on campus.“

USU’s crime report was released in October.

—laurenmarie.bennett@aggiemail.usu.edu

@laurmarben

is kind of my call out to the church. You

and that’s fine, that’s your choice, but it is

see “Members and allies” PAGE 3

New drone minor is taking flight

By Shelby Black STUDENT LIFE SENIOR WRITER

In just a matter of 12 credits,

students at Utah State University

now have the opportunity to earn a minor in Drones. This minor is

fairly new to the campus and was

created through the work of Andreas “Baron” Wesemann, director of the professional pilot program, and

Daniel “Wookie” Robinson, drone class instructor.

For Wesemann it has been his goal

to have a drone minor available to

students at the university. Utah State University is the first college in Utah to offer this minor.

“When you look at the opportunity

to integrate drones into education,

it’s about using drones as a tool for their major. It can be used for data

PHOTO BY Cole Bennett Students build drones in AV 3500, Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Systems, at Utah State on Tuesday, October 30.

collection and aerial photography,”

of days. Robinson said due to this

vide a outlet for those to understand

stand the rules that come along with

Wesemann said. “I wanted to proaviation. The same principles that fly airplanes fly drones and it’s a

opportunity to help other students understand aviation.”

Drones have rapidly grown in pop-

ularity in recent years. Consumers

can purchase drones at Best Buy or

Amazon and learn to fly in a matter

rapid rise, many people don’t underflying. When students enroll in the drone classes, they learn the basic flight rules.

“Anyone can go buy a drone and fly

it. The difference is understanding

what to do with the drone and how see “Drones” PAGE 5

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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6, 2018

NEWS

H2Oath campaign slows to a drip as Utah records its driest year

Utah State University holds first inclusivity symposium since 2013

UTAH STATESMAN FILE PHOTO

By Carter Moore NEWS STAFF WRITER

The Utah Division of Water Resources is wrapping up its

annual college water conservation campaign Monday, but

the division reports that multiple schools have no pledges, and participation is on the decline.

“South of the Wasatch Front, it is hard to get participation,”

said Marcie Larson, a public information officer for DWR.

The H2Oath campaign, also known as the Water War, was

started in 2016 and encourages students to sign a pledge to

conserve their water usage — especially with respect to the drought conditions in the West. The school with the most

pledges is given a $5,000 grant to be used for water conservation.

According to data provided by the DWR, only Utah State

University and Weber State University have recorded more than 50 pledges for both the past two years. USU won in

2016 with 500 pledges and WSU in 2017 with 546 pledges.

USU is currently leading the 2018 competition with 305

votes as of Thursday. The University of Utah and Brigham

Young University have seen increases this year, Larson said,

but are still far below being competitive for the grant money.

“USU is way ahead of all the other schools,” she said. “They

are being really good water stewards and great examples.”

Snow College is one of the universities that recorded zero

pledges.

“I’m not sure of that specific campaign,” said Marci Larsen,

the assistant to the president of Snow College — who does

share names, albeit different spellings, as the DWR official.

Larsen said in an email that Snow is committed to water

conservation and being “good stewards” of the land. Snow installed new sprinkler systems making its system 30 percent more efficient last year, she said.

The pledge asks students to reduce shower times by at least

a minute, wait to run dishwashers and washing machines until they are full, and fix leaks within their homes. Six

of the nine required commitments include regulating the watering of lawns.

“Even though many students do not have lawns now, this

will encourage them to look for more water-wise yards when they do,” Larson said.

Due to a hot, dry summer and overuse of water, 16 of the

49 major Utah reservoirs are currently below 20 percent,

and eight of those are below 5 percent, according to a report from the U.S. Drought Report. Utah is currently in a state of emergency as declared by Gov. Gary Herbert.

“We just had the driest year on record, statewide,” said

Brian McInerney, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City.

Drought conditions are worse in southern Utah, McInerney

said, the same place the DWR struggles to get pledges.

Larson said the competition may be stopped Monday, as

USU has a commanding lead.

—carter.moore@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Keynote speaker Angela Morrision talks about five common incorrect assumptions about immigration at the Inclusive Excellence Symposium.

By Margot Crabtree NEWS STAFF WRITER

More than 300 students, faculty and staff attended the first Inclusion Excellence Symposium at Utah State University

since 2013 — revived this year by Aggies Think, Care, Act. The symposium aims to create a campus-wide dialogue on issues facing the diverse minority groups on campus and their potential solutions.

The symposium was held in the midst of high national ten-

sion following a rash of right-wing terrorism and critical decisions from the Trump administration regarding immigrants

and transgender individuals. These events hung heavily over the discussions of the day, often explicitly.

“Our nation needs help in this,” USU President Noelle Cockett said in her introductory remarks. “It is absolutely frightening to read every day of examples of across our country where people are damaging others simply because of their race,

their religion, their sexuality, their gender, and I really think

it’s so important that we’re doing all of these things, through outreach, through research, and education, at Utah State.”

Chairman of the Northwest Band of the Shoshone Nation Darren Parry also addressed the violence in his keynote speech.

