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Today is Monday, Oct. 22, 2007 Breaking News The USU soccer team went 1-1 on their final road trip of the regular season, beating Nevada but falling to Fresno State. Page 7
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Clay registered their team on Friday night and they all met together at 7 a.m. Saturday to receive instructions through e-mail. To make sure all the participants make the film in 24 hours they are given 10 items they could put in their film and they choose three. They chose bird cage, filming through bars; match cut, using multiple cameras for one action shot; a Dutch angle, shooting with the camera tilted; and static noise, sound from an intercom. Clay said they met over doughnuts and candy and threw out tons of ideas and finally landed on a concept and ran with it. Lee’s main part in the movie was running. He has run a marathon but said it was very different running a marathon at a steady pace compared to sprinting. They began filming, and after just 20 minutes of running, Lee, an actor in the film, threw up. “I ended up throwing up because I got light headed and I hadn’t eaten lunch,” Lee said. Ten minutes after Lee threw up, they had a the Mini Cooper they were shooting the car chase with
USU student Evelyn Sardinas has single handedly taken on a local effort to help national and worldwide campaigns to eradicate poverty, fight disease, promote sustainability, and improve education and gender equality. Sardinas has started two local chapters of ONE to help raise awareness of these issues. In March, she began ONE Logan and, as of Wednesday, USU as ONE. Sardinas organized these groups to help support the United Nations and ONE campaigns working to make poverty a thing of the past and improve other social issues around the world. In 2000, the UN established Millennial Development Goals (MDGs). Listed on www.un.org, the MDGs are: to stamp out extreme hunger and poverty, have universal primary education, promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, lower child mortality, improve maternal health, fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability and create a global partnership for development. The UN has pledged to achieve these eight goals by 2015. ONE, a national campaign, was started in part to help the UN achieve their goals of radically improving world conditions. ONE is conducting a campus challenge, awarding schools for their efforts to help the fight. It was this challenge that prompted Sardinas to start a campus organization. “I’m extremely excited to work with the population at the university to bring awareness to issues and get students at USU motivated and active,” Sardinas said. “I really hope to get people excited about the club.” The main purpose of the club, she said, is to raise awareness. Sardinas, senior majoring in FCHD, said she hopes raised awareness translates into action. “As world citizens, we should do our part to ensure that our government is doing its share to uphold the Millennium
- See IMAGINE, page 10
- See USU AS ONE, page 4
Campus News Daneen Deuel, a witch who practices Wicca, teaches about her beliefs and practices. Page 3
Director Clay olsen films Cam Lee acting out a scene from “Imagine,” a film the group submitted to Apple’s Insomnia Film Festival. Pete Smithsuth holds the microphone while the students filmed on Oct. 13. Photo courtesy of Clay Olsen
Aggies enter film competition By RANAE BANGERTER staff writer
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Five USU students entered the 24-hour Insomnia Film Festival put on by Apple and said they think they have a good chance of winning. About 3,000 teams registered online for the Oct. 13 competition but only 1,700 films made it into the competition, “Imagine” director, Clay Olsen said. Their two-minute and 40-second movie, “Imagine,” includes a Mini-Cooper car chase and a helicopter. The students Clay Olsen, Ryan Shaw, Pete Smithsuth, Cam Lee and Jackson Olsen all work for Advent Creative, a Logan based filming company, and decided to take the day off to do something they wanted to do, Lee said. “The 24-hour restriction was crazy. We shouldn’t have done it but we came out pretty good and we have really a good shot at this,” Smithsuth said. Clay heard about the Saturday film festival on a Thursday. He was shown the winners of last year by his coworker and he said, “We could do that, that’s within our reach.”
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Sports Led by Amanda Nielson’s school record-tying performance, the Aggies defeated Idaho and Boise State. Page 5
Opinion “Forgetting is warm and comforting. It reminds me that I can do this again and I will forget most of that next tragedy when it comes.” Page 9
Almanac Today in History: In 1914, the first income tax in the United States is established with the passing of the Revenue Act, which mandated tax on incomes over $3,000. This went into effect as a response to money that was taken away from the government by another act.
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By ARIE KIRK news editor When Syed Sayem first heard of snow, he said he didn’t know how people would function or leave their homes when everything was covered with a blanket of white. He said he was confused, worried and a little bit scared. Now, after three years in Logan, Sayem said he likes the snow and has cleared its name in his home country, Bangladesh. Now his sister wants A closer look at issues to see it. Weather affecting USU may be of little concern to many, but for international students, it may require a huge adjustment. For Sayem, the only student from Bangladesh enrolled at USU this semester, and other international students, the move to the United States requires many adjustments. Aside from the change of seasons, international students
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must also worry about family and friends, the language, visas, immigration laws and their studies. Sayem, president of the International Student Council and a senior majoring in computer science, said being without his family is the hardest part. He said he misses his family more than anything but the American students and the large international student community at USU made the move easier. The number of international students at USU may seem decent to many today but those who have seen past numbers, know it is fairly small in comparison. In the 1980s, there were more than 1,100 international students. Today, there are around 750, numbers consistently reflecting the terms of foreign relations. After Sept. 11, 2001, the number of international students at USU decreased due to a number of coinciding events. Recent developments, however, have started to increase the number of international students attending USU. Steven Hanks, USU’s vice provost, said “Since
9/11, there has been a decline in numbers but in the last year or so, we’ve turned the corner. It is up compared to where we have been.” Hanks said there were three main factors in lowering the numbers. The first issue is visas. Since 9/11, the screening process has become more vigorous. Hanks said this has made studying at universities in the United States less attractive for some. “There is a more vigorous screening process. It is beneficial in terms of homeland security but in terms of attracting international students, it is difficult,” he said. According to www.unitedstatesvisas.gov, prior to Sept. 11, applicants had to fill out the appropriate application forms, provide photographs and pay a fee. Names were checked in a database for disqualifying information like some criminal charges. Forms were also studied for any questionable answers. These terms still apply today. However, addi-
