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More adjuncts will be brought in to teach classes for the College of Education and Human Services as current faculty and staff take the early retirement incentive, or get laid off, said the college’s dean, Carol Strong. “Classes may be taught by adjuncts who are paid per class taught and are not on contract,” Strong said. “At this point that is the primary plan we’re looking at.” Strong said some positions may not be replaced at all, which would result in larger class sizes for students. Other classes may only be taught every other semester, or every
other year, depending on the necessity of the class, she said. As classes back up due to fewer teachers and courses offered, Strong said there is the possibility students will be delayed in their graduation. “We hope that such a delay doesn’t occur, but it A three-part series, part 3 of 3 is possible,” she said. “However, we’ll get them all in, and we’ll get them done; it’ll be a little different operating procedures.” Strong said all seven departments in the college will remain intact and no programs will be cut. The college will also move forward with many of their initiatives, includ-
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ing the exercise science program which is coordinating with the pre-physical therapy program, and the STEM education program which encourages students to pursue careers in the fields of science, mathematics and education, she said. The college will also continue forward with the construction of a new education building, which is being helped along with a $25 million gift from the Emma Eccles Jones Foundation. “We’ll be the center with the largest impact in early childhood education in the intermountian region within the decade,” Strong said. Even though Strong said her college is having to purge 5 percent of its budget,
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Easter tradition enjoyed by residents Students attempt to set the world record for the longest thumb wrestling chain. Page 3
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Students purchase bullet bikes for convenience and thrill. Page 5
Sports CACHE VALLEY RESIDENTS GATHERED ON OLD MAIN HILL Sunday afternoon to toss previously decorated eggs down the grass as a part of the community’s Easter traditions. At the end of the day, egg shells were strewn across the ground, only to be scavenged by a group of seagulls. TYLER LARSON photo
Students pitch ideas at E-Week New VP USU’s football team is getting into the swing of things as scrimmages continue. Page 8
Opinion “English is a pretty messed-up language when it comes right down to it, with plenty of hardand-fast rules that need breaking with every other word.” Page 11
Almanac Today in History: In 1997, in Augusta, Georgia, 21-year-old Tiger Woods wins the prestigious Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes.
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of Student Services announced
By SETH BRACKEN staff writer
First-prize winner for the Entrepreneur Club elevator-pitch competition took home $4,500 to support the sales of a salsa jar with a raising bottom to make the salsa more accessible. Joshua Lightly, junior majoring in economics, finance and entrepreneurship, said his idea has been in the making since the beginning of this semester when he pitched his idea in a class. “It’s innovation with practicality,” Lightly said. Second-prize winners, Brandon Hunt, senior majoring in entrepreneurship, and Josh Taylor walked away with $3,300 for their idea of a newsletter for chiropractors. The prize money given out to all the winners totaled more than $10,000. The competition was the culmination of Entrepreneur Week (E-Week) activities that had been taking place all week, said Steve Eaton, director of communications for the College of Business. The price tag for the entire week was about $40,000 with all of the funds coming from private organizations; no money was given by the school, Eaton said. Elevator-pitch contestants had two minutes to outline their idea for a way to start a business. The ideas varied from floating face cards to a pizza and a movie restaurant and even a digital personal trainer. The elevator competition was judged by 13 business men and women. The contestants were judged on the product, demand, price, resources and legal protection. E-Week was a great success, said Brad Larkin, Entrepreneur Club president. The tradition will continue and the plans for next year’s E-Week are already being made, he said. Eaton said it was a great opportunity for Utah State to spread the word about the college of business. The club also sponsored a high school elevator-pitch competition and there were students from several high schools competing, including some from Salt Lake City. Team Anaconda, a team of 10 members, won the 72-hour business competition, winning $2,000 to share. This competition was akin to the television show “The Apprentice,” where
By RACHEL A. CHRISTENSEN news editor
E-WEEK OFFERED STUDENTS like Jesse Randal the opportunity to pitch their business idea to a panel of judges, potentially winning startup capital for their business. Randal took fifth place with his business idea for International Prodigies. BRIAN FRANCOM photo
team members were given the assignment to design and sell as many T-shirts as possible in a 72-hour time period. The team that won sold $3,000 worth of T-shirts and also raised $1,800 in donations for the E-Club. The members of the team were Matt Weese, Chris Shipley, Justin Harding, Joshua Light, Mark Watterson, Taylor Edwards and Ryan Griffeth. –seth.bracken@aggiemail.usu.edu
James D. Morales from the University of Minnesota, Morris, will replace Gary Chambers as USU vice president for Student Services, USU President Stan Albrecht announced Friday in a Board of Trustees meeting. According to a press release, Morales is currently the associate vice chancellor for enrollment at the University of Minnesota, Morris, and in the past worked as assistant director of Student Support Services for the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Albrecht said he hopes Morales will make his new position more accessible to students. “We’ll deeply miss Gary, but James will be a valuable asset,” Albrecht said. The press release states Chambers will retire in June and Morales will start in the position sometime this summer. The Board of Trustees also approved a proposal Friday from the department of management information systems (MIS) in the Huntsman School
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Today is Monday, April 13, 2009. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Alexis Hutchinson, a freshman majoring in social work from Pleasant Grove, Utah.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Katie Holmes is headed back to the stage, this time for the annual Memorial Day weekend concert in Washington, D.C. Holmes and actor Gary Sinise are among the stars confirmed for the event, set for Sunday, May 24. The wife of Tom Cruise along HOLMES with actress Dianne Weist will team up to read one veteran’s personal story. Those readings have been based on veterans’ letters home in past concerts. The policy of The Utah Statesman is The concert will include appearto correct any error made as soon as ances by Laurence Fishburne, possible. If you find something you Katharine McPhee, Trace Adkins, would like clarified or find unfair, former Secretary of State Colin please contact the editor at 797-1762 Powell and Broadway stars or TSC 105. CREW MEMBERS OF the ship celebrate after their captain was released, on the deck of the Maersk Brian Stokes Mitchell and Colm Alabama at the Mombasa port in Kenya, Sunday. AP photo Wilkinson. NEW YORK (AP) – Stephen Colbert is still clinging to hope that NASA will name a new room at the international space station after him. 2 Houston firefighters MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) – An American ship Obama said Phillips had courage that was The space agency said Friday die in house fire captain was freed unharmed Sunday and three of “a model for all Americans� and he was pleased it would announce the name of his captors were killed in a daring rescue by U.S. about the rescue, adding that the United States the module Tuesday on Comedy HOUSTON (AP) – Two firefightNavy Seals that ended a five-day standoff between needs help from other countries to deal with the Central’s “The Colbert Report.� ers in Texas have died in an Easter the world’s most powerful Navy and Somali threat of piracy and to hold pirates accountable. Astronaut Sunita Williams will Sunday house fire. pirates in a lifeboat far off the Horn of Africa. The Navy said Phillips was freed at 7:19 p.m. appear on the program. Houston Fire Department District Capt. Richard Phillips was in “imminent danlocal time. He was taken aboard the Norfolk, The agency held an online conChief Tommy Dowdy said the depart- ger� of being killed before U.S. Special Operations Virginia-based Bainbridge and then flown to the test, letting the public vote on a ment responded to a house fire call forces shot the pirates in an operation personally San Diego-based USS Boxer for the medical exam, name for a future addition to the early Sunday in the southeast part of approved by President Barack Obama, U.S. offi5th Fleet spokesman Lt. Nathan Christensen said. station. “Colbert� beat out NASA’s the city. cials said. Christensen said Phillips was now “resting four suggested options: Serenity, Dowdy confirmed that two firePhillips’ crew, who said they had escaped after comfortably.� The USS Boxer was in the Indian Legacy, Earthrise and Venture. fighters died at the scene. He would he offered himself as a hostage, erupted in cheers Ocean off the coast of Somalia, Christensen said. TORONTO (AP) – Billy Bob not release additional details pending aboard their ship docked in Mombasa, Kenya. U.S. officials said a fourth pirate had surrenThornton’s band has canceled the notification of their families. Some waved an American flag and fired flares in dered and was in military custody. FBI spokesman rest of its Canadian tour after the Neighbors said firefighters had celebration. John Miller said that would change as the situation actor compared the country’s fans entered the house after the blaze Phillips, 53, of Underhill, Vermont, was not became “more of a criminal issue than a military to mashed potatoes with no gravy appeared to be dying down. hurt in several minutes of gunfire and the U.S. issue.� in a testy interview that caused a But witnesses said flames suddenly Navy’s 5th Fleet said he was resting comfortably A spokeswoman for the Phillips family, Alison sensation online. shot through the roof and erupted on a U.S. warship after receiving a medical exam. McColl, said Phillips and his wife, Andrea, spoke The cancellation came two days sideways through the house. “I’m just the byline. The real heroes are the by phone shortly after he was freed. after Thornton made world headAuthorities said firefighters were Navy, the Seals, those who have brought me “I think you can all imagine their joy and what lines with a belligerent appearance then ordered out of the house but two home,� Phillips said by phone to Maersk Line a happy moment that was for them,� McColl said on CBC radio’s “Q.� failed to answer roll call. Limited President and CEO John Reinhart, the outside of the Phillips home in Underhill. “They’re The actor apparently didn’t like company head told reporters. A photo released by all just so happy and relieved. Andrea wanted me that host Jian Ghomeshi started Red River tributary the Navy showed Phillips unharmed and shaking to tell the nation that all of your prayers and good the interview with references to poised to flood hands with the commanding officer of the USS wishes have paid off because Capt. Phillips is safe.� Thornton’s Hollywood career. Bainbridge HORACE, N.D. (AP) – Residents of the Fargo area already have survived one threatening flood crest this spring on the Red River and are hunDavid Letterman’s Top Ten Signs kered down for another. For others Your Monkey Needs a Bath July 17, in the region, it’s been more like slow 2008 torture as they wait for high water to peak on one of the Red’s little broth10. Even his fleas have fleas. ers. The Red River crested at Fargo and 9. He’s sweating right through his VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope rection. friars marched into the church neighboring Moorhead, Minn., late adorable monkey sailor suit. Benedict XVI sought to give In his speech, Benedict to the sound of bagpipes, follast month just short of 41 feet, after a message of hope on Easter said hope was urgently needed lowed by clergymen in purple an intense sandbagging effort that 8. Your daily horoscope reads, “Today around the globe, despite capes and others bearing crossis a great day to wash your monkey.� raised levees and helped the two cities Sunday to victims of wars, mounting reasons for despair. es. largely escape major damage. The riv- poverty and financial turmoil, “At a time of world food And in the earthquake-rav7. Tries to cover up odor by wearing er’s second crest is projected to reach saying it was urgently needed to overcome the miseries that are shortage, of financial turmoil, aged central Italian city of too much monkey aftershave. 38 feet to 40 feet by next weekend. plaguing Africa, the Middle East of old and new forms of poverty, L’Aquila, survivors gathered in 6 die after organ and other parts of the globe. of disturbing climate change, of makeshift chapels set up in tent 6. Even the really slutty monkey next door refuses to groom him. Benedict delivered his “Urbi violence and depravation which that are housing some of transplant plane crash et Orbi� message – Latin for “to force many to leave their home- cities the 55,000 people driven from 5. Town’s sign reads “Home of the lands in search of a less pretheir homes by Monday’s 6.3ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – A co- the city and the world� – after Rancid Baboon Stench.� celebrating Easter Mass before carious form of existence, of the magnitude temblor. pilot may have accidentally activat“We are all a little bit angry ed the autopilot on a medical plane tens of thousands of people who ever-present threat of terrorism, 4. You purchase so much Lysol, they packed St. Peter’s Square and the of growing fears over the future, with God because we never shortly before it crashed and killed put you on the board of directors. boulevard leading up to it. it is urgent to rediscover grounds expected a tragedy this big,� both pilots and a four-member The piazza, decorated with for hope,� he said. L’Aquila Archbishop Giuseppe organ transplant team, according to 3. Threatening note thrown through yellow tulips, azaleas, apple In Jerusalem, the faithful Molinari told the faithful gatha federal safety agency’s report. your window tied to a banana. blossoms and other spring flow- celebrated Mass at the Church of ered in a tent. “But even anger The report on a simulation of the flight’s final minutes came from ers, overflowed with the faithful the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally toward God is a sign of faith.� 2. Been offered the cover of next celebrating the most joyous and believed to mark the site where Benedict delivered his Easter month’s “Smelly Monkey Magazine.� a National Transportation Safety important day in the Christian Jesus was crucified, buried and message from the loggia of St. Board team, the Detroit Free Press church calendar, Christ’s resurthen resurrected. Brown-robed Peter’s Basilica. 1. He smells like Andy Dick. reported Sunday.