“My heart was broken this past week, when I heard of the

senseless shooting of the University of Utah woman, and then again later, with the senseless shooting of those people practicing their religion in the synagogue,” Parry said. “Things

like that can’t happen. We as a society are too good for that.

We need to do better.”

The symposium was a blend of research and education, with breakout sessions often focusing on practical methods to

address problems facing minority populations on campus,

intersecting on issues of race, gender, sexuality and disability.

“Unless we include the concepts of inclusiveness and respect, we will never be successful,” Cockett said. “Just focusing

on diversity is not enough. We must have the conversations about how our campus, our communities can be inclusive,

and how we can be respectful of that diversity, that these are also very important ingredients in our success.”

Two keynote speakers divided the conference into morning and afternoon sessions. Parry, who gave the morning key-

note, focused on reconciliation and cooperation in fighting

problems facing diverse populations. The afternoon keynote

was held by Angela Morrison, a law professor at Texas A&M, who discussed five myths about immigration and immigration policy.

In addition to the two keynote sessions, 40 breakout speakers

PHOTO BY Annika Johnson

presented at the symposium, covering a variety of topics; sessions included “Connecting Communities of Color,” “Working with Veteran and Service Member Students” and “Strategies for Speaking out Against Everyday Prejudice.”

The symposium was organized by Aggies Think, Care, Act, a

coalition of 28 on-campus organizations centered on conven-

ing and coordinating on-campus organizations to better focus their efforts. Eri Bentley, the chair of the Aggies Think, Care, Act committee, said that the event was intended to provide

students and staff with the tools to work on the problems facing diverse students at USU.

“We wanted information to be appealing and digestible to

everybody, information that everybody feels like they can do something about when they learn,” Bentley said. “Research

is great, and we want that too, but if somebody was going to

present research, we wanted them to include a ‘so what’ kind of piece — what are we going to do with the information the research presents?”

The original symposium was run through different offices

that were shuffled or eliminated during university restruc-

turing. After years of development and coordination, Aggies Think, Care, Act placed their attention on the abandoned project.

“We realized that there were a lot of great programs and

presentations happening across campus, but we’re not collab-

orating much with each other,” Bentley said. “We felt it would be a great idea to bring the symposium back as a centralized training and exchange of ideas opportunity.”

The symposium is also a part of wider campus effort to consolidate and coordinate the disparate groups that individu-

ally work on issues related to diversity. The recently-formed

Latinx Cultural Center was created in part to provide a more singular resource for Latinx students at USU to engage with on-campus events and opportunities.

Bentley said that she hopes the symposium will become an annual occasion, but also that Aggies Think, Care, Act will

continue to help students and staff find resources on diversity.

“We hope this will be an ongoing, annual event, that’s cer-

tainly something we’re going to try and make happen. There

are already a lot of trainings on campus relating to this topic, so there may not be more presentations per se, but we are

going to work together with a lot of people to make sure that word gets out, that students know what is available.”

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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6, 2018

USU POLICE BLOTTER SUNDAY OCT. 28

• USU Police responded to a suspicious odor at Central Campus Housing in Bullen Hall.

• USU Police responded to Mountain View Towers on an elevator alarm. There was no one located in the elevator and no emergencies located in the area. The east elevator had had an alarm going off as well as the outer doors open and offset and appeared to be not functioning correctly. I had dispatch contact an RP for the elevator who responded and shut off the power for the east elevator and will work on it at a later time.

The RA’s in the building stated they would post signs on the east elevator stating it was out of order. No further action taken.

• USU Police responded to Mtn View Towers on a welfare check. It was reported that one of the students hadn’t been seen or heard from for approximately four days. There was no information as to where the student was. I contacted the students family and was informed that the student was currently with them and ok. No further action taken.

Contact USU Police at

435-797-1939

for non-emergencies.

EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911

MONDAY OCT. 29

• Officer Hodges contacted a female in the West Stadium Parking lot. Officer Hodges verified that the female was not in need of any type of assistance. No criminal violations were observed.

• Report of a suspicious noise in the area of the Living Learning Center. Upon arrival Officer Hodges did not hear the noise and was unable to locate the source of the reported suspicious noise.

• Report of a fire alarm at Mountain View Tower.

Upon arrival the source of the alarm was detected and no fire was located. The alarm was reset.

TUESDAY OCT. 30

•USU police was dispatched to the BNR building on a student who passed out while in a class while dissecting body parts.

• USU Police responded to the Equine Center on a suspicious odor investigation. The caller thought that there was a smell of natural gas inside the building.

•USU Police responded to a traumatic injury at the new life sciences building.

•USU Police and Logan Fire EMS responded to the Taggart Student Center on a report of a male juvenile who was having an allergic reaction. This person had been given Benadryl prior to our arrival and was checked out and found to be alright be the medical personnel. He was released to the care of his teacher.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31

• USU Police assisted an individual whos motorcycle would not start and was pushing down 700 N. USU Police followed the individual from the HPER to his apartment to make sure he got home safely.

• USU Police responded to 800 East and 700 North to assist with traffic control due to a USU Shuttle bus that had broken down at that location.

