The Utah Statesman - September 26, 2007

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Today is Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 Breaking News

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is convicted of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-yearold cousin.

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Campus News

The Army ROTC performs field training exercises.

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Features USU students get a chance to see a rare Japanese dance form.

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Sports

Three USU hockey players refine their skills in Chicago.

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Opinion

EVAN PARKER

In fall 2005, eight students and a professor died in a van crash between Tremonton and Logan. Today, on the second anniversary ...

USU remembers

By ARIE KIRK news editor

Two years ago today, 10 USU students and their instructor went on a field trip to Box Elder County to look at farming equipment. As they were returning to Logan, a tire blew out on their vehicle. The 15-passenger van rolled four times, killing the instructor and eight students.

“I remember getting on the freeway and I was just talking to some of the guys when I heard the tire blow out. I looked forward and we were going off the road. That is the last I remember,” said Robbie Peterson, one of two survivors.

Two years later, Peterson said the accident is still something he thinks about everyday. It is, however, getting easier to deal with the reality of the deadly rollover.

“It is hard to believe two years have gone by. I think life is just kind of starting to get where I can move on. I mean, I will always remember what happened. I will always remember those lost but life is getting a little easier,” he said.

The eight students killed in the accident were Steven Bair, Dusty Fuhriman, Justin Gunnell, Justin Huggins, Jonathan Jorgensen, Curtis Madsen, Ryan McEntire and Bradley Wilcox. Instructor Evan

Parker was also killed.

Jared Nelson and Peterson survived.

USU President Stan Albrecht said, “On this second anniversary marking the loss of (eight) wonderful students and their instructor, we continue to feel the pain and emptiness of that day, Sept. 26, 2005. These fine students and their instructor remain in our hearts and our thoughts. We pay our deepest respects to them. We express our ongoing sympathy and support to their loved-ones. We also wish to convey our gratitude for the progress of the two student survivors, Robbie Peterson and Jared Nelson.”

To mark the anniversary, the Agriculture Technology Club sponsored a tractor procession Monday.

A tractor donned with wreaths, representing each casualty, led the parade of nearly 20 tractors.

The event also kicked off Ag Week. Because the rollover occurred on the first Monday of Ag Week in 2005, Tiffany Evans, director of Student Involvement and Leadership Center, said the parade will be the Monday of every Ag Week to memorialize the lost students and instructor.

“The parade will be a long lasting tradition so each and every Ag Week, from here on out, will begin with a tribute to the victims in the

accident. This is the most appropriate way to begin Ag Week,” she said. “Ag Week, 25 to 30 years from now, is going to begin with a tractor parade that will represent this event in the university’s history.”

USU is also in the process of designing a memorial for the victims, said Noelle Cockett, dean of agriculture. The memorial of bronze panels will reflect the talents of the nine people killed and will hang in the TSC. Once the new agriculture building is completed, the memorial will be displayed there.

Cockett said people should not focus totally on the gloom of the anniversary. She said she believes this memorial will help move the attention to the achievements of the instructor and students.

“The news of the accident came blow after blow after blow and what I experienced was incredible sadness,” Cockett said. “This (memorial) will help represent each victim and also represent what they did.”

Bruce Miller, department head of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education, said the Agricultural Machinery Technology Program lost half of its enrollment in the 2005 accident.

BRAD WILCOX

CURT MADSEN

DUSTY FUHRIMAN

- See CRASH, page 3 JONATHAN JORGENSON

“Celebrating life is valuable and on the memorial of the van crash, we get a chance to remind ourselves just how valuable life is.”

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School image overhauled in outreach campaign

By MORGAN RUSSELL staff writer

USU’s ongoing communication campaign is improving its recruitment efforts by telling USU’s story through the eyes of the individual student.

“We are looking to reflect the importance of the individual student and research opportunities that USU presents to prospective students,” said John DeVilbiss, USU’s public relations and marketing executive director. “We want to engage students to think USU by applying their individual goals to the opportunities available at USU.” DeVilbiss said he hopes the theme of individuality is implemented on recruitment brochures and posters hanging in high schools around

Utah, which are mailed out to future students.

“It’s on a Post-it note, lined paper or a school binder. We created a look and a feel for students that stands out from other publications and institutions as well,” he said.

This new look for fall semester tells the individual story of outstanding students – including their goals, passions and reasons for choosing USU – by encompassing the students in their own personal element, doing what they love on campus, in classes and for fun in Logan.

“Once people see what USU has to offer, worldclass research with a location and setting that is unparallel to other schools,” DeVilbiss said. “It’s a place where students can really be themselves.

Realizing our strengths and weaknesses helps us to look at the messages that we want to share

with future students, current students, faculty, parents, alumni, donors and legislatures.”

Admissions, DeVilbiss said, is using the theme very well to engage students to apply their goals in life to think USU. He said Admissions is still in the discovery stage, and communication is an ongoing process. But, he said the theme has been well-received and very popular through giving enough needed information to future students such as college costs, campus life and academics in a student format.

“In the process of this new individual look, we have created a similar look and feel which students can recognize the same kind of theme

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World&Nation

Today’sIssue

Today is Wednesday, Sept 26, 2007.

Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Tanya Collings, a senior majoring in anthropology from Tremonton, Utah.

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Nat’lBriefs Man finds amputated leg in auction purchase MAIDEN, N.C. (AP) –A man who bought a smoker Tuesday at an auction of abandoned items might have thought twice had he looked inside first.

Maiden police said the man opened up the smoker and saw what he thought was a piece of driftwood wrapped in paper. When he unwrapped it, he found a human leg, cut off 2 to 3 inches above the knee.

The smoker had been sold at an auction of items left behind at a storage facility, so investigators contacted the mother and son who had rented the space where the smoker was found.

The mother explained her son had his leg amputated after a plane crash and kept the leg following the surgery. The mother said her son plans to drive to Maiden, about 35 miles northwest of Charlotte, to reclaim his amputated leg, police said.

California begins work on detoxicating lake

PORTOLA, Calif. (AP) – State workers on Tuesday began pouring a toxic chemical into a lake nestled in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada as part of California’s decade-long effort to exterminate a predatory northern pike.

A fleet of 25 boats set out on Lake Davis near Portola shortly after 7 a.m. PDT in what now amounts to the state’s most expensive battle to date against an invasive species.

More than 500 officials with the state Department of Fish and Game are pouring 16,000 gallons of the fish poison Rotenone into the 7-mile-long lake and its tributaries. Several hours after they began Tuesday, dead fish were already washing up on the shore.

“We felt we really want to make sure we got those guys,” said Department of Fish and Game spokesman Steve Martarano.

If left alone, biologists say, the toothy northern pike could take over Lake Davis and possibly escape to the Sacramento River system, devouring trout and salmon all the way to San Francisco Bay.

Memphis airport has communication failure MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Communications equipment failed Tuesday at a regional air-traffic control center, shutting down all airline traffic within 250 miles of Memphis and causing a ripple effect across the country that grounded dozens of passenger and cargo flights.

The problem started when a major telephone line to the Memphis center went out at 12:35 p.m. EST. The Federal Aviation Administration said air-traffic control operations were back to normal about three hours later.

Air-traffic control centers in adjacent regions handled flights that were already in the air when the problem was discovered.

“The airspace was completely cleared by 1:30 (p.m.) Eastern time,” FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.

High-altitude flights through the region which includes parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee were discontinued while the equipment was being fixed.

Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007

Warren Jeffs convicted as accomplice to rape

Celebs&People

NEW YORK (AP) – Sarah Silverman still is responding to the negative reaction to her Britney Spears jokes at the MTV Video Music Awards.

“The joke that everyone was upset about me calling the ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) – The leader of kids ‘adorable mistakes’ a polygamous Mormon splinter group was the most innocuwas convicted Tuesday of being an ous joke,” the 36-yearaccomplice to rape for forcing a 14-yearold comedian tells Us old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin.

Weekly magazine in Warren Jeffs, 51, could get life in the issue that comes prison after a trial that threw a spotout Friday. “It never light on a renegade community along occurred to me that the Arizona-Utah line where as many as would be deemed hurt10,000 of Jeffs’ followers practice plural Silverman ful or over the line.” marriage and revere him as a mighty

Says Silverman: “I don’t want to get prophet with dominion over their salvainto feuds with girls half my age. I’m in tion. it to be funny and not for the drama. It’s Jeffs stood and, like his 15 followers embarrassing.” in the courtroom, wore a stoic look as Silverman, known for her deadpan the verdict was read. delivery and winsome depravity, drew Prosecutors said Jeffs, who percriticism earlier this month when formed the ceremony, forced the girl she followed Spears’ much-panned into marriage and sex against her will.

VMA performance with an off-color Jurors said they agreed Jeffs rejected the monologue taking aim at the troubled girl’s pleas and refused to release her singer and her two sons with ex-husband from the marriage.

Kevin Federline.

“He was pretty much her only ticket “They are the most adorable mistakes out of the relationship,” said juror Jerry Fundamentalist leader Warren Jeffs,left, stands with his council in reaction you will ever see,” Silverman said of Sean Munk, 36. to the verdict against him Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. Jeffs, head of the Fundamentalist Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.

Defense attorney Wally Bugden, who Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was found guilty to on both charges of Silverman also joked that Spears, at 25, told jurors that Jeffs was a victim of rape as an accomplice. AP File Photo had already accomplished in her life religious persecution, declined to comeverything she ever will. declining to take questions from reportsaid. ment.

Silverman, who dates late-night talkers.

But Steed testified that his teenage The jury deliberated about 16 hours The Associated Press generally does not bride initiated their first sexual encoun- show host Jimmy Kimmel, has her over three days. On Tuesday morning, ter, approaching him after he fell asleep own Comedy Central series, “The Sarah the judge replaced a juror with an alter- name those who allege sexual abuse.

Silverman Program.” She also starred in in his clothes after a 12-hour day at

At the trial, widely different versions nate for undisclosed reasons. a feature film-length version of her oneof the relationship and Jeffs’ influence work.

While polygamy itself was not on woman show, “Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is were presented by the woman and her Under Utah law, a 14-year-old can contrial — the couple were monogamous Magic.” former husband, Allen Steed, 26. sent to sex in some circumstances.

But — the case focused attention on the NEW YORK (AP) – George Clooney sex is not considered consensual if a

At their wedding in 2001 at a Nevada practice of polygamy in Utah, where it didn’t let a motorcycle accident keep him motel, the woman said, she cried in person under 18 is enticed by someone has generally been tolerated in the halfoff the red carpet at the premiere of his at least three years older. century since a government raid in 1953 despair when pressed by Jeffs to say “I new film, “Michael Clayton.” do” and had to be coaxed to kiss her

For reasons prosecutors have never proved a public relations disaster, with Clooney arrived with his girlfriend, new husband.

The woman testified that explained, Steed has not been charged children photographed being torn from Sarah Larson, who was also injured in FLDS girls receive no information about with a crime. their mothers’ arms.

Friday’s accident in New Jersey. their bodies or reproduction. She said The mainstream Mormon Church, Jeffs succeeded his father in 2002 as “I’m doing fine, yeah — good, good, she didn’t even know sex was the means or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterpresident of the Fundamentalist Church good,” Clooney told Associated Press by which women had babies. day Saints, renounced polygamy more of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Television at Monday night’s event.

The woman said the couple were marthan a century ago, excommunicates Former members say he rules with an “I’m just, you know, dinged up a little ried for at least a month before they had members who engage in the practice, iron fist, demanding perfect obedience bit.” intercourse, her husband telling her it and disavows any connection to the from followers and exercising the right Clooney, 46, and Larson were injured was “time for you to be a wife and do FLDS church. to arrange marriages as well as break when their motorcycle and a car colyour duty.”

