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Fraternities and sororities see recruitment increase
Breaking News The USU volleyball team defeated WAC foe, Boise State, 3-0, Thursday night. Page 8
Campus News A USU student and professor travel up to 47,000 feet to view meteors from the comet Kiess Page 3
Features A group of students learn the secrets of handball from the masters. Page 7
By LIZ LAWYER assistant news editor
Out-of-state enrollment had a small spike this year, and Greek recruitment appears to have reaped the benefits, Panhellenic Council President Alexis Lear said. This week was the fraternities’ recruitment week, with each house holding activities and running tables on campus to draw in new pledges. The sororities’ recruitment week was Aug. 22-25. “Generally at Utah State, those who join fraternities and sororities are from out of state,” said Alexis Lear, senior in public relations and an alumna of Chi Omega. “In-state students tend to come with people and already have friends, so they don’t feel the need to find new people.” Project Bandaloop performed on the side of the Merill Cazier Library Wednesday night. Kevin Webb, president of Pi Kappa Alpha, said hisAccording to the group’s Web site, projectbandaloop.org, they aim to perform with dance, ritual torically Greek life seems to fit out-of-state students and environmental awareness. Project Bandaloop is also performing at the Ellen Eccles Theatre more. this weekend. TYLER LARSON photo “When the Legislature passed House Bill 315, we saw a drop in recruitment and so we were glad when they reversed it,” Webb said. “We thought it would take a little while for the word to get out, but the university’s done a really good job of educating freshmen about that there was a need among the student body the Greeks.” By LIZ WILSON for this area of study.” Utah’s Greek system has struggled over the past few staff writer The ADVS department has offered some years, with enrollment dipping at USU in 2005 to 237 horse minors in the past, but it was decided members in 10 fraternities and sororities affiliated The animal, dairy and veterinary science that a four-year program was needed. with the Greek Council. Membership has been steadily department and the political science depart Evans explained that by adding this new falling since 2001. The official numbers for this year’s ment introduced two new areas to study. The emphasis, the university has received strong recruitment weeks have not yet been tallied. ADVS department now has an equine studies interest from prospective students from across Despite the friendly competition between fraterniand management emphasis under the ADVS the country. Inviting new students with an ties and sororities at USU, Lear said, they all have the major, and the political science department interest in equine studies may increase the same goal of helping the Greek community grow and has also added a new minor, Latin American ADVS department’s number of students drathrive. matically, she said. studies. Each department developed its new “I think we’re definitely worried,” she said. “We Under the new Latin American studies programs due to a growing need for each, want to keep going, keep growing upwards. Right now minor, students are required to study political is a semester in which I’ve seen a lot of potential.” as many students have been requesting programs in these two specific areas. science as well as the history of various Latin Taylor Johnson, president of Delta Sigma Phi, said Patricia Evans, the director of the underAmerican countries, and they must have two the fraternity has had the highest recruitment numbers graduate equine program, developed the years of introductory Spanish or Portuguese. it’s had in years, with 15 new students pledging to join curriculum for this new emphasis. Along Students can also take classes in anthropology the organization, which currently has 13 members. with heading the program, Evans teaches and geography of Latin American countries. Johnson said a lack of school support may have hurt two classes in equine studies. She said the These specifications are unique to this Greek recruitment the past few years. university decided to add this program “due major and prove its emphasis on Latin “We haven’t had a lot of school support,” Johnson to student interest and industry need. Many institutions have equine curriculum, and USU, - See DEGREES, page 4 - See GREEKS, page 3 or the ADVS department specifically, realized
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IT monitoring Internet traffic and hackers
Sports Four USU soccer players score in the Aggies’ 4-3 victory over Weber State. Page 8
Opinion “Maybe we’re spending too much effort looking over the shoulders of the people we put in charge of the conflict in Iraq.” Page 12
Almanac Today in History: In 1971, a four-day revolt at Attica Correctional Facility, in New York, ends after 39 people are killed in a battle where police opened fire on immates holding other officers hostage. This marked the worst prison riot in U.S. history.
By ALISON BAUGH senior writer A visual device now allows the Information Technology team to track Internet traffic and people trying to hack into the USU computer system. Rian Shelley, a USU network specialist, designed the program locally and completely from scratch. The screen has different color dots to identify the various types of communication and also shows different colors of lines for when people are trying to break into the system or successfully do and when people on campus try to break into something the firewall blocks. “I don’t know about any other programs like this one,” said Bob Bayn, IT team coordinator. The main visual screen, which was put in about six months ago, is
helped by additional screens on each side. The right screen may seem like a jumble of numbers to the regular person, but the IT team is able to break them down and see how often people are doing the same thing on multiple computers, looking for patterns that show hacking. The IT team reported that people from all over the world, such as the Netherlands and China, have attempted to break in, but with no success. The left monitor has what the team calls a “honeypot,” or tolerated target, where the technicians can see what kinds of things people are trying, allowing them to keep their system updated against it all. Computers can still be taken over or compromised while on campus Information technology can follow Internet traffic and hackers by downloading or clicking on the trying to compromise the school’s computer system. The visual device, shown
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Residents address concerns about Boulevard trail By HOLLY WARDLE-VENTURA staff writer
Residents of Logan held a meeting at a home on the Boulevard Thursday night to address concerns about the new trail plans being implemented
by Logan City. Amy Hochberg and Brooke Whiting organized the meeting to inform the community about the new trail plans and to allow the community’s concerns to be heard. “The city has been planning this for years but has not communicated with residents and has given
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above with Miles Johnson, was designed by a USU network specialist. Different colored dots identify types of communication and attempts to break into the system. NOELLE BERLAGE photo
Brooke Whiting, left, and Amy Hochberg organized a meeting for the Boulevard neighborhood to discuss concerns about the placement of a trail in the area. NOELLE BERLAGE photo
no opportunity for comments,” Hochberg said. Construction plans for the trail are to run from 600 East to 400 East of the upper Boulevard. Although construction was to begin last week, it was halted by residents until after Thursday’s meeting where all in attendance were asked to fill out questionnaires about the project. Those questionnaire’s will now be submitted to the city for review before construction of the trail will continue. Residents were concerned about trees the city plans to plant along the trail. Logan has a tree planting code calling on new developments to plant every 30 feet in the center of the planting strip. “It would block the view of people living in these houses,” said Hochberg. Another concern was what type of material the trail would be constructed of and if it would be weather resistant. “Bikers are not supposed to go on the cement. It would be nice if it were a different material because I’m afraid it will look like just sidewalk,” said Hochberg.
Residents offered suggestions to add color concrete to the distinguish the trail from regular sidewalk. According to Mark Nielsen of Logan City, there is a budget and a plan the city must adhere to, but it may be possible if it fits within the budget plan. Other concerns discussed were whether or not benches, garbage cans, doggie bag dispensers and decorative lighting were options to add to the new trail for esthetic purposes. Russ Akina, of the Parks and Recreation of Logan said that cost is the real issue but holds no objection to placing benches in areas where people congregate. Whiting asks that Logan city try to “keep the appeal to the trail.” Parking issues alongside the boulevard and safety hazards such as cross walks and biker trail signs were also discussed. Residents must now await final say from Logan City as to which proposals will will be granted. “Sure we can adapt and work together and feel unified as a whole. That is my expectation,” said Barker. –holly.ventura@aggiemail.usu.edu
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World&Nation
Friday, Sept. 14, 2007
Today’sIssue
Celebs&People
NEW YORK (AP) – A record producer has sued rappers 50 Cent and Lil’ Kim and two record companies for $2 million, claiming they failed to pay him royalties on a song that sold 2 million copies. Carlos Evans says in papers filed in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court he contracted with Rotten Apple Records in January 2003 to produce, engineer and mix a rap track called “Magic Stick” to be The policy of The Utah Statesman is to cor50 Cent performed by 50 rect any error made as soon as possible. If Cent and Lil’ Kim. you find something you would like clarified Evans, of Staten Island, says he was to or find unfair, please contact the editor at get a $7,500 advance and royalties for 797-1762 or TSC 105. working on the song. His court papers say that he was paid the advance and nothing else and that his requests for a royalties audit have been ignored. Evans, 36, said Thursday the song track first was intended for 50 Cent’s Gunman kills officer breakout album, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” triggering manhunt Naomi Dempsey looks for items to salvage in the attic of her grandparent’s home in High Island, but instead became a track on Lil’ Kim’s Texas, Thursday, Sept. 13. Humberto, the first hurricane to hit the U.S. in two years, sneaked up on south Texas 2003 album, “La Bella Mafia,” which CUTLER BAY, Fla. (AP) –A gunman and Louisiana overnight and crashed ashore Thursday with heavy rains and 85 mph winds, killing at least one was recorded and distributed by Atlantic killed a police officer and injured three Records. others during a traffic stop Thursday, The “Magic Stick” single hit No. 2 on triggering a manhunt in a suburban the Billboard Hot 100, and the compact Miami neighborhood, officials said. disc album was certified double platinum Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos by the Recording Industry Association of HIGH ISLAND, Texas (AP) – Call it Humberto got.” About 100,000 customers lost Alvarez confirmed that an officer died. America, Evans said. the instant hurricane. Surprising as Humberto was, power in Beaumont and Port Arthur. The three survivors were in serious “It was one of the hottest tracks on that Humberto, which grew faster than forecasters said it may have been a In Louisiana, the storm flooded condition, police spokeswoman Linda album, and I didn’t collect my royalties,” any storm on record from tropical blessing that it didn’t linger longer highways and knocked out power to O’Brien said. said Evans, who calls himself “Phantom depression to full-scale hurricane over warm waters of the Gulf of about 13,000 homes and businesses. The officers were conducting of the Beat” and says he has worked for landfall, surprised the TexasMexico, which could have given it By 11 a.m. Wednesday, it had burglary surveillance when they rap acts Busta Rhymes, Wu-Tang Clan Louisiana coast early Thursday with time to develop into more than a organized into a tropical depression stopped the man because he was and Ghostface Killah. 85-mph winds and heavy rain that minimal hurricane. with 35 mph winds and by 2 p.m. was driving a car erratically, said O’Brien. Rotten Apple Records lawyer Theodore knocked out power to more than Although forecasts called for up to a 45-mph tropical storm, centered The man opened fire with a highSedlmayr, speaking for the company and 100,000 and left at least one person a foot of rain, Humberto produced just 70 miles off shore. At 1:15 a.m. powered weapon and fled. It was not 50 Cent, said the late royalty problems dead. no more than half that and generated Thursday, it was upgraded to an 80immediately clear whether the officers arose because Evans put a large sample Meteorologists were at a loss to much more wind. By late afternoon, it mph, Category 1 hurricane, only 15 returned fire. of someone else’s music in “Magic Stick” explain the rapid, 16-hour genesis of had weakened to tropical depression miles from the coast. Less than two Authorities were looking for Shawn and the segment had to be licensed and the first hurricane to hit the U.S. since churning across the Deep South. hours later, at 3 a.m., its center roared Sherwin Labeet, 25. Authorities paid for. 2005. “It was amazing to go to sleep to ashore with 85-mph winds just east of initially identified a different suspect “Atlantic is trying to get it straightened “Before Humberto developed, you a tropical storm and wake up to a High Island. as the gunman, but that person was out,” Sedlmayr said. “If after the accountlooked at the satellite imagery the hurricane,” he said. “What are you Experts can’t draw conclusions on actually hundreds of miles away in the ing Mr. Evans is entitled to anything, day before, and there was virtually going to do? You couldn’t get up and possible trends of faster-forming Jacksonville area. he’ll get it then.” nothing there. This really spun up drive away. You couldn’t run for it. hurricanes based on just one storm. Labeet was last seen in neighboring out of thin air, very, very quickly, said You just have to hunker down.” Franklin said part of the problem Broward County in a black Pontiac, National Hurricane Center specialist The only reported death was a man was Humberto was a relatively smallO’Brien said. The car was later found James Franklin in Miami. “We’ve who died in southeast Texas when the sized storm, making it harder for at a shopping mall parking lot in never had any tropical cyclone go carport at his home collapsed, police forecasters and computer models to neighboring Broward County, but Top Ten Reasons I Love Racing from from where Humberto was to where said. analyze. Labeet was not in it, she said. A man, a Sept. 12, 2007. woman and two children found in the car were being questioned, she said. 10– Between the G-Forces and the fumes, I’m loopy most of the time
Today is Friday, Sept. 14, 2007. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Mel Martinez, a freshman majoring in childhood development from Logan, Utah.