A tow truck was requested and responded and the bus was towed from the area.

Editor’s note: Accounts in the Police Blotter are not edited by The Utah Statesman staff to preserve accuracy.

“Members and allies” FROM PAGE 1 your job as someone who has overcome that oppression to help others overcome this oppression as well.”

Dana’s message was interrupted by some-

one in a passing car who shouted “God hates you all.”

Following Dana’s speech, Chavez briefly

paused to address the mood following the heckler’s outburst.

“I don’t know who heard that ... I love

every one of you out there, even the ones I haven’t met,” Chavez said. “This is why we’re doing this, right here.”

Sierra Allen, a member of the Church of

Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, offered

warmth toward trans members of the community.

“It’s not new that there has been a lot of

contention and struggles of understand-

ing between the queer community and the LDS church,” Allen said. “I can’t speak for

everyone in the church, but as your friend, neighbor and classmate, I want to tell you — you are loved. There are members that

care, and who will help and listen.”

don’t choose to conform to that gender role.

test the Trump administration.

shared their personal experiences of life in

to gender roles, we need to stop with our

grounds, not just people who are already

Many of the trans individuals that spoke

Cache Valley following sex reassignment, and the persecution and support they

We don’t expect our cis friends to conform trans friends.”

After the speakers finished, demonstrators

received.

marched down Main Street, waving signs

this, which is ok, because I have gained

transphobia has got to go.”

“I’ve lost a ton of friends also by doing

some wonderful friends — friends that

treat me as a woman, that treat me how I

want me to be treated and are so accepting

of support and chanting “Hey hey, ho ho,

“I want this to reach all cultures and back-

supportive,” Chavez said.

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@bread_dish

Chavez said the demonstration was intend-

ed to increase awareness as opposed to pro-

of me,” said Natalia Larsen, a trans woman native to Cache Valley.

The demonstrations provided not just vis-

ibility but also education opportunities as speakers discussed their own experiences and outlined positive ways to help trans

individuals. Dana targeted the pervasiveness of gender roles even in the LGBTQ community.

“It doesn’t matter if somebody comes out

as female and they might not look female or they might not even choose to look

female, and that’s fine, that’s their prerog-

ative completely,” Dana said. “That doesn’t

lessen that they are a woman because they

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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6, 2018

STUDENT LIFE

Aggies celebrate Dia De Los Muertos Fourth annual Day of the Dead procession hosted by Latinx Creative Society

By Erick Graham Wood STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER

Friday, Nov. 2 marked the end of the Dia De

Los Muertos festival that celebrates the remembrance of family members who have journeyed into the next life.

Coming from ancient Aztec rituals, Dia De Los

Muertos is celebrated in Mexico and other parts of Latin America as well as in many places around the world, including Cache Valley.

The Utah State University Latinx Creative

Society hosted their fourth annual Dia De Los

Muertos procession, with a march on Thursday down mainstreet Logan and another on Friday around the USU campus.

Associate professor of Latinx Urban

Literature, Crescencio Lopez Gonzalez said the Latinx community in Cache Valley generally

celebrates their cultural heritage in the privacy of their own home, unlike their countries of origin, and he wants to change that.

“My goal is to empower the community in

public settings,” Gonzalez said. “I want to advocate the notion that Latinx culture is intrinsi-

cally valuable to the growth of our community.”

In the fall of 2015, five USU Latinx under-

graduate students created the Latinx Creative

Society with Gonzalez to help document Latinx experiences in Cache County through literary and media arts.

“Since 2015, we have become aware of

the issues affecting our community and we

strategize about how we can positively affect change,” Gonzalez said.

Folklore student Nelda Ault-Dyslin said Day

of the Dead isn’t part of her heritage but her

PHOTO BY Megan Albrechtsen

USU students, faculty and community members participated in an annual procession for Dia De Los Muertos on Friday, Nov. 2.

mother is from an island that was conquered by the Spanish, so she is discovering parts of her past now.

“I just love traditions that remind you to

remember, especially about people who have

gone before. It’s not my family’s tradition but

I’m celebrating it now because I share a little bit of a colonized story,” Ault-Dyslin said.

Ault-Dyslin shared why she thinks culture

and folklore are important.

“I feel like a lot of the problems we run into

is that people don’t understand each other and the beautiful thing about folklore is that it

helps to connect one another and understand

He was surprised to see a celebration on campus between his classes.

“It’s just really cool that there is that repre-

sentation of history and culture and that people

are invited to walk side by side in remembrance of the dead,” he said. “That’s really great.”

Along with the processions a special event will

each other. Some may think, ‘oh, we don’t

be happening on Friday called Noche Cultural

Memorial day’ and this is why we do it, so we

event is a celebration of Latinx culture.

celebrate Day of the Dead but we do celebrate can pass along those stories.”

The procession on campus began with a

blessing by Lizette Cruz, a Latinx Creative

Society club member. Traditional songs such as “De Colores” and “Cielito Lindo” were played as the procession walked through campus.

Students were encouraged to come dressed up with flowers and sugar skull faces, which are symbolic to the holiday.