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Mitt Romney’s son recruiting students By ARIE KIRK news editor
Craig Romney was on campus Thursday to stump for his father and promote the innovative fundraising program, Students for Mitt, which he started to help his dad’s campaign. Craig, one of Mitt Romney’s five sons, spoke to nearly 100 people in the TSC and encouraged Aggies to participate in Students for Mitt. “My dad is running for president but he can’t do it alone. He needs your help,” Craig said. “Fundraising can make a big difference in this grassroots campaign.” Unlike most fundraising campaigns, Students for Mitt pays people for their efforts. Mary Romney, who helped create the program with her husband Craig in March, said students who raise more than $1,000 receive 10 percent back of their fundraising total. Mary emphasized the importance of raising money and said the final total often separates the real contenders for president from those who don’t have much of a chance. Craig also stressed the significance of campaigning and raising
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Craig Romney was on campus Thursday to promote a fundraising program he started to help his dad win his bid for the presidency. NOELLE BERLAGE photo
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$100 bonuses keep commandos in military WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon has paid more than $100 million in bonuses to veteran Green Berets and Navy SEALs, reversing the flow of top commandos to the corporate world where security companies such as Blackwater USA are offering big salaries. The retention effort, started nearly three years ago and overseen by U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., has helped preserve a small but elite group of enlisted troops with vast experience fighting the unconventional wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Defense Department statistics. Overall, more than 1,200 of the military’s most specialized personnel near or already eligible for retirement have opted for payments of up to $150,000 in return for staying in uniform several more years. The numbers gathered by The Associated Press and other Pentagon research indicate there has not been an extended exodus of commandos to private security companies and other businesses that value their talents. “Back in 2005, we saw quite a few exits,” said Rear Adm. Michael LeFever, director of the Navy’s military personnel plans and policy division. “What we’re seeing lately is just the opposite. We’ve become very aggressive.”
CIA director ordered investigation of inspector WASHINGTON (AP) – The work of the CIA’s in-house investigator who found fault with the agency’s handling of the Sept. 11 attacks is being subjected to an internal review, published reports say. The move, which is highly unusual, has raised concerns that CIA Director Michael Hayden is trying to squelch the investigations of Inspector General John Helgerson, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times reported Friday. Helgerson has been aggressive in his investigations of the CIA, criticizing senior figures including former Director George Tenet and officers involved in the agency’s detention of terrorist suspects. The CIA rarely comments on media reports but on Thursday night the agency sought to play down the newspapers’ characterizations of the review. A CIA spokesman said in a statement that Hayden firmly believes in the work of the Office of the Inspector General.
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Celebs&People LOS ANGELES (AP) – Britney Spears has regained temporary visitation rights of her sons, her attorney said Sunday. Spears was spotted driving with the boys, Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, on Saturday in the San Fernando Valley, People magazine reported on its Web site. A presumed court-appointed monitor was in the passenger SPEARS seat of the white Mercedes convertible, and her sons were in the back seat, the magazine reported. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon had told Spears on Wednesday that she could not visit her two young children without a parenting coach present until she complies with a court Firefighters put out a fire on a beach home where a wildfire driven by powerful winds threatened a university and order. forced the evacuation of hundreds in Malibu, Calif. Flames destroyed a church, several homes, and a landmark castle. AP Photo Wednesday’s ruling followed an emergency hearing, the latest in a custody battle between Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline. A phone message left with Federline’s attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, was not immediately returned Sunday. ATLANTA (AP) – Kid Rock was arrested early Sunday after a brawl at a MALIBU, Calif. (AP) – More than a P. Michael Freeman said. Flames also consumed the landmark restaurant and spent about 12 hours in half-dozen wildfires driven by powerThe winds carried embers across the Castle Kashan, a stately fortress-like jail before being released, police said. ful Santa Ana winds spread across Pacific Coast Highway, closing the pop- home with turrets and arched windows, The musician stopped at the Waffle Southern California on Sunday, killing ular road and setting fire to cars and as about a dozen residents watched House restaurant shortly after 5 a.m. one person near San Diego and destroy- trees in the parking lot of a shopping from across a street. Chunks of brick after his performance at The Tabernacle ing several homes and a church in celeb- center where a supermarket, drug store fell from the exterior of the burning in Atlanta, authorities said. rity-laden Malibu. and other shops were damaged. building overlooking the coast. “He and five members of his entourage No details were immediately available TV footage showed several buildings Erratic wind gusts hampered efforts were involved in a fight with a male about the death in San Diego County, in flames in the area, including clusters to drop water from aircraft and pushed customer inside the Waffle House,” said but four firefighters and four other of beach-side homes. flames toward HRL Laboratories, a Mekka Parish, a spokeswoman for the people were injured and taken to hospi“This fire is zero percent contained, research and engineering facility jointly DeKalb County Police Department. tals, said Roxanne Provaznik, a spokeswhich means we’re at the mercy of the owned by Boeing Co. and General The customer recognized a female with woman for the California Department wind,” acting Malibu Mayor Pamela Motors Corp. about a mile north of Kid Rock’s party and exchanged words of Forestry. Conley Ulich said. Pepperdine. One outbuilding caught with her, Parish said. The fire was among at least eight blazIn all, three homes and two commerfire, Boeing spokeswoman Diana Ball Kid Rock left in his tour bus and was es stretching from north of Los Angeles cial buildings had been confirmed lost said. stopped by police about a mile from the to San Diego, as hot weather and strong throughout the Malibu area, Freeman Flames engulfed Malibu Presbyterian restaurant, Parish said. winds marked the height of the tradisaid. Nine more homes were damaged, Church, which had been evacuated, said tional wildfire season. he said. youth pastor Eric Smith. “That’s the The fire responsible for the death and The fire is expected to burn for really good news, that everyone’s out eight injuries burned about 2,500 acres another two to three days, he said. Until and safe,” Smith said. near a highway. A second charred the blaze is extinguished, “there will litFaculty and staff at the 830-acre about 3,000 acres in northern San erally be thousands of homes that will Pepperdine campus had been urged to Top Ten Reasons Joe Torre Quit, from Diego County and was threatening be threatened at one time or another,” evacuate in the morning and students Thurday, Oct.18. homes near Witch Creek, Provaznik he said. were instructed to gather in the school’s said. Fire crews early Sunday found downed cafeteria and basketball arena. 