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Humberto sneaks up on coast
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Salmon research helps preserve fish
WASHINGTON (AP) –Papa salmon plus mama salmon equals ... baby trout? Japanese researchers put a new spin on surrogate parenting as they engineered one fish species to produce another, in a quest to preserve endangered fish. Idaho scientists begin the next big step next month, trying to produce a type of salmon highly endangered in that state – the sockeye – this time using more plentiful trout as surrogate parents. The new method is “one of the best things that has happened in a long time in bringing something new into conservation biology,” said University of Idaho zoology professor Joseph Cloud, who is leading the U.S. governmentfunded sockeye project. The Tokyo University inventors injected newly hatched but sterile Asian masu salmon with sperm-growing cells from rainbow trout – and watched the salmon grow up to produce trout.
Prime minister doesn’t rule out run for president
MOSCOW (AP) – President Vladimir Putin’s choice for prime minister said Thursday he would not rule out a run for the presidency, adding to the intrigue following his surprise nomination just months before elections. Putin nominated Viktor Zubkov on Wednesday after dismissing Mikhail Fradkov, who had headed the Cabinet since 2004. The State Duma, the loyal lower parliament house that often acts as a rubber stamp for Kremlin policies, is expected to approve the choice Friday. Asked whether he would be president, Zubkov said: “If I achieve something in this position, I do not rule out this scenario.” Zubkov’s remark deepened the uncertainty Putin created by choosing his little-known ally to replace Fradkov ahead of December parliamentary elections and a March presidential vote in which Putin is barred from seeking a third straight term. Zubkov, has spent the last six years
overseeing investigations into suspicious financial transactions as the head of the agency charged with fighting moneylaundering. He was widely praised by members of the dominant proKremlin party United Russia after his nomination was announced. But while his confirmation is a foregone conclusion, Putin’s nomination of a virtual unknown ahead of crucial elections muddied Russia’s political waters, amplifying questions about the popular leader’s plan for his country and himself. Putin said Wednesday that he needed to “prepare the country” for life after the elections. Just how, though, he left unclear, to demonstrate that he is in control and to leave him room for maneuver as he prepares to step down. Zubkov, who has worked under Putin since the early 1990s, is seen as a loyal figure likely to fulfill any role Putin sets before him. Putin provided little clarity Thursday, though he suggested other Cabinet
ministers could be replaced – and possibly that Zubkov could remain in his post through the elections. In televised comments, Putin indicated he replaced the premier now so that concerns among Cabinet members about their jobs would not affect their work during the elections.
9– Switch the ‘R’ and ‘C’ in ‘Racing’ and you get ‘Caring 8– Can hold 8 gigs of music on my new iHelmet 7– In a pinch, checkered flags make a lovely tablecloth 6– Two more wins and I get to marry Ashley Judd 5– You can talk to your car and pretend you’re David Hasselhoff 4– How many people can say their ‘office’ goes 200 miles per hour
President Vladimir Putin speaks to the State Counsel meeting in the western city of Belgorod, Thursday, Sept. 13. Putin’s choice for prime minister, Viktor Zubkov, said he would not rule out a run for the presidency. AP Photo
3– Driving fast and starting fights 2– It’s not one of those sports you have to inject stuff in your ass to be good 1– Unlike most guys, I like it when my wife says, ‘You’re too fast
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Greeks: Recruitment week -continued from page 1 said. “Maybe they weren’t against us, but they definitely weren’t for us. “One thing that’s different is the Student Involvement Center has been really helping us out. We’ve had more freshmen coming over than ever before.” Another thing that has been blamed for Utah students shying away from joining fraternities or sororities is the image of Greek life perpetuated by movies like “Old School” or “Animal House” and TV shows like “Greek.” Webb said he agrees the stereotype has something to do with the low numbers in Utah, but Greeks haven’t publicized the good things they do, such as the charity work every house is required to be involved in, enough to counterbalance that image. “We as Greeks don’t do a good job of PR,” he said. “We do a lot of good things we don’t tell people about.” Lear said the Greeks are trying to expand their recruitment efforts to help their falling numbers. Professor Mike taylor and senior Dan Burton traveled up 47,000 feet to take video and pictures She said they are working on year-round of meteors from the comet Kiess. The two went as part of a NASA mission. photo courtesy of Dan Burton recruitment and new “We as Greeks they worked quickly and smoothly, Taylor said. ways to get registered By RANAE BANGERTER Kiess only orbits the sun every 2,000 years, with a Greek organiza- don’t do a good job staff writer when most meteors come every 10 to 50 years. tion and be involved. of PR. We do a lot The orbit of the comet is very long and ellipti- During the recruit Two USU researchers were able to take part in cal unlike most comets. It’s also different because ment weeks, each house of good things we don’t tell people a once-in-a-lifetime trip to study meteors from the only kinds of radiation received are x-ray and holds a service project the comet Kiess. cosmic radiation. for their organization’s about.” During Labor Day weekend, physics professor “They call it a pristine comet because it hasn’t sponsored charity, as Mike Taylor and senior Dan Burton traveled up to been affected by the sun as much as other comwell as house tours Kevin Webb, president of ets,” Taylor said. 47,000 feet with a crew of 24 researchers from all and activities specific The last sighting of the comet was in A.D. over the world. Pi Kappa Alpha to each organization. 30, and the last sighting of the meteors from the Crew members on the Aurgirid MultiJohnson said this week comet was in 1911, Burton said. Instrument Aircraft Campaign Mission were Delta Sigma Phi had a “It’s a new meteor shower in that respect,” from Maryland, France, England, Germany and sumo wrestling match with rented sumo suits, a root beer Taylor said. Denmark, some even working for NASA. kegger, goldfish races, and Friday night will have a Guitar In previous sightings of Keiss, the comet was Taylor and Burton’s position in the flight was Hero and Dance Dance Revolution party. Thursday Sigma blue and green. Normal comets are reds and to take video and pictures of the meteors so the Nu invited students to “Beat a Beater,” where they helped whites, Taylor said. researchers could study them. destroy a car headed for the junkyard. Pi Kappa Alpha “With these pictures we can analyze the actual “The colors tell us what the comet materials had activities like bowling, ultimate frisbee and miniare: sodium, magnesium and various metal eletrajectory of the original comet by tracing or just golf. ments ... So by looking at the colors and making putting all the pictures together and figuring out Though this year’s house tours “were complete flops spectral measurements, we can actually from a exactly where the dust is coming from and findfor some reason,” according to Johnson, with only two ing what the meteors are made of,” Burton said. distance tell what the comet’s dust is made of, students showing up to see the houses for all the frater Taylor said he chose Burton to go with him what the meteors are made of,” Taylor said. nities, he said other activities put on by the fraternities because Burton has taken photographs for him in Taylor has been on several of these “missions” drew lots of students. The sororities’ house tours, held Alaska and other places. to study how meteors burn up in the atmosphere, during Connections Week, had more than 90 students in Taylor uses the cameras often to study atmobut this one was special, he said. attendance. spheric waves, but he likes to use them for other “I’ve done it before, but every time it’s a real Today the fraternities will be “running the hill,” Webb research. thrill,” Taylor said. “It’s so exciting to be able to said. Running the hill is a tradition in which pledges, or “They kind of give us clues as to early makeup do these things.” rushees, stand at the top of Old Main and run down to of the solar system and help us to kind of theorize The researchers saw about 50 to 100 meteors join the members of the fraternity of their choice. This ritand figure out what may have happened to get the in the sensitive cameras. ual used to be where fraternities learned who had decided solar system how it is today,” Burton said. “I think we actually saw more meteors than I to join them. Now fraternities know earlier in the week Taylor was called by the lead investigator, Peter expected, and that’s even nicer,” Taylor said. who will be pledging with them. Jeniskens, two months before the mission was to The photos will be studied over the next few “It’s just an old tradition,” Webb said. “USU is big on be held. The crew has been on several missions months to determine the findings. traditions.” –ranae.bang@aggiemail.usu.edu together, so when they meet up on short notice, –elizabeth.lawyer@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Governors discuss incentives for cleaner coal
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Four governors of coal-producing states say federal incentives are needed to entice power companies to develop cleaner energy from coal. The governors, meeting Thursday in Cheyenne, said they hoped to persuade Congress to keep coal power viable amid pressure to limit emissions of carbon dioxide, one of the gases blamed for global warming. Currently coal-fired power plants are among the nation’s top emitters of carbon dioxide. “It is clearly our belief that the federal government’s failure to move, and to move quickly, is going to impose a significant price on us as a nation going forward, both in terms of having clean energy and also in terms of energy security,” Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal said. Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, Utah Gov.
Jon Huntsman and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin joined Freudenthal in a daylong meeting to talk about possible federal incentives, including tax breaks, to spur cleaner burning coal. The four said in a midafternoon press conference that they were also discussing incentives for wind and solar power. Ritter touted a couple such projects in his state. But coal was the main topic of the day. “We know energy efficiency and energy conservation are a big part of our clean energy future, renewable energy is certainly a part of it,” Ritter said. “But most of the experts and even the people who understand the most about climate change, would agree as well that coal will be a part of it.” Manchin said there has been a “movement away from coal,” but it
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wrong thing on the Internet, said Miles Johnson, security specialist. When some computers are taken over, users can tell, but most of the time a bugging device is put on the computer that is invisible to the user. It will then track key strokes, watching for any type of password or number it could use, and it will report back to its master. The owner is then able to use the information to access or use credit cards or other personal information, Johnson said. If the IT team notices this, they are usually able to track the computer and its user within 10 minutes to let them know of the danger and help them take care of the problem. In the past when a compromised computer needed to be put back on the system, it was done for free. This provided no motivation for the user to keep their computer clean and updated, so the IT team now charges $25 for the first time and $50 each subsequent time. The number of compromised computers dropped from hundreds a month to three or four, Johnson said. “It made a profound change in the way people think of keeping computers at USU,” he said. The team encouraged students to be careful about what they click on
and giving out their credit card or other numbers online to a site that may not be secure. Darren Cluff, an IT employee and USU student, has been working with the new system for about two months and reviews the information collected daily to make sure that nothing was missed, as the computer isn’t watched continually. He is now able to find patterns in the numbers and alert the team to any situations that need to be taken care of. The IT team gave suggestions for users on how to watch their own computers. Keeping machines updated and checking them early and often was Cluff and Johnson’s advice. Bayn said users should be skeptical of things that are sent to them. It may take a few minutes to call and verify a bank sent an e-mail, but Cluff said this will save time in the long run and prevent someone from stealing someone’s identity. An ongoing discussion for the IT team involves an Internet security port, Port 25. This is an attempt to verify which computers on campus are actual e-mail servers and block the others to help keep the security levels high, Johnson said. It is a campuswide issue, and Bayn said they are working with about 100 people who will be
won’t last. “It’s going to be here. It’s needed. It has to be part of the equation,” he said. Federal incentives would encourage technologies like coal gasification, which involves turning coal into gas before burning it. The process is cleaner than burning coal directly. Incentives also could be used to get utilities to trap carbon dioxide from power plants and pump the gas underground, possibly as a way to recharge old, depleted oil fields. “There has to be some sort of bridge that connects the rhetoric and the reality of where we are in terms of clean energy and energy independence,” Huntsman said. “That’s something we, as governors, can do.” Wyoming is the nation’s top coalproducing state, generating more than 35 percent of the nation’s coal in 2005, according to the Energy Information
Administration. West Virginia ranked second, at more than 13 percent. Colorado was seventh, while Utah ranked 14th. The governors said they did not finalize any recommendations during Thursday’s meeting. They said specifics would come later, possibly after more meetings. “That kind of listing in detail awaits another day,” Freudenthal said. The meeting came a day after Freudenthal severed ties with a Golden, Colo., group that promotes domestic energy production, Americans for American Energy. Freudenthal said in a letter to the group that it had made “highly inappropriate assertions” about him supporting some of its goals, such as encouraging drilling on western Colorado’s Roan Plateau.