The most notable figures of La Catrina and

the Catrin lead the procession. La Catrina is the lady of death and her husband was a wealthy man who met his demise.

USU student Jared Hart said everything he

PHOTO BY Megan Albrechtsen

movies such as “The Book of Life” and “Coco.”

knew about Dia De Los Muertos came from

in the Taggart Student Center at 6:30 p.m. The “Growing up in Mexico, my mother took me

every year to visit our dead. She also created an altar to welcome our departed. These are mem-

ories that I am now sharing with my family and my community here in Cache Valley,” Gonzalez

said. “Every year, we look forward to Day of the Dead procession because it is an opportunity to honor our dead, our cultural heritage and

empower our community at the same time. We invite everyone in the community to embrace their cultural heritage and share it with all of us.”

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Movie Review: Bohemian Rhapsody times wishes he “had never been born at all.”

By Erick Graham Wood STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER

But this doesn’t get any time to resonate in

the film, instead Mercury just believes he is

“Bohemian Rhapsody,” a new biopic that

the man he was always meant to be.

details the rise, fall, and resurrection of

Every queer scene, a kiss or two, a gay

Queen in popular culture, fails to tell the

bar that feeds into Mercury’s addictions,

true story of Freddie Mercury and instead

and even a passing glance from a trucker in

paints the Queen frontman as an obstacle in

a men’s restroom are all played down and

the way to the band’s success.

just hinted at. However, a kiss and glances

The music-infused drama is starting out

doesn’t amount to dying from AIDS and these

strong with a projected $50 million open-

moments should have been more focused on

ing weekend, and is expected to have legs

rather than ignored. In fact, the entire prem-

throughout the winter leading all the way

ise of Mercury contracting AIDS in the film

into the awards season. The film, however,

is used to enhance the plot as Mercury didn’t

falls flat half of the time and the other half

get AIDS until later in life, while the movie

relies on an audience of fans to keep the

uses it to pull at the audiences heartstrings.

energy in the room.

Sure, a story about a singer who contracts

AIDS in a homophobic world isn’t exactly

“exciting” but the first trailer released early this year promised a fun and inspiring, gay tale of a man who defied odds and became a legend. Instead, the film seems to paint

Mercury as a tragic anti-hero who couldn’t overcome his sexuality and that ultimately lead to his and the band’s downfall before

getting a second chance at the historic Live Aid concert.

That, however is just the start of the mov-

ie’s problems.

In 2010 it was announced that Sacha

Baron Cohen was attached to play Mercury in the film however, after finding out that guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor wanted to make a movie about overcoming

Mercury’s “ordeal,” Cohen left the part. While filming the movie, even director Bryan Singer walked away from the production.

Despite the odds, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is

finally in theaters and has an incredible cast

but the story does no service to Rami Malek’s amazing portrayal of Mercury. Instead of an

R-rated film that dives deep into Mercury’s

struggle of self-worth and sexuality, the film offers a watered-down family movie that

glides over his sexuality as if it was just a

nuisance that is keeping him from his real

love, Mary Austin, and is hurting the people around him.

Mercury never discussed his sexuality but

his lyrics in “Bohemian Rhapsody” strongly

alludes to him killing the man he once was to embrace a gay lifestyle. The song references

his agony even admitting that Mercury some-

“Bohemian Rhapsody” is a flawed cash-gr-

ab from a movie studio and the band’s cur-

rent members who wanted to glamorize their success tale rather than telling the true,

smart story of Mercury’s life that would have been much more cinematic. It has lazy writing, annoying stereotypes and a formulaic

plot that would have been better suited as a “where are they now” primetime special.

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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Aggie Heroes present ‘The Stories that Unite Us’

and urged students in attendance at Aggie Heroes to not take anything for granted.

“In math equations, things don’t change. In life

equations, they do,” Murdock said.

Benson Ambrose is a 43-year-old Navajo and

was the final speaker during Aggie Heroes.

Ambrose is a senior at USU studying agriculture education. He is a married father of two boys.

Ambrose started his speech by speaking his

native language, Navajo. This was done as a way for Ambrose to “say my plans in my native language to honor my past and my ancestors.”

Ambrose started with a story about his mother

who always hoped he would attend a universi-

ty. As Ambrose got older, the college dream his mother had for him seemed farther away than

ever. This was only made worse by a car accident.

Ambrose had to be revived twice and was left

with the inability to move the left side of his body for a time.

Additionally, Ambrose became addicted to oxy-

codone, a prescription narcotic.

It was his family, his wife and new son, who

inspired him to make a change and fulfill his

mother’s wishes of him going to school and getting a degree — 25 years later.

“I looked at my son and told him ‘You’re not

The second annual Aggie Heroes panel was held Thursday, Nov. 1, in the TSC ballroom. Attendees had the opportunity to hear stories of perseverance from five USU students.

By Allison Allred STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER

The Utah State Student Association presented

their second annual Aggie Heroes panel Nov. 1.

