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Today is Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 Breaking News Junior forward Candice Clark scores the Aggies’ lone goal in their 2-1 loss to BYU, Thursday in Provo. Page 10
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Semi rolls causing oil spill Music therapy students participate in Finding Voices to help raise awareness of violence against women. Page 3
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New works of art are displayed at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Page 6
Sports USU volleyball falls to ranked New Mexico State Aggies. Page 10
At the intersection of 600 S. and Main Street, a semitruck rolled Thursday afternoon, spilling oil on the road. The driver was the only person injured, however, traffic was stalled for 11 blocks. Logan City Police said it is possible the accident was caused by a shift in the semi’s cargo. It took two hours for Elden Dattage Towing Company to clean the truck and the surrounding area. TYLER LARSON photo
By DEBRA HAWKINS staff writer
A semitruck rolled at the intersection of 600 S. and Main Street in Logan, spilling oil halfway across the street and backing up traffic for 11 blocks at 4:20 p.m., Thursday. The driver of the crash was the only one hurt, said Chad Vernon, the Logan police officer at the scene. The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, he said. Vernon said the rollover was caused when the female driver of the semitruck lost control when making a left-hand turn. He said the rollover was possibly due to the cargo she was carrying. “We don’t know what she was carrying, but the accident was possibly caused by a load shift,” Vernon said. A Logan resident, who preferred to remain anonymous because of an
affiliation with a trucking company, heard the crash and said he thought the load must have been quite heavy. “Whatever was in the truck was sure heavy,” he said. “It was so heavy that when it tipped over, the contents made one side of the truck bulge out.” The semitruck itself was the most damaged part of the accident. “Semitrucks are just like cars, they crash and get damaged,” Vernon said. “This truck is totaled. The company won’t be able to fix it. They might be able to save the engine.” The accident backed up traffic from 600 South to 500 North, slowing traffic to an almost stop. Diana Perez, a Logan resident who got stuck in the traffic, said the traffic was backed up so much that she thought the accident had to be closer than 600 South. Perez said she had to turn off Main Street in
order to get her daughter to her dance class. “I turned off the road because it was so bad,” Perez said. “The cars weren’t even moving. You’d think they would be directing traffic or something.” Vernon said he thought part of the traffic problems stemmed from people stopping to take a look at the accident and see what happened. “Looking Lucys are a problem,” Vernon said. “Traffic could go a lot faster if people wouldn’t slow down.” The accident took Elden Dattage Towing Company two hours to clean up the truck and the oil on the ground, he said. Elden Dattage, the owner of the towing company, said it took three large tow trucks to clear the scene of the accident. “We had to take all 78,000 pounds of the wreck and lift it into
the air to clean it up,” Dattage said. Vernon said the towing company is also in charge of cleaning up the oil spilled by the truck. “They have to clean up the oil,” Vernon said. “They’ve got oilabsorbing powder that they come pour on the mess to clean it up.” The bill for the mess will be charged to the insurance company of the trucking company, which is in charge of paying to clean up the mess, Vernon said. “The city is not in charge of paying for the cleanup of accidents like this,” Vernon said. “That responsibility falls upon the trucking company and the insurance company.” Accidents like this happen more often than people think, Dattage said. “This is our second semi-accident today,” he said. “We get to do all the final clean up.” –debrajoy.h@aggiemail.usu.edu
Overstock.com Hanging it out to dry owner speaks of business, life By LIZ LAWYER assistant news editor
Opinion “Looking back at how previous generations have messed up this country, let’s not be guilty of the same thing.” Page 13
Almanac Today in History: In 1947, in the firstever televised presidential address from the White House, President Harry Truman asks American citizens to reduce their use of grain to aid Europeans suffering from starvation as a result of World War II.
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Business students got to hear the life lessons of a true pioneer, one that’s a native of Logan, Wednesday afternoon. Jason Lindsey, creator and owner of Overstock.com and an innovator in the world of e-business, who graduated from USU in 1996 with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business and accounting, revisited his alma mater to speak to a group of around 150 people about his business and the things he’s learned from it. Overstock.com is an online business based in Salt Lake City that buys surplus products from other companies and sells them online. The idea of Lindsey’s business, he said, is finding a fragmented supply of small lots and highly variable products, and getting it to an equally fragmented demand from people who want small volume transactions that have a seasonal variety. That means getting unique, even odd, products to the people who can use them, such as Mickey Mouse waffle makers or handmade jewelry. Lindsey’s business has grown to be worth Jason Lindsey $800 million and has 780 employees as well as hundreds of suppliers and partners, he said. “When the first order came through, we all stood up and looked over the cubicle at the computer screen,” Lindsey said. “We were like, ‘Did you see that? We actually sold something.’ Now you can’t snap your fingers as fast as boxes are coming off the line in the warehouse.” Lindsey shared what he said are some of the
- See OVERSTOCK, page 4
The annual Clothesline Project was this week, giving victims of violence the opportunity to display their feelings or personal experiences. The display, now in its 10th year, is sponsored by the Women’s Center. More than 200 shirts were on display. Statesman file photo
Fall awards given by college By MORGAN RUSSELL staff writer
The College of Business celebrated its Annual Fall Awards Banquet by recognizing scholars and presenting its Distinguished Executive Alumnus Award to Kay Toolson, CEO of Monaco Coach Corporation, Thursday night. Douglas Anderson, dean of the College of Business, began the evening by giving a welcome address and presented Toolson with the highest award given by the college. “I’m not sure we’ve ever given our Distinguished Executive Alumnus Award to anyone more deserving than Mr. Toolson,” Anderson said. “Clearly he has had a strong and
positive impact on many lives at Monaco Coach Corporation.” Toolson and a partner purchased the company in 1987 when it was a small, specialty recreation vehicle manufacturer, recording $17 million in annual revenues. Today, it employs more than 5,400 employees and generates revenues of $1.3 billion, making a broad spectrum of custom-made recreational vehicles for celebrities such as Dolly Parton and Jackie Chan. “Kay Toolson has been just the kind of leader we like to hold up as an example,” Anderson said. “He shows consistent respect for his employees and has developed a culture of integrity in his
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Nat’lBriefs Woman finds severed mouse head in beans LEHI, Utah (AP) – An Arkansas company is offering $100 to a Utah woman who found a severed mouse head in a can of green beans if she pledges not to take legal action. The letter from Allens Inc. of Siloam Springs, Ark., describes it as a “gesture of goodwill.” Marianne Watson isn’t interested. “I won’t sign it under any circumstances,” she said. Watson, 49, said she never wanted to take legal action. She said she wants to “put enough media attention on them that they either withdraw those cans or do something other than what they’re trying to do, which is shut me up.” Watson was cooking lunch for two sons Sunday when she said she found a severed mouse head in a can of Allens Cut Green Beans, which had been purchased at a WalMart store in American Fork. Nothing was eaten. Allens spokesman James Phillips said the mouse probably was picked up during the harvest and did not originate in the canning factory. He called it an isolated incident. “We apologize as much as we can, but we also do everything known from a technology standpoint and personnel standpoint to prevent it from happening,” he said. “But inevitably, occasionally, things like this occur.”
Video cameras show birds use of tools WASHINGTON (AP) – Mounting tiny video cameras to the tail feathers of crows, researchers discovered that the birds use a variety of tools to seek food, and even make their own tools, plucking, smoothing and bending twigs and grass stems. “We observed a new mode of tool use that was not known before. We saw them use tools on the ground, using a little grass stem to poke and fish into nests,” researcher Christian Rutz of England’s University of Oxford said in a telephone interview. New Caledonian crows had been known to use sticks to probe rotting trees for grubs, but they were never seen to use tools on the ground before. “The ecological niche they exploit with tools is larger than had been thought,” Rutz said of the findings published in Thursday’s online edition of the journal Science.
Miners rescued
Miners trapped for more than 24 hours in a deep shaft in Carletonville, South Africa appear being rescued, AP photo
CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) – The last of 3,200 gold miners trapped for more than 24 hours in a deep shaft were brought safely to the surface Thursday night, ending one of South Africa’s biggest rescue operations, mining officials said. The final workers emerged just after 9 p.m., singing and dancing, according to the Harmony Gold Mining Co. No casualties were reported. A pressurized air pipe snapped at the mine near Johannesburg and tumbled down a shaft Wednesday, causing extensive damage to an elevator and stranding the miners. The rescue operation had dragged on longer than expected. Some of those stranded more than a mile underground had gone down Tuesday for the night shift. The joyful reunions were mixed with anger, fear and renewed concern about safety standards in a country that is the world’s largest gold producer. The miners were brought to the surface in a smaller cage in another shaft that can hold about 75 miners at a time. Most of the miners who emerged into the blinding sunlight looked dazed and exhausted. “We nearly died down there,” one man yelled as he walked past reporters. “I’d rather leave (the job) than die in the mine.” Sethiri Thibile, who was in the first batch of miners to be rescued about 19 hours after the accident, said there had been no food or water in the mine. “I was hungry, though we were all hungry,” said Thibile, 32, an engineering assistant who had been underground since early Wednesday morning. He was given a cold beef sandwich and a bottle of water when he reached the surface. “Most of the people are scared and we also have some women miners there underground,” he said. One large group emerged from the shaft singing traditional songs and stamping their feet with joy despite
their exhaustion. They were greeted by a crowd of ululating female miners. Relatives had complained to mine operators that they had not been given enough information about their loved ones. “I am very traumatized, exhausted, not knowing what is going on,” said Sam Ramohanoe, whose wife, Flora, 31, had been among the trapped. “It is very unfair to us, not knowing what is going one with our beloved ones.” Officials had hoped to rescue all the trapped miners by lunchtime, but it ended up taking hours longer. Deon Boqwana, regional chairman for the National Union of Mineworkers, said the smaller cage being used to bring them out normally takes three minutes to reach the surface, but it was operated at a slower speed because officials were taking extra precautions. Peter Bailey, the union’s chairman for health and safety, said rescuers did not want to put too much pressure on the elevator. It was also going slower because of problems with the electrical supply installed for the rescue, officials said. By the afternoon, the cage was coming up every 30 minutes, rather than every 15 minutes as it had earlier in the day. The mine owner and South Africa’s minerals and energy minister vowed to improve safety in one of the country’s most important industries after the accident prompted allegations the industry cut safety corners and didn’t properly maintain the mine. The union threatened to strike if its safety demands were not met. In a message to mining bosses, it said it would “hit their pockets big time in the near future.” “When it comes to production targets, the companies make no mistakes in meeting them, but when it comes to safety, we hear rhetoric and philosophy,” Bailey said. Amelia Soares, spokeswoman for Harmony, said the mine had won a number of safety awards and had
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“When it comes to production targets, the companies make no mistakes in meeting them, but when it comes to safety, we hear rhetoric and philosophy.” –Peter Bailey, union chairman never seen any fatal accidents. She said the company was likely to suffer considerable losses in output during the closure, but was unable to give a precise estimate, saying that attention for now was concentrated on the rescue operation. “We have to recommit ourselves to refocus on safety in this country; our safety record both as a company and an industry leave much to be desired,” Harmony chairman Patrice Motsepe said, according to the South African Press Association. JPMorgan analyst Allan Cooke said the accident would hurt Harmony’s earnings, especially if the shaft remains closed for the entire quarter. Harmony’s Elandsrand mine is the third largest producing gold mine in South Africa. The company said it produces an average of about 1,300 pounds of gold every month. Motsepe is one of South Africa’s top business leaders, among a growing number of black entrepreneurs to have gained prominence since apartheid ended in 1994. Workers groups argue, though, that the opportunities created since the end of white rule are benefiting a small black elite, leaving the majority of blacks most of the workers toiling in the mines struggling.