Jeffs is also charged in Arizona with them up and assign new spouses. lided on a narrow road in Weehawken, being an accomplice to both incest “My entire body was shaking. I was “This trial has not been about reliacross the Hudson River from New York. so scared,” she testified.

“He just laid and sexual misconduct with a minor gion or vendetta. It was simply about Larson was a passenger on the vehicle. me on the bed and had sex.” for arranging marriages between two child abuse and preventing abuse,” Both were wearing helmets. underage girls and relatives of theirs.

In

Afterward, she slipped into the baththe victim, now 21, said in prepared “I got a cracked rib, so I’m not jogging room, where she downed two bottles addition, Jeffs is under federal indictremarks after the verdict. right now,” Clooney joked. “No jumping of over-the-counter pain reliever and ment in Utah on charges of fleeing to “The easy thing would have been jacks.” curled up on the floor, she said.

“The avoid prosecution. to do nothing, but I have followed my He wore a black suit and white shirt only thing I wanted to do was die,” she

heart and spoken the truth,” she said, with no tie. Larson wore a knee-length black dress and was propped up on crutches. Her left foot was bandaged.

Clooney has been in the New York area to film the Coen brothers’ “Burn After Reading,” co-starring Brad Pitt, John NEW ORLEANS (AP)– Episcopal the Anglican Communion. Theological New Hampshire.

Malkovich and Frances McDormand. leaders, pressured to roll back their conservatives in the Episcopal Church Anglican leaders had set a Sunday Pitt also attended the premiere, but support for gays to keep the world immediately rejected the document as deadline for the Americans to pledge Anglican family from crumbling, too weak. unequivocally not to consecrate another bypassed the media on the red carpet. affirmed Tuesday that they will “exergay bishop or approve an official prayer When asked about how it seemed Bishops released the statement in that he and Pitt coordinate everything, cise restraint” in approving another gay the final hour of an intense six-day service for same-sex couples. including projects, Clooney joked: “We bishop and will not approve prayers to meeting and at a crucial moment in the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan bless same-sex couples. decades-long Anglican debate over how Williams, the Anglican spiritual leader, do. We call each other — we actually ask what we’re wearing. He’s wearing an alltook the unusual step of attending the The statement mostly reiterated pre- the Bible should be interpreted. white suit tonight.” vious pledges made by church leaders, meeting for the first two days, pushing The Anglican fellowship has and it will not be known for weeks or been splintering since 2003, when bishops to make concessions for the even months whether the bishops went Episcopalians consecrated the first sake of unity. Anglican lay and clergy far enough to help prevent a schism in openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson of representatives from overseas also participated, scolding Episcopal leaders for the turmoil they’ve caused. The Episcopal Church is the Anglican body in the United States.

Top Ten O.J. Simpson Excuses Anglicans across the theological 10– “It was a rare lapse in judgement” spectrum will interpret the language differently. And Williams said he 9– “Thought, ‘What happens in Vegas, will take time to evaluate the docustays in Vegas’” ment with a committee representing Anglican leaders and the Anglican 8– “Felt like committing a crime, but Consultative Council, an international wasn’t in a ‘stabby’ mood” lay-clergy panel.

Episcopal conservatives noted that 7– “Honestly, I miss the prison lasagna” many priests conduct same-gender blessing ceremonies, despite the lack of 6– “Distraught after getting turned down an official prayer. Critics also said that for a hosting gig on ‘The View’” national Episcopal church leaders didn’t do enough in their statement to provide 5– “Thought kidnapping would really alternative leadership for conservative round out my resume” dioceses.

“This is a ‘try to keep your foot in 4– “The real robbery is the mini-bar the door’ maneuvering effort,” said prices, am I right, people?”

Canon Kendall Harmon, a leading conservative from the Diocese of South 3– “Too much soup” Carolina. “It feels like they want to change the ground rules instead of pay 2– “Oh, like you never conducted a sting the price for what they believe.” operation to steal back stolen sports The 77 million-member Anglican memorabilia” Communion is a fellowship of churches Rowan Willians, archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican spiritual leader, that trace their roots to the Church of 1– “C’mon, it’s not like I killed somespeaks to reporters. Episcopal leaders will “exercise restraint” in approving gay England. It is the third-largest Christian body” bishops and will not approve prayers blessing same-sex couples. AP Photo body in the world.

Episcopal leaders tighten stance

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USU student receives prestigious award for blind

By LIZ WILSON staff writer

USU graduate student Sachin Pavithran received the Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship for outstanding blind students from the National Federation of the Blind earlier this year.

Pavithran is the first person in Utah to ever receive this $12,000 scholarship. To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be legally blind and must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, post secondary course of study in a degree program at a U.S. institution in the 2008 scholastic year.

Pavithran is an international student born in India. He moved to the U.S. from the United Arab Emirates in 1995. At 17, his main motivation for moving to the U.S. was education.

When asked why he chose USU, he jokingly said, “I got on the wrong flight.”

One scholarship is available for a person employed full time while attending school part time, and the person must participate in the entire NFB national convention and in all scheduled scholarship program activities.

Pavithran fulfilled all of these requirements and is planning to attend law school.

The NFB is a nationwide organization with more than 50,000 members, and it is the largest organization for the blind in the U.S. The

members range from elementary school-age children, to college students, to professionals in various fields. The adult members include those of various professions, including lawyers, doctors, and White House and NASA staff.

In addition to the money he received from the NFB, Pavithran also won a KNFB reader.

This device was designed in collaboration with the NFB and has a value of more than $2,000.

It is a basic personal digital assistant attached to a camera. It allow the user to take pictures of any print document and reads it to them.

Pavithran’s involvement in the Utah chapter of the NFB began about three and a half years ago after he attended the state conference.

He said, “I went through a phase where I’d been doing it on my own. I didn’t want to be a part of an organization. I had a lot of things that would have helped if I had joined the organization a lot earlier.”

He named mentoring as the most important resource the organization offers. It has many individuals who have succeeded and can tell others how to do it also.

“I like their philosophy of not to let blindness stop you from accomplishing anything that you want to do,” Pavithran said. “They look at blindness as a nuisance rather than a SACHIN PAVITHRAN won a scholarship for blind graduate studisability.” dents. Pavithran was also awarded a device for reading documents for -liz.w@aggiemail.usu.edu the blind, called a KNFB reader. NOELLE BERLAGE photo

Crash: Two years later, scars healing

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While he and the department will always remember the “tremendous sadness and loss,” the program continues to move forward, he said.

“I’m sure we will reflect back to the van accident that was a couple of years ago but at the same time, we are building the program,” Miller said.

Peterson agreed and said the nine who died were very important to the program. He said he hopes those who were killed are remembered for their work but also, more importantly, for who they were.

“I would want them remembered probably just for who they were,” he said. “I wouldn’t want them remembered any other way. What they did for a living and what they stood for seems pretty rare in today’s society.”

Ann Marie Huggins, the mother of student Justin Huggins who died in the accident, said she too hopes those who died are always remembered for who they were.

“I am also so grateful to USU for keeping the memory alive of all these fine young men. It is my worst fear that people will forget our Justin and

all he stood for,” she said. “Justin touched a lot of people while he was alive and even in his death.”

Huggins said the day of the accident is always with her. The memories are still hard to deal with but having left her son’s room exactly as it was the day of his death, she feels some solace.

“We take one day at a time,” she said. “You can smell it in the air this time of year, my mind starts to drift back to the day of the accident. I was watching TV and breaking news came on, there was a van accident that killed six. It felt like someone kicked me in the stomach. I just knew I knew someone in it. I watched the life flights fly over our house, not knowing our oldest son Justin who had been home 89 days from his mission was on one. Then I got the phone call.”

Justin lived five more hours before passing away, Huggins said. She said she is most grateful for the last moments she spent with her son.

Huggins said, “We got to hold and kiss him, tell him we love him and to go give them heaven.”

–arie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu

Image: New look, theme -continued from page 1 reflected on other admissions material as well,” DeVilbiss said. Now we have created a look that really stands out, which no other university is using. It’s important for us to brand ourselves, so that from a distance future students can easily recognize and really think and feel USU from the eyes of the students who are actually living it.”

The theme is also still evolving, DeVilbiss said.

Admissions found and realized USU’s strengths and weaknesses with the “Think ... Utah State” theme, he said. It is starting to lean towards a different theme of “Find yourself at Utah State.” USU wants to reflect the individual and also research opportunities at the university, he said.

“In order for us to be successful, we need to be connected to student thinking,” DeVilbiss said.

USU public relations and marketing averages about four student interns a semester to keep the student theme alive and stay in touch with student likes and dislikes.

“USU is a great research institution, one of only two in the state of Utah,” DeVilbiss said. “So it’s a good place not only for discovery but also for self-discovery.”

-m.russell@aggiemail.usu.edu

Celebrating Aggie roots Left: students chowed down on a questionable delicacy Tuesday in front of the Ag Science building: Rocky Mountain oysters. The oysters, more technically referred to as lamb testicles, required a lot of rinsing down. Julie Ung, a College of Agriculture student council member, said the idea was hers.

Far left: Brian Woodworth, junior in animal science, and Amy Rose, sophomore in family consumer science education, wash down the remnants of oysters.

Left: Tara Roche, senior in bio veterinary science, takes her first nibble. NOELLE BERLAGE photos Below and right: This week is aG week, and lots is going on. Already this week was the official Ag Week kick-off (right), Dean Noelle Cockett (fourth from left) and several students visiting President Stan Albrecht (third from right) in his office in Old Main and presenting him with an official Ag Week t-shirt. Also held Monday was the tractor parade (below), in which farm machinery filed along 800 East and 700 West before making their way back toward the north end of campus. Tuesday’s Real Aggie Night (above) left students gagging. Wednesday there is a Day on the Quad from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., a Drive for Five scholarship tournament at 6 p.m. at the Birch Creek Golf Course, and a country swing night at the Fun Park. Thursday there will be a pie eating contest at 11 a.m. in the International Lounge in the Taggart Student Center. Friday starts off with a chuckwagon breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. on the TSC patio. Then a rodeo offers entertainment all weekend at the Cache Valley Fairgrounds, Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Briefs Campus & Community

Go barefoot, donate old shoes to help The Aggies for Africa club is hosting a barefoot Friday. Millions of people in Africa go through life each day without the convenience of shoes. Friday Aggies for Africa invite you to go barefoot and stand together to help our friends in Africa. Look for the donation boxes scattered through campus and donate some shoes. Any shoes from flip flops to dress shoes are appreciated. Collections started on Tuesday and will go through Friday.

For more information e-mail stand@ gmail.com.

Utahns have no fear of wolves, study says

Red Riding Hood’s wolf, Peter and the Wolf, the Big, Bad Wolf, werewolves …

Reach back in your childhood library or reminisce about your teenage movie-viewing habits and you can probably conjure up frightening images of menacing critters. Despite their scary reputation, most Utahns display a positive attitude toward the four-legged predators, say Utah State University researchers.

“Examining how people felt about wolves yielded some surprising results,” says USU alum Jeremy Bruskotter, who surveyed Utah residents in 2003, replicating methods used in a survey conducted almost a decade earlier.

Bruskotter conducted the National Science Foundation-funded study as part of his master’s thesis with faculty mentor Robert Schmidt, associate professor in USU’s Department of Environment and Society, and fellow USU graduate student Tara Teel, now a Colorado State University faculty member. Results of the research appear in the article “Are attitudes toward wolves changing? A case study in Utah” in the September 2007 issue of Biological Conservation.

The study was also supported by the USU-led Berryman Institute for Wildlife Damage Management.