The panel, designed to function like a TED Talk, brought five different Utah State University stu-

dents together to tell their stories of perseverance.

studying finance and chemistry. He credits his

success to his mother and a mentor of his, Brent Clark.

His mother came to the United States from

Ethiopia in 2004 when Sami was nine years old.

Two years later, he joined her in America.

Ahmed said, is the reason he was able to attend

vived either car accidents, drug addiction, eating

school.

able to return to school despite their experiences,

tic man who helped others” and hopes to accom-

One such speaker, Sami Ahmed, is a junior

“Drones” FROM PAGE 1 to use it to fly professionally. For the most

part, you are flying a glorified selfie stick. We

change that mentality into using it for a scientific tool,” Robinson said.

After learning the safety guidelines and rules

of drone flight, students in classes have the

opportunity to build and fly their own drones.

By the end of the course, students become professionally licensed pilots.

Robinson said as an instructor he loves being

able to see students go through this process and become drone pilots.

“I love when it clicks. When students go from

being someone whos never touched a drone

to a pilot. When they understand the aviation lingo and can take situations and walk them

through like a pilot. But my absolute favorite

part is getting them out and flying,” Robinson said.

Kenna Kelser, aviation marketing graduate

assistant, helps promote the drone minor

around campus. She herself is a licensed drone pilot and hopes other students will see the value in the minor too.

“Every major can benefit from this minor.The

professors are really passionate about what

they do. Dan Robinson is like a kid in a candy

shop,” Kelser said. “It’s a career and it can help you, but it’s also really fun. I think it can help

so much as technology develops. Any job looks at that and sees it as a edge.”

Wesemann and Robinson both have used

drones in their professional careers aside from being involved with the program on campus.

Wesemann was in the air force for 27 years.

her experiences battling anorexia and with sexual assault.

Her story, Harrison said, was “not unique” and

tory of both.

Sister program where he met Brent Clark who,

or in some cases, because of them.

There was Claire Harrison, who talked about

In 2006, Ahmed joined the Big Brother Big

Messages at this year’s event included emotional

disorders and/or sexual assault. They were all

her father.

many individuals are fighting with their histories

Ahmed said during his speech.

stories from the panelists, all of whom have sur-

spoke on returning to school after the death of

“She gave me this great desire to be someone,”

The theme for this year’s presentation was

“Stories that Unite Us.”

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Ahmed hopes to be remembered as “an optimis-

plish these goals by pursuing medical school.

Other panelists included Koralene Tapoof, who

of assault or eating disorders. Harrison has a his-

“This happens to people every day. In ways they

going to grow up the way I did. You’re going to be grateful for what you have,’” Ambrose said.

He called quitting oxycodone “the worst time of

my life,” but was able to do it with the love and support of his family. Including his Utah State family.

Ambrose ended his speech with a challenge. He

challenged the Aggie community to reconnect with themselves and with each other.

“Let us rise as a nation — as an Aggie nation,

and let us all shine as an individual because we all have something to offer,” Ambrose said.

Aggie Heroes is in its second year. For more

don’t even know how to describe,” Harrison said.

information about the program or for an archive

matics major, survived a car accident in 2012. She

usu.edu/aggieheros/heros2017

Another speaker, Kennedy Murdock, a mathe-

is grateful for Utah State and says that her university experience has strengthened her self-esteem.

Murdock regarded her recovery as a “miracle,”

of last year’s speeches, please visit thinkcareact.

— allisonallreddd@gmail.com

@allisonallreddd

While in the air force, he explained, they used drones for search and rescue.

“We can use drone tech to go find people. I

used data of these drones to collect data and figure out where people were. We were able

to save their lives. It was a phenomenal use of the technology,” Wesemann said.

Robinson uses his skills as a pilot to share

drones with others. He does demonstrations of tricks at airshows and gets payed to do it.

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“The most fun has been flying in front of

10,000 people at a airshow. I got to show off and sign autographs,” Robinson said.

Students enrolled in the classes agree that

being apart of the program has been a good experience.

Hank Costner, mechanical engineering major,

is currently enrolled in the intro to drone

course. He’s enjoyed getting to work with the new technology.

“There is a lot that goes into drones, espe-

cially with the in-flight computer stuff.

It’s cool to be able to use a remote and fly

something around. I want to own one in the future,” Costner said.

The sky is truly the limit when it comes to

the new minor. Wesemann hopes to continue

expanding the program by adding more classes, instructors, drones and adding concurrent enrollment for high schools as well.

“We want to train people not just to use

drones for their major but for their profes-

sion. That’s our futures. We are starting to do things here at Utah State that are going to be revolutionary,” Wesemann said.

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SPORTS

Men’s basketball Aggies erupt on the islands dominates Geoducks

By Jason Walker SPORTS SENIOR WRITER

Utah State played their first game of competitive basketball, though the game

itself far from close with the Aggies winning by 51 points 96-45 over Evergreen State College.

USU pushed its dominance from the first minute, opening up a 10-2 lead just

three minutes into the game. Just after the midway point in the first half, that lead had ballooned to 28-8. The Aggies never took their foot off the pedal,

increasing the lead steadily until it reached its peak at 51 — with 33 seconds left in the game.

