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Utah State defeats BYU in back-to-back seasons for first time in 44 years.
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Utah’s first Latino federal judge is coming to Utah State University By Naomi Ward NEWS STAFF WRITER
In celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
this October, the Utah State University
Latinx Student Union has invited Samuel Alba, the first Latino federal judge in
Utah and USU alumnus, to speak to stu-
dents about his experiences as a student and judge.
Alba’s parents migrated to the US from
Mexico and worked as farm workers, Alba said. He then grew up to study political science at USU and gradu-
ate with his bachelor’s in 1969 before
attending law school at Arizona State. Alba was called to be a federal magis-
trate judge for the US District Court for Utah in 1992, the first Latinx federal
judge to hold the position. He was chief magistrate judge from 2003 and 2008 and currently works in law.
“I was at USU in 1965 and there were
not many students of color at the university at the time,” Alba said. “I was
the first in my family to go to college,
so it was new and scary. But now all my
By Dalton Renshaw SPORTS STAFF WRITER
surviving siblings and I have a college degree.”
The Utah State men’s soccer team kept hold of an early lead
Alba plans to speak about his life story
to fend off BYU-Idaho’s club team, the Madison Dragons,
and why education is so important to
with a final score of 2-1, a score which falls short of telling
him.
exactly how dominant the Aggies were the entire game.
“I had the opportunity to come from
On a cold and windy Friday night in Logan, the Madison
a family of migrant farm workers and
Dragons couldn’t find a way to take down the Aggies.
get to do what I do today. I want to talk
However, it was raining shots as the Aggies kept the keeper
about the importance of some critical
busy pouring in 18 shots including 12 on goal, this opposed
people in my life, who were instrumental
to the four the Dragons were able to get off. This game
in allowing me to achieve what I am,”
tacked on to an already rough night for BYU fans.
Alba said.
From the first kick of the ball, the Aggies looked geared up
“I’m always interested in making sure
people of color know there are opportunities out there for them and know
that they should take advantage of those opportunities.”
Josh Johnson, the Diversity VP for
the Utah State University Student
Association, said he believes having Alba here is a great opportunity for students.
“He has so much knowledge and experi-
ence to share with us that it’s not only a
compliment to the university to have him come, but it’s also an opportunity for our students, especially our Latinx students,
Men’s soccer defeats Madison 2-1
and ready to go. Unfortunately, a big injury from USU cenPHOTO BY Utah State Today Utah Federal Judge Samuel Alba is coming to USU Wednesday.
to see who they can become and to have
ter forward Jake Haddock changed the game plan almost immediately. The injury came in just the third minute as Haddock stretched out for a great ball that was played
that inspiration,” Johnson said.
down the right side by Connan Wallace.
speaks volumes to the potential we have
sounded optimistic about Haddock’s status.
participating with us.”
might be his meniscus, but I’m hoping nothing more serious
at 5:00 p.m. in the International Lounge.
tomorrow after he ices tonight and how mobile he is then
“Just having him here at our university
for more Latinx alumni coming back and Alba will be speaking on October 10th
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It’s still too early to tell, but USU coach Brian Tippets “I’m hoping it’s just a twist,” Tippets said. “He thinks it
than that, nothing ACL. I’ll be interested to see how it looks we will get a better idea for the rest of the season.”
Resilient as ever, the Aggies bounced back soon after, tak-
ing advantage of set pieces to grab a stunning goal from
a power header flicked into the back of the far netting by
‘Spirit of the Scotsman’
midfielder Austin Howard, off a gorgeous free kick sliced
in from about thirty yards out, off the boot of center back Romney Harker.
“I just know that Howard, that he just hits every header
that I put in so he’s the go to guy,” Harker said. “I try to
connect with him and just look for the sweet spot usually around the 6-yard box.”
Not more than four minutes later, the Aggies captured a
second goal of the half with an absolute missile of a strike
that curled its way off the left boot of winger Jaden Bybee, who made a great run through the defense and worked his
way right to left across the top of the 18-yard box freeing up enough space to smash one in past the keeper. In the 19th minute, Utah State led 2-0.
From this point on in the first half, things started to look
pretty easy for the white shirts. They were putting pressure on Madison constantly, causing the opposition to get frus-
trated which resulted in a yellow card for BYU-I at the 23rd minute mark.
USU captains Cooper Hazen and Harker solidified the
back line, which allowed fullbacks Chase Allan and Wallace to play higher upfield, causing a lot of turnovers for the Dragons on their side of the center touch line.
Midfielders Aye Moe and Ale Vieyra had great games as
well, causing havoc from box to box and making some
incredibly creative plays continuing to create chances on goal until the end of the first half.
Around the 40th minute is where the mood shifted slight-
ly, and things became a little tense. Right before the end
of the first half as the Aggies went in for a challenge just PHOTO BY Tim Carpenter The Utah State student section sings “The Scotsman” on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 during the first home football game of the year against New Mexico State. Utah State won 60—13. By Kortni Wells STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
Homecoming week is a chance for Utah State University stu-
dents to celebrate and remember the rich traditions of heritage that are associated with college and what it means to be an “Aggie from Utah.”
This year, students celebrate the 100th year of the “Spirit of
the Scotsman” giving recognition to the rise of the song written by alumnus Ebenezer Kirkham from the class of 1918.
As a student at USU, professor emeritus Larry Smith led a
17-member dance band called the Scotsmen that played for
most of the student dances and served as the pep band for the basketball games in the Fieldhouse.
Smith led the band from 1957-59 as a student and in 1965 as
a faculty member. In the 1980s, Smith wrote a new arrange-
ment of the Scotsman for the USU band to play. This is the version USU fans now hear at the games.
Dr. Lane Weaver, director for the Aggie Marching Band, was
first introduced to the Scotsman as a freshman student in the
Aggie Marching Band in 1993.
Most of the football games at that time were finished by
the time students came back to campus after summer break.
There wasn’t much crowd involvement or interaction, but the Scotsman was still known as the school song.
As a trombone player, Weaver played the drone that is heard
at the beginning of the Scotsman(where people now start waving their arms back and forth).
“Trombone players are always trying to keep themselves
entertained and there’s kind of a personality that comes out,” Weaver said. “We started to move our horns back and forth and that was it. We kind of just started doing it.”
Eventually the students caught on and began asking the band
to play the Scotsman at basketball games in the Spectrum. From there the Scotsman fight song was born.
“Nobody knew the words to the fight song or the Scotsman in
1993, so that’s been kind of a neat thing to see embraced that is now a part of the culture of the university,” Weaver said. Scott Olson, chair of this year’s USU’s homecoming
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inside the box, which the referee didn’t think was clean, a
penalty was awarded to Madison which they converted for their only goal of the game.
USU keeper Tevan Tippets was not pleased with this deci-
sion, and the referee acknowledged this with a yellow card.
This was the second of the half for Utah State, as they were shown yellow just five minutes before going in for another challenge. Tippets was a good sport after the game as he elaborated on the situation.
“The yellow card truthfully wasn’t for the words,” he said.
“I grabbed the ball and threw it away.”
He also shared his thoughts on the tackle leading to the
penalty kick.
“It was soft, it looked pretty clean, but that’s sometimes
the way the calls go,” Tippets said. “I feel like it’s a rough
one, but I would have loved to keep that shutout, but it happens that’s the game of soccer sometimes calls go your way sometimes they don’t.”
Nevertheless, the Aggies went into halftime with a 2-1
lead.
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