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Students go for world record thumb wrestling chain Briefs Campus & Community
Guitar program presents ‘An evening in Brazil’
AS A PART OF E-WEEK ACTIVITIES, USU students attempt to set the world record for the longest thumb wrestling chain. More than 100 students turned out to the activity which was last Wednesday in the TSC Ballroom. CAMERON PETERSON photo
Trustees: Business to consolidate MIS -continued from page 1 of Business which consolidates its three emphases into one. The change will take effect fall semester 2009. According to the proposal, the managerial, technical and training and development emphases will be combined into a single MIS major. The proposal document states streamlining the curriculum by removing the emphases will allow the school to “make more efficient use of existing faculty.” Raymond Coward, executive vice president and provost, said, “This is (the Huntsman School of Business’) response, frankly, to the series of budget cuts.” Also during the meeting, Coward said 87 percent of the voluntary separation program applicants were approved. “It doesn’t solve the problem, but it gives administrators a card to play that they didn’t have a month ago, so it gives flexibility,” he said. Although the university is doing what it can to protect the school from budget cuts’ impacts, Albrecht said the school is already anticipating another cut in the fiscal year 2011. “The big challenge is as we look ahead,” he said. Application numbers are up 18 percent this year, but Coward said this doesn’t necessarily mean USU will see increased enrollment numbers. High school seniors nationally are applying to more schools during this economic crisis, and he said they will wait to enroll until they see if they can find financial aid. “There’s a bit of uncertainty,” he said. “We’ll have to wait and see.” The board also approved a proposal from the School of Teacher Education and Leadership in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. The proposal asked for the creation of a master’s of education specialization in instructional leadership, which will take effect fall 2009. Coward said the master’s has been a two-part program in the past. The new master’s will quicken and shorten the program, and Coward said this will make it look more attractive to possible applicants. –rac.ch@aggiemail.usu.edu
A new kind of senior class LOGAN, Utah (AP) – Utah State University has welcomed an entirely new senior class. The school’s “Senior University” is an on-campus classroom for senior citizens, who attend weekly lectures on a variety of subjects. There are no exams, grades, or college credit, but each student receives a certificate of completion at the end of the semester. Now in its fourth semester, Senior U has an enrollment of 40. “Thanks to the amazing students and instructors, this has been a most rewarding experience,” said Melissa Nuntapreda, a Utah State student who started the program. “With such diverse backgrounds and varied ages, everyone involved can learn valuable lessons from each class and each individual.” Senior U students travel to campus for 10 weekly lectures. Subjects range from astronomy to folklore to current events. USU instructors donate 45-minute presentations and stay after class to answer questions from the students – and the Q&A period often runs past the allotted time. Enrollment has increased each semester since it
began. “A lot of people have great ideas. Melissa is a person who made her idea happen,” said Lisa Vaugh, USU community service coordinator. “As a result, she leaves a lasting legacy that will continue to serve senior citizens, USU students, and faculty long after she graduates.” Nuntapreda graduates this spring and is considering her options, including medical school and a career in pediatrics. But Senior U will continue without her at her alma mater. “This opportunity is unique because it gives us a chance to be involved with the university and younger people with continued learning,” said student Joel Madsen. “Melissa deserves a great deal of credit for the success of this program and the opportunity it’s given us older folk here in Cache Valley.” Madsen, and his wife, Karen, have completed all four semesters. “This has just been tremendous to have something to look forward to every week,” Karen Madsen said.
Bald eagle recovering at shelter SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) – A bald eagle is being nursed back to health after being found near death from high levels of heavy metals, including lead and mercury. The female bird has gained two pounds since it was found in early March and taken to Great Basin Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education in Springville. The eagle was emaciated and had a broken wing. The lower part of the wing needed to be amputated, but the bird is now eating on her own. “She ended up getting round-the-clock care,” said Patti Richards, director of the rehabilitation center. Officials believe the eagle may have been poisoned by tailings from old mine operations found in Utah’s mountains. Blood tests showed very high levels of lead, mercury and selenium, and the bird had been poisoned by a chemical used in solvent, said Kent Mason, assistant director of wildlife rehabilitation center. The eagle was found near Deseret Chemical Depot, where employees have adopted the eagle’s recovery. “They call almost every day to get an update,” she said.
PoliceBlotter Saturday, April 4 • USU Police responded to the Aggie Terrace for a report of four individuals longboarding in the Aggie Terrace causing a hazard to vehicle traffic. Police were able to contact all four individuals and warned them about skateboarding on campus as it was the first offense for all three. Monday, April 6 • Police responded to a disorderly person in the USU Parking Office. When police arrived the individual calmed down and finished their transaction and then left the office with no further problems. • USU Police received a report of a domestic violence assault involving a student who lives on campus. The assault occurred off campus and the Cache County Sheriffs Office was contacted to investigate the case. The suspect was arrested and booked into
THIS PHOTO PROVIDED BY MARGE GIBSON shows Gibson, executive director of the Raptor Education Center, holding a 28-year-old bald eagle in Ladysmith, Wis. on Thursday March 19. AP photo
Depot officials do not believe the bird was poisoned at the Army facility west of Salt Lake City, but have volunteered to cover the veterinary costs – which have topped $9,000. “We are doing everything we can to help,” depot spokesman Russ Wallis said. “Because the bird was found on an Army base, as a show of good faith we took it upon ourselves to help with the rehabilitation of the eagle because we knew it was so expensive.” Richards says the bird is show-
ing encouraging signs, but the recovery still has a way to go. “I try not to get emotionally involved because you don’t know if they are going to make it,” Richards said. “She’s healthier, she’s eating on her own, but it’s whether we can flush these toxins” that will determine the bird’s fate. Richards said the eagle will never be able to return to the wild because of its amputated wing, but could still be used locally for education programs, Richards said.
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the Cache County Jail and has been banned from campus. Tuesday, April 7 • A vehicle was burglarized while parked on the fourth floor of the Aggie Terrace and an iPod was stolen. The burglary occurred Tuesday, April 7 between 6:15 and 7:30 p.m. Police are investigating. • USU Police responded to the parking lot north of the Recital Hall on a minor traffic accident. It appears that a vehicle rolled out of a parking stall and struck another vehicle. Police are investigating. Wednesday, April 8 • USU Police responded to a report in the Biology and Natural Resource building of a male subject looking in the women restroom. The subject was identified and was given a citation to appear in court.
Thursday, April 9 • Police responded to the west side of the SANT Engineering Building on an animal problem. Police located a goose that was wandering in the area. The goose was transported to First Dam and released. Friday, April 10 • USU Police responded to a traumatic injury that occurred when a student was playing around at the End of Year Bash Dance and pulled down a stage light that hit another student in the head. Logan paramedics responded and evaluated the individual. The individual was released on scene and stated he would go to the hospital to be checked out.
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Several years ago, Utah State University professor Mike Christiansen spent some time during a sabbatical leave in Brazil. Now, Christiansen, with the help of two native Brazilian musicians, brings a touch of Brazil to Logan. Providing the authentic Brazilian feel are musicians Christopher Neale, guitar and vocals, and vocalist Linda Ferreira, joined by the Lightwood Duo with Christiansen on guitar and Eric Nelson on clarinet. Rounding out the group are bassist Lars Yorgason and drummer Jed Keipp. All combine talents for “An Evening in Brazil,” a concert sponsored by the guitar program in USU’s Department of Music and Caine School of the Arts. Concert date is Thursday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in USU’s Performance Hall (approximately 1090 E. 675 North, Logan). Admission is $5 and tickets are available at the CSA Box Office by calling (435) 797-8022, online (http://boxoffice.usu.edu), or at the door.
Ceramics guild to hold spring pottery sale Utah State University’s Student Ceramics Guild holds its annual Spring Sale and Open House Thursday, April 23, from 5-9 p.m. The sale continues Friday and Saturday, April 24-25, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. This year, the sale takes place in the USU ceramics studio, FAV 121, located on the southwest corner of 700 North and 1200 East in Logan. Free after hours parking is available in the lot northeast of the USU fine arts building. Work by approximately 20 students will be exhibited and is for sale, including a broad selection of functional and non-functional ceramics. Sale organizers said there are items for every budget, with some pots starting at $8. Many mid-priced items are also available. Previous guild sales have included bowls of every size and description, mugs, casseroles, vases, various pouring vessels, plates, planters, lanterns and more. Examples of USU’s woodfire pots will be well represented, as will pots from the salt, soda and gas kilns.
Awards for 2008 writing comp. presented The winners of the 2008 Leonard J. Arrington Writing Award competition were recognized at a recent Friends of the Merrill-Cazier Library spring lecture at Utah State University. Award recipients include Kelly Lelegren who received $1,000 for her first-place effort. Lelegren is a graduate student completing a master’s program in the department of history. The second place award of $500 was presented to Alyson Bernhisel, a sophomore at USU majoring in English teaching. The $250 third place prize went to Trenton Olsen, a master’s degree student in English. Students from the Intermountain region who attended the Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture and who submitted an appropriate essay were eligible for prizes in the writing competition.
