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Today is Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007 Breaking News A drive-by shooting in a Hyrum neighborhood trailer park injures one man, who was shot in the leg. Four suspects are in custody.

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Opening doors, building futures Construction begins on USU’s Vernal campus with expected December 2008 finish date, building to be ready for use Spring 2009

Campus News Emon Williams is named Mr. USU. Page 3

the land for USU’s vernal campus was donated by a Vernal resident and was the second largest single gift in USU’s history. The land will house an 87,000 square foot building where classes will be held and science projects will kept. The Vernal site is part of the Uintah Basin Regional Campus. photo COURTESY OF UINTAH BASIN CAMPUS

By ALISON BAUGH senior writer

The Uintah Basin Regional campus will be expanding by more than the original size of USU in 1888 thanks to a gift of 138 acres. Lifetime Vernal resident, businessman and entrepreneur, Bob Williams, donated the land across the street from Uintah High School last year. The land was being looked at as housing development, but Williams didn’t like that idea. “He came in at the eleventh hour, swooped in and purchased the land and gave it to the university for educational purposes,” said Robert Behunin, associate executive director for the Uintah Basin Region. Behunin noted Williams was very concerned about higher education. Although not a USU alumnus, Williams gave the land to the university, which has a campus in Vernal. The Uintah Basin Regional campus included a building in Roosevelt and one in Vernal. Behunin said the

Features Discussing the taboo topics. Page 5

Sports The new sports medicine complex is named after Dale Mildenberger, athletic trainer at USU for 32 years. Page 9

Opinion “We need to be diligent to ensure that we can continue in the sunlight of the freedom protected by the Constitution.” Page 12

Almanac Today in History: In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet leader, becomes infuriated when he learns he is not allowed to visit Disneyland during his trip to California. Government officials were worried the large crowds at the park would become a safety issue.

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Roosevelt center has seen growth and building improvement, but the Vernal one hasn’t. It sits on Highway 40 and is in the same building it has been housed in since its beginnings in 1985. The land will host an 87,000 square foot building, Behunin said. It will be a joint building between USU and the Uintah Basin Applied Technology College. It will be used for night classes, face-to-face instruction both broadcast from Logan and given by faculty in Vernal, and to house science programs for USU. At this point it is the only building planned, but Behunin said that they expect growth and when it comes they will work towards more buildings. Work is beginning on the new site and Behunin said they expect the building to be completed by December 2008 and ready for students Spring 2009. Funding for the new center comes from a $10 million appropriation from the state and $6.9 from the community, including private and government donations.

“The communities of Roosevelt and Vernal are very supportive and take pride in the Uintah Basin being a home of the Aggies,” Behunin said. Besides the monetary donation to help build the center, the community is putting in $16 million of roads around the 138 acres. One of the roads will be called “Aggie Boulevard” and will connect the old and new campuses. Behunin said there will also be $1.5 million in water, sewer and utilities put toward the campus from the city. The land donation totals $5.3 million and is the second largest gift in USU’s 119-year history. The land for the original Vernal campus was donated by the city to the university. The Uintah Basin campus is the largest of the three regional campuses and includes the Roosevelt and Vernal sites. It has 2,200 students, including traditional and concurrent enrollment students. The campus offers three associate degrees, 12 bachelors degrees and 11 masters programs. -alison.baugh@aggiemail.usu.edu

Tier II tuition dollars give Four held in connection department budgets boost with Hyrum shooting By LIZ LAWYER assistant news editor

USU has committed to raise academic departments’ operating budgets by 78 percent over the next five years. The increase is due to a commitment by President Stan Albrecht to increase the amount each department has per faculty member and will begin this year. As of the last fiscal year, A closer look at issues only affecting USU about one fourth of USU’s academic departments had operating budgets of $2,900 per faculty member or more. By the end of the five-year commitment, all departments will have operating budgets at least at that level. USU Provost Ray Coward said the increase is a “major step forward,” as the

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university’s operating budgets haven’t had any increases several years. The average department operating budget hasn’t increased in 15 years or more, instead remaining static. Steve Scheiner, head of the chemistry department, said this amounts to a 4 to 5 percent budget cut when inflation is taken into account. “The budgets are so low at this school, so minor,” said Richard Jensen, accountancy department head. “You have to supplement it through other means, and that’s not easy to do.” Some departments have depended on drawing big research projects in order to keep themselves afloat. Others counted on donations or cut positions for adjunct professors. The College of Business has introduced a differential tuition increase that went to supporting the department operating budgets as well as the college’s upper

- See BUDGETS, page 3

By LIZ LAWYER assistant news editor

A drive-by shooting in a Hyrum trailer park resulted in one injury and four arrests Tuesday morning. The 40-year-old male victim was shot in the leg at about 7:30 a.m. and is now at Logan Regional Hospital, “doing fine,” according to Chief Deputy David Bennett of the Cache County Sheriff’s Office. A car matching the description given by witnesses and the victim was stopped in Brigham City carrying four people, two men and two women. A gun was also recovered from the car. The suspects are in custody at the Sheriff’s Office. The driver of the car, Andrew D. Pham, 25, has been charged with attempted murder, a second-degree felony, and discharge of a firearm from a vehicle, a third-degree felony.

Arellano Eduardo Amador, 24, has been charged with attempted aggravated murder, a first-degree felony, and discharge of a firearm from a vehicle. The two women in the car, 22-year-old Mina Siyavong and 18-year-old Nicole Marie Pagan, have been charged with attempted murder. “We’re still in the real early stages of the investigation,” Bennett said. “We have no idea yet (as to motive). Hopefully we’ll get more information once we start interviewing.” Bennett said it looked like the victim was the only target. The South Cache 8-9 Center for 8th and 9th graders, which is just north of the trailer park, was placed on lockdown briefly. Classes had already begun when the shooting occurred, and all the students were reportedly inside. -elizabeth.lawyer@aggiemail.usu. edu

For USU students the sky is the limit By AMANDA MEARS staff writer

Two USU graduates were awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarships for their work in the space technology field at USU’s 21st annual Conference on Small Satellites in August. Patrick Jolley, who graduated in 2007 with a master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering, won second place and was awarded the $7,500 Frank J. Redd Student Scholarship for his proposal for a spaceship that could carry a small satellite into space, drop in altitude until it gets low enough to be able to fly around just inside the Earth’s atmosphere, and then go back into space in a different orbit and deposit the satellite.

Scott Jensen, who received his master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering in 2007, received an honorable mention and was awarded $2,500 for a plan that uses Earth’s magnetic field to adjust a satellite’s orientation. Although Jensen could not be reached for comment, he has said his plans could be implemented in as soon as two years. The Conference of Small Satellites features a student scholarship competition that is open to all full-time undergraduate or graduate students in engineering or scientific disciplines. Patrick Jolley, left, and Scott Jensen Jolley said he first became aware of the scholar- received a scholarships for their proposals for new ship when a former professor at USU urged him to space technology. photo COURTESY OF USU submit his paper to the competition. “I wasn’t going to do it,” Jolley said, “but I’m glad - See SPACE, page 3 I did and I am really grateful to him.”


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Today is Wednesday, Sept 19, 2007. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Lily LaBute, a sophomore majoring in history from Chicago, Illinois.

Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007

DC denied house seat, Utah gets no extra vote

WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill that would have given District of Columbia residents their first-ever member of Congress died in the Senate on Tuesday, dashing hopes of full voting rights in the nation’s capital after a 206-year wait. Senators voted 57-42, just three votes short of the 60 needed to move The policy of The Utah Statesman is to corthe measure forward. The bill would rect any error made as soon as possible. If have created two new House seats: One you find something you would like clarified for the city of about 600,000 people or find unfair, please contact the editor at and one for Utah, which narrowly 797-1762 or TSC 105. missed out on a fourth seat after the last census. The procedural vote, against moving on with the debate, effectively killed the best chance in decades to win the District a full-fledged House member. The city has been denied voting rights in Congress since 1801, making it the only major capital city in the world where citizens are denied a vote in the nation’s representative body of MINDEN, Nev. (AP) –While the Civil Air government. Patrol has scaled back its search for Steve Fossett, more than a dozen privately funded Advocates had hoped to resolve planes and helicopters are flying out of hotel what they call a “national disgrace” and the most important civil rights issue of mogul Barron Hilton’s ranch to look for the the era. They said they will try again, missing millionaire adventurer. likely with a new version of the bill An update Tuesday on Fossett’s Website said the aircraft from Hilton’s 1 million-acre next year. Flying M Ranch, where Fossett, 63, had been “We’re not going to take this lying down,” vowed Eleanor Holmes Norton, staying, include some equipped with infrathe District’s delegate, who is allowed red and other high-tech search gear. to vote only in House committees. “Despite mounting odds as the search enters its third week, the mood at the remote While the House easily passed the bill in April, Senate Republican leaders air resort remains positive,” the update vowed to block it, saying it is unconstistates. tutional. The White House also threat Searchers from the ranch are coordinatened a veto. ing their efforts with military helicopters. The National Guard has kept five helicopters “If the residents of the District are to get a member for themselves, on search duty. Search and rescue crews on they have a remedy: amend the the ground also continued the hunt for the Constitution,” said Senate Minority missing aviator. Officials said they had no Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. new leads on Tuesday. Tuesday’s outcome hinged on just a few votes, with both sides lobbying hard. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was

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Hope still alive for lost pilot Steve Fossett

Rape victim uses text message to get help

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) – A man accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl and raping her in an underground bunker pleaded guilty Tuesday, moments before his trial was to begin. The girl was rescued after more than a week when she talked her abductor into letting her play games on his cell phone and instead sent a text message for help. Vinson Filyaw, 37, stood in court Tuesday with his arms clasped behind him as he quietly answered “Yes, sir” when the judge asked him whether he was freely pleading to the charges. The victim sat with family members, her mother’s arm around her. Filyaw could spend the rest of his life in prison. He pleaded guilty to kidnapping and all 10 counts of criminal sexual conduct, one for each day prosecutors said he held the girl captive a year ago in Kershaw County. Each criminal sexual conduct charge carries a sentence of as many as 30 years in prison. He also pleaded guilty to impersonating an officer and possession of an incendiary device. “Well, I guess there’s something wrong with me for doing all of this. I was 36; she’s 14. That’s wrong or against the law, whatever you want to say,” Filyaw told WLTX-TV after his plea.

Eleanor Holmes Norton, representitive of the District of Columbia, speaks at a news conference. The D.C. House Voting Rights Act was brought before Senate on Tuesday and was voted down. The act would have given Utah a fourth house seat as well as one for the District of Columbia. AP File Photo

absent. Montana Sen. Max Baucus was the sole Democrat to vote against the measure. Baucus said he didn’t want to dilute Montana’s influence in Congress by expanding the House. Montana has just one House member. Eight Republicans, including Utah’s senators, voted for the bill, although advocates for the measure had been hoping more would vote their way. “This vote today is a victory in a way,” said Ilir Zherka, executive director of the advocacy group DC Vote. “It’s been over 30 years since a majority of senators supported D.C. voting rights.” Congress took away the District’s voting rights in 1801, a year after they moved the capital to Washington from Philadelphia. District residents have had the right to vote in presidential elections since the 23rd Amendment was ratified in 1961. They won the right to elect their

own mayor and other officials in the 1973 Home Rule Act. While Congress approved a constitutional amendment in 1978 giving the district a vote in the House, only 16 states ratified it far short of the three-fourths required to change the Constitution. In 1993, the House rejected another proposal to put the district on the road to statehood, and the issue has been dormant since. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., and Norton, a Democrat, drew up the current plan, adding Utah in hopes of making the bill more palatable to Republicans. Utah missed getting a fourth House seat by 857 people after the 2000 census. State officials have argued that they were entitled to that new seat because the government failed to count some 11,000 Mormon missionaries living abroad.