Beat the Beater
Brad Lowder, freshman majoring in law and consitutional studies, participated in Beat the Beater, an activity hosted by Sigma Nu Thursday night. Lowder is a pledge in the fraternity. TYLER LARSON photo
Briefs Campus & Community
Top of Utah Marathon and 5K Race Saturday The Top of Utah Marathon and 5K Race are tomorrow. The event begins at 7 a.m. The Top of Utah Marathon starts at Hardware Ranch and ends at Merlin Olsen in Logan. Registration for the Top of Utah Marathon is ongoing. Registration forms are available at Al’s Sporting Goods and online at http://www.topofutahmarathon. com/. In conjunction with the Top of Utah Marathon, there will be a 5K along the final few miles of the course. The cost is $25.
County Sheriff’s office sponsoring demolition The Demolition Derby is tomorrow at the Logan-Cache County Fairgrounds, 400 S. 500 West. The Cache County Sheriff’s office sponsors three Demolition Derbies. Each event will start at 7 p.m. Part of the proceeds from the events will go to the support non-profit auxiliary groups which aid the Sheriff’s Office. It costs $8 for adults and $4 for children.
Disability Resource Center recruiting The Disability Resource Center Peer Mentor program is taking applications for all of its various mentoring roles. Mentors work with students of varied backgrounds and goals in areas such as social, academic (time management and study skills), or transitional/vocational skills. Program functions primarily on a volunteer basis. The program also works with practicum student mentors and paid mentors as well. Mentors work with a student from 1-3 hours a week. Mentors are also responsible to follow through will some minor paperwork. In addition mentors are asked to attend monthly trainings to give support to the mentor with skills that have been valuable in the past. If interested please contact Rick Memmott at rickmemmott@cc.usu.edu.
Governor encourages “Lights Off Utah” Salt Lake City – Governor Jon Huntsman is joining local businesses and governments in support of “Lights Off Utah” – an energy demonstration focused on portraying the positive impact using less energy can have on all Utahns and the state. On September 19 from 9 pm to 10 pm all Utahns are encouraged to turn off all lights within their homes and businesses. “Each individual can make a difference and Lights Off Utah enables us to see the impact of all those individual actions,” said Governor Huntsman. “Wise use of our energy resources is vital as our state continues to grow in terms of our economy and population. I encourage every Utahn to participate in this effort.” “Lights Off Utah” is intended to demonstrate how much energy can be saved and how carbon emissions can be eliminated through the simple act of turning off all lights statewide for one hour. Utahns are being asked to turn-off non-essential lighting in their homes for one hour. State and local governments will also support the effort by turning off lights in office buildings and other structures. Essential lighting, including street lights, traffic lights and hospital lighting, will remain on during the initiative. Many State facilities have hard-wired safety lighting that will also be maintained. According to Rocky Mountain Power, if 750,000 residential or commercial unites turned off just five 60-watt bulbs for an hour, enough energy would be saved to run every appliance in 1,300 homes for a week. “The Lights Off Utah event will allow all of North America to see visually what can be done when each of us becomes consciously aware of energy waste and that Utah is leading the way,” said Dan Furner, eCube Energy Vice President of Public Relations and Marketing. “Turning off non-essential lighting is the easiest, most effective first step.” The initiative is being organized by eCube Energy and the Nightside Project on KSL NewsRadio. Other organizations supporting the event include the State of Utah, Utah League of Cities and Towns, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake Chamber/ Downtown Alliance, Rocky Mountain Power, Comcast and Utah Clean Energy. For more information about Lights Off Utah, please visit www.lightsoffamerica. com.
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Rape by association? Leader of polygamist sect goes on trial ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) – A 14-year-old girl objected to marriage and sex with an older cousin but her spiritual mentor insisted she surrender “mind, body and soul,” a prosecutor said Thursday as trial opened for a polygamous-sect leader charged with rape by accomplice. The girl, now 21, was under the exacting influence of Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Washington County prosecutor Brock Belnap told jurors. Jeffs is accused of telling her that she risked her salvation if she refused to enter a religious union in 2001 and have sex with the 19-year-old man. Belnap told jurors they would see pictures of the girl having her wedding dress sewn. “She’ll be smiling, but you’ll understand that pictures don’t necessarily say what was going on in her heart,” he said. The girl first had sex with her cousin months after their ceremonial marriage in a Nevada motel, Belnap said. When she later complained to Jeffs, he replied: “’Repent. Go home and give yourself mind, body and soul to your husband.’ And she did,” Belnap told the
jury. Jeffs, 51, was a fugitive for nearly two years and was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list when he was arrested during a traffic stop outside Las Vegas in August 2006. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. During opening statements, defense attorney Tara Isaacson said the alleged victim’s cousin will testify that no rape occurred. She said other couples belonging to Jeffs’ FLDS church will talk about how he counsels them about marriage. During a 1999 sermon, Isaacson said, Jeffs told his followers that a “man should only have marital relations with a wife if she invites it.” The girl may not have liked being married to her cousin, Isaacson said, but “being unhappy is different from being raped.” The trial began after more than three days of interviews with prospective jurors. Fifth District Judge James Shumate and attorneys quickly settled on seven women and five men Thursday morning after whittling the pool to 28 people. Jeffs has led the FLDS church since 2002. Followers see him as a prophet who communicates
with God and holds dominion over their salvation. Ex-church members say the former school principal reigns with an iron fist, demanding perfect obedience from followers. Many had speculated it would be difficult to seat an impartial jury in Washington County because of intense media coverage and because Jeffs’ insular FLDS church is based only about 50 miles east in the twin border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. In questioning with one prospective juror Wednesday, Shumate said some polygamists perceive themselves as involved in a civil-rights struggle. Polygamy advocates have long contended that the freedom to practice plural marriage as part of their religion is a civil-rights matter. FLDS members believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven. And while Jeffs is not charged with being a polygamist, and the marriage between the cousins was monogamous, polygamy likely will emerge in discussions at trial. But polygamy, the judge said, “cannot be allowed by jurors to be a focus of concern.”
Appeals court rules government breached trust duties in Navajo case ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A federal appeals court on Thursday handed the nation’s largest Indian reservation a victory in a yearslong legal battle over claims that the government and a coal company conspired to cheat the Navajo Nation out of millions of dollars in royalties. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that the federal government failed to uphold its trust duties to the Navajos and that the tribe is entitled to damages from the government. “After 14 years of litigation, it’s extremely gratifying that a distinguished court of appeals has embraced the position that the Navajo Nation has taken and has ensured that trust responsibility is not simply a catch phrase, but it has some real meaning,” said Paul Frye, an Albuquerque attorney who represented the tribe in the case. It was unclear late Thursday whether the government would appeal the ruling. A spokesman with the U.S. Department of Justice said he could not immediately comment on the ruling. The appeals court has remanded the case back to the Court of Federal Claims to determine how much damage the tribe suffered as a result of the government’s actions. Navajo president Joe Shirley Jr. said late Thursday that he was ecstatic about the ruling. “I feel like they’ve been doing an injustice to us all long but now we’re beginning to call their hand,” he said.
The Navajos claim the government’s breach of trust cost them as much as $600 million in lost coal royalties. For the Navajo Nation, where many people live without running water or electricity, that’s more than the total annual tribal budget. Frye said he hopes the tribe
Speak Up “I feel like they’ve been doing an injustice to us all long but now we’re beginning to call their hand.” Joe Shirley Jr., Navajo president would be able to use whatever damages the court may eventually award to “remedy some serious infrastructure deficiencies.” Shirley also pointed to the needs of the tribe’s youngsters and its senior citizens, saying a monetary award would enable the tribe to begin helping itself. The sprawling reservation covers part of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. The Peabody Coal Company has mined coal on tribal lands for decades, paying the tribe taxes and mineral royalties. In 1985, the tribe alleged that Peabody Coal conspired with then-Interior Secretary Donald
Hodel to persuade the tribe to accept a lower royalty than other government officials believed the tribe should be paid. The Navajos said the Interior Department failed in its duty under the Indian Mineral Lease Act to protect the tribe’s interest. The tribe filed a lawsuit in 1993 and demanded payment from the government, but the Court of Federal Claims ruled that the tribe was not entitled to damages. The appeals court reversed the decision in 2001, resulting in an appeal by the government. The Supreme Court ruled two years later that violations of the Mineral Lease Act didn’t entitle the tribe to payment from the government. The tribe appealed, this time seeking to present arguments that a network of statutes and regulations other than the Mineral Lease Act were violated that would entitle the tribe to damages. The appeals court said Thursday the network of laws cited by the tribe establish “specific trust duties and can fairly be interpreted as mandating compensation for damages sustained as a result of a breach of the duties imposed by the governing law.” The ruling also states that the tribe demonstrated that the government violated its common law trust duties of care, candor and loyalty as well as its duty to keep the tribe informed regarding the development of its coal resources.