10– Yankees wanted to pay him in Radio Meanwhile, in Malibu, about 500 fire- power lines, which may have started the About 200 homes had been evacuShack gift certificates fighters worked to protect about 200 fire, Capt. Mike Brown said. ated in the communities of Malibu homes in several upscale communities Late Sunday morning, palm trees Colony, Puerco Canyon, Monte Nido 9– Got caught stealing Rosin bags nestled in the hills, officials said. bent in half and embers were carried and Sweetwater Canyon, Brown said. The blaze, which started in Malibu through the air as winds gusted to 60 to To the north, fire officials were 8– Joining cast of the Broadway musical Canyon, had charred at least 1,000 65 mph. Thick smoke obscured the sun. focused on protecting Piru, a Ventura “Legally Blonde” acres and destroyed a church and sevSusan Nuttall sat in her black Mercedes County town of 1,200 people across a eral homes, one of them a landmark in a cul-de-sac just off the Pacific Coast small lake from the blaze. A condor pre- 7– Wants to manage a winning team like castle. No residents or firefighters were Highway, saying she had fled her condo serve was also potentially threatened. the Colorado Whatever-Their-Name-Is injured, Los Angeles County Fire Chief just below Pepperdine University. 6– Couldn’t bear the grind of sitting on his ass watching baseball another second
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White House candidates project campaign BOSTON (AP) – John Edwards once lived in the heart of Washington’s Georgetown district, was squired around the Capitol by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and led the presidential field in fundraising thanks to donations from trial lawyers. Today the Democrat is running for president as an anti-Washington candidate who will take public financing to avoid the influence of special interest groups.
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Witch speaks of Wicca beliefs, practices Briefs Campus & Community
By LINDSAY ANDERSON staff writer
As part of their weekly program, The USU Museum of Anthropology invited Daneen Deuel, senior majoring in creative writing, to come and speak Saturday about her religion, Wicca. “The focus of this program is on trying to bring more of the community into the museum and make it everyones museum, not just students,” said Amanda Woolston, docent at the museum, and a USU student majoring in history. “We are trying to reach out to a lot of different cultures and have decided to try and help people understand the differences between cultures, and that how you perceive something is not always what it is,” Woolston said. Deuel, who gave three discussions Saturday on her religion, said, “Wicca is more than just being a witch.” Wiccan’s have a deep love of nature, and work on self improvement, and sending good out toward the universe, Deuel said. Deuel first heard about Wicca from a friend, then read some literature on the religion and said she “felt it was right.” Wicca is an ancient Celtic religion which was revived around the twentieth century, Deuel said. “It’s really hard to explain Wiccanism because there are really broad principles, and you can take whatever you want from it,” Deuel said. “We believe that all Deity are aspects of the same universal power that we are all a part of and we are here in this sphere to learn and grow,” Deuel said, but each Wiccan decides for themselves which gods they choose to call on and worship. Deuel said while most Wiccan’s worship the earth goddess Gaea, Wiccan’s also worship those gods and goddesses that fall under their particular elemental personality. “Fire elementals usually go more towards Egyptian gods and goddesses,” Deuel said. “Whereas earth goes more towards Norse mythology, and air and water go Greek and Roman respectively. A lot of water elementals also choose to go towards more Arthurian, or kind of Celtic mythology.” “If you are going to cast and be a witch, you need to worship a Deity who is a little bit closer to your temperament, so that it is easier to call on that universal power,” Deuel said. “As a writer and as a fire elemental, when I do cast, I cast towards the Egyptian god Thoth, the god of writing and knowledge, and also the messenger god.” Deuel said not everyone who practices Wicca is a witch, “I am, but my fiance is not.” A Wiccan witch can cast for several different reasons, Deuel said. “A lot of the reason I cast are for meditation purposes, the same reason a Buddhist will light a candle
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Senior Daneen Deuel spoke to people Saturday about her belief in Wiccam, a religion believing in witchcraft. NOELLE BERLAGE photo
before they meditate, its just something to focus on,” she said. “A lot of times I do cast for specific purposes, if I have a term paper due and I am freaking out then the whole cast for inspiration and a little bit of help in that direction, then I do a specific spell and invite the four elements in, with salt for earth, incense for air, a candle for fire, and holy water for water.” An important belief in Wicca, Deuel said, is the rule of three in witchcraft, that “anything you send out into the universe will come back at you threefold.” For example, casting a spell to hurt someone will result in triple the harm back at the caster. “A lot of what I believe is that we are all here, we are all a part of the same giant something so anything we do to each other affects that. So if I did something evil, that would come back and haunt me, because we are all a part of the same something, and any evil I send out there will come back to me,” Deuel said. “So when I do cast, its to help me become a better person, not to make other people think I am a better person.” Deuel also clarified some misconceptions held about Wicca. “I have been asked if people can see my horns,” she said. “A lot of people think that I just practice witchcraft, and that’s all that it is, which it is not. A lot of people believe that it’s just devil worship, which it’s not.” Another misconception, Deuel said, is that Wiccan’s are not Christian. “We can pray to any deity, including Christ, and still know that our prayers are reaching
God.” There are three Wiccan covens in Cache Valley, but Deuel says she does not associate herself with any of them. “I don’t like organized religion. I like doing my own religion,” Deuel said. Wicca is a religion that can be practiced in several ways to personalize for each individual. “I personally believe in reincarnation and multiple lives, some Wiccan’s don’t,” she said. For a good example of Wiccanism, Deuel suggests watching one of her favorite movies, Practical Magic. “It has a really grounded view of Wiccanism, that is more of the middle ground most Wiccan’s go. We are not either really good, or really evil and set out to destroy everything. We are really middle ground,” she said. As far as practices on Halloween, Deuel said that varies between each individual Wiccan. “A lot of Wiccan’s I know do hold rights, and cast a lot on that night,” she said. “Personally I like dressing up. You can see me on campus with my elf ears. A lot of times I do say a special prayer for the dead before I go to sleep.” Next Saturday, the USU Museum of Anthropology is featuring a discussion on the folklore of Halloween. The Student Folklore Society will be there to discuss modern urban legends associated with the holiday. –lindsay.anderson@aggiemail.usu.edu