Oldest man in world turns 112 in Tokyo TOKYO (AP)– The world’s oldest ing to U.N. projections. beyond 100 has almost quadrupled in man celebrated his 112th birthday The increase underscores both posithe past 10 years, with the once-exclutive and negative sides of the country’s Tuesday, saying he hoped to live forever. sive centenarian club soon expected to surpass 28,000, the government aging population. While experts say Born Sept. 18, 1895, Tomoji Tanabe there are more active centenarians than was named world’s oldest male after the announced in September. The country’s centenarian populabefore, the rapidly graying population death of Emiliano Mercado Del Toro of tion is expected to reach nearly 1 miladds to concerns over Japan’s overburPuerto Rico. He died in January at age 115. lion the world’s largest by 2050, accord- dened public pension system. On Tuesday, the mayor of Miyakonojo City, where Tanabe lives, presented him with a bouquet and a letter of congratulations. When the mayor asked how many more years Tanabe wanted to live, Tanabe replied, “for infinity,” according to city official Yasuo Yamashita. With his ascetic lifestyle, Tanabe has a good shot at living for at least a little longer. A former city land surveyor who lives with his son and daughter-in-law, Tanabe is in good health and is known to guzzle milk. He also keeps a diary, avoids alcohol, and does not smoke. Japan has one of the world’s longest average life spans, a factor often attributed to a healthy diet rich in fish and rice. The number of Japanese living Torroji Tanabe the worlds oldest man turned 112 on Tuesday. AP Photo

Celebs&People HOUSTON (AP) – An animal rights group says Alicia Silverstone appears naked in a television ad promoting vegetarianism that was to debut Wednesday in Houston. The 30-second ad was to air about two dozen times in Houston on Wednesday, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said. PETA said Houston was picked for the commercial’s launch because it is often high on lists of cities with unhealthy eating habits. Houston was named the sixth fattest city in the nation by Men’s Fitness magazine this year. Silverstone is shown emerging from a swimming pool and talking about the benefits of being a vegetarian. She obscures the view of her body with her arms as she gets out of the pool, PETA said. “I wasn’t always a vegetarian, but I’ve always loved animals,” the 30-year-old actress said in a statement. “Physically, the effect has been amazing.” Silverstone’s screen credits include “Clueless” and “Batman & Robin.” LOS ANGELES (AP) – Zsa Zsa Gabor was recovering Tuesday after undergoing surgery for infections in her legs, her husband Gabor said. “The operation was successful, she’s in recovery and in a couple of days she’ll be OK,” Frederic Von Anhalt said in a telephone interview from Gabor’s room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The 90-year-old actress has remained partially paralyzed from a 2002 car accident, forcing her to use a wheelchair and walker and leading to infections in her legs. “She’s been inactive for the last four years,” her publicist John Blanchette said. Gabor was also reported to have had a stroke in 2005 and underwent emergency surgery to clear a blocked artery.

LateNiteHumor Top Ten Dumb Guy Ideas For Lowering Gas Prices 10–Make all roads downhill 9– Cheaper self-service price if you pump the oil and refine it yourself 8– Gas comes from dinosaurs, so all we need are more dinosaurs 7– Invade Iraq 6– Give Cheney a sawed-off shotgun and have him stick up an Exxon 5– Tax cuts for the rich 4– Get Bush and the middle east to straighten everything out on Oprah 3– Jet packs for everyone 2– Gas only costs 12 cents a gallon in Venezuela; drive to Venezuela for gas 1– Get tubby genius Al Gore to figure it out


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Mr. USU contestants “Stand Out” from the crowd Emon Williams takes the title, swimwear portion

USU’s Women’s Center is accepting applications for “The Giving Tea Scholarships” for female students from Cache, Davis, Salt Lake and Box Elder counties who are reentering USU after a gap in education of more than five years. Scholarship applicants must have a minimum 2.5 GPA, show a need for financial aid and submit a complete goal statement and an academic reference. USU First Lady Joyce Albrecht began hosting the Giving Teas in Cache County in spring 2006 and has since held teas in Salt Lake, Davis and Box Elder counties. The funds raised at these Giving Teas will be used to award scholarships for female students in each of these counties. Albrecht plans to host Giving Teas in each county where USU has a regional campus. For more information about The Giving Tea Scholarships and how to apply for the scholarships, visit the Women’s Center Web site at www.usu.edu/womencenter, call 435-797-1728 or email the center at womenscenter@usu.edu.

THE SEVEN MR. USU CONTESTANTS line up to be judged at the Mr. USU pageant Tuesday. The contestants tried attention-grabbing stunts like acting out a Super Mario game or dressing up as Spongebob Squarepants. Right: Emon Williams, Mr. USU winner, performs for the audience and panel of five judges. CAMERON PETERSON photos

sense of humor; this was, however, the least of their competitions. “So far it was the powder puffs. Now it’s where the rubber hits the road!” Brinton said as he led the audience into the talent portion of the pageant. The first to compete in the talent competition was Grady Brimley; with help from a few friends, he performed a rather elaborate and costumed dance number. “Tonight, I’m going to show you guys my talent,” he said. “And it’s having a good time!” Seven contestants showed their skills, which included singing, rollerblading, cheer-leading, gymnastics, and an acted out game of Super Mario. Immediately following these performances, the 2007-2008 Homecoming Royalty were brought out to lead off

the question portion. The contestants were asked a single question each. When asked what it means to be a True Aggie, Williams responded, “A True Aggie is someone who takes pride in their school.” Winners were announced for Mr. Congeniality, each portion, and one over-all. Swimwear was given to Williams, who sported swim trunks and oil. Wilde was named the winner of talent for his re-creation of a Super Mario Brothers game, and Watts took the formal wear/question portion. Williams, a member of the USU Track and Field Team, said, “I love you guys! Thanks!” as he was presented with the Mr. USU ring, donated by S.E. Needham Jewelers. -heather.wilk@aggiemail.usu.edu

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No more teachers’ dirty looks; Space: Students cash in ideas -continued from page 1 new faculty to receive training By KATE ROUSE staff writer

New teachers at USU have found themselves once more taking on the role of students. As of fall 2007, all new assistant professors who have not previously taught are required to take a course that will teach them how to teach. Noelle Cockett, dean of the College of Agriculture, originally proposed the idea, looking for a way to improve undergraduate education in the College of Agriculture. With the help of Nat Frazer, dean of the College of Natural Resources, and the Provost’s Office, the program was expanded to include all col-

leges in the university, Cockett said. “I wanted a way to start the faculty out right and set them on a path of excellence,” she said. The new Teaching Academy meets once a week throughout the semester, with three seminars in August prior to the start of the semester. Each week, a professor believed to have a good reputation is invited to demonstrate good models of teaching. Cockett said since graduate students only take classes within their field of interest, new professors have had no opportunity to learn teaching methods unless they are in the

- See ACADEMY, page 4

In a previously published article, Jolley said his idea is important because it could drastically reduce the time it takes to replace failed satellites. “In a time of crisis, you could deploy this spacecraft and get there quickly,” Jolley said. He said the proposal was a research project for his thesis and that he hopes it will cause people to become interested and research it further. “It opens the door to a new capability,” he said. Although Jolley has known since high school that he wanted to be an engineer, he said it wasn’t until he saw “October

Sky,” a movie about a boy who is inspired to build his own rockets and then competes in a national science fair, that he wanted to be involved with space technology. “I saw the movie ‘October Sky’,” Jolley said, “and thought, ‘Yeah, that’s what I want to do.’” Jolley said he will use the money he received to pay off his student loans and said he hopes to continue his work in the space technology industry. He is employed at ATK Launch Systems in Magna, Utah, where he designs and analyzes new launch systems. -amanda.m@aggiemail.usu.edu

Budgets: School “squeezing blood from stones” for funds

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By HEATHER WILK staff writer

Seven contestants battled it out for the title of Mr. USU Tuesday in the Kent Concert Hall, with Emon Williams snagging the honor, as well as being named Mr. Congeniality. Grady Brimley, Scott Klein, Jason Sanders, Brian Watts, Brian Wilde, Emon Williams, and Keith Wilson showed they were willing to do whatever it took to entertain the audience, this year’s theme being “Stand Out.” Brinton, named Mr. USU for the 20062007 school year, hosted the event. The applicants were carefully watched by five judges including Sonny Bryant, vice president of ASUSU diversity, and Tim Hansen, a special guest from S.E. Needham Jewelers. A local band, the Rock Bandits, was brought in to open the pageant, and they were followed by a projector film introducing the contestants, including a USU Student Ambassador and a runner from the USU Track and Field team. The first test that the applicants were put to was swimwear. Contestants tried everything - one wore a Spongebob Squarepants costume while another glued hair all over his body, willing to do whatever it took to impress the judges with their

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administration’s operating costs. Jay Greene, budget officer for the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, said the college has been relying mostly on donations to keep up its operations. Coward said the money for the increase is coming from Tier II tuition, which is tuition added by the university after Tier I tuition, which is set by the state. “The president and I visited with faculty in all 43 academic units and heard this time and time again, that their ability to provide educational opportunities has been constricted by their budgets,” Coward said. The provost said upper administration has been working for the past six months to fund the increase. “(The president) said, ‘Do it,’ so we found a way to do it,” he said. In the name of increasing competitiveness

However, even after the increase many departments will be hurting for funds. Scheiner said the chemistry department’s budget will still be quite a bit lower than a comparable department’s budget at another university. Coward said he did not know for sure whether the budgets will be comparable to other universities’, due to lack of benchmark data. In fact, for some departments, some of the budget increase will be going to providing health insurance for graduate students. In the chemistry department, for example, a great deal of the increase will be directed to student health care premiums. Scheiner said that cost comes to roughly $1000 per student per year. “It’s definitely a plus, but it won’t be increasing our operating budget,” he said. “You take what you can get.” Jeffrey Smitten, head of the English department, said the health insurance premiums should only affect the first year’s increase. Each department will receive a different amount of money based on need and current budget, and Coward said this could affect how each

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decides to allocate the money they receive. “A poor department like ours always stands to gain,” Smitten said jokingly. “Anything I get I just consider so generous,” Jensen said. Jensen said the increased budget will allow the College of Business to release students from paying some course fees. “I think they’ve been higher than they should be,” he said, “but the departments had nothing to operate on.” The money for the health insurance premiums is coming from a reallocation of the university’s overall budget. Coward said it was a matter of saving a bit here and there, “squeezing blood from stones,” gathering the funds from different sources. Though student health insurance may be taking a chunk out of the budget increases, Smitten said it’s a benefit offered by all but two schools in the Intermountain West, including USU, and will be helpful for recruiting graduate students. Greene said he hoped the increase can be used to catch up financially and that it won’t be totally used up by things like student health insurance, but that providing the insurance is a definite plus. “That is a great thing,” he said. “Our main purpose here is the students. I wish we could do the same thing for the undergrads.” Coward said in a big organization like USU, it’s important that budget decisions be made at the department level, and that the Tier II money being fed into the department budgets may be used for health insurance if that’s what a particular department needs to do. “What we have to avoid is what happened for the past 15 years,” he said. “We weren’t ignoring the problem, but we didn’t make it our priority. This is a constant challenge for us.” Coward said the university has opened discussion with the Legislature about how to keep up with inflation and avoid another 15-year drought.

Number of academic units at USU 43 Percent of average budget increase 76 Number of years since last increase 15 + Cost of new electronic journals 4 million Cost of insurance per grad student $1000/yr

Better resources, better opportunities

Other changes outlined in the letter were university commitments over the next five years of $4 million to invest in the electronic journal collection at the Merrill-Cazier Library, and $750,000 to enhance USU’s international education programs. According to the provost’s letter, the additional funding for journals came in response to faculty members’ concerns that there were

not enough resources in the library. With this funding, the library will be able to purchase a new collection of journals, called the Freedom Collection, as well as keep current subscriptions to journals it already has. Of the journals in the Freedom Collection, 1,700 are titles previously unavailable to USU faculty and students. Betty Rozum, associate director for technical service at the library, said the price of journals has inflated by 8 to 10 percent over the past 15 years, but the library’s budget has not kept up with the increasing cost. As a result, Rozum said the library had “We weren’t ignorto gradually cancel ing the problem, subscriptions. “Over the years but we didn’t make the collection of it our priority. This journals has eroded is a constant chaland it’s frustrating to the faculty,” she lenge for us” said. “Many of them come from Stanford Ray Coward, USU provost or other places and had every resource they needed, and and then they came here and our budget prevented us from providing that. “We’re just so happy because the president and the provost have really gone to bat to get faculty and students what they need.” Coward said funding journal subscriptions is a problem nation-wide. The money for the journals will come in several installations that will increase yearly. Coward said though the university has the money for this year’s installation, they are working on securing next year’s payment. “Four million is not thumb change,” he said. “We know there it’s coming from the first year. We don’t know the second or third year yet.” The new titles in the journals collection are available for use now, with a few still on their way. Rozum said the collection purchased by the school is one of the best available, especially for science and technology. The money for the international education programs will be alloted for three purposes: increasing opportunities for USU students to study abroad, bringing more international students to USU, and increasing support to offices that provide the infrastructure for international education. -elizabeth.lawyer@aggiemail.usu.edu

Speak Up

The StoryCorps interviews recorded in early August are now being broadcast on Utah Public Radio Fridays during “All Things Considered” at 5:30 p.m. and Mondays during “Morning Edition” at 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. StoryCorps is a national project designed to instruct and inspire people to create the oral histories of ordinary citizens. It came to Logan to help preserve the personal stories that shape individuals’ lives, said Cathy Ives, UPR general manager. The StoryCorps facilitators assisted with interviews from grandmothers, uncles and a young couple who wanted to share the story of their engagement. StoryCorps has built soundproof recording studios across the country, as well as two mobile booths like the one that visited Logan. The StoryCorps facilitators included Rachel Falcone, Daniel Littlewood and Hillary Marshall. They helped those participating, suggesting possible questions, and handled all technical aspects of the recording. At the end of the process all participants were presented an audio CD of the interview. Approximately 240 individuals were involved in 120 interviews recorded in Logan between Aug. 2-25. The StoryCorps Mobile Booth has since moved to Las Cruces, N.M. StoryCorps is a project of Sound Portraits Productions in partnership with National Public Radio and the Library of Congress. Major funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with local funding from the Utah Humanities Council and Best Western Baugh Motel of Logan. Utah Public Radio is a service of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Utah State University, broadcasting a mix of information, public affairs and fine arts programming. The system is on the air 24 hours a day, year round and is broadcast statewide by a system of 27 translators. UPR is heard on KUSU (91.5 FM) and KUSR (89.5 FM) in Logan. To find broadcast stations in other cities, visit www.upr.org.

