The Utah Statesman - September 28, 2007

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Today is Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 Breaking News

USU soccer defeats Montana 1-0, Thursday at home off a goal by junior defender Alyssa Lowry – her first career goal.

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Campus News

A witness lies about seeing two escaped convicts.

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Features

Paychecks now cut twice a month Semi-monthly checks given to ease stress of once-monthly payments

By LIZ LAWYER assistant news editor

Those students who were working for an hourly wage at USU this summer already know, but those just getting back into the swing of things should be aware that it’s finally happened.

Paychecks are being cut twice a month now.

“It’s a must,” said Adam Cooper, senior in business management and a library employee.

“I’m glad that’s how it is now.”

The semi-monthly payments were started back in May, but many students had headed out for the summer by that time and only this month have begun their on-campus jobs again.

Dave Cowley, now associate vice president for financial services and formerly the USU controller, said the semi-monthly payments were done as a service to students who may have trouble managing their money with only oncemonthly payments.

Cowley said the Controllers Office had had feedback that it was hard to get paid once a month, especially when that check showed up just after rent and utilities were due.

Not only that, but the monthly payments were a factor making it tough to hire new people.

“The feeling was we were having difficulty recruiting the best hourly workers, especially with other employers paying twice a month or even weekly,” Cowley said. “It’s really an initiative to help students that are hourly employees.”

The semi-monthly payments will come out on the 10th and 25th of each month.

Cowley said it was complicated getting the system up and running, and it required

quite a bit of testing as well as collaboration between several campus offices, including the Controllers Office, Human Resources, Information Technology and Student Employment.

“It’s definitely the right idea,” Cooper said.

“It helps a lot in terms of monthly rent. It would be a lot harder to pay otherwise.”

Wyatt Erickson, junior in business and a computer lab employee in the Taggart Student

Students create DVD, brochure to reach Hispanic community

By LIZ LAWYER assistant news editor

When Shanna Harris returned from her LDS mission to Argentina, she was surprised at the differences she saw between the lives of Hispanics in the southern countries and in the states.

“Since I came back I noticed the inequality and disadvantages they face,” said Harris, senior in liberal arts with a Spanish minor.

William Wilson said Thursday night that, in storytelling, accuracy in detail is not the important part of truth. “I think in varying degrees it’s an issue the NOELLE BERLAGE photo whole country is facing in varying degrees.

Maybe it’s more in Cache Valley because we haven’t had a Hispanic population here before and now we have such huge growth.”

Harris and nine other students who are part of an independent studies class in the Spanish department at USU decided to use the class as an opportunity to reach out to

By LIZ LAWYER the Hispanic community in Logan. assistant news editor Craig Petersen, chair of the Cache Valley Regional Council and a professor of econom Accuracy in detail is not the important part of truth ics at USU, said the council was looking at when it comes to story-telling, said William Wilson in ways to help the Hispanic community and thought a DVD and brochure for Latino famhis lecture Thursday in the Logan Tabernacle. ilies new to the valley would help them get “What’s true in Mormon folklore?” Wilson asked the settled and feel more comfortable. Petersen audience of about 300. “The answer, of course, is all of said some estimates put the number of it.”

Hispanic residents of the valley as high as 10 The speech was the 13th annual Leonard J. percent, or about 10,000 people.

Arrington Mormon history lecture. Wilson was the Some of the things new arrivals need help first folklorist invited to talk, the most recent speaker with include finding medical and legal help, following a line of 12 historians. learning where to go to pay bills and have Wilson, professer emeritus of humanities at BYU, basic services set up for their homes, and said his goal in his speech was to correct two misconceptions about folklore. He defined folklore as the part learning how to set up a bank account.

“They don’t have a lot of facilities in English,” Petersen said. “We thought we’d go - See FOLKLORE, page 3 to the students.”

Mormon folklore topic of Arrington lecture

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Opinion “When a student says he or she isn’t from Utah or Idaho, the question is always, ‘What are you doing here?’

Why not here?”

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Center, said he also felt the new system was beneficial.

“I was excited for it when I heard about it in December,” he said. “It’s way easier because I don’t have to wait a full month for the next paycheck.”

Peter Chen, a graduate student in business, said for him, budgeting is not a problem, but it’s still nice to get his checks every two weeks.

–elizabeth.lawyer@aggiemail.usu.edu

Jenny Beck, senior majoring in journalism and communication, helps David Cruz, senior majoring in business on Thursday at the Quickstop in the TSC. Students employed at USU are now receiving semimonthly payments. Checks will come out on the 10th and 25th of each month to help students manage their money and payments. PATRICK ODEN photo

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Logan, Utah

The project is still in its early stages, but the 10 students, most of them return LDS missionaries and all Spanish speakers, have been making contacts in the community with church leaders, educators and typical residents to see what is most needed.

Brandon Syme, junior in nutrition and science, said he thought a project like this was one of the best ways to benefit the Hispanic community. Having also served a mission among Hispanics in California, he said he is familiar with what life can be like being here without papers or support.

“People often are afraid to seek help,” he said. “They don’t speak the language, they don’t know where to go for medical help, for example. They would rather sit and be sick.”

Syme said he sees the project as having a lot of potential to help integrate the community. He said the Hispanic leaders in the community he has spoken to have been enthusiastic about the DVD and brochure as well.

Harris said she thinks there aren’t enough Spanish-speaking contacts for the Hispanic community to rely on. As a parent liaison for Hispanic families at Bridger Elementary, she often meets people who are confused or frustrated. She said when people find out she speaks their language, their relief is evident.

“I look very gringa,” she said, “so people are shy to approach me, but once they know I speak Spanish, they are so much more open, asking question after question. ‘Where do I go to do this? How do I do this?’

“I’m really excited (about this project) because I’ve seen so much frustration from

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Associate Vice President for Business and Finance chosen

By ALISON BAUGH senior writer

In order to better fulfill the current situation in the finance department, a new position was created and David Cowley was chosen to fill the spot.

Officially known as the associate vice president for business and finance, Cowley will work closely with Fred Hunsaker, the vice president for business and finance.

“To the extent possible, we will work as a team to add and help with responsibilities,” Cowley said.

Cowley is no stranger to USU, having received a finance degree and his MBA here. Cowley is also a certified management accountant.

After graduating, he moved into the private sector where he spent

seven years working with businesses such as Electronic Data Systems in Dallas and Pepperidge Farm.

In 1995, Cowley returned to USU, working in numerous positions for the past 12 years. Most recently, he served as associate vice president for finance and controller. His work positions have involved him in groups such as the Legislature, Board of Trustees, Board of Regents and other local and state government agencies.

Cowley will continue working with many of the groups he has in the past, mainly the Controller’s Office. Cowley said he is looking forward to taking the knowledge he has gained in his broad experiences and putting them to use with the upcoming issues he will face.

This new position was created after Lori Selby left, leaving the

COwley

position of executive director of administration open. The office looked at the organization and decided how it could be reconstructed, Cowley said.

They decided the best move

would be to recreate the position to fit the current employees and situations the office was dealing with. The position of associate vice president for business and finance was created, and Cowley was promoted.

“The new position allows us to tailor to serve the needs we currently have,” Hunsaker said.

Cowley’s service to his community was noted by Hunsaker, who also said the department was pleased to have someone with such diverse background experience and desire to serve the community on staff.

Cowley, who officially began his new position Sept. 17, lives in Logan with his wife, two sons and a daughter.

–alison.baugh@aggiemail.usu.edu

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World&Nation

Friday, Sept. 28, 2007

Today’sIssue

Celebs&People

Today is Friday, Sept. 28, 2007.

Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Brisha Bills, a graduate student studying exercise psychology from South Jordan, Utah.

ClarifyCorrect

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, The Utah Statesman ran “Students go without health insurance in spite of risks.” Jim Davis from the Health and Wellness Center clarified that the university insurance does cover maternity and does not have a deductable.

Nat’lBriefs

Bush asks to support troop withdrawal plan WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush, cheered on by Iraq war veterans and their families on the White House’s South Lawn, urged lawmakers Tuesday to back his plan to withdraw some troops from Iraq but keep at least 130,000 through next summer or longer.

“I ask the United States Congress to support the troop levels and the strategies I have embraced,” Bush said, to loud cheers and chants of “USA! USA!” The president briefly addressed about 850 members of military support organizations who were invited to the White House for coffee, juice and pastries. With almost everyone wearing red shirts, people from several organizations gathered at picnic tables set up on the South Lawn in the morning sun.

Prosecutors set charges against O.J. Simpson LAS VEGAS (AP) – O.J. Simpson was charged Tuesday with seven felonies, including kidnapping, in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in a casino-hotel room.

The fallen football star was arrested Sunday after a collector reported a group of armed men charged into his hotel room at a casino and took several items Simpson claimed belonged to him.

Simpson was booked on suspicion of assault and robbery with a deadly weapon. Clark County District Attorney David Roger filed those charges and added kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping, according to court documents.

Simpson, who was accused along with three other men, was also charged with one misdemeanor. He faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted.

He was being held without bail and was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in the robbery reported at the Palace Station casino.

According to the charges, Simpson and the others went to the room under the pretext of brokering a deal with the men.

Once in the room, Simpson prevented one of the collectors from calling 911 on his cell phone “by ripping it out of Bruce Fromong’s hand” while one or more accomplices pointed or displayed a handgun, the document says.

A costume-styled mask lays on the ground after being taken from an armed student at St. John’s University in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 26. The masked student was apprehended after walking through St. John’s University campus. AP Photo

Texting, Facebook are the new security tools after Virginia Tech NEW YORK (AP) – When a masked freshman came to campus at St. John’s University with what police said was a loaded rifle sticking out of a bag, the school alerted students via cell–phone text messages within 18 minutes.

And when a suicidal gunman was reported to be on the loose at the University of Wisconsin, the school sent out mass e-mails and took out an ad on Facebook to warn students.

As the school year starts, colleges around the country are applying the lessons of Virginia Tech and using high technology to get the word out fast in a crisis.

“This was certainly a surprise. No one thought that we would be testing this latest technology this quickly for an emergency,” said James Pellow, executive vice president of St. John’s.

The 20,000-student Roman Catholic school in Queens activated its new text messaging system just three weeks ago.

The scare came on the same day that the student paper ran a front-page story on the system, under the blaring headline: “In case of emergency.”

This week’s incidents at St. John’s and UW-Madison – both of which ended without bloodshed – underscore how campus security has changed since Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in April.

Cho shot his first two victims just after 7 a.m. More than two hours later, he massacred 30 people in a classroom building across campus. It was not until 9:26 a.m. that the school sent the first e-mail to students and faculty. An investigative panel concluded that lives could have been saved if alerts had been sent out earlier and classes canceled after the first burst of gunfire.

Since then, hundreds of schools

administrations have installed textmessaging systems to communicate with students.

Omnilert, a company based in Leesburg, Va., saw its business surge after the Virginia Tech rampage. It is now supplying more than 250 colleges and universities around the country with instant messaging capability – a system called e2Campus.