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LOS ANGELES (AP)–The accolades keep coming for America Ferrera. The Emmy-winning star of “Ugly Betty” is now the Hispanic Woman of the Year, the Hollywood Reporter and Billboard announced Thursday. The publications will honor Ferrera and the 25 most powerful Hispanic women in film, television and music at their inaugural Hispanic Women FERRERA in Entertainment breakfast at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Tuesday. Ferrera “is a leader for all women, but especially those in the Hispanic community,” publisher John Kilcullen said in a statement. He said the 23-year-old actress is “dedicated to advancing the position of Hispanics in television and film.” “It’s an honor to be in such esteemed company,” Ferrera said in a statement. “And it’s a thrill to see talented women recognized for their work behind the camera.” Ferrera has won Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards for her portrayal of Betty Suarez on the ABC show. DALLAS (AP) –Isaac Hanson, the oldest member of Hanson, remained hospitalized in Dallas on Thursday after suffering chest and shoulder pain following a performance earlier this week. Baylor University Medical Center spokeswoman Maria Carpenter said the family had requested that no information by released on the 26-year-old singer’s condition. He was taken to the hospital Tuesday night after a show at the House of Blues. Dallas-Fort Worth television station KDFW reported that Hanson was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot in the extremities breaks away and travels to the lungs.
LateNiteHumor
Top 10 signs your team isn’t going to win the world series 10– Clubhouse pep-talk from Larry David has left team nervous and insecure 9– Manager leaves after seventh inning to beat the traffic 8– Players frequently miss at-bats because they’re in line for beer 7– You’re leading the league in bypasses 6– Your first baseman is actually named “Who” (Just think of the confusion)
5– Team is on Letterman parallel parking 4– Team falls behind during the National Anthem 3– Insert New York Mets joke here 2– Only pre-game stretching comes in the form of a “wide bathroom stance” 1– Arrive in Anaheim game is in Philadelphia
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Finding Voices helps victims heal and raise awareness By RACHEL CHRISTENSEN staff writer
To help raise awareness of domestic violence, students performed poetry, music and movement pieces in “Finding Voice: The Performance,” a presentation put on by the USU Women’s Center Thursday night. “Finding Voice” used poetry and music written by women who were victims of domestic violence. The works of art were created as part of research in 2003, which investigated music therapy’s effects on domestic violence victims. Jennifer Franchina, a student employee for the Women’s Center, said the center and Community Abuse Prevention Services Agency hope this performance will help others see the value of the Finding Voice program. She said they also hope it will inspire others to create similar programs throughout the state and create more awareness for domestic violence. Franchina said it’s becoming increasingly important for college students to be aware of domestic violence and its effects. “They’re young and at the age of dating and finding out about relationships,” Franchina said of students. “It’s important for them to realize what domestic violence is so they can recognize the signs in their own relationships or in the relationships of their friends.” Students who performed this year were volunteer music therapy students from USU. The students were given the pieces to practice and began rehearsing together two weeks ago. “It’s amazing to me,” Franchina said. “The 10 students performing aren’t doing this as part of a class, and they’re not getting paid. They are helping individuals to find a voice who otherwise wouldn’t have one, and they are doing it all voluntarily.” The performers told stories of how music therapy helped heal these women. They read lines such as, “I want the courage to sing like an angel, to use music to heal, to express my truth.” Kaelynn Monson, senior studying music therapy, was one of the students who performed in “Finding Voice.” She said the performance helped her consider what pursuing music therapy would be like and what things she might face as a music therapist.
Katrina Schmalz, also a senior studying music therapy, said she was glad to be able to be part of the performance. She said she learned a lot from the words and messages of the program. “If domestic violence ever happens to me,” Schmalz said, “I know I have somewhere to go. The program made me realize how much these women who’ve been through violence have grown and improved. Now I know I can grow and improve, too.” Susan Evans, junior majoring in music therapy, said she too learned about her own strength through the testimonies contained in the program. “Just to know that these women could heal,” she said. “Everyone has their own problems and goes through their own trials. Now I know if a trauma like that happened to me, I could heal.” Outside of the performance, the Women’s Center hung several shirts from the Clothesline Collection. Each shirt in the collection was designed by a victim of domestic violence within Cache Valley and tells the story of its creator. Patricia Stevens, director of the Women’s Center, said the Clothesline Collection contains more than 200 shirts. “That, my friends, is just a drop in the bucket of what’s really going on,” she said. Social workers are not the only people who should be looking for signs of domestic violence, Franchina said, and everyone can be aware of these signs and be able to help those who may be in a domestic violence situation. “Anyone can help,” Franchina said. “More individuals are now getting help and seeking help. The information has been available for a long time, but there hasn’t been much awareness until now. We’re hoping to raise that awareness. Helping even one person can change the world.” Barbara Scott, a liaison and consultant for the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition, said the Finding Voice program is expanding and the coalition is working on getting the program to Idaho. For more information regarding the music therapy research program, contact Maureen Hearns, director of music therapy, at maureen. hearns@usu.edu or by phone at 797-3009. –rac.ch@aggiemail.usu.edu
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USU debate team sees continuing success USU’s debate team returned from its first tournament of the season and, in a continuation of its winning tradition, brought home first-place honors in debate. The tournament was held at the College of Southern Idaho, Sept. 29-30. Competing at the tournament were Brigham Young University, University of Montana, Carroll College, College of Southern Idaho, Albertson College, Northwest Nazarene, Utah Valley State College, Rocky Mountain College and USU. The USU team of Mike Smith and Eric Peatross was the only team to go undefeated for the tournament. The duo placed first in a final round against Boise State. Jane McBride and Zach Meyers placed third, following a loss to the Boise State team defeated by Smith and Peatross. In speech, Eric Peatross took second place in poetry interpretation and second place in prose interpretation. Peatross was also recognized as the fourth best debater at the tournament. Bryce Draper placed second in after dinner speaking and fifth in poetry interpretation. Mike Smith placed first in persuasive speaking and fourth in informative speaking. Zach Meyers placed fifth in informative speaking. Becca Powell placed second in persuasive speaking. Jane McBride placed third in persuasive speaking and team coach Worthen placed fourth in persuasive speaking. Overall, USU took the top four places in persuasive speaking. Bailey Rodabough was recognized as the 10th best debater out of 52 debaters at the tournament. The team next travels to Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., for the first conference tournament of the season Oct. 12-14.
PEnny BOnda spoke to students Wednesday about the importance of sustainability. Bonda said people need to be more aware of the environment and the strains human activity can put on the earth. CAMERON PETERSON photo
Sustainability crucial to future of planet By ARIE KIRK news editor
Americans throw away 26,800,000 tons of food; 3,650,000 tons of junk mail; 2,230,000 tons of newspapers and 6,330,000 tons of clothing and footwear annually. In one flush of the toilet, Americans use the same amount of water sub-Saharan Africans use in one day to drink, cook and clean. If everyone lived like Americans, it would take four earths to sustain people’s habits. With figures like these, Penny Bonda, interior design expert working in environmental communications, said it is “We are the time for a change. incredible green Bonda, who spoke Wednesday as part of the growing machine.” Interior Design Program Lecture Series, pushed for susPenny Bonda, interior tainability in all things—power sources, community designs design expert and everyday lifestyles. She called people the “incredible green growing machine,” having the ability to change the world and protect its future. However, she said the needed change requires caring and real understanding from people. “You need to build your knowledge, vote with your conscience and nourish your passion, but most importantly, pass it on. We are the incredible green growing machine,” Bonda said. To help the current state of the environment, Bonda said people should recycle more, support smart growth development and conserve resources. People around the world must simply lead a better way of life, she said. Bonda compared sustainability to the space race 50 years ago. As countries are again racing against one another, this time for land and resources, sustainability is key to America’s success. Referencing the work of Tom Friedman, columnist for The New York Times, Bonda said the country is facing three threats—energy-efficient vehicles made in foreign countries, nuclear power and climate change. While the country has some green factories, Bonda said there is room for improvement to decrease the threats put forth by Friedman. If the United States made more fuel-efficient vehicles, people would not be funding the development of nuclear bombs in Iran by purchasing fuel, she said. Using low cost vehicles would also reduce the impact of global warming. Bonda said people must seriously consider what sort of thinking got the world to this point. With thorough understanding, sincere concern and a dedication to sustainability, she said the incredible green growing machine can protect the world and its Finding voices was performed Thursday night by volunteer music therapy students to increase awareness of domestic violence. The students performed poetry, music and movement pieces. NOELLE resources. –arie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu BERLAGE photo
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Banquet: Smithfield native honored with Alumnus award
Regents name UCAT search committee Utah State Board of Regents Chair Jed Pitcher appointed a five-member search committee to assist the Board in selecting a new president for the Utah College of Applied Technology (UCAT). The new president will replace Robert O. Brems, who resigned Sept. 19. Regent Sara Sinclair will chair the search, joined by Regent Katharine Garff. Additional committee members are listed below. Representatives from public education and the business community, along with UCAT faculty and staff, will also provide input during the search. The committee will begin reviewing applications and nominations for the position no later than the end of this month. The Board expects to appoint a new president before the end of the year. More information regarding the search, including the formal position announcement and search criteria, is available online at http://www.utahsbr.edu/bor01h.html.