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Budget: Bad economy stalling some initiatives, but not all -continued from page 1 state-funded money – which is what is being cut from the university – is only a portion of what the college operates on. Strong said they also receive significant amounts of funding through distance education and research. A variety of clinics around Logan also generate revenue for the college, she said. While students will notice new faces around the college, and increased class sizes in select subjects, Strong said she doesn’t expect her students to feel a strong impact from the budget cuts. Most of the impact will land on the faculty and staff whose salaries are funded largely through state money, she said. College of Agriculture The consolidation of USU’s animal farms, and the postponement of certain initiatives is what students in the College of Agriculture can expect next year, said Noelle Cockett, the college’s dean. Currently, the College of Agriculture has animal farms along 1400 North in Logan where they raise sheep, horses and more for educational purposes, Cockett said. The plan is to move all the existing farms to the south farm where the AG Teaching and Research Center is located. This will consolidate all of USU’s animal farms in a central location, and will save the college money, she said. “That’s actually an advantage to our students because it puts everything in one area, and it’ll save the college money,” Cockett said. While Cockett said it is her hope this move will save money, she said the college may not have all the species it currently has. To determine which animals will leave, she said the college will look at how large the industry involving that species is in Utah, in addition to the number of students involved in that program. “We are looking at programs that are growing and are relevant,” Cockett said. “Students may not have quite as many options.” Budget reductions will also make it harder for the college to move forward with initiatives it has been looking into, Cockett said. “We were going to add more people to AG communications department; we’ll have to put that off for now. It won’t shrink, it just won’t grow for now,” she said. However, this does not mean all initiatives are being put on the back burner.
Cockett said her college has been planning to build an equine education center by the south farm, and has the intention of moving forward with those plans. She said there is also the opportunity for the College of Agriculture to build a new facility on the east side of the Quad. Other than these minor changes, Cockett said she doesn’t anticipate the students in her college will notice much when they return to school next fall. “It just sounds crazy, but I don’t think our students are going to notice much,” she said. Unlike most colleges at Utah, the College of Agriculture is able to generate revenue in forms other than grants and donations, Cockett said. In the past Aggie Ice Cream has been funded largely through state dollars; however, it will soon be funded solely on its own revenue, which will allow the college to use that money to make up for cuts in other areas, she said. Cockett said her college, too, may experience layoffs; however, early retirement may free up enough money to save jobs. College of Natural Resources
Loosing too many faculty members in the College of Natural Resources would decrease the amount of external funding received, and could perpetuate budget problems, said the college’s dean, Nat Frazer. “I did a survey in 2006 of all the money spent by our college, and 48 percent of what we spent was generated through external funds received by faculty members,” Frazer said. While Frazer said he is unsure at this time if there will be a need for personnel cuts, he said there is the possibility. If there are cuts, Frazer said it will be necessary for professors to step up and take on extra responsibilities. As a result of fewer professors, Frazer said class sizes might increase, but not by much. He said his college is working diligently to ensure students are affected as little as possible by these cuts. Frazer also said he is impressed with the way his college, the remaining six colleges around campus and USU’s central administrators have handled budget reductions. “From what I’ve seen, having been at other organizations under similar circumstances, everyone is handling budget cuts in the most humane way possible, which makes me very proud to be under Stan Albrecht’s administration,” Frazer said. –greg.boyles@aggiemail.usu.edu
Aggie Scene
Monday, April 13, 2009
Taking a ride on the wild side Motor bikes thrilling, yet dangerous
SENIOR LEO KORIKOV RIDES his motor bike through Logan Canyon. In Utah the only requirement to ride a motorcycle is to acquire a motorcycle license through the Division of Motor Vehicles. TYLER LARSON photos
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By CANDICE SANDNESS staff writer
Bullet bikes are made for speed, and more speed means more caution for the rider. The great gas mileage, the speed, convenience and the thrill were all reasons why Leo Korikov, senior in aviation, chose to get one. “I like speed,” Korikov said. “It’s fun to ride.” In Utah the only requirement to ride a motorcycle is to pass a written test through the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Although the DMV does suggest a safety course for new riders, it is not required. Korikov has been in five accidents since purchasing his first bike in 2004, with the worst accident cutting his right calf as he was side swiped by a semi that pushed him into another vehicle. His bike peg cut into his calf as he attempted to keep himself and his bike from falling over. Korikov had to be rushed to the emergency room to have his calf splice taken care of. He was out on the roads riding again two weeks later. “I have become more cautious now (while riding) and I pay more attention more since my first spill,” he said. Korikov said his biking gear and his helmet has saved him from bodily harm and his helmet has saved his life. While out riding on a colder day in Logan near Angie’s Restaurant and making a turn out of the parking lot, his bike slipped because of bad traction and Korikov fell off the bike and hit his face on the road. “If I wasn’t wearing my helmet, I’d probably would have lost a giant part of my face and would have been severely injured,” he said. In 2007 motorcycle helmets saved 1,784 lives, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and if all motorcyclists had worn helmets, 800 more lives would have been saved and helmets are estimated to be 37 percent effective in preventing fatal injuries and 67 percent effective in preventing brain injuries. Korikov said he always wears full gear when riding, including at least two to four layers of clothing plus a jacket and always his helmet. Korikov said the warmer the day, the better it is to ride because warmer weather means better traction. Cold weather reduces tire traction. “Sunny, warm days are best,” Korikov said. “My favorite day to go out riding are Sunday afternoons in the summer when there are no cars on the road.” Korikov said he has driven to Park City from Logan on his bullet bike and also to the Uinta National Forest and Wyoming. Korikov is not the only student who thoroughly enjoys having a bullet bike. Chris Givens, junior in aviation from Lynchburg, Va., bought a Suzuki SV 650s two months ago. Givens decided to buy his own bike for the simple enjoyment and the sense of freedom he gets when riding.
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The history of an Apocryphal alphabet By BRENDON BUTLER staff writer
English is a strange language. Even though it allows us to communicate with each other, the written rules of grammar often conflict or make little sense. English spelling is mysterious and illogical. Words like through (“oooh”), and thorough (“oh”), give a rough (“uff”), idea of the peculiarities of the language. English spelling isn’t easy for native speakers, much less for speakers of English as a second language. Many have tried to reform English rules of spelling, but most attempts to reform the English language faced the impossible hurdle of the ubiquity of the old; that is, how to teach an entire society a new form of orthography at one time? Brigham Young and the early pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints almost succeeded in clearing that hurdle with the Deseret alphabet, a system of writing English with phonetic symbols. The Deseret alphabet contains 38 letters, each one representing a unique sound in the English language. Many of the symbols are unique to Deseret, while others are taken whole from ancient alphabets such as Greek. LaJean Purcell Carruth, an expert in transcribing documents written in Pitman shorthand and in the Deseret alphabet, learned the Deseret alphabet when she was 11 years old. She said the alphabet succeeds in simplifying a few English words. For example, Carruth said, there is one symbol for the word “the” in Deseret. Other single symbols represent sounds like “ch”, “ay” and “oh”, making it possible write English words like “chew,” “they” and “though” with only two letters.
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instrumental in not just furthering women, but the entire community,� Odell said. According to the Women’s Center Web site, www.usu.edu/womencenter, nominees for the award must be over 65, currently reside in Cache Valley, cannot be on the staff of the Women’s Center or on the advisory board and must “demonstrate leadership and significant progress in her chosen field of endeavor ... and should include the advancement and equality of life for women.� Nominations are made without notifying the nominee and must be accompanied by two letters of recommendation. Anyone can nominate and The Women’s Center welcomes all nominations. The Women’s Center Web site also states the award counters society’s emphasis on youth in America and educates that people live very active and productive lives in later years. This is true of Lucille Hansen. Hansen raised four children as a single mother, is the proud grandmother of 17 and great-grandmother of three. Hansen received her bachelor’s degree from BYU in 1957 in elementary education and music. For 10 years she stayed home with her children and then returned to teaching after a divorce. She moved to Logan in 1978 and taught at USU’s Edith Bowen
Elementary Laboratory, among other schools. Twenty-three years after earning her bachelor’s, Hansen earned her Master of Education From USU. “I have a huge thirst for knowledge and am always taking a class,� she said. Even at 74, her education continues. Currently she is enrolled in religious studies and LDS Institute classes. Hansen said she also enjoys travel and learning about other cultures. She has visited six of the seven continents, has either judged or helped coordinate Utah’s Geography Bee for the past 21 years, and has taught Islam at U of U and been involved in their Middle East outreach programs. Before formally retiring from teaching in 1998, Hansen spent one year teaching in China at the University of Science and Technology. Though a retired educator, Hansen has not been retired from life. In 2001, Hansen said she became a Logan Tabernacle Visitor’s Guide. Odell said Hansen believed the beauty of that building, with its amazing acoustics, was being wasted. Odell also said Hansen believed it was a waste not to hear all the talent in the valley. The idea for the summer Tabernacle Noon Concerts was born, where five to six days a week, local artists put on 30-minute to one hour
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concerts at no expense to the public. Hansen spends nonsummer months recruiting and organizing summer Tabernacle performances. Hansen’s Tabernacle project not only provides a forum in which local artists can perform, but quality entertainment for anyone who visits the valley. “One of my passions is to encourage young people to perform and improve in the area of theater, arts and music,� she said. Hansen is also one of the largest contributors to Tremonton’s Old Barn Community Theater. Odell said the life-long community contribution, such as the service Hansen has given, is at the very heart of the award. “These women (who receive the Over 65 Lifetime Achievement Award) continue to contribute long after 65. This is our opportunity to thank them,� Odell said. –jennifer.whiteley@aggiemail.usu.edu
Speed: Students enjoy excitement of ride -continued from page 5 It wasn’t terribly hard learning how to ride a motorcycle since throughout his childhood he rode dirt bikes, Givens said. “I wasn’t new to the concept of two wheels,� he said. “I definitely wasn’t buying the bike because of the image, I bought it because they’re fun, to be honest.� Riding precautions include always wearing long-sleeve shirts and long pants down to the ankles and wearing a longsleeve jacket. Because of the extremely hot exhaust pipes on bikes, wearing pants is important so the rider and the backseat passenger are not burned, commonly on the lower leg, Korikov said. Korikov, a California resident who obtained his motorcycle license in California, said motorcycle Utah laws and California laws are quite different.