St. John’s purchased its inCampuAlert text-messaging system from a California company called MIR3 Inc. over the summer, also in response to the Virginia Tech slayings.

The system sends a message not only to cell phones, but also to digital signs in public places like student unions or dorms, as well as to computers, PDAs and beepers.

“Nearly every major college and university in the country is either in the process of implementing a text message warning system or seriously considering do it,” said S. Daniel Carter, senior vice president of Security on Campus, a nonprofit organization based in King of Prussia, Pa., that pushes for safer college campuses.

School officials have not completely given up more traditional ways of communicating with students.

Last week, after two students were shot and wounded at Delaware State University, campus police and residence hall advisers knocked on doors and told students to stay in their rooms, and warnings were posted on the school’s Web site and at dorms.

But it is clear that schools are taking advantage of every innovation they can.

In Wisconsin, officials paid the popular social networking site Facebook $100 to post a flier on the UW-Madison social network. The ad asked users to

Speak Up “Nearly every major college and university in the country is either in the process of implementing a text message warning system or seriously considering it.”

Daniel Carter, vice president of security click on a link for an update on the campus emergency. That took them to the university’s home page, which carried the latest information on the search for a suicidal gunman. Authorities still had not located the man as of Thursday.

In the St. John’s incident, text messages were sent so quickly that a student who helped subdue the suspect felt his cellphone vibrate with the information while he was restraining the gunman.

The message to student read: “From Public Safety. Male was found on campus with rifle. Please stay in your buildings until further notice. He is in custody, but please wait until the all clear.”

The text messaging “worked like a charm,” New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said a day later at a ceremony to honor the student, a police cadet, who helped restrain the suspect.”Young people today are incredibly wired, and administrators have the technology at their fingertips,” said Amanda Lenhart, a researcher for the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

MUMBAI, India (AP) – Five months later, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is still feeling the effects of a kiss from Richard Gere.

Immigration officials at Mumbai airport briefly detained Shetty, saying she was still wanted for obscenity charges filed in the wake of the public kiss with the Hollywood star, her publicist, Dale Bhagwagar said. GERE AND SHETTY Shetty was in tears late Wednesday after being stopped at the airport while on her way to Berlin where the musical “Miss Bollywood” opens this weekend, said Bhagwagar. Shetty plays the musical’s lead role.

“She called me in the middle of the night and was in tears,” said Bhagwagar, adding Shetty was finally permitted to join her dance troupe after prolonged questioning.

“I can understand something like this if I’d committed a criminal offense. But what was my offense, when I’m just an actor, going to perform a musical on foreign land,” Bhagwagar quoted Shetty saying.

Gere embraced and kissed Shetty on her cheek at a public AIDS awareness event in New Delhi in April, sparking an outcry among conservative hardline Hindus, who claimed the pair had violated the country’s strict anti-obscenity laws.

A regional court issued arrest warrants against Gere and barred Shetty from leaving the country. The order was soon overturned by the Supreme Court.

But the Supreme Court ruling didn’t show up in the immigration department computer system, Bhagwagar said.

Immigration officials at Mumbai’s international airport couldn’t be reached for comment,

LateNiteHumor Top Ten Signs Your Baby Is Too Fat from Sept. 26, 2007.

10– She has your eyes and Barry Bonds’ head 9– Doctor says, “It’s a... Good Lord!”

8– “Baby carriage” is a forklift 7– The kid’s got more chins than fingers 6– Incubator littered with baby back ribs 5– Local news crew shows up thinking a baby elephant has been born 4– His pacifier is a stick of butter 3– Nevermind a c-section, you had a d-section! I tell you, folks, that’s one fat baby!

2– First word: Bacon 1– Twice a day the kid gets mistaken for Rosie O’Donnell

StatesmanCampus News

Friday, Sept. 28, 2007

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Voucher backers: Where is Gov. Huntsman? Briefs SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – With less than six weeks remaining before a statewide vote on vouchers, Gov. Jon Huntsman is staying on the sidelines, declining to get pulled into a hot public campaign about tax dollars for private schools.

The silence is angering many conservatives and voucher supporters, who feel Huntsman’s hands-off approach is threatening the voucher movement at a critical point. The popular Republican endorsed the subsidies as a candidate in 2004 and signed the law in February.

“I wish he would step up and be heard here,” said Sen. Scott Jenkins, RPlain City. “A guy that’s pro-something goes out and works it and says, ‘I support it.’ You don’t hear that from him.”

Huntsman isn’t appearing in the numerous television commercials airing throughout the state and isn’t using his bully pulpit to lead public rallies in support for the program, either.

In contrast, fellow Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford spoke to thousands through a megaphone at a statehouse rally earlier this year in a failed effort to pass a similar voucher law.

“I think the overall feeling is, ‘Where is Governor Huntsman? Where is he and why has he backed away and separated himself from this issue?’

Because that’s what it appears he’s done,” said Rep. Carl Wimmer, RHerriman. “There’s a lot of people who are disappointed.”

Huntsman said he doesn’t understand the complaints.

He said he never denies supporting

vouchers and answers questions about them during radio and TV interviews, as he did Thursday during his monthly news conference at KUED. “The only thing I haven’t done is to be a ... pitch person for one particular side of the debate,” Huntsman said.

He said he doesn’t believe it’s proper for a governor to become the poster-

Speak Up “I think the overall feeling is ‘Where is Governor Huntsman?

Where is he and why has he backed away and separated himself from this issue?’ Because that’s what it appears he’s done. There’s a lot of people who are disappointed.”

Rep. Carl Wimmer, R–Herriman boy in commercials paid for by special interests.

The sponsor of the voucher bill, Rep. Stephen Urquhart, R-St. George, said he’s frustrated with Huntsman.

“The governor has political capital – far more political capital than any individual legislator – so it’d be nice to see him spend it on this issue,” he said.

Huntsman has spent political

capital before, leading a controversial effort to keep a pro soccer team here.

It was the one issue Huntsman publicly lobbied lawmakers for this year.

Legislative leaders did the heavy lifting to get the voucher program passed.

The program would give $500 to $3,000 per child to families to use for tuition a private school. The program in Utah, unlike in other states, is not restricted to kids in poorly performing schools.

The law was suspended earlier this year – before anyone received voucher funds – when opponents collected more than 120,000 signatures to force a statewide vote.

Critics say vouchers are poor policy when Utah is starving its public schools of money. Utah spends less per student than any other state and has the nation’s largest class sizes.

Polls show most voters oppose vouchers, along with nearly every educational group in the state, making a November victory an uphill battle for voucher supporters.

A teachers union, the National Education Association, is pouring more than $1.6 million into the antivoucher campaign. Voucher fans, trying to fire up conservative Utahns, have run TV ads blasting the “liberal” union and even splashing the face of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., on the screen.

Huntsman appears in one provoucher ad – on the Internet. It has been viewed on YouTube fewer than 500 times since it was posted in March. He is surrounded by children and their parents but doesn’t speak. A narrator describes the benefits.

Opportunities expanding across state

By RANAE BANGERTER staff writer

The University of Utah plans to partner with Dixie State College by next fall, but USU has been providing opportunities for four-year degrees in two southern Utah schools for a while.

The two independent institutions, Snow College and the College of Eastern Utah, offer associate degrees, but with USU’s help, the students there can also earn higher degrees.

“It’s the same issue which is right now with Dixie being a two-year school. Residents of St. George don’t have the opportunity to finish a fouryear program right there at home, so if they were to partner with the University of Utah, then they would have the same opportunities that we are presenting to students,” said USU Executive Vice President and Provost Raymond Coward.

Vice provost for Regional Campuses and Distance Education Ronda Menlove said it was a wise use of university resources for larger institutions to assist the smaller institutions.

“I think it uses the state taxpayer resources better, rather than developing completely new programs at Dixie,” she said.

The state saves money and resources by not having to build more facilities for these programs, Coward said.

“We’ll use their facilities,” Coward said, “but it will be USU courses with USU credit towards a

USU degree.”

Along with the two partner schools in southern Utah, USU is working with a committee to provide four-year degrees for Salt Lake Community College students.

For the Tooele SLCC campus, USU is working with SLCC and The Applied Technology College for the state of Utah, Menlove said.

Menlove said the committee is concerned with the needs of the counties and how they can support the needs of the residents through higher education in Tooele and elsewhere.

“The driving force is that right now those counties and those locations do not have any four-year universities serving them,” Coward said.

He said USU’s partner colleges are located hundreds of miles away from four-year institutions, which makes it difficult for students who stay in those communities to earn a higher degree.

“The state Legislature asked us to partner with those institutions, so that people in those locations will have the opportunity to finish a four-year degree right there in their hometown without having to pick up and move somewhere else,” Coward said.

By providing those services, students in smaller communities will be able to receive their associate degrees from the college and then seamlessly transfer to USU’s baccalaureate programs, he said.

“It is all about creating these opportunities for students,” Coward said.

–ranae.bang@aggiemail.usu.edu

Witness lies about seeing killers MANILA, Utah (AP) – The search for two escaped killers suffered a setback Thursday when a key witness confessed he lied about being solicited for a ride by the men two days ago, authorities said.

Other witnesses who reported seeing the inmates along the same stretch of U.S. 191 were mistaken, authorities determined.

They were believed to have spotted hunters or other people.

“It’s kind of scaled things down a bit,” said sheriff’s Detective Dick Blust Jr. of Sweetwater County, Wyo., who was in Utah to assist in the manhunt.

The search, however, was shifting to “promising” leads developed Thursday by U.S. marshals, said Blust, who said he couldn’t divulge the nature of those leads.

The key witness, a 27-year-old Vernal man, admitted to police

Thursday “that he made it all up” and will face criminal charges, Blust said.

He also could be billed for two days authorities spent searching along a stretch of U.S. 191. The rugged area is about 35 miles from the Daggett County jail, where the inmates broke out Sunday, and halfway to the oil town of Vernal.

The witness said he was solicited for a ride by two men in jail garb at a rest stop at the historic Stringham Cabin along the highway, where upward of 60 local, state and federal authorities converged for an intensive search.

From the start, the search has involved helicopters with heatsensing equipment, airplanes and SWAT and dog teams.

Searchers would have spent some time along the highway, one of three roads leading from remote Manila, but the bogus

Inmates danny MARTIN Gallegos, 49, and Juan Carlos DiazArevelo, 27, right, have escaped from the Daggett County Jail near the Utah-Wyoming border. A key witness recently confessed to lying about a sighting of the men. AP Photo/Daggett County Sheriff

report sapped law enforcement efforts, Blust said.

Authorities are working dual theories that the inmates might still be hiding in the area or could have left the region altogether, he said.

Juan Carlos Diaz-Arevalo, 27, and Danny Martin Gallegos, 49, could be “worn down” by hunger and freezing nighttime temperatures on their fifth day on the loose, he said.

Diaz-Arevelo was convicted of murder and child abuse in 2006.

Authorities say Lindsey Fawson, 22, was shot in the face with a sawed-off shotgun in 2005 in Draper, a Salt Lake City suburb.