Investment Program results announced D.A. Davidson & Co., the largest full service investment firm based in the
-continued from page 1 company.” After accepting the award, Toolson spoke briefly and reminisced about his experiences at USU. “USU’s College of Business is my home and where it all began,” he said. “Any student will get as good of an education at this university as you will anywhere in the world.” Toolson, a native of Smithfield, Utah, completed his bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1968 and later returned to USU to earn his M.B.A. in 1970. “There is no other school that can prepare you better than this school,” Toolson said. “No other school can give you the tools you need any better than USU. Toolson said he’s a firm believer in the integrity, enthusiasm and desire the College of Business possesses. “I learned a long time ago that you will have people come and knock you down, but you just have to keep getting up,” he said. “I look out to you young people and see the potential you have. You can be anything you want to be. I promise you will get as good of an education at this university as you will anywhere in the world. It isn’t about where you get your education, it’s about what you learn and how you apply it.” By setting his goal early on of becoming a CEO of his own company, Toolson realized more important things along the way, he said. “You can achieve anything, but
you have to recognize when you set your goals what is truly important to you,” Toolson said. “Not everyone wants to go to through the difficult challenges that are required to become a CEO. That was the goal I had at times early on in my life, but many times I thought I wouldn’t be able to achieve it. Don’t set your goals so high you can’t achieve them. Always be willing to reset them, or even totally change them as you grow and change in life.” Toolson also mentioned his own definition of success. “Success isn’t about being CEO, it is about being happy and fulfilled in your life,” he said. “Never get caught up in the power or stuck reading your own headlines. Success is having the piece of mind that you lived a good life, you’ve achieved something you wanted to and you made a difference in your life and others, making your community and world a little bit better place to live in.” Anderson said he is pleased and honored to recognize such a humble leader. “When asked about his accomplishments, he turns the focus to the people he has worked with,” Anderson said. One suggestion Toolson provided business students with learning a second language. “I would highly recommend Mandarin,” he said. “China is one our biggest competitors and also a
great opportunity. Another great one would be Spanish.” Following Toolson’s remarks, many others were recognized, including 19 professors for their dedication, expertise and innovation. Brian Watson, recipient of the J.D. Clark Family Scholarship, represented more than 260 students who received scholarships this year as he thanked alumni, scholarship donors and business students. According to the college’s Web
site, USU’s College of Business is one of the oldest in the country, giving its first degrees in 1894. The College of Business has approximately 2,000 students and 84 faculty members, including seven new professors this year. There are 11 undergraduate majors, 10 graduate programs and two doctorate programs within the college, as well as 13 professional student organizations. –m.l.r@aggiemail.usu.edu
KAy toolson, CEO of Monaco Coach Corporation, received the Distinguished Executive Alumnus Award from the College of Business Thursday. Toolson teared up as he thanked those who he said helped him succeed and arrive to the point where he is today. DEBRA HAWKINS photo
Northwest, has announced the 2006-2007 results of its Student Investment Program – a hands on educational program designed to give senior-level business students reallife experience in investing and portfolio management. The program’s 2006-2007 school year concluded at the end of August with 80 percent of the 20 Davidson Student Investment program portfolios having experienced some appreciation in value. Utah State University in Logan achieved an 16.48 percent return or a $6,643 increase. For your reference, the major stock indices’ performances for the same period are as follows: The Dow Jones Industrial Average – 20.02 percent, the S&P 500 – 15.13 percent, the NASDAQ –19.80 percent, and the Davidson 99 – 18.98 percent (w/out dividends reinvested). The Student Investment Program, initially launched in 1985, will provide $1 million to student investors for the upcoming 2007-2008 school year. The program provides colleges and universities throughout the Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions with $50,000 per school, to be invested in the markets over the year. Twenty schools in seven states participate. The student teams use real money, pay execution costs and earn interest on cash and dividends on securities. The teams make investment decisions with a D.A. Davidson financial consultant as advisor and each school receives one-half of its team’s earnings above 5 percent, to spend as it chooses. D.A. Davidson lends the schools the initial $50,000 investment and absorbs any losses.
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CLIMB? Students build Sputnik replica 31 N. Main St. 753-1292
By CASEY SNIDER staff writer
Fifty years ago this week, the face of the world changed forever as Russian scientists launched the first man-made satellite into orbit. Its name was Sputnik, and it circled the earth 1,400 times before burning up in the earth’s atmosphere three months later. Now, USU students are attempting to recreate the magic of that bygone space race by building a replica of that historic technological wonder. The idea originally came to engineering students from Jan Sojka, faculty adviser and physics department head. Steve Berkley, mechanical engineering student who serves as the project’s head, said, “Because of the ending of the space shuttle and its availability for space research, we at USU, with support from scientists at the Utah State Space Dynamics Laboratory, began looking for new opportunities to do spacebased experiments.” It soon became clear to students and faculty in the engineering department that there would be no better way to begin a new era in USU space experimentation than to go back to the annals of the past, Berkley said. One year and hundreds of man hours later, students are putting the pieces together of a satellite that will perform the same functions as the first Sputnik, even to the point of broadcasting the original signal, said Jeff Brady, another engineer working on the project. The similarities to the space race of yesteryear
don’t end there, as those who are working on the project have little or no previous experience and are mainly undergraduates, says Berkley. “You figure it out as you go,” Berkley said. “We’re just a team of science and engineering students who are interested in space.” Berkley and Brady said they hope the project will be finished and launched sometime next year, but they concede there is still a lot of work left to be done. Though the satellite is only a 10th of the size and weight of the original, Berkley admitts it won’t be completed and launched in three months, like its predecessor. After the completion of the project, USU will send the project to the Space Dynamics Lab, where it will be fitted with additional sensors. It will then be sent into space through a launch coordinated by the California Polytechnic State University. The launch will occur in Russia. It’s a time-consuming effort, but its worth it, Berkly and Brady said. “I really like the project,” said Brady, who takes the electrical lead on the satellite. “It’s a good hands-on experiment that gets you ready for the real world.” When the satellite does finally reach its orbit, it will circle the globe at a height of between 400 and 600 kilometers for the next three to four years, after which it will burn up in the earth’s atmosphere noted Berkley For now, this undergraduate research project moves forward offering, as Berkley said, “an opportunity to get involved.” –c.snider@aggiemail.usu.edu
Overstock: Integrity most important
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most important lessons of business. “Choose integrity,” Lindsey said of his first lesson. “It’s what makes societies and relationships work. “The reason people aren’t rushing to the Middle East and investing in the infrastructure of these countries we’re in is because there’s no rule of law. There’s no way to know someone with a machine gun will come and take away what you build there. Or the government, for that matter.” Lindsey’s second lesson was to find a place where a business fits and can be noticed. Being one of the few successful dot-com businesses, Lindsey said the important thing is to have a solid business model that can survive ups and downs.
Lindsey said this also meant it’s important not to be afraid to give up on an unsuccessful venture or to fire people. “I’ve had to fire rooms full of people bigger than this and all at once,” he said. “It’s terrible, but it’s business.” Being conscientious is important when communicating with others, he said. Miscommunication could cost a lot more than people realize. Lindsey’s fourth point was wealth is something owners achieve, not employees. The last thing Lindsey said was important to remember was that balance doesn’t exist in the short term, so students and people in business shouldn’t annoy themselves trying to find it.
“Sometimes you have to just work really hard,” he said. “It’s like spinning plates. You can’t keep all of them spinning at once. You have to see the one that’s wobbling and pay attention to just that one for a while.” Lindsey also said his background in accounting was useful to him. Accounting is the language of business, he said. Once someone learns accounting, he said they can do anything in business. “I can talk to anyone in the company and feel as knowledgeable as I need to be,” he said. “I can talk to people in finance, marketing, anyone. It’s a very good background to have.” –elizabeth.lawyer@aggiemail.usu. edu
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By BRITTNEY WINN staff writer Cub River Carriage Co. offers an experience that enhances an already special occasion. At least that’s what Doug and Beka Leffler said of the company they started together. “The carriage ride is so unique in that you are alone with your spouse to really catch the romance together,” Beka said. “The carriage ride will really set the day apart from all the hustle and bustle, and the horses will take your breath away.” Cub River Carriage Co., located in Cub River, Idaho, specializes in weddings, and no detail is left unnoticed, the couple said. The vis-a-vis carriage, built in the French colonies of Canada, comes equipped with optional privacy shades and custom-made micro-plush blankets that match the carriage’s burgundy interior. Couples can also request their favorite love songs to be played during their carriage ride. The carriage is pulled by two draft Percheron horses Doug refers to as his “black beauties.” The horses are adorned with reins and harnesses that are black with gold trim. “We go the extra mile for weddings,” Beka said. “We really doll up the horses.” The Lefflers’ passion for horses was their motivation for starting Cub River Carriage Co. “We’ve always loved horses,”
Optional privacy shades, plush blankets and favorite love songs are all included in a Cub River Carriage Co. ride. Owners Doug and Beka Leffler said the carriage ride is a romantic addition to any wedding. photo courtesy Pristine Photo
Beka said. “They’ve always been a hobby for us.” Leaving the corporate grind wasn’t hard for Doug when he left his office job and started Cub River Carriage Co., he said. “The best part of my job is being outside with the horses and out from behind a desk,” Doug said. “My wife deals with the business side, and I work with the horses.” Doug’s daily routine includes more than just carriage rides. There’s a lot that goes into keeping
the horses in pristine condition. “When the horses aren’t pulling a carriage, they get their exercise from riding around the ranch,” Doug said. “On the ranch, the horses are fed twice a day, once at 6:30 a.m. and then again at 6:30 p.m.” Depending on the destination of the wedding, the preparation begins with plenty of time in advance, Doug said. He said he needs to account for travel time as well as the time it takes to get the horses ready and hooked up to the
carriage. “If we’re doing a ride in Logan, we need to leave at least an hour and a half before we’re supposed to be there,” Doug said. “That way, we have enough time to get there and get the gear on the horses.” Beka said the horse-drawn carriage really draws attention. She loves seeing people who don’t know the bride take pictures of the horses and the carriage. “It’s just so beautiful,” Beka said. -b.winn@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Jacob roecker SAID HE loves mountain biking and has created a Web site which includes hundreds of trails for people to bike and hike. CAMERON PETERSON photo
Web site may someday include worldwide trails
By RANAE BANGERTER staff writer
Anyone who enjoys the canyons surrounding Logan can find local trails in Utah, the nation and someday the world, thanks to trailbrain.com. Jacob Roecker, junior in speech communication and avid mountain biker, developed a trails Web site that runs off the same
software as Wikipedia to help make trails more accessible. “The idea is to give people the best understanding of the trail so they can decide if they want to go,” he said. Roecker, his wife, daughter and two sons love to go mountain biking, but trails that accommodate their child trailer and 5-year-old daughter’s skills are hard to find in a book.