According to www.home.ama-cycle. org, California law requires riders to wear helmets while Utah only requires safety helmets for people under the age of 18 – though it is encouraged to wear them, it’s not required. Also, the site states California law requires a state-funded rider education course under age 21, while in Utah law it’s not required but is open for all applicants. Another major difference between riding in Utah and California is that in California lane splitting is allowed while in Utah law it is illegal, and also turn signals are required in California but in Utah they are not. Korikov said he hopes that sometime in Utah’s future that Utah lawmakers require helmet wearing because it saves lives. –candice.sandness@aggiemail.usu.edu
Letters: Language has historic past -continued from page 5 Though the Deseret alphabet does simplify spelling, Carruth said, the characters are very complicated to write. She said reading the characters is difficult too, because they are ornate and there are no heads nor tails to help distinguish between characters and to vary the heights of the lines. Documents written in cursive Deseret are even more difficult to read, she said. Some of Brigham Young’s ledgers and some personal journals of early Mormon settlers were written in Deseret, Carruth said. Carruth said the Merrill-Cazier library has one of Brigham Young’s original ledgers written in Deseret in its Special Collections. In his 1953 essay, “The Deseret Alphabet,� BYU professor Samuel C. Monson said unique conditions in 1850s Utah allowed the Deseret alphabet to gain a toehold, and explained why it eventually fell into disuse. Monson said the combination of remoteness of the Utah territory, the number of Mormon pioneers with little education and the high percentage of non-English speaking immigrants allowed a 20-year window of isolation in which to implement the change, ending with the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. Monson suggested that Mormon doctrine also played a part in the adoption of the Deseret alphabet. In his essay, he said early church leaders had looked forward to a restoration of the pure Adamic language, as was spoken before the confusion of tongues at the tower of Babel. The Deseret alphabet may have been a step in that direction, he
said. George Watt, the first Mormon convert from England, could have been the man who interested Brigham Young in the problem of spelling reform, Monson said. Watt was an expert in Pitman shorthand, a system of speedwriting which uses phonetic symbols to represent sounds of words, he said, which is the basic idea of the Deseret Alphabet. Between 1854 and Young’s death in 1877, interest in the Deseret Alphabet waxed and waned in Utah. Monson said the transcribing and printing of books proved extremely difficult and expensive. In 1859 Orson Pratt was asked to transcribe Webster’s Dictionary into Deseret. After one month Pratt quit, saying all the gold in California could not induce him to go on. In the next decade, however, Pratt would help to transcribe two school primers, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and the Bible into Deseret. Only the primers, called “The First and Second Books of Deseret,� and the Book of Mormon were ever published. Apparently little thought had been given to the actual cost of publishing new books, said Monson. “Pratt estimated in 1873 that one thousand technical books in Deseret (a meager beginning for any library), would cost $5 million,� he said. Any attempt to fix the flaws of the English language must take into account that the primary purpose of language is to communicate, Monson said. –brendon.butler@aggiemail.usu.edu
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– Arrange the limes, bean sprouts, mint leaves and jalapeño slices on a plate. Everyone who is partaking in the pho experience will add the desired amount of each to their own bowl. – When the noodles are done, drain them. Divide them up between the bowls and add the beef broth and sirloin steak slices.
Spring has sprung and it is time to revamp the closet. Kick those old clothes to the curb at the Exchange for Change clothing swap Wednesday and leave with some used/new dress items. The Aggie Family and Consumer Science club (FACS) and dress and humanity 3080 class are hosting the clothing exchange for anyone interested in trading clothing items that are not the right style or size anymore for someone else’s previously worn clothes. “A clothing swap is a great way to change up your wardrobe without breaking the bank,” said Shannon Mankins, sophomore in family and consumer science education. Lindsey Shirley, adviser for Aggie FACS, said this event will be hosted Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. in the Agricultural Systems Technology and Education building, located at 800 E. and 1498 North and parking will be free. Shirley said anyone who wants to participate needs to bring a bag of clothing and $5 in order to leave with all the clothes they can fit in a bag. That small fee, Shirley said, will be donated to a nonprofit organization focused on raising money to end world hunger. Tierra Davis, sophomore in family and consumer science education, said she is excited for the event.
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With the cross pollination of cultures that has come about in the past 200 years in the United States, Asian food has become common place in cities around the U.S. Lucky for me, most of the Asian food I have experienced has been in the country of its origin. Having spent the latter 12 years of my life in Asia, I’ve eaten wild bore stew in the mountains of Japan, Indian food in Hong Kong (an even crazier experience than at a gas station) and had sketchy roasted chicken with sticky rice in a pseudo, back country, mountain restaurant in Thailand. During my travels, and even in the U.S., I have often found the Asian food that tastes the best is the kind made by people from that country. I take that into my kitchen as well. If I want to learn how to make a good Asian or foreign dish of any kind, I ask someone from that country. While on a recent excursion in Salt Lake City, I found myself with a hankering for Pho (pronounce fuh), a traditional Vietnamese soup made with beef broth, paper-thin slices of sirloin steak, rice noodles, bean sprouts, jalapeños, green onions and fresh herbs. If there is any food that can cure an ailment, it is pho. This soup is the ramen of Vietnam – easy, simple and delicious. After my experience in Salt Lake, I thought it was about time I found a good recipe for it. When I found out my friend Mark Vuong is Vietnamese I asked him for his mom’s recipe. Phuong Ly, Mark’s mom, agreed to give me her recipe but, like most cultural cooking, there is not an accurate measurement for how much water, salt or beef broth should be used. It all relies on what has been passed down from generation to generation and the desired taste that one wants. I came up with measurements that are semi accurate but really this recipe depends on what you want in your pho taste wise. Easy and delicious, this recipe will challenge you to dominate your kitchen and be the pho king.
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“I’m excited to bring old clothes and leave with new ones,” she said. Davis also said there will be a redesign station for people who wish to alter clothing items. “Because students will be getting clothes without purchasing new ones, they can feel good about using recycling techniques in their outfit choices,” she said. Mankins, the public relations visual officer for Aggie FACS, agreed that the wardrobe swap will be a great way to get students involved in helping the environment. “The more I learn about sustainability, the more it becomes important to me to support the environment,” Mankins said. “Synthetic fibers pollute the air when new clothes are produced, so used clothing is a great way to go.” The reason the event is titled Exchange for Change is because the small fee charged for the swapping of clothes benefits the cause of the Starter Kit for Change, Mankins said. This starter kit is a little box filled with items that serve as reminders about how to save the environment one choice at a time and is distributed through the nonprofit organization, RockLovePeace. For more information about RockLovePeace, visit www.starterkitforchange.com, and for questions about the clothing swap e-mail aggiefacs@aggiemail.usu.edu. –courtney.schoen@aggiemail.usu.edu
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TouchBase AggieSchedules Softball TUESDAY APRIL 14 USU vs. UVU, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m.
FRIDAY APRIL 17 USU vs. La. Tech, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m
SATURDAY APRIL 18 USU vs. La. Tech, 12 p.m.
Baseball FRIDAY APRIL 17 USU at Idaho State, 5 p.m.
SATURDAY APRIL 18 USU at Idaho State, 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
Men’s Tennis
APRIL 17-19 Boise Tournament, Boise, Idaho
Women’s Tennis FRIDAY APRIL 17 USU vs. La. Tech, 9 a.m., USU vs. SJSU, 5 p.m.
SATURDAY APRIL 18 USU vs. Nevada, 1 p.m.
USU WIDE RECEIVER AUSTIN ALDER, 24, and safety James Brindley, 3, both fight for the ball after Brindly appeared to intercept the pass. Alder won the tussle and ripped the ball from Brindley for an 11-yard gain and a first down for the offense during Saturday’s scrimmage at Romney Stadium. TYLER LARSON photo
Defense shines in scrimmage By TIM OLSEN sports editor
Six days removed from its first scrimmage of the season, the USU football team took the field at Romney Stadium again Saturday and already looked much improved. Most noticeably better was the defensive unit, after being run over during the first scrimmage. “We just made more tackles and swarmed a lot more compared to the last scrimmage,” said senior cornerback Kejon Murphy. “We improved in knowing our assignments and just playing the game. We need to just play the game and not think so much. That was key to the improvement.” After struggling mightily in the first scrimmage, the defense stuffed the offense on its first two possessions – holding them to a back-to-back three and outs – to set the tone early. Murphy finished with four tackles and a drive-stopping interception near the end of the scrimmage, while the freshman safety Cache Morgan led all players with 10 tackles. “The defense played much better, we had better emotion with the first two groups,” said USU head coach Gary Andersen. “They tackled much better, it was a much more competitive scrimmage. It is what you would look at and say, ‘That is Division I football.’” The scrimmage was indeed competitive and that attitude was embodied in a play that took place between wide receiver Austin Alder and safety James Brindley. Brindley appeared to intercept a pass thrown by quarterback Diondre Borel, but Alder was able to wrestle the ball away from the safety, giving the offense a first down at the 11-yard line.
“The last two weeks Austin has done a really nice job, he is really starting to make that contested catch,” Andersen said. “At the first of spring practice we had a hard time catching the ball, but now we are starting to make some plays.” Alder finished with six receptions for a scrimmage high 61 yards. “Last scrimmage it was all run game but I felt like today the passing game finally kicked in,” Alder said. “The line is blocking well and picking up the blitz and the receivers are running better routes. It was an all around good effort.” Despite the defensive improvement, there was impressive play by more than the receivers on the offensive side of the ball. Sophomore quarterback Diondre Borel completed 19-of-24 passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns, as well as rushing for 84 yards on six carries – including an impressive 70-yard jaunt. Equally impressive on the day was the play of redshirt freshman quarterback Exavier Johnson. Johnson worked with the second team Saturday after working with the third team in the previous scrimmage, and he made the most of his time. Johnson completed 11-of-19 passes for 103 yards and rushed for 40 yards and two touchdowns – both punishing rumbles into the endzone. “I am not real excited about the quarterback ducking his shoulder and taking guys on, but it does show a kid that has got a lot of fire,” Andersen said of Johnson’s performance. “He’s got something to prove and plays with that chip on his shoulder. We need more of that, we need to have more of that swagger.”