Gallegos was convicted of aggravated murder in 1991 in Salt Lake County. He pleaded guilty to shooting an 18-year-old woman after hiding in the apartment of an ex-girlfriend. He was denied parole in 2005.

Because of crowding, the two men had been transferred to the jail from the state prison during summer, said Jack Ford, a spokesman for the Utah Department of Corrections.

Gov. Jon Huntsman said he would like to build a larger prison that can hold more inmates. But he said it could be several years before the state can afford it.

He said state officials are reviewing security plans at jails where state prisoners are being held.

“People like the governor. They seem to trust him. If he got behind this ... I’m sure it would be helpful,” said Quin Monson, a political scientist at Brigham Young University.

On the other hand, “he doesn’t want to be on the losing side of an issue – and the likelihood is that it is going to lose,” Monson said.

Others say part of Huntsman’s appeal as a candidate in 2004 was his support for vouchers. They’re puzzled by his absence in the public debate.

“He thinks people need to be educated (on vouchers). In fact, there’s nobody better than the governor to make that case,” said University of Utah political scientist Matthew Burbank.

“The pro-voucher people are a lot better off having Governor Huntsman make the case for vouchers rather than have leaders in the state Legislature make that case,” he said.

Huntsman has frequently said that he did his part in signing the law, and that it’s up to the public to educate themselves about whether it is a worthy program.

Those statements are comforting to Utahns for Public Schools, which is leading the anti-voucher campaign.

“I think it’s good that it’s not become a political pressure game for him,” spokeswoman Lisa Johnson said.

“We appreciate his statements that he will accept the referendum as an upor-down vote.”

That could be a smart political move, too, Jenkins said.

“I guess when you have an approval rating as high as his,” the state lawmaker said, “you don’t want to get anybody mad.”

Folklore: Misconceptions -continued from page 1 of culture transmitted over time and from place to place not as formal curriculum but as stories and legends of the past.

The first misconception he addressed was that folklore is kept and perpetuated only by simple, unlettered people.

“Who are the folk, then?” he said. “We are. All of us in this room. We transmit folklore because we are human beings dealing with human problems.”

Wilson said those who believe folklore is for the superstitious and old miss the folklore around them.

The second misconception, Wilson said, is that folklore only deals with old things and long-ago times.

Wilson said folklore is how a group of people expresses its values. Stories change with time to emphasize what is important to the community. They often migrate from place to place and even spin off new tales, Wilson said.

“Folklore gives an accurate picture of what people believe to be true,” he said, “it doesn’t necessarily have a precise depiction of things that happened.

More often than not there will be a disconnect between what happened and what people believe to be true.”

Mormon folklore in recent times generally cluster around three themes: missionary work, family geneology and welfare, Wilson said. Mormons especially love to tell stories about divine intervention and messages from beyond the grave, he said. Over the years, Wilson and his students have gathered about 1,500 versions of stories about the three Nephites, figures from the Book of Mormon members of the LDS church believe to still be walking the earth, doing God’s will.

Many versions of this stories include missionaries being protected from violence or accidents, or people receiving help from a stranger who said little and disappeared before he could be thanked.

Wilson told a story about a pioneer woman traveling across the plains alone with her children when they broke a wheel. Were it not for a mysterious stranger – presumably one of the legendary three Nephites – who helped fix the wheel, they would have been stuck.

Then he told another version of the story, which included a car and a flat tire.

The important part of the stories, Wilson said, was not the details. Both stories had the same message that divine help is available to those who need it.

“Legends reveal the significance of events,” he said.

Individuals learn how to see, act, respond and behave themselves according to the folklore told by in family and community, he said.

“Folklore mirrors the culture of the people that possess it,” Wilson said. “In other words, what is in the culture is in the folklore.”

Folklore can also reveal people’s prejudices and negative sides, such as a story based in the 19th century about a cocky, abusive Indian and a brave Mormon girl who defended herself by running one of his braids through a wringer.

“Folklore can give off the impression that Mormonism is a self-centered religion whose members are only concerned with what God can do for them,” Wilson said. “Or the dramatic tales of divine intervention can be seen as behavioral models to tell people to help others as they have been helped.”

The stories’ most important messages are that if such great things could happen then the underlying principles such as missionary work must be true and important.

“For Mormons striving to live their religion these are central,” Wilson said.

After all, he said, the last misconception about folklore is that it’s not true.

–elizabeth.lawyer@aggiemail.usu.edu

Campus & Community

Provost lecture begins today with Ken Bain Ken Bain, prominent scholar and author of “What the Best College Teachers Do,” will speak at Utah State University Friday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. in the Eccles Science Learning Center, Room 130. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The lecture is part of a series of lectures throughout the year hosted by the Provost’s office at USU. The lectures focus on education and excellent teaching.

Bain, the opening speaker, is director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Montclair University.

“Dr. Bain will emphasize the heart and soul of good teaching,” said Ann Austin, vice provost and professor in the department of family, consumer and human development at USU. “Faculty members at USU are deeply committed to students.

They want students to succeed; they will be energized by Dr. Bain’s message and will relate to his passion for teaching.”

Bain, the founder of four major teaching and learning centers in the United States, will discuss his 15-year study of nearly 100 college teachers. He will focus on two questions: first, what makes a great teacher and, second, who are the professors students remember long after graduation?

“We hope everyone will take advantage of this remarkable opportunity,” said Austin.

Bain’s lecture is appropriate for firstyear and seasoned educators alike. All are invited to attend, including students and community members.

The next lecture in the series features Nancy Chism, associate vice chancellor at Indiana University. She will speak at the fall department heads’ retreat Oct. 12 on strategies for peer evaluation of teaching.

On Oct. 26, USU faculty on the Logan campus and in the Uintah Basin will participate in a Web based conference on developing and evaluating teaching portfolios.

For information on the series, contact Austin at 797-8273.

Performance Hall receives Merit Award USU’s Wanlass Performance Hall, which opened in January 2006, recently received a Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects, California Council. It has been hailed as “...expressive exterior that would establish the recital hall as a regional landmark, attract music lovers and provide a performance space and acoustical setting demanded by world-class traveling musical ensembles.”

A National jury was selected in reviewing and visiting more than 350 applications of architectural excellence by California architects. Sasaki Associates, Inc., which designed the Performance Hall, was recently awarded recognition for their architecture designs in Bejing, China, in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.

A link of the designs can be found on the Sasaki website.

Contact Daniel Carlos or Al Arizmendez (562) 467-2020 for more information or to speak with one of the Sasaki architects. Or, e-mail Carlos, danny@millergeer.com.

Fiddle contest to be held Saturday night The Old Time Fiddle Contest is on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The American West Heritage Center, 4025 S. Highway 8991, Wellsville, invites fiddlers and folk musicians of all ages to participate in the annual Heritage Old-Time Fiddle Contest, to take place during the Heritage Center’s Fall Harvest Festival.

The contest will not only feature old time fiddling, but will also hold competitions for banjo, mandolin and guitar as well. The contestant registration form and fiddle contest rules (based on Winfield Rules) are available to download from the Heritage Center’s website. Prizes will be awarded to all winners in each division.

Participants must pre-register for this competition before Sept. 15. Categories for fiddlers will include Pee Wee Division (under age 8), Small Fry Division (8 - 11), Junior Division (12-16), Adult Division.

There are also open categories for Guitar, Mandolin and Banjo.

-Compiled from staff and media reports

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grow?

Flowers are the universal way of saying, “I’m sorry,” “Thank you” and “I love you,” but spend one day behind the scenes at Blush Floral Designs, and it is easy to see there is much more to them.

As the wedding and event coordinator at Blush, which is located on 575 E. 1400 North, Heather Ketterer is in charge of making bridal bouquets, placing flower orders, making photography plans, filling daily floral arrangement orders and dealing with mothers of brides.

Ketterer’s day starts at 9:30 a.m., half an hour before the store opens. She said her first activity is making colored bouquets while she listens to background classical music.

“This is the kind of job you enjoy going to every morning,” Ketterer said. “It’s like my sanctuary. I have never woken up and thought, ‘I don’t want to go to work.’”

In a typical day, Ketterer said she cleans the cooler that is filled with vases of flowers, sends out wedding invoices, orders flowers and table linens and designs dozens of flower arrangements.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, a large delivery truck filled with a variety of flowers, most of which come from South America, pulls into the parking lot of Blush, and it is Ketterer’s job to pick out the flowers Blush will need.

“I look at the orders first to see what we will need,” Ketterer said, “and then I just pick out whatever catches my eye.”

After scooping up bunches of flowers in every color, Ketterer brings them inside and begins clipping the stems and places them in warm water. Contrary to popular belief, flowers actually survive better in warm water rather than cold water, Ketterer said. After the flowers are all processed, Ketterer said she goes to work creating orders that have been called in.

The most interesting orders Ketterer said she receives are when the person giving the flowers is adamant about remaining anonymous.

“People will say, ‘Don’t tell her even if she begs,’ but then when we tell the person receiving the flowers that it is anonymous, they are usually like, ‘Oh, I know who it is,’” Ketterer said.

- See FLOWERS, page 5

Heather ketterer spends every day with flowers. As the wedding and event coordinator at Blush Floral Desgin, Ketterer said she enjoys going to work each morning where she makes bridal bouqets, photography plans and places orders. DEBRA HAWKINS photo

Local food tour allows the public to taste it all

By COURTNIE PACKER senior writer

If students are looking for something to do that includes food, fun and getting out of the apartment for a few hours, the Cache Valley Food Tour may be a perfect night out on the town.

The food tour is a self-guided tour throughout Cache Valley, where visitors are given the opportunity to visit some of the local food businesses and take a taste of the best food products in Cache valley.

“Cache Valley Food Tour is a unique opportunity for people to see behind the scenes, some of the famous food products produced here in Cache Valley,” said Julie Hollist, director of Cache Valley Visitors Bureau.

When people think of Cache Valley, they may think of cheese. However, Cache Valley is also home to some of the finest coffee houses, honey products and ice cream companies in the state.

“There are a lot of products grown here in Cache Valley, and people are interested in how they are made,” Hollist said.

The tour includes bread, chocolate, coffee, dairy, fruit and honey businesses in Cache Valley.

Cox Honeyland, for example, is a family-owned business where customers can see bees actually making honey.

“We have been a part of the food tour for a number of years. In our store, we have a live beehive under glass, which holds a working hive where you can see the bees coming in and out. We have a gour-

met food room, a video about bees and interesting bee facts,” said Maleesa Jacobson, an employee of Cox Honeyland.

At Cox Honeyland, tourists can discover why Utah is named the Beehive State. They can see workers fill honey jars and view a large tank of honey.

Tourists may also enjoy purchasing and tasting the honey products, fresh fudge and caramel apples.

Another distinctive business on the tour is Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread.

“Our main goal of Crumb Brothers is to provide bread and pastries that you do not find anywhere in Utah,” owner Bill Oblock said.

Crumb Brothers makes their bread from natural starters and organic flours, and it uses a hearth oven to bake.

“This style of bread has been made for 100 years,” Oblock said. “This is the best way to create this delicious European bread.”