Survey participants responded to such statements as “Putting wolves back into their former habitat will restore the balance to the deer populations in that area,” “The wolf is a killing machine” and “Wolves would be a significant predator on livestock in Utah.”

Though the status of wolves in the American West is a volatile, polarizing issue among a portion of the population, Bruskotter says, the general public approaches the issue from a much more temperate and stable perspective.

“Some people either love or hate wolves, but most are impartial,” he says. “And, according to our survey, most people don’t change their opinion even when high-profile conflicts occur.”

The survey team was inspired to pursue the study following the 2002 capture of a wolf in Morgan, Utah – the first confirmed wolf sighting in the state in 70 years at the time. The Yellowstone-born, radio-collared male, known as “253,” was caught in a coyote trap, and his widely reported plight generated intense sympathy among Utahns.

VP honored by Utah Division of History

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DEBRA HAWKINS photo

When he was named vice president for advancement at USU, Ross Peterson brought a rich background to the position. He is a noted researcher, author, educator and administrator. And, as a noted historian, he was recently honored by the state’s Division of History.

Peterson received the Honorary Life Member Award from the Utah State Division of History Sept. 6 during the opening session of the 55th Annual Utah State History Conference. He was honored for his distinguished service to the state and to the Utah State Historical Society. Among the accomplishments noted in the award were Peterson’s service to the teachers of the state of Utah and his work with the Utah Humanities Council. He is credited with establishing the Utah History Fair and the USU Bennion Workshop for Teachers.

Peterson was previously named Utah’s Outstanding Humanist by the governor, served on the Board of State History and chaired the Utah Humanities Council. He is the author of the History of Cache County.

Peterson returned to Utah State University in 2007 to fill the advancement position, where he heads efforts in USU’s first comprehensive campaign – a fundraising effort with a goal of raising $200 million.

He returned to USU from Deep Springs College in Big Pine, Calif., where he was president.

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CampusNews

Monday, Sept. 26, 2007

CADETS RUN RAPPELLING COURSES as part of ROTC training this weeking near Causey Reservoir.

Other training courses included boat drills with a zodiac in which they practiced flipping the boat, one-rope bridge crossings, and a simulated rescue operation. The drills were meant to build leadership skills and individual confidence. JACOB ROECKER photo

ROTC cadets run field training

By JACOB ROECKER ROTC media relations

USU’s Army ROTC kicked off the first field experience for cadets participating in a leadership program this weekend.

The two-day event took place near Causey Reservoir and consisted of individual confidence and skills training like land navigation and rappelling. Cadets in their junior year were placed in charge of up to 11 other cadets and led them in group tasks, including crossing a one-rope bridge over water, conducting boat drills with a zodiac and performing a simulated rescue operation.

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would help him with group projects in other classes.

Not only did the cadets participate in the event, they also helped plan it. Cadets Weston Goodrich, Leslie Haddock and other seniors helped coordinate the training for several events including the zodiac drills and rappelling.

Seniors from Weber State also contributed to the process, and coordinating between the two universities posed its own set of challenges.

“It was a lot of hard work to pull it off,” Haddock said.

Although the two days were packed with activities, Cadet Taylor Knight, junior, said he thought it was such a good experience he wished he could have done more.

Ag panel covers issues in the world of agriculture

By MORGAN RUSSELL staff writer

The College of Agriculture hosted a food security panel Tuesday afternoon, which consisted of agricultural specialists sharing their views on the future of food safety as well as a state of the college address from Dean Noelle Cockett as part of this year’s USU Agriculture Week.

The panel discussion on the current issue of food security included L. Earl Rogers, state veterinarian; Randy Parker, CEO of Utah Farm Bureau Federation; Brian Nummer, USU food safety specialist; and DeeVon Bailey, USU extension specialist and economics department head. All shared their concerns, issues, organizational roles, realities and myths about food from the farm gate to the dinner plate.

“Food safety is an interesting mix of politics, science and economics,” Bailey said.

The biggest change in the food system is that people now have recognized primary threats, such as E. coli and mad cow disease, Bailey said. Agricultural producers realize the importance of being able to trace the origin of that particular food in order to make sure that food is safe for consumption, he said.

Another problem facing food safety agriculturalists is tracing imported food as well as American food.

“We are concerned with the transition to foreign food,” Parker said. “Last year was the first year that our nation imported more food than exported. The problem lies in imported food products not meeting the same standard that American farmers and producers are held to.”

“Less than 10 percent of imported food is monitored through random food inspection spot checks.

The Farm Bureau is very involved in protecting food safety, immigration policy and the Farm Bill,” Parker said.

American agriculture needs to come to grips with these problems, Parker said, and find answers as to how people can protect themselves and the food they

consume.

Food safety now means consumers are defensively guarding their food as well, Nummer said.

If the public feels agricultural products are no longer safe and completely avoids that food all together, it impacts American agriculture negatively, Nummer said. It’s the food panic that is threatening food security, he said.

“If New York citizens were to panic over their food supply and rush to their grocery stores and buy absolutely everything out,” Nummer said, “their food supply would only last each citizen a single day, and then the panic will build and build over empty shelves. This kind of dependence on imported global food supply is what scares agriculturalists now.”

Each American is eating the global food supply right now, Nummer said. The global impact of world events, such as the wars, famine and food safety practices that other countries use, is at every American’s dinner plate, he said.

Rogers said, “In the past our country has enjoyed the most abundant, least expensive and the safest food supply in the world.

But today we are facing new food problems. We need to realize these changes and make adaptions to our food supply at all levels of production in order to ensure a safe, wholesome product.”

Farmers need to become more conscious of biosecurity on their home farm, Rogers said. They need to assume responsibility to protect their crops and livestock from the introduction of disease, whether intentional or not, he said.

Cockett also addressed faculty and students, updating students about building project plans slated for the new USU Ag Science building, sheep facilities and equine center.

“We want to make it a place students would like to be,” Cockett said as she talked about the new facilities. “The College of Agriculture trains people well, and we want to continue to have great opportunities for students to discover the importance of agriculture.”

-m.russell@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Turning up the heat

Sept. 26, 2007

TouchBase Robinson WAC special teams player of week

By USU ATHLETICS

Utah State senior wide receiver/returner Kevin Robinsonwas named the Western Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week, announced Monday by the conference office.

Robinson, a native of Fresno, Calif. (Hoover HS), had a total of 223 return yards (an average of 37.2 yards per return) in Saturday’s 23-20 loss to San Jose State. He had 144 kick return yards on three attempts, including an 82yarder for a touchdown early in the second quarter to get the Aggies on the board. He also returned three punts for 79 yards, including a season-long of 53.

NASCAR racer gets penalty CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _—Carl Edwards was docked 25 points Tuesday because his race-winning car failed inspection at Dover International Raceway.

The penalty drops Edwards from third in the Chase for the championship standings to sixth. He’s now 28 points behind series leader Jeff Gordon.

Team owner Jack Roush, who celebrated his 100th win Sunday with Edwards’ victory, also was docked 25 owner points and crew chief Bob Osborne was fined $25,000.

Houston downs New Orleans Aggie forwards Kent Arsenault and matt geer and defenseman paul reinhardt hope to burn opponents with sweet moves with a summer

of hard-core hockey under their belts, their play should be hot enough to ignite scoreboards and melt the ice all season long. PATRICK ODEN photo

USU hockey trio spent summer vacation in Chicago playing against top college competition

By G. CHRISTOPHER TERRY staff writer

Moments after Matt Geer bobbed and weaved down along the boards and flicked a shot past Weber State’s Kyle Gover to give Utah State a last-second win over their rivals Friday night, he met teammates Kent Arsenault and Paul Reinhardt for a celebratory hockey embrace in front of the glass.

It was fitting that the three had a moment in the spotlight before the rest of the Aggie squad mobbed them,

because Geer, Arsenault and Reinhardt spent this summer together in Chicago honing the hockey skills which were on display against Weber DI. The intensive hockey training kept the three Ags sharp all summer, and the results have already been apparent, especially against the Wildcats.

In the waning seconds of the second period Geer dug out a puck from behind the goal line and flipped it up to Reinhardt to give the Aggies a 2-1 lead. Then in the third, when overtime appeared to be looming, it was Geer who ripped out the Wildcat’s heart with

his nifty puckhandling and quick shot release.

Days after the end of spring semester, the three formed an eastward convoy with Connecticut-bound Maciej Michalik and drove to the Windy City. While Michalik continued on, Geer, Arsenault and Reinhardt pulled in to Chicago at 2 a.m. and went directly to a hot dog stand

by Wrigley Field for a famous Chicago dog.

The three teammates tend to finish each other’s sentences, combining to tell anecdotes in a fashion which makes journalistic attribution a challenge.

“We drove from here to Chicago, we drove straight through,” Geer said.

“Twenty-five, 26 hours,” Arsenault said.

“Yeah, we got into Chicago about 2:30 in the morning and the first thing we did was stop at a hot dog stand right by Wrigley field,” Geer said.

“Then some drunk guy pulls out of the club, he was backing out and he snagged his front end on a fire hydrant and ripped off the front end of his brand-new Mustang,” Reinhardt said.

- See BURN, page 7

Ags looking for rebound

By SETH R. HAWKINS editor in chief

Sometimes losing teaches a lesson.

The USU women’s soccer team is still trying to learn that lesson, said USU Head Coach Heather Cairns. After going on a three-game losing streak earlier this season, Cairns said her team needed to learn to take control of the game and not let other teams determine the tempo.

Two weeks later it’s the same message she’s sticking to.

“I think it’s kind of the same lesson but we haven’t been able to make it stick,” Cairns said. “When we play our style of play we do well. When we let the other teams dictate the style of play they win. We’re still struggling to do that style consistently.”

Coming off a two-game losing skid in Washington, the Aggies fell 2-1 to Gonazaga on Friday and 2-1 to Eastern Washington on Sunday, bringing their record to 3-6.

USU had a chance at taking down the Eastern Washington Eagles, going into halftime with a 1-0 lead while controlling the shooting and corner kicks in that Aggie forward Kiersten nillson sets herself for half. The second half was a different story. The Eagles a pass earlier this season at home against Oregon. The Aggies are bested the Aggies 12-8 in shooting and scored two 3-6 on the year after two consecutive road losses last weekend goals, the first of which was tallied in the first five minthe auction. DEBRA HAWKINS photo

utes of the half.

“No doubt we were disappointed because we had a 1-0 lead at half,” Cairns said. “We can’t keep looking back.”

Cairns said her focus is on the games in front of her, especially as the season edges ever closer to the critical Western Athletic Conference games that will determine if USU makes it to the NCAA tournament. Only three games remain before the start of the WAC season, but these games will be no picnic.

Thursday the Aggies take on Montana and then head south to Provo on Oct. 4 to challenge Brigham Young University, and then back home on Oct. 6 to finish off the nonconference season against the University of Utah.

The Montana Grizzlies come off a 2-0 loss to WAC foe Boise State on Sunday, bringing their season record to 2-6. As part of the Big Sky Conference, Cairns said the Grizzlies play a style similar to other Big Sky opponents USU has played so far this season, in Weber State and Northern Arizona.

“Against Big Sky teams it’s going to be a battle,” Cairns said of the upcoming match. “We’re going to have to work hard for the win and work smart for the win.”

- See SOCCER, page 7

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Vince Young is tired of talking about his supposed rivalry with Reggie Bush.

Heck, the Tennessee quarterback even called up Bush when he needed tickets for the game against the Saints.

“He came through for me,” Young said. “That was a good deal by Reg. I appreciate that.”

Not that he showed a lot of gratitude on the field.

The Titans beat the Saints 31-14 Monday night.