The scrimmage concluded with the first-, second- and third-team offenses going against their respective defenses in late-game situation drills. The offense got the ball on its own 30-yard line trailing by four with 1:15 to play and two timeouts. During the battle of the first team crews, the offensive drive was cut short by Murphy’s interception. The senior had an opportunity to return the pick for a touchdown, but slid down to preserve the win. In the matchup of the second teams, the offense had more luck. This time, under the direction of freshman QB Adam Eastman, the offense was able to find the endzone. After driving nearly 50 yards down the field, Eastman connected with sophomore wide receiver Stanley Morrison for a 22-yard TD with six seconds left. “What we have challenged them to do now is take that next step, they need to expect more out of themselves,” Andersen said. “I felt like we have had some kids step up and do that today.” After the scrimmage Andersen talked about his teams improvement since the first scrimmage, but also talked about the team’s new slogan, “respect the process.” “What it means to me is that this is a yearlong process,” Andersen said. “The first thing is to respect the process of how to live your life socially. You have to take care of your business athletically, then also take care of your business as far as academics.” The Aggies will continue to work in practice this week before showcasing their talents at the annual Blue & White game this Saturday at 2 p.m. –t.olsen@aggiemail.usu.edu
TRACK & FIELD
The USU track and field team sent squads to two different meets over the weekend, with athletes competing at UCLA and Weber State. The Aggies performed well at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, highlighted by sophomore Sonia Grabowska’s school and conference record setting pole vault height of 13-09.75. Grabowska’s performance is good enough for an NCAA regional qualifying spot – she finished second only to Nike pro-athlete Chelsea Johnson who was invited to compete. Grabowska now holds school records in both the indoor and outdoor season. “Sonia set another school record,” said head coach Gregg Gensel. “I’m excited for her that she now has both the indoor and
the outdoor school records. We did well this weekend against some high-caliber competition at the UCLA meet. We are showing continued improvement and that’s what we always want to see.” Multiple Aggies hit NCAA qualifying marks in their events including, senior Katie Thatcher who ran the 400m hurdles in 60.73, seniors Nick Karren and Keith Williams who finished third and fourth respectively in the men’s 400m hurdles with times of 51.99 and 52.33. Williams also took the top spot in the men’s 110m hurdles in 14.50. In the women’s 100m hurdles junior Ashlee Cannon finished in second place at a time of 14.34 Senior Krista Larson set a new personal best in the discus with a throw of 154-08, finishing fourth in the event, while on the men’s side Daniel Cruz took sixth place with a PR throw of 161-00. Also
setting a PR was senior Blake Hadfield who took third place in the triple jump with 46-09.50 and Casey Parker tho finished third in the high jump, clearing 6-06.00. Freshman shot putter Bryce Hall performed well taking fifth place in his event, throwing 5206.00 feet. Ruth Hilton took second place in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase with a NCAA qualifying mark of her own, crossing the tape at 10:43.64 Tyler Ellis finished with a new shot put season best of 52-05.50, enough for third place. Sophomore Steven Atkinson had a PR in the 3,000m steeplechase finishing in 9:30.64 for 13th place. Heidi Hopkins had a PR of her own while finishing in eighth place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 61.90. Jessie Chugg finished sixth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:38.90, followed by Alicia Holt
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NBA recaps Cavaliers 107, Celtics 76 CLEVELAND (AP) – LeBron James made five 3-pointers and scored 29 points before dancing in his seat, and the Cavaliers throttled the NBA champions to move within one win of matching the 198586 Celtics for the best home record in league history. At 39-1, the Cavs can tie Boston’s mark against Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Equaling those Celtics of Bird, McHale and Parrish, though, won’t mean anything if the Cavs can’t dethrone the current guys in green sometime this spring. The Cavs led 31-9 after the first quarter, opened a 30-point lead in the second and turned a possible playoff preview into a rout. It was Cleveland’s most lopsided win ever in 173 games against the Celtics. Heat 122, Knicks 105
MIAMI (AP) – Dwyane Wade scored 55 points, one shy of the franchise record, and the Heat wrapped up the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs by beating the New York Knicks 122-105 on Sunday night. Miami will play fourthseeded Atlanta in the first round of the playoffs. Wade shot 19-for-30 from the field, set a career high with six 3-pointers, and nearly topped Glen Rice’s team record of 56 who finished in 10th with 4:41.63 points before leaving with and Kim Quinn who was in 15th 1:06 remaining. at 4:49.89 Michael Beasley finSteve Strickland had a PR time ished with 28 points and in the 1,500m clocking in at 16 rebounds for the Heat, 3:54.59 for eighth place. who also got 15 points from The squad at Weber State did Mario Chalmers. well with senior John Strang leadAl Harrington and ing the way finishing in second Tyson Chandler each scored place in the 110m hurdles at 21 points for New York. 14.85 as well as getting second place in the high jump after Hornets 102, jumping 6-09.00. Mavericks 92 Junior Cortine Broadus had a PR in the shot put with a thirdNEW ORLEANS (AP) place throw of 41-02.50. Kelsie – Chris Paul narrowly Pacham had her season best in missed his seventh triplethe 400m hurdles with a time of double with 31 points, 17 1:08.88. assists and nine rebounds. Jon Goble had a new PR in the David West scored 31 discus with a throw of 132-08. points to help New Orleans The squad reunites this (49-31) move a game ahead week to host the Mark Faldmo of Dallas for the sixth Invitational at Ralph Maughan playoff seed in the Western Track Stadium just north of Conference. Each team has USU’s football field. Admission two games left in the reguis free. lar season. –c.h.j@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Softball goes 0-3 over weekend BY USU ATHLETICS
HONOLULU – Playing in only their fourth game under the lights, Utah State softball fell victim to the hard-hitting Rainbow Wahine of Hawaii, dropping the first game of the series 9-1 in six innings at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium in Honolulu. USU is now 8-26 and falls to 1-6 in Western Athletic Conference play, while Hawaii improves to 18-20 and 6-4 in WAC action. Hawaii started strong with Tanisha Milca starting the bottom of the first inning with a single up the middle. The second batter of the inning, Clare Warwick, walked to put runners on first and second with no outs. Makani DuhaylonsodKaleimamahu then followed with an infield single. Starting pitcher Lindsey Benson was able to get the next three outs with a run crossing the plate. USU was not so lucky in the bottom of the second inning. Traci Yoshikawa reached on an error by rightfielder Emily Reilly. With two outs, lead off hitter Tanisha Milca launched a home run to leftfield to give the Rainbow Wahine the early 2-0 lead. Hawaii increased its lead to 6-0 once again using the long ball. Leftfielder Audrey Andrade hit her second home run of the season to rightfield. Traci Yoshikawa reached on a single to center and was brought home by a double to deep center by Milca for her third hit of the game. Clare Warwick her third home run of the season to bring home Milca and give the Rainbow Wahine the 6-0 lead. It was the 33rd home run hit by the Rainbow Wahine this season. The Aggies fought back in the bottom of the fourth inning. The inning was started with an infield single by senior Aubrie Stroman who moved to second when fellow senior Jeanine Hernandez walked. Both runners advanced a base with a sacrifice bunt
by junior Emily Reilly. With two outs, sophomore Megan McDonald earned her sixth RBI of the season with a single up the middle to drive home Stroman. UH added three more runs to take the 9-1 lead. The Rainbow Wahine scored one in the bottom of the fifth inning and added two more in the bottom of six to earn the eight run advantage. Benson pitched her 15th complete game and fell to 1-16 with the loss. She allowed nine runs seven of which were earned. Benson struck out nine batters in the loss which was her second-highest of the season. She struck out 12 against Utah Valley on March 31. Game 2 and 3 Despite losing both ends of doubleheader to Hawaii, the Utah State softball team played well on Saturday at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium in Honolulu. USU lost the first game 4-3 in 10 innings and dropped the second 3-2. In both games, the Rainbow Wahine overcame deficits to take the win. USU is now 8-28 and falls to 1-8 in Western Athletic Conference play, while Hawaii evens out its record 20-20 and 8-4 in WAC action. The Aggies have now lost six-straight games. Game one was the fifth extra inning game of the season for the Aggies and the first since a 6-3 nineinning win over Cal State Bakersfield on March 9. USU is now 1-5 in extra frames this season. In game one, USU started strong scoring two quick runs off of starting pitcher Courtney Baughman. With two outs, freshman Rayna Bradshaw doubled to right center. Fellow rookie Jasmine Harris got her team leading 15th RBI of the season with a single to left centerfield, scoring Bradshaw. Harris made the score 2-0 after junior Simone Hubbard drilled her first triple of the season. Hawaii got on the board in the bottom of
the third inning. Tanisha Milca launched her eighth home run of the season and second in as many games. Milca cut the lead to 2-1 with the shot to deep centerfield. UH tied the score in the bottom of the fourth inning once again using the long ball. Audrey Andrade hit her third home run of the season and her second of the series to tie the score at 2-2. USU re-took the lead again in the top of the fifth inning with a single run making the score 3-2. Junior Emily Reilly started the inning with a single to short rightfield. Pitcher Courtney Baughman made an error on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Rachel to put runners on second and third. Nicole Rupp’s single to left brought home Reilly to give USU the lead. Hawaii switched pitchers, and Stephanie Ricketts the winner on Friday took the mound. Ricketts got out of the jam with no more harm done. The Rainbow Wahine tied the score with a twoout single from catcher Stacey Yamada that scored pinch runner Alex Aguirre to tie the scored at 3-3. In the inning, sophomore Megan McDonald was hurt diving for a ball in leftfield. Hawaii ended the 10inning affair in the bottom of the 10th inning. With one out, Audrey Andrade walked to start the rally. Traci Yoshikawa followed with a double to put runners on second and third. Greenough intentionally walked Pu’u-Warren to load the bases. Catcher Stacey Yamada ended the first game with a single to right center to score pinch runner Richie-Anne Titcomb and give UH the 4-3 win. Kate Greenough pitched well allowing only eight hits and four runs in 9.1 innings, while striking out five. With the loss Greenough falls to 5-7. Bradshaw was one of three Aggies to have a pair of hits in game one along with Rupp and Hubbard. In game two, Utah State started similar to the front
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Aggies drop two By LANDON HEMSLEY staff writer
The USU women’s tennis team hit the road to play New Mexico State and No. 15 Fresno State over the weekend and lost both matches, 6-1, 7-0, respectively. This was not the first time USU has played a top-50 team. Earlier this year, USU played against then No. 43 BYU and then No. 38 Boise State, losing in both matches as well. Troubled times seem to be plaguing the Aggie women as of late. They are riding a losing streak of nine matches dating back to March 14 when they beat Seattle University. Since then the Aggies have come extremely close, but have been unable to get over the hump. USU was also unable to win any doubles set over the weekend, as both New Mexico State and Fresno State swept out the Aggies, amassing 42 games won to USU’s nine over the six sets. The lone Aggie able to win her match this weekend, Monica Abella, won a grinder. She won the first set 6-3, surrendered the second, 4-6, and won the ensuing tie breaker, 10-5. Hailey Swenson, the team’s leader and holder of the No. 1 spot on the roster, praised her teammates’ effort, recognizing Abella’s win. “Monica had a really good match against New Mexico,� Swenson said. “She knew what she had to do to beat the girl and she just did it.� Swenson is pitted against the best player from the opposing team on every single outing. She said she was pleased with how she played against Fresno State, but not against New Mexico State. “I played the girl from New Mexico,
and I didn’t really get into a good groove,� Swenson said. “She also played really well. The girl I played from Fresno well, she’s 14th in the nation, but I played better against her than I did in the New Mexico match.� Swenson and USU’s Bridgette Strickland had the unenviable task of confronting the No. 1-ranked doubles pair in the country, Fresno State’s Anastasia Petukhova and Renata Kucerkova. Fresno’s top three singles spots are ranked in the top 100 in the nation, and facing them over the weekend Swenson, Abella and Strickland. USU surrendered all three matches in straight sets. “It was a little bit intimidating,� Swenson said, “but at the same time, you have nothing to lose. They just knew how to finish off the points. We didn’t have too many unforced errors.� Also notable in the match against Fresno State was USU’s Taylor Perry. Although she was defeated by Fresno’s Tinesta Rowe, she managed to win more games against Rowe than any other Aggie in the match, amassing seven over two sets to Rowe’s 12. Next to Perry, USU’s most competitive performance came from Carla Limon, who managed to win three games against Fresno’s Laura Pola. Overall, the attitude of the team is somewhat positive. “I think it was OK,� Swenson said. “It’s not fun to lose, but I think we did OK.� The Aggies will be hoping the homecourt advantage can help them this week when they take on San Jose State and Louisiana Tech Friday, April 17 and Nevada Saturday, April 18 at the Logan Sports Academy and Racquet Club. –la.hem@aggiemail.usu.edu
half of the doubleheader scoring two runs in the top of the first. Nicole Rupp started the game with her sixth double of the season. Emily Reilly followed with a bunt single that put Rupp on third. Rayna Bradshaw drove in her 15th run of the season with a single to left. An error by Rainbow Wahine shortstop Traci Yoshikawa allowed the second Aggie run to cross the plate. In the bottom half of the inning, the Rainbow Wahine cut the lead in half with one run to make it 2-1. Game two starter Lindsey Benson hit Audrey Andrade with one out. Mikalemi Tagab-Cruz pinch hit for Andrade. After the three runs scored by the two teams in the first inning both Benson and Ricketts settled down. Another run was not scored until the bottom of the sixth inning. Hawaii’s third home run of the day gave the Rainbow Wahine the 3-2 lead. This time the home run came off the bat of Amanda Tauali’i with one runner on and turned out to be the game-winning hit for Hawaii. Lindsey Benson dropped to 1-17 with the loss, while Stephanie Ricketts earned her third win of the series and improved to 14-7. USU is back home for a non-conference twinbill with in-state foe Utah Valley Tuesday, April 14. Admission to all home Aggie softball games is free to the public.