Crumb Brothers is locally owned and includes products such as croissants, scones, fruit Danish and quiches.

Oblock said, “We have a cinnamon pull-apart that is one of our simplest pastries, but it is very delicious.”

And at Caffe Ibis, tourists can try fresh coffee.

Caffe Ibis Manager Michelle Nielsen said, “We are a coffee-roasting company. We serve organic food, which is prepared fresh with no additives. We have the most triple-certified coffee in the world.”

Caffe Ibis is a 35-year-old award-winning green

- See TOUR, page 7

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Ice center offers public programs

By JENNA QUINN staff writer

Students can get an early start on winter activities by visiting one of the coldest places in the valley, the George S. Eccles Ice Center.

The center, which offers several programs to the public, caters to nearly every age group and skating skill level.

HOCKEY

Hockey season has begun, which means practices are held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. USU hockey games are on Friday or Saturday at 8 p.m.

Carissa Anderson, who has worked at the ice center for more than five years, said the hockey games get a pretty big turnout.

“Last Friday there were over 1,300 people there,” she said.

Cost of attendance is $4 for students with IDs or $6 for

adults. Season tickets are also available.

BROOMBALL Broomball is a new program offered at the Eccles Ice Center.

According to the center’s press release, the game is similar to hockey, but with no shoes.

Broomball is offered Fridays from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m., and the cost is $4.50. Groups of 12 or

- See SKATE, page 7

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Flowers: Florist enjoys working with plants

Green canyon farms corn maze is open for the Halloween season. It is located by the George S. Eccles Ice Center. Photo taken by Mountain Air Helicopters which provides helicopter training for Logan area. Photo courtesy Ed Mitchell.

Itsy bitsy spider

By BRITTNY GOODSELL JONES assistant features editor

A huge spider is hiding in a North Logan corn field.

The Green Canyon Farms Corn Maze is in the shape of a spider this year, waiting to snare people into its web made of corn. But beware of wrong turns, because following the wrong part of the spider’s web may cause customers to remain lost for the evening.

“The spider can be a challenge,” Ron Jensen, owner of the corn maze, said. “You have to go through the spider to get to the end.”

But besides paying attention to making the right turns, Jensen said to be aware of the haunts who are placed throughout the maze during weekends in October.

“We’ve had people run out of their shoes,” he said.

There are about 12 people who dress up and wear masks, Jensen said, to help bring the spirit of the event alive. These people strategically place themselves throughout the maze while customers wait to see what happens.

“We don’t want to give it away or tell what they actually do, but they do some interesting things,” Jensen said with a laugh.

There is also a chainsaw man who plants himself in the maze and waits for people to come into his area. Jensen said he has dressed up as the chainsaw man before and keeps a collection of good scares.

“I’m sitting out there (dressed as the chainsaw man), and of course you got the fumes of the chainsaw so people coming on the trail know it’s coming,” he said. “This guy was being a smart aleck and he was starting to say, ‘Ohhh the chainsaw man,’ making comments like that. So he starts to get out ahead of his group and he’s jumping, looking into the corn saying the same comment over and over. He happened to land and jump right in front me, looking straight at me, and I ripped the chainsaw right then. His eyes were just big.

“His feet didn’t even touch the ground and he was gone. The rest of the group were laughing so hard, but at the same time, they were scared so they were falling down over each other. The poor girls were getting trampled.”

Jensen said to remember the corn maze stays away from “evil scary” and focuses more on a “startling scare.” He said he has found cell phones on the ground due to people tripping or running quickly away from a haunt.

Nancy Jensen, who also works at the maze, said her family has worked hard to create the 13acre maze and keep it going.

“There was just one corn maze (when we started), and it was on the other end of the valley,” she said. “We thought we’d do one that was more challenging.”

Nancy Jensen said the corn maze is made into a different shape each year, and the shape normally has something to do with the Halloween season. A computer program is used to design

the picture and then the field is tape measured to get accuracy for the design. Ron Jensen said it takes weeks to “get it all down.” And Nancy Jensen said they start thinking of a new pattern as soon as the corn maze seasons ends.

Meighan Peck, sophomore in special education, said the Green Canyon Farms Corn Maze was her first corn maze experience and she went because she heard it was haunted.

“You can talk and it’s still dark like a movie,” Peck said with a laugh. “(My date) can’t tell if I blush or not.”

Chase Christensen, undeclared sophomore, said going to a corn maze is “way more fun and original” than just taking a date to the movies.

Ron Jensen said a movie doesn’t offer the opportunity to communicate or even “google at each other.” Nancy Jensen said the corn maze offers the chance to be active and agrees that it offers the experience of getting to know each other better, especially if her customers are on a date. She also said she has known of some people who come up from Ogden each year specifically for the Green Canyon Farms Corn Maze and the Pumpkin Walk, which are two events unique to Cache Valley.

Ron Jensen said the history of the corn maze may go back to medieval times when hedges were placed around castles. These hedges, when fully grown, helped slow down the enemy or an attack on the castle since the enemy didn’t know the best path to take to reach the castle, he said.

Ron and Nancy Jensen said they both agree to make sure customers are safe and smart with their corn maze etiquette, remembering to also be polite to others in the corn maze.

While waiting to go into the corn maze, two customers at a time can race through a much smaller maze made out of hay bales.

Another challenge the corn maze offers is giving the customer the opportunity to find fake money, or “corny cash,” which has been hidden on the trails. The fake cash, which has jokes written on it, is rolled up in a tube and tied onto cornstalks. On the back of each piece of fake cash paper is an offer for something free like a candy bar or a soda. Some can even be traded in for a free T-shirt.

Candy, soda and hot chocolate are offered at two places throughout the maze with one Pepsi trailer located at the beginning and the other located on the east side in the maze. Cash and local checks are accepted. Customers can also buy head lamps or small flashlights to help see their way through the maze.

Green Canyon Farms Corn Maze is located north of the Eccles Ice Center. The corn maze is open Monday through Saturday. Monday through Thursday hours are 5 to 11 p.m. The corn maze is open from 5 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and 2 p.m. to midnight on Saturdays.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for students with a student ID. Family rates are $25 and include two adults and four kids. Kids ages 3 through 11 cost $4.

-brittny.jo@aggiemail.usu.edu Logan

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Ketterer said she became interested in working in the floral industry after she was asked to help open a new flower shop at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City during the 2002 Olympics.

Ketterer quickly learned the basics of floral arranging, and when Ketterer moved to Logan with her husband, she said wanted to continue working with flowers.

Although Ketterer enjoys her job, she said the only thing she dislikes is when she is unable to please a customer.

“I hate disappointing anyone,” said Ketterer, “like when a bride comes in with a budget and you have to tell them the arrangement they love is too much (money).”

Contrary to typical images of “bridezillas,” Ketterer said most brides actually don’t know what they want when they come and are open to suggestion.

“If the brides don’t know what they want, I help them figure it out,” Ketterer said. “Some of them don’t even know what colors they want, but that’s what makes this job fun.”

During “wedding season,” which just ended, Ketterer said she has made floral arrangements

for up to 11 weddings in two weeks. Despite the hectic schedule, Ketterer said the most stressful thing when working on a wedding can be the bride’s mother.

“Even the most stressful experience I’ve had dealing with a mother was a good experience because it turned out to be the prettiest wedding I have ever seen,” Ketterer said.

Blush Floral Designs offers an array of gifts such as bath and body products and gourmet food. Shane Richards, the owner of Blush, said Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are typically the busiest days of the year for them.

“Those are definitely our biggest days for business,” Richards said. “We are usually here until 8:30 or 9 p.m.”

Richards said he is first and foremost a horticulturist and that he became involved with flowers and plants because, simply put, “They’re fun.”

“I love working outside with plants, but I hate the hot summers and cold winters,” Richards said.

“So I mostly work outside in the spring and fall and spend a lot of time here in the summer and winter.”

During the busy holidays at Blush, Richards said all five of the the employees at Blush come in and work together to get things done quickly.

“We all have a really good time,” Richards said.

Ketterer is usually the only one working until around noon, when a part-time employee comes in to help with the flower orders and cleaning up the store.

“They have school and other jobs, so they usually only work part time ... but there is plenty for them to do,” Ketterer said.

There is a lot of waste that comes from working with plants, and Richards said cleaning can be the hardest part of the job. There is always organizing to be done and coolers to be cleaned, she said.

The employees at Blush Floral Designs are currently preparing for the annual Bridal Faire held on the USU campus Sept. 29. Some members of the Blush staff will be there along with other florists in the valley to give future brides a taste of what they have to offer, Richards said.

-Amanda.m@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Who decided what I could text?

My phone’s predictive text feature is trying to keep me out of hell, something I’ll be the first to admit is a gargantuan task at this point.

Instead of being happy that my phone’s text messaging system was designed by Mother Teresa, I’m just upset because it stifles my ability to fill cell phone land with elegant choruses of profanity. This is extremely troubling because I thought the empty text message screen would be a blank canvas waiting to be painted with my colorful language – after all, profanity is my preferred medium.

No, no.

Instead of priceless strings of profanity, I’m stuck with such words as dual and duck.

These aren’t suitable replacements for words so important to the very core of my profanity hobby. It’s the f-word, for those of you who are slow on the uptake.

Ducking just sounds like someone who is trying not to swear, but still wants to sound edgy and bad-A by using forms of the word. By changing just one letter, or only saying the first syllable, you look like a ducking dumb A. Just say the whole ducking word for dual’s sake, because God can hear what you’re thinking too.

The f dash dash dash word isn’t alone, as other examples abound. Instead of sh--, I get shiv. A cool word in its own right, but replacing the real word with it often skews the meaning of what I’m trying to say. Example: “I took a shiv” really doesn’t get across what I was trying to say, but makes me sound pretty hardcore.

At least shiv is a usable word. To get to the “bi” word, I go through things like citag and chubi. There’s just no feeling involved when you text somebody this: “I hate you. I hope you burn in hell, you son of a citag.” That just sounds strange, like someone trying to speak Elven over World of Warcraft.

And apparently in predictive text land, all children have fathers, because the word bastard doesn’t even exist. Texting the phrase, “The bastards are holding me down,” would take forever because I’d have to spell out the main word in the sentence, and after about

five tries, I would spike my phone off the floor, just before I have an aneurysm.

But the biggest atrocity of predictive text may be ass. I have to wade through four words – if you can call combinations of letters like, app, bps, apr, crs, words – before I get to ass, which isn’t even a really bad word. It’s like the nonalcoholic beer of swear words. It needs a lot of profanity multiplication help before it could offend anyone not dressed in a sweater vest, holding up a you-will-burn-because-youtexted-the-word-ass book.

A brief aside: Think of profanity multiplication like adding on certain combos to enhance the score of a trick on Tony Hawk. Except profanity multiplication is much more important than a video game.

It’s not just swear words that don’t exist in the awfully boring world of predictive text – words with sexual connotations don’t exist either.

Predictive text land doesn’t even have boobs – that’s a problem, and not just in a dirty way, but how are infants going to be nourished? And there must not be any nudie magazines like Playboy or National Geographic in this oddest of lands.