Degrees: New area studies available to students -continued from page 1 American politics exclusively. Professor William Furlong, in the political science department, has coordinated this minor with the help of Bonnie GlassCoffin and Susan Mannon of the department of sociology, Cacilda Rego from the department of languages and James Sanders of the department of history. The course catalog describes people who complete this minor to have “demonstrated language competence and enhanced political, economic, cultural,
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both have many students enrolled and many more interested. With this being the first semester that the new emphasis is offered, the equine science and management emphasis already has 30 students enrolled. “I expect that over the next three to five years our numbers will really expand,” Evans said. “We expect this program to draw students locally and nationally, which it has already begun doing.” –liz.w@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Caged in... A day at the zoo By Tonnie Dixon staff writer
Owls and snakes are just a few of the animals Susi Bracewell, education coordinator, works with every day at Willow Park Zoo. Employees have to love the animals that they feed and take care of. The zoo is currently working on getting new elk and capuchin monkey exhibits. PATRICK ODEN photos
When you care for about 400 animals a day, you can’t help but have a passion for them. Superintendent of the Willow Park Zoo, Rod Wilhelm, said the animals are the reason he enjoys his job. “You love the animals and you love the staff,” Wilhelm said. “We have many great people to work with. Diversity plays a major role, but that comes with the animals and the staff.” Wilhelm has worked 28 years for the zoo. He said he started nine years after it opened in 1970, and he is currently responsible for collection and the overall operation of the Zoo. Most of Wilhelm’s daily duties consist of animal care, construction, administration and maintenance of the park, he said. “I put water out in the morning, do some feeding, do some administrative stuff, do some more feeding, then we usually have a brief meeting to oversee the day and coordinate what is going on and assignments for the different tasks,” Wilhelm said. “That is one of the good things about the job here – it never is the same.” Karl Kallmeyer is the full-time zookeeper who deals with everything from feeding, finances and errands. He said he is responsible for depositing the money daily from the donation box, picking up day-old produce from Albertsons to feed animals, cleaning walkways and checking on animals. “Sometimes we have the afternoon to ourselves to work on our own projects,” Kallmeyer said. A lot of work and construction is being put into the new elk exhibit that should be completed this winter, he said. Wilhelm said the zoo is also getting ready for another new exhibit this winter featuring capuchin monkeys. He also said he hopes to implant a black bear exhibit within the next few years. “The animal count varies a lot when it’s the beginning of the breeding time; there is a lot more. We breed a lot of the birds,” Wilhelm said. Some of the most exotic animals that can be seen at the zoo, he said, are the red-ruffed lemur, Bennet’s Wallaby’s and the water fowl. Fall is the time to accomplish many tasks before the weather starts to cool down. Winterizing the equipment and animals is to be done before snow comes. And although Wilhelm said the staff is not there yet, they will soon be thinking about it. For example, the tortoises have already been taken inside due to the weather changes. “We try to choose most of our animals based on their ability to survive in our climate. However, not all can,” Wilhelm said. Taking care of animals isn’t the only daily priority, he said. The staff spends a lot of time picking up limbs and leaves from the willow trees. “There’s not a time of the year that willows don’t lose something. Any time the wind blows, you just cringe and wonder what the next morning looks like,” Wilhelm said. But he said the worst part of his day is not picking up after trees, but picking up after people. Wilhelm said he also gets discouraged when guests feed animals that should not be fed. Kallmeyer said dealing with people who hurt the animals
- See ZOO, page 6
“Return With Honor” gets lost on its way “Return with Honor” is a film with good intentions but completely derails just 10 minutes into the movie. This movie had quite a bit of potential. There are plenty of low budget movies that do just fine. This isn’t one of them. The creators tried to make an inspirational feel-good movie, but ended up making a film that is so condescending and preachy that people should be offended when they leave the theater. The main character Rowe, played by Javen Tanner, is a Mormon missionary who has just returned from his two years of service. Rowe wears a perpetual frown on his face throughout the movie. For someone who claims that he’s happy, he sure doesn’t show it. On his way home from the airport, his cab is involved in a crash and he has a near-death experience. Now he has a new mission, to baptize his mom at all costs because he only has a certain amount of time left on earth. In the process of trying to
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force his mom into the waters of baptism, Rowe alienates his best friend, his fiancée, and sadly the audience in the theater. As Rowe crosses off the days he has left on a calendar, we as the audience can feel the time passing just as slowly. The pace to “Return with Honor” is sluggish and tedious. The characters are stereotypical and flat. Rowe and his girlfriend Ally, played by Joey Jalalian, have no chemistry whatsoever. Their time together on screen seems forced and almost as if the actors are looking
off screen at their cue cards. Whenever there is a conversation between two characters that has a potential to go somewhere, to show us if any of these characters really feel, it’s cut short and moved on to the next scene. The movie even falls into the deep, dark pit of tired old Mormon/missionary jokes. There are parts that are borderline touching, only to be interrupted with cringe inducing intentional humor. But, the unintentional humor is even worse. With lines like, “All the atoms in my body were moving like the speed of love,” “Return with Honor” garners accidental chuckles from the audience. Plain and simple, “Return with Honor” never lets its characters grow or its story to progress at a reasonable pace. When the end comes, you may find yourself wishing that Rowe had actually died in the car crash so you wouldn’t have had to watch him wallow in self-loathing for the next two hours. -Aaron.Peck@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Comedian coming to USU By David Baker assistant sports editor Getting laid off was the best thing to ever happen to Ryan Hamilton. Well, at least for his comedy career. “I started really pushing for comedy while I was looking for another job, and I started to get offered paid work as a comedian,” he said. “So, I started taking that, and I kind of never found another job, and it’s been about five years now.” After Hamilton was laid off from his job doing public relations for an ad agency, he had time to pursue his comedy career – something he was already doing at night. “I kind of fell into it,” Hamilton said. “ … I always doing it as a hobby, and then it kind
- See HAMILTON, page 7
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Friday, Sept. 14 -Project Bandaloop: modern dance meets rapelling, Ellen Eccles Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Fri. and Sat., $19-31, 752-0026 -Singer-songwriter John Gorka, Eccles Conference Center, 7:30 p.m., $15 in advance, $18 at the door, www.bridgerfolk.org -”The Man of La Mancha”, Heritage Community Theatre, 2505 S. Highway 89, Brigham City, 7:30 p.m. Fri. and Sat., $8, (435) 723-8392 -”7 Year Itch”, Utah Theatre, 18 W Center Street, 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 4:00 p.m. Sat., $5, 752-3072 -”A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Empress Theatre, 9104 W. 2700 S., Magna, 7:00 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 1:00 p.m. Sat., $9 for students, $6 for matinees, 801-347-7373
LaST COMIC STANDING PARTICIPANT, Ryan Hamilton, says he just kind of fell into his comedy career. He is coming to USU Saturday. photo courtesy Ryan Hamilton
Saturday, Sept. 15 -Comedians Ryan Hamilton and Bengt Washburn, TSC Ballroom, 7:30 p.m., $5 -Top of Utah Marathon and 5K, Hardware Ranch to Merlin Olsen Park, 7:00 a.m., $25, Register at Al’s Sporting Goods or at www.topofutahmarathon.com -Demolition Derby, Logan Cache Fairgrounds, 400 S. 500 W., 7:00 p.m., $8 adults $4 children -Big Band Swing Dancing, Elite Hall, 83 W. Main, Hyrum, 7:30 p.m. lessons, 8:30 p.m. dancing, $1 lessons, $3 dancing -Ice Skating, Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 E., Fri. and Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., $4
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hanks to Facebook, and my so-called friends, I’m now an e-alcoholic. Wait, wait, wait, you say. Well, explain, I will. Anyone who has Facebook has been bombarded by an absurd amount of preposterous applications involving such heinous things as rate and compare your friends; become a vampire, zombie, pirate, ninja, jedi or sith; poke your friends or send your friends e-drinks. It’s akin to the amount of religious propaganda being spewed upon those timidly making the trek from the Quad to the Taggart Student Center. Except, at least, the Facebook applications involve drinking, and, as far as I know, don’t determine my eternal damnation. At least they don’t have that application yet. But, why not focus on the fun part – the drinking, and the eventual e-alcoholism it facilitated? I guess it all started, like most drinking experiences, by peer pressure. Or it could have been that there were beers and whiskey drinks suddenly appearing on my Facebook page, as if they were manna from heaven. But I can’t remember the details because I’m too e-drunk at the moment. They look so innocuous, just a small glass of beer, a small, urine-colored whiskey sour with a little maraschino cherry or a Long Island iced tea. It’s all OK. Until one Wednesday night when you decide to drink all your e-drinks at once and then go out and cruise the net and get an e-DUI and end up in the e-drunk tank with other irresponsible surfers. I know that’s ridiculous, but it’s not as ridiculous as the concept of sending drinks to your friend over the Internet. If you are my friend – or even if you aren’t, I don’t care – and want to buy me a drink, just buy me a regular-ass drink. Last time I checked, an e-beer tastes pretty skunky and isn’t ever really cold enough to be refreshing. But if you are looking, here’s a with list of
quality products I would accept: Coors Light, Bud Light, Miller Lite, regular Budweiser, MGD, Coors Original – or if you want to be even cheaper – Pabst, Miller High Life, Busch Light, Natural Light, Bud Dry, Steel Reserve, Old English, Old Milwaukee, Olympia, Hamm’s or Canadian Host – in the plastic, drunk-proof bottle, please. Another thing that troubles me with this whole e-drinking is when it will eventually lead to e-vomiting or e-hooking-up-with-people-uglier-or-fatter-than-you. If Facebook is going to be in the e-drinking business, they might as well do it right. First, I’d say we nix the e-vomiting idea. Let’s just put a positive image of drinking out there – one with no projectile, reverse digestion – because that’s the opinion of drinking we’d want young, impressionable kids to get – no consequences here kids. Without e-vomiting, we’re left with the hooking-up-with-uglier-or-fatter-people-than-youafter-a-night-of-e-drinking application. I’m not sure how it would work out, but first you’d have to find someone who actually remembers one of these real-life encounters, and pick their hazy, alcohol-addled memory for the gory details. Then, the next logical step would be the awkward-morning-after application. This is where you can invite your friends – who have a Mack truck spinning brodies in their head after their efifth of Jack – to wake up to an e-version of you. Maybe that’s where the e-vomiting should come in. Here’s a better idea, instead, you could pick someone for your e-friends to e-wake up next to. All my friends would get celebrities, like Rosie O’Donnell, Gary Busey, RuPaul, Crispin Glover or Mia Sara – wait, I’d love to wake up next to her, scratch that one and put in Charlize Theron from “Monster.”
- See FACEBOOK, page 14
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is the least favorite part of his day. Cleaning up animal poop is not all that fun either, he said. “A lot of the things we have to do are sad, and we shouldn’t have to do them,” Wilhelm said.
The zoo staff consists of a full-time education coordinator, two full-time keepers, part-time people that help with ship work, security personnel, part-timers that help on weekends and a few volunteers. Between the handful of employees, they share responsibilities of plumbing, electrical, concrete, construction, lawn mowing, snow removal and whatever other maintenance jobs need to be done. Willow Park Zoo is funded by the city, county, state and admission gate. “The state funds Hogle Zoo at a certain dollar amount and we get a very small percentage of that being the only other official zoo in the state,” Wilhelm said. “So it sort of comes in the form of a contract grant with the city then runs the place for the state on that contract. The state doesn’t want to be in the zoo business, but they decided to fund the zoo that way. So there is the gate money and state money, then the city and county pick up the remainder of that balance of our budget.” Wilhelm said the entrance fee
is somewhat voluntary. “We put up a sign that it is an admission. It used to say suggested donation, but because we are struggling to try and stay afloat, the government entities that support us continue to say we need to be more self-sufficient. We changed the sign a couple years ago to say admission, and we changed it last year to say one dollar for adults and 50 cents for kids,” Wilhelm said. When asked what his favorite animal is at the zoo, Wilhelm said, “There’s just too many. Each animal has their own personality and some are more difficult than others. For example, the bull elk is extremely dangerous right now and doesn’t care what he hits.” Kallmeyer said interacting with the animals makes his job worth it. “Rod makes fun of me for talking to them,” Kallmeyer said. The zoo covers about 10 acres and is located at 416 W. 700 South in Logan. It is open from 9 a.m. to sunset every day of the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
-T.Dixon@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Hand hitting
Students get a workout in handball class By Amanda Means staff writer
USU students who are looking for a unique sport that is both challenging and fun should give handball a try, said Herm Olsen, handball instructor and A division state champion. “Handball basically follows the same rules and regulations as racquetball,” Jackson Olsen, junior in journalism, said. “But the difference is you are not using a racket and you use a smaller, tougher ball.” “It is literally the oldest game in the world,” Herm said. “All you need is a ball and a wall.” Herm, who began playing handball in 1971, said he started teaching the handball class at USU six years ago in order to introduce the sport to students. The idea for the class came into existence when a group of handball players that Herm has been a part of for more than 20 years began talking about how they were getting older and there were no future handball players. “It would be tragic if we had a generation who didn’t know the game,” he said. Despite being confused for racquetball, the handball class has come a long way since its start. “The first semester it began, the class was listed as racquetball, with handball just in quotes, “ Herm said. “We had five or six kids that thought they had come to play racquetball; a few of them stuck it out though and became lifelong players.” From beginning students to veterans, Herm said there is something for everyone. “It’s like a brotherhood or a sisterhood,” Herm said. “You are really just there to challenge
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of happened that it worked out for me to do it as a career. So I’m lucky that way.” Now, after being on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” Hamilton is bringing his act to the big stage of the TSC ballroom on Saturday. For Hamilton, northern Utah is a very familiar place. He has lived in Salt Lake City and Utah County for 10 years, and graduated from Brigham Young University in public relations. He also has roots fairly close to Cache Valley – Hamilton was born in Ashton, Idaho, a town of about 1,000 people 30 miles north of Rexburg. Likewise, Hamilton’s act has roots in Utah.