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Masters delivers magical show AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – The Masters delivered the show everyone wanted and a champion no one expected. Angel Cabrera became the first Argentine to win the green jacket at Augusta National on Sunday by surviving a wild final round that began with a supercharged duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and ended with a stunning collapse by Kenny Perry. Indeed, this Masters had it all. Two shots behind with two holes to play, Cabrera fought his way into a three-way playoff when the 48-yearold Perry, on the verge of becoming golf’s oldest major champion, bogeyed the final two holes. Even in a playoff, Cabrera looked like the odd man out. He drove into the trees, hit another shot off a Georgia pine, but still scrambled for par with an 8-foot putt. He won with a routine par on the 10th hole when Perry missed the green badly to the left and made yet another bogey, this one the most costly of them all. “I may never get this opportunity ever again, but I had a lot of fun being in there,� Perry said. “I had the tournament to win. I lost the tournament. But Angel hung in there. I was proud of him.� Cabrera, who won the U.S. Open at Oakmont two years ago, finally earned a green jacket for Argentina. It was 41 years ago when Roberto de Vicenzo made one of golf’s most famous gaffes, signing for the wrong score that denied him a spot in a Masters playoff. De Vicenzo gave him a picture of a green jacket two years ago when Cabrera returned home as U.S. Open champion and told him to go for it. On this turbulent day, it took everything Cabrera had. “This is a great moment, the dream of any golfer to win the Masters,� Cabrera said through an interpreter during the green jacket ceremony. “I’m so emotional I can barely talk.� He closed with a 1-under 71 to get into the first threeman playoff at the Masters in 22 years. Chad Campbell finished with a 69 and was eliminated on the first playoff hole when he found a bunker from the middle of the 18th fairway, then watched his 6-foot par putt lip out of the hole. The final hour was almost enough to make a dizzy gallery forget about the Woods-Mickelson fireworks hours earlier. For those who feared Augusta National had become too tough, too dull and far too quiet, the roars returned in a big way. Mickelson and Woods played together in a final round of a major for the first time in eight years, and they proved to be the best undercard in golf. Mickelson tied a Masters record with a 30 on the front nine to get into contention. Woods chased him around Amen Corner, then caught him with three birdies in a four-hole stretch that captured the imagination of thousands of fans who stood a dozen deep in spots for a view. But it ended with a thud. Mickelson lost his momentum with a 9-iron into Rae’s Creek on the par-3 12th, and when he missed a 4-foot eagle putt and a 5-foot birdie putt down the stretch. He had to settle for a 67 that left him three shots behind. Woods bogeyed the last two holes for a 68 to finish another shot back. Then came the Main Event. Perry did not make a birdie until his 20-foot putt on the 12th curled into the side of the cup. Campbell, playing in the group ahead, narrowly missed two eagle putts on the back nine to forge a brief share of the lead. Then it looked like Perry had the green jacket buttoned up when he hit his tee shot to within a foot of the cup on the par-3 16th hole for a two-shot lead over Campbell and Cabrera, who made an 18-foot birdie putt on the 16th just
ANGEL CABRERA of Argentina celebrates after winning the Masters golf tournament in a sudden death playoff at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. AP photo
to stay in the game. But after going 22 consecutive holes without a bogey, he made two at the worst time. From behind the 17th green, Perry’s chip was too firm and tumbled off the front of the green for a bogey. Then, he hit the biggest tee shot of his life into the left bunker
on the 18th, pulled his approach left of the green, and missed his 15-foot putt for par. “I had a putt to win,� Perry said. “I’ve seen so many people make that putt. I hit it too easy. You’ve got to give that putt a run. How many chances do you have to win the Masters?�
Jazz need to win to avoid Lakers SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The Utah Jazz have put themselves in a precarious position entering the last week of the regular season. The Jazz need to win and get some help in order to avoid a first-round playoff series against the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers. Utah is alone at No. 8 in the Western Conference standings at 47-33, one game behind Dallas (48-32) and two back of New Orleans (49-31). The Jazz hold tiebreakers against both teams, but that
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anguage is a funny thing. There are hundreds of languages in the world and yet we all still manage to communicate with each other. Some stick around, but many forms of communication go the way of Beta. Brigham Young’s Deseret Alphabet is one of these. The Deseret Alphabet seems so bizarre upon first thought, even though it’s a great deal more logical than our modern English, which is now accepted more places than Mastercard. This is odd, because English is a strange, often frustrating language, which even its native speakers seldom learn fully or correctly. Before a bunch of angry letters to the editor flood our inbox, consider a few common grammatical errors: its/it’s, there/their/they’re, your/you’re. Contrary to what’s acceptable on Facebook, these are not interchangeable. “Its” is a possessive adjective while “it’s” is a contraction of “it” and “is”. When about to write “it’s”, take a moment and consider whether the word you’re using could be replaced with “it is”. Same with “they’re” and “you’re” – could you instead say “they are” or “you are”? If it’s a possessive, use “their” or “your”. “There” is used as an indication of a location. To/too/two is another common mix-up. “Too” denotes an addition or higher degree of something, while “two” is the number sandwiched between one and three. “To” is the most-used of the three, expressing a direction or relationship with something. Silent letters are found throughout our language, making things more difficult. Third-graders everywhere have to remember there’s an h in “ghost.” Later on, we find a p in “subpoena” and a c in “indict”. Some words are just plain hard to spell, too, such as “bureaucrat” or “necessary.” And then there are those words which differentiate from each other by only a letter or two but have very different meanings. The mix-up of “apostle” and “apostate” recently, for example, made national news. Thank you very much, spell check. Even if something is spelled correctly doesn’t mean it’s right. English is a pretty messed-up language when it comes right down to it, with plenty of hard-and-fast rules that need breaking with every other word. There are words and spellings from every corner of the globe, making it a conglomeration of different languages, as well as being an independent tongue. It is a spectrum of contradictions and exceptions. Can we really blame Brother Brigham for trying to simplify the process?
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NASA needs a leader
here are a lot of questions swirling around NASA lately: When will it ground the space shuttle for good? When will it launch Constellation, the next manned program? Where should it ultimately go, what kind of rocket should it use, and how much will it cost? How much money should unmanned programs get? With NASA approaching three months without an administrator, and mixed signals coming from the White House, it might be easier to plot the path of orbiting space junk than to figure out where the agency is heading. NASA badly needs a leader and a plan. The future of the U.S. space program, billions of dollars, and thousands of jobs, depend on it. Former N A SA Administrator Michael Griffin, who served nearly four years under President George W. Bush, was a strong advocate for Constellation and its original goal of reaching the moon and Mars. He championed Ares, a rocket he helped design, despite cost overruns, technical problems and competition from alternatives that supporters claim would be faster and cheaper to build. He pushed for narrowing the projected five-year gap between the 2010 retirement of the shuttle
and the first launch of Constellation. But Griffin resigned Jan. 20. President Barack Obama hasn’t brought much clarity to these issues. He began his presidential campaign calling for delaying Constellation and spending the savings on education. Three months before Election Day, while campaigning in Florida, he reversed engines and declared his support for the original timetable. The new president’s first budget proposal would raise NASA’s annual budget slightly to $18.7 billion next year. It would keep the shuttle on schedule to retire in 2010, and maintain funding to develop Constellation. It doesn’t set a target for the next program’s first launch, however. It suggests the White House supports returning to the moon, but it’s unclear about going to Mars. Obama has compounded the uncertainty by taking his sweet time naming an administrator, and remarking that the next NASA leader needs to address “a sense of drift” at the agency and carry out “a new mission that is appropriate for the 21st century.” That seems to leave the door open to major changes. The uncertainty is agonizing for the thousands of workers at the
Kennedy Space Center whose jobs will disappear when NASA grounds the shuttle, and for anyone else with a stake in the Space Coast’s economy. It also leaves unsettled how long U.S. astronauts will have to hitch rides on Russian spacecraft to reach the international space station. With the federal government now borrowing trillions of dollars to prop up the economy, it’s understandable that Obama would weigh carefully the value for taxpayers in every federal program. But if big changes are coming in the space program, the price of delaying them, in money and time, could be steep. If the Obama administration intends to switch rocket designs for Constellation, for example, it should cut off work on Ares as soon as possible. The right investments in space can yield scientific, technological and strategic benefits. That explains why other countries, including Russia and China, are moving ahead with their space programs. With so much at stake, Obama needs to make sure America’s program doesn’t get lost in space. This editorial was published in the Orlando Sentinel.