That’s not the worst either. Boobs have been replaced with bombs. What a violent turn predictive text has taken. Sad. But I guess you also get combs too – who combs their hair anyway?

I know what some of you are saying. Is it really that hard to hit the next button, or just type these words in?

First of all, that’s not the point. My predictive text shouldn’t have some buffer between me and what I’d actually like to say. Are you suggesting those words don’t come up because of some childproofing in the system?

That’s bullshiv.

Second, do you know how hard it is to spell stuff out and scroll through asinine words while you’re trying to drunk text people using your nose because you have a forty of Miller Genuine Draft duct taped to each of your hands?

Hard.

It’s even hard to drunk text with both hands free. The diminishing motor skills don’t make it easy to hit all the right keys. The combination of the overall mental stupor and blurred vision doesn’t make it easy to remember which letters go with which numbers.

Beyond that, your spelling in an intoxicated state reverts back to before hooked on phonics worked for you. Mix the necessity of the next button into that little batch of mayhem, and you get some pretty incredibly unreadable messages.

“Dude 4? drunk.”

“Of two man. Drunk as shiv.”

“We need some got citags over here” “Ducking write.”

The amazing thing is, humans can actually carry on a texting conversation like this for hours and completely understand each other.

People could find the meaning of life in one of these text sessions, but when they sober up and look through their messages the next morning, there’s no way in hell they could read a sentence of it.

All this points to one thing: truly predictive text – a text message system that reads my mind and knows that every time I enter the letter “f,” I intend on adding a “u” and some other consonants to it.

Right now, my predictive text is about as predictive as a John Edwards-Miss Cleo lovechild. And until we have the technology to pull off truly predictive text, I’ll be stuck with my ducking piece of shiv excuse for a son-of-citaging, text messaging system.

Dave Baker is a senior majoring in print journalism. Comments and questions can be sent to Da.bake@ aggiemail.usu.edu.

“Resident Evil: Extinction” zombified my brain It’s hard as a student critic to go see every movie that comes out on any given week. Sometimes I’m forced to choose between movies.

This week I had to pick between “Resident Evil: Extinction” and “Good Luck Chuck.” After a quick check of Rottentomatoes.com, I found out that “Good Luck Chuck” had a dismal 3 percent on the critic ‘Tomatometer.’ So, “Resident Evil” it was.

Here is where I usually describe the plot of the movie before going into depth why I liked or didn’t like it. But, I assume we all know the plot; actually I need a better word here, how about motive? OK, so we all understand the motive behind the “Resident Evil” movies right? Big corporation creates virus. Virus gets released. People get infected. People turn into zombies. Milla Jovovich (“The Fifth

Aaron Peck movie critic

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“Resident Evil”

Element”) commences in blowing their brains out.

Now that we’ve got the basics down, we can talk about this third installment in this tired series of movies. The virus has taken over the entire Earth, affecting everything from people to birds. The world looks like it did in the “Mad Max” movies, but without any creative thought.

Take for example a scene where a convoy of survivors, including

Jovovich, drives into Las Vegas, which is now covered in sand.

Giant dunes have engulfed the once-electric Strip, and you find yourself wondering, “Did the virus affect the sand too?” What the filmmaker tried to do here was give the audience a scene where they go, “Whoa.” Instead, the scene befuddled me. What purpose does it serve to cover the whole city in sand? Then we get our answer when one survivor asks, “What happened?” Jovovich answers by saying, “The desert took it back.

Five years with no one to keep the sand back.” Right! I forgot about all those people employed as ‘sand keeper backers’ down there in Sin City.

Sadly, the rest of the movie is just about this brainless. The Umbrella Corp., which released the virus in the first place, has a new plan.

They are going to domesticate the zombies and create a docile workforce. Can you imagine a friendly zombie grunting “Hello” as you enter Wal-Mart? What a world that would be. Does anyone want to guess how this domesticating program goes? That’s right – badly. At least the movie’s consistent, right?

It’s easy to see the parallels “Resident Evil” tries to draw from big business and how their uncaring attitude toward people will eventually end poorly for the rest of us. But, that shouldn’t be the lesson we take away from this movie. The lesson is this: If ever a virus is unleashed on mankind and turns us all into brain-dead zombies, maybe then we’ll enjoy these movies.

-aaron.peck@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Steppin' Out This Weekend

Friday, Sept. 28 -Fry Street Quartet, Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m., Free for students -USU Stampede Rodeo, Cache Valley Fairgrounds, 400 S 500 West, Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

-Contemporary Trombone Recital by Anthony Aronovici, Tippetts Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m., Free -Corn Maze Folk Band Battle and Light Show, American West Heritage Center, 4025 S Hwy 89-91, Wellsville -Green Canyon Farms Corn Maze, 2850 N. 50 East, North Logan (North of Eccles Ice Arena), Friday 5 p.m. to 12 a.m., Saturday 2 p.m. to 12 a.m.

-Club Karaoke, 345 N. 100 East, Logan (Behind Kinko’s), 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, $5

Saturday, Sept. 30 -Teddy Bear Run, Baugh Motel, 153 S Main, 11 a.m., $10, Proceeds benefit the Children’s Justice Center, 764-2932 -Fall Festival: Music, Masks and Traditional African Dancing, Museum of Anthropology, Old Main Room 252, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

-Old Time Fiddle Contest, American West Heritage Center, 4025 S Hwy 89-91, Wellsville, 6:30 p.m.

-Intermountain Children Strings Concert, Logan Tabernacle, 50 N Main, 7 p.m., Free -Gardener’s Market, live music and local gardeners and artisans, Pioneer Park, 200 E. 100 South 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

-Live Jazz at Citrus and Sage, 130 N. 100 East 9 p.m. to midnight -Ice Skating, Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, Fri. and Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., $4

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Tour: Local businesses participate -continued from page 4 business, meaning it is actively involved in recycling and composting any waste.

“Caffé Ibis also has some of the most healthy food in the valley.

We do not use fryers, and none of our products contain trans fats,” Nielsen said.

The store has been recognized throughout the world in publications such as The New Yorker, Newsweek, Organic Style and Sunset.

“Just recently Sunset did a story on Logan and covered Caffe Ibis in the story. It covered our triple-certified coffee and our display of recycled wine glasses that is in front of our shop.”

“We are like a community nook,” Nielson said. “A wide variety people come in all the time. Our shop is very diverse.”

The shop also makes hot chocolate and Italian sodas, but Nielsen said, “People come in for our coffee. It is the best out of everything.”

Hollist said, “This food tour teaches people the effort that it takes in growing food products. However, it not only provides an educational opportunity but also shows individuals’ passions. This is a unique opportunity. You cannot find it done the way it is done here in Cache Valley.”

For more information on the Cache Valley Food Tour, visit Cache Valley Visitors Bureau at 199 N. Main or visit www.tourcachevalley. com.

-courtnie.packer@aggiemail.usu.edu

Skate: Hockey, Broomball, lessons -continued from page 4 more can play for $3.50 each.

PUBLIC SKATING Anderson said general public skating is the center’s most popular program. Skating is offered regularly, but times change daily and can be checked on the center’s schedule. The cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children 8 and under and for seniors 55 and over.

Anderson said the current group special is $1 off admission for 20 or more people. Skate rental is $1.50.

Family Night is every Thursday during general public skating times. Up to eight people can skate for $12 together, which includes the skate rental.

PARTIES Birthday parties can also be booked at the Eccles Ice Center. Up to 10 guests and two adults can attend for $115, including a party room for one hour, a birthday cake or pizza, drinks and decorations.

Company parties are also available, with options based on the number of people, according to the center’s Web site.

LESSONS Learn-To-Skate classes are also offered at the Ice Center. Anderson said winter hours are Tuesdays at 4:45 to 5:45 p.m., Thursdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and Saturdays from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. The cost is $45 for six weekly sessions.

Sessions are half an hour long, and all ages are welcome, Anderson said.

Hockey Learn-to-Skate classes are also available during Learn-toSkate times.

CURLING The Olympic sport curling is also offered at the ice center and is played Mondays from 7:45 to 9:30 p.m.

According to the Web site, the center is also involved in assisting the Boy Scouts of America, the Special Olympic, and School Outreach involving kindergarten through the 12th grade.

All programs, except for general public skating and broomball, include skate rentals.

The center is located at 2825 N. 200 East in North Logan.

Scheduling times can be viewed at ecclesice.com or by calling 7872288.

-jenna.quinn@aggiemail.usu.edu

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time and a well-placed corner kick put in play by sophomore defender Lindsey Smart, whose kick landed the ball in prime striking position for senior forward Dana Peart, who took a shot but had it deflected.

It’s been six years since USU defender Alyssa Lowry last scored a goal. Thursday afternoon she The Montana defensive line struggled to clear the ball as USU attackers edged in, creatended that drought. ing confusion in the six-yard box.

Fourteen minutes into the secFollowing a deflection off a Grizzly ond half, Lowry scored what would defender, Lowry took a slide kick be the game-winning goal for her to firmly pound the ball in for the first career goal as an Aggie, beatscore. ing the Montana Grizzlies, 1-0 at USU 1 “What I loved about that play the Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field.

Montana 0 was they made two or three stops and we just kept milling around The goal was well-deserved as Lowry has played every minute so far this season. the ball and kept trying to shoot and no joke, they had those three people that cleared one “It’s an unbelievable feeling,” Lowry said of of their shots and I was like, ‘Oh no,’ and then her goal. “I haven’t scored a goal since I was 14 because I play defense, so to get my next goal, the (Lowry) swooped in and it was pure tenacity,” USU Head Coach Heather Cairns said. “We are first of my career, is a really good feeling.” putting that ball in the back of the net. We are With the win USU improves to 4-6 on the season.

Lowry’s goal was the result of second oppor- See WIN, page 8 tunities, being in the right place at the right

By SETH R. HAWKINS editor in chief

GameOver

AGGIE FORWARD DANA PEART (22) moves the ball downfield Thursday past Montana defenders. DEBRA HAWKINS photo

Gameday Preview

Ags planning on Utes’ best game

By SAMMY HISLOP sports editor

USU senior kevin robinson (6) takes a kickoff return back for a touchdown last Saturday vs. the San Jose State Spartans. Robinson and the Aggies travel for a 1 p.m. match-up with the Univeresity of Utah. Robinson and the special teams unit will be a critical part of USU’s offensive production against a Ute defense that ranks eighth nationally against the pass. TYLER LARSON photo

Meet the Challenge USU (0-4) @ Utah (1-3)

Brent Guy (3rd year) Kyle Whittingham (3rd year)

Saturday, Sept. 29, Rice Eccles Stadium, 1 p.m.

USU notes • Leon Jackson III surpassed the 3,000-yard passing mark last week.

He is the 10th Aggie to do so.

• WR/KR Kevin Robinson ranks ninth in the nation in punt return yardage with 19.5 yards per return.

• USU is averaging 14.25 points per game (115th nationally).

UTAH notes • Last week both Tommy Grady (117 yards passing) and Brian Johnson (78 yards) saw action at QB. • The Ute pass efficiency defense ranks eighth in the nation, allowing just under 87 yards per game.