“The trail books are usually out of date. Even the ones here in Cache Valley are out of date as soon as they are published,” Roecker said. He related a scenario of a tree fallen down on the trail, and the hikers just left it there. Roecker said those kind of things increase the technical
- See TRAILS, page 8
his week’s disturbing personal revelation: I have bovine vision. Possible translation: I’ve officially lived in Cache Valley long enough that whenever I shut my eyes to sleep at night I see cows, cows and more cows – some are dancing, some just chew their cud. But they’re everywhere. MOO! Actual translation: My color vision is really screwed up. I recently watched an episode of Mythbusters on the Discovery channel. You know, it’s that show featuring a red-haired, fruity guy and a beret-haired, gay guy. Every week they do science kind of things to test urban legends and myths as well as the will and determination of their audience to watch for an entire hour. The episode featured the myth that bulls are attracted to the color red, which is why matadors use a red cape to sucker them into an untimely, kebab-like death. In a science kind of way, the crew tried various colors to attract a bull, and discovered in the end that the bulls prefer brunettes over blondes, which I still find to be a remarkable tidbit of knowledge. No really, the crew found out that bulls do not charge objects or capes of any specific color over others, but rather to sounds and movement. The movement of the matador’s cape is what dupes the bull, not the fact that he is wearing hot tights and what closely resembles Mickey ears for a hat. Naturally, the follow up question to the color study is, “How much is one of those silly matador hats?” A slightly more science kind of person would more likely question the ability of bulls to see color at all, considering the apparent lack of color preference. Therefore the Mythbusters did ask a similar question to a bull’s eye expert and learned that bulls do see color, but in a more
muted palette. The program then showed a short picturesque video segment of a mountain meadow landscape and then adjusted the colors to imitate how the landscape would appear to a bull or cow. After viewing the segment twice, I would have drawn the conclusion that the Mythbusters show is a sham, but my wife was laughing too hard. I could not distinguish the color variations – hence the revelation of “bovine vision.” I was fully aware before seeing the show that I had impaired color vision. I have an illness, and most people call it “color blindness.” The political correctors would prefer to call the disease “chromatically challenged,” but that just sounds like made-up, fancy lingo for what they really want to call us, “oatmeal-for-brains.” Obviously, I prefer “color blindness.” As a kid, I first discovered I had a problem when viewing some Ishihara color test charts. I thought the other kids were just picking on me by telling me about “supposed” numbers hiding in the charts. So I pummeled them. Actually, I didn’t, but I would have if they hadn’t stood perfectly still in front of a large multi-colored dotted mural. Damn color vision. Soon after the discovery, my dad was reading a magazine article about color blindness which showed a normal picture and then similar pictures with the colors skewed to imitate what color blind people saw. He asked me which picture looked most like the original, and upon hearing my reply, told me that I was really screwed up. He may have simply said “Whoa,” but
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For an educational and cultural experience, students can go to the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art on campus. The museum was opened in December of 1982, according to the museum’s general information pamphlet. The 23,000-square-foot, four-level building was designed by Edward Larabee Barnes and shares an open sculpture plaza with the university’s art, music, landscape architecture and theater departments. “The museum is here as a great resource for students to learn from,” said Victoria Rowe, director and curator for the museum. The pamphlet states the museum contains specially designated exhibition spaces and is home to a collection of more than 4,000 objects. It is one of the largest museums in the Intermountain Region and represents a century of collecting works at USU. The museum displays wide range of media by modern, contemporary artists and contains artwork from 1900 to today, according to the pamphlet. Many of the objects were created from artists living or working in
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the western half of the United States. One of the collections is the Marie Eccles Caine Collection. According to the museum’s Web site, this collection of work offers new twists on the 20th-century American art. The core of the collection explores certain key historical moments, inluding Los Angeles post-surrealism, Santa Fe transcendentalism and Bay Area abstract expressionism. Another collection is the Nora Eccles Treadwell Harrison Ceramic Collection. The pamphlet explains that Nora Eccles Treadwell Harrison was an accomplished ceramist and a devoted collector. She donated nearly 500 ceramic objects to the museum. These objects are just the beginning of the continually growing ceramic collection, which presently holds more than 1,200 pieces. Artists include Maria Martinez, Ron Nagle, Robert Sperry, Peter Voulkos, Marguerite Wildenhain and many others. This collection has quickly become the largest regional storehouse for modern and contemporary American ceramics, according to the museum’s Web site. “The ceramic collection is a won-
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(Left) Irving Norman (american 1906-1989) painting title “Gothic” (1953) Oil on Canvas, Collection of Hela Norman. (Right) Irving Norman, Painting title: “the human Condition (Triptych)” (1980-81) oil on Canvas, Collection of Hela Norman. Part of the Dark Metropolis exhibit.
THE ART MUSEUM ON CAMPUS DISPLAYS many modern pieces of art. Above left: Irving Norman (American 1906-1989) painting, “Gothic” (1953) from the collection of Hela Norman. Above right: Irving Norman painting, “The Human Condition (Triptych)” (1980-81) from the collection of Hela Norman. Both paintings are part of the Dark Metropolis exhibit . TYLER LARSON photo
derful teaching collection,” Rowe said. “It is especially a great learning environment for students to use and to learn from.” The general information pamphlet also stated this museum hosts an average of 14 temporary exhibitions. These exhibitions are located on the second floor of the museum and are dedicated to objects that are strictly on loan to the museum. The length of each of these exhibits depends on the sponsoring institutions. “The traveling exhibitions seem to hit right to the core and encourage students to use all that the art museum has to offer them,” Rowe said. Another popular exhibit is the Sight and Sound Collection. The museum’s Web site states Sight and Sound consists of selected paintings and sculptures from the museum’s permanent collection and provides a glimpse of the revolutions in art and music that occurred during the 20th century. Located in two major galleries of the museum, this exhibition features listening posts where visitors can hear selections of works by 20th-century composers such as Edgard Varèse, Luciano Berio,
John Cage, George Antheil and Terry Riley. The museum also collaborates with many different departments to help create a great learning atmosphere for the students. “Many students use art as a stimulus as writing,” Rowe said. “This week alone we have had many different classes coming to the museum to write about a specific piece of work.” This past spring, the art museum and English department teamed up to create an exhibit of May Swenson’s work. This exhibition paired Swenson’s poetry with work from other artists. “Our museum is very hands on,” Rowe said. “It can often drive me crazy, but it also involves many fun things.” For more information on the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, call the museum information line at 797-0163. To visit the museum, hours are from Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. The museum is closed Sundays, Mondays and holidays. The museum is free to the public. -courtnie.packer@aggiemail.usu.edu
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What kind of bike is right for you? By LINDA SHRIEVES (MCT)
Walk into a bike shop today, and it’s easy to get lost in the choices. There are road bikes and hybrid bikes, mountain bikes and comfort bikes. Beach cruisers and commuting bikes. “City path” bikes and touring bikes. Even the most basic bike, the standard beach cruiser, may be operating under a new alias: a lifestyle bike. Confused? No wonder. Bike-shop owners face this problem regularly. People wander in and don’t have a clue what type of bike to buy. The answer depends on what kind of biking you want to do – long-distance rides, trail riding, road riding – or just spins around the neighborhood. “I get asked about bikes all the time,” says George Cheney, president of the Florida Freewheelers, Florida’s oldest cycling club. “My advice is borrow a bike and see what you think. Or ask a lot of questions. But don’t go out and buy a real expensive bike until you know that you enjoy the sport and know what you want to do. Don’t go out and buy a $5,000 bike. You can have an awfully good time on a $500 bike.” The first steps inside a bike shop can be intimidating, especially for the derailleur-challenged. But the bike industry, which once catered strictly to Lance Armstrong wannabes and the mountainbike crowd, is today aiming at people who want to love bicycling as they did as children. So don’t be surprised to walk into a nearby bike shop
and see, in addition to the rows of black-and-red road bikes, an array of one-speed bikes in mint or yellow or baby blue with swooping handlebars and even tassels that hang from the hand-grips. “Riding this type of bike is like riding in a ‘67 Chevy convertible,” says Deena Breed, co-owner of Orange Cycle in Orlando, Fla. “You just look cool ... It’s an image, but it puts a smile on your face. It makes you feel good.” Not sure what type of bike fits you best? First, visit a bike shop and talk to the employees. Then, don’t be afraid to take a test ride around the block. Not interested in spending $400 on a bike? You can scope the classifieds for a used bike or head to a discount store such as Target or Wal-Mart. But biking experts warn that you get what you pay for: A cheaper bike will have cheaper components that could break down after a couple of years of use. And the bikes are often heavier, which might not matter if you’re going for a spin around the block, but may be a big deal if you’re trying to ride 10 miles or more at a clip. • Road bike. If you’ve been taking spinning classes at your local gym, but now want to hit the road, many bike shops will suggest a road bike. Likewise, people who have been runners, but are switching to cycling because of bad knees, would be good candidates for a road bike. “They’re athletic, they’re already in shape, so we know they’re going to go gung-ho,” says Breed. And if you don’t like the drop-handlebars on a road bike, Breed says, consider
a new style: the upright road bike. Price range: $700 to $10,000 • Mountain bikes. There are no mountains in Florida, but that hasn’t stopped the mountain bike from becoming a hot seller. The reason? In the 1990s, it became the bike of choice for people who wanted a bike that was more durable than a road bike and could handle riding on different types of surfaces, including sand and dirt paths and brick streets. If you’re looking for the basics, remember this: Mountain bikes (also known as all-terrain bikes) aren’t for riding fast, they’re for riding furious -- meaning that you can jump curbs or go off-road or bounce around on them, and they’ll hold up well. But you’ll be left in the dust by your friends riding road bikes if you’re out on a 20-mile trip. Price range: $200 to $3,000 • Hybrid bike. In recent years, the debate among occasional riders has been whether to buy a comfort bike or a hybrid bike. Both bike styles allow riders to sit up straight, rather than leaning forward, road-bike style. But hybrids have been more popular than comfort bikes, says David Sanborn, owner of David’s World Cycle. The reason? While comfort bikes have a wide tire and a smaller wheel, hybrids have a skinnier tire (like a road bike) and a bigger wheel, so the bike will go faster without as much effort. “Hybrids are lighter than comfort bikes, and everybody likes to go a little farther a little faster,” says Sanborn. Price range: $300 to $2,000
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“Man is Ben Stiller looking old.” That was my first thought when I saw the poster and trailer for this movie. The next thing I thought was, “Wow, Ben Stiller in a role where he’s the romantic lead caught in ever-increasing situations of embarrassment while he’s trying to win the affection of the girl of his dreams? I’ve never seen that before.” After that, I thought, “Wait I have seen that, I’ve seen that a lot. ‘Meet the Parents,’ ‘There’s Something about Mary,’ ‘Keeping the Faith’ and ‘Along Came Polly.’” But, I will go and see this comedy of embarrassment, just like I saw all the rest. Why? Because Stiller makes such a great doofus. I can’t help but laugh every time I watch him get thrown off a plane for saying “bomb” or getting his beans and frank zipped up in his pants. Ben Stiller has been typecast – we all know that. But, we go see his movies because he’s hilarious as a loser. I pre-emptively love this movie.