He said much of his act was developed in Utah and Seattle, Wash., so Utahns should be able to relate. But he is also trying to reach a broader audience, so jokes with references that may not be commonplace outside of Utah aren’t very common in his act, Hamilton said. Hamilton’s act is influenced by some of his favorite comedians, Bill Cosby, Brian Regan, Jim Gaffigan, David Letterman and other late show hosts. Early on, he said he also read a lot of humor columnist Dave Berry. Although he is influenced by these other stand-ups, Hamilton wants to be different. “I’m always reaching for try-
ing to be unique and original and true to myself, and clever – I want to be smart,” he said. No matter what the influence is, or the things behind his act, there is one goal – laughter and fun. “I want people to leave feeling good about their life, and having a good time,” Hamilton said. “… I am usually trying to have fun and I hope the audience is leaving, smiling, and having a good time.” Hamilton will be joined by Bengt Washburn, and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the TSC Ballroom. Tickets are $5 and are on a first-come, first-serve basis. -Da.Bake@aggiemail.usu.edu
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yourself.” Kalecia Helm, sophomore in family, consumer and human development, said someone told her to take the class because it was fun and worth taking for more than one semester. “The adrenaline rush from playing is the best part,” Helm said. Jackson said he had never played handball before but decided to take the class after hearing about it from friends.
“It kicks my butt,” Jackson said. “I get a really good workout and there is a high level of intensity, but it’s fun.” “We’re teaching them a sport that will last for a lifetime, or at least until you are 70,” said Ron Bachman, who co-teaches the handball class. Many students who take the handball class also compete in
- See HANDBALL, page 14
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when I say the plot involves a senator who needs the bone marrow of infants to keep himself alive. In any other movie, this plot would kill it. But, here is a movie so self-aware that it makes fun of its own plot. Mr. Smith figures everything out without even thinking, almost as if the movie itself is winking at all the other action movies saying, “Come on. The only reason you made this film was so you could shoot guns and blow stuff up.” And that’s exactly what they do. The action is fast and relentless. All the while, Mr. Smith never seems to
who discipline their children in public, change lanes without signaling and slurp their drinks too loudly (for some reason I think Michael Davis, the director, really hates all of those things too). The gun fight scenes are original and creative. The humor is dark. The violence exits the world of reality and enters the land of the cartoonish, almost reminding us of a Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd cartoon except with a lot more blood. But above all, the acting is superb. Owen and Giamatti play their overthe-top characters with such seriousness that we actually believe them. This movie is not for the squeamish. But, let me just say this. For anyone who goes to this movie and walks out disgusted, I ask you: Did you not read the title? -Aaron.Peck@aggiemail.usu. edu
“3:10 to Yuma” is right on time
“3:10 to Yuma” takes a broken-down genre, hitches it to the back of a stagecoach and takes off running. “3:10” is the story of a poor rancher named Dan Evans, played by Christian Bale (“Batman Begins”). Dan is down on his luck. It seems that God has stacked the deck against him. Having lost his leg in the Civil War (where he was a sharpshooter for the Northern Army), he now has to live in a bone-dry climate because his youngest son has tuberculosis. And to top it all off, the local debt collector burns down Dan’s barn to try to scare him off his land because the railroad is coming through, and he obviously wants to take Dan’s land away from him. The other main character is a blood-thirsty, but oddly civil, outlaw named Ben Wade, played by Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). Ben and his gang rob stagecoach after stagecoach and become somewhat
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“Shoot ’em Up” hits the bull’s-eye Deadly carrots, gun fights in midair and a birth where the umbilical cord is severed by a bullet are just a few things you can look forward to if you go and see “Shoot ’Em Up.” “Shoot ’Em Up” stars Clive Owen (“Children of Men”) and Paul Giamatti (“Lady in the Water”). Owen plays a mysterious man, Mr. Smith, who’s amazing with a gun and loves his carrots. Giamatti plays Mr. Hertz (no doubt named for all the pain he’s caused), an insanely evil hitman trying to kill Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith is flung into the action as he helps a woman give birth under a hail of gunfire. We don’t know why everyone is trying to kill the woman; we just know that they are. When the woman dies just after giving birth, Mr. Smith is forced to look after the child as he tries to piece together a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of the government. I’m not making this up
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of a legend. His gun, “The Hand of God,” is as infamous as he is. Even Dan’s son reads dime novels written about Wade and his exploits. When Wade is caught, a series of circumstances throws Dan into the mix of men that are obligated, by money of course, to take Mr. Wade to a city called Contention. There they will put Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma Prison. The plot itself doesn’t make much sense. I mean, where’s the sense in taking America’s most wanted criminal across the desert with only five men, while Ben Wade’s entire gang
is following them? But, in this movie (and any other Western for that matter), the plot really doesn’t mean anything. Westerns have always been a tale of morality. They show how even in a lawless land, there can be values and morals. And even against the greatest of odds, those morals and values will always conquer. Crowe and Bale pull off the dialogue in this movie with success. Their conversations with one another are alone worth the price of admission. Throw in a great performance by Ben Foster (“Hostage”) as Charlie Prince, Ben Wade’s right hand man, and this movie is one to see. When you go, because you definitely should go, pay attention to every conversation had between Dan and Ben. Because you will find out that “3:10” is a fantastic ride through the human conscience. -Aaron.Peck@aggiemail.usu. edu
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Broncos crushed by Ags
By G. CHRISTOPHER TERRY staff writer
Utah State made short work of the Boise State Broncos Thursday night in the Spectrum, using a powerful blocking presence at the net, a shifting defense and a healthy dose of Amanda Nielson to subdue the visitors. USU won the match in three games, 30-26, 30-16, 30-21. After falling behind 6-3 early in the first game, USU took control behind the blocking of Melissa Osterloh and swung the momentum over to their side – permanently. Utah State Head Coach Grayson DuBose credited his assistant coach Shawn Olmstead for helping his team get the momentum. “Volleyball is such a game of USU 3 momentum, particularly at our level. There’s big ebbs and flows. BSU 0 Shawn is moving guys around, telling them, ‘We think they’re going to set here. Let’s move a better blocker out there to give ourselves a chance to go get a block,’” DuBose said. “Olmstead put together a great scouting report for us, and it’s kind of fun to have our kids go execute that.” Another huge factor in the first game was the play of senior outside hitter Nielson. After leading her team all the way through preseason with three preseason all-tournament selections, Nielson continued her excellent play by jumping out of the gate with 10 kills. Nielson usu OUTSIDE HITTER MONARISA ALE ,LEFT, jumps in celebration with members of her team after they scored the game-winning point in Thursday night’s 3-0 victory over Western Athletic Conference foe Boise State. PATRIC ODEN photo
USU to take plunge into Sooner Nation By SAMMY HISLOP sports editor
usu running back curtis marsh is brought down by a UNLV defender Aug. 31 at Romney Stadium. Marsh and the USU offense will look to put points on the board against the No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners. PATRICK ODEN photo
Appalachian State did it on the road to Michigan a few weeks ago. Can the USU football team do the almost unimaginable this week and defeat the No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium? The degree of difficulty for such an accomplishment was increased this week with the loss of senior defensive end Ben Childs to a broken leg and senior safety Antonio Taylor to a season-long suspension. The Sooners are 2-0 with convincing wins over North Texas (79-10) and the Atlantic Coast Conference powerhouse Miami Hurricanes (51-13). “We’ve got to go and play what is about as talented of a team as I’ve seen in a long time,” Aggie Head Coach Brent Guy said. “When I was in the Pac-10, USC was one of the most powerful teams. I think Oklahoma is like those teams.” The Aggies (0-2) will try not to get too caught up in the atmosphere of such a major football program that boasts such stats as these: OU owns seven national championships, has made 40 bowl appearances with 24 victories, is the most successful college football
program since World War II, and has produced 142 All-Americans. On top of that, 85,000-plus fans will be present to make things even more challenging for the alreadystruggling Aggies. Aggie junior linebacker Jake Hutton spoke about the experience he had his freshman year (2005) competing at Alabama. “We all went in and looked around the stadium and gave it oohs and ahhs because we weren’t used to that kind of thing, and then they came out and scored 14 quick,” Hutton said. “After that we started shutting them down. We need to not give (Oklahoma) as much respect and think so high of them. I think we’ve just got to stick to our assignments and be gap sound.” This year redshirt freshman quarterback Sam Bradford is leading the Sooner offense. Through two games he has zero interceptions and eight incomplete passes. Against the Hurricanes, Bradford tied a school record with five touchdown passes. He also racked up 205 yards passing and has 568 for the season. Bradford leads the NCAA in passing efficiency. The OU defense gave up only 139 yards of total
- See PLUNGE, page 10
Aggie players and coaches have ties to Oklahoma “When (the University of Texas) was playing USC, I was rooting for UT, but other than that, not really,” freshman full With 15 Aggies hailing from back Jacob Actkinson, said. Texas, one might think some In fact, Actkinson may even bad blood from the Red River lean more toward the red of Rivalry between the University Oklahoma than the Longhorn’s of Texas and the University burnt orange. Before he of Oklahoma would spill into decided to come to Utah State, Saturday’s game against the Actkinson said he was actually Sooners in Norman, Okla. But one might be wrong. going to OU to try to walk on to At least three Texans-turned- the Sooner track team. For junior tight end Rob Aggies seem very disconnected Myers, it was another Texas from one of the nation’s most team, Texas Tech, that garnered heated rivalries. By DAVID BAKER assistant sports editor
his allegiances. Myers, who’s from Houston, said his family were fans of the Red Raiders, and he didn’t really realize how big of a deal the UT-OU rivalry was until high school. Sophomore wide receiver Xavier Bowman is another Houston native who said he has never been a Sooner fan, but doesn’t hold strong convictions about the rivalry. Besides the players, a few Aggie coaches have ties to rivalries with Oklahoma. Head Coach Brent Guy and offensive
line coach Vance Vice both played at Oklahoma State – the Sooners’ in-state rival. Guy played linebacker and defensive end for the Cowboys from 1979-82, and coached at OSU. But Guy said it wasn’t much of a rivalry in his day, because Barry Switzer’s Sooners were a powerhouse. Vice also didn’t have much luck against OU – in his five years as a Cowboy tight end from 1985-89, he never beat the Sooners – but that doesn’t stop any animosity Vice has toward
Oklahoma. “I’d probably root for Russia if they were playing OU,” he said. “…That’s how it is. I don’t know anybody in Oklahoma that’s both (a Sooners and Cowboys fan). You draw a line in the sand, and you’re on one side of it.” Vice, who is from Bristow, Okla., chose his side even before he became a Cowboy. His father played at Oklahoma State, teth-
- See TIES, page 10
Aggies display offensive fire in victory By SETH R. HAWKINS editor in chief
They may not have annihilated Weber State like they planned, but the USU women’s soccer team did pound in a 4-3 victory over the Wildcats, Wednesday in Ogden. After losing two consecutive scoreless games, the Aggies unleashed their stockpile of goals on WSU and increased their record to 2-3 on the season, in what USU Head Coach Heather Cairns called a “big humdinger of a game.”