• The Utes are averaging 15.75 points per game (113th nationally).

The Aggies haven’t beat the Utes since 1997. They can only hope the Utes don’t bounce back from their 27-0 loss at UNLV last week.

playing the No. 1 team in the nation, because their quarterbacks can all perform. Whoever is playing, there’s a reason why they’re playing, and we need to practice as if this is our last game and he is the best quarterback in the nation.”

The Aggies are looking not only for their first win of 2007, but also to narrow the alltime series record of this rivalry, which the Utes lead 74-28-4 with nine consecutive victories that include last year’s 48-0 de-pantsing of the Aggies at Romney Stadium.

The last time USU triumphed over the Utes was under John L. Smith’s back-to-back wins in 1996 and 1997.

For the fourth time this season, the USU football team will be matching up with a beatable team, the University of Utah.

The problem for the second week in a row will be trying to figure out which form the opposing team will show up. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. at Rice Eccles Stadium.

The schizophrenic Utes (1-3) rolled over the then 11th-ranked UCLA Bruins, 44-6, two weeks ago before being shut out 27-0 last week by UNLV (a team USU lost to by only a touchdown).

UTES AGAINST THE PASS Needless to say, the Aggies (0-4, 0-1 in One area of interest for Saturday’s game Western Athletic Conference play) are preparwill be the Aggie passing ing for the best. game going against the Ute “We’re going to count on - Halftime update Sat. @ utahstatesman.com defense. the team that beat UCLA,” USU’s 112.25-yard passing USU Head Coach Brent per game ranks 116th nationally, while the Guy said. “San Jose State was the same way Utes’ pass efficiency defense is eighth in the because we didn’t know what team was going to show up there. They showed up and played country, allowing only 86.98 yards per game.

If the Aggies can build a solid rushing game 42 snaps of empty (offense) after they had comparable to last Saturday’s 18-play, 92-yard only played 16 in the first three games. So drive against the Spartans that ate up 8:23 off we’re going to count on it being (Utah’s) best the clock in the fourth quarter, getting pass effort and expect anything to happen.” completions will come with much greater Against UNLV, the Utes played both ease.

Tommy Grady and Brian Johnson (who was “I don’t know what it was that sparked them sidelined earlier in the season with an injury). (in that drive),” Guy said. “(Offensive coordiGrady was 11-of-21 passing for 117 yards and one interception. Johnson was 12-of-19 for 78. nator) Darrell (Dickey) and I talked about that yesterday, but I know one thing: That’s the The Utes as a team also fumbled the ball four times, gave up one sack, punted 11 times offense I want from now on, and that’s what I told them yesterday. We’ve seen it now and and missed a 57-yard field goal. know you can do it, so let’s get out there and Aggie senior defensive end Frank Maile knows one bad week doesn’t necessarily mean don’t wait until the second half to do it.” there will be another for the Utes.

“To me, Utah has always been a good, com- MAILE’S UTE CONNECTION While playing at Alta High School, Maile petitive team,” Maile said. “Unfortunately, they’re sitting in almost the same boat we are. said he always wanted to go to BYU, verbally Whether it’s Johnson or Grady or any other quarterback, we have to prepare as if we’re - See UTES, page 9

Speight seized opportunity vs. Spartans

By DAVID BAKER assistant sports editor

Of late, Utah State’s backfield has looked less like a stable full of choices for the Aggie offense, and more like an infirmary.

With freshman runners Curtis Marsh and Robert Turbin nursing injuries— Marsh, a high ankle sprain and Turbin, turf toe—and senior tailback Aaron Lesue under the weather, the Aggie running game would seem to be in shambles.

And maybe it would be, if not for a breakout performance from Derrvin Speight last Saturday.

The redshirt freshman out of Irving, Texas, seized the opportunity and ran

for 99 yards—the most by a single USU back all season—and has now worked himself into the starting role for the Aggies’ game Saturday at the University of Utah.

“Derrvin had been on the backburner, until Saturday,” USU offensive coordinator Darrell speight Dickey said.

“With some injuries to some other guys, he got an opportunity, and based on how he performed, he’s going to warrant some

more playing time … If he continues to be productive, he’ll continue to be there.”

Speight has been waiting patiently for just such an opportunity to arise.

“My mom, throughout my whole career, she said, ‘Wait your turn, everything happens for a reason,’” he said.

“And I just kept working hard and didn’t get down any. I saw my opportunity, and I guess I seized it, trying to put my foot in the door, make some plays and get a win for the ball club.”

Speight certainly seems to have his foot in the door, especially after he was a part of the Aggies’ best drive of the season, an 82-yard march down the field that saw Speight run the ball 10 times for 39 yards. The drive was capped off by

Speight’s first collegiate touchdown on a one-yard run.

“Honestly, I didn’t even know it was an 82-yard drive,” he said. “I just kept hearing, ‘It’s another Aggie first down’ … I was just out there playing football.”

Dickey saw the drive as just a glimpse of what the offense can, and should, be doing.

“We’ve made some steps, obviously not as quickly as we’d like to. But what Derrvin was able to do the other night, I think our whole team saw that as long as they perform as a unit, we can move the ball solidly on the ground,” he said.

- See SPEIGHT, page 9

NEW YORK (AP) — As New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas remembers it, his contact with former team executive Anucha Browne Sanders was infrequent and usually friendly and respectful.

Sometimes they greeted each other with hugs and kisses on the cheek, but there was nothing romantic about it, Thomas testified as he denied allegations in Browne Sanders’ $10 million sexual harassment lawsuit.

“She was a co-worker, and that’s the way I treated her,” he said.

Closing arguments were set for Thursday after Thomas finished two days of testimony in federal court in Manhattan.

Thomas denied claims that he repeatedly addressed Browne Sanders as “bitch” and a “ho” while they worked together at Madison Square Garden.

Degrading a woman that way “is never OK,” he told the jury of five women and three men Wednesday. “It is never appropriate.”

Thomas added, “I’ve never cursed at Anucha. I’ve cursed around Anucha.”

AggieSchedules Football

Saturday Sept. 29 USU @ Utah, 1 p.m.

Volleyball

Saturday Sept. 29 USU @ Fresno State, 2 p.m.

Women’s Soccer

Thursday Oct. 4 USU @ BYU, 7 p.m.

Saturday Oct. 6 USU vs. Utah, 1 p.m.

Cross Country

Saturday Sept. 29 @ Oregon Invitational, 10 a.m.

Men’s Rugby

Saturday Sept. 29 USU @ Utah

Women’s Rugby

Friday Sept. 28 USU vs. BYU, 11 a.m. @ HPER fields

Hockey

Friday Sept. 28 USU @ Utah

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USU rugby player jake dew, left, tosses the ball to teammate Andrew Snarr at practice Thursday afternoon. The men’s team travels to the Univeresity of Utah for a game Saturday. The women’s team hosts BYU at the HPER fields Friday at 11 a.m. JACKSON OLSEN photo

Rivals await rugby

By JACKSON OLSEN staff writer

The Utah State rugby teams are looking to pick up a pair of wins as both the men’s and women’s squads face bitter in-state rivals BYU and the University of Utah this weekend.

The men’s squad is coming off a big win against Weber State two weeks ago, where they handled the Wildcats 20-7. The win was encouraging, members of the team said, and sends them into Friday’s contest against the Utes with a much-needed shot in the arm. The Utes, who will be playing their first game of the season, are a nationally ranked powerhouse and are heavily favored to win.

But that hasn’t deterred the Aggies.

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not wasting that opportunities.”

Cairns said the score was due in part to a change up in a corner kick set play.

Before this game, Lowry came off the far post but had a difficult time seeing the ball, so she was moved in to the near post and it paid off, Cairns said.

“We know what (Lowry’s) capable of,” she said. “Just because she plays defender doesn’t mean she’s not good with the ball at her feet. She’s crafty – I’d call her a crafty little bugger. She’s tenacious.

Defenders tend to be the most tenacious because they have to be. That really paid off for us as a team. Lucky us, we have Alyssa.”

Though it was a defender who scored the goal, the Aggie attack was plenty active in a game that saw 19 USU shots.

Peart had multiple opportunities from a variety of angles but all were scooped up by 5-foot11-inch Montana goalkeeper Grace Harris, who snagged eight saves on the day. Peart fin-

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hard,” Head Coach Theresa PittsSinger said. “BYU may be an experienced team, but it doesn’t mean we can’t give them a good game.”

BYU has a roster nearly three times as large as that of Utah State’s. This not only presents a concern for experience (or lack thereof for Utah State), but also of conditioning. Many of the members of Aggie squad will play the entire game without substitutions, while the Cougars will have the luxury of resting that only depth can provide.

When asked what the key would be to winning the game against the in-state rival, Sarah Barlow, sophomore and rookie to the team, said it would be communication, playing together as a team and “running really, really fast.”

-jackson.olsen@aggiemail.usu. edu

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year. We’ve been playing well and practicing hard,” said Porter Macey, a junior in his second season with the team. “I think we got what it takes to win.”

Pat Giles, a senior and fouryear veteran of the team, said the Aggies will have to play harder and better against the Utes than they did against Weber. “(The Utes) are an organized team. It’s gonna take a lot to beat them,” Giles said.

As for the women’s team, they’ll start their season at home tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the HPER field as they host the visiting Cougars. The women’s team played an exhibition match two weeks ago against the Salt Lake City Slugs, which they lost. But with the beginning of the regular season about to kick off, they’re looking to get a fresh start.

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ished the game with nine shots, five of which were on goal.

Freshman forward Lauren Hansen, who has two goals this season, had five shots with two on goal.

Hansen was a threat throughout the game, utilizing her quick turnarounds and hard shots to keep Montana’s Harris on her toes.

“I think Lauren is a freshman and is still learning our system and she’s starting to get it,” Cairns said of Hansen’s hustle.

“I think we just had more hustle all around as well. Certainly the forwards, it was key to get forward and get to the ball. Our team just picked it up, which was really what we needed to get the win.”

While USU maintained possession of the ball for the majority of the game, the Grizzlies had a few dangerous shots, especially in the first half. The Aggies controlled the pace of the game early in the half but midway through the first half Montana took over control, repeatedly penetrating the Aggie defensive line, keeping USU defenders busy clearing the ball.

Sophomore defender Sydne Porter was crucial to the Aggie defense, using her powerful foot to place the ball well downfield, changing a defensive stance into an attacking opportunity.

Porter’s ability to play the ball long set up the Aggies’ goal.

“I think even though I know it’s in our scouting reports that (Porter) can kick the ball really far and hard, I think as a defender you don’t think those balls are going over that she knocks, and they do,” Cairns said. “Certainly her ability to clear the ball and get it out of

Speak Up “(Lowry is) crafty — I’d call her a crafty little bugger.

She’s tenacious ...

That really paid off for us as a team.”

Heather Cairns, Coach pressure for us is really important.”

Cairns said she felt her team has made some progress, improving their crosses, being more aggressive in the attack and learning to play as a team, something that will benefit the team down the road.