“I loved how our guys played,” head coach Craig Smith said. “Certainly, it

wasn’t always a thing of art or beauty. But some of the things that we really talked about as a team really showed through that first half.”

One of the first things Smith mentioned in the post-game press conference

was the low number of turnovers from his team. Utah State had just seven miscues all night and only two in the first half. Last season, the Aggies averaged 13.0 turnovers per game (223rd in the nation)

“That was a major issue for our team last year,” Smith said. “To win you’ve

got to eliminate losing and that means you’ve got to play good defense, which I

thought, overall, we did a good job. You’ve got to be able to not turn it over and then force some turnovers and then make your free throws.”

Utah State did well in most of those areas. Evergreen State shot just 25.8 per-

cent from the field all night and 25.0 percent from three on 24 attempts from

behind the arc. The Geoducks also had 17 turnovers which led to 22 fastbreak points for the Aggies. The only one of those things USU didn’t do well was

shoot free throws, making a less-than-stellar 68.8 percent of their 16 chances from the charity stripe.

In addition to the pedestrian free throw shooting, the Aggies struggled on

perimeter shots. The team shot 1-11 in the first half, ending the game 3-of-18 from deep.

Senior forward Dwayne Brown Jr. scores a layup in the second half against

Evergreen State.

To win you’ve got to eliminate losing and that means you’ve got to play good defense — Craig Smith

By Daniel Hansen STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER

So you missed Utah State’s 56-17 win over Hawaii?

Perhaps you weren’t interested in staying up to catch the 10 p.m. kickoff time. Or perhaps you decided to catch a

few extra hours of sleep after the Aggies ended the first

quarter up 28-3. That’s fine. USU played well into the wee hours of the Mountain Standard Time morning, and one could be forgiven for putting self-care ahead of football

Despite the poor outside shooting, Utah State excelled in the half court. They

generated quality shots all night and passed a lot, generating 29 assists. And of the 76 shots the team took, 48 were either layups or dunks and they converted

68.8 percent of those attempts at the rim. Only 20 of USU’s 96 points came outside the paint.

The two leading scorers were both freshman, point guard Tauriwan Knight

and center Neemias Queta. Knight led all scorers with 16 points with Queta right behind with 15. At the end of the first half, Knight scored the final 10 points for the Aggies.

“I just always really want to be aggressive,” Knight said. “So, I just made the

(play) when it was my time.”

Queta was especially good inside, dominating the Evergreen State frontcourt,

which didn’t have an answer to the length of the 6-foot-11 bigman. In the first

half alone, Queta was 6-of-9 from the floor with 12 points, eight rebounds and three blocks.

The imposing interior play wasn’t limited to Queta, though Fellow freshman

center Ben Fakira played well inside, scoring 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting and hauling in 10 rebounds to record his first double-double as an Aggie.

Utah State’s season opener will be on the road against Montana State. That

game will tip off at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6.

PHOTO BY Eugene Tanner/AP Photo Utah State running back Darwin Thompson (5) shoots through an opening in the Hawaii defense and runs in for a touchdown in the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in Honolulu.

watching.

Lucky for you, the sports staff at the Utah Statesman has

no concern of their own well-being and stayed up for the entirety of USU’s beatdown of the Rainbow Warriors. If

you missed it, here are the major storylines from Honolulu.

Junior RBs Darwin Thompson and Gerold Bright went

off.

Utah State relied heavily on the ground game to get the

job done in Hawaii. Especially with sophomore QB Jordan Love exiting the game due to injury during the second

quarter, both Thompson and Bright were asked to carry

much of the load. Fortunately for USU, the pair answered

the call authoritatively. Both topped 100 yards rushing and tallied three touchdowns. Thompson finished with 141

yards on 13 carries, with Bright not far behind with 121 yards on 16 carries.

The Aggies topped 600 yards of total offense for the third

time this season, but this time it was a the rushing attack which deserved the most credit for doing so. USU’s 426

rushing yards are the highest mark this season by nearly 100 yards, and the most rushing yards in a game by the Aggies since gaining 428 yards on the ground versus

@thejwalk67

Weber State in 2016.

Thompson and Bright particularly took over the third

quarter, with each back garnering two touchdowns in

the frame as Utah State, quite literally, ran away with the game.

The defense continued its string of excellent performance Somewhat quietly, Utah State’s defense has now held

three straight opponents to less than 20 points after holding Hawaii to 17 points. The defense finished the night

with three sacks and two interceptions on the night, but were constantly applying pressure to Hawaii QB Cole

McDonald, a key reason for USU’s success. On the road in a late game, Utah State’s defensive stars led the way with several key plays.

Sophomore linebacker David Woodward again led the

team with seven tackles on the night, adding an intercep-

tion that swung momentum heavily to Utah State early in the game. Junior LB Tipa Galeai finished the night with six tackles of his own, including a sack and multiple QB hurries throughout the game.