Finally, a movie made about a Who song. No more sequels. No more movies based on comic books — I mean graphic novels, sorry. At last, a film that’s title suggests some original movie making. But like everything in my life, it ends up only being about an awkward kid, who — despite his social misgivings — has powers and is the only hope to save the world. How can someone who can’t even talk to girls save the world? Doesn’t super power come from an insatiable sexual libido? Look at all the superheroes of the past — Superman, Spiderman, Batman. They all did very well with the ladies. Well, maybe not Batman, he did just hang out in a dark cave with two other dudes. But the point still stands. Furthermore, the savior of the world ought to have a beard. Some religions are almost completely based off this premise. Without a proper hero, they should have just stuck to the Who-song-themed movie starring a bearded Pete Townsend. I pre-emptively hate this movie. But I will always pre, post, or whatever emptively love The Who.
–by Aaron Peck/aaron.peck@aggiemail.usu.edu
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“Feel the Noise” Much of “Feel the Noise” centers on rap and hip hop, which I know little about and tend to dislike, so at first I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to fairly criticize it. But then I realized being a pre-emptive critic isn’t about being fair or knowing things or making well-reasoned critiques based on thoughtful analysis. No. It’s about spending a few minutes online to get a superficial understanding of a movie, judging it instantly without seeing it and then rambling for about 150 words or so. That, I can do (especially when I waste 105 words rambling about other things, as I’ve just done). Anyway, this movie is about rap and hip hop and some thugs who want to kill a guy so he goes to Puerto Rico and dances with curvy women and talks about fulfilling his dreams. If you’re into that kind of stuff, go see this movie. Since I’m not really into that stuff (although I’m not opposed to curvy women, of course), I preemptively hate this movie. By Devin Felix/d.felix@aggiemail.usu.edu
The pre-emptive critics write knee-jerk analyses of upcoming films based solely on hearsay, advance publicity and — most importantly — movie trailers. They have not seen the movies.
‘The Kingdom’ is more than just an action movie Director Peter Berg’s “The Kingdom” has certainly caused mixed feelings in critics across the nation. They either love it, or they hate it. Most of the people who hate it blame the movie for being just another action movie, which it most certainly is not. As you can probably tell, I’m in the category of those who loved it, and I’ll tell you why. “The Kingdom” is about a group of FBI agents sent to Saudi Arabia to investigate a suicide bombing that occurred on one of the compounds that house the American oil workers. The agents are lead by Ronald Fleury and Jamie Foxx (“Ray”), with Jason Bateman (“Arrested Development”), Jennifer Garner (“Alias”) and Chris Cooper (“Breach”) lending supporting roles. Immediately the team is hindered in their investigation because of the deep cultural divide between the Saudis and the Americans. They feel worthless and frustrated. Sounds like a pretty generic proce-
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dural drama right? Kind of like CSI Saudi Arabia. But, the investigation itself isn’t what the movie is about. First, I applaud this movie for its unflinching attitude toward the violence caused at the beginning of the movie. Not that I like violence, but they didn’t dumb it down to some James Bond type of violence. You really get the feeling that this may be a glimpse of what it would be like if we were caught up in a terrorist
situation. Second, this movie is much more about the relationships between people. When the team first gets there, they think they are the only ones that want to catch the criminals. They think, just because they’re Americans, they’re the only ones who care, when in fact the Saudi police want to catch the people responsible just as much as they do. Sometimes we forget there are two sides to everything. Sometimes we don’t want to acknowledge that there is more than one way to achieve the same goals. “The Kingdom” shows us our errors as humans regardless of race or religion. “The Kingdom” gives us the best of what human beings have to offer, and the worst. Pay attention to the last few lines spoken by Foxx and a small Saudi boy. Those words will make you think. In those words lie the real meaning of this movie. -aaron.peck@aggiemail.usu.edu
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difficulty of the trail, and “you can’t get that kind of stuff out of a book.” Roecker started searching on other Web sites which were good, but they weren’t good enough, he said. “I couldn’t go back on and tell someone, ‘I can ride this with a trailer,’” Roecker said. He couldn’t add to the Web pages, and it frustrated him. So he decided he wanted something else. With his Web site, users can log on and update the trails they have been to. They can describe the trail, upload photos and video, discuss trails with others and add a link to a map. Users can also type in restrictions and give directions
to the trail head, which most sites don’t have, he said. “The problem with (the
other sites) is people are only focusing on usually their favorite activity and in their
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regional location,” he said. His Web site features a fivestar rating system to assess the difficulty of the trail for different sports. Ten sports are listed, and Roecker said he wants to expand it even more. Sports with ratings are: hiking, jogging, horseback riding, biking, motorbiking, all-terrain vehicle driving, snow shoeing, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. “I realized I don’t just like mountain biking. I like hiking and climbing and all sorts of other activities,” he said. The Web site has been running since August and features some trails in Connecticut, Idaho and Montana, but most of the trails listed are in Utah.
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Friday, Oct. 5 -Diwali Festival, Indian festival of lights with food and dancing, TSC Ballroon, 6 p.m. -Gallery Walk, Downtown Logan at AMC, Caffe Ibis, Global Village Gifts, Citrus and Sage, S.E. Needham’s Jewelers, and Winborg Masterpieces; 6-9 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. -Once Upon a Matress, Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 E. 4700 South Ogden, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., $9-$11 -Club Karaoke, 345 N. 100 East, Logan (Behind Kinko’s), 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, $5
Saturday, Oct. 6 -Poetry and a Beverage, The Hub, 9 p.m., Bring denim to donate -Fry Street Quartet Concert, USU Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m., Free with student ID -Big Band Swing Dancing, Elite Hall, 83 W. Main, Hyrum, Lessons: 7 p.m., Dancing, 8 p.m., $1 for lessons, $3 for dancing -Ice Skating, Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., $4
Want something posted on VENUES? Send to statesman@cc.usu.edu Information compiled by: Kate Rouse “There is no national database for trails,” he said. Many Web sites about trails are available, such as Mountain Bike Reviews (MTBR.com), Utah Mountain Biking, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Forest Service and the National Parks Service, but Roecker said they are extremely underfunded. Fifty Web sites similar to trailbrain are out there, and Roecker said, “It’s only a matter who’s gonna come out on
top in five years.” As of this week, the site has 16 members and 306 Web pages, each featuring a different trail. To get involved, visit the site at www.trailbrain.com. Roecker eventually wants the site to expand, not only throughout the nation, but throughout the world. “There’s no reason not to,” he said. -ranae.bang@aggiemail.usu. edu
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percentage to go with seven block By G. CHRISTOPHER TERRY assists and six digs. staff writer Melissa Osterloh had her teamleading seventh double-double with 11 A real shot at upsetting one of the kills and 10 digs. Western Athletic Conference’s top vol“We were right there with them,” leyball squads slipped away from USU Ale said. “I wanted this match so bad. Thursday night, with six service errors I told the girls we are going to get in Game 2, sealing a 3-1 loss. them in the WAC (tournament). We’ll After losing Game 1, 30-24, Utah be tougher.” State grabbed an early lead in game The missed serves seemed to bother two and ran out to as far ahead as 18USU Head Coach Grayson DuBose the 10, but couldn’t close the most. deal. Fueled by Lindsey “Too many missed Yon’s powerful hitting, serves by us,” he said. NMSU came back to tie “Against a good team things up and eventulike New Mexico State NMSU 3 ally take Game 2, 31-29, you can’t miss that essentially ending the USU 1 many serves.” match. USU showed While the Aggies good character in fighting to a 30-19 were missing their serves, the other win in game 3, but then succumbed to Aggies were hitting their service the Other Aggies patient defense. opportunities with accuracy, achieving “I think when we’re up we have a a season-high 11 aces. hard time staying up,” was how senior Nielson said she was mystified as to opposite side hitter Amanda Nielson why serving was so difficult for USU. characterized the loss. “We think ‘oh, “I’ve been a player where you come we’re up, it’s going to be okay.’ We’ve in and you just serve and that’s all you got to learn to stay up and finish do,” she said. “It’s hard because you’re games off.” not warm and you know that’s all Nielson, who had 14 kills, 10 digs you’re in there for so you’ve got to be and nine block assists, was neverthegood at it. It’s hard because the presless part of the problem in Game 2, sure is on. We’re a really good serving where she had a negative .071 hitting team usually. We practice it a lot.” percentage. New Mexico State hit .161 on the USU’s best player in the match was senior Monarisa Ale, who had a - See LOSS, page 11 career-high 14 kills on a .448 hitting
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USU holding walk-on tryouts
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LOGAN, Utah — Utah State’s men’s basketball team is looking to add a player to its 2007-08 roster and will be holding walk-on tryouts on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. in the Spectrum. Anyone interested must be a full-time student and must bring their own equipment to the tryouts. For more information contact the Utah State Basketball Office at (435) 797-3133 or e-mail Lance Beckert, Director of Basketball Operations, at lance.beckert@usu.edu.
melissa osterloh (3), melissa larson (8) and amanda nielson (33) jump in unison for a block Thursday night at the Spectrum. PATRICK ODEN photo
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DENVER — Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson today announced that the WAC Board of Directors have awarded the 2009 and 2010 WAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments to the University of Nevada and the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority. The tournaments will be held in the 11,485-seat Lawlor Events Center, located on the campus of the University of Nevada. “The WAC looks forward to returning its premier men’s and women’s event to Reno and the University of Nevada,” Benson said. “The Reno, Sparks and Lake Tahoe area have become a favorite destination for fans from throughout the WAC.” The WAC tournaments were last held in Reno in 2006.