Day of games at USU Museum of Anthropology

A series of Saturday activities at USU’s Museum of Anthropology began this summer. Now that fall semester has arrived and students are back on the USU campus, the series has been extended and will continue with a variety of activities that are free and open to the public. In the continuation of the new Saturday activity series, the USU Museum of Anthropology will celebrate USU’s Homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 22, by teaching guests about other games throughout the world. USU students and members of the public are invited to drop in any time during the museum’s new 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday hours. Adults and children will be able to play games at the museum and be given instructions and game pieces to take home. “These games will reflect many cultures throughout the world, as well as throughout time,” said museum coordinator Sara Lundberg. “Games have been an important pastime for centuries.” The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the Utah State University campus in the south turret of Old Main Room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.

-Compiled from staff and media reports


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Painting the town blue USU students representing a variety of clubs and organizations turned out Monday night to paint 700 North and 800 East for Homecoming week. Left: Louisa Barta, Abby Stevens and Abby Hertberg paint each other to match the street. Below: Cody Woodbrey painted for the Walt Disney World Intership Program in Florida. DEBRA HAWKINS photos

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College of Education. She said students benefit from the program because it provides them with confident, knowledgeable professors, even if it is a professor’s first semester teaching. “The hope is that the quality of teaching will go up … by expanding teaching beyond the textbook and the lecture,” said Dick Knight, professor emeritus and instructor for the course. Vigorous discussion, case studies and highly mediated (or high-tech) lectures all benefit the student by providing greater variety and more interesting classes, he said. “I’ve learned a lot about different models of teaching which I’d never learned about before,” said Ethan White, a biogeography instructor for spring semester. “(I’ve learned to) engage (the students) in material other than a flat, straight lecture.” Knight said the Teaching Academy also provides a means for new faculty to get to know each other and develop a feeling of camaraderie that may eventually lead to cooperative research projects. “It’s nice to come and debrief and socialize with

the other faculty,” special education instructor Michel Orosco said. Another benefit of the academy is that new professors are each assigned a mentor teacher, or teaching coach. The teaching coaches are professors from a different department who are known as strong teachers and whom the new professor has never met before, Cockett said. She said the teaching coaches observe the new teachers in the classroom and provide feedback but aren’t there to evaluate or supervise. They are there to answer questions and provide support. The response to the Teaching Academy has been a good one so far, Cockett said. She said there hasn’t been one person who’s heard about the academy and wasn’t enthusiastic. “Most universities say they value teaching but don’t always provide the means or the resources,” Assistant Provost Michelle Larson said. “At USU, we wanted to put our money where our mouth is and provide a resource so we could help our faculty become truly successful teachers.” -kate.r@aggiemail.usu.edu

Defense witnesses say women in sect are not submissive

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) – After listening to stories of rigid lifestyles, jurors in the trial of a polygamous–sect leader heard a different tale Tuesday as defense witnesses countered claims that women in their church must be submissive and blindly obedient. Prosecutors rested their case with just three witnesses, and Warren Jeffs’ defense team immediately sought to soften his image and that of his Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Jeffs, president of the church, is charged with two counts of rape by accomplice for his role in the 2001 spiritual marriage between a 14–year–old follower and her 19–year–old cousin. Washington County prosecutors contend Jeffs, 51, used his influence as the No. 2 leader at that time to push the girl into the arranged marriage and submit to unwanted sex. But nine church loyalists – six women and three men – said they were trained to respect their spouses, not to rush sexual intimacy, and that decisions to start a family should be mutual. “It’s up to your own personal inspiration and conscience,” Jennie Pipkin, 26, testified. “Whatever she feels like is wrong, she does not have to do.” She said she listened to hundreds of hours of lessons from Jeffs and other church leaders. “I realized that I was supposed to be in charge. The invitation for sexual relations is supposed to be mine,” said Pipkin, who has an Internet marketing business and five children. Another witness, Keneth “Ben” Thomas, said force is not taught in FLDS culture. He said men hold authority but they are taught to lead with the best interests of the family. “I have no right to force my wife to do anything,” Thomas, 34, said. The nine FLDS members said they did not know their spouses before their weddings. The women said they asked Warren Jeffs’ father, Rulon Jeffs, who preceded him as “prophet,” to find suitable mates. None were younger at 17 when they were married. At least one woman married a polygamist. Some waited weeks, even years, before having sex – and all said they sought counseling from Jeffs. “He asked us ‘Are you coming together physically?’ And it was pretty obvious that we weren’t,” said Joanna Keate, 25, who delayed sex for nearly

two years. “And he said ‘That will come in its own time.’” During cross–examination, prosecutors noted that none of the defense witnesses were young teens placed in marriages over their objections or with a close relative. The prosecution’s main witness and her sisters, all former FLDS members, portrayed a patriarchal society where obedience is expected and wives cannot question or refuse their husbands, including in sexual matters.

Defense witness Charlotte Jessop is sworn in during Warren Jeffs’ trial Tuesday, Sept. 18, in St. George, Utah. Jeffs, head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is charged with two counts of rape as an accomplice for allegedly coercing the marriage and rape of a 14-year-old follower to her 19-year-old cousin in 2001. AP photo


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The future of male birth control By Manette Newbold features editor

Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy. Girl goes on birth control. Though contraceptive myths and options have been around for centuries, the majority of birth control and prevention methods are only readily available for women. There are currently more than a dozen choices of contraception for females, versus two for men – condoms and vasectomies – which has left family planning a little one-sided, according to “Male contraceptives on the horizon,” a 2006 article by Bridget Kuehn. “We can only wish there will be more options for men,” said Karrie Galloway, CEO of Planned Parenthood. “I would certainly put in a vote. Many men do want to share the responsibility. But most research has shown that male birth control effects men hormonally like it does women and they are less likely to tolerate it.” However, good news is on the way. Kuehn’s article, which printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association, states that scientists’ results show that within the next five to 10 years, there may be several hormonal methods of contraception available for men. Eventually men may be able to get shots of testosterone to trick the brain and reduce sperm counts, or they may have a pill of their own. However, the idea of more options of male birth control gets mixed opinions. Kuehn’s article states that according to a 2002 survey of more than 9,000 men in nine countries, more than 55 percent of the men said they were willing to use a hormonal male contraceptive, although rates of acceptance varied by country from nearly 29 percent to about 71 percent. Between 50 and 83 percent of men said they already used contraceptives, and 55 to 82 percent said the both partners were involved when selecting the method of birth control. Brandon Forster, senior in Spanish education, said he’s not sure if he would want to take a pill or get hormonal injections. “Everything inside me says no, but we’d have to look into it,” said Forster, who got married in June. Since then, his wife has been on the pill. “I’m not going to say it’s the woman’s place, but I don’t think men would be as good at remembering to take it.” Jeremy Hubbard, junior in electrical engineering, agrees. He said if hormonal shots were available for men, he would definitely not

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Allies on Campus serves as safe zone for GLBT students By Brittny Goodsell Jones assistant features editor

Being gay in Utah. Joe, USU alumnus, said he returned from an LDS mission, started school and then realized he was gay. Perhaps more importantly, Joe, who asked to not have his last name printed, said a difficult part of the process was learning he could embrace that. “With the religious aspects, you are scared to be anything other than normal for fear of what other people would say,” he said. “You are always judged, especially being gay. My parents came from a church standpoint so they knew what we were up against, so they said, ‘You can go to counseling and fight this.’” Although Joe said a few months of counseling helped show him how to deal with his parents, Joe and the counselor came to the conclusion that he was not in a position to overcome homosexuality. “I don’t feel like I need counseling for homosexuality,” Joe said. “But there are a few people out there who don’t want to accept it and want counseling to control tendencies. So if they want it, they should be allowed to have it and not be pushed to embrace their homosexuality. If they don’t want to, why should they have to?” LuAnn Helms, psychologist at USU, said it is common for some people to think counseling will help solve a lifestyle like Joe’s. “Just because they’re gay doesn’t mean

they need therapy,” Helms said. “But counseling can help with the stress of discrimination.” A few resources on campus, such as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Allies services and Allies on Campus have been created over the past few years, which serve as a safe zone for such individuals. Maure Smith, program coordinator of GLBTA, said their services are like an umbrella for individuals looking for resources concerning nontraditional lifestyles. Resources include periodicals and a private research station to gather information. There is even a resource library with more than 600 items consisting of magazines, books and DVDs. “It’s kind of sad, but some of these USU resources were discarded or defaced,” she said. “We needed a place to protect these resources.” Smith said she also works with Allies on Campus. According to the Allies Web site, http://www.usu.edu/glsrc/ allies/about.html, Allies on Campus is a network made up USU faculty, staff and students. The organization was developed from examples of other allies programs in effect at other schools in the nation. Helms, training director at USU Counseling Center, said she helped develop Allies on Campus for USU. “I was surprised USU didn’t have one,” she said. After many hours of planning with a steering committee, Helms said the first official Allies seminar training happened in April 2004 and they have

continued since then. Joe said his resource of support was a guy he met online who helped Joe talk about his fears of church, friend and family discrimination. He also said he can see the advantage of such GLBT resources and wished there had been such strong resources when he was going to school at USU. “It would have given me a more healthy environment to meet people, somewhere to go and to not be scared of the people I would come in contact with,” he said. “If you’re in a public library and you look at the homosexual section and maybe it’s placed right next to the Christian section, and someone comes in or one of your friends come in, oh shit. “It just would have been somewhere to go and know people there don’t care. I could feel like I had friends that understand and accepted me for (homosexuality). This is the symbol for Allies on Campus. It was designed by a USU student “It is a very scary thing when you and each color and symbol represents GLTB safety and shelter. want to live that way and if you don’t know if people will accept you.” The members of the Allies on ties such as a panel of GLBT individuals Some responsibilities include openly Campus provide support to GLBT who answer questions taken from the declaring support for GLBT individustudents. Another purpose of the orgaparticipants. als, being comfortable with GLBT stunization, according to the Web site, is “We should attend for the same readents, approaching them to discuss to strive to reduce homophobia and son we would attend any other sensitiv- their issues and concerns, and to do heterosexism through education, advo- ity training because we want to undertheir best to use inclusive language and cacy, awareness and creating a network stand anyone different than ourselves,” avoid stereotyping. of allies. she said. “People should not assume that Smith said to become an Allies Helms said the seminar is like “GLBT everyone is heterosexual,” Smith said. member, individuals need to attend a 101” and covers a wide variety of infor“When you see a ring on a person’s left three-hour seminar, which is offered mation in three hours. At the seminar, four times during the semester. The participants sign a contract, which - See ALLIES, page 8 seminar offers different training activi- states the responsibilities of the ally.