The secondary was sorely tested against a quality pass

offense from Hawaii. Sophomore safety Shaq Bond was

absent after tearing an ACL last week versus New Mexico, and senior cornerback Deante Fortenberry exited early after being ejected for targeting. The defense received solid play from numerous players stepping up in their

absence, with junior cornerback DJ Williams recording an interception and one pass breakup. USU also got

pass breakups from safety Gaje Ferguson and LB Chase

Christiansen, and two each from CBs Cameron Haney and Andre Grayson

Saturday was yet another dominating performance from

Utah State, which is now 5-0 in Mountain West play and which has defeated its conference opponents by an average of 26 points per game. The Aggies will return home

next week to continue their Mountain West schedule versus San Jose State. Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m.

— daniel.b.hansen@aggiemail.usu.edu

@thegranddanny

Henry Colombi looked sharp in relief of Jordan Love

Love appeared to be injured on a rushing play late in the

second quarter (it appears he should be clear to play next week versus San Jose State), turning over the reins of the

offense to freshman QB Henry Colombi. Even with a 28-3 lead already in hand, the situation was the most important of Colombi’s young career. The good news is that

Colombi looked sharp in relief, finishing the game with 48 yards passing and adding another 34 yards rushing. More importantly, however, the offense continued to put points

on the board, with Colombi leading the offense to another 28 second half points.

The offense is not as wide open with Colombi at QB in

place of Love, but Saturday night proved that it can still

be effective. Colombi’s mobility and ability to run the ball gives the offense a new dimension and another threat

for defenses to account for. The coaching staff won’t ask

Colombi to do too much, giving the young QB enough easy reads and comfortable throws to keep Colombi’s confi-

dence high and keep the offense moving. This offense still rises and falls with Love, but Colombi showed promise on The Aggies defeated Evergreen State 96-45 in their exhibition game on Nov. 1.

PHOTO BY Tim Carpenter

Saturday night.

PHOTO BY Eugene Tanner/AP Photo

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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Women’s basketball defeats Westminster

By Corbin Allen SPORTS STAFF WRITER

On Friday, the Utah State Women’s basketball team squared of

against the Westminster Griffins in its first and only exhibition

game of the 2018-19 season. Both teams welcomed back 10

players. Five of Utah State’s were last years starters, while the

Griffins returned two full-time starters and two spot starters.

Before any time had run off the clock, the Aggies found them-

selves down by two. The two point deficit was attributed to the

fact that the Aggies did not submit their starting lineup in time

for tip-off. They used a quick 8-2 run to reclaim the lead. The

run included three-pointers from junior guard Olivia West, as

well as one from junior forward Shannon Dufficy. At the end

of a back-and-forth first quarter, USU led by a score of 20-17.

Junior forward Hailey Bassett-Meacham paced the attack with

six points on 3 of 8 shooting. Dufficy and Olivia West also

chipped in with five points apiece for the Aggies.

“Coming into this game, it’s an exhibition game but we

always know that Westminster is going to be tough. … They

always give us a run for our money,¨ Olivia West said.

Leading the way for the Griffins were sophomore guard

Denise Gonzalez and sophomore forward Hunter Krebbs. They

each had six points.

The second quarter was identical to the first. The score read

24-22 in favor of the Aggies when they went on another 8-2

run, which pushed the lead to eight. The run was fueled by a

PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen Utah State’s team cheers on their teammates at the Utah State women’s basketball game against Westminster college on Friday, Nov. 2, in the Dee Glenn Smith Spectrum.

throws from Olivia West. The Griffins pulled within one point

board or letting an easy blow by,” Olivia West said. “Coach just

going into halftime ballooned to a 23-point lead heading into

under two minutes left in the half. On the play, Olivia West

every day in practice.”

hot shooting.

would return to the game for the start of the second half.

sion I caliber-player, and Krebbs always plays well against us,”

never let the Griffins get any closer than 21 points.

USU’s Olivia West brings the ball down the court against

really zeroed in on them. We decided let’s give Deja [Mason] a

Finkbeiner said. “We are looking forward to this year because

three-pointer from Dufficy, as well as a layup and three free

on a three from sophomore guard Kaylee Carlsen with just

rolled her ankle and was immediately subbed out. She would “I’ll be fine, I rolled it pretty bad but it will be okay,¨ she said.

reminded us that we can play good defense and that we do it

¨We had seen these girls before. Gonzalez is probably a divi-

added Utah State head coach Jerry Finkbeiner. “At halftime we

Westminster Friday evening.

shot and then let’s realize where Gonzalez’s weaknesses are.¨

on to outscore Westminster 21-4 in the third quarter and put

timeout against Westminster Friday night.

Coming out of halftime with a six-point lead, the Aggies went

the game out of reach.

¨I definitely think it was just a mindset thing, we were play-

ing good possessions but then letting them get an [offensive]

USU head coach Jerry Finkbeiner instructs his team during a Bassett-Meacham and Dufficy opened the quarter with a 12-0

run which was highlighted by an athletic tip-in by Bassett-

Meacham on a missed free throw. A lead that was six points

the fourth, all thanks to a couple of defensive tweaks and some The fourth quarter in this one was a formality as the Aggies ¨We’ve been looking forward to this moment for a long time,”

we’ve got a lot of maturity and experience that we haven’t had in years and years…I think we are where we want to be this time of year, heading into Washington State next Tuesday.”