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Williams says Brown won’t be back for Jazz SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams believes college buddy Dee Brown won’t be returning to the team. The Jazz made a qualifying offer to Brown this summer, but the restricted free agent can look elsewhere. He averaged nine minutes a game in 49 games as a rookie last season. “I don’t think he’s going to be back with us,” said Williams, who played with Brown at Illinois. “I mean, we have three point guards.”
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Statistically the Wildcats son was executing the ball well owned the game, firing off 21 enough to win the game. Against shots, compared to USU’s 12, WSU, Cairns said she felt her owning the corner kick game and team pulled the execution game only committing together. seven fouls in “I think our a rivalry match execution in the that traditionattack was much ally lends itself to better,” Cairns USU 4 fouls. Add to this said. “We’ve been Weber St. 3 creating a lot of the seven saves by WSU goalchances and not keeper Rebecca Ritchie, and the capitalizing on those chances. Wildcats had everything in their Today we capitalized on them. favor – except the winning shot. That was the big difference.” Cairns said one of the biggest The game was tale of two weaknesses her team has had halves. The first half was domiin the first games of this seanated by the Aggies as three of
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the four goals were scored and junior goalkeeper Ali Griffin snagged six saves, denying a single Wildcat score. “I think we felt really strong and knew what we needed to do to win this game,” Cairns said. “The team turned this into playing an attacking game. We were very successful at executing, which helped. It was really just a defensive battle from there.” Coming into the game as the only player on the USU squad to score a goal on the season, senior forward Dana Peart scored her third season goal in the 11th minute of play. Peart made a
cross from the left and redirected off the right post after the ball bounced off a WSU defender. The second goal was a combined effort as Peart and Lacey Christenson fed the ball forward to senior midfielder Abby Hunt, who drilled the ball in from the six yard box in the 19th minute. Continuing the scoring trend, sophomore forward Alysa Adams showed persistence and focus as she scored with 11 seconds remaining in the half. The goal was her first career goal. “We went into halftime with a
- See FIRE, page 10
Pats coach fined $500,000 for spying NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Belichick should be able to read this signal clearly: Spy on your opponents, and it will cost you. The New England coach was fined the NFL maximum of $500,000 Thursday and the Patriots were ordered to pay $250,000 for stealing an opponent’s defensive signals.
AggieSchedules Football
Saturday Sept. 15 USU @ Oklahoma, 1:30 p.m.
Volleyball
Saturday Sept. 15 USU vs. San Jose State, 7 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
Friday Sept. 14
USU vs. Oregon, 4 p.m.
Sunday Sept. 16
USU vs. Idaho State, noon
Men’s Tennis
Sept. 13-15 USU @ BYU Invitatoinal
Cross Country
Saturday Sept. 15 USU @ Montana State Invite, 9 a.m.
Hockey
Saturday Sept. 15 USU vs. Alumni, 8 p.m.
Men’s Rugby
Saturday Sept. 15 1 p.m. @ HPER field
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Puck drops Saturday for Aggies By JUSTIN EBBS staff writer Hockey season is here. Tryouts came to a close last week, and the team is aiming to improve on last season’s 26-10-3 record. This year the Aggies will be more short-handed for players than in the past. Defenseman and club President Scotty John said the Aggies will be OK despite fewer players, and believes this presents an opportunity for the team to tune up its intensity a few notches by having shorter line shifts and by running three lines instead of four. He said he anticipates the team will run tighter, faster and more aggressively as a result from the changes. John said he would also like to keep a strength from last season: “Having those amazing players play amazing!” He hopes the players who know they can pull off hat tricks will do so and that returning goalie Greg Finatti will continue making saves. Rookie goalie Dan Cornelius joins the Aggies from Alberta, Canada, and John said he is proving as a fine addition to the roster. Matt Ferris of Washington and Maciej Michalik of Poland are returning as well, and John noted their marked improvement over the summer.
“Both these guys worked hard over the summer,” said 200607 team MVP forward Kent Arsenault, who added Ferris is one of the fastest on the team now and Michalik is 20 times the player fans saw last season. Robert Hashimoto, a longtime wing for the team, has since retired from the team. Jacob Guttormsen, Ryan Osterheldt and William Winsa will be covering the prominent line Hashimoto ran with last season. At the awards banquet in April, Head Coach Jon Crossley had some advice for the team and made it clear they should not be complacent with their outstanding performance. John confirmed those champion ambitions. “Last year we could have done better,” John said. Goals for the team, he said, include making it to nationals. The team hasn’t made it to nationals for the past two seasons, but John hopes the team will avoid focusing on a quick route to the tournament. Both John and Arsenault agreed on that score. “We were too settled in as a team,” said Arsenault, who brought in 106 goals for the Aggies last season. Arsenault also rehearsed a promise from Ned Hillyard, the team’s defense and strength coach, that as a team they will see results from increasing their
2007-08 USU HOCKEY CLUB SCHEDULE
September 15 — vs. ALUMNI 21 — vs. WEBER DI 22 — @ UVU 28 — @ U of U
October 5 — @ WEBER DI 6 — vs. UVU 12 — vs. UNLV 13 — vs. LONG BEACH 18 — @ DU 19 — @CU 20 — @ CSU 26 — vs. MONTANA 27 — vs. METRO STATE November 1 — vs. ARIZONA STATE 2 — vs. WEBER DI 3 — vs. BYU 9 — vs. SAN JOSE STATE 10 — vs DU 16 — @ San Jose State 17 — @ Santa Clara 30 — @ BYU
14 — @ BYU 15 — vs. U of U
January 11 — vs. BYU 12 — @ U of U 18 — @ Gonzaga 19 — @ Eastern Washington 25 — vs. MONTANA 26 — vs. EASTERN WASH. February 1 — vs. COLORADO 2 — vs. COLORADO STATE 8 — vs. BYU 9 — vs. UVSC 15 — vs. U ofo U 16 — @ Weber DI 21-23 — @ West Regionals 29 — vs. U of U March 1 — @ U of U 7 — vs. METRO STATE 11 — Nationals 15 — Nationals
December 1 — vs. BYU 7 — vs. UVU
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All home games are at 8 p.m. at the Eccles Ice Center
conditioning program and discipline. “Yeah, a lot more discipline,” Arsenault said. “If we don’t listen, we’re finding ourselves skating laps.” In comparing the team as it stands now to the other teams along the Wasatch Front, Arsenault said he felt the team won’t have any problem with Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University or the University of Utah. Arsenault said Weber’s
Division I squad will be the Aggies’ biggest challenge. John said the Utes should be a lot better but don’t pose any real threat against the Aggies. All home games start at 8 p.m at the Eccles Ice Arena. Tickets are available at the ice arena’s ticket office and at the door on game day. Prices range from $7 for reserved seating, $6 for adult general admission and $4 for students with ID and youth under 17. -justin.ebbs@aggiemail.usu.edu
Running is a passion for USU’s Dorius By ERIN WADSWORTH staff writer
Utah Statesman: Why did you choose USU? Stacie Dorius: At the time, I had three brothers who were up here going school, and our family is really tight. They had a really good program. The coach is really relaxed. It was just a perfect fit for what I was looking for. US: What do you enjoy most about running? SD: The sense of accomplishment, personal accomplishment. With track and cross country, you see your times and you can actually see and notice your improvements. And also the relationships you build with your teammates, and how you build off each other with those relationships. US: When did your love for running develop? SD: It all started in high school. I played soccer and that’s what I loved, and then I just started doing track because one of my brothers did it and it just went from there. At first I didn’t like running very much. I wasn’t sure about running in college, and my mom said, “Just try it for a year. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to do it.” So I did and really liked it. US: What are your hopes for the remainder of the season? SD: Conference championships, definitely. They’re here at the
American West Heritage Center. The boys and girls plan on taking that. And also going to regionals and nationals, too. Utah State hasn’t ever done that, so we’re making history I guess. US: Talk about your favorite meet during your time here at USU. SD: My favorite course, we’ll say, is in Oregon. They have a course at Prefontaine, who is a running legend. Everybody is like a dorius running guru. It’s really fun to run in front of that crowd. US: What have you thought of your time at USU in terms of individual growth in cross country? SD: Lots of learning, and now I notice how much easier it is to run. With the base from freshman year to senior year, things just kind of come easier as you know what to expect and your body is ready for it. US: What’s your favorite thing to do besides run? SD: It used to be soccer, but now it’s mostly hanging out with my family. Two of my brothers are still here in the valley, and we just always play. And I just got married this summer, so I guess playing with my husband. US: What’s the weirdest thing you do with your free time? SD: I have a garden – at our lit-
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tle house we have a little garden. But I think the weirdest thing I do with my free time is go running. If I have free time and I’m just like, “Oh, I think I’ll go for a run,” which is dumb because I’m always running. But sometimes it’s going to run just to relax, not for a workout. US: Do you have any premeet rituals? SD: I always call my grandma. My grandma Marie has these prayers that, I swear, go straight to heaven and so whenever she prays it helps me relax. She loves it too when I call. And I always eat a banana. US: What’s your favorite type of music to run to? SD: I kind of changes. Country’s good and I like hip hop. There have been a few runs with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It just depends on the day. US: Who’s your hero? SD: It could go anywhere from my dad. I’ve always looked up to him – he’s a hard worker and just never gives up on anything. My coaches are definitely people I look up to. Coach Reeder is one of those people that you never want to disappoint, but he also understands my style of running and how I’m best disciplined so that he doesn’t ever damage, but he’s always lifting up. US: What ice cream best
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Win: Ags crush Broncos in home-opening match
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would finish with 17 kills on a .282 hitting percentage, accounting for better of a third of her team’s points. “I was way excited to play at home,” Nielson said. “Traveling is rough and I was so excited for this game, so there was a lot of energy.” The senior put that energy to good use, hitting the volleyball as if it stole something from her. Nielson’s serves and spikes were audibly distinguishable from the other player’s on the court. She used her power to blast through Boise State block attempts and pour points on in the second and third games when Boise was crumbling. “She does what she does. She’s got some strengths and she’s got some weaknesses. Hitting the ball really hard is one of her strengths,” DuBose said. The coach also credited the senior for setting an example for the freshman players, saying it was “nice to see her exercise some leadership.” The Broncos were unable to keep pace with the killing of Nielson due to dominant blocking by Osterloh, who spearheaded a superior block for USU with four. Utah State outblocked Boise 16-11. The other Aggie they couldn’t solve was the freshman in the blue libero jersey, Christine Morrill. Morrill played defense from the net to the first row of seats, leading USU with 19 digs. Morrill credited a good attitude with helping USU to the win. “When we get down or we lose a point, we react and come back. We did a really good job of keeping up and keeping good spirits when we made mistakes,” she said. Next for the Aggies, who improved their season record to 4-6 and got off to a 1-0 start in Western Athletic Conference play, is a match against San Jose State in the Spectrum Saturday night. Nielson was guardedly optimistic. “They’re a little better team, so we can’t expect to beat them that bad, but we still want to win,” she said. “I think it’ll be a lot harder. We’ve just got to defend our home court. I don’t want to lose at home, especially as a senior. I just want to win at home.” -graham.terry@aggiemail.usu.edu
Aggie outside hitter Amanda Nielson (33) and middle blocker Melissa Larson (8) combine for a block against Boise State Thursday night. Nielson recorded 17 kills on the night to lead USU. PATRICK ODEN photo
Fire: USU soccer ends two-game skid
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3-0 lead,” Cairns said. “The first half we played really solid and finished our chances and really just controlled the game. At halftime Weber made a bit of a push.” Giving Griffin a break, fellow goalkeeper Lisa Willardson took over the net and tallied four saves but also let three slide by as WSU notched up the intensity in the second half to turn a potential landslide victory into a high-scoring close game. “I think we lost our rhythm a little bit,” Cairns said of her team’s second-half performance. “I think we might have come out a little flat.” Cairns said Weber’s successful second half was largely aided by WSU midfielder Kelsie Ehler, who could flip ball accurately into the box, placing the ball in perfect position for a Wildcat score. Combining this with an adjustment to playing long ball, Cairns said WSU’s stronger attack made it hard for her team to “settle down and play.” In the 51st minute of play, WSU’s Whitney Smith onetouched the ball off a throw-in from Ehler for the first Wildcat score.