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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. Best quarterback of all time?

John Elway. It’s really just that simple. I don’t have any sarcastic comments. John Elway. The man is like a god among men – there are crazy, cult-like religions based on No. 7. But it’s true.

An 80-year-old Elway flew through the air one Sunday in January and sacrificed himself so all of his children in Broncos nation could have a Super Bowl win. He also single-handedly dismantled the Cleveland Browns franchise with “The Drive” – the Browns haven’t been the same since. I also think Elway may be responsible for such awesome things as cold beer, supermodels, bar fights, and Guitar Hero. I almost forgot – he was a heck of a football player too. And if I’m wrong, who cares?

They’re just the Saints.

I am not too familiar with the old school guys like Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas, so I am picking Joe Montana. He was part of the greatest dynasty that football has ever seen. In terms of winning, that might as well be his middle name.

From 1981 to 1989, he led the Niners to four Super Bowl titles. In addition to his amazing winning record, he has a resume full of recordsetting statistics. Sure he played with the greatest receiver of all time, Jerry Rice, but all great quarterbacks threw to great receivers.

2. Which is the best BCS conference?

I don’t know how many times it has to be said before it’s put on stone tablets and displayed under a confederate flag in front of a courthouse in some small, backward Southern town: The Southeastern Conference is the best conference in the nation. Hands down. No doubt. I would blindly follow the SEC to the slaughter. They have two of the four best teams in the country in LSU and Florida. They have an upstart Alabama team and other strong teams like Arkansas, Georgia and even Kentucky. The SEC is a mini NFL.

The Pacific-10 Conference may not be the the best conference from top to bottom, but they do have the No. 1 team in the nation, USC. In addition to the top team, Cal and Oregon are in the top 11. No other conference has three teams ranked as high. Besides those teams, Arizona State has also cracked the top 25. USC could beat any team in the country from any other conference. This has to say something about the Pac-10.

3. Are the Packers for real?

Yes. They physically exist. They aren’t the figment of our collective imaginations. What? That’s not what the question was asking? OK. The Packers are good. Brett Favre is good – not the best quarterback ever, but pretty close. They have a solid defense with A.J. Hawk, who looks a lot like a Viking warlord, which is always a positive, in the middle; a good line and solid secondary that includes USU alumnus Jarrett Bush. They also play in the same division as such powerhouses as the Lions, Vikings and the one and only Rex Grossman.

Hold on, is the year 1997 or 2007? Last time I checked, it was in the late ‘90s the Packers were a force to be reckoned with in the NFL. Brett Favre is 10 years older, and I question as to whether he can keep performing how he has been for an entire season. The team is the youngest in the league, and we have yet to see them really get tested. They might have won a close game, but how will they respond when they face injuries or get behind early in a game?

It is too early to tell if the Packers are for real.

Milton Bradley getting injured while arguing is bad, but hilarious too. One of the Gramaticas injured himself while celebrating a field goal. Gus Frerotte running his head into a wall and hurting his neck while celebrating a touchdown is another gem. So it’s hard to come up with something stupider than those, but maybe this is. Picture it: A coach, yelling things like, “I’m a man. I’m 40,” tears his vocal chords in a spectacularly hilarious rant and can’t give his team inspirational pregame speeches. Or better yet, he has to communicate by writing on huge cue cards.

Former Jacksonville Jaguar kicker Chris Hansen split his leg open chopping at a stump in the locker room. Baseball player Glennallen Hill fell asleep, and while having nightmares about spiders, he rolled off the couch and fell through a glass coffee table. Both of these are pretty freak and dumb ways to get hurt. But major leaguer Sammy Sosa takes the cake when he got hurt in the clubhouse of Petco Field. As a result of a bad case of sneezing, Sosa fell ill to severe back spasms.

The NFL just finished up its third week, but I’ve already heard whispers about the Patriots going undefeated. First, the Pats won’t go undefeated. No team will. So the now-elderly ’72 Dolphins can start drinking in celebration. Second, why are we already talking about this? There are still 13 games left in the regular season; something is bound to happen. The Patriots could lose the remainder of their games and finish 3-13. I’d love that. But sadly, that won’t be the case either.

What I am about to say saddens me deeply, but is something that must be said for the good of the Utah Jazz. Andrei Kirilenko needs to shut up and stop whining. I love Andrei – his basketball jersey hangs on my bedroom wall during Jazz season, and I bought his autographed rookie card on eBay, and hours are spent each morning in front of my mirror trying to replicate his hairdo. But all of that aside, he is really starting to fire me up. I am fed up with his comments and attitude. Shut up and do the things that got you a max deal, block shots, rebound and hustle, and pretend to be innocent.

4. Stupidest way to get injured in sports?

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Ags get an ‘A’ for effort

h, ignorance sure is bliss.

I’m talking about Aggie football fans that are in an impatient uproar over things of which they really don’t know as much as they think they know. I’m talking about the classic bandwagon fan that flees when the team loses. You know who you are.

The Aggies lost again. They’re 0-4 again.

Now the pessimists abound. This team could easily be 3-1 right now. And, remember, last year at this time, they hadn’t scored an offensive touchdown.

All things considered, it might be necessary to examine the effort put into these games by the athletes themselves.

With all the agony the football team has gone through, nobody on the team or coaching staff has stood to complain about a lack of effort (at least not in public).

“There’s no doubt in my mind (we’re giving 100 percent),” senior defensive end Frank Maile said Monday. “We don’t know anything else but to work hard. That’s the only result that comes out of the game is that there’s not a lack of effort. The work ethic is night and day from last year.”

Recently the desire was stirred inside of me to be a little more sympathetic to the student athlete—especially those in the brutal beat-up game of football.

I’ve never been and never will be a student athlete. I’m just a lowly student writer.

But in interviewing Dale Mildenberger, the athletic department’s head trainer, the fact struck me: These guys really do put in quite an effort.

Just what kind of effort?

“Oh, maximum (effort),” Mildenberger said. “What people don’t understand is that being a student-athlete is a huge, huge personal commitment from each of the students. They have the requirements of academics, they have the requirements of family, they have the requirements of social life all on top of the rigid requirements of athletics.

“I have nothing but respect for collegiate athletes today,” he said. “When it’s not successful, it grinds (them) even more.”

Every day but Monday, football players are doing something with the team.

On top of all this, if they have a good game—or maybe a really bad one—they are occasionally called on by us annoying sports writers to answer questions.

Some of you have similar busy schedules.

Classes can be intense, and the amount of homework may seem impossible at times.

You’ve got to work to pay bills. Juggling all these responsibilities takes solid focus. You know this.

Mildenberger also talked about the lack

of experience of losing that many current football players might have had in high school.

“However good or bad the Aggies may be in any given year, absolutely everybody out there for the Aggies was a star somewhere else before they came to Utah State,” Mildenberger said. “This may be the first time they’ve experienced not being successful in their careers. It hurts them. Some take it better than others. It definitely wears on them and all others around them. Do I think they give a maximum effort? Absolutely.

Anybody who thinks they don’t truly doesn’t understand the activity that we’re in.”

That’s excellent insight from a man who has been in athletic training for nearly 40 years.

But, even considering this, some fans and many non-fans have the audacity to say silly, ignorant and uneducated things like Brent Guy should be fired or football should be dropped as a sport.

Yeah, fire Brent Guy. Then what? Where does the program go from there? Spend more time and money finding a new coach who will have to start over again? I don’t think that’s a very effective formula for success.

Even when Utah State has had coaches who actually had success—such as Charlie Weatherbie winning the Las Vegas Bowl in 1993 and John L. Smith leading the team to the Humanitarian Bowl in 1997—those coaches bolted the minute success was found for higher-profile coaching jobs.

Weatherbie left for the Naval Academy and Smith to Louisville. So, what do to?

Oh, by the way, as good as those two coaches were and are, neither Weatherbie or Smith ended with winning records at USU. For the hundredth time, give Guy and this team a break. The University of Utah football team is a beatable one, even being shut out by the same University of NevadaLas Vegas team the Aggies should have and could have easily triumphed over.

Come Saturday you naysayers might be complaining to a different tune because, depending on which Ute team shows up to play, the Aggies have a legit shot at winning.

Sammy Hislop is a junior majoring in public relations.

You can send him comments at samuel.hislop@aggiemail.usu. edu.

On the road again

5. Rant

Aggie middle blocker Danielle Taylor (5) jumps to spike the ball in the home-opener against Boise State. The Aggies are 6-7 on the season and 3-1 in Western Athletic Conference play, coming off a big road win at Louisiana Tech Saturday. USU hits the road with matches at San Jose and Fresno State this weekend.

PATRICK ODEN photo

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-continued from page 5

Last season the Grizzlies’ record looked much like USU’s, as they went 10-8-2 on the year and 4-2-1 in the Big Sky Conference.

Montana is led in scoring by midfielder Mahlleace Tomsin who leads the team with three points off one goal, one of which was a game winner, and one assist. She is second on the team in shooting with eight and posts a .500 shots on goal percentage.

The Grizzlies don’t rely on one player to carry the team as three other players – Kaitlyn Heinsohn, Sara Aspinwall and Meghan Chambers – have all posted a goal.

In the net, Grace Harris, who was named Big Sky Newcomer of the Year in 2006, has played every minute for the Grizzlies this season, posting a .750 save percentage, snagging 45 saves.

She has allowed 15 goals resulting in a 1.88 goals against average.

Montana is a second half team, shooting and scoring more in the second half than in the first.

All four goals on the season were

scored in the second half. While they may be shoot better in the second half, so do their opponents.

Cairns said to counter Montana’s attack, her team will have to finally learn the lesson of controlling the game. “(We will win) by not letting them do it, we do what we want to do,” Cairns said. “We execute our patterns, our style, our tactics. We’re going to have to take time to do that and we’re going to have to do it the majority of the game.”

Controlling the pace of the game is something the Aggies should be able to do with multiple threats in the attack. Senior forward Dana Peart leads the team in scoring with 11 points off five goals and one assist.

Freshman forward Lauren Hansen scored her second goal of the season against Eastern Washington and is second in scoring on the team. Midfielder Abby Hunt also has two goals.

Cairns said one of the strengths of her team this season has been

the variety of shooting options available. Following some recovery from injuries, the Aggies have a combination of experience and fresh blood in the attack.

“Having Candice (Clark) back has been wonderful,” Cairns said. “She’s added a lot to our attack. As well as having Jessica Williams back. Alysa (Adams) got on the board with an assist.

Lauren (Hansen), she had one goal and she had probably three or four more opportunities to score (against Eastern Washington). We’re starting to get more opportunities to attack than just Dana (Peart).”

While USU has multiple threats, few are as dangerous as Peart, who dominates the shooting game for the Aggies with 29 shots on the season. She leads the WAC in shooting, is third in the conference in points and is tied for first in game-winning goals.

I’ve been thrilled with her performance,” Cairns said of her team captain. “I think her legacy is going to be defined in how she does in WAC play. What she’s

been doing has been great and builds confidence for her. She’s got to continue doing that when games become more important.

Certainly she’s been leading our attack.”

Receiving a little less credit, but no less important, is junior goalkeeper Ali Griffin, who is second in the WAC in saves with 34. She is also tied for third in shutouts in the conference with two. “(Griffin has) really made some saves that have kept us in the games,” Cairns said. “I feel like she’s really starting to hit her stride. Hopefully the team can feed off of that and we can continue to get stronger and more people can start to hit their stride. Right now she’s definitely a bright spot.”

The Aggies face off against the Grizzlies, Thursday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. at the Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field, located next to the Stan Laub Center.