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Red and Blue bleeds into classrooms By Debra Hawkins staff writer A Republican and a Democrat sit down for a nice discussion of politics and share their views calmly and rationally before politely shaking hands and agreeing to meet again soon. Maybe in a perfect world this scene might exist, but not in the current state of the country. Politics are a hot topic, placed in the same realm as religion as a topic that is almost taboo to mention. Tempers can quickly flare up when current political issues are brought to the table, and the democratic ideas of sharing ideas freely becomes heated to the point where little democracy is practiced. So why do people get upset about politics? Why have politics been dubbed something not to be talked about during polite conversations? Daniel Dew, junior in political science, said he thinks discussing politics is generally taboo because it forces people with differing view points to defend their very beliefs. “I think people don’t like talking about politics because people don’t like confrontation and being forced to defend themselves,” Dew said. “Because of this, people are either really passionate about politics or they just don’t care at all.” Professor Steven Mitton, of the history department, said he thinks the reason politics become a hot topic at USU may rest with the fact that USU has a predominant religion that many students draw their background from. “Politics becomes particularly volatile at USU when people base their knowledge on faith,” Mitton said. “People claim that faith leads to knowledge. Faith is not knowledge, and the convolution of the two is a problem in American society. The more

Politics can be a hot topic on campus, students disagreeing because of backgrounds and faith. NOELLE BERLAGE photo

devout the people are, the more volatile the discussion of politics becomes.” Dew said he also thinks religion plays a part in the frustration of politics, at least for him personally. “Something that really frustrates me is when people claim to be good members of a church but then will blatantly take positions on political topics that oppose their church’s standpoint on the topic,” Dew said. Mitton said although religious people often become more upset about political issues, at least they are consistent in their ideas and thoughts. “People who think they are right are going to stick to their guns, but at least they are consistent in their beliefs, and consistency is admirable,” he said. When arguments become heated, people usually have the opportunity to walk away from the situation. But what happens

when it isn’t so easy to walk away, perhaps in a classroom, where the teacher routinely preaches his or her own political viewpoints in the lecture? Amanda Dew, senior in math and statistics education, said nothing frustrates her more than when teachers she considers to be liberal try to teach their ideas as the only and correct ideas. “I am about as Republican as they come and so it frustrates me when teachers teach their liberal viewpoints as if their view is the only one out there,” Dew said. “It is really frustrating. For example, when a teacher preaches to me that women have to go out and get a job instead of staying home with their children, when I don’t believe in that.” Mitton said it is not the job of teachers to preach their own beliefs to their students. He said he tries to keep his beliefs and views shrouded enough during his teaching that by the

end of the semester his students can’t tell him whether he is a Republican or a Democrat. He said he believes that is the way it should be. “If you go to a church, you have elected to be preached to,” Mitton said. “You go because you want to be preached to. When you go to a class, you are not going to be preached to and when you walk into my classroom. You didn’t come to have me talk you out of your religion and so I will just teach, not preach to you.” Even though some professors like Mitton try to keep preaching out of their classrooms, some students believe the battle over politics will continue on here at USU. “Everyone wants their own way when it comes to politics and so it will just keep going,” Jamie Stengel, senior majoring in history, said. -debrajoy.h@aggiemail.usu.edu

Codifying the unspoken Man Code

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wo men walk into a bathroom. No, it’s not the beginning of another Larry Craig joke, it’s a math equation. Now I know you’re thinking, “Since when can a journalist do math? That’s like a music major getting a job after graduating.” I know this math equation not because I’m a journalist, but because I am a man. As such I am privy to the Man Code. The Man Code is an unspoken set of rules every man

must live by to truly be part of the Benevolent Order of the Chest Hair, or as I like to call it, BOCH. In typical male fashion, it doesn’t sound good, but it fills its purpose and can even be repaired by duct tape. Every male is born with the Man Code imprinted on his brain. I think it’s placed somewhere near the area of the brain where men store random sports statistics, the approximate meal times each day and lyrics to rock music. The Man Code may seem made up to some women, but it is as real as the secret eye code women send each other, the one where women can stare at each other for five seconds and have a three hour conversation about any man in the room and completely understand each other. This is beyond most men, seeing as if we stare at another man for longer than five seconds, all we understand is that other man is starting to creep us out and is grounds for a fight. So in order to shed some light on the Man Code, I will attempt to codify some key areas. It is impossible in one column to fully compile every part of the Man Code, so I will focus on the top topics that every man should be living by. BATHROOM ETIQUETTE Two men walk in to a restroom. That is the last interaction these two men should have together until they exit the restroom. There are certain places that silence should prevail – churches, movie theaters, funerals and restrooms. It’s not like a restroom is some sort of sacred shrine, but it is a place where privacy is a major issue. Once a man enters a restroom, he is faced with that math equation I originally brought up. He must analyze the number of urinals available, the number of men using the urinals and the spacing. Of the three elements, the final is the most important. Unless the only available urinal rests next to another man, he should never stand anywhere near another man. The opposite side of the stall row is preferable. But rarely do things work out this nicely. Once the stall has been selected, a man must stare straight ahead as if the brick

he was staring at was his favorite television show, though he should not express any emotion. His gaze should not leave that point for any reason. Even if someone yells, “Fire!” (a Man Code violation in and of itself), he is obligated by the Man Code to wrap things up first before checking to make sure this claim is true. Also, men should keep their stance at a normal distance. Wide stances are never appropriate. Men should never make eye contact with one another in the restroom and should especially never speak to another man. I experienced a blatant violation of this a couple weeks ago when I went to the Def Leppard concert. While going about my business, the guy to my right started to talk to me. I was furious, and if I wasn’t preoccupied with the speck of dirt on the wall, I would have punched him. I could have let that go, but a few seconds later, the guy on my left started talking to me as if we were best friends. I was extremely uncomfortable by this time. Things only got worse when he violated a second Man Code by looking around. I was disgusted. I figured of all places, a Def Leppard concert should be the epitome of manliness. I don’t know if these guys were drunk out of their minds (likely) or were overly excited to see Joe Elliot in tight pants, but it was still no excuse for diverting their gaze and talking to me. SHARING Most men don’t have a problem with sharing. Borrowing a power tool is seen as a sign of strength, as long as that privilege is not abused. Sharing sports statistics is always acceptable. But sharing personal items is never appropriate. Things like toothbrushes, combs and deodorant are among the obvious prohibited items, but another critical one is clothing. Women have no problem with wearing each others clothes. They seem to see this as being cute, whatever that word means, and as a way to bond. If a man asks another man to borrow an item of clothing, that is seen as being more than a little too friendly. If you

like a shirt your roommate has – though you would never admit to such a thing, also part of the Man Code – you should go buy it. Your roommate would think nothing of it. In fact, you could both wear the same shirt on the same day and be proud of the other man’s good taste. WOMEN There is a common phrase among men: “Bros before hos.” While not grammatically or politically correct – my apologies ladies – it is an important rule. For single men, their fellow BOCH members should come before a woman. But, unlike many of the other hard and fast Man Code rules, this one has plenty of loopholes, which begs to question why this is part of the Man Code. Say a beautiful woman comes by and wants one of the men in a group of guys to spend some time with her. Normally this would be a violation, but since she is gorgeous, the other men in the group must concede and let him go. They may not like it and consider it a violation of the Man Code, but they understand, their biggest frustration being that woman didn’t want to be with them. While this highlights only a few aspects of the Man Code, there are many more that men live by every day. The sad thing is, more and more men are defecting from the BOCH and violating numerous commandments of the Man Code. While some things should be allowed flexibility, the Man Code should not. Biologically fused into our brains, we must live by it. It is what separates the man from the monkey man, although he’s got the right idea of running around in the buff and taking naps all day. Seth Hawkins is a junior majoring in public relations. He welcomes other commandments from the Man Code. Send them to him at seth.h@ aggiemail. usu.edu.


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produce about 100 million sperm a day, according to the Associated Press article. Plus, since as little as 5 percent of these sperm are enough to maintain fertility in men, a drug that blocks 95 percent of sperm may not be good enough, the article stated. With the birth control that is currently available, Stephanie and Brandon suggest couples talking about it and getting as much information as they can. “I think you have to ask about it,� Stephanie said. “A lot of people learn from their friends and a few parents talk about it. But you have to go seek information. I always talked to my mom about it, but I had a friend that said her mom didn’t talk to her about anything. She got a five-minute discourse from her sister-in-law before she got married, and that’s all she knew about anything.� Janalee said she thinks birth control is a good idea for most couples. However, she said some people think it’s against their religion. Jeremy said couples should decide for themselves what will work best for their relationship. “It’s your own opinion,� he said. “Make your own choices. Do what you think is best.� -manette.n@aggiemail.usu.edu

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want to get them. As far as men in general taking a birth control pill, he said it would depend on the guy and if he could remember and not be bothered by taking the pill. Since Jeremy got married two years ago, his wife, Janalee Hubbard, has been using the ring to prevent her from getting pregnant. The ring, which is 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, is inserted into the vagina once a month. Muscles in the vaginal wall keep the ring in place for three weeks. During that time, it slowly releases hormones needed to prevent pregnancy. Janalee said she chose the ring over the pill because she would forget to take the pill every day. How the birth control trend begaN The Planned Parenthood Web site states that according to an ancient Greek myth, Persephone, the Goddess of spring, ate pomegranate seeds to keep her from having children. The method of taking birth control by mouth is still popular among women today, since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first hormonal pill for women to use as contraception in 1960. According to Kuehn, there are now more than a dozen choices of birth control for women including the ring, patch and hysterectomy. Methods range from intrauterine (inside the uterus) devices, barrier methods and many hormonal contraceptives including Depo-Provera, a hormone shot that can prevent pregnancy for months at a time. “The goal is to prevent unintended pregnancy so the couple can create the goals they are going for,� Galloway said. Some of these goals may be becoming financially stable, finishing school and getting jobs, she said. For Brandon’s wife, Stephanie Forster, senior in Spanish education, going on the pill wasn’t a hard decision. “It’s such a norm that I was used to the idea,� she said. She added that even if there was more options for men, women may still feel pressure to be on birth control because of the stress of ending up pregnant. “If she’s not married and the girl has multiple partners, she

would have to be on birth control. The guy wouldn’t take it because the girl is going to be at more risk than the guy,� she said. Critics of male birth control say men lack women’s motivation to prevent pregnancy which would make it hard for a woman to trust her companion to take a pill or participate in hormonal injections, according to an article by Fiona Macrae that printed in 2006 on dailymail.co.uk., a UK and world news Web site. Jeremy and Janalee said they believe lying about taking birth control would happen more in dating relationships than marriages. “The guy wouldn’t care if she gets pregnant because he could just leave her,� Janalee said. Current effects of birth control Hormonal birth control for women does have its side effects. “Everyone has different hormone levels,� Stephanie said. “The first pill I was on made me go psycho. Sometimes I didn’t know if my marriage was going to last. I always made fun of drama queen girls and then for three months I was one.� Stephanie eventually went back to her doctor and tried a different pill and has been fine ever since. She said women need to make sure they are on the right pill. If they are suddenly very emotionally unstable, they should see a doctor and change what they are using. Even then, women need to be careful. “I had a friend that switched and got pregnant on the new pill she was taking,� Brandon said. If women plan on going on birth control when they get married, Stephanie said thinking ahead of time is a good idea. “I think you’re supposed to be on the pill for at least three to four weeks so it can get in your system,� she said. Brandon added, “Yeah, you’ve got to be psycho by the time you get married.� Jeremy said the ring makes Janalee moody as well, and she agrees, saying that the hormones heighten her bad moods. How male birth control would work

British scientists at King’s College in London have been working on developing a male birth control pill for the last few years, according to Macrae’s article. Males would be able to take the pill daily, just like the female pill, or more ideally, just hours before sex. In China, hundreds of men are getting hormone injections once a month and in Europe, more than 300 men want to get 2-inch rods implanted in their arms and take injections every three months, according to “Making the male birth control pill,� a 2004 Associated Press article. Taking increased amounts of androgens – male hormones – may have the ability to lower sperm counts. In 2002, John Amory, an endocrinologist at the University of Washington, was part of an international team testing this idea, according to “Works in Progress,� by Karen Wright. The article, which printed on discovermagazine.com, stated that since androgens such as testosterone are degraded in the liver when in the form of a pill, 120 men in Amory’s study took monthly injections in the buttocks instead. Along with the shots, they got implantations in their skin of another reproductive hormone, progestin. Doing both procedures interrupts the signaling pathway that prompts sperm production and the study showed in 60 percent of men, sperm

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the first wave of male birth control to reach the market. Injections work by suppressing the production of the hormone gonadotropin, which stimulates the release of large amounts of testosterone, according to Kuehn. When this happens, fewer sperm are made. Another way scientists have approached hormonal birth control methods in men, according to Kuehn, is by giving them high doses of testosterone to trick the brain and pituitary glands into not producing as much testosterone. This method gives the

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Women currently have the option of Depo-Provera, a hormonal shot that is injected every three months to prevent pregnancy. The first wave of male birth control to hit the market would probably be a similar shot. PATRICK ODEN photo

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Preacher draws mixed feelings By Kimberly Hinckley staff writer There is no question that the predominant religion of USU students is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, according to Wayne Dymock, director of the LDS Logan Institute, the local Institute is the second or third largest and the second one ever built. But in the first few weeks of school, there was a different religious tone on the patio of the Taggart Student Center, set by the presence of Eli Brayley, the born-again Christian itinerant preacher. For several days, Brayley generated a crowd of curious onlookers. As he preached about finding truth in the Bible, several students began to question his teaching. Junior in French, Clark Abraham was one student who challenged Brayley. Abraham said he was not offended by what Brayley was saying but he was frustrated with what he saw as contradictions in Brayley’s message. “(The preaching) is interesting. I just don’t appreciate that they stir contention,” Abraham said. Other students shared this opinion and said they were OK with the preaching and respected Brayley’s opinion but had a problem with the contention that was caused by

how he was saying it. Brayley said, “Contention is not unbiblical,” and he added that contention was encountered by Jesus. He said it will divide followers from nonfollowers and that it is a way to make people think. However, Dymock said contention is not an effective tool for teaching. Concerning LDS students challenging Brayley, Dymock said some individual members are overzealous, which brings a negative connotation to what the LDS Church is trying to do. Some students said the open-air style of preaching was intrusive and distracting. Nikki Zimmerman, freshman in vocal performance, said she was fine with it just as long as “they don’t badger you too much. Everyone has the right (to express their opinion).” Abraham said he prefers the way LDS missionaries teach because they “aren’t pushy and sometimes teach through referral, and they don’t bash (other religions).” Shaina Ronolfson, freshman majoring in English, had a very different experience last week when she said missionaries from the LDS Church began harassing her. She said that on her way home from work, she passed the Institute building and some LDS missionaries approached her and began asking her