USU responded eight minutes later with a chip shot by freshman forward Lauren Hansen off an assist by junior forward Kiersten Nilsson, who was instrumental in setting up the first goal of the game for the Aggies. Hansen’s goal was her first career goal. But the Aggies’ 4-1 lead was short-lived as WSU scored its second goal in the 75th minute. That goal was followed up by another Wildcat goal to the far post, off a free kick. “We’re giving away too many goals but it’s not necessarily the goalkeeper’s fault,” Cairns said of WSU’s second-half comeback. “We have to get better at that.” Despite letting Weber State back in the game, Cairns said she was pleased with her team’s performance. “I’m really excited that so many people got on the board for us,” she said. “That was really important. It’s really important that our attack is diverse and that we have a lot of people stepping up and taking accountability for what happens in the attack. I was really thrilled with that.”
COMING UP After a five-game road trip, the Aggies return home Friday to face the Oregon Ducks for the first time ever in the home opener at the Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field, located north of Romney Stadium, next to the Stan Laub Center. Last season the Ducks were nationally ranked and were one of the last teams left out of the NCAA tournament. This season, the Ducks were picked to finish fifth in the Pac-10. Oregon is 31-0, coming off a shutout loss to Montana, a Big Sky team USU will face later in the season. The Ducks return a defensive squad that allowed only 17 goals last season. Offensively, Oregon is led by Danielle Sweeney, who has three goals and one assist on the season. “This is probably the toughest team we face this year,” Cairns said. “They’re good all around. They can defend, they can attack. The Pac-10 is an extremely talented conference. They’re used to playing at a really high level. We’re going to have to be really disciplined.” -seth.h@aggiemail.usu.edu
Plunge: Ags hoping for major upset
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offense to the Hurricanes. That same defense leads the nation in tackles for loss per game, averaging 13. There is no question the Aggies will have great obstacles to overcome on both sides of the ball to make the score respectable. USU will look to improve on third-down conversions, an area they went 0-13 in against Wyoming last week. “We’ve got to get that extra yard,” Guy said. “I don’t think
it’s a matter of not calling the right plays, it’s a matter of we’ve got to get one more yard. We’ve got to run over the guy or make the guy miss or block the guy one yard better.” Aggie Quarterback Leon Jackson is showing significant strides of improvement through two games. He collected 147 passing yards against Wyoming, which was his highest number since November of 2005 when he threw for 372 yards vs. Louisiana Tech.
The Aggie running game, anchored by Curtis Marsh and Aaron Lesue, has been equally good. The 137 yards gained against Wyoming was the highest since Nov. 3 of 2006. “This is an opportunity of a lifetime,” Guy said. “You may not ever get to play a team ranked this high again, so what are you going to do with it? That will be the challenge we face.” Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on KJZZ. -samuel.hislop@aggiemail.usu.
Ties: 15 Aggies from OU rival state
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ering Vice to OSU. That doesn’t stop him from striving to turn USU into a program like the Sooners, and still maintain a relationship with many of the coaches at OU – some of whom he deals with while recruiting in the Dallas area. No matter where the players and coaches stand on the Red River Rivalry, it will be a homecoming, of sorts, Saturday. Most of the Texas players, Vice and Guy all have friends
and family making the trip to Norman. Along with friends and family, these Aggies will be returning to the football-crazed environment of Big XII country. “The southern atmosphere is just great,” Actkinson said. “You drive the bus in, you’ll see all the tailgaters, people going crazy, waiting days before. They take it seriously down there, and I love it.” Growing up in Oklahoma,
Vice also knows the football atmosphere in the Sooner state. “Football is the only game in town out there,” he said. “Basically, there’s three seasons out there. There’s football season. There’s spring football season. And there’s recruiting season.” … (Football) is a way of life out there. A lot of people joke around, it’s not an extra sport, it’s sort of a religion.” -da.bake@aggiemail.usu.edu
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ith the loud music, car beating and pig roast this past week at different fraternity houses, it’s hard to blame people for agreeing with the stereotype of Greeks being only interested in partying. However, what people tend to see less of are the other purposes of the Greek community but which are just as prevalent as these visible entertaining activities. Each fraternity and sorority involved at USU has gives large contributions and has several requirements regarding service, scholarship and other positive aspects of college life. Last year, the Greek community raised more than $17,000 to go toward philanthropies supported by each house, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Girl Scouts of America, Children’s Miracle Network and others. To raise this money, the Greek students volunteered their time, giving earned wages to their philanthropies, and organize fund-raising events. They sponsor activities that raise awareness of domestic violence, collect cans for the food bank and promote the Best Buddies organization. The Greeks also recorded more than 4,500 service hours last school year. Along with focusing on service, the Greek houses all have the importance of scholarship implemented into their programs. The Greeks have certain GPAs they must get in order to be a part of their organizations, and several sororities and fraternities require completion of study hours in order to attend social activities. The Greek community also focuses on leadership skills, each house having an executive board and many leadership positions, and involvement on campus. Some intramural sports have entire pools of teams from the Greek houses, and participation with the Service Center is highly encouraged. The fraternities and sororities also all promote brotherhood and sisterhood within each house as well as cooperation with each other. On Monday, USU President Stan Albrecht invited the Greek students and advisers to a dinner at his home, where he commended them on their involvement on campus and willingness to serve. He noted that Greeks make up a group of loyal alumni, willing to contribute greatly to not just their own houses or the Greek community, but to the entire USU campus. He attributed this to Greeks learning loyalty within their individual houses and thanked them for their consistent support. Albrecht makes a great point, as the Greek community contributes largely to our campus and Cache Valley community. When people look past the party image and understand what Greeks really do, maybe they won’t be so quick to judge.
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orking in Washington, D.C., over the anniversary of 9/11 provided a historic opportunity. Army Gen. David Petraeus came to town. He’s the one whose name has been everywhere political the entire week. He gave his recommendation to the Senate slowly and calmly on how to proceed in Iraq. When I returned to work, his face was on every TV in the room. After lunch, his likeness was still there, but a it looked a touch on the tired side. Watching his actions scrupulously debated for the entirety of the day, I wondered to myself, “Isn’t he just doing the job given to him?” At an out-of-state gas station a short while ago, the attendant filling up our car did an average job. She wasn’t extra nice. I wasn’t thoroughly impressed with the speed with which she processed everything. To be fair, she did her job well enough to sufficiently complete the task at hand, given the normal circumstances. Belittling her performance wouldn’t accomplish much. The pump couldn’t go any faster. The gas wouldn’t magically get cheaper. And I wouldn’t be a better individual for demeaning her. Maybe we’re spending too much effort looking over the shoulders of the people we put in charge of the conflict in Iraq. Before our ‘discussion’ goes any further: I want the fighting to be done as quickly as anyone else could want. I’m sure Petraeus and all of our troops aren’t thrilled to continue living in a combatant state. I don’t support a prolonged settling of forces in Iraq but can see where people discern as much from our extensive occupation. There should be no claiming this land or that land as history records mankind is so prone to do. I recognize some of us believe we should never have gone there, but we are there now so let’s address what we started. The war was never expected to last a particular amount of time. There is no touchdown or final whistle to signify the end of the game here. I’m no fan of suffering, but we must ask ourselves
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To the editor: I would like to thank our leaders here at USU for giving us many opportunities to learn and expand our knowledge. It seems at every turn here on campus, there is something going on that I would love to attend. Sadly, as a busy student, I don’t have enough time to attend everything, but while traveling between classes in the morning, I have had some chances to listen to a man share his religious beliefs. It has been a nice interlude to stop, listen and take that short break. However, more often than not, while I am listening to his preaching, it is met with laughter, criticism, raised voices and even some hostility from the gathering crowd. Because of their reactions to this man, I have never been more embarrassed to call myself a student here at USU. I am a member of the overwhelmingly predominant religion here and we have thousands of missionaries doing the exact thing this man is doing. I think the least we could do, as adults, is offer this man the same respect we want for our own missionaries and let him speak without being so childish. We’re not signing over our eternal souls by just listening to him. By showing this mutual respect, maybe the rumor
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Don’t destroy beliefs of others To the editor: Having had experience head on with preacher men from many sects, I find it repulsive and poor taste for a preacher man to enter a university to bring religion to those who had “nothing better to do”. The best results found for trying to teach anyone to embrace anything, including religion, is based on them first having a question or a desire to know. Seeing a man standing with a bible open preying on the crowd is not answering questions to those who are in need. He is destroying. I think that ultimately I find an institution of higher education being subjected to a preacher man of poor hell fire quality speeches is deceptive. This school is not a school of religion or based on one. If we want to find out information about the born again religion then we could always wikipedia it. The other thing is that this preacher man was paid for by a local ‘Christian’ Book seller. Has USU been compensated for allowing such an individual on campus? If this man was in
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Letters to the editor • A public forum fact allowed to come to USU then why not give him a room, advertise his speech and make it a real deal? Then those who wish not to be subjected to mindless one-sided religionists could avoid the event. All other guest speakers are dealt with in this sort of way. It is one thing to approach someone with a question and not force belief, and it is another to stand in a public place, especially an institution like ours, and bear down on another faith with claws of a predator. A very smart man, Paul, said, that we should seek for the things that are of great worth. That alone eliminates the idea that the bible is the only way to go. There are so many other books out there that can bring you to a greater level of humanism, respect, and spirituality. Don’t distort my learning with preacher men aiming to destroy. Only increase my surroundings with aliments that build our kin-ship and bring us together on common ground. Being a saxophonist, it is something else to stand in a jazz combo and feel the soul of the groove, the brotherhood of the rhythm, and the serenity of being apart of a creation; unified in the elements of music. That feeling is one that is hard to find, yet is easily discernible between the audacious wailing of a paid preacher. Mark Priddis
Partisan war won’t end sectarian one Not for the first time, self-awareness was in short supply across Washington during this week’s marathon congressional hearings on Iraq with Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker. The one point that drew agreement from Republicans and Democrats alike was that Iraq’s political leaders have too often failed to transcend their narrow sectarian interests to forge compromises in the national interest. Pot, meet kettle. Here in the United States , the two parties are doing much What others are saying about issues. the same thing. President Bush and congressional Democrats separately are so determined to win the argument over Iraq that they have lost sight of their joint interest in finding a way forward that can attract broad and lasting support from a public disillusioned and dangerously polarized over the war. More than ever, the parties this week structured the debate as if it were an electoral campaign. Each asked Americans to ponder only those pieces of the picture most congenial to its arguments. Democrats, challenging Petraeus’ numbers on the overall trends in violence, downplayed the evidence that the “surge” has improved security where it has been applied -- and, if nothing else, has prevented a downward spiral into full-scale civil war. The White House and congressional Republicans, celebrating those intermittent security gains, brushed aside the National Intelligence Estimate and the report from the Government Accountability Office documenting the Iraqi government’s inability to provide basic services, the continuing doubts about the loyalty and reliability of the Iraqi security forces, and the absence of progress toward the political reconciliation
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that all sides consider the key to long-term stabilization in Iraq. Petraeus and Crocker, while not ignoring those problems, unduly minimized them, too. At the same time, interest groups on the left and right are doing their best to discourage anyone from bridging this partisan gulf. Conservatives have fired repeated warning shots at Republicans wavering on the war. Freedom’s Watch, a new conservative group, is targeting Republican, not Democratic, members of Congress in most of its multimillion-dollar ad campaign urging support for Bush’s strategy. And Republicans surely have noticed that both GOP House members most critical of the conflict (Maryland’s Wayne
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if this is a cause our people should be fighting for. Despite the obvious danger, would you encourage your brothers and sisters, sons and daughters to be involved in such a task? Would we, given the circumstances were on a more personal basis, relinquish our determined spirit if the Iraqi people fighting were our close relatives? No one lets the family reunion get a little homicidal without a touch of concern. In the balance hangs the very safety of our American family. Justice holds this frightening scale while she tip toes around the obstacles of our varied desires. The sacrifice of so many people is lost if she takes a wrong step. Petraeus recognized the reality of wartime effects when he said, “I’m as frustrated with the situation as anybody else. This is going on three years for me, on top of a year deployment to Bosnia as well. So, my family also knows something about sacrifice.” Are we prone to be
as honest with ourselves as he is? He’s there and he’s recommending we share in the burden they have a little longer. When George Washington (yes, the original and namesake of our nation’s capital city) stood strong while surrounding Boston in the early years of the American Revolution, he also had concerns for the length of the war. Troops from all over the emerging nation were anxious to be done with their terms of service and return to their homes. Many were physically ill and wished for a warmer place to sleep. Looking back in history, it’s easy for us to appreciate the value they all suffered for. It eventually united them but certainly had the ability to tear them apart. What tipped the scales? Are we now willing to suffer through the winter of this desert war? Willing to suffer for another people with different customs and different stories? Those people may honor our names as we now
do Washington’s. They’re our family – only thousands of miles apart. The only principle shared among our people now appears to be the animosity behind the true source of all war: the belief of ‘I’m right and you are wrong.’ As this complicated war comes to an arduous step in the path to a better world, I hope we can ease the war between ourselves here – now. Jacob Fullmer is a junior in political science and journalism, working as an intern where history happens for the fall semester. He may be reached at j.fullmer@aggiemail.usu. edu.