-seth.h@aggiemail.usu.edu

Burn: Hockey trio’s summer spent in Chicago

-continued from page 5

Although Arsenault said Chicago is a “great city if you like your cold beverages and hot foods,” the real focus was on hockey.

The Aggies competed in two traditional leagues which Chicago natives play in every summer. Geer said “one league was a little more premier. One was kind of bush league, with a little older guys.”

Reinhardt said the competition in the better league was topnotch. “The one [league] that we played in I think every player except for maybe two or three played college hockey.” Some of the Aggies’ teammates were the Heredia brothers, who play for the University of Illinois’ D1 team, and Dustin Zimmer, who plays for Miami of Ohio.

Arsenault took advantage of the lax men’s league rules to play hockey unemcumbered by his least favorite piece of equipment: the face mask.

“I would rather play with nothing than with a cage,” Arsenault said. “It’s just more open, you see the ice a lot better.”

The 5-foot-8 Geer played with a full face cage because “my face is too low to the ground. That’s my money.”

Reinhardt used a half-shield such as is required for junior hockey. Although there was plenty of physical bumping and shoving, (Arsenault got in a fight in the first game and achieved a take-down,) Geer said the men’s league game is more about positional hockey.

“You learn to protect the puck a lot better,” Geer said. “Shield the defender from the puck, keep it on your stick, pass, shoot, score.”

Geer and Arsenault’s ability to pass, shoot and score has already been demonstrated to USU’s early-season opponents. Against the alumni team in the season

opener, Geer and Arsenault got a chance to combine on a new move they perfected over the summer: the ‘little how’s she going.’

“At the alumni game,” Geer said, “Kent gave me a pass and I just made one look back at him and he knew. The ‘how’s she going’ is the one where he passes to me, I look back and he just bolts up the ice when the defender comes to me, then I give him a backhand, between the legs pass.” Which Arsenault buried, as is his wont.

Playing hockey is like playing in a band, where the structure of the game plan can be altered and improvised on to take advantage of fleeting openings in the defense, but only if the players on the ice are comfortable with one another. But the Aggies weren’t just building chemisty with each other in Chi-town, they were also learning from their teammates like the Heredias or Zimmer.

“Playing with other players that play at a high level too, they kind of push you to be better.

You pick up little things from them,” Reinhardt said.

Arsenault also said that playing all summer in Chicago helped him polish up on “all those little fundamental things that you need.”

Amidst all that learning and praying to the Hockey Gods, the boys found time to do what Aggies do best: win. The Aggies won championships in both leagues and went undefeated, a fine soupçon to improving as players.

Those improvements have already been evident to their teammates back here in Utah.

“There’s a couple of guys on the team that were saying stuff to us,” Arsenault said, “like asking if we were skating all summer

and said we had the advantage on them at first when we got here.”

Goalie Greg Finatti, who is familiar with the skills of Geer, Arsenault and Reinhardt, having played with them in juniors and recruited them to come to Utah State, said he feels “more comfortable when they’re on the ice because I know they can put the puck in the net and I know Pauly can stop them. Especially with Francom out of the lineup, Pauly has to step up and be that top two defenseman. They played hockey almost every day back there and they came back a lot stronger. Paul looks a lot stronger and more confident.”

This year’s edition of the Skatin’ Aggies loses a lot of talent, in particular at forward, where Roberto “Bo-Dangles” Leo, Robert Hashimoto and Josh Groves exhausted their eligibility and Michael Filander returned to his native Sweden.

Already in the young season, USU has demonstrated that it has enough firepower remaining with Arsenault, Geer, Will Winsa and Jay McFadden to knock off top teams like the Weber D1 Wildcats. The Aggies have also shown that they are not talented enough to get by with a subpar effort, as they were knocked off the next night by the UVSC Wolverines. If the season is to have more ups than downs, it will require players like Arsenault, Geer and Reinhardt to step up into leadership positions vacated by the outgoing seniors.

Arsenault said he and his boys are up to the task. “It’s going to be a bigger challenge this year.

We don’t have as much depth as we did last year. Definitely I think all three of us are ready to assume our roles which our team and our coaches expect us to do.”

When asked about the mental challenge of going from a rookie year where they were essentially playing with house money to a second year leadership role where point production is expected, Reinhardt said, “We’re all pretty competitive and the coaches expect us to step up and play big this year, so if we don’t ...”

And then Arsenault was at it again, finishing his teammate’s sentence for him: “And we knew that’s what we were expected to do this year so that’s half the reason we trained so hard this summer.”

-graham.terry@aggiemail.usu. edu

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In Deuce McAllister’s locker, frontand-center on the top shelf, is a gold-painted wooden carving of the word: “Believe!”

After his second season-ending knee injury in three seasons, the Saints’ 28-year-old all-time leading rusher wants to believe he will return to the NFL as an elite running back. It won’t be easy, and he knows it.

“Obviously, the questions: Will you ever be the same? Will you ever be the back that you once were? Those are the different thoughts that obviously run through your mind as a player,” McAllister said.

“I believe in myself. It’s just a matter of me putting the time in and me putting the work in.”

McAllister said an MRI exam Tuesday confirmed his worst fears: He tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in Monday night’s 31-14 loss to Tennessee.

During the second quarter, McAllister landed awkwardly after catching a short pass from Drew Brees. McAllister walked off the field on his own, but having torn his right ACL in 2005, he was worried.

“I just told myself to get up off the ground. One lesson I learned growing up was to never let your opponent see you hurt.

Regardless of what it is, if you can walk, walk off that field,” McAllister said. “Once I got to the sideline, I knew it. I didn’t want to believe it, but just taking the walk to the locker room I could feel it just kind of giving

way a little bit and that was just kind of reminiscent of how the other one felt.”

McAllister said there was also some damage to his medial collateral ligament.

Five games into the 2005 season, McAllister tore his right ACL during a run in Green Bay. After reconstructive surgery, he returned to rush for 1,057 yards in 2006, helping the Saints to the NFC South title and starring in their playoff victory over Philadelphia.

Now McAllister needs reconstructive surgery on the other knee, likely a patellar tendon graft, followed by the long, painful rehabilitation that will last almost until 2008 training camp begins, if not longer.

In between, there will be an offseason, when uncomfortable reminders that the NFL is a business resurface in greater frequency. McAllister is in the third year of an eight-year, $50.1 million contract. And the Saints also have Reggie Bush, who in his second season will now be the undisputed featured running back in New Orleans for the remainder of this year, at least.

Bush, who had two short touchdown runs Monday night but otherwise has struggled to find his game-breaking form this season, declined to speak with reporters Tuesday.

Fullback Mike Karney, who has blocked for McAllister since 2005, choked up while talking about his teammate’s latest setback.

New Orleans saints running back deuce mCALLISTER (26) walks off the field after injuring his left knee in the first half of the Saints’ game in New Orleans, Monday. AP photo

“I hugged him and started crying,” Karney said, taking a deep breath. “It’s tough to see a great guy, first and foremost, a great player, have to suffer another season-ending injury. ...

He’s the best I’ve been around.

It’s sad. It’s hard to take ... I play the game for guys like him.”

Head coach Sean Payton said it is “way too premature to start talking about where (McAllister) is from a career standpoint.”

“He was able to come back off the right ACL. He’s the type of guy that has the conviction and the belief,” Payton said. “If he puts his mind to it, and I know he will ... it’s going to take a long time and he’s someone who’s tough enough to handle it.”

If McAllister leaves the Saints, he’ll do so with every significant career rushing record in franchise history. Although he played sparingly his rookie season behind then-starter Ricky Williams, and although

he missed most of 2005, he has rushed for 5,678 yards and 44 touchdowns.

He is among the most popular players the Saints have ever had, having grown up a couple hours away near Jackson, Miss., and having been a star at Ole Miss.

Although someone with his money easily could spend offseasons in Miami, Malibu or the French Riviera, he continues to make his permanent home in Jackson, He owns car dealerships there, is restoring a historic downtown hotel, and runs his charitable Catch-22 foundation, so named for his college jersey number.

As for this season, it’s a potentially devastating blow to the Saints, who are 0-3 and in desperate need of a victory to have any hope of rallying back into postseason contention.

“You feel helpless because it’s about making plays,” McAllister said. “I can’t do that right now.”

Vick indicted; Dec. 10 set as sentencing date SUSSEX, Va. (AP) — Michael Vick, already looking at a federal prison term for bankrolling a dogfighting operation in rural Virginia, now faces two state charges that could get him more prison time if he’s convicted.

After a Surry County grand jury indicted the Atlanta Falcons quarterback and three co-defendants Tuesday, Vick’s lawyers indicated they will fight the state charges on the grounds that he can’t be convicted twice of the same crime.

The NFL star, scheduled for sentencing Dec. 10 after pleading guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges, faces state charges of beating or killing or causing dogs to fight other dogs and engaging in or promoting dogfighting. Each felony is punishable by up to five years in prison. Arraignments are set for Oct. 3.

The grand jury declined to indict the 27-year-old Vick and two co-defendants on eight additional counts of killing or causing to be killed a companion animal, felonies that would have exposed them to as many as 40 years in prison if convicted.

Vick defense attorney Billy Martin said in a statement that the state counts concern “the same conduct covered by the federal indictment for which Mr. Vick has already accepted full responsibility.”

Martin said he will “aggressively protect his rights to ensure that he is not held accountable for the same conduct twice.”

Vick was convicted of a federal conspiracy count while the state indictment deals with the act of dog fighting, said Steven Benjamin, a Richmond defense lawyer who is not involved in the case. The prosecution will argue that’s enough of a difference to allow the charges to proceed, he said.

Surry County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald G. Poindexter had told

Michael vick makes a statement after pleading guilty to a federal dogfighting charge Aug. 27, AP photo

The Associated Press on Monday night that he would seek indictments on different crimes than the ones Vick admitted to in federal court. He did not elaborate to reporters outside court Tuesday.

The charges are the first leveled against Vick in the county where he built a home that became the base of the dogfighting operation, where local investigators first uncovered evidence of the enterprise.

None of the defendants nor their lawyers were at the Sussex County courthouse, where the grand jury met because the courthouse in neighboring Surry County is closed for renovations.

Poindexter told reporters he was not disappointed the grand jury passed on the eight additional dog killing counts.

“I’m just glad to get this to the position where it is now and, one day in the not too distant future, we will be rid of these cases,” he said.

In a written statement, Poindexter and Sheriff Harold Brown attempted to diffuse in advance any suggestion that race influenced the grand jury.

Brown, Poindexter and the four defendants are black, as are four of the six grand jurors.

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Auto insurance 101

By BRITTNY GOODSELL JONES assistant features editor

Shopping for a car is one thing, but shopping around for the best deal on auto insurance can sometimes require the same time investment.

Jennifer Reeves, office manager at Farmer’s Insurance in Logan, said finding the best auto quote requires a lot of research. Some drivers call an insurance company to quote two different cars before actually buying one of them to help find out which car will be more insurance affordable.

Reeves, who has worked for Farmer’s Insurance for more than four years, said people can make the process easier by first getting organized with driver and vehicle information. She said she suggests calling a few different places to get an auto quote before deciding to go with one company.

“Getting an auto quote is a good ballpark,” she said. “It gives you an idea of how much your premium will be. But each company has different guidelines.”

Some companies, for example, will give discounts if a student has a grade point average of 3.0 or more. Other companies may not offer the

same discount but may instead give a discount for married students.

Ruth Clark, licensed self-producer at Allstate Insurance in Logan, said Allstate offers a discount for having multiple policies with them.

Quotes are usually obtained through an insurance company or by going online to a company’s Web site. The State Farm Web site, located at http://www.statefarm.com/insurance/quote/ arq, states a quote will take about 10 to 15 minutes to be completed. Calling an insurance company can take the same amount of time, and most companies have Web sites set up for drivers to receive quotes.