It is OK, waste can be stimulating
s the $787 billion stimulus package starts to flow, the message from on high is clear: No one dare waste a dime of it. “This plan cannot and will not be an excuse for waste and abuse,” President Barack Obama declared last month, after he designated Vice President Joe Biden the “sheriff” in charge of patrolling for misuse of stimulus funds. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has warned officials overseeing the money that “we must ensure that haste does not make waste” and that even minimal amounts of misspent money would be simply “unacceptable.” And California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed an inspector general to oversee “every single dollar” of the $50 billion flowing into his state. Missing amid all these highminded calls to protect taxpayer dollars is an awkward question: When the whole point of a major government spending program is to stimulate the faltering economy as quickly as possible, what exactly counts as “wasted” money? After all, if some stimulus cash is misspent – say an errant official or contractor buys himself a Cadillac or a Harley Davidson, only to suffer the full force of
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law – might not such fraud boost the economy more than if the cash languished in a law-abiding state account? All that monitoring, however well-intentioned, may undercut recovery by compelling officials to spend more slowly to avoid hearings, prosecution, or embarrassment in the media. Officials tracking the money recognize the dilemma. “We want this money to be spent, and yet it has to be spent in ways that are consistent with the purpose of the act,” said Chris Mihm, managing director for strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office. “It’s something that we’re struggling with.” Some observers are not as diplomatic. It’s a bit rich, they say, for elected officials who voted for the biggest stimulus package in history – and urged at the time that it be spent quickly – to be covering for that vote now with calls for tough oversight. “If the goal for the stimulus spending is to minimize fraud and waste to the point of zero, I know how to do that: All I have to do is not spend the money,” said Steven Schooner, co-director of George Washington University’s Government Procurement Law Program. “Are we capable of grasping the concept that in a
struggling economy, it’s more important to throw money at the problem, even if it’s possibly inefficient and possibly inaccurate?” Underlying this contradiction is a broader tension in the stimulus law. Obama sold the package as a “down payment” on his goals for energy, education and health care and has expressed the hope that it will also renew confidence in government. From that perspective, it’s crucial that the money have the desired policy impact and be spent in an aboveboard manner. But the stimulus package’s main stated goal was to jumpstart the economy by getting billions of dollars into circulation fast, and that requires a different mind-set. Just as the economy needs consumers to at least temporarily throw some caution to the wind and start spending again, it also may need the government to worry less about crossing every “t” before cutting a check. Instead of catching a break because of the time pressures, the stimulus is receiving far greater scrutiny than regular government spending. The Interior Department’s highly regarded inspector general, Earl Devaney, is heading a new stimulus over-
sight board, and the law sets aside $350 million in oversight funds, which allows the federal agencies’ inspectors general and the GAO to hire hundreds of additional auditors. Federal agencies and departments must produce weekly reports on how they are disbursing their part of the stimulus. On top of the usual paperwork, state officials handling the money must tell Washington how many jobs are being created and get governors to sign off on spending. The government has set up a Web site, Recovery.gov, to track spending, and 40 states have similar ones. Left undefined is just what kind of “waste” is being targeted. Some congressmen and inspectors general seem to worry about blatant forms of abuse, while others define it as anything that falls short of the bill’s specific policy aims. At a Senate hearing this month, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., foresaw a recipient of part of the $15 million that is going to the Urban League of St. Louis for weatherizing homes “giving a second cousin who has a pickup truck and two friends a bunch of money ... and they put
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ong before she began forming her campaign for governor of California, Meg Whitman got cybersquatted. Media speculation in early 2008 that the billionaire former chief executive of eBay would seek the state’s highest office prompted a Santa Monica man to nab rights to several Web sites that evoke Whitman’s na me, i nc lud ing WhitmanForGovernor. com and MegWhitman2010.com. Whitman spent much of last year trying to get those sites back. Her early attempts to negotiate failed, and she lost an Internet arbitration because her extensive business and political activities did not make her name “commercial” enough to warrant protection. She then initiated costly and potentially fruitless litigation that, had events run their course, might have concluded after California’s gubernatorial election. In the end, though, Whitman’s substantial checkbook solved her problem. She settled with the cybersquatter out of court for an undisclosed sum. Not coincidentally, the cybersquatter’s windfall came on the same February day that Whitman formed an “exploratory committee” – a precursor to a fullblown campaign organization. Whitman is just one of many candidates to face the phenomenon called political cybersquatting. Politicos make inviting targets because they often launch candidacies well after media and public speculation begins, giving cybersquatters a head-start to buy-up sites. For instance, BarackObama2008. com was acquired only hours after the then-senator’s eloquent address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. RudyForPresident.com was snapped up just eight days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Many political cybersquatters simply hope to
ransom their purchases to candidates who must quickly secure a site in a time-sensitive environment. Others’ motives are more menacing. In 2004, for example, a cybersquatter deceitfully solicited funds through JohnFKerr y-2004.com, which was nearly identical to Sen. John Kerry’s authorized site. Likewise, in 2008, the cybersquatter site JohnMcain.com featured a contribution page almost indistinguishable from the similarly spelled official campaign site, JohnMcCain. com. Such counterfeit contribution pages raise serious monetary- and identity-theft concerns; they are also likely to become more common as others imitate these schemes. Worse, today’s preventive and remedial measures are ill-suited to resolve the underlying issue. A candidate cannot buy in advance all possible site-name variations. Negotiation gives cybersquatters exactly what they want – a chance to receive an exorbitant sum. Litigation is often too expensive and slow for campaigns, which are typically short-term, low-budget operations. The Federal Election Commission is unable to assist because of jurisdictional limits. And, as Whitman learned, Internet arbitration panels usually protect only commercial trademark rights in Web sites, not political interests. So what should be done? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the administrative body that runs the Web, should create “.pol” – a new top-level domain (as the end of a Web address is known) for political candidates and entities. Only political candidates and groups would be allowed to register “.pol” sites, just as U.S. government entities and educational institutions have exclusive access to “.gov” and “.edu” sites. A “.pol” domain would reduce cybersquatters’ economic incentives to
hoard candidate sites because candidates’ easy access to “.pol” sites would undercut cybersquatters’ ransom price for similarly named sites ending in .com.net and .org. Creating such a domain would also be a relatively non-invasive solution because political cybersquatters would lose nothing but the opportunity to take advantage of candidates in an entirely new area of the Internet. Moreover, a top-level domain reserved solely for candidates and voters to fundraise, organize and communicate would lessen the damage done by political cybersquatting. Internet users would be able to easily locate candidate sites because the “.pol” ending would provide a reliable shortcut for finding and identifying official Web pages. So even if a cybersquatter builds a counterfeit contribution page on a “.com” site, as happened in 2004 and 2008, informed campaign donors could visit a .pol site for assurance that their money would go to the intended recipient. A .pol domain would significantly reduce the extortion, confusion, fraud and reputation exploitation associated with political cybersquatting. Meg W hit man resolved her predicament on her own. But future candidates are certain to face cybersquatting issues, and few are likely to have Whitman’s means to satisfy cybersquatters’ demands. ICANN should immediately introduce this toplevel domain to mitigate the harm caused by political cybersquatting and to preserve the Internet as a useful medium for real-world democracy.
This editorial was written for The Washington Post by Matthew T. Sanderson, a political law attorney at Caplin & Drysdale in Washington. A longer version of this proposal was published in the February issue of the Election Law Journal.
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weather-stripping around the doors and that’s all that happened.” Rob Nabors, the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, the White House’s point man for the stimulus, conceded that there is a “discrepancy” between the attention paid to the stimulus funds and normal government spending. But the increased oversight is justified because “we are planning for this money to leave a lasting legacy,” he said. “We expect to show not just X numbers of jobs created but X number of homes weatherized. We’re looking to improve our parks system, modernize our infrastructure. Any dollar distracted from those purposes really is a wasted dollar.” The threat of further spending delays is particularly acute because even as currently designed, the stimulus is not expected to fully ramp up until later this year and early next year, partly because of the planning and paperwork that many programs require. As of Tuesday, $54 billion had been “obligated” to be spent, while $11.7 billion had actually been disbursed. Alan Chvotkin, a lawyer for the Professional Services Council, a trade group for federal contractors, said that the oversight is putting a scare into federal officials whose agencies are undermanned as it is when it comes to contracting and procurement. One such individual he spoke with told him that the White House was behind the official “with a hot pitchfork to get the funds out,” Chvotkin said, “yet he knows whatever action he takes is going to be reviewed by a lawyer or his inspector general or Mr. Devaney, so he’s saying, if it’s going to be (me) in a sling, this is going to be done on my timetable.” At the state level, officials say that they’re early enough in the process — and so grateful for the money — that they regard the rules as a challenge they are eager to meet. But the bureaucratic trappings are slowing some spending. For example, officials must wait until July, while Washington writes the guidelines, to apply for the $2 billion that states and cities can use to purchase and renovate foreclosed homes. Amid the calls for oversight, Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, issued a rare dissent. “Does this make sense?” he said at a hearing last month. Officials “are filling out all these reports and they’re going to ask the question, `Do they want us to do (stimulus) or are they more interested in the reports?’ “
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By Alyson Ward, McClatchy Newspapers
The first Earth Day, held April 22, 1970, started an effort that is still moving forward. The United States created the Environmental Protection Agency later that year, which led to legislation requiring cleaner air and water. Almost four decades later, here’s a glimpse at how far we’ve come — and how far we still have to go.
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By 1970, Lake Erie was so polluted it was declared “dead.” Rivers were dumping grounds for chemical waste and sewage. The Rhine River became known as “Europe’s sewer,” and in 1969, Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River — polluted with oil and industrial waste — burst into flames. Today, water treatment plants keep sewage from flowing directly into rivers. Still, water pollution worldwide has increased since the 1970s as more people and industries have strained the system. And the problem goes beyond quality: Water scarcity affects one-third of the total world population.
On the first Earth Day, concern about land use wasn’t a priority. Throughout the 1960s, a desire to preserve green spaces was classified as “conservation,” with concerned citizens focused on preserving parks and recreational areas. But in the past few decades, we’ve recognized that it’s crucial to pay attention to land use, from agriculture to urban landscapes. We’ve begun to see land use as an environmental issue — and to consider the impact of agriculture, population density and development on wetlands, grasslands, forests and other ecosystems.
Air quality was a visible problem by 1970. Smog had been obscuring the skylines of cities such as Detroit and Los Angeles for decades. But dirty air wasn’t just an American problem. In August 1970, smog sent more than 8,000 Tokyo residents to the hospital in five days. In Venice, dirty air caused damage to the ancient Greek bronze horses in St. Mark’s Square. A strengthened Clean Air Act was one of the changes the first Earth Day brought about. Air quality has improved nationwide, but a number of cities still don’t meet government standards.
By 1970, America’s consumer culture was expanding, and Americans were discarding things at alarming levels: 7 million cars, 100 million tires, 20 million tons of paper and 48 billion cans every year. Philadelphia and San Francisco expected to run out of landfill space before 1972. Today, Americans recycle about five times more than in 1970. Landfills are fewer and better-managed, though also much larger. Still, we manage to keep only one-third of our waste out of the trash heap. And in an age full of electronic gadgets, “e-waste” is a growing problem.
That first Earth Day, pollution was a bigger concern than energy. U.S. oil production peaked that year, and efficiency — in building and in transportation — wasn’t a priority. Today, Americans use more energy than ever before. But we’re also learning new, cleaner ways to generate it. Renewable energy is the smallest portion of energy sources — only 6 percent — but it’s also the fastest-growing sector. We’re finding more responsible ways to consume energy, too. We have more fuel-efficient cars, homes and appliances.
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The average American’s daily water use (for all purposes, including energy and industry): 1,500 gallons (about three times the world average)
The world’s predicted population by 2050: 9.2 billion
Energy-related carbon emissions worldwide: 29 billion metric tons
Portion of the world’s population that lives in the United States: 5 percent
Trees needed to absorb the carbon dioxide emitted from one U.S. car each year: 240
Number of people without access to safe drinking water: 1.1 billion Amount of carbon dioxide (caused by human activity) absorbed by the ocean: 50 percent
Ocean conditions Of the 100 million tons of plastic produced each year, about 10 percent ends up in the ocean. A United Nations study estimates about 46,000 pieces of plastic litter are floating in every square mile of ocean water. That includes the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating mass of trash — mostly plastic — that is estimated to be twice the size of Texas. For the past 50 years, it’s been collecting in two Pacific gyres, vast areas of swirling water. There’s no plan for getting rid of the plastic, and scientists say cleanup would be a task that’s already too large. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is studying the dimensions and makeup of the floating mess.
Portion of land area in the United States used for agriculture: About 40 percent
Development As U.S. population grows and household population decreases, more and more houses are covering the land. Land is converted for development at twice the rate of population growth. Most of that is for “sprawl” development — roads, shops and houses in suburban and rural areas.
Forests A swath of forest the size of Panama is lost every year, and the loss of forests produces about 20 percent of all manmade carbon dioxide emissions. Though deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is declining, one-fifth of that forest has been already lost. Scientists predict that it’ll keep disappearing, thanks to illegal logging and the practice of clearing the land to make room for cattle farms.