“Our whole mentality this season has been to be an attacking team and to finally get the goal that won the game in the attack is a great feeling,” Lowry said. “We’ve had our ups and downs and today has definitely been an up for whole team going into WAC play. This is a big win for us going in to play (Brigham Young University).”

The win came at a crucial time for the Aggies as their nonconference season winds down.

“I think it definitely gave us more confidence,” sophomore defender Sydne Porter said.

“This was kind of the game to set the tone for our road games.

I think we have a lot of confidence to take into our conference play and when we go down south.”

The Aggies get a week of rest before heading to Provo to challenge BYU, Thursday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.

-seth.h@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Speight: Rushed for 99 yards vs. SJSU

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USU running back derrvin speight (21) eludes San Jose State defender Christopher Owens last Saturday at Romney Stadium. TYLER LASRON photo

But to perform as a unit, there has to be some consistency, Dickey said. With all the injuries, that hasn’t really been possible.

“This season, so far, because of injury, we’ve played four running backs, and that’s a lot,” he said.

“I’ve gone years where I’ve only played two and that’s it. We’ve been hit by the injury bug a little bit, but we’re playing with what we have.

“But in our offense, it is good for a guy to get out there and get in what they call a groove, where he’s seeing things. He’s getting the ball. He gets a little lathered up, so to speak. He gets in the flow of the game.”

And for the Aggies, Speight just might be the guy.

Only time will tell, but he certainly looked like it during much of the second half against San Jose State, as he found the seams created by good blocking from the offensive line and exploded through them to the second level for good some good gains.

That’s exactly what Dickey said backs in the Aggie offense need to do—pick a hole, explode through it and break a few tackles.

And that’s exactly how Speight likes to run the ball.

“That’s kind of my game, see a hole and just explode,” he said.

“Just try to get through it as fast as you can.”

“He’s really got the talent to

do everything,” Dickey said.

Speight has the speed, power and quickness that allows him to run inside and outside, he added.

So is it a match made in heaven?

Not quite yet.

Dickey said he still has some concerns about Speight’s ability to handle the load in such a runheavy offense.

It takes a lot of mental, as well as physical, toughness to be the feature tailback in Dickey’s offense, he said.

“If we give him the ball 38 times, I don’t know how he’s going to react,” he said. “Is he going to get tired on us?”

Despite his excitement, Speight might also realize what it means to carry the load for the Aggies.

“I wouldn’t fight (becoming the feature back), not one bit,” he said. “I’m not the guy that just wants the ball every play, either.

I do want the ball, I’m not going to lie, but it’s no problem sharing time and keeping fresh legs in the game.”

One back Speight shared carries with on Saturday and can expect to share with again against Utah is fullback Jacob Actkinson.

Actkinson gives USU a strong blocking presence in the backfield but also has the ability to catch the ball. He can even line up at tailback for the Aggies.

In fact, with all the injuries, he

has been getting some reps at the position during practice this week.

But in all the positives, Dickey still sees room for improvement.

“The guys looking at the film know we’re not even close to where we’d like to be, where we’d like to get to down the road,” he said. “We’re making progress, but obviously you want to make it a lot faster than we’re making it.

“We’ve been close, but being close is no fun.”

NOTES Expect to see a healthy dose of Speight, with a mix of Actkinson and possibly someone else— Marsh if he’s able to go.

Marsh tried to practice Tuesday but wasn’t able to do much, Dickey said. It may be better for his high ankle sprain to get completely healed so it doesn’t continue to nag him, Dickey said.

Also, Lesue is sick, and Turbin definitely won’t play with turf toe.

Offensive guard Pace Jorgensen is practicing after sitting out a healthy portion of the San Jose game with back problems.

Jorgensen is a critical part of the Aggie running game, Dickey said.

-da.bake@aggiemail.usu.edu

Utes: Which form will they come in?

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committed to play at Utah his senior year, and ended up signing with the Aggies after the Utes stopped writing him and the Aggies offered him a scholarship.

“To me it really wasn’t about the school, but the only way to get an education,” Maile said.

“USU offered and I took it.”

His cousin is Ute defensive lineman Aaron Tonga.

Maile also, like many Aggies,

grew up with many of the Ute players in the Salt Lake area.

“It’s a game that both teams are always excited to play,” Guy said. “A lot of these kids know each other … So emotionally it won’t be hard to get the guys ready to play this game.”

OTHER AGGIE NATIONAL RANKINGS USU is seventh in the nation in yards gained on kick returns

and eighth on punt returns thanks in large measure to Kevin Robinson.

Leon Jackson III is 37th in net punting with 37.74 yards per punt.

The Aggies are also 117th in total offense (230 yards per game), 115th in scoring offense (14.25 points per game), and 98th in total defense (giving up 456 ypg).

-samuel.hislop@aggiemail.usu.

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SU’s public relations office has come up with a new recruitment campaign. The new image the school will soon be projecting is all about self-discovery. High school seniors will receive brochures from the school that feel like they were torn out of a current student’s notebook or written on a Post-it note. The idea is to feel personal, individual.

USU recruitment and the public relations department are always pushing the same few points: USU is a top-notch research institution, USU has a great location, USU is up-and-coming, USU deserves consideration by prospective students, USU is a great place to find yourself.

It all starts to sound a little desperate.

It’s true that USU has some great programs. No one can deny USU is good at engineering and agriculture, but that’s not all the school can offer. The College of Education is nationally ranked – and out of hundreds of colleges and universities in the nation, that’s pretty good. The journalism department has been recognized as the best in the Intermountain West.

The piano performance program has been producing some fine musicians. The examples go on.

Yet when a student says he or she isn’t from Utah or Idaho the question is always, “What are you doing here?”

Why not here?

Why not come from across the country to attend USU? Some come from around the world. Many students at USU harbor an inferior mentality, that they settled for this school and so did lots of other people.

USU is thought of as the little brother to the U of U and BYU, even by people who go here.

Utah supports lots of higher education stereotypes that don’t need to be the rule. People from Utah Valley don’t always choose BYU or UVSC. People at the U don’t always commute to school. People who go to USU aren’t all farm kids, and certainly aren’t all homebodies.

People give the same ‘excuses’ for being at USU all the time.

It was nearby.

It was cheap.

I transferred here from BYU-Idaho.

Lots of students actually pursued programs at USU. They didn’t just settle.

The thing is, college in general is about self-discovery and individuality. USU isn’t the only school where people find themselves. Any college experience is what the student makes it.

Even if USU isn’t the best at many things, it’s very good at a lot of things. Though we don’t have to run around wearing our Aggie Blue all the time and picking fights with BYU supporters, we don’t need to make excuses to each other about why we chose USU.

Return of media brings new life to war-torn Iraq During the reign of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi newspaper Azzaman could only be published in London. Fleeing the government’s muscular arm in the 1990s, the newspaper’s founder, former Saddam aide Saad al-Bazzaz, was forced to run his media operation out of Europe for nearly a decade.

But after Saddam ‘s expulsion in 2003, al-Bazzaz set up offices in Baghdad, and he has since been busy running what is considered Iraq’s most credible Arabic publication. With a daily circulation of more than 75,000, Azzaman is a modern journalistic success story and a publication What others are that has added greater depth to saying about issues. the political debate in Iraq.

Among the relatively few positives to come out of Iraq in the last four years are the growing size and autonomy of its media. While the U.S. invasion of Iraq has caused chaos in so many of the country’s sectors, the removal of Saddam has brought a semblance of order and purpose to Iraqi journalism.

For nearly three decades during Saddam ‘s supremacy, Iraqi journalists existed only to applaud and glorify the dictator and his imps. Criticism of the government’s higher reaches and investigative reporting were often deadly undertakings. Supervision was fierce. Saddam ‘s son, Odai , was director of all Iraqi radio and TV stations, owned 11 of Iraq’s newspapers and was the head of the Iraqi journalists union.

With Saddam and his sons gone, journalists in Iraq are enjoying freedom and publication opportunities unimaginable under their previous rulers. Reporters Without Borders announced in 2003 that “a wind of freedom has gusted through the Iraqi media. Genuine diversity and openness are now possible.”

During Saddam’ s rule, fewer than 40 Arabic news publications existed; today, they number in the hundreds. “Iraqi readers have been bombarded with new publications,” Arab journal-

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ForumLetters Parade needs tractor safety

To the editor: It is ironic that the tractor used to commemorate the fatal 2005 rollover accident (USU Statesman, Sept. 26, 2007) lacks the safetysystems that protect farmers from rollovers.

Agriculture is the most dangerous line of work in the U.S.

The fatality rate is even higher than mining, and tractor rollovers are the leading cause of death. Tractor Roll-Over Protective Systems, ROPS, and seat belts have been standard equipment since 1985, available since 1967 and required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1976, yet farmers often avoid using these safety devices.

Future commemorative activities, including the memorial for the victims, should not

Letters to the editor • A public forum feature unsafe equipment and practices, especially when these factors apparently were involved in the 2005 deaths.

We do not need an image reinforcing the perception that the agriculture industry disregards safety. If a tractor is used, it should be equipped with ROPS and seat belts, like the modern tractors I have seen on campus this week.

David Wallace

Returning to reality after Broadway

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veryone needs a little bit of Broadway every once in a while. I’m convinced of it. Or a Jew. But if you can’t have the Jew, have the Broadway.

These are merely my lessons from Broadway (last weekend).

Yes, Broadway. The epic of all things theater.

The place where thespians open their mouths in hopes of catching a drop of the essence of drama.

Broadway. The home of Phantom, the “Miserable” people and Monty Python’s Spamalot.

Yes, Monty and his troop made it to the big town in 2004 when their famous “holy grail” transformed from film to theater. They did it for entertainment. I believe it’s for our very nourishment. The theatrical version discusses all of our own holy grails we search for, whether that’s a decent score on the GRE or making it to Broadway.

But traveling to Broadway must include peril, intrigue and usually an expensive plane ticket.

For me, it included riding a bus out of Chinatown, D.C., to Chinatown, New York, to stay with an old friend living in Manhattan. The lesson here (and important enough to be blatantly stated) is if something travels between, is made only in or found in Chinatown, user beware.

This statement is not to be confused with the country China or its children toy-challenged economy. Maybe the warning I read on a bus line Web site about my choice of bus lines being shut down by the government really had some backing. Eh, it was $10 cheaper. A good bargain is always the way to go if you ask me, especially when considering being dropped off at midnight in a city I’ve hardly ever been to. $10 is like 10 junior bacon cheeseburgers. Nine if you include taxes.

We arrived in the Big Apple’s version of Chinatown, and after hailing a cab for the first time in my life – scratch that, after failing to hail approximately three cabs for the first time in my life - I landed us a ride to the apartment of a long time friend. The small apartment without an inch of grass within 100 yards of it whispered of

New York. As I lay on the floor, the police sirens singing me to sleep with their lullaby seemed to whisper, “Broadway closer than ever.”

The next day, we got caught in a typhoon of a city rainstorm on our way to the island where stands the largest green-cloaked woman in the nation. Before making it to the Statue of Liberty, we holed up in the Wall Street metro station.