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grew up non-Mormon in southern Idaho. Because of this, I thought that I had prepared myself for college life in the LDS Holy Land. I didn’t worry too much about whether or not I’d be able to handle being a member of a different religion than virtually everyone else. Most of my friends growing up had been Mormon, and so was my best friend all Eli brayley preached through jr. high and high school, so I thought on campus about his born-again Christian beliefs. A crowd gathered I knew what to expect. I figured once I got around him every day, some appre- to Utah, I could find a group of people with religious views more like mine. I did, but I ciating his presence, others arguing quickly realized after arriving in Logan that with him. TYLER LARSON photo living here would be an entirely different questions. She said she experience from anything I was familiar answered them, and they folwith. lowed up by asking her if they At first, everyone just assumed I was could make an appointment. Mormon. I am from Idaho, so I supposed She said she did not want to that this is an almost-fair assumption. If I had be converted. been from the west coast, or from back east, Ronolfson said it was at or from anywhere but the back door to Zion, this point that one of the mis- maybe they wouldn’t have been so surprised sionaries started “getting pret- when I answered their favorite question, ty aggressive” and pestered “What ward are you in?” with, “Actually, I’m her about her beliefs. not Mormon.” “Having someone question The first week of school my freshman and push you is really unnerv- year, a couple of LDS girls on my floor that ing,” Ronolfson said. I had made friends with invited me to go to Ryan Avila, junior majoring an institute dance with them. After protestin business marketing, said it ing and telling them that I’m not much of a was the intent of LDS mission- dancer, they told me that I could just hang aries versus the intent of the out and socialize—that lots of people did this open-air preaching that made at dances. the difference. I finally agreed, but then something I “(LDS missionaries) are hadn’t counted on happened: someone there to convert,” Avila said, asked me to dance. This kid looked like he adding that Brayley’s intent might never ask another girl to dance again if was “to try and tell people the I said no, and so I reluctantly allowed him to truth” and let them come to lead me out onto the dance floor. We talked their own decisions. for a few moments, and then the inevitable -kimberly.a.h@aggiemail.usu. question regarding my ward was asked, foledu lowed by the only answer that I will ever have for it. He didn’t even wait for the song ® to finish. He scurried off into the crowd so fast that, for a moment, I was left wondering what had happened. It wasn’t just the people I talked to who knew, however. There was something about me that tipped people off. Somehow, they always seemed to know that I wasn’t one of them. I think it’s a safe bet to say it was the coffee mug. My freshman year I lived in the towers, so I of course was required to eat at the Junction. Every morning I would fill my mug with the brown swill that was trying really hard to be coffee, and every day everyone who saw me do it would glare at me as if I had just stomped on a box full of kittens. I would hang out with my friends in the Hub behind the Ibis, where we would all meet between classes to drink our coffee and not do our homework, and ignore the funny

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looks we would occasionally get from those passing by. My sophomore year, a couple of Mormon missionaries finally came after me. They called and asked if they could come by and talk with me about my faith. I warned them that my Mormon friends had been trying to get me to repent of my heathen ways for a long time, and that if they were hoping to get results from their effort, they might be better off talking to someone else. They insisted that they wanted to talk to me, however, and so I told them that they were welcome to come by. My roommate Ashley had heard the conversation, and asked if they were coming over. Ashley had left the LDS church, and did not much care for the company of their missionaries, so when I told her, yes, they were coming over, she disappeared into her room. I was a little worried, honestly, that she would come out while they were there and try to make them feel uncomfortable enough to leave. She emerged only once, however, right before they showed up. She stood in her doorway long enough to flash me a mischievous grin, and then slapped a sign on her door before disappearing behind it again. In big, bold letters, her sign read, “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Maybe they wouldn’t notice … I later found out that these two missionaries had been sent after me by my roommate from my freshman year, Brandi. Brandi had run into some missionaries in Temple Square, and they pestered her until she broke and gave them my name and phone number. She told me that I was the only person she knew who wasn’t LDS that wouldn’t get mad at her for giving them my contact information. I told her that it was fine, because the two girls who came by were very friendly, and even though they never got anywhere with me, they brought me a plate of cookies right before Christmas break. I have very slowly gotten used to living in Utah and not being Mormon. I’ve gotten used to people staring at me for a moment when I sit down next to them in class and set my coffee on the edge of my desk. I’ve gotten used to the slightly shocked expressions on peoples’ faces when I tell them I’m not in any ward. I’ve even gotten used to their surprise when they find out that I really am a religious person, I’m just not a member of their church. Maybe someday they’ll all get used to me. Cindy Schnitzler is a senior majoring in history. Comments and questions can be sent to cschnitz@ cc.usu.edu

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hand, ask, ‘Oh do you have a partner?’ Use more inclusive language.” Joe said asking someone if they are homosexual can be tough. “If you’re their friend, do you need to know?” he said. “Does it matter? If you like that person, you’re not gonna care if they’re gay or not. “ However, if a student feels like they could ask their friend, Joe said to ask in a way that leaves the gender of the person ambiguous such as asking, “Are you dating anyone?” as opposed to “Do you have a girlfriend?” That way, Joe said an opportunity is left for the person to respond however they feel most comfortable. An easy way for GLBT students to recognize allies is to look for an ALLY sticker. This sticker can be displayed in prominent places such as car windows, a work space or an apartment window and means this person has attended a seminar and signed an Allies contract. The sticker is in the shape of a hazardous sign. Helms said this sticker was designed by a USU student to help represent GLBT safety and shelter. According to the Allies Web site, the sticker is mainly made up of a safety and bomb shelter sign which is symbolic for finding a safe haven with the sticker’s owner. Helms said the sticker can represent, among other things, a listening ear. “It’s just knowing there’s someone they can talk to,” she said. “It’s easily identifiable.” Smith said the first triangle on the sticker is pink to represent a symbol of gay pride. “This pink triangle was actually assigned during the Holocaust to GLBT people,” Smith said. The Web site states the pink triangle helps serve as a reminder of the gays and lesbians who were tortured and killed in concentration camps. The second triangle on the sticker shows the rainbow flag. According to the Web site, this flag was designed in 1978 to serve as a symbol of gay and lesbian pride. Smith said the six-colored flag holds significance of unity for the gay community. A third triangle is an equality symbol which is the logo for the Human Rights Campaign, according to the Web site. Joe said the best way to treat GLBT students is like everyone else. “Be yourself,” he said. “Depending on the individual, be mindful of that person if you say stuff like, ‘That’s gay.’ Be mindful and respectful, but don’t walk on eggshells. Befriend them like anyone

else and befriend their partner. Whether you’re gay or straight, who cares? It’s a relationship. It’s uniform whoever you are with.” A purpose of being an Allies member, according to the Allies registration form, is that members are committed to providing a “safe zone” for anyone dealing with sexual or gender orientation issues. A safe zone is considered a safe space where individuals are accepted and respected. “There is no central place in Cache Valley that I know of that offers the services that GLBTA resources offer,” Smith said. “Also, Allies on Campus is probably the only ongoing sensitivity training that I know of, especially at USU.” Another purpose of being an ally is believing that diversity enriches lives, she said. Smith said to remember that different types of people make up the world and that although people are not expected to agree with others on all issues, other people’s ideas should still be respected. “For some, it’s a religious or moral issue, but if you are struggling, remember we all live in the world and diversity of any kind helps to make our lives rich and interesting,” Smith said. “They can still enjoy themselves, respect their own values and still have rich relationships (with people different than them).” The first Allies on Campus Seminar will be Friday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to noon and is open to USU faculty, staff and students. The second seminar will be Thursday, Oct. 25, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Joe said individuals should attend to increase their awareness. “If nothing else, it could help you become a little more open-minded,” he said. “It’s helpful because it’s a forum to listen and discuss instead of argue and battle back and forth. You may go in saying this is cool and then later say this isn’t my thing. At least you walked away with a respect for a different viewpoint.” For more information concerning the seminar, please contact GLBTA services, which are located in Taggart Student Center Room 316A or call 7974297. The Counseling Center is located in TSC Room 306 and can be reached by calling 797-1012. “Attending the seminar is a great way to become more familiar with an issue that is facing us in the nation,” Smith said. “Stop by, become informed, and understand a culture that has traditionally been vilified.” -brittny.jo@aggiemail.usu.edu


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TouchBase Boston firm penalized for hormone sales

From Day 1 to 32 years USU Head athletic trainer dale mildenberger in front of the new Dale Mildenberger Sports Medicine Complex. Mildenberger has been the head trainer for Aggie athletics since 1975. He’s a native of Greeley, Colo. His career before USU began as head trainer for the Harlem Gobetrotters where he made two tours with the team and visited 39 countries around the world. He was also an assistant trainer at the United States Military Academy after being drafted, and then was an assistant at the University of Arizona. TYLER LARSON photo

An Aggie icon Even after 32 years as head trainer for USU, Mildenberger still lovin’ it

By SAMMY HISLOP sports editor It’s a warm Friday in September, and his day, like most others, begins at 8 a.m. Dale Mildenberger, USU’s head athletic trainer for the past 32 years and counting, reviews the past day with his staff — two full-timers, 11 graduate assistants — then takes care of administrative matters, as he’s also senior associate athletic director and an associate professor. Team practices for most of USU’s 16 sports come later in the day, ending around 6 p.m. Then comes the time to care for athletes who need treatment and then prepare and send an injury report to each coach. 8 p.m. rolls around and it’s finally time go home and kick back for a pleasant weekend of rest, right? Hardly. Not with a football game Saturday night. And, even on Sunday, injuries, bruises and the like need to be attended to. “I heard a strange rumor that at the end of every five-day work period there’s a thing called a weekend,”

Mildenberger quipped. “I’ve heard rumors about those things, but I’ve never experienced it.” Mildenberger has been putting in this kind of sevenday-a-week, August-to-April effort of caring for Aggie athletes for nearly three and a half decades. More or less, his work is unnoticed by those outside the athletic department. But those who are around him most and know him best are very aware. That’s why, very fittingly, in early August of this year, fourth-year Athletic Director Randy Spetman had Mildenberger’s name put onto the new sports medicine complex (now the Dale Mildenberger Sports Medicine Complex), which, for those who don’t know, is the back half of the new north end zone facility at Romney Stadium. “He’s a person that’s dedicated his life to Utah State,” Spetman said. “He has made the best of what the university has provided him.” Mildenberger is currently the most tenured employee the athletic department has. His long-term diligence has brought him inductions into the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame (1994), the Rocky

Mountain Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame (1998), and he was named to the inaugural Utah Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 2003. As recently as 2004, Mildenberger was named the Utah Athletic Trainer of the Year. Needless to say, his resume speaks for itself. GETTING RECOGNITION

In theKnow •Mildenberger’s first training job was head trainer for the Harlem Globetrotters (1969, 1973). •He is in three training hall of fames, and was the 2004 Utah Trainer Of The Year.

- See ICON, page 10

Four reasons to be at Romney Stadium Saturday

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ere are four reasons why you should go to Romney Stadium Saturday at 6 p.m. to watch the Aggie football team. I don’t care if you like football or not. 1. You’ll get to witness a rare Aggie win (OK, I’m not 100 percent sure on that, but it’s highly likely). I don’t mean to bring down the football team with the use of the word “rare” in relation to how many wins they get. I am aware of the great physical and mental preparation that go into these games from players and coaches. I’m just pointing out a fact. Remember that all of last season USU won only one game while losing 11 others. The year before the Aggies won three games. If that isn’t rare, I don’t know what is. Saturday they are playing the San Jose Spartans, who are also in the infamous 0-3 club. That means the

Spartans are beatable, and, really not at all better than the Aggies. Playing at San Jose in 2006, the Aggies were one play away from sending the game into overtime. The Spartans took off after that win and went on to play a bowl game. This time the game is literally on the Aggies’ home turf. That changes things. 2. Not only will it be a win, but a tight and exciting game for all to enjoy. One of the greatest things about sport is when the competition is equal and competitive. If Saturday is to be victory for USU, it will likely be a game the Aggies have to really, really earn and hang on to. Make no mistake: “Earn and hang on” are very key words here. Had these things occurred against UNLV or Wyoming, USU would be a gor-

geous 2-1 right now. In last year’s Homecoming game, the Aggies earned a 13-12 victory over the Fresno State Bulldogs. That wasn’t just any win. True freshman quarterback Riley Nelson had to throw a 30-yard pass twice to Kevin Robinson (the first attempt was called back on a penalty), even though Nelson had to throw the ball diagonally against the direction of his body to get the ball into Robinson’s hands. That’s the kind of grind-it-out effort it took for one win last year. I don’t think it will be any different this Saturday. The Aggies are still learning how to win through four quarters instead of just three. These things take time. And, for those of you who aren’t in the know, Saturday’s game will be the first Western Athletic Conference game of the season for both teams. Conference play is a

new season. Both squads are looking for their first win. Both teams have had the opportunity of being beat up by much bigger and better teams like Oklahoma and Stanford. It should be very close. 3. A large and loud crowd is really what gives a team “home-field advantage.” Aside from the game against the University of Utah last year, a “big” Romney Stadium crowd wasn’t much more than eight or 10,000 people. That’s pretty weak at the DivisionI football level. And, even with that Ute game, the fans in red were undoubtedly louder than Aggie fans (though there wasn’t much to cheer about if you

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BOSTON (AP) — A company that distributed human growth hormone to “well known athletes and entertainers” has agreed to pay a $10.5 million penalty and cooperate with law enforcement in ongoing investigations, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Under the terms of the agreement, Specialty Distribution Services Inc., a subsidiary of Express Scripts Inc., will not face prosecution for three years if it fully complies with terms of the agreement. Steve Littlejohn, a spokesman for St. Louis-based Express Scripts, said the company fully cooperated in the federal investigation and has already implemented procedures to prevent the illegal distribution of human growth hormone.