Hawaii won’t be a vacation for Aggies By SAMMY HISLOP sports editor
Hawaii is the Utah State football team’s destination this weekend, but forget about it being any kind of vacation. If the Aggies replicate last week’s debacle on special teams this Saturday in Hawaii, things could possibly get even uglier than last year’s 63-10 loss to the Warriors in Logan. Kickoff is at 10 p.m. Mountain Standard Time and will be televised on KJZZ (Comcast Channel 14). “Special teams has always been something that we’ve been bragging about for quite a while,” USU Head Coach Brent Guy said. “But we dropped a lot of spots in a lot of places (last week at Utah) … It cost us dearly. We are going to have to change some guys around. We just missed tackles.” Against the University of Utah, the Aggies allowed the Utes to net 135 yards on punt returns, one of which was taken back 75 yards for a touchdown. The Utes also averaged 23 yards on each kickoff return. “We watched the tape over and over, we were in great position,” Aggie wide receiver/returner Kevin Robinson said. “(Utah) just made a little hesitation, and it froze us a little bit and enough for him to get by us. I know because I do punt returns too and I saw him come at me, and
just the slightest little move can throw off everything. We were in good position.” Giving an opponent that kind of field position won’t help the Aggies snap their 10-game road losing streak—especially against the Warriors of Hawaii. The Warriors (5-0 for the first time since 1981) are currently ranked higher than they ever have been in their history: 15th in the USA Today poll and 16th by the Associated Press. They also boast a Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Colt Brennan. Even after throwing five interceptions last week in a 48-20 win at Idaho, Brennan is second in the nation in total offense (415.8 yards per game) and ninth in pass efficiency. Guy said he will use the example of those five interceptions Brennan threw last week as a motivating factor for the defense to cause turnovers. “What scares me more than anything is their offense,” Guy said. “Obviously, they’re scoring over 60 points both times they’ve been home on the island and over 40 in games off the island. That’s the thing that scares me the most about going and playing this football game, is the potential that their offense has.” Aside from last week, the Warriors’ victories include Northern Colorado (63-6), Louisiana Tech (45-44 in overtime), the University of Nevada-
WAC tourney to move back to Reno in 2009
Aggie athlete graduation rate at 77 percent By USU ATHLETICS
USU quarterback leon Jackson III (7) calls a play at center last Saturday at Utah. Jackson and the Aggies travel 3,008 miles to take on the 15th-ranked Hawaii Warriors. Last year in Logan the Warriors rolled the Aggies 63-10. TYLER LARSON photo
Las Vegas (49-14), and Charleston Southern (66-10). “We’ve got to get back to what we do best on special teams,” Guy said. “That is to get ourselves field position and make them play a long field and not a short field like Utah was able to do in the second quarter when they got all those points.” THE SERIES The Aggies lead the all-time series against the Warriors, 4-3. The Aggies’ most recent victory was in 1966 when they came away with a 48-0 win. -samuel.hislop@aggiemail.usu. edu
Meet the Challenge USU (0-5) @ Hawaii (5-0)
Television: KJZZ (Comcast Channel 14).
Saturday, Oct. 6, Aloha Stadium, 10 p.m. USU notes • WR Kevin Robinson currently is second in the NCAA in punt-return yardage (22.3). • LB De’von Hall leads USU with 44 tackles. LB Jake Hutton is second with 40 stops. • The Aggies are eighth in the WAC in scoring defense (33.2 ppg).
Hawaii notes • QB Colt Brennan threw five interceptions last week at Idaho. • The Warriors are ranked 15th by USA Today, their highest ranking in school history. • Brennan is second in the nation in total offense with 415.8 yards per game.
The Aggies lead the all-time series against Hawaii, 4-3. The last victory over the Warriors came in 1966, a 48-0 triumph.
Utah State’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR), the now three-year old metric to identify how student-athletes graduate, stands at 77 percent it was announced by the NCAA national office on Wednesday. The rate, which is only one percentage point lower than last year’s rate of 78 percent, is a four-year average encompassing the 1997-2000 classes. The GSR was devised to be a more true indicator of how institutions graduate students. It takes into account studentathletes who transferred to an institution and graduated, and discounts student-athletes who transfer away from an institution. The federal graduation rates, the metric commonly used prior to the GSR, does not count transfer students to an institution who graduate, and any student who transfers from an institution counts against that institution.
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Aggie runner liking tranquility of Logan By ERIN WADSWORTH staff writer
Utah Statesman: Why did you choose USU? Emon Williams: The coaches came out to my house in Sacramento. When I came on my recruit trip I liked the guys I hung out with. I liked the atmosphere, plus I wanted to pick a school I could generally graduate from, not get swept under the rug. US: What are your expectations for this coming season? EW: I’m with a new group now, and I’m with a really good coach, Coach (Corey) Murdock. I feel confident that he’s going to help me out, better than last year. I was struggling last year a little bit, and this year I hope to run faster and score points in
conference. US: Do you feel that you’ve done well in your athletic career at USU? EW: Oh, yeah. My first year here I (set a personal record) outdoor, and last year I (set a personal record) indoor and didn’t do well in outdoor. Productively I feel that I’m getting a lot stronger, faster and more knowledgeable in my sport. There’s a lot of different things when it comes to running the 800, which is the race I run, so every time you run it you get better. US: How did it feel to become Mr. USU? EW: Mr. USU was interesting. One of our former athletes, Preston Gordon, couldn’t do it, so he nominated me to do it. I showed up for rehearsal the first day, and it was kind of high-spirited. All of the guys had already
AthleteQ&A
done (the competition) once, and start? I felt weird. But once I started EW: It was weird. I started getting into it, I had a lot of fun. running track my freshman I was shocked that I won. They year in high school. Before that called me for Mr. Congeniality, I played soccer, and the coaches and I thought it was over from saw me one day in practice and there. they thought it would be good US: What is it like for me to come out being a student-athlete? and run track. I ran EW: I think being a the 800 and broke the student-athlete is really school record, and tough because of the from then on I ran expectations. Right track. now we have eight-hour US: What’s the main weeks (for practice), and difference between in a month or two we’re Sacramento, Calif., going to start 20-hour and Logan? weeks. When everyone EW: The people else has down time, – the amount of Williams we’re either practicing or people and the type of studying. Plus, you’re not necespeople. I’m LDS, and (Logan) is sarily in the spotlight, but you’re more religious than Sacramento. more known on campus because You have lots of different things you’re an athlete. Everything that going on in Sacramento, differyou do has to be on the up and ent religions. And here there’s up. a lot, but one is more prevalent US: How did your track career than the others. It’s a lot easier
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match, while holding USU to .159 hitting. NMSU also had 14 more digs (63-49) and 13 more assists (60-47) than the Aggies, a statistic which demonstrated their methodical approach to defense and their patient, precise attack. DuBose took heart in his team’s defense of New Mexico State’s hitting. “We were kind of able to force them into doing some things where they weren’t comfortable,” DuBose said, noting that the .161 percentage is significantly lower than NMSU’s season hitting percentage of .265. “We watched a bunch of matches of these guys so we were really familiar with their tendencies and we were able to get on them and make them a
little uncomfortable.” NMSU was led by Krista Altermatt, who had 17 kills and 11 digs. The southern Aggies maintained their first-place spot in the WAC and improved 15-3 overall and 6-1 in league action. Now USU must regroup before they face Louisiana Tech on Saturday night. “It’s an important match now at home,” DuBose said. “We just have to play better under stress.” USU recently beat Louisiana Tech on their home floor in Ruston, Louisiana, three games to none, but no games are automatic wins or losses in the competitive WAC, DuBose said. -graham.terry@aggiemail.usu. edu
Fast Stats
• Monarisa Ale led USU with a seasonhigh 14 kills and a .448 attacking percentage. • USU hit .159 on the match. •USU was up 19-12 in the second game before dropping it, 31-29. •Melissa Osterloh tallied her fifth double-double of the season.
at 8 at night, I probably won’t eat until I’m done. I think it’s mental because if I eat, it weighs me down and that will slow me down. That’s sometimes not good, but it’s worked for me for a long time. US: What type of music pumps you up for before and during your run? EW: Until last year I ran with my iPod on and it threw me off. Now I don’t run with any music because I like to hear my body, when I’m breathing hard. In a race you don’t get to hear music, so when you hear other people breathing hard it makes you tired. So I cut music out. But music that would get me pumped up, get me ready, I like hip hop. The beats are repetitive, so it’s kind of like warrior drums. Hip hop is a lot of repetition and it pumps me up. -erin.wadsworth@aggiemail. usu.edu
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USU’s chelsea fowles blocks a shot from New Mexico State’s 27 Thursday night in the Spectrum with the help of Danielle Taylor (5) and Monarisa Ale (1). USU fell 3-1 to the 22nd-ranked southern Aggies. NMSU improved to 15-3 overall and 6-1 in Western Athletic Conference play. USU fell to 8-8 and 5-3. PATRICK ODEN photo
to slip at home as opposed to being here. There are a lot of bad things you can do at home, and there’s not much you can get into here. Being here is probably a little bit better. US: Who’s your hero? EW: I have two. My mom is number one; she raised my brothers and me by herself. Being a single black woman, she struggled every day. If she can do that and make it, then I can do pretty much anything. My other hero is my baby sister. Well, she’s older than me, but she’s the youngest one before me. Right now she’s dealing with cancer, and that’s tough. When I found out, everything in my life that I thought was catastrophic seemed little next to dealing with cancer. US: Do you have any premeet rituals? EW: It might sound crazy, but I don’t eat. I eat the night before, but let’s say that I run
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Jones admits steroid use
MARION JONES of the United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 100-meter at the Summer Olympics ,Saturday, Sept. 23, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Jones admitted using steroids before the 2000 Olympics in a recent letter to close family and friends. AP photo
(AP) — Marion Jones admitted using steroids before the 2000 Olympics in a recent letter to close family and friends, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Jones, a triple gold medalist in Sydney, said she took “the clear” for two years, beginning in 1999, and that she got it from former coach Trevor Graham, the newspaper reported. Graham told her it was flaxseed oil. “The clear” is a performance-enhancing drug linked to BALCO, the lab at the center of the steroids scandal in professional sports. Until now, Jones had steadfastly denied she ever took any kind of performanceenhancing drugs. Jones is scheduled to appear in U.S. Southern District Court on Friday to plead guilty to charges in connection with her steroid use, a federal law enforcement source told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, and would not provide specific details about the plea. “I want to apologize for all of this,” the Post reported, quoting a person who received a copy of Jones’ letter and read it to the paper. “I am sorry for disappointing you all in so many ways.” In her letter, Jones said she’d used performance-enhancing drugs until she stopped training with Graham at the end of 2002. She said she lied when federal agents questioned her in 2003, panicking
when they presented her with a sample of “the clear,” which she recognized as the substance Graham had given her. “Red flags should have been raised when he told me not to tell anyone,” the Post reported, quoting the letter. No one answered the door at Jones’ Austin home Thursday evening, and a message left by the AP for a phone number registered to her husband, Obadele Thompson, was not immediately returned. “It’s funky, because you wanted to believe she was clean,” said Jon Drummond, a gold medalist in the 400 relay in Sydney. “It’s like that old saying, ‘Cheaters never win.’ So no matter how glorious or glamorous things look, you’ll get caught and pay a price for it. “It caught me by total surprise,” he added. “It’s a shock. I thought it was a closed case. It doesn’t help track and field at all, except maybe by letting the world know, people always get to the bottom of things. We shouldn’t be afraid of the truth, but it’s sad it came to this.” The admission could cost Jones the five medals she won at the Sydney Olympics. Though she fell short of her goal of winning five gold medals, she came away with three and two bronzes and was one of the games’ biggest stars. But her career has been tarnished by doping allegations since then. She was one of several athletes, including home run king Barry Bonds, to testify before
a San Francisco federal grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory CoOperative. According to grand jury transcripts obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, Bonds said he thought two substances given to him by trainer Greg Anderson were flaxseed oil and an arthritic balm. Authorities suspect those items were actually “the clear” and “the cream,” two performance-enhancing drugs linked to BALCO. Jones’ former boyfriend Tim Montgomery, also testified before the grand jury, and was given a two-year ban for doping in late 2005. In December 2004, the International Olympic Committee opened an investigation into doping allegations against Jones. And last year, a Jones urine sample tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug EPO but she was cleared when a backup sample tested negative. Jones sued BALCO founder Victor Conte in 2004 for $25 million after he told a national television news program that the sprinter used designer steroids, human growth hormone and other illegal performance enhancers before and during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Conte said he taught Jones how to inject human growth hormone during a track meet in 2001. He said he also held conference calls with Jones and Graham where the three of them discussed Jones’ “doping” regimen.