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money for his dad’s bid for the president. He said people should do anything possible to prevent Hillary Clinton from becoming president. “If we do not do everything we can, we will have eight years of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I can’t think of anything more disastrous,” Craig said. He said Clinton and Obama would lead the United States in a “sharp left turn,” curbing the country’s spirit for entrepreneurship and capitalism, turning it into a “left wing socialist like state.” Craig said Students for Romney offers the greatest opportunity to really make a difference and have an influence in the upcoming elections. Craig and Mary came to USU as part of a nationwide university tour which the Romney brothers are doing to recruit volunteers for the program. For more information about Students for Mitt, visit www.studentsformitt.com. In addition to highlighting his fundraising campaign, Craig spoke a great deal of his father’s qualifications and past experiences that, Craig says, will help him as president. He cited many instances during the Salt Lake City Olympics that proved Mitt to be a man of action and commitment. Mitt came to Salt Lake
and rescued the winter games from disaster and near cancellation by throwing himself right into it, Craig said. Mitt even trained for the skeleton with Olympian Jim Shea to attract people to the Olympics and capture the spirit of the games again. “He risked life and limb to get people back on his side and save the games. He is literally willing to do anything for success. He can take the same resolution to the same problems and the same ability to the government,” Craig said. The biggest issue that might prevent voters from choosing his father, Craig said, is name recognition. Mitt is not nationally known like many of the other Republican candidates but Craig said once his father spends time with people and speaks with them, there aren’t any problems. Craig said voters do not even have a problem with Mitt’s LDS faith. While it has been an issue magnified by the media, he said it is not an issue for voters. “When you get on the road, it’s not a concern for him. It is more of a benefit. They see him as a person of faith and a person of values. He is committed to his faith. It is more of a benefit than a deterrent.” –arie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu Craig and Mary Romney spoke about Students for Mitt, a fundraising program targeting young people. NOELLE BERLAGE photo
PoliceBlotter Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007 • USU Police responded to the Aggie Village Townhouses where it was reported that a vacant apartment’s front door was wide open. USU Police cleared the apartment finding no one and no belongings within. The apartment was also found to be completely secured. Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007 • USU Police responded to Aggie Village on a telephone offense. • USU Police responded to the Stadium where there were several cars illegally parked. The stadium activities concluded while police were on a scene, and all illegally parked vehicles were moved. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007 • USU police responded to the north entrance of the stadium on several individuals in the area. Police made contact with the individuals and found that they were in the area, due to the flag football championship game at the stadium. Police gathered their personal information.
• USU Police responded to Valley View Tower on a third party complaint of two individuals stuck in an elevator. Upon arrival, police were unable to locate anyone in need of police assistance and both elevators in regular operation. • A student reported the theft of her bicycle while it was parked on the south side of Mountain View Tower. This person later reported that the bike had been returned to a different, nearby location, and it appeared to be undamaged. • USU Police observed an individual with a weapon. The individual arrested and booked into the Cache County Jail on possession of a dangerous weapon on a school premises. • USU Police investigated an incident of theft of services by a student that was reported by USU Parking Office. The individual was told to pay for the pass and fee’s and no charges would be filed against the individual. • A student checked out some video recording equipment and failed to return it. The student has not attended class in the last three weeks. Police are investigating.
Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies. Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 • A student reported a situation involving stalking by an unknown individual. Police are following up on the information provided. • Police responded to the Old Main building for a report of a couch missing out of the south east lobby. This investigation is continuing. Friday, Oct. 19, 2007 • USU Police investigated a fire alarm at Bullen Hall. The residents of the apartment had been cooking French Toast when the individual noticed the smoke accumulating in the apartment. The apartment was cleared and the alarm was reset. • USU Police recieved a delayed report that the complainant stepped on a man hole and she fell into the hole, thus hurting her leg. • USU Police recieved a report of a yellow lab dog running at large dumping over garbage cans in the Aggie Village area. Police searched the area and was unable to locate the dog. -Compiled by Arie Kirk
One of the most popular student fundraising events of the year is approaching at Utah State University – the annual Chili Bowl Sale. Past guests know that a hot bowl of chili is available in a new, fresh-off-the-wheel ceramic bowl created by the student members of the USU Ceramics Guild based in the department of art. This year’s event is Wednesday, Oct. 24, and runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the patio area adjacent to the HUB at the Taggart Student Center. Students create hundreds of hand-made bowls for the sale, and patrons can make a selection then receive an 8-oz serving of chili to fill the new vessel. A choice of southwestern or vegetarian chili is available, and patrons get to take the bowl home after the meal. Cost for the bowl and chili is $8. Additional bowls are available at the same price. USU’s ceramics studio coordinator Joe Davis said the bowls go fast, so an early arrival is suggested for the best selection. The year, the chili is provided by John and Michelle Simpson, owners of Culinary Concepts in Smithfield.
Gov. signs to make Utah model employer Utah Governor Jon Huntsman signed an Executive Order to make Utah State Government the model employer of people with disabilities. The Executive Order was announced today during the 2007 Golden Key Awards, which recognize employers and individuals who promote hiring people with disabilities based on their abilities. “With a 2.7 percent unemployment rate, Utah is almost fully employed, even though thousands of qualified people with disabilities are still unemployed or underemployed,” Governor Huntsman said. “Utah State government will lead out in hiring this qualified and available population. This Executive Order raises the bar in the hiring practices of state government and will lead the way as a model in hiring qualified people with disabilities.” The Executive Order will immediately implement a promotional outreach campaign for people with disabilities that emphasizes the benefits of working for Utah State Government, including a statewide job recruitment and career fairs focused on workers with disabilities; develop job announcement procedures that specifically target qualified people with disabilities; provide technical assistance and training to hiring officials within state government; and establish a task force that will continue to look at ways to hire based on ability, not disability.