When calling an insurance company for a quote, students need to supply their name, drivers license number, years of prior insurance, date of birth and any tickets or violations the drivers know may be on their record.

“The more accurate your information, the more accurate your quote will be,” she said.

Reeves, who works for Farmers agent Corrie L. Bingham, said a

quote can be even more accurate if the caller is comfortable giving their social security number as well as the vehicle identification numbers for all the vehicles to be insured. Giving a car’s VIN allows the driver’s exact car make and model to be pulled. Reeves said Hondas and Toyotas can sometimes be more expensive cars to insure, so knowing the exact model can help pinpoint an accurate price.

“A quote can be more expensive based on replacement cost (of the car),” she said.

The State Farm Web site states the driver should include other information such as a current odometer reading and current insurance information with expiration date.

The insurance company, Reeves said, also

uses the driver’s information to pull a driver’s motor vehicle record to verify the number of

- See AUTO, page 12

Students go without health insurance in spite of risks

By NATHANIAL HARDMAN staff writer

NINETEEN PERCENT OF USU STUDENTS are not insured, according to the last census taken of the university two years ago. Some say they figure paying out if pocket is cheaper and more reasonable for them, even if they are aware of the risks of accidents and illness. PATRICK ODEN photo

Where do people go when they get hurt? For many, the answer is obvious – the doctor.

For the approximately 300,000 uninsured in Utah, however, the answer may not be so clear.

For students without insurance at USU, there is the option of visiting the Student Health and Wellness Center, a free service covered by student fees, but according to Jim Davis, director of the Health Center, the free services available to students do not cover the need for insurance.

Davis was invited to attend the summit Governor Huntsman convened last week on the insurance crisis in Utah.

According to statistics given at the summit, 11.9 percent of Utahns, some 306,500 people, do not have insurance. Of those uninsured, the largest cohort was ages 19 through 34. Davis explained that since universities have a higher-than-average concentration of people that age, they also have a higher-thanaverage rate of uninsured adults.

According to the last census taken of the university two years ago, 19 percent of USU students were uninsured.

Noelle Hansen, director of

student health insurance, said the university has taken steps toward making health insurance mandatory for all students.

Hansen said while mandatory insurance has been largely approved at the university, both USU and the University of Utah are waiting on a statewide initiative that would make health insurance mandatory for students at both universities.

Hansen said that the earliest the initiative would go into effect would be next fall.

Jared Hardman, graduate student with three children, studying biochemistry, has been without insurance for the last four years.

“Most of the time I don’t mind not having insurance,” Hardman said. “I don’t go to the doctor very often, and when I do, I just pay for it out of pocket.

We looked into insurance a while back, but for a small family like ours it would have been easily $200 or $300 dollars per month. So it was just more feasible to pay out of pocket.”

Karin Hardman, Jared’s wife, said the student health insurance offered through the university was especially bad.

“They make you pay huge premiums for crappy coverage.

It would have cost $450 per

month plus a thousand dollar deductible for 80/20 coverage and no maternity. It was so crappy we didn’t even consider it,” she said.

Kris Bennett, sophomore in mechanical engineering, had similar feelings about insurance.

“I don’t think I need insurance.

I haven’t been to the doctor in years, except for stupid things,” he said. “Probably since I was 17.”

Nevertheless, Bennett says he looks forward to getting insurance, partly because of the insistence of his wife.

“She’s more sensible; she thinks ahead to what might happen,” he said.

Looking ahead to what might happen is something many uninsured people don’t do, said Davis.

“Students think they have no risk, and then they develop illness and become uninsurable,” he said, adding it is because of risk that he feels students need to have insurance.

“By chipping into a common pool [insurance], we share risk with everyone else... It’s more expensive today, but less expen-

- See UNINSURED, page 11

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Insurance companies more mafia than claims I used to think I was safe until I got involved with the mafia.

Sadly, like most good Italian stories, I didn’t mean to.

You see, it all started before I got married. I knew I was going to have to get insurance because my wife is extremely accident-prone and my father in law was adamant that I get insurance to pay for her annual hospital escapade. I think the real reason he pushed this so much is because he’s a doctor and as a member of the medical community he lives up to the fine print of the Hippocratic Oath, which says, “Thou shalt extort all the money humanely possible out of each patient treated.”

I didn’t figure getting insurance would be much of a problem. I would just pay a little bit of money each month and then when she went to the hospital, the insurance company would come to the rescue like Captain Planet and pay for it all.

Quickly I learned insurance companies weren’t any sort of super hero but a bad reincarnation of Chicago mob bosses.

Back in the 20s, the hey day of modern crime, the mafia ruled supreme. They made the rules and enforced them. Slowly the police cracked down on organized crime and the ever-present mafia went into hiding.

With the mafia out of the way, a new breed of henchman arose: insurance companies. Sure organized crime is illegal but insurance companies have figured out a way to use mafia tactics and still make money.

Think about it. The mafia operates by convincing a person they are in grave danger (mostly from the mafia itself) and the only way to protect themselves is to buy protection from the mafia. When push comes to shove, the mafia doesn’t provide much protection and in the end they end up taking your blood.

Insurance companies operate much the same way.

For instance, I could be minding my own business, watching soccer and eating pizza, when a commercial breaks in with a seemingly life-and-death announcement.

A serious looking doctor stands on screen explaining the hundreds of diseases out in the world, and how by calculating the relative position of the stars to Jupiter and the year you were born, you are most certainly going to catch one of these diseases.

I hurry and calculate my chances of getting a disease that sounds an awful lot like buyinsurancefromusordie, and

come to the horrible realization that I am doomed. Within the next 23 years I will die of this disease. I drop the Cheeto I am about to put in my mouth and stare at the smug doctor, waiting for him to give me some glimmer of hope.

Sure enough, he has a solution: a protection plan where all I have to do is pay him a certain amount of money each month and when I become seriously ill, he will turn around and pay that money back to me in the form of pointless medical research that will never find a cure for my disease.

I figure it’s either do this or die so I go along and purchase this insurance.

This is when things get really confusing.

Filling out insurance applications is more complicated than filing taxes. They want to know everything about you – your full name, social security number, drivers license number and how many times you’ve daydreamed in the middle of class.

But I’m forced to fill it all out.

And that’s just the first line. It’s all downhill from there.

Question 1: Do you have a history of diabetes in your family? Yes. Question 2: How many freckles do you have on the left side of your face? Are you serious? What do freckles have to do with health insurance? OK, I’ll answer it. I’m guessing 18.

Question 3: Does your pinky toe hurt right now? Well, yeah, but that’s because I stubbed my toe on the doorjamb when I went to the kitchen to get a bite to eat.

Unfortunately there’s no place on the form to explain all this so I’m forced to answer yes, though I don’t fully understand the implications of this.

Question 4: How many times have you gone to the bathroom in the past 24 hours?

Whoa, this is getting a bit too personal. I reluctantly put down seven, wishing desperately I could explain to them that I had pounded 64 ounces of Coke the night before to stay up while studying for a test.

Somehow I get the feeling that they don’t care and this will count against me.

After wading through insurance questions for more than 12 hours, I finally finish and mail off an envelope so full of papers, it weighs more than an average chemistry textbook.

Two weeks later I get a call from the insurance company.

“Hello, iz dis Mr. Saeith ‘Awkins?” asks a woman sounding like she has taken only three weeks of English classes.

“Um, my name is Seth, but yes, you’re

talking to him.”

“Dis iz (muffled guttural sounds that sounds something akin to Satan), from Your Soul Belongs To Us Insurance Company. On behalf of ze company, I’d vike to inform you zat you have passed ze preliminary screening process. Next ve vill send an agent to your home to do a medical exam.”

I’m a little scared at this point. I know what’s coming: a needle and really awkward, unappreciated touching by a nurse who has performed so many examines she sees you more as a piece of meat than a person.

Sure enough, Antonia arrives at the door and charges inside. She doesn’t smile, doesn’t blink and is packing heat.

She drops her bag and pulls out a giant needle to draw my blood. She takes more than her fair share and doesn’t even leave a cookie for me. Talk about bad customer service.

A week later I get another phone call from the same lady as before and she informs me that the blood tests came clean but because of an initial misreading of the paperwork I sent in, I have been denied coverage. I ask why. She tells me because I went to the bathroom seven times in one day it was a sign of early cancer, which makes me a health liability and they do not want to cover me.

“But, let me explain, I drank too much the night before …”

“Oh, so you iz a drinker too?”

“No, that’s not what I meant. I just, never mind.”

So, after three weeks of aggravation I’m still not covered, have spent $30 on postage to mail the paperwork and they took my blood. I know deep down inside I need the protection but after being denied, I decide it’s not worth the trouble and save up money for when my wife takes her trip to the hospital.

Sounds like the mafia to me.

Seth Hawkins is a junior majoring in public relations. By day he’s a writer, by night he’s a sad little man that sits at home watching episodes of the Sopranos, wishing he was Italian.

Questions and comments can be sent to him at seth.h@aggiemail.usu. edu

Homeowners insurance can affect students

By COURTNIE PACKER senior writer

Homeowners insurance.

Students hear those words and may disregard them because either they do not understand, do not care, or figure their parents can figure it out for them.

However, if something were to

happen to their homes, they may want to know the basics.

“Homeowners insurance provides coverage for structural contents and personal belongings in ones home. It covers liability protection, and also loss of use,” said Jennifer Reeves, office manager for Farmers Insurance.

“If your house burned down and you have to live somewhere else, it would help cover that. There is also coverage for separate structures, meaning anything not connected to the house. For example, something like a shed, shop or garage.”

The main purpose of homeowners insurance is to financially protect homes against any damage or disasters that may occur. It includes many different policies depending on the value and condition of the home.

“You can receive different insurance policies based on the age of your home,” Reeves said.

“If there are a lot of losses, or restoration of the house, you will receive a different insurance policy. The policy is custom tailored to the house’s needs.”

Even renters will have a different insurance policy than those who own a home. Renters insurance provides financial protection for only personal property in case of fire, theft or other destruction to the apartment or home. According to the Insurance Information Institution, by purchasing renters insurance, possessions are covered against losses from fire, smoke, lightning, vandalism, theft, explosion, windstorm and all water damage with the execption of floods.

In most cases, renters insurance is inexpensive because it only covers personal belongings and not the physical building itself. There are two types of renters insurance available.

According to the Information Information Institute Web site, there is actual cash value, which pays to replace the home or possessions minus a deduction for depreciation. There is also

replacement cost, which pays the actual cost of replacing the home or possessions (no deduction for depreciation) up to the limit of a policy, according to the site.

A smart idea for anyone with homeowners or renters insurance, Reeves said, is to take a home inventory of all their personal belongings.

“If there was a disaster, you would be given a notebook and told to write down everything you just lost. It would be difficult to remember everything and you would likely forget a lot,” she said.

Insurance Information

Institute Web site suggests to begin a home inventory, tenants should start by making a list of all possessions. They should include any sales receipts and purchase contracts of appraisals.

For clothing, they should count how many items they have in each category – pants, shirts, shoes, etc. Also for major appliances, and electrical equipment record the serial numbers of each item.

“For college students, a home inventory always changes, so I

- See HOMEOWNERS, page 11

HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE will help if a student’s house burned down. Students with renters insurance can get money for their personal belongings in the case of emergency. Statesman photo illustration

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Students can learn about stress at free screening

By KATE ROUSE staff writer

It’s normal for students to get stressed out, but many of them may not know is there help.

Wednesday the Counseling Center will provide a free stress anxiety screening in the International Lounge of the Taggart Student Center.