Anyone can stand at Lady Liberty’s feet and read the famous poem she inspired – if they’re willing to pay the price of a simple ferry ticket, wait in line during a storm and brave the other cold, huddled masses yearning to stand at her feet. Being guided by her torch really is amazing.

As a deserving side note, it’s well worth it.

After drying out, we jumped right into the world of Broadway. We walked past the familiar shows and some not so familiar. Ever heard of Xanadu?

We were assured by the advertisements that the play was lovingly ripped off the film.

Spamalot, though not a signature classic of wellknown theater, just has a nice ring to it. Really, say it with me: Spamalot. Now you’re feeling it aren’t you? Wish you were there don’t you? Try looking for a bus in a Chinatown near you. I’m sure there’s a connection somewhere.

During the production, which used a hand puppet for the killer rabbit of Caerbannog, as I’m sure you’re all wondering, King Aurthur is told he won’t succeed on Broadway if he doesn’t have a Jew. The task of finding a Jew sends him into despair before he is told his faithful friend Patsy was raised by a mother who counseled him in Hebrew. Wondering why Aurthur wasn’t informed of this earlier, Patsy responds in what should be the signature line of the show: “Well it’s not the sort of thing you say to a heavily armed Christian.”

This leaves our final lesson bestowed upon us from the gods of Broadway, Hebrew or otherwise: When the closing song comes and we raise our bodies from the chairs to give our final applause, reality is suddenly thrust upon

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Community: Reaching out with a DVD -continued from page 1 these parents, and they don’t need to feel lost in this country.”

The group has not finished working out how they’re funding the DVDs and brochures, though Petersen said USU Extension has offered some help. The materials will be distributed at several locations Hispanic families are known to frequent, including schools, the Hispanic Center in the Whittier Center or city offices.

The project is dealing with a touchy subject for some people, but Petersen said it has not met with any resistance “There are people who really do have a bias against the Hispanic community,” Petersen said. He said he felt the community is somewhat overlooked as a part of the larger population.

“They’re a large segment of the population right now, and they need to be fully integrated into

the valley,” he said. “Leaving the group behind doesn’t help the minority, and it doesn’t help the majority. It just causes tensions in the valley.”

Harris said, “English is the language spoken here, and it should be the official language, but we should do what we can in the mean time to help those who don’t have English skills.”

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ist and scholar Noha Mellor wrote in her 2005 book, “The Making of Arab News.” And Iraqis are voracious news consumers, Mellor writes, welcoming the burgeoning number of available news outlets.

In 2002, the year before Saddam was removed, human rights advocate Freedom House rated Iraq as one of the worst nations in the world in its annual survey of media freedoms. Placing Iraq near the likes of North Korea and Rwanda in the rankings, Freedom House explained that criticism of Saddam and his powerful government appointees was simply not an option for Iraqi reporters. Since then, Iraq has been steadily improving its journalistic standing in the Middle East and around the world.

Now, the greatest impediment to free expression in Iraq is not government censorship but rampant lawlessness.

Iraq is by far the most dangerous country in the world for journalists. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 23 reporters died in Iraq in 2005, 32 lost their lives in 2006 and, as of this

writing, 19 have died this year.

Scores of reporters have also been kidnapped, beaten and threatened by militants during this time.

Still, despite the sectarian brutality that often forces foreign and Iraqi reporters to write their dispatches from hotels and offices, media freedoms in Iraq will likely continue to grow. Journalists in Iraq will not abide a return to their country’s practice of crushing political criticism and open debate. Once people taste freedom, they rarely hunger for anything less.

For their part, too, Iraqi news consumers will not likely permit anything but the continued expansion of journalistic discourse in their country. One of the first things many Iraqis did after Saddam’s regime fell in 2003 was rush out and purchase satellite dishes, in order to view news that wasn’t produced by Saddam’s family.

Iraqi journalists and their audiences are doing many of the right things to encourage a watchdog media and open debate. It is tempting to wonder how much more progress

Broadway: learning a lesson -continued from page 10 us. Maybe the best lesson I learned in my trek from Broadway is reality is a little removed from Broadway. The climactic moment is just that – a moment where we learn the lesson. The songs don’t keep going, except for the really catchy ones. When we leave the theater and step back out onto Broadway Avenue in New York or Main Street in Logan, Utah, we have to carry the tune. We are responsible to be the good guys, with or without a Jew. Maybe taking in a little good Broadway is a two for one: theater and a Judaic religious experience. And maybe I should have left that line on Broadway.

Jacob Fullmer is a junior majoring in political science and journalism staying in Washington, D.C., for the semester to see what free shows he can get into and which ones he’s willing to pay for. Suggestions or notice of free tickets may be sent to j.fullmer@aggiemail.usu.edu

will be made if U.S. and Iraqi leaders ever get a handle on things over there. With stability in Iraq so fragile, it is heartening to know that a vocal press – that indispensable democratic pillar – is coming to life.

Martin is a doctoral student in the school of journalism and mass communication at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His e-mail is martinjd@email.unc.edu.

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JENA, La. (AP) – A black found guilty in juvenile court. because he believed Bell institeenager whose prosecution in The conviction in adult court gated the attack. the beating of a white classmate was thrown out this month by The charges have been dropped prompted a massive civil rights the state 3rd Circuit Court of to aggravated second-degree protest here walked out of a Appeal, which said Bell should battery in four of the cases. courthouse Thursday after a not have been tried as an adult One defendant has yet to be judge ordered him freed. on that particular charge. arraigned. The sixth defendant’s Mychal Bell’s release on Walters had said he would appeal case is sealed in juvenile court. $45,000 bail came hours after a that decision. On Thursday, he Bell’s lawyer, Carol Powell prosecutor confirmed he would said he still believes there was Lexing, said his next hearing is UPDATES thatas moved no longer seek an adult trial for legal merit to graphic trying Bell an Sept.set20for Tuesday. the 17-year-old. Bell, one of the adult but decided it was in the Critics accuse Walters, who teenagers known as the Jena Six, best interest of the victim, Justin is white, of prosecuting blacks still faces trial as a juvenile in the Barker, and his family to let the more harshly than whites. They December beatingwhose in thisprosecution small juvenile court of handle theclassmate case. note thata massive he filed no The teenager in the beating a white prompted civilcharges rights protest was set free on bail Thursday.

His are release camewith afterwhat a prosecutor confirmed 17-year-old central Louisiana town. “They on board I against three the white teens suslonger be tried to as an adult.decided,� Walters said at a news “We will stillno have mountains pended from the high school climb, but at least this is closer conference.

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Students fight at Bell faces pool; attempted-murder charge nooses hanging Jena High; Rev. Al Sharpton, who helped of aggravated second-degree bat- long before fights between blacks Six-month-old Alice Pittard, reaches for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. necklace, LOUISIANA reduced. from tree at Bailey and five organize last week’s protest. tery and conspiracy to commit and whites, including theMISS. attack during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 6, to urge President Bush not to school. others, including Jena twoajuveniles, “He goes home because lot of that crime. on Barker. veto children’s health funding. AP Photo June 28: Bell is convicted.

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Three people left7:their home are andarrested stood andHe is among six black Jena High An estimated 20,000 to 25,000 white students charged with Baton Rouge 14: The Rev. AlinSharpton protesters marched in Jena last up foraccused him,� Sharpton said as SchoolAug. students arrested of aggravated and Martin Luther King III hanging are second-degree Bell stood smiling next to him.

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2006that’s the good Lord,� this and able to2007 attend a school funcWalters said the demonstration Bell told reporters later in front tion later that day. Four of the had no influence on his decision WASHINGTON (AP) to expire on Saturday. However, on a pack of cigarettes. of hisDec. father’s house. defendants were 17 at the time, not toSept. press10: the adultSept. charges, 20: 2: Jena Six Dec. 7: DA upgrades July 31: Sept. 4: Judge – Congress approved legislathey said they could not go Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., said Baileyhis is news Thousands District Attorney Reedcharges Walters’to attempted which made them underBell’s and ended conference defendant overturns About 300 adults tion Thursday adding 4 million along with such a large spending the tax could end up lowering arraigned rally Robert Bailey Jr. murder against Louisiana all conspiracy decision to abandon adult law. by saying that only God kept the people on reduced peacefully and two others children to a popular health care increase. future health care costs if it five defendants conviction, because from charges means who had Those four and Bell,hewho was protest peaceful. in Jena. charges. charged withthat Bell, charged as adults, is a juvenile; around the program, setting up a veto fight Republicans braced for criticism reduces smoking rates. facedbattery a maximum years inMychal 16, all were initially charged with The Rev. Donald Sibley, a black and theftof 15including attempted murder U.S. rally Sept. 27: Bell that President Bush probably that they were being insensitive “Discourage smoking and you after fighting Bell, then 16. attempted chargeshas against two in Jena. prison on his aggravated secondmurder. Walters Jena pastor, called itisa released “shame�on outside a store. others reduced. will win but handing Democrats to low-income children who are connect the habit with all the $45,000 bail. degree battery conviction last said he sought to have Bell tried that Walters credited divine a campaign issue for next year’s uninsured through no fault of public health care costs that it month, instead could be held as an adult because he already intervention for the protesters SOURCE: ESRI AP elections. their own. They said the legimposes,� he said. only until he turns 21 if he is had a criminal record, and acting responsibly.

Eighteen Republicans in the islation was an effort to score But Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., Senate lined up with Democrats political points and another step said the tax increase could lead in voting 67-29 to increase toward universal health care paid to a drop in revenue to states that spending on the State Children’s for by the government. also rely on tobacco taxes.

The teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate prompted a massive civil rights Health Insurance Program, or “Democrats are counting Opponents also say they worry protest was set free on bail Thursday. His release came after a prosecutor confirmed the 17-year-old SCHIP, from about $5 billion to down the hours so they can that expanding the program will no longer be tried as an adult. $12 billion annually for the next tee up the election ads saying too much would lead to many June 25, 2007: Bell’s trial begins; five years.

Republicans don’t like kids,� said families dropping private coverAug. 31, 2006: Dec. 4: only whites show up for the jury Students find Students fight at The vote was enough to overSenate Minority Leader Mitch age. The Congressional Budget pool; attempted-murder charge nooses hanging Jena High; LOUISIANA ride a promised Bush veto. But McConnell, R-Ky. “Meanwhile, Office has projected that about 2 reduced. from tree at Bailey and five school. others, including MISS. supporters in the House, which they’re using SCHIP as a Trojan million children who otherwise Jena two juveniles, passed the bill Tuesday, are horse to sneak government-run would have private insurance June 28: Bell is convicted.

Sept. 7: Three are arrested and about two dozen votes shy of an health care into the states.� would join SCHIP. white students charged with Baton Rouge Aug. 14: The Rev. Al Sharpton accused of aggravated override.

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0 75 km Overall, spending for SCHIP care program. They portrayed November as part of another bill 2006 2007 would increase to $60 billion the president as isolated in his keeping federal agencies in operover five years in the unlikely view that the legislation would be ating funds beyond Sept. 30.

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Western Family 24 oz.

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