Ag soccer falls in final minutes to No. 23 BYU By SETH R. HAWKINS editor in chief
The USU women’s soccer team may not have left Provo with a win Thursday evening, falling 2-1, but they did leave some marks on the Brigham Young University team that will be remembered. Up to this game, BYU, which is ranked No. 23, had only had two goals scored on them all season and had never been outshot in the first half. The Aggies changed all that. In the 18th minute of play, junior forward Candice Clark, a native of Provo, squeezed between two BYU defenders and took a feed from teammates Stefani Shiozaki and Dana Peart, and drilled the ball in from the left post 12 yards out. The goal marks Clark’s first of the season, as she is coming off an injury that has limited her playing time. The assist was also a first for freshman midfielder Shiozaki. “Every single Aggie that set foot on the field today made a difference,” USU Head Coach Heather Cairns said. “Everyone made big plays today. It was a super team effort. (Shiozaki) was in the game, it was a first touch, gave it to Dana, who passed it to Candice for the score.” USU, who has a veritable arsenal of shooters in the attack, was limited in its shooting opportunities but threatening when they did get through the Cougar defense, Cairns said. “This game, neither team had as many opportunities,” Cairns said. “It was a middle third type game. But it was just better defense and a
better game all around than against Montana. When you increase the caliber of play, you get less opportunties to score.” The Aggies outshot the Cougars 4-2 in the first half, which is the first time this season the Cougars have been outshot in the first half. All four USU shots were on goal and one of them went through. Clark was critical in the Aggie attack today, Cairns said. Playing 58 minutes, Clark had one goal, two shots on goal and another goal that was called back due to a handball call. Despite the successes for the Aggies, the end result was disappointing flashback of last season’s game in Logan, minus the snow. With just over two minutes left in the game, Cougar standout Katie Larkin, who leads the Mountain West Conference in game-winning goals with eight, added to those numbers by scoring an unassisted goal on Aggie goalkeeper Ali Griffin. This marks the second year in a row Larkin scored the gamewinning goal on the Aggies, as she nailed a long shot in overtime last season to defeat the Aggies 1-0. USU has never defeated the Cougars in soccer. “That’s what we’re kind of bummed about,” Cairns said of Larkin’s repeat game-winning goal. “I think she only got one shot on the goal. She’s a leftfooted player. We made Dana beat Larkin. They weren’t allowed to let her go to the left. We did such a good job at that and the one time we let her through with her left foot she makes us pay for it. She is worth all the hype. She is a special player.” Limiting Larkin to one goal was no
small feat. Larkin leads the Cougars in shots with 36 and has scored nine goals and tabbed two assists, one of those coming against the Aggies. Even though Larkin is the clear leader and threat on the Cougars offense, Cairns said she was focused on containing all their players. Despite the containment attempt, the Cougars still got on the board first. BYU defender Amanda Draeger took an assist from Larkin and shot from 25 yards out to give the Cougars an early 1-0 lead. It was Draeger’s first goal of the season, making her just one of three Cougars to have scored this season. Another Cougar player had an opportunity to score off an Andrea Willis penalty kick in the 30th minute of play, but USU’s Griffin deflected the kick. “Ali stopped a penalty kick,” Cairns said. “Ali also stopped a direct kick that was on frame. I’m so proud of the girls. It’s disappointing to lose in the (88th) minute but this is by far the best soccer we’ve played all year and to play that well against the No. (23) team in the country was great to see.” The game, as typical in Aggie rivalries, was a physical contest but had less fouls than in previous USU games at 9-3, in favor of the Aggies. The physicality of the game left some deep marks on the Cougars though. Standout BYU goalkeeper Erika Woodbury fell on the ball with, trying to prevent a USU goal, and gashed her face, Cairns said. Woodbury left the game with three minutes remaining in the first half and didn’t return until the 57th minute of play. -seth.h@aggiemail.usu.edu
colorado rockies’ kazuo matsui, of japan, connects for a grand slam off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Kyle Lohse in the fourth inning of Game 2 of a National League Division Series playoff baseball game, Thursday in Philadelphia. AP photo
Rockies, Indians win PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Done chasing that wild-card spot, Kaz Matsui and the relentless Colorado Rockies are playing like champs. Matsui hit his first career grand slam and drove in five runs, leading the Rockies over the Philadelphia Phillies 10-5 Thursday for a 2-0 lead in their NL playoff series. A day after taking a pitchers’ duel, Colorado outslugged the Phils and got a big effort from its bullpen. With 16 victories in 17 games, the Rockies are winning every which way. “We believe we’re going to win every game,” manager Clint Hurdle said. “We’ve been playing in the loser’s bracket for a month.” Matsui connected off Kyle Lohse, rushed in to relieve struggling rookie Kyle Kendrick in the fourth inning. Lohse was the Phillies’ scheduled Game 4 starter. At this rate, the best-of-five series may not get that far. Rookie Ubaldo Jimenez will try to pitch Colorado to a sweep Saturday night at Coors Field against veteran Jamie Moyer.
Making just the second postseason appearance in the franchise’s 15-year history, Colorado is on the verge of going to its first NL championship series. The Rockies posted their eighth straight road victory. Matsui fell a single short of the cycle, and Troy Tulowitzki and Matt Holliday homered on consecutive pitches in the first inning off Kendrick, who got a quick hook from manager Charlie Manuel. Booed out of New York after 2½ seasons with the Mets, Matsui is a perfect fit in calmer Colorado. “I couldn’t make good results in New York,” Matsui said through a translator. “I’m glad I have a good environment and a good team in Colorado.” The Phillies had a chance to make it interesting in the eighth, loading the bases with two outs. But closer Manny Corpas came in and retired Carlos Ruiz. Corpas worked around a pair of two-out singles in a scoreless ninth for his second save in as many days. Other scores: INDIANS 12, YANKEES 3
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he next time you make that arduous trek down the stairs to take out the trash, pause for a second and think about the trash. Sure, we’re always told to keep our minds on higher things, but just this once, think about what’s in that large plastic sack. Chances are there’s a lot more in there than banana peels, egg shells and your roommates’ charred attempt at a simple meal of chicken and rice. All too often we as Americans throw away items that can be recycled without giving it a second thought. The only think that matters is discarding of unwanted items as quickly as possible. But is it really all that more difficult to recycle items instead of throwing them away? It just takes a little bit of forethought and a good enough eye to chuck that plastic bottle in a different colored bin. Recycling is only one element of a larger growing concern among many scientists and leaders of numerous other fields that the Earth’s resources are being depleted at an ever-accelerated pace. Earth’s resources are definitely meant for the benefit of mankind but some of these resources can’t be replaced, making them a scarce commodity indeed. When money becomes scarce it’s easy to cut back and preserve what funds are available. The same should be done to our environment. It’s a matter of sustainability – rethinking how we do things to preserve the things that we need and want. Sustainability is about exploring alternative options to make things better for both mankind and the environment, because they are intricately connected. Energy and the sources that provide it are extremely important and scientists are constantly concerned about how to maximize energy use. But without the popular support of the American people – the major users of world energy – advances in energy conservation are slow and costly. Innovative solutions to vital problems seems to be an ideal that is all but lost on the current generation of Americans. Go back in time 50 years and view America then. While conservation wasn’t the major issue at the time, innovation was highly valued by the people. The space race, which was celebrated Thursday by commemorating the launch of Sputnik, was a time of discovering new ways to do things. Millions of dollars were pumped into the space program because it was a focus of the American people. Why can’t the same thing be done today? The space race was part of the Cold War, fueled by the fear of being overtaken by a threatening enemy. Perhaps we aren’t faced with a pending global nuclear holocaust due to arms build up, but we are facing a needless depletion of natural resources that will threaten our way of life in another way. Maybe we won’t see it in our day, but our children or grandchildren may. Looking back at how previous generations have messed up this country, let’s not be guilty of the same thing. Carefully conserving energy and resources of all types should be the responsibility of all people. And we as college students, the rising generation, should pave the way in conservation efforts and urge our representatives to put money into the development of energy-efficient vehicles and other sustainability projects. And in the meantime, put the cap back on that water bottle and toss it in a recycling bin.