Redskins take down Eagles in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA (AP) — If Jason Campbell becomes a star in the NFL, he might pinpoint Monday night’s win as the start of something great. Showing the poise of a veteran, the third-year quarterback in his ninth pro start converted several big plays and got plenty of help from Clinton Portis, Chris Cooley and an opportunistic defense in Washington’s 20-12 victory over the Eagles. The surprising Redskins, coming off a 5-11 season, are 2-0 and tied with Dallas atop the NFC East, which Philadelphia was expected to dominate. But the Eagles are 0-2 and their offense, other than the dynamic Brian Westbrook, has been far too spotty. Portis and Cooley each scored touchdowns and Shaun Suisham made two field goals. Washington’s defense stymied every Eagle except Westbrook, who rushed for 96 yards and caught eight passes for another 66 yards. Westbrook’s work wasn’t enough to get Philadelphia into the end zone.

MLBStandings American League East Division Boston New York Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay

W L Pct GB 90 61 .596 86 64 .573 3 1/2 75 75 .500 14 1/2 64 85 .430 25 63 88 .417 27

Central Division Cleveland Detroit Minnesota Chicago Kansas City

88 62 .587 83 68 .550 73 77 .487 65 85 .433 64 85 .430

5 1/2 15 23 23 1/2

West Division Los Angeles Seattle Oakland Texas

88 62 .587 79 70 .530 8 1/2 74 78 .487 15 70 80 .467 18

National League New York Philadelphia Atlanta Washington Florida

83 66 .557 81 69 .540 77 73 .513 67 83 .447 65 85 .433

2 1/2 6 1/2 16 1/2 18 1/2

79 72 .523 77 72 .517 70 79 .470 68 82 .453 66 84 .440 65 85 .433

1 8 10 1/2 12 1/2 13 1/2

84 67 .556 82 67 .550 79 70 .530 77 72 .517 67 83 .447

1 4 6 16 1/2

Central Division Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Houston West Division Arizona San Diego Los Angeles Colorado San Francisco


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The Blue and the White Sports Debate

Sam Bryner is a senior majoring in business management. Comments can be sent to him sam. bryner@aggiemail.usu. edu

David Baker is a senior majoring in print journalsim. Comments can be sent to him da.bake@aggiemail.usu.edu

1. Will the Saints recover? Of course, they’re the Saints. Wait, that’s really not applicable here. Maybe if they were the Yankees that statement would mean something, but they are the Saints. Although they lack the winning pedigree to fall back on, they will make a comeback. Win the wild card even. You heard it here first. Why not? They are in the weak NFC. They have playmakers – Brees, Bush, Colston. They’ll eventually replace Jason David at corner. They’ll be OK. The Saints haven’t even played at home yet, and everyone knows the Superdome has some magic in it.

The Saints had a fairy-tale season last year, and the fall is a hard one as they come back to reality. We are now seeing who the Saints really are. Quarterback Drew Brees is just a year removed from major surgery, and his supporting cast has been absent. Reggie Bush and Deuce McAllister have run for a combined 152 yards. Wide receiver Marquis Colsten has a respectable 14 grabs. But can anyone name their second-leading receiver? Anyone? It is David Patten with four catches and zero touchdowns.

2. O.J. Simpson, what were you thinking? O.J.’s just trying to rub the whole, I-got-away-withmurder thing in everyone’s face. I guess he thinks he’s above the law. If I would have been a part of one of the most publicized murder cases of the last 25 years—and if I wasn’t in jail—I would probably lay low. Maybe just move to Mexico and live like a king with Mark Fuhrman. I sure as heck wouldn’t go around breaking into hotel rooms and waving guns at people. That tends to draw attention to you in a negative way, and thanks to Vince Vaughn, we know that’s against the rules.

I don’t care whether he did it or not. And I am not talking about his involvement in the Brown-Goldman murders. O.J. is back in the news again with his latest run in with the law. Whether or not he was set up is a story of it’s own, but the fact that O.J. was involved with breaking and entering as well as burglary tells us about his outstanding character. He should be banished to a secluded island and then he can do whatever he wants.

3. Bonds’ 756 ball Sell it to the highest bidder and let them do whatever blows their dress up with a ball that looks a lot like an asterisk. Why would I care what anyone did with the ball? I have a few suggestions, though. Let’s let Michael Vick use it as a chew toy for one of his puppies. Or maybe we can let the ball star opposite the Rock in a new movie where the People’s Champion is a big league slugger living the good life, until one day when a former home-run ball of his comes back into his life and mixes things up.

The owner of the ball, Marc Ecko, bought the ball at an auction for $750,000. He is now turning around and leaving it up to the public to decide the fate of the historic home run ball. I went to vote756.com and voted to brand the ball with an asterisk. Not because I believe that he is a cheater, but he has said that he will personally take the ball to Cooperstown and see if they will take it. That would be a sight to see.

4. Is Morten Anderson too old? Kickers are like fine wine, they get better with age. Whatever. I like my football players like I like my wine – fresh and in a box. Well, maybe the box thing doesn’t really apply, but stop hassling me, you get what I’m trying to say. But when you fondly remember football’s leather-helmet days, it’s probably time to give it up. Morten Anderson is so old, his rookie card was printed on papyrus. Oh burn ... that’s weak, I’m sorry. Really though, he’s old enough that there’s a good possibility he could break his hip during an extra point attempt.

Let me explain to you what a field goal kicker actually does. He sits on the bench and then a few times a game gets called upon to kick an extra point or field goal. He jogs onto the field, sets his feet, takes a few steps back and then runs about five yards and kicks the ball. He then jogs off the field, and if he missed the kick he sits alone, and if he makes the kick then he sits alone as well. No age, even Anderson’s 47, is too old to kick.

5. Rant I’m saddened that someone is still beating the portly, annoying, dead horse of football announcing that is John Madden. I know his name is on possibly one of the greatest video games ever made—taking into account that Anthrax’s “Caught in a Mosh” and that “I am the Warrior” song are on the newest Guitar Hero. But that doesn’t matter. The last time he said anything interesting or informative on a football broadcast, Carrot Top was still funny, Pee Wee Herman was allowed within 50 feet of children and Steve Guttenberg was still relevant.

It has been reported that Boise State President Robert Kustra wants to look into leaving the Western Athletic Conference for the Mountain West Conference. He claims less travel, better competition and regional rivalries as reasons to make the switch. I say go ahead and leave, but don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Go join the Mountain West and you can join the league full of one-season wonder teams. With the exception of football, how much does Boise State really add to the WAC? Besides, we still have Hawaii to bolster our football status.

Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007

Players union asks Congress for help with disability dispute

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire from injured retirees who say they were denied sufficient benefits, the head of the National Football League Players Association asked Congress on Tuesday for greater authority to approve disability claims. Gene Upshaw, director of the players association, said the union currently is limited in what it can do for the scores of former players who a=re battered and broken from years of playing the violent sport. At the same time, Upshaw and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said league pensions are improving. “We have made great progress, and we are not finished,” Upshaw told a Senate committee.

“Congress can help.” It is the first time the union has asked Congress for help with the problem, which was the subject of a House hearing earlier this year. Retired football players have been openly critical of the NFL and the players’ union over the amount of money that older retirees get from a $1.1 billion fund set aside for disability and pensions. Goodell defended the system, saying the NFL is boosting benefits when many companies around the country are reducing them. But he acknowledged that there have to be ways to improve. “We recognize this is not a short-term problem,” he said in his testimony.

Several former players testified —sometimes tearfully— about the injuries they now live with. Witnesses included Garrett Webster, son of the late Mike Webster, the Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers’ center who suffered from mental illness that was widely attributed to head injuries. “I would give my life to never see another family end up like mine,” Webster said. Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame coach and player for the Chicago Bears, argued that the older players who built the league should be treated better. “Don’t make proud men beg,” he said. “Just let them live out their lives with a little bit of respect.”

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Where does having his name on what he himself said is easily now one of the top 10 sports medicine facilities in the country rank? “Nothing has come close to this recognition simply because I’ve got a lot of personal commitment and time to this institution,” he said. “To have that rewarded by the institution itself really is an extreme compliment. I’m humbled, but very, very pleased. It’s recognition of a body of work I obviously am proud of. It would be the highlight of my career without a doubt.” Dr. John Worley, who was the football team physician from 1959 to 1999, considers Mildenberger one of his closest associates, as the two worked hand-in-hand with the team from the time Mildenberger began at USU. Even so, it wasn’t until this past Monday that Worley found out about the honor for Mildenberger. “That doesn’t surprise me,” Worley said. “Dale’s not the kind of guy to go around making a big deal of himself. (But) good, that’s what they should have done. Dale is one of the best trainers in the country. He has done everything that could be done to improve the quality of sports medicine at USU. The best way I can say it is this: If I ever had a son with a serious injury on the football field, I’d have Dale Mildenberger care for him on the field.” SWITCHING FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW To give an idea of what Mildenberger, a native of Greeley, Colo., has had to work with for the majority of his time at USU, just consider this statistic: The new area for sports medicine encompasses 11,000 square feet; the old sports medicine facility was just over 900 square feet. Mildenberger also said the old facility was the worst physical facility for sports medicine in collegiate football at any division. “With what he had to work with over the years, many others might have moved on,” Spetman said. “That’s what has made him an icon here. He has done it by using community resources and university resources.” With 16 sports and 300 student-athletes every year, Mildenberger said normal conversations in the old building didn’t exist. “Before practices there was a constant roar of noise,” he said. “In (the new facility), while you still get the feeling of conversations, you don’t get the feeling of the roar.” So, now it’s quieter and there’s no need to yell. That kind of an atmosphere with lots of space is much more conducive to one-on-one interaction with athletes than previously. Worley said Mildenberger’s desire to care for athletes in this respect has always been his best characteristic as a trainer. BEFORE USU: HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS AND WEST POINT His career at USU began in 1975, but sports medicine was his passion long before that.

Speak Up “I never counted on liking (this job) . . . What I discovered is that while Utah State isn’t everything, it’s not bad . . . It’s been fulfilling and worthwhile” Dale Mildenberger, Athletic Trainer

As a member of the football team during his sophomore year of high school, Mildenberger went with his team to watch the Colorado State football squad play. While there, the coach took them into the locker room and training room. “It was quite obvious I wasn’t going to go beyond (high school level football),” Mildenberger said. “I saw what trainers were doing and thought, ‘Ah, maybe that’s what I want to do.’” So he did it. He enrolled at Colorado State in 1969 — a year in which he had a stint with the Harlem Globetrotters (a world-renowned traveling basketball show) as their head trainer, and a year in which he was drafted into the military. At the United States Military Academy in West Point, he was the assistant athletic trainer. When his service concluded in 1972, he went back to the Globetrotters and later became a 1973 graduate of CSU. Two years later, he received his master’s from the University of Arizona. As head trainer for the Globetrotters, he was able to visit 39 countries around the world. “That was quite an experience for somebody from Greeley, Colo., to see the world and all of a sudden be in Hong Kong, Paris, Rio DiGenaro, Sydney,” he said. USU: ‘FULFILLING AND WORTHWHILE” With a head athletic trainer absence left by Jim Riley and the football season about to begin in 1975, Mildenberger was called by USU to fill the hole. He accepted, though a bit reluctantly. “The one thing I never counted on in taking this job was that I never counted on liking it,” Mildenberger said. “I was not from the area, I was not of the predominant faith. I really had no history here.” It was, nevertheless, a professional opportunity that would have been unwise to turn down. Now, with his wife Kathy and four grown children, Mildenberger is still here. Why? “Utah State wasn’t my lifetime dream — it just happened,” he said. “What I discovered is that while Utah State isn’t everything, it’s not bad. The community, the university, the experience, the lifestyle is something my family has made as their home. It’s been fulfilling and worthwhile.” -samuel.hislop@aggiemail.usu.edu