American Odysseys hosts first guest A new series, “American Odysseys,” has been established at USU, and the first guest will appear Tuesday, Oct. 23, offering two public talks — one on the USU campus and one in the community. Persis Karim is the featured guest and speaks first at 12:30 p.m. in Utah State University’s Haight Alumni Center. The second talk begins at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Crest High School Auditorium. Both events are free and all are welcome. The “American Odysseys” series aims to promote civic dialogue in the broader community by bringing guest writers from a variety of backgrounds to local high school campuses for public events, said program coordinator Maria Melendez. The events include opportunities for students to appear on stage with the writers to share their responses to the writers’ works. An Iranian-American poet and literary scholar, Karim will discuss how her experiences of growing up “different” have influenced her efforts, as a writer and editor, to move American readers beyond simplified views of Iran and its dispersed communities. Supporting events in the series include teacher training and high school outreach efforts throughout the year. By focusing on high school venues as locations for public events, “American Odysseys” aims to highlight the value of multicultural literatures to the lives and learning of all Cache Valley residents, Melendez said. The project is supported by USU’s Mountain West Center for Regional Studies. “We are pleased to fund this project because it advances the goal of our Bennion Endowment to enhance cultural democracy through public dialogue,” said center Director Elaine Thatcher. For more information, contact Melendez at 797-3647.
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Development Goals. This is a respectable goal but nothing will be gained if that is all it is, a goal,” she said. Supporting and working toward all eight goals established by the UN, Sardinas said there is an issue for everyone. “I believe that everyone can find an issue that they have strong feelings about and want to see improved,” she said. Sardinas said her interest in helping ONE and the UN originates with the influence some of the issues have had on her personally. As a single mother of three, she said issues like pov-
erty and gender equality have affected her. “A couple of issues have touched me personally although not to the degree of those living in underdeveloped nations, like poverty and gender equality” she said. “Women are still not equal. It is not to the level of third world countries but these are issues I personally know of in my society.” After ONE Logan didn’t generate a lot of involvement, Sardinas said she thought a club on campus would be more successful because students would be interested and there would be more opportunities for an organization to grow. Without numbers, she said her desire to help cannot be fulfilled. “This is really unobtainable to me. My heart is in it but I really can’t do it on my own,” Sardinas said. It is time for people to start caring and seeing the world as it really is, she said. “I truly believe it is time we not only see each other as a global community for business practices, but for humanitarian reasons as well. I would like for my three children to carry on these ideals. Hopefully we can create a better world for future generations,” Sardinas said. “As an FCHD major, I also believe that if our society still has people in need, we are affected. We are all connected. I am really of that school of thought.” The smallest action can help, she said. By starting USU as ONE, Sardinas said she is simply asking students to lend their voice. The issues highlighted by the UN restrict lives all around the world and Sardinas said there is no place for those injustices. Now is the time to make a difference and she said she hopes people take advantage of the opportunity she is offering them. She said, “What if that was me? What if that was me in Africa? I would want someone to care.” –arie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu
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tional requirements must now be met. To apply for visas now, students must be interviewed personally and fingerprinted. Applicants have to prove they will return home, strictly following the terms of their visa. The applicant’s security risk must be studied thoroughly and determined by a consular officer. Every student must fill out a supplemental application to help determine eligibility. Also, the student must prove financial backing. Their sponsor must make available an electronic file about the student to the government. In addition to the grueling visa application process deterring student interest, other English speaking countries began to attract students to their institutions. Hanks said about the same time the U.S. increased security measures and tightened visa acceptance policies, other universities began aggressive recruitment. Countries like Australia, Canada and Great Britain saw an increase in international students because of their intensive campaigns. Hanks said USU currently does not have an overseas campaign to recruit students. He said there are Web based resources but the school does not pursue anything aggressively. Most students hear of USU by word of mouth. The third factor, Hanks said, is the improvement of educational institutions in foreign countries. As quality increases elsewhere, some students would prefer studying in their home country. “In countries like China and India, there has been a rapid acceleration in their investment to higher education. The global quality is rising. It is very attractive to stay at home and study rather than go abroad,” he said. Hanks said these trends were seen nationwide, not just at Utah State. Also as a result of Sept. 11, international students are supervised more to make sure they are fulfilling their visa agreements and following immigration laws. Fawn Groves, assistant director of the Office of International Students and Scholars, said once international students are on campus, that office monitors them. She said there are two immigration advisors who keep an eye on them to ensure they are following the