— corbin.allen@aggiemail.usu.edu

USU vs Hawaii: By the numbers averaged a season-low 2.2

yards per rush in this con-

much of their offensive effort on the rushing attack, Utah State’s

defense has made dramatic

air for 175 yards and a touchdown. Not crazy numbers by any

improvements from last year in almost every department.

Last season, they finished

ranked 77th in the nation

in opponent yards per carry with a 4.49 average. This

season, they’re 20th allowing 3.37 yards per carry.

7.9 - Yards per rush by

Utah State

When Jordan Love went out

at the end of the first half

est rushing yards of the season. The only team to hold them to

less was Army, which boasts the ninth-ranked rush defense in

the nation. Hawaii’s leading rusher was Cole McDonald, who

had 17 yards on nine runs. As a team, the Rainbow Warriors

which can put up points quickly. The Aggie run game carried who is fourth in the nation in yards per carry (7.5) continued

to be elite as he ran for 141 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries. Gerold Bright had a ridiculous night as well going for 121 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries. For as much

attention as the Aggie pass game has received, and rightfully so, their rushing attack ranks 15th in the nation in yards per carry

(5.52). Let’s give some love to those big guys up front who make that happen.

Love was forced to leave due to injury, freshman Henry Colombi did a fantastic job keeping the offense afloat as he came in and

completed 9-of-11 passes. Oh, by the way, he’s 24-of-29 for 83% this season. And he’s averaging 7.4 yards per rush. To me, the

most impressive part of this offense is how many weapons there

are and how many ways they can hurt a team. Last week against New Mexico, they went for 516 passing yards. This week, 426 rush yards. That’s versatility.

14.3 - Hawaii’s third down conversion percentage

The Rainbow Warriors and the Aggies each faced 14 third

ty significant factor in this game, and it says a lot about USU’s

fans knowing that they would

the team in the second half with 271 yards. Darwin Thompson,

game, however, and the Aggies held them to their second-few-

tency the Aggie faithful have grown accustomed to seeing. After

of nervousness among Aggie

43 - Rushing yards by the Hawaii offense

was very impressive. They do average 120 rushing yards per

means, but this is just another example of the continued consis-

downs in this game, but Utah State converted on eight of

was still at least a little bit

be relying on a backup quarterback against a Hawaii team

the way Utah State made their run game nearly non-existent

pass game was on point. The Aggies went 19-of-24 through the

with a 28-3 lead, I think there

By Jaden Johnson SPORTS CONTENT MANAGER

Now, Hawaii isn’t a prolific rushing offense by any means, but

Even while using two different quarterbacks and focusing

test. I don’t know what Keith Patterson’s secret is, but this

PHOTO BY Eugene Tanner/AP Photo Utah State quarterback Henry Colombi (3) escapes the grasp of Hawaii defensive back Donovan Dalton (29) in the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 3, in Honolulu.

79 - USU’s pass completion percentage in the game

them while Hawaii converted on just two. This played a pretdefense being able to lock it up, take care of business, and get

off the field on third down. Utah State has proven itself as one of the better third down defenses in the nation this season

(33rd) allowing just a 34% conversion rate. The Aggies forced

just two three-and-outs in this game, but held eight of Hawaii’s 13 possessions to just five plays or less. Perhaps more impres-

sive, the ‘Bows averaged just 1.8 yards per pass on third down

and one yard per rush. On the flip side, USU ranks 14th in the nation converting 48% of their third downs.

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OPINION

Voting is easy From the editorial board: Each month, the editorial board of The Utah

Statesman will share our view on a topic we think is worth addressing. This month, we’re encourag-

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To submit a response to this column, or submit a

letter to the editor on a new topic, email your submission to opinion@usustatesman.com.

It’s time to vote.

Today, we have the opportunity to choose our

representatives for our state, our county, and in

have a brief biography and responses from the

candidates about their priorities if elected. While you’re killing time between your classes today, take a few minutes to read over the ballot.

If you want to know more about a particular

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vote.utah.gov. That site also has more in-depth information on candidates, amendments and

propositions — including an explanation of what a vote for and vote against the amendments and propositions really mean.

We’re not telling you who to vote for, but we

our community.

are telling you to go vote. You might think your

many others have the exact same thought. But in

turnout rates are low enough — especially for

You might think your vote doesn’t matter —

the 2014 Utah midterm election, only 17 percent of eligible voters aged 19-28 voted. That’s right.

Statistically speaking, less than one in five col-

vote doesn’t matter, but you’re wrong. Voter

midterm elections — that your ballot will have an impact.

So who are the 83 percent of 19-28-year-old

lege-age voters cast a ballot in that election.

voters that didn’t make it to the polls last time?

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friends, roommates, classmates and neighbors.

Ballots were already mailed out earlier this

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will accept those ballots until 8 p.m. on Election Day.

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live (such as a utility bill

or a vehicle registration).

The polls will be open

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and the closest polling

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