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Yankees blank Baltimore

NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Mussina allowed three singles over seven innings and Doug Mientkiewicz hit a three-run homer as New York beat Baltimore 12-0 on Tuesday night to pull within 2 1/2 games of Boston in the AL East. New York, which has won 11 of 13, is as close to the first-place Red Sox, who lost 4-3 to Toronto, as it has been since before play on April 21. They also opened a 4 1/2-game lead over Detroit in the wildcard race. Mientkiewicz also had an RBI single, and Melky Cabrera and Hideki Matsui both drove in three runs for the Yankees, who are closing in on their 13th straight playoff appearance. Derek Jeter added three hits. Ramon Hernandez singled twice and Miguel Tejada reached on an infield dribbler in the seventh for Baltimore’s only hits off Mussina (10-10). Mussina struck out six, walked one and has thrown 12 2-3 scoreless innings over two outings since returning to the rotation. He has won at least 10 games in an AL-record 16 straight seasons. Jon Leicester (2-2) allowed six runs and six hits in four innings in his first career appearance against New York. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3

A.J. Burnett came within one out of a complete game and Russ Adams drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double in the eighth inning to lead Toronto. Boston has lost three straight and had its lead in the AL East cut to 2 1/2 games over New York, after the Yankees’ 12-0 victory over Baltimore. It’s the smallest Red Sox lead since before play on April 26. Boston led 2-1 in the eighth when Frank Thomas drew a two-out walk off reliever Eric Gagne (3-2). Aaron Hill singled and Matt Stairs walked before Gregg Zaun drew a five-pitch walk to tie the game. Adams’ double then barely cleared the outstretched arm of J.D. Drew in right field. Hill and Stairs scored but Zaun was thrown out at the plate. Burnett (9-7) started the ninth and got the first two outs before Julio Lugo homered to left. Scott Downs came on to face Jacoby Ellsbury and got him looking for his first save. Burnett improved to 4-1 in eight starts since returning from the disabled list Aug. 12 after missing 37 games with a sore shoulder. He gave up three runs and nine hits, striking out 11 and walking three —one intentional. Red Sox starter Jon Lester clamped down after

Four: Aggie football Saturday -continued from page 9 were on USU’s side). From my own personal perspective as a fan and as a limited athlete, I know that not only is it a rush to play in front of a large crowd of people (in my case a large crowd was a group of 30 or 40 parents at a Junior Jazz game), but to be a fan in a well-attended venue really adds to what I take away from the game. Imagine what the Spectrum would be like if only 500 people came to the men’s basketball games instead of 10,000. It wouldn’t be the same awesomely loud dungeon that opposing teams get drowned in. Romney Stadium has been that way before (but not for

a while), and it has potential to be that way again. That depends on you. 4. It’s the homecoming game. In high school you probably went to the same type of game, right? I bet the Aggies are better than your high school team. Just go. Sammy Hislop is a junior majoring in public relations. Comments can be sent to him at samuel.hislop@ aggiemail. usu.edu

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a shaky first inning. He allowed one run and three hits in 6 2-3 innings. Indians 7, Tigers 4 Travis Hafner hit a three-run homer, and Cleveland unloaded for four homers off Justin Verlander. Now 19-5 since Aug. 25, the Indians pushed their lead in the AL Central to 6 1/2 games over second-place Detroit. They reduced their magic number to five for clinching the division and a first playoff appearance since 2001. Franklin Gutierrez hit a two-run homer and Victor Martinez and Ryan Garko added solo shots off Verlander (176), who had never given up four homers before and lost for just the second time in nine starts. Both of those were lopsided losses to the Indians. Rookie Jensen Lewis (1-1) pitched three hitless innings for his first major league win. Joe Borowski worked the ninth for his league-leading 41st save. The Tigers, who lost 6-5 in 11 innings on Monday, stranded 10 runners over the New York yankees’ derek jeter follows through on a single to first five innings. Martinez snapped a 4-4 tie in the sixth lead off the Yankees six-run fourth inning in their 12-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday. with his career-high 24th homer.


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nce again USU is growing and more classrooms are being built, but at least this time you won’t have to deal with the hassle of construction on campus. After receiving a $5.3 million land donation from Vernal resident Bob Williams, as well as money from the state and various community members, USU is beginning construction on an 87,000-square-foot building for the Uintah Basin Campus. Up to this point, the Uintah Basin Campus, which is the largest regional campus, has been using a building constructed in 1985, and has not truly felt part of the USU community. With the construction of the new building, and efforts to improve the quality of education at the regional campuses, USU is making strides to create a statewide higher learning experience that has the potential to benefit many more people than just those students attending USU campus in Logan. The expansion efforts of USU should be applauded. Oftentimes expansion is looked upon as a negative thing that depletes resources and creates new problems. But there is nothing negative about bringing knowledge to more people. Let’s face it, not everyone can attend the main USU campus in Logan. Perhaps financial resources aren’t available, students need to support family at home or a much-needed job is available where the student currently lives. The motivation to leave home could be low, even if the desire to attend a university was high. This is not to say all students attending regional campuses face these issues, but sometimes these are real cases and expansion efforts will benefit these students. Expansion to regional sites is nothing new for college campuses. Take California for example. There are 10 campuses for the University of California, and 23 campuses fall underneath the California State University banner. California has a massive population with major cities stretched across the long state. Having only a handful of major universities would not serve students well, so additional campuses under a unified direction were created, and the result has been well-respected campuses across the state. Utah is not California and does not appear to be approaching the level of population congestion that California has, but following their example could prove beneficial. Utah has only three major universities – USU, the University of Utah and Brigham Young University – with Utah Valley University tagging along like that annoying kid brother. These three universities currently provide quality education for Utah students but as the population of Utah grows, the need for more universities will follow. Overcrowded universities provide little benefit for students. Additional campuses under the USU name, which is nationally known as an important research university, will allow students all across the state – not just in the northern half of Utah – to enjoy a top-notch college experience.

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merica had the opportunity Monday to commemorate a miracle that occurred 220 years ago: the signing of the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution was born in a time of trouble and turmoil. The Articles of Confederation had proven ineffective, and as a result, the nation was in disarray. Riots were breaking out throughout the states. The economy was dire, and inflation was rampant. Britain, Spain and France stood by, ready to carve the new nation up among them. In order to solve the problems with the nation’s government, the states sent some of their greatest, most experienced leaders. Among these great men were Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and George Washington. The delegates had originally met to repair the Articles of Confederation. However, it became clear that the Articles of Confederation needed to be abandoned in favor of a new form of government. The delegates realized it was up to them to decide how to form such a government. These men had differing view points and represented states whose interests were often in conflict. Debates were often heated, and there were times when it appeared that the convention would simply fall apart. Finally, after four months of discussion and compromise, the new Constitution had been approved by the delegates. It was signed Sept. 17, 1787. After the ratification of the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation were merely set aside, and the Constitution began to take effect. There was no blood spilt at this change of government. America had proven to the world that government did not need to be created by accident or force, but could be created by reason. The Constitution ensured that the candle lit by the Declaration of Independence would continue to shine. The Framers knew what they were doing would not only benefit themselves, but their pos-

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To the editor: I think college football, just like any other sport, should be a way of showing school pride (and personal pride). Athletics should not be an embarrassment to the student body. In sport (just like in life) you win some and you lose some but not lose everything. I cannot talk to my friends about college football because my school is not only at the bottom of any ranking that ever existed, but they have not shown improvement in the last decade. My question is why does the school keep spending our money on football? I will not complain if my money is been spent on rugby, soccer, basketball, hockey, cycling or even baseball. The difference between football and these sports is that at least they win some (they do not win all) and when they do lose, they are not seen rocking chicks at a

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party the same day after the game. The Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field is wasting away, the school has so many soccer talents but does not support a male soccer team, the hockey team could use some money, same with the basketball teams (both male and female) but the school keeps extending and spending money on the Romney stadium every summer and we keep losing every game played at home and away (opening, homecoming and closing game). My suggestion is this: USU should suspend football for about two years, Use that period to get a new coach who can handle these boys. Search for new talents locally and nationally. If it is not working with this coach, let us get another one. I honestly do not know a lot about the coach but I think we should be able to dictate what we want at the beginning of the season (go win at least two games for the season) or quit if you cannot do it. I do not want to talk about the Oklahoma

game. All I know is we have to do something now. Enough is enough! Yomi Olorunsola

Give the teams a break We live in a sad day. No one believes in our football team. If I was in a win or lose situation and everyone around me expected me to lose, I would. No wonder our football team lost to Oklahoma. Everyone, including this newspaper, regarded our game against Oklahoma as just a way to get a half-million dollar payout. Perhaps if more people believed in our athletic teams, they would have a reason to win. This entire campus should have an attitude similar to a little engine: “We think they can, we think they can.” Then maybe one day they will. Dan Gudmundson

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opposed al-Qaeda’s presence in Iraq. The jihadists—most of whom are Saudis—lost the support of the Iraqi people with their vicious campaign of targeting innocent civilians and holy sites. As early as 2003, the Sunni insurgency in Anbar offered to help US forces fight al-Qaeda, but the US rejected the offer. The present accord between Sunni and US forces actually predated the surge by four months. And it was the prospect of our withdrawing forces, not surging them, which forced Anbar’s Sunni gangs to confront al-Qaeda. But to claim credit for Anbar’s preexisting stability, the Bush administration cleverly sent 4,000 troops there as part of the surge. I also doubt the wisdom of arming these Sunni gangs. This strategy undermines Prime Minister al-Maliki’s fledgling government, inflames Iraq’s Shiites, and stokes more sectarian conflict. And bear in mind that these are the same people who until very recently were killing and maiming our soldiers. As al-Qaeda is further marginalized in Iraq, what assurance do we have that they will not resume attacks on US forces, and with the weapons we supplied them? President Bush announced, at its onset, that the driving purpose of the surge is to create a breathing space in which the Iraqi parliament could reach political reconciliation. Short of that

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ast week, General Petraeus gave his longawaited and much-politicized report on the “surge” before Congress. He predictably exaggerated its successes, downplayed its shortcomings, and pleaded for our continued (and undue) patience. Petraeus first exploited the decline in sectarian violence to validate the Bush administration’s policy. His data, however, is suspect. Petraeus himself admitted the data ignored Sunni-onSunni and Shiite-on-Shiite violence. Moreover, general violence countrywide has risen. In any case, where sectarian violence has fallen, it has had little to do with the surge. The relative calm in Baghdad, for example, is largely the product of its increased segregation. Baghdad’s Sunni population, the target of Shiite militias, is now a shadow of what it was only a couple years ago. Sunni families have either fled or been murdered. Center for American Progress analyst Brian Katulis estimates that Baghdad, which used to be a 65 percent Sunni majority city, is now 75 percent Shia—a horrific transformation. So the only “progress” we’ve witnessed in Baghdad is in the ethnic cleansing of its neighborhoods. The surge’s show-pony is Anbar province, where security gains have allegedly been most pronounced. Sunni sheiks and insurgents have temporarily allied themselves with US forces to fight al-Qaeda—a welcome development, but not surprising. Iraqis have for years unanimously

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end, our modest security gains are in vain and the surge is a failure. To date, no such political progress has been made. Earlier this year, the Iraqi parliament committed to meeting 18 political benchmarks come mid-September. However, instead of faithfully pursuing these benchmarks, the Iraqi parliament treated itself to a month-long vacation. It was too hot to be in legislative session, the White House said in their defense. Well, their self-imposed deadline has passed and here is where they stand: of the 18 benchmarks, the Iraqi parliament has partially met four and only fully met three, according to the Government Accountability Office. This degree of fruitless dithering and incompetence could make our own government blush—almost. But so long as we occupy their country, the Iraqi parliament can never effectively govern. Ultimately, General Petraeus wants us to stay in Iraq for at least the next decade, but he understands the political expedience in convincing Americans otherwise. So next summer, he and the administration plan to draw down our forces by 30,000. Or, in other words, just return the troop levels to what they were before the surge. While this is being spun as a response to the surge’s progress, the fact is these 30,000 soldiers have to be withdrawn—our all-volunteer military is broken and unable to sustain the current troop levels into next year. What remaining traction Petraeus’ testimony had with me was lost with this exchange:

Republican Senator Warner: “Does [the surge] make America safer?” General Petraeus: “Sir, I don’t know, actually.” It was an honest confession, but his answer begs a sobering question: how can this administration continue to ask young men and women to gamble their lives for this misbegotten mission when it cannot be confidently said that it is in our national interest? They can’t ask this of the soldiers. They’ve demanded too much of them already. Our military has done its best to salvage the situation in Iraq. Neither the soldiers nor even General Petraeus are to blame for this disastrous war; its sole proprietor is the Bush administration. And yet the military has footed the bill. Three-thousand, eight-hundred soldiers have been killed, 28,000 wounded (many critically), and countless others psychologically ravaged. President Bush, in comparison, has sacrificed only his approval ratings. Support our troops or support the war. Because between the two, there has never been so stark a disparity. Jon Adams is a junior majoring in political science. Comments and questions can be sent to him at jonadams@cc.usu.edu.