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To the editor: I think it is ridiculous to say that David Baker shouldn’t be allowed to write for the Statesman anymore. He writes humor pieces, that is how he has found his voice. He is part of a sub-culture that isn’t really popular in Utah. He writes for the guys who like to drink beer and watch sports. Pretty much every guy I know outside of Utah does this – they get together and drink beer, watch sports and talk about dirty things. It’s what guys do, the ones that aren’t pretending that they are virtuous all the time. I really do love Utah, so I’m not trying to do the “Everywhere is better than Utah argument,” but really you just don’t see many of these guys around and listening to them talk is funny. This is just the thing an intelligent newspaper needs, because it is real. Every day the newspaper is just laden with serious, often depress-
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ing news, why not have some humor in it? This is the humor that sells, because this is the humor that is funny and people, on some level, can relate to. I felt like Baker’s article on text messaging, for instance, was written for me as a gift from God. I needed it. It was funny and I laughed and I understood. So really, you do not have to read everything in the newspaper. If you don’t like a certain writer, don’t read their work. People need to relax a little and learn to laugh and have fun and not take life so seriously Karen Wright
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a student point of view) in order to register for the conference. This “irony” is not lost on many who organized the conference. However, openness in education is futile without sustainability behind it. That means costs must be covered, and in the case of the Open Education conference it means charging registration fees. Anyone interested in learning more about the conference is encouraged to visit http://www.51weeks.com for free podcasts, photos, presentation slides as well as links to blogs discussing the conference. Seth Gurrell
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To the editor: A letter was written on Oct. 3, with regard to the Open Education conference that it was an irony that students who were interested in learning more about the Open Education forum were being charged (a lot from
I am responding to Jon Adams column in last Wednesday’s paper about the Constitution Party. I thought it was very insight-
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little word of wisdom: Judge not as a child that ye be not judged as an adult. When I was a young boy, my parents taught me to obey the commandments, and yes, I mean the religious ones. Befitting for this weekend in Utah, I remembered learning the Latter-day Saint Word of Wisdom, and to me this meant no caffeine of any kind, at least no colas and their associated cousins. I could never understand how a child could be taught to believe chocolate is inherently evil. Maybe my dad’s prayers are finally being answered about me being judgmental as a youth. In my now evanescent childhood, I vaguely remember a time when I was concerned for my dad’s immortal soul because of his evident reliance on caffeine. I was so concerned I actually prayed he would be able to give up his vice. My favorite memory of this time is when my loving and good father was giving me a hug. I looked up into his knowing eyes as he contentedly looked down on the boy he cared for.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider the Free Flow of Information Act on Thursday. This bill aims to establish standards under which federal courts can balance the public’s interest in keeping journalists’ sources confidential against its interest in requiring disclosure of those sources in the pursuit of justice. As I wrote on The Washington Post op-ed page last year, journalists reporting on high-profile controversies cannot function effectively without offering some measure of confidentiality to their sources. Their ability to do so yields substantial benefits to the public in the form of stories that might otherwise never be written about corruption and abuse of power. A person with information about wrongdoing is often vulnerable to retaliation if exposed as an informant. Yet it has become almost routine for journalists to be slapped with federal subpoenas seeking the identity of their sources. From the Valerie Plame imbroglio to the Wen Ho Lee case, it is now de rigueur to round up reporters, haul them before a court
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As our eyes met, there was a feeling of understanding, appreciation. Then with the quick smack of a boy’s limited diction, “Dad, if you don’t stop drinking caffeine you’re going to go to hell.” Judgment had been made, and a sentence had been passed. At the thought of increasing line upon line in my blasphemy, I will not say much about that “from the mouths of babes” verse. Knowing what I know now, I don’t think fire and brimstone would have been my direct assault on the good parent I love. Instead, it would have been a suggestion for me and the other kids to go to sleep early so he could relax. Or, I might have offered to go and grab him another Mountain Dew. You see, four weeks into my internship and appropriate introduction into the working world, I now understand the true meaning of life. And it may or may not have
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Caffeine: Not the sin I once thought it was -continued from page 13 have something to do with the wonderful effects of caffeine on improving the capacity of man. The struggle of balancing proper work, social and sleep schedules requires a loss of one of the three – or some outside help. Since work is essential in some ways and sleep highly affects the other two, something else needs to enter the pyramid. Internships, as a whole, can be hard. There’s no ‘us’ in internship, only an ‘i’ – followed by other irrelevant letters that I’m sure if I got creative enough could spell out caffeine. Though not a part of any scientifically proven ‘health’ pyramid, I believe much of current human interaction defends the strong support caffeine has on American life. Since I’ve given up on the virginal caffeine life, I’ve grown to understand the workings of men much more. For instance, I now know the true reason for a public transportation system. Because balancing the three aspects of life is just too hard for 90 percent of Americans, there is actually no time in the morning for breakfast or
to brew the un-kosher pot of coffee before heading off to work. Government can boast the joys of reducing traffic congestion, but I believe public transportation is really designed to allow humans to stay in a sub-zombie stage before actually arriving at work. Once they’ve reached their habitual destination, they are free to partake in the first doses of their addiction. Caffeine, as I witness all around me, is an essential part of the day. I wouldn’t have believed it until I started using an established metro system each day. Why has Salt Lake only recently installed its expanding light rail? Because, fearful of the dawn, the growing number of hardcore caffeine dependents need a way to keep our roads safe. This isn’t berating. Actually, I’m excited, because as a ‘medium level’ caffeine user, I can now benefit from the light rail without having to be heavily dependent on caffeine. Caffeine can also improve relationships. Take for instance the time I almost fell asleep kissing a girl I was seeing. She told me later that if I had fallen asleep I would
have woken up with the type of makeover evil sisters give to their unknowing younger brothers and take pictures of. That crisis would have been completely averted if caffeine were an important part of our relationship. The true killer of relationships, internships and governments is not a lack of commitment or principle, but caffeine. As my beloved dad reads this, I’m sure he’s thinking, “Boy finally learned his lesson.” My pride once would have taken a start at this, but the problem is I’m too tired to care. I’m going to get another Coke … Jacob Fullmer is a junior in political science and journalism, trying to figure out what history really means while living in Washington, D.C. Questions and comments can be sent to him at j.fullmer@ aggiemail. usu.edu.
Journalist: New act will protect sources -continued from page 13 and threaten them with fines and jail sentences unless they reveal their sources. While 49 states and the District of Columbia have laws protecting the confidentiality of reporters’ sources, recent federal court decisions have refused to recognize such protections. Thus, reporters may be protected if they are subpoenaed in state court but not protected at all if a federal court issues the same subpoena. This makes no sense. Reporters do not expect to be above the law. But they should receive some protection so they can perform their public service in ensuring the free flow of information and exposing improper conduct without risking jail sentences. A free society depends on access to information and on a free and robust press willing to dig out the truth. This requires some ability to deal from time to time with sources who require the capacity to speak freely but anonymously. The lack of federal protection makes for an especially strange state of affairs because the Justice Department has had internal standards providing protection to journalists and their sources for 35 years, and Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald claimed to be adhering to those standards when he subpoenaed reporters in the Plame affair. Thus, as Judge Robert Sack of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has noted, the only real question is whether federal courts should be given some supervisory authority to ensure that prosecutors have, in fact, met governing standards before forcing reporters to testify. The answer seems obvious: yes. Congress has worked to
create a federal standard governing reporters, their sources, publishers, broadcasters and judges. The House Judiciary Committee passed its Free Flow of Information Act this summer with a bipartisan majority including conservatives, liberals and moderates. The version before the Senate Judiciary Committee is also sponsored by a bipartisan group of legislators and is modeled largely on Justice Department guidelines. It would not provide an absolute privilege for confidential sources but would require, among other things, that a party seeking information from a journalist be able to demonstrate a real need for that information and that it is not available from other sources. Matters involving classified information and national security are treated differently. Information that would assist in preventing an act of terrorism must be disclosed — without any application of a public-interest balancing test. Critics contend that the bill still imposes an excessive burden on the government. In cases implicating national security, however, the government is given great leeway where the potential harm is “significant and articulable.” This is not an inappropriate obstacle to investigations but a reasonable check on the government. Another criticism is that the legislation would allow criminals to seek protection as “covered persons” subject to the law’s protections. But the bill denies the coverage of a reporters’ privilege to groups the State Department lists as terrorist organizations and others to whom this shield of confidentiality should clearly not be conferred. In
any event, courts are well equipped to make determinations about whether someone has been “engaging in journalism,” as the law would require. Indeed, courts are charged with making such determinations regarding the scope and application of laws all the time. The District of Columbia and the 49 states with shield laws have experienced no diminution of law enforcement efforts as a result of those laws. The legislation would not give reporters special license beyond the type of common-sense protection we already accord to communications between lawyers and clients, between spouses and in other contexts where we believe some degree of confidentiality furthers societal goals. This legislation is well balanced and long overdue, and it should be enacted. Theodore B. Olson is a special to the Washington Post. He is a former solicitor general of the United States, has defended reporters and news organizations from subpoenas seeking to force the disclosure of confidential sources, including Time Inc. in the Plame investigation, and has also represented The Washington Post.
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Constitution was meant to be flexible -continued from page 13
ful and dead on. It is quite clear from the founders and framers personal writings that they were at most deists and many were agnostic or atheist. A great example of this is Thomas Jefferson, who said the following: “The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.” -letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823. He clearly had no interest in organized religion. In fact, if you don’t believe in the divinity of Jesus, as Jefferson doesn’t, you aren’t Christian in the traditional sense at all. Further, it is evident that even the devout theists conceded that religion and politics had no place together. James Madison remarked that “Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.” The father of the Constitution, despite being very Christian, was still opposed to the entities having anything to do with each other. The Constitution Party wants us to return to the fundamentals laid out in the Constitution, but this is a very dangerous proposition. First off, the document has many flaws and shortcomings, and the framers knew that, thus why they added the amendment process. Many of the men attending the Philadelphia convention, including Washington and Jefferson, owned slaves. Since then we have moved along in our social thinking and now know that this practice is not pragmatic and immoral. The original document, although never directly mentioning slavery, says that the issue was to be resolved at a later date. Another indication that the document was supposed to be flexible was the necessary and proper clause. The federal government needs to be able to have enough power to keep the nation running smoothly. Because of the various challenges that our nation has faced, such as the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement, the national government has needed to exercise powers not directly given the in the Constitution. There is a lot more that could be discussed, but I don’t have enough room, but don’t take my word for it, look things up yourself. Hopefully we can all realize that the Constitution is a living document and was meant to be flexible. Michael Otteson
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- Sunrise Session, 7 to 9 a.m. - Business Week closing social – Aggie Ice Cream, 11:05 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Business Building. - College of Business presents Dine with Alumni, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Skyroom Restaurant. - USU Big Band Swing Club, 7 to 9:30 p.m., HPER. - Star party, 8 to 11:30 p.m., Quad.
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