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Gilchrest and North Carolina’s Walter Jones) already have drawn primary challenges from war supporters. (So had Nebraska’s Chuck Hagel, the most skeptical GOP senator, before he announced Monday that he was retiring. ) Democrats also face growing pressure for a hard line. The liberal advocacy group MoveOn. org chose last weekend to poll its members on whether to finance primary challenges against congressional Democrats “who side with the president on Iraq.” And in the days before Petraeus’ testimony, liberal Web sites crackled with outrage that Democratic leaders were considering compromises intended to attract more Republicans to bipartisan Iraq legislation. Each side’s accusations against the other have reached a fevered, destructive pitch. Republicans recklessly have charged that Democrats who support a timetable for withdrawing American troops are setting a “date for surrender.” MoveOn. org this week hurt its cause with a spectacularly unseemly newspaper ad attacking Petraeus’ credibility. This is no way to fight a war, or even to end one. For now, congressional stalemate benefits
Bush, because it means Democrats can’t force him to end the surge before he’s ready. But the hardening partisan divide increasingly is defining the war as a GOP-only enterprise, and no war can be fought for long as the project of a single political party. It doesn’t have to be this way. More and more leading Democrats are willing to maintain an American force in Iraq (for training, border security and counterterrorism) after the direct U.S. combat role diminishes. More and more congressional Republicans understand that the United States cannot shoulder that front-line combat responsibility indefinitely. The challenge is uniting a critical mass in both parties on a path from today’s sprawling American presence to a lesser but more durable role. Ronald Brownstein is the national affairs columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
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Facebook: It’s a devil of an e-world -continued from page 6
This chain of realistic e-drink-related applications could go on forever. You could even go as far as the e-alcoholics-anonymous application – Hi. My name is Dave and I’m an e-alcoholic. Hi Dave – the e-cirrhosis-of-the-liver application or the e-died-alone-and-penniless application. We need something else to keep it positive, for the kids. Good thing there are thousands of other positive Facebook applications, and I love coming up with these because I know some computer programmer with a pocket-protector fashion sense and a World-of-Warcraft worldview will attempt to make them. For me and every other guy out there, we’d like to see the e-sex application – only as a supplement to our real-life sex lives, or lack thereof. And since Facebook would have to support safe e-sex, you could send your friends e-condoms, because we wouldn’t want to spread eclamydia or be the reason behind any e-shotgun weddings. Maybe all this talk of applications needs some sort of public service announcement to, well … warn the public about the increasingly ridiculous things to come from Facebook. My PSA would go something like this. Imagine me dressed as Ron Burgandy. “I’m here today to talk to you about a grave danger infecting our world today. “We live in a world where danger is all around – al Qaida, Nickelback songs, global warming, Hinder songs, polluted air, “So you think you can dance?,” senators with a wide stance in the bathroom, illegal immigrants and Burger King,
which includes the menu and that damn King. “But there is a more pressing matter. “Our Facebook pages are being bombarded with applications. Applications do nothing more than force you to live in constant fear of being forced to compare your friends, rate your friends, send drinks to your friends, choose whether you want to be a zombie, vampire, ninja, pirate, jedi or sith. By the way, screw Facebook for sucking the awesomeness out of zombies, ninjas and jedis. “It must stop. “For a nominal donation of $17.98, you can join the Coalition for a Less Painful Facebook Experience. The first five dollars of your contribution go directly toward finding the creators of these applications, putting them in public stocks and throwing rotten kumquats at them. The other $12.98 may be used for other administrative fees, including, but not limited to, 12-packs of Pabst, half-gallons of cheap rum, nudie magazines or other necessities. “Remember we’re not just doing this for our generation; we’re securing the future for our children, so they can freely post on each other’s walls without worrying about someone biting chumps or worry about what type of e-roofie got slipped into an edrink they received.” Dave Baker is a senior in print journalism. Comments and questions can be sent to da.bake@ aggiemail.usu.edu
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statewide tournaments against other students. Zach Bateman, senior in management and human resources, has been playing handball for four years and said he was completely new to handball the first time he took the class. Bateman went on to become the B-division champion at last year’s state tournament and said his favorite part of the handball class is getting to play with the older guys who come in. “They are great,” Bateman said. “They have grown up playing and are training the next generation.” Herm said several students who are in the handball class travel and compete against other schools. While USU has virtually the only organized racquetball program in the state, students from most
Utah colleges, including the University of Utah and Brigham Young University, compete in the tournaments. “It always feels good to beat BYU,” Herm said. Bateman and Jackson were part of the team that participated in making a winning video for the Simple Green handball video contest this year. The video about handball and it’s future won $5,000, which Jackson said would go toward equipment and tournament fees. “The video was sending a message about the dying sport of handball and how it has been in the shadow of racquetball,” Jackson said. “It’s about people who are veterans to the sport passing on the torch.” -amanda.m@aggiemail.usu.edu
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- USU women’s soccer vs. Oregon, 4 p.m., Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field. - USU Big Band Swing Club, 7 to 9:30 p.m., HPER. - Seattle Mariners Alumni baseball game, 7:05 p.m. - Cache Valley Center for the Arts – ‘Project Bandaloop,’ 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Ellen Eccles Theatre.
- Away game party, 1 p.m. at the Marketplace. HURD members eat Free. - Comedians, 7:30 p.m., TSC Ballroom. $5 at the door. - World Exploration at the USU Museum of Anthropology. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Old Main Room 252. - USU at Oklahoma tailgate alumni event. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. - USU Football @ Oklahoma, 1 p.m. - USU women’s volleyball, 7 p.m., Spectrum. - ‘Project Bandaloop,’ 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Ellen Eccles Theatre. - Elite Hall Lessons and Dancing, 7:30 to 11:25 p.m.
- Homecoming kickoff – lunch for the bunch, 12 to 1 p.m. - Paint dance, 8 to 11 p.m. - Street painting, 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 17
Study Abroad fair Study Abroad fair, Sept. 18, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the TSC International/Suburst Lounge. Find out about opportunities to study in many countries and talk to past participants. Financial aid and scholarships can apply. Prize drawings. Also the U.S. Postal Service Passport Fair, same place and time. Bring proof of citizenship, photo ID and payment of $97 (expediting cost extra). Pictures can be taken there for $15. For more info: Study Abroad office TSC 313, (435) 797-0601, studyabroad@ usu.edu
Two comedians
Flying McCoys • G&G Mccoy Brain Waves • B. Streeter
Two smart and hilarious comedians — Bengt Washburn (winner of the San Fran Comedy Competition) and Ryan Hamilton (Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central) — will be on stage in the TSC Ballroom, Saturday, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. $5 at the door. Limited seating. First come, first seated.
Study strategies
The Women’s Center and The Reentry Student Center will hold a Study Strategies for Academic
Success Workshop on September 26 in the Taggart Student Center in the West Colony Room from noon to 1 p.m. Come with your brown bag lunch and the Women Center will provide drinks & dessert. The class will be taught by Debi Jensen. A set of templates and resources outlining the top study strategies will be provided. Call 797-1728 with questions or concerns!
IMA/IWA activity
The Institute Men’s Association and Institute Women’s Association would like to invite you to their Opening Social. September 14, 7 p.m. Institute Cultural Hall. Enjoy Food, Fun, Mechanical Bull, Blow-up Slide and more.
More to remember: • Demolition Derby. Sponsored by The Cache County Search and Rescue. Sept. 15, 7 p.m. Cache County Fair Grounds, Cost $8. Special Truck Derby and ATV Barrel Racing • Register for Institute! At wise. ldsces.org • Come be a part of a research study designed to understand nutrient differences between
groups. This research study is being conducted on USU campus to fulfill a master’s thesis. If you are interested in participating and are within the ages of 18-65, contact Anne Banks via email at annewilson@cc.usu.edu. The study will be conducted over a two-week period. Those who complete the study will receive a free diet analysis and be entered in one of five drawings for a $20 gift certificate to Borders Bookstore.
• USU Museum of Anthropology in Old Main room 252 will be hosting special activities from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. This Saturday’s theme is “World Exploration.” Free parking available south of Old Main. • URCO Orientations Those interested in applying for an URCO Grant should attend one of the URCO Orientation meetings. They will be held on September 24 and 25 from 4-5 p.m. in Old Main Room 66. Any questions, contact Joyce Kinkead at joyce.kinkead@usu. edu or call 797-1199.
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