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terity for generations to come. They hoped the example of America would serve as a beacon for the people of the earth. The Founders created a foundation that was to endure for more than 200 years. Now, its life is in our hands. If it is to endure as a standard for our posterity and for all of mankind, it must be preserved. The principles of the Constitution are just as vital today as they were two centuries ago. It is up to us to become educated about the Constitution in the tradition of the Framers. We must seek to uphold leaders of integrity and vision, who also understand these principles and who are willing to put their country before politics and parties. At the close of the Constitutional Convention, the wise Franklin remarked, “In the midst of my hopes and fears for this convention, I’ve often

looked at the sun on the president’s chair without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising, and not a setting sun.” We need to be diligent to ensure that we can continue in the sunlight of the freedom protected by the Constitution. Colby Lyons is a senior majoring in law and constitutional studies. Questions and comments can be sent to him at c.lyons@aggiemail.usu.edu.


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Pakistan general could resign tory that the army will retreat (from government) through a smooth transition to a complete and real democracy,” Durrani said. Mushahid Hussain, secretary-general of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q party, predicted Musharraf’s decision “will lower the political temperature” and said Pakistan had moved on from a spell of military rule that damaged its international image. But with the opposition digging in its heels and legal challenges still hanging over Musharraf’s re-election bid, the announcement looked unlikely to calm Pakistan’s choppy political waters. Musharraf made a similar promise to resign as army chief in 2004 and later reneged on it. Calls for the military leader to step down have multiplied since his failed attempt to fire the Supreme Court’s top judge in March. He also faces a wave of violence blamed on Taliban and al-Qaida militants which has intensified discontent with his alliance with the United States. In the latest fighting, militants overran a military outpost near the Afghan border, killing 15 soldiers. Some 14 militants also died in Monday’s clash, the army said. The ruling coalition remains confident that it has enough votes to re-elect Musharraf in a ballot of federal and provincial lawmakers due by Oct. 15, a month before the end of his current term. But Sharif’s party and a hardline Islamic coalition, Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal, have already declared they will resign from Parliament and boycott the presidential vote. They say Musharraf should seek a mandate from a new Parliament rather than the current assemblies that were elected in flawed polls in 2002 and will soon be dissolved. On Tuesday, the party of exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, whose

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) – President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will resign as army chief and restore civilian rule if lawmakers re-elect him president in a vote expected by mid-October, officials said Tuesday. The government hailed the decision as a democratic watershed, but the opposition said it would be illegal for Musharraf to run in uniform and threatened a boycott of the vote that could prolong Pakistan’s political instability. Government attorney Sharifuddin Pirzada announced Musharraf’s intent in a statement to Supreme Court judges deliberating the military leader’s eligibility to seek a new five-year term. It was the first clear official statement that Musharraf was ready to end direct military rule since he seized control of the Islamic world’s only declared nuclear power in a coup eight years ago. “If elected for the second term as president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf shall relinquish charge of the office of the chief of army staff soon after election, but before taking the oath of office of the president of Pakistan for the next term,” Pirzada said. The move could ease fears that Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in its war in terrorism, is veering toward authoritarian rule as Pakistan approaches critical elections. Last week, he deported Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister he deposed in 1999, hours after the opposition leader returned from exile, despite a Supreme Court ruling saying Sharif was free to come back. Allies of the president have also repeatedly warned that he could declare a state of emergency to prevent chaos. Information Minister Mohammed Ali Durrani said the announcement proved that Musharraf, Pakistan’s third military ruler in its 60-year history, believed in democracy. “This is the first time in Pakistan’s his-

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will resign his position as army chief if reelected as president. AP photo

talks with Musharraf over a possible power-sharing deal have stalled, threatened to join them. It condemned Musharraf’s re-election plan as unconstitutional and undemocratic and said it was considering whether to “resign from the present parliament or whether it would boycott the elections” if Musharraf runs in uniform. The party’s information secretary Sherry Rehman demanded the government take “steps for national reconciliation” _ dropping corruption cases against Bhutto and other politicians and let her run for a third term as prime minister. Musharraf could yet need Bhutto’s party to help pass constitutional amendments to overcome his legal woes. Lawyers groups and opposition leaders are already challenging the lawfulness of his seeking a new term, including a rule change announced Monday by the Election Commission lifting a constitutional bar on civil servants, including army officers, from standing for election.

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1969 Nanny neg. 1959 Graveyard Med. Tech $9.00-$10.50 DOE 1957 Customer Service Representative Approx $35,000 1970 Front Desk Clerk Start $6.25 1966 Pre-calculus Tutor 10.00/hr 1989 Production Worker $8.00 1977 Beaver Mt. Ski Team Coaching Assistant Negotiable 1979 Promotional Event Staff & Labor Staff $14.00 1980 Inside Sales Representative 60,000120,000 1983 Computer/website Designer Based on Experience 1985 Telemarketer $8/hour plus incentives 1986 Part-time Job Coach $7.50 1987 Electronic Document Control Clerk 9.00 1988 Ad Processor/survey Participant $10-20 per ad 1973 Houskeeper $11/ hr 1964 Account Developer BOE 0342 Cashier $6.50 GY=$7 1960 Sales/ Account Developer BOE 0153 Finish Carpenter $10-12.50/hr 1999 Pre-school Teacher Assistant Substitute $7.40 - $13.23 1998 Disabilities Specialist $11.10 - $14.87 1997 Construction And Painting $8.50 or higher DOE 1994 Loan Advisor 7.50-8.50 DOE 1993 Receptionist negotiable 1992 Security Officer $9.20 2001 Child Care Assistant 6.75 starting 2000 Teacher Assistant Sub $7.40 - $13.23 2007 Receptionist $7.50 1991 Customer Service Rep. $8.25 - 9.75/hr (w/exp) 2005 Truss Designer neogitable 2022 Cook/housekeeper $8.00 2010 Tire Technician DOE 2009 Customer Service, Food Service competitive D.O.E. 2008 Assistant Mro Buyer DOE 2006 Counter Help $7.50 2002 Household Helper $8/hr 2003 Customer Service Rep. $8.50/hr 1691 Deli Cook BOE 2021 Handyman Depends on experience 2019 Basic Laborer $8.50+ 2018 Moving Assistant 10.00 2017 Temporary Book Keeper/accounting 8.00 2016 Nanny 10.00/hour 2013 Operations Manager set to qualifications 2011 House Cleaner $8/hr +raises 1605 Welder/muffler Installer 9-11 DOE 0299 Floral Designer BOE 0772 Housekeeping $8.00 2004 House Cleaning $7/hr. 0522 Yard Work $8/hr. 2026 Yard Work $8-9/hr 2027 Counter Help days $7.50; nights $6.50 2028 P/t Babysitter $30/wk 2029 Cnc Operator - Student Schedule $9.50 - 15.50 2024 Delivery Driver $8/hr 4307 Servers $5.75+tips 2025 Sales Person $2000/month OR commission 2129 Haunted Forest Cast Members 5.30/hr 2041 Janitor 8.00 hr. 2040 Sales 8.00 2039 Quality Inspector - Flexible Schedule $9.50 - 15.50 2038 Cnc Operator - Graveyard - Full Time $10.00 - 15.50 2036 Electronic Document Control Clerk 2035 Dietary Cook 2034 Data Entry 8.0 2033 Quality Control $8.25/hr 2032 Packaging $7.5-9.0/hr 2031 General Labor $7-9/hr 2030 Part-time Housekeeper $10/hr 1457 Movers $200 upon completion 2042 Cnc Operator - Student Schedule $9.50 - 15.50

On-Campus Jobs: C115-03 Purchasing Assistant BOE C041-02 Food Service Worker $5.15/hr C208-96 Tutor $7.25/hr C204-07 Engineering Graduate Assistant BOE C274-91 Applied Music Instructor Negotiable C209-06 Police Reserve 10.00 C262-07 Orchard Worker $7.00-$8.00/hour C240-06 4-h Volunteer Development Assistant $7.50 C377-02 Skyroom Server $3/hr + tips C270-07 Undergraduate Research Assistant $7.50 per hour C186-05 Tutor 5.50 C291-07 Math Lab Assistant-unitah Basin Or Logan $10/hr C293-07 Lysimeter Technician $125 per month C251-07 Teaching Assistant 8 C314-07 Agriculture Intern $7.00/hr C315-07 Math Tutor $7 C429-96 Mowing $6.50/hr C331-07 Fisheries Technician $8-$10, DOE C322-07 Registered Dietician based on edu & experience C440-06 Skyroom Kitchen Cook 7.00 C280-06 Water Conservation Intern $11/ hr+mileage C336-07 Aquatic Technician $8.50-12.00 BOE C396-05 Lab Accounting Assistant BOE C263-95 Model (art Classes) $8 draped, $10 undraped C018-93 Writer BOE C017-93 Photographer BOE C349-07 Wildlife Technician C364-07 Water Conservation Coordinator $11 per/hr C361-07 Water Check Field Worker $8 per/ Hr C368-07 Grader $8.00/hr C376-07 Software Engineer $14/hour C377-07 Media Prep Lab Aide C327-06 Painter Laborer $7/hr C379-07 Sports/recreation Hospitality Entry Posi $3.50/hr C081-06 Ropes Course Facilitator 6.50-7.50 BOE C383-07 Agricultural Research Assistant $7.50 per hour C395-07 Restoration Ecology Technician $10.00/hr C361-06 Lab Technican $15/hr C412-07 Grassland Ecology Field Assistant $9-10 per hour C288-07 Field Technician DOE + room and

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Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

- Protein Purification: Isolation and Characterization Training Program, all day in the Biotechnology Building. - Ecology Center Seminar Series, 6 - 7 p.m., Natural Resources Building. - USU Facilities Master Plan Public Meeting, 7 - 9 p.m., Spectrum. - Cache Valley Center for the Arts – Nnenna Freelon, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Ellen Eccles Theatre. - Tommy Emanuel Guitar Concert, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall. - AXO Dollar Days, 10 a.m., TSC Patio. - Moonlight & Music, 8 p.m., Old Main Ampitheatre.

- Protein Purification: Isolation and Characterization Training Program, all day in the Biotechnology Building. - Free Aggie treats, 12 p.m., TSC Patio. - Coach’s Show – free for HURD members, 7-7 p.m., TSC Marketplace. - FREE movie: “Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End.” 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., TSC Ballroom. - Ecology Center Seminar Series, 3 to 4 p.m., Natural Resources Building. - Women’s volleyball, 6 p.m. - Cache Valley Center for the Arts – Nnenna Freelon, 7:30 9:30 p.m., Ellen Eccles Theatre. - Yi Ching Fedkenheuer Recital, 7: 30 p.m., Performance Hall.

- Protein Purification: Isolation and Characterization Training Program, all day in the Biotechnology Building. - Ecology Center Seminar Series, 6 - 7 p.m., Natural Resources Building. - USU Facilities Master Plan Public Meeting, 7 - 9 p.m., Spectrum. - Cache Valley Center for the Arts – Nnenna Freelon, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Ellen Eccles Theatre. - Tommy Emanuel Guitar Concert, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall. - AXO Dollar Days, 10 a.m., TSC Patio. - Moonlight & Music, 8 p.m., Old Main Ampitheatre.

Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 21

Flying McCoys • G&G Mccoy Brain Waves • B. Streeter

Health seminars

Research meeting

Family Friendly Production, “Alicia in Wonder Tierra (Or I Can’t Eat Goat Head)” By Sylvia Gonzalez S. Sept. 21 (7:30 p.m.), Sept. 22 (2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.) Morgan Theatre Ticket Office: 797-0305 www.usu.edu/theatre

Micro-gravity Research Team Kickoff Meeting. Wednesday @ 6 p.m. in ENGR 204. Come find out what space research is all about. Everyone is invited to come learn more about our current projects and how they can get involved. Refreshments will be served.

Institute sign-up

Week of activities

Register for Institute! At wise. ldsces.org

THETA NU XI Wednesday Sept. 19: Comfort Dolls for Tsunami Victims 7-8:30 p.m., East Colony Room Thursday Sept. 20: Leadership Games 7-8 p.m. HPER field Friday Sept. 21: History of STEP 6-7 p.m. HPER 201 Saturday Sept. 22: Football Game 6-10, Place TBA

URCO orientation URCO Orientations Those interested in applying for an URCO Grant should attend one of the URCO Orientation meetings. They will be held on Sept. 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.

STC opening social STC opening social. Come enjoy FREE food, including Dr. Hailey’s famous chili. Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. on the Quad.

More to remember: • Engineers without Borders opener. Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 5:30 p.m. ENGR first floor atrium. Find out about current EWB projects and become a member. All majors welcome. Food will be served. • College Republicans.

Pearls Before Swine • Steve Pastis

Wednesday, Sept. 19 from 8-9 p.m. in Room 405 of the Library. The best party on campus!

• USU Museum of Anthropology in Old Main Room 252 will be hosting special activities from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. This Saturday, Sept. 22, the theme is “Games Around the World Throughout Time.” Remember we are also open Monday-Friday 10 a.m. - 5 a.m.; admission is always free. Free parking is available south of Old Main only on Saturday. • The USU Women’s Center Clothesline Project will take place October 1-3 in the TSC International Lounge, from 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday and from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The Clothesline Project is a visual display that bears witness to the violence against women and children and gives them an opportunity to break the silence. Shirt designing may be arranged by contacting the Women’s Center at 797-1728. Confidentiality will be respected.


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