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About 10 percent of discarded plastic ends up in the ocean. And much of that plastic has been swept into a giant swirling vortex in the Pacific.
As scientists investigate ways to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, the importance of biofuels continues to grow. While biofuels burn cleaner and emit fewer toxins, they demand a lot of crops. In Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia and the United States, forests and grasslands are being rapidly converted to farms to grow soybeans and sugarcane, crops for making biofuels. But getting rid of the carbonabsorbing grass and trees, some scientists say, actually increases greenhouse gases — canceling out the benefit of using biofuels.
Asians who die each year from the effects of air pollution: 1.5 million People worldwide who live in countries with pollution levels above the EPA’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards: 103 million Approximate number of coal plants built every week in China: 2
Legislation The Clean Air Act — first enacted in 1963 but amended and strengthened in 1970 — set standards for national air quality and auto emissions standards. But those standards proved too high for the auto industry to meet, so deadlines were extended. In 1990 the Clean Air Act was updated again, with tougher emissions standards. In 2008, the EPA announced it would tighten smog standards, predicting that 345 counties in the United States wouldn’t pass the test.
Fact China has overtaken the United States as the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. Beijing, the site of the 2008 Summer Games, is so polluted that athletes were concerned for their health. The top three U.S. states leading the nation in annual carbon dioxide emissions in 2004: In millions of metric tons 652.5
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SOURCE: ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
Average waste produced by Americans each day: 1970: 3.3 pounds per person 2006: 4.6 pounds per person Average waste recycled in the United States: 1970: 6.6 percent 2006: 32.5 percent Average amount of paper products recycled in the U.S. today: 56 percent Average amount of “e-waste” discarded in the U.S.: 1.9 million to 2.2 million tons Average amount not recycled, landing permanently in landfills: About 82 percent Hazardous-waste sites in the United States: 1,301 In Texas: 45 In New Jersey, which tops the list: 117 In North Dakota: 0
Recycling The first recycling center was opened in New York City at the end of the 19th century. Recycling reemerged in the 1960s, but despite greater awareness, most local governments didn’t start recycling programs until the late 1980s and early ’90s. Now there are more than 8,000 curbside recycling programs in the United States — even so, only about 32 percent of solid waste is diverted from landfills.
Hazardous waste In 1980, Congress approved the Superfund, a temporary program designed to clean up hazardous waste. It was amended in 1986 and continues today. Thanks to the program, today about 70 percent of the cost of hazardous-site cleanup is paid by the responsible parties.
Number of vehicles worldwide: 1970: 246 million 2008: 600 million Number of vehicles in the United States: 1970: 111.2 million 2005: 247.4 million Transportation’s share of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions: 27 percent Average American household electricity use: 1970: 6,367 kilowatt hours per year 2004: 10,660 kilowatt hours per year
Technology In 1975, new cars were made with catalytic converters, which cut hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions by 96 percent and nitrogen oxides by 75 percent, helping vehicles meet tougher U.S. emissions standards. Today’s new cars pollute about 90 percent less than their 1970s counterparts.
Renewable energy Texas leads the nation in wind power development, with an installed production capacity of 4,446 megawatts. The state has four of the five biggest wind farms in the country. By the end of 2007, Texas had 60 percent more production capacity than at the end of 2006. Americans drive more than they did in 1970, but vehicles are more efficient, so fewer gallons of fuel are consumed. 9,332.5
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SOURCE: ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, ANNUAL ENERGY REVIEW FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
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Kangaroos cause mayhem down-under CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – They bounce across the roof of Parliament House. They collide with cars. They come in through the bedroom window. Canberra, Australia’s capital, has a problem – too many kangaroos. Authorities have tried giving them vasectomies and oral contraceptives, to no avail. They say trucking them to new and distant pastures is too expensive. Now they’re proposing a cull. But many people are aghast at the idea of their best-known marsupial being shot en masse in the national capital. A government survey has found that more than 80 percent of Canberra residents think the wild kangaroos should stay. On the other hand, in a different survey, 17 percent of drivers in the district reported having collided with a kangaroo at least once. Canberra’s latest man-vs.-roo horror story concerns a confused beast, standing about 5 feet 9 inches on its powerful hind legs, which last month bounded through a closed bedroom window onto a bed where a couple huddled with their 9-year-old daughter, then hopped into their 10-year-old son’s bedroom. The animal was wrestled out of the house by the father, Beat Ettlin, and headed for the hills, leaving claw marks on
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a bed and a trail of blood from broken glass. Maxine Cooper, environment commissioner for the government of the Australian Capital Territory, says humans aren’t the only ones at risk – the kangaroos are destroying the grassy native habitat of endangered species such as a six-inch-long lizard known as the earless dragon. But “Compare that to anything furry with big eyes – the human emotions generally respond to furriness and big eyes,” Cooper said. In fact, culls are nothing new. Barry Stuart, who runs a kangaroo abattoir 220 miles north of here, shoots more than 25 on most nights with a license from the government. “You don’t like to destroy them, but when the time comes, you’ve got to do it.” “They’re a beautiful bloody animal,” said Stuart, 60. But a cull in the capital is likely to be a different matter. Last year, during the killing of about 400 kangaroos that had eaten themselves close to starvation on fenced military land in Canberra, the protests were so heated that the killers, using stun gun and lethal injections, had to work behind screens. This time the opposition will be no less vigorous, warns Pat O’Brien, president of the Wildlife Protection Association of Australia, whose patrons are the family of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin.
KANGAROOS ARE SEEN at the Belconnen Naval Transmission Station near Canberra, Australia. Canberra, Australia’s capital, has a problem, kangaroos. AP photo
O’Brien insists that, earless dragons notwithstanding, Canberra’s kangaroos pose no environmental problems. “It’s disgraceful that people want to shoot our national symbol,” O’Brien said. “The days when wildlife is managed with a gun should be long passed.” Populations began exploding after European settlers arrived some 220 years ago and felled forests into which the plant-eating kangaroos swarmed and multiplied.
Toilet test contentious issue in Wis. slaying case MADISON, Wis. (AP) – If you are a female about 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 pounds and willing to stick your head in a toilet, a northern Wisconsin prosecutor wants your help in proving a high-profile homicide case. The Vilas County district attorney plans to recruit volunteers for a second round of controversial tests designed to prove that a woman was drowned by her husband in a toilet – and didn’t commit suicide as he claims. The experiments involve positioning women the size of the late Genell Plude of Land O’ Lakes at a toilet to determine whether the version of events told by her husband, Douglas Plude, is plausible. Defense lawyers say it’s junk science. Plude, 42, was convicted of firstdegree intentional homicide in 2002. But the Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the conviction last year after learning that an expert witness who conducted the first round of toilet tests exaggerated his credentials.
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the country have derided the tests and call them an example of unfair expert testimony. One of them, North Carolina lawyer David Rudolf, who clashed with Shaibani in another case, laughed about the tests in an interview last year. “He had women sticking their heads in toilets!” he said. “That’s just not science. How do you peer review that? How do you test his conclusions?” The state high court ordered a new trial for Plude after discovering Shaibani lied about being a clinical associate professor at Temple University who taught physicians and surgeons there about injuries. He had no relationship with Temple; years earlier he had a “loose courtesy affiliation” that gave him parking privileges but little else. The Wisconsin Department of Justice is considering whether to charge Shaibani with perjury. “The testing is likely to be the same type of testing that Shaibani did,” Moustakis said.
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- A-Week, all day - Interior Design Senior Exhibit, Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Utah PR Conference, Eccles Conference Center, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Free Aggie Ice Cream after tasting hamburger, Nutrition and Food Science 209, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Using Concept Maps to Assess Online and Traditional Classes Seminar, Merrill-Cazier Library, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Computer Information Literacy (CIL) electronic presentations workshop, Eccles Science Learning Center 053, 4:30 to 5:20 p.m. - Aggie Day Music Festival, TSC Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom, 5 to 10 p.m.
- A-Week, all day - College Students and Coping, all day - Interior Design Senior Exhibit, Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Work and Family Life Faculty Forum, Skyroom Restaurant, 12 to 1 p.m. - A-Week Legacy House Visit, 2 p.m. - USU Wind Orchestra/ Symphonic Band, Kent Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
- A-Week, all day - Partners in Business Women in Business Seminar, Eccles Conference Center, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Interior Design Senior Exhibit, Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - A-Week, tying baby blankets, TSC Patio, 12 p.m. - Computer Information Literacy (CIL) information law and ethics workshop, Eccles Science Learning Center 053, 2:30 to 3:20 p.m. - Grad School Session and Charity Activity, Old Main, 4 to 5:30 p.m. - A-Week, Senior Celebration, TSC Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom, 7 p.m. - USU Chamber Singers, Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.
April 13 April 14 April 15
itarian aid through the Red Cross. Registration forms in Biology and Natural Resources 101. Preregistration $8 with student ID, $10 without, $15 day of race.
Public relations is having a conference Monday, April 13 in the Eccles Conference Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone is invited and ice cream will be served.
The WRC is collecting old cell phones for CAPSA. Bring in your used cell phones to TSC 315. We will send them to CAPSA and help protect women against violence. Questions? Call 797-1728 or womenscenter@usu.edu.
April 18 at 7 p.m. Hyrum Barker is performing a junior recital at the St. Aggie music festival John’s Episcopal Church. Monday, April 13 the Aggie This is a cello recital Day Music Festival will be where works of Lalo and in the TSC West Ballroom. Bach will be performed as Music at 5 p.m., tickets $4 well as an original comadvance $5 at door. There position for four cellos. “The Madwoman of will be a concert and raffle. All Proceeds will be donated Chaillot� will be performed Admission is free. Wednesday, April 15, at the to SEED Foundation. Morgan Theatre, 7:30 to 9:30 USU ice skaters will perform in Once Upon a EWB fundraiser p.m. Time 2009 Friday, April Thursday, April 16, 6 to 8 Free grad school seminar 24 and Saturday, April 25 p.m. will be an Engineers Without Borders fundraiser Wednesday, April 15 in Old at 8 p.m. at the Eccles Ice Center. Main room 121 from 4 to at Cafe Sabor. The cost is 5:30 p.m. Dinner served and $15 for a burrito or taco please bring any school sup- Single and pregnant? salad. There will also be a Free, confidential counplies to donate for kids. raffle and live music. seling and support for Disc-golf tourney Chippin’ For Charity Golf anyone facing pregnancy outside of marriage. Pre Tournament, four man Visit the Student Living scramble, 18 holes, April 18, marriage counseling, Center Disc-golf Course on preparing for single parcart and dinner provided, A-Day, Friday, April 17, to and prizes. Long drive, chip- enthood, and adoption participate in the ORC’s counseling. Assistance ping and putting contest free Disc-golf Tournament. also. E-mail lteredorange@ with medical and commuPrizes for first, second and third place. Call 797-3264 for gmail.com for info and reg- nity resources. Call LDS Family Services/Sandy at: istration. details. 435-752-5302 Run for Your Life Race is April 18. Funds go to human-
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April 14 at 7 p.m. Hanna Abbott will be performing a junior violin recital at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Featured works are from Bach, Mozart, Shubert and Wieniawski.
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