The screening is for all students who are feeling anxious, worried or confused. Students can come anytime from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to fill out a questionnaire, watch a movie and talk to one of the Counseling Center’s professional therapists said senior Wade Poulsen, who organized this year’s screening.

Poulsen, psychology major, said that there are a lot of things that cause stress for college students, such as being away from home for the first time, dating relationships and trying to decide what to do with their lives.

“There’s a lot of peace that comes from sitting down with someone and realizing that a lot of other people are going through the same thing, and finding ways to deal with it,” he said.

“Everybody faces stress, and we

can either cope with it, or put up defenses to it. Defenses aren’t really healthy.”

Healthy ways of dealing with stress include exercising, getting plenty of sleep, eating right, taking time for yourself and spending time with good friends and family, Poulsen said.

Dave Hess, junior in psychology, said he swing dances to cope with stress.

“Sometimes I send myself emails telling myself to stop procrastinating,” said Emilee King, senior in international studies.

She said it works for about five minutes, and then she keeps procrastinating.

Sophomore in special education, Sara Green, said, “I usually just kind of push it away and go get ice cream or something with my sister, Linda. She really is my stress-breaker.”

Poulsen usually deals with stress by exercising or escaping into the mountains, he said. He also said that simply breathing deeply for 15 minutes really helps a lot.

Poulsen said that breathing deeply increases the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream, which increases the amount of

oxygen going to the brain, particularly the cortex, which controls executive functioning, higher judgment and processes information. That means that activities which increase the amount of oxygen going to the brain, like breathing deeply and running, help people to think more clearly and rationally, he said.

Poulsen is a Reach Peer for the counseling center. Reach Peers are students hired to help other students with the counseling process. He teaches muscle relaxation and breathing techniques, and helps students to physically deal with stress.

Although stress is a normal part of life, Poulsen said that sometimes it’s nice to be able to talk to someone about it. That’s how the counseling center can help.

“When you’re looking at your [own] life from the inside out, it’s hard to see things clearly through your emotions,” Poulsen said. “It’s nice to have someone to look at you from the outside in, and reflect back to you what it is you’re really saying, thinking, or feeling.”

-kate.r@aggiemail.usu.edu

Uninsured: Students say they’ll face risks

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sive tomorrow when you get hurt.”

Part of not anticipating risk, according to Davis, is assuming that the students with whom one associates are healthy, an assumption which may often be wrong. Davis tells of a student who was coughing for eight months before going in to the health center and being diagnosed with tuberculosis. For eight months this student was unwittingly coughing out tuberculosis germs all over campus.

“It’s not like people who have insurance are at higher risk than people without insurance; the risk is there whether you have insurance or not,” Davis said.

James Porter, senior in secondary education, hasn’t had insurance since he got married

in March. His wife Anne is insured.

“I don’t think (insurance) is necessary for me,” said Porter.

“But I think it’s good that Anne is covered just in case we have a little tomato on the way.”

Porter said he and his wife were looking forward to graduating and getting insurance with work.

“We’re just hoping to hold on ‘till I get a job with benefits,” he said. “Try and keep the major injuries to a minimum until then … It adds a bit of extra worry in life.”

Some students feel that insurance is not the best protection against risk. Jared said that one drawback of insurance is that most insurance plans don’t cover alternative forms of medicine or even quasi-medical

practices like massage therapy, midwifery, or even chiropractics. When the Hardman’s were expecting their third baby, they qualified for Medicaid but largely employed the services of medical midwives, who, though not covered by insurance, were cheaper than the co-pays for doctors’ visits.

According to Davis, the main need for insurance is access to the medical services one may need.

“If you’re injured or ill, you need to pay for services,” he said. “Just like if you’re hungry, you need to pay for food. The amount of medical care you get and the ease with which you get it depend on your ability to pay.”

-N.hardman@aggiemail.usu. edu

Homeowners: Insurance may help students

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would suggest a fast and easy way to take your inventory would be to videotape around your home,” Reeves said. “Open each of the closets, cupboards, under the beds, etc. By doing this frequently, it will help you when they do hand you the note-

book to record all your personal belongings.”

Other suggestions include taking pictures, recording a list on personal computers and making an audio tape, according to the Insurance Information Institute Web site.

“Just make sure that you keep your home inventory list someplace besides your personal home,” Reeves said.” It will not do much good if it burns down with the house.”

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Auto: Everything students should know

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outstanding tickets or accidents on their record. A speeding ticket, for example, can stay on a drivers record for up to three years. And having a ticket or accident on record may end up increasing the premium on an auto quote.

“It increases your risk as a driver because you are more likely to cause accidents or file a claim,” she said.

Reeves said to always make sure auto insurance is on time and up to date. A consequence of not paying insurance is the cancellation of the insurance. If a driver is pulled over and their record shows canceled insurance, it can be a “pretty hefty fine,” Reeves said.

“You have to pay the fine, you often can get your drivers license suspended,” she said. “When you get your drivers license reinstated, if you’ve had a ticket for no insurance, the state places something called an SR-22 on your record.

This allows them to monitor your insurance and make sure you always have coverage.”

The minimum time frame for an SR-22 to remain on a driver’s record is three years. At any time during those three years, random checks can be done to make sure a driver has insurance associated with their drivers license number.

“If you don’t, you get your license suspended,” she said.

Another factor that influences the price of auto insurance is something called a consumer report. This personal consumer report is to help the insurance agent decide how much risk is involved to insure a particular driver. Some of the driver’s information is put into a system and then, depending on the outcome, the driver is lumped into risk categories.

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Clark, who works for Allstate agent Eric Sorensen, said Allstate uses a system of numbers, one through 16 scores, with one being the best and 16 being the worst risk possible. Clark said this is called an insurance score.

“What they’ve done is compiled a lot of consumer reports, and what they’ve found is that people who tend to have a higher score are ones who usually will file more claims or they don’t pay their bills on time,” Clark said.

Reeves said Farmers Insurance calls the report a FARA and uses an alphabet scoring system with A being the best and Z being the worst.

“Your score can be affected by (many things), including not paying your insurance, if that’s one of the criteria your company looks at,” she said.

AUTO LIMITS There are two different types of auto insurance available: full or liability.

Clark said the term full coverage can be misleading to people. It includes both comprehensive and collision coverage, where liability only covers the other person’s vehicle.

“Full coverage is basically where you have comp and collision on your policy, so it’s gonna cover damages to your car if you’re at fault on the collision and on comp,” she said.“It covers for fire, theft, wind, vandalism and (Allstate) also puts your windshield under that. But it’s a misleading term for some people that don’t know anything about insurance.”

Reeves said a driver receives a declaration page in the mail after they have chosen an insurance company. This paper states coverages and limits for each vehicle insured and shows a figure such as 25/50/25 or 50/100/50. Reeves said understanding this figure is extremely important.

The first number means the bodily injury maximum amount paid out in the event of an accident. This amount, Reeves said, is paid out to other people involved in the accident, not including the insured driver, and helps cover any bodily injury caused to others. The second number means the maximum amount paid to all injuries in one accident, she said.

“Liability limits are generally listed in the thousand dollar increments, so if you have a limit that says 25/50, it means $25,000.

The reason there are two different limits for liability is because there is a per person and per occurrence limit,” she said. “So if you are in a vehicle by yourself and you hit another car that has one person in it, they would have $25,000 for themselves or 50,000 for the entire accident if they needed it.

If you hit a car that has six people in it, you have those same limits of coverage for all those people. So you would have 25,000 per person or 50,000 for the whole accident.”

The third number means the amount put toward property damage.

“This pays for what you hit – the car, the building, anything other than a person,” she said.

Other parts of liability insurance are uninsured motorist and underinsured motorist.

Uninsured motorists pays for personal injury caused by someone else who has no insurance to pay for a driver’s medical damage.

Underinsured motorist coverage means the difference between what the at-fault party’s insurance has and what the actual damage is.

“So let’s say you get injured in an accident and you have $100,000 worth of medical damage to yourself and the person who hit you only had $50,000 of insurance coverage,” Reeves said.

“After their insurance takes over, your underinsured motorist coverage then takes over.”

Collisions and comprehensive insurance are also limit options.

Collision insurance, Reeves said, is hitting anything other than an animal.

“If you hit a building, a car, a phone pole, a mountain, that is all collision insurance,” she said. “If you slide on ice and hit a telephone pole, that would be collision, but negligence is determined based in a claims adjuster deciding how at fault you were at the accident.So they may have some leeway given based on how they want to charge you for the accident. In Farmers, it is looked into.”

Reeves said she describes comprehensive insurance as “random acts of God” and are things that are unavoidable.

“God doesn’t like you,” she said. “Your windshield getting cracked, lightning striking your car, your car being keyed, theft, because those are things you can’t control. You can control your driving on the road though.”

-brittny.jo@aggiemail.usu.edu

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ight students, one professor, two years later. We still remember.

The tragic events of the van crash between Tremonton and Logan rocked USU at the time and left a mark of sadness and emptiness. The loss of eight bright agriculture students was an especially big blow to this university with such a rich foundation and history in agricultural research.

When events such as this occur, it is easy to feel the grief and despair that accompanies it at the time, but continuing to hold what happened in remembrance is something that is all too often lost. Losing touch with heritage and legacy is losing touch with the things that make USU great. The van accident is part of the history of this school and should be something to be held in remembrance.

The tractor parade, sponsored by the Agriculture Technology Club, is a great memorial to the lives of the individuals who died in the crash. It’s easy to remember the deaths of these individuals but that doesn’t teach many lessons. A celebration of death distracts from the real story – the vivid lives that these people lived. Each had a story to tell. Each had ambitions, goals, dreams and talents. They probably saw themselves as humble, everyday people. But taking a minute to examine their achievements highlights a principle that many people struggle to learn their entire lives: each life is valuable and each person contributes something to the world.

Remembering the lives of the nine victims through the tractor parade celebrates life. The wreaths hung on the tractor that led the way tell a story in a fashion that an agriculture student could truly appreciate.

These tractors symbolize their work, ambitions and future. It is fitting that these large, moving machines should stand as a symbolic monument.

This is the second year in a row the tractor parade has been held. This effort to keep remembering should be applauded and the tradition should continue. But a once a year celebration cannot be the only memorial.

Fortunately a bronze memorial is being designed to honor the victims and will eventually be displayed in the new agriculture building, an appropriate location for such a shrine.

Though many students may not remember the students or professor that died in the crash, they can still feel a part of the memorial, as they belong to the same school. Students can also learn a valuable lesson that life is short and precious and each moment must be lived with passion and excitement. Celebrating life is valuable and on the memorial of the van crash, we get a chance to remind ourselves just how valuable life is.

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Provide a good place to eat To the editor:

I was amused by the headline “Marketplace Fails to Meet Demand,” in the Statesman 9/25, but was disappointed that the article amounted to a press release for the incompetent food service at USU. An official “Anderson”, who apparently has no title or first name, was quoted saying, in a nutshell, that everything will be fine, and that the problems at the Marketplace are to be expected, given it’s presence on a campus.

I’ve been on a couple of campuses, and while students often staff food services, most manage to serve edible food at a reasonable price. Since last year, the price of the Marketplace has been substantially increased, while the quality and timeliness of service have gone down hill. In the last two weeks alone, I have been served turkey with the consistency of cardboard and raw potatoes on the side. Drink machines are broken, salad bar is empty, and even the pizza tastes bad.

Just try asking someone to remedy this. The best part is

walking out nd seeing four to six managers hanging out in the office across the hall. The Marketplace has a monopoly, and they should be required to provide reasonable service and a reasonable price. They certainly should not be able to turn people away. And don’t even get me started about the Hub. USU is badly in need of at least one reasonable place on campus to eat lunch.