terms of their visas. Among other requirements, international students must study fulltime. Undergraduates are required to register for 12 credits and graduate students must enroll for nine credits. Groves said international students cannot work off of campus without approval from the Department of Homeland Security. It must also relate to their major, she said. Wherever they work, their hours are restricted. “Work is obviously becoming more stringent since 9/11, not meaning they’re potential terrorists,” Groves said. “The greater reason is the protection of the American workforce and keeping American jobs secure to American citizens before opening the gate.” Even though the amount of international students has slowly been picking up, USU is nowhere near the number of international students seen in the past. Afton Tew, director of the International Student Office from 1987 to 1999, said there was a much larger community of international students while she was working at USU. During her time on campus, Tew said she remembers the number of international students stayed between 1,000 and 1,100 consistently. Compared to the 769 international students enrolled at USU this semester, the decrease is obvious. “It was a very different situation then,” Tew said. “We had a very different kind of student population.” In the fall of 1980, she said there were around 250 students from Iran and 150 from other Middle Eastern countries. Today, according to the Office of International Students and Scholars, there are three students from Iran, three from Pakistan, three Jordanians and 28 from Saudi Arabia. The bulk of international students today are from India, 142, the Dominican Republic, 138, and China, 125. USU has a partnership with the Dominican Republic government to bring students here to study. Hanks said the Dominican Republic is the only country with which USU has a specific arrangement. The rest, he said, come on their own. Tew said the amount of students coming to USU tends to strictly follow the state of world relations and affairs. “The political and economic climate of the world influences
Syed Sayem, senior in computer science and president of the International Student Council, came to USU three years ago from Bangladesh. TYLER LARSONphoto
where students come from,” she said. During the 1980s when the U.S. began to have a rocky relationship with Middle Eastern countries, she said the number of students from that area dropped dramatically. The total of international students dropped to around 800, the lowest Tew ever remembers seeing it. Aside from different numbers and a very different makeup of the international student body, Tew said another noticeable change is the interaction between foreign students and Americans. “Americans don’t really take advantage of international students,” she said. “An international student would go home after being here two, three, four years with friends from all over the world but not many American friends.” Ann Roemer, director of the Intensive English Language Institute, agreed with Tew. However, she believes it goes both ways. International students could also make a greater effort to associate with American students, she said. Roemer, who works closely with many foreign students while teaching them English, said many international students are isolated by their study habits and restricted by the language barrier. “I’m afraid some of our students are isolated socially,” she said. “You look different from everyone, you act differently. You don’t speak the language. Everyone around you knows how to fluently. It is a tremendous challenge when everything familiar to you is back home.” –arie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Nielson ties school record Aggie spikers sweep through the weekend, winning two By DAVID BAKER assistant sports editor
Lately, anything but a school record would be a disappointing night for Amanda Nielson. The Aggies’ senior opposite hitter has tied the three-game kills record of 24 in her last two matches. First, at home Thursday against Idaho, and then on the road Saturday at Boise State - both 3-0 Utah State victories. The three-game kills record was set by Amy Crosbie in a 2000match against Pacific. To top off Nielson’s eight kills-per-game average this weekend, she hit over .300 in both matches - .312 against the Vandals and .353 at BSU. Her head coach, Grayson DuBose, saw it all coming. “Grayson, before, he came up to me and he said, ‘You’re going to have a good game,’” Nielson said Thursday night. “I’m smart, aren’t I?” DuBose joked after the Idaho match. “... I just felt like she was due for a good game.”
The Aggies were able to take charge late Nielson wasn’t nearly as clairvoyant as in games two and three Thursday to win her coach, though. each by five points or more. “I didn’t realize I had that many (kills),” she said. “I was feeling it, but I don’t really Much of the momentum late in games against Idaho came from good serving, think about how many I have. I just go up something DuBose credited with the vicand hit it, but it would have been great to tory. beat (the record).” “That was a big strength to all of our Record or not, Nielson’s hitting propelled the Ags to an undeservers,” he said. “We didn’t feated weekend, where get a bunch of aces today, they didn’t even drop a but we served them out of single game. system, where they didn’t feel USU 3 But it wasn’t just comfortable running their Nielson. offense.” Idaho 0 Thursday’s match USU recorded three service aces Thursday evening, against Idaho saw Utah USU 3 one each from Nielson, State hit .263 as a team, Boise St. 0 junior Heather Hillier and with 50 kills, and against sophomore middle blocker Boise State, USU hit a season-high .381 with 59 kills. Danielle Taylor. Despite the good percentages, USU Taylor did more than serve well for the Aggies. started slow in game one against the Against Idaho, she racked up eight kills Vandals, only hitting .194. They were able and hit .500. Her hot streak continued to turn things around behind the hitting of Nielson and junior outside hitter Saturday at BSU, where she recorded a Melissa Osterloh, who had six and four career-high 12 kills while maintaining a kills, respectively. .500 hitting average.
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“Dani Taylor is becoming a great volleyball player,” DuBose said Thursday. “When she got here she was an athlete, she could jump high. Now she’s learning how to be a volleyball player and how to compete and how to hit for high percentages and not make errors.” In Boise, the Ags got off to a quick start, hitting .405 with 19 kills in a two-point win in game one against the Broncos. Although they weren’t as hot as game one - hitting .361 compared to .405 - in game two the Aggies cruised to an 11point victory, which they followed up by a 30-28 win to seal the sweep. The Utah State defense was also good. Boise only hit .151, and USU recorded 19 more digs than the Broncos (52-33) and 3.5 more team blocks (5.5-2.0). Nielson and the Aggies will look to build on their hot play and two-game winning streak when they travel to Weber State Tuesday before returning home for matches against Utah Valley on Thursday and Fresno State on Saturday. All games start at 7 p.m. -da.bake@aggiemail.usu.edu
amanda Nielson (33) spikes the ball against Idaho Thursday at the Spectrum while Chelsea Fowles (2) looks on. PATRICK ODEN photo
Game 7: Utah State 28, University of Nevada 31
Robinson shines in loss to Pack By DAVID BAKER assistant sports editor
The play pulled USU back in front, 28-24, with 14:08 left in the game. Opportunity knocked for USU on the fourth play of the Wolf Pack’s next possession. USU sophomore linebacker Paul Igboeli forced a fumble by Pack running back Luke Lippincott. Brindley recovered it at the USU 46-yard line. USU could manage nothing on its ensuing drive: USU running back Derrvin Speight rushed for minus three yards, Jackson ran for four, and Speight caught a pass for another three-yard loss. The Pack responded with a nine-play (six of which were rushes), 73-yard scoring drive that took nearly four minutes off the game clock and gave the Pack a 31-28 lead. Hurting USU the most on that drive was the