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A truly unique candidate

any of the leading candidates in the 2008 presidential campaign are unique for a variety of reasons – gender, race, religion, etc. One candidate, however, is unique because of his distinct solutions to the many problems facing our nation today. These solutions are rarely heard from the other contenders in this race, not to mention from government leaders in general. This is not because his ideas are new. This candidate derives his solutions from the Constitution and the teachings of its framers.

This candidate is a gentleman named Ron Paul. Paul is a Congressman from Texas, serving in his 10th term.

Throughout these 20 years of service in the House of Representatives, Paul has been recognized for his consistent

voting record. He has never voted for legislation that was not specifically authorized by the Constitution.

Paul has proven himself to be an opponent to government expansion as well as the increased taxes and national deficit that result in such an expansion. He believes the income earned by American citizens belongs to them, not the government.

The sovereignty of the United States is also a very important issue to Paul. He opposes so-called “free trade” organizations which transfer the authority of Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations to unelected organizations. He also opposes the attempts of the United Nation to tax the U.S. Paul also understands the importance of securing our

borders.

As a member of Congress, Paul voted against the Patriot Act. He does not believe in giving the government authority to spy on Americans.

Because of his willingness to follow the U.S. Constitution, Paul has distinguished himself above the other leading presidential contenders.

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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f you’ve followed The Statesman over the last year, perhaps you’ve noticed the editorial page has been hijacked by the Constitution Party on campus.

With only 340,000 registered members nationwide, the Constitution Party is hardly a political heavyweight. But as the country’s biggest third party, it does have significant footing in smaller conservative and religious communities, like ours.

I welcome some contributions the Constitution Party has made to our political dialogue. For example, they have been outspoken against the occupation of Iraq, the Patriot Act, and the Bush administration’s fiscal recklessness. And while I’m hardly a strict Constitutionalist, I even agree the Constitution deserves more attentive study.

Like Libertarians, Constitutionalists call for the abolition of most federal agencies like the Department of Education and the IRS. They want to withdraw from international institutions, especially the United Nations. They want to eliminate spending on social programs and foreign aid. And they favor a moratorium on nearly all immigration. These policies alone are absurd, but, unlike Libertarians, the Constitution Party also subscribes to an overtly Christian agenda.

The Constitution Party is an Orwellian euphemism for Christian dominionism. The party’s goal, as articulated in their preamble, is to “restore American jurisprudence to its biblical common-law foundations.” To that end, they would criminalize homosexuality, ban all abortions and stem cell research, and prohibit pornography and gambling.

“This great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” they claim.

For starters, Christian dominionism is predicated on shaky theological grounds. Jesus’ teach-

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I went to True Aggie night on Homecoming as a spectator, dragged along by my friends because they said it would be fun to watch. What I discovered there left me with a feeling of emptiness, shame, and anger. As I watched this event of people going up two, sometimes three at a time, I was mildly amused. This amusement ended when two young men decided that they would kiss each other. It was not the locking of lips of two men that bothered me. It was the boo’s

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ings were apolitical, and his message exclusively religious. “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s,” he said, separating church and state (Matthew 22:21). In Romans 13: 1-7, the Apostle Paul was less ambiguous about the gospel’s political indifference. He instructed Christians to submit to their earthly governments for every authority has been appointed by God. However, I care less about whether their philosophy is actually Christian than whether it’s constitutional. With even a cursory reading of the Constitution, it’s obvious the framers, many of whom were deists and agnostics, forbade the intersection of religion and government. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, for example, explicitly bars the Congress from establishing a state religion. The framers’ private writings only further prove their secular intent. And as if to put any doubts to rest, President John Adams approved and the Senate unanimously ratified the Treaty of Tripoli, which reads: “The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion ...”

I frankly doubt the Constitution Party cares about the constitutionality of their platform.

Because, ultimately, they prefer the Puritans’ government to the framers’. Their Bible supersedes the Constitution as the “supreme law of the land.”

It’s been said you can learn a lot about people from the company they keep. The same could be said for the Constitution Party.

Jerome Corsi is the Constitution Party’s foremost “scholar” — their Noam Chomsky.

He is best known for co-authoring “Unfit for

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Hey, to save time and votes, maybe Gladys Knight should run and satisfy all three minorities.

These characteristics of candidates define them to a point, but are they the features that should be most focused on? Is having a woman in the White House the biggest worry in this election? Will a Mormon in Washington turn the country upside down? What role do these characteristics play in the presidential race? Is it something voters should look for or are political issues more important? What’s your take? Let us know at www.utahstatesman.com.

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Japanese culture comes to Logan Party: Foundation very shaky -continued from page 13

By AMANDA MEARS staff writer

It’s not often USU students are able to see a collaboration of award-winning Japanese musicians and artists right on campus.

In fact, according to Atsuko Neely, who helped organized “In the Spirit of Kabuki,� it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

On Tuesday, Sept. 25, a group of performers called the Hanayagi Mitsugi Kai, gathered to perform Japanese music and dance at the Performance Hall.

Neely said Kabuki is the equivalent of a grand opera that would be seen in Italy or Spain. Since these productions are large and elaborate, Neely said the performance was just a sampling of the “essence of Kabuki�.

The members of Hanayagi Mitsugi Kai include four classical Japanese dancers, a tsuzumi (hand-held drum) player, a shamisen (three-string lute) player and a flutist. To round out the evening of Kabuki spirit, there was Kyokugei, a form of acrobatic entertainment.

The group rarely performs all together, Neely said, even in Japan.

After Neely applied to have to group come perform at USU, she said a grant from the Japan Foundation and the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation allowed the Hanayagi Mitsugi Kai performers to come to Logan and share their talent. Neely said it was important to her to introduce this culture to Logan because it is very unique. “This is such a new form of art to us, being away from big cities,� Neely said.

Prior to their evening performance, the Hanayagi Mitsugi Kai held a small rehearsal that was free and open to the public. Neely said the rehearsal was partially for the members, so they could get accustomed to performing with each other before the actual dress rehearsal.

Although Neely said some members were suffering from jet lag due to the fact that they just arrived the night before, they treated the small audience to a taste of what was to come. Using elaborate props and traditional costumes, the Hanayagi Mitsugi Kai presented a picture of classical Japanese culture. “I went because I want to learn more about the culture before I go there,� said Torri Sant, senior majoring in exercise science and nursing, who plans on traveling to Japan some time next year.

Command,� a libelous attack on Sen. John Kerry’s military service, and he is currently celebrated by the Constitution Party for his conspiratorial drivel about the North American Union. What intelligence Corsi may have is not evident in his ritual vilification of Muslims as “ragheads� and Democrats as “anti-American communists.�

The Constitution Party has an alarming number of extremist political bedfellows: gun rights activists who think the NRA is too liberal, nativist vigilantes who patrol the border to repel Mexican “invaders,� and Christian Reconstructionists who want to reinstate draconian Old Testament laws, like the stoning of apostates, homosexuals and disobedient children, among other “traditional values.�

The Constitution Party also has extensive ties to the League of the South, a racist neoConfederate organization. The League of the South has advocated outlawing interracial marriage, deporting Jews and Arabs, and disenfranchising all but white landowning males over 21. President Michael Hill went so far as to call slavery a “God-ordained� institution.

Incredibly, the Constitution Party ran a member of League of the South, Michael Peroutka, as their 2004 presidential candidate. Just this year, JAPANESE DANCERS AND MUSICIANS performed at USU Tuesday night. Atsuko Neely said the show was special because the kind of dancing and music that was performed is hardly seen, even in Japan, Neely said. TYLER LARSON photo

The group donned full makeup and performed for a full house following the rehearsal. The audience gave a standing ovation as the last strings of the lute faded and the dancers graciously bowed. “It met my expectations,� said Omar Rodriguez, junior in mechanical engineering. Rodriguez said he first became interested in the Japanese culture when he studied the language in the Dominican Republic. “I like Japanese music and seeing it live was good.�

Neely said she hopes this experience will resonate with students and community members long after the performance has ended.

-amanda.m@aggiemail.usu.edu

they again championed a blatant white supremacist, Jack Gray, for Salt Lake City Council.

Fortunately, he didn’t make it past the primary.

The Constitution Party has inherited this racism from its political predecessors, the American Independent Party and the U.S. Taxpayers Party.

George Wallace, former governor of Alabama, created the American Independent Party and ran in the 1968 presidential election on its anticivil rights platform. Eventually, the AIP merged with other far-right entities to form the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992. And when the U.S. Taxpayers Party was listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, it changed its name to the Constitution Party.

This is not a proud tradition of which to be a part, and it is not one we should continue. Hopefully, the Constitution Party’s fate is with its forerunners in the ash heap of history.

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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that echoed out in response that sent a chill down my spine.

I thought that I was attending a university, a place that teaches open mindedness and a respect of others.

Instead, I found myself in a sea of people who are not tolerant of someone else’s way of life. My conclusion may be wrong, however. Perhaps the ones that did boo represent a small minority on this campus. I pray that this is the truth. What surprises me most as I write this the next day is my own inability to address what I think is right,

or in this case, wrong.

I decided that I would write The Statesmen, but under a pseudonym. I opened a different email address under the name “Chuck the American� and was ready to send off my opinion when I was informed by the webpage that my essay would not be published under a false identity. I promptly shut my laptop and walked away from the issue, defeated by myself before I even began.

Why can’t I stand up for what I think is right? Is this cowardice universal? Were the

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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 to 5 p.m. in Old Main Room 66. Any questions, contact Joyce Kinkead at joyce.kinkead@usu.edu or call 797-1199.

Clothesline project

The USU Women’s Center Clothesline Project will take place Oct. 1–3 in the TSC International Lounge, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Mon. and Tues. and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The Clothesline Project is a visual display that

bears witness to the violence against women and children. The USU Women’s Center has been displaying these shirts for more than 10 years. Shirt designing may be arranged by contacting the Women’s Center at (435) 797-1728. Confidentiality will be respected.

More to remember: • Body Fat Percentage Testing Thursday, Sept. 27, 6:30-9 p.m.

HPER building room 152. $7 per student sign up in HPER building at “the cage” to have your body fat percentage tested by hydrostatic weighing. Any questions email Phil at phil.blaney@ usu.edu • DEAF AWARENESS WEEK Sept 24-28. Activities: Tuesday 9/25 – ASL Storytelling (Biology and Natural Resources Bldg Room 102) Wednesday 9/26 – ASL Activity night (Lillywhite Building Room 003) Thursday 9/27 – Deaf Panel (Biology and Natural Resources Bldg Room 102) Friday 9/28 – (Deaf Awareness Movie Biology and Natural

Resources Bldg Room 102) All activities are from 7 to 9 p.m.

Come and join in!

• 2006 Evans Biography & Handcart Awards. Friday, Sept. 28 at 2:30 p.m., TSC Ballroom. Honoring Sandra Ailey Petree (Evans Biography Winner) for Patience Loader Roza Archer and Kenneth W. Merrell (Evans Handcart Winner) for Scottish Shepherd: The Life and Times of John Murray Murdoch, Utah Pioneer. Book signing afterwards.

• Utah Lacrosse Association (ULA) is holding training courses for those interested in officiating high school boys lacrosse during the ULA Spring 2008 seasons. Interested individuals can attend one of two clinics: Tuesday, Oct. 16, 6-9 p.m. or Saturday, Oct. 20, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Both clinics will be in the USU Education Bldg, Room 282.

For more information contact Hal Potter at hal.potter@usu.edu • French Club Conversation Hour, every Wednesday at noon at Cafe Ibis in the TSC. If you know french or want to learn come join us!

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