Good blocking. A few moves. A burst of speed. Seventy yards later, Kevin Robinson had put Utah State up by a touchdown, 21-14, over the University of Nevada - and in doing so, showed everyone why he was named to three mid-season, AllAmerican teams. Although it was a big play, one that brought the depleted crowd at Romney Stadium to its feet, the return all seemed so simple to Robinson. “I just told my guys they get me a block, I’m going to try to field everything possible and they did a good job, had a couple good block,” he said. “I made a couple guys miss, and it was just me trying to outrun the kicker once again, and most of the time, like I said, I’m perfect doing that.” But Robinson’s first punt return for a touchdown this season, which adds to the two kick returns he’s taken back, wasn’t his only contribution — far from it. The senior wide receiver racked up 183 all-purpose yards in the 3128 USU loss, the majority of which came off of returns. Robinson had 87 total punt return yards and 66 kick return yards. It was 45 of those kick return yards that had fans on their feet again with about seven minutes left in the game. After a 32-yard touchdown pass that put the Wolf Pack up 31-28, Robinson fielded a short kick from UNR kicker Brett Jaekle and took it back 45 yards to the Nevada 39-yard line, setting the Aggies up in good field position. It wasn’t necessarily the amount of yardage on the return that had Romney Stadium excited. It was the zigging and zagging, the reversing of field — twice — that had fans anticipating another possible Robinson return for a touchdown. He said they were kicking away from him all day, but he had total control on the field, calling his up-men off if he could field the ball, which is exactly what Robinson did on the long kick return. After fielding it, his instincts just took over. He said: “I was waiting for my boy Diondre (Borel) to hurry up and move that guy out of the way, but he was taking too long, so I had to get creative and go back the other way. It’s just one of those things. It’s my field instincts, whatever I feel like I just go with.” Robinson may have run 100-total yards to gain those 45, and it’s that kind of effort that impressed Aggie Head Coach Brent Guy. “Kevin Robinson’s effort was courageous,” Guy said. “I told (the team) the effort we’ve got to have the last five games is the effort we saw on that kickoff return by that kid. That’s the effort we’ve got to play with and we’ll win.” Robinson’s effort was also shown in unusual situations. Seeing him in the end zone or deep in enemy territory after a return is nothing new. Seeing Robinson in the shotgun, taking a snap at quarterback, is. But that’s exactly where Robinson was for two plays to Kevin Robinson finishes start out the Aggies’ fifth pos-
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USU Tailback Derrvin Speight (21) runs over Nevada defender Justin Jackson (29) and dives into the end zone, finishing off a 12-yard run in the second quarter on Saturday. The run capped off a 10-play, 65-yard drive that tied the game 14-14. TYLER LARSON photo
A familiar, unhappy ending By SAMMY HISLOP sports editor
Game 7. Loss 7. It was the same old story Saturday for USU football. For the fourth time this season, the Aggies held a lead and had possession in the fourth quarter. For the fourth time this season, the Aggies couldn’t hold on, this time losing 3128 to the visiting Nevada Wolf Pack (3-4, 1-2 in Western Athletic Conference play). Though the performance was a drastic improvement from last year’s 45-0 loss in Reno, Nev., USU Head Coach Brent Guy rejected any sense of moral victory. “No. No. We’ve got to win in the fourth quarter,” Guy said. “That’s why there are so many tears in the locker room right now:
Because we’ve seen this movie four times already. We’ve already bought that ticket three times. We’ve got to find a way. I’ve got to find a way. I’ve got to convince them they can do those things.” The Aggies also held the lead in the final quarter vs. UNLV, Wyoming and San Jose State. HOW IT HAPPENED Late in the third quarter Saturday, USU safety James Brindley recovered a fumble at the Nevada 36-yard line. Aggie senior quarterback Leon Jackson III then found tight end Rob Meyers for a 23-yard pass completion. Two plays later, just after the fourth quarter had begun, Jackson followed his blocks and stumbled into the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown.
off a 70-yard punt return to give the Aggies a 21-14 lead at the half. PATRICK ODEN photo
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USU 2, Denver University 0 The Aggies kicked off their annual threegame swing through Colorado by riding a great performance from goaltender Greg Finatti to a shutout win over the Denver University Pioneers. “Finatti stole us that game, I’d say,” team captain Scotty John said. “Honestly I haven’t seen Finatti play that well since Weber D1 last year. During the intermission I didn’t even want to talk to him. It’s like he’s pitching a no-hitter. You don’t want to say anything until it’s over.” Utah State got both goals in the first period. Ryan Osterheldt drew first blood thanks to assists from Jeremy Madigan and Ben Tikka, then Jay McFadden got to the DU keeper with assists coming from Kent Arsenault and Tikka. To extend John’s baseball analogy, Finatti was his own bullpen in the second and third period, holding the line against repeated Denver rushes to get the save. “Every save was pretty much spectacular,” Arsenault said of his goalie’s performance. “He was sprawling all over the ice and stopped five or six breakaways in the first period alone.” Denver dominated the shots-on-goal, 4423, but couldn’t figure out Finatti’s deadly butterfly style despite ample opportunity. “We played good D,” Finatti said. “Every time I made a save our defense would clear the rebounds. It was a different story compared to the other games this weekend. It was probably the best game I’ve played here at Utah State.” Colorado University 8, USU 0 Rookie Dan Cornelius got the start in-
USU defensemen Paul Reinardt (4) tries to split two Long Beach State defenders in a game Oct. 13, at the Eccles Ice Arena. TYLER LARSON photo
goal, but after a barrage of goals from the Buffaloes, Finatti was called in to close out this game in the third period. A night after shutting out one tough Colorado school, USU found themselves on the receiving end of a shutout pitched by one of their biggest rivals. John said CU’s small ice rink helped facilitate their team strategy, allowing them to move the puck rapidly and stay “a step and a half” ahead of USU all game long. “They moved the puck unbelievably,” John said. “I really think their rink might be smaller than regulation size. It’s in a fieldhouse on the middle of campus.” The Ags trailed just 1-0 after one period, but both John and Finatti said that, due to inadequate mental preparation, USU didn’t have a chance of coming back in this one. “We probably just came in a little scared,” John said. “We expected them to beat us almost. We played timid from the get-go. They definitely mentally are one of our toughest games we play all year. They’re also tough to play at home. We’re having a hard time establishing the attitude that every game we can win.” Finatti concurred, saying, “The only way we’re going to win is 2-1 or 2-0. I think our team gives up when we get down but everyone disagrees with me.” After that tight first period, the deluge on Cornelius began, with Jeff and Andrew Neitenbach of Colorado spearheading a precise attack that relied on backdoor goals and cross-ice passes to keep USU mystified. Colorado State 6, USU 0 The futility continued for the second consecutive night, as Utah State couldn’t manage to score even one goal. Just when the road trip couldn’t get any worse, the team got stuck in a blizzard for hours on their return trip. This defeat was a slow burn for USU, as the
Men’s tennis plays last preseason tourney By JACKSON OLSEN staff writer
A slew of wins and losses was the end result of the five-day Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Tournament for the men’s tennis team, played last weekend in Las Vegas, Nev. The Aggies competed in both singles and doubles play against 15 teams from around the Western region, including in-state rivals Brigham Young University and the University of Utah, and conference rivals Boise State and New Mexico State. The Aggies failed to advance to the ITA Indoor Nationals in early November, but played well and hung tough. “I’m pleased with the team,” Head Coach Christian Wright said. “We went out there and competed.” On the first day of action, three Aggies clinched first round victories in singles. Not surprisingly, one of them was freshman standout Jakob Asplund. Asplund came into the tournament after a successful run at the Utah Invitational Tournament the week before, where he upset No. 6 seed Sascha Kiehne of Weber State in straight sets. The ITA tournament would put him into a similar situation, being matched up with the No. 24 seed out of 128 players in the first round, Jakub Dybala of Montana State University. The two played a tight match that ended up going down to the wire. But when all was said and done, it was Asplund who came out on top, upsetting Dybala 7-5, 7-6. Asplund didn’t fare so well in his second-round loss to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas’ David Campbell, but bounced back to win two straight matches in the consolation bracket, defeating Varun Gunaseeian of Denver University 6-2, 6-2, and UNLV’s Brian Miller, 6-1, 6-1. Asplund’s run hit a speed bump in the fourth round, however, as he fell in a three-set battle to Stefan McKinney of New Mexico State, 7-6, 3-6, 0-6. Senior Mike Banks and sophomore Oscar Ericsson were the other victors from day one. Banks handled
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defense and starting goalie Finatti allowed two goals a period while the offense was left groping around blindly. “The strength of our team is goaltending right now,” John said. “We gave away breakaways in every game. The goaltenders, despite what the score said, came up huge.” Arsenault, who led the nation in goals and points last year as a rookie, said, “It was pretty lousy. I don’t think we were prepared as a hockey team to go into Colorado this weekend. The rookies coming in this year and not knowing what the Colorado teams are like, I had a gut feeling going in.” Finatti said this loss proves that the Aggies are not where they need to be as a team. “You’ve got to pull those games off on the road if you want any chance of being a top team in the nation,” he said. The highlight of this loss might have been the impressive number of penalty minutes Ryan Osterheldt was able to accrue, 26. There was a time when USU was able to score goals in the twenties as well, but after this disastrous trip, the players will have to focus on getting the offense clicking again during a series of seven straight games at home in the Eccles Ice Arena. “This will be the big test to see what we are going to be all about,” Arsenault said of the upcoming schedule. “We have no excuses going into this home stretch.” The homestand kicks off this Friday night against Montana, with Metro State following the next night. The month of November begins with three straight games, against Arizona State, Weber D1, and the first grudge match against the BYU Icecats of the 2007-2008 season. The two toughest games of the homestand come last, on Nov. 9 and 10, against San Jose State and then the same Denver squad USU just blanked. -graham.terry@aggiemail.usu.edu
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John Taylor of Utah, 6-1, 7-5, before falling to BYU’s Thomas Shubert 1-6, 3-6. Shubert, who faced Asplund at the Utah Invitational Tournament, was seeded No. 30. Ericsson, who was also coming off a respectable showing at the UIT, won a three-set thriller over Tim Huynh of the University of Idaho, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, before falling in the second round to Boise State’s Piotr Dilaj, 3-6, 2-6. Despite dropping their first round singles matches, three more Aggies chalked up victories as doubles action heated up on day two. Senior Fernando Gallegos and sophomore Alex Thatcher partnered up to bring down Tyler Clonts and A.J Young of BYU, 8-4, while seniors Jonas Tyden and Mike Banks beat Tanner Svoboda and Alex VanDershelden of Portland State, 8-5. On day three, it was more Asplund and Ericsson. The Swedish duo overpowered a mentally and physically tough Renzo Lau and Jeffery Morys of Northern Arizona University, 9-7, in the third round of consolation doubles. Round four proved to go down a bit easier as the pair chalked up another win, this time over Mikolaj Brokowski and Raydner Rames of the University of Montana. With the 8-5 win over Montana behind them, Asplund and Ericsson faced familiar foes Sascha Kiehne and Fabio Mancarella of Weber State in the quarterfinals. But the No. 11-seeded Weber combo proved to be too much for the Aggies this time, as Asplund and Ericsson fell out of consolation contention in a 4-8 loss. The elimination was USU’s last tournament of the preseason. The Aggies will continue to practice in preparation for January when the regular season takes center stage. And through the ups and downs of this short-lived preseason, there is one thing Wright continues to cite: progress. “We’ve seen a lot of improvement over the last several weeks,” Wright said. “I’m excited about our team and about our chances this coming season.” -jackson.olsen@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Women’s soccer earns split on WAC road trip By SETH R. HAWKINS editor in chief
Almost a year later, the USU soccer team found itself face to face with Nevada, the Western Athletic Conference foe that knocked the Aggies out of the WAC Tournament, ending hopes for a successful postseason. Friday’s away game was more than a conference game, it was about respect and a chance to give a little bit of payback on their opponent’s home turf. “It was a really emotional game,” Head Coach Heather Cairns said. “The team poured their heart and soul into that game. It was about respect.” And respect is what the Aggies walked away from Nevada with, after blanking the Wolf Pack 2-0 to improve their conference record to 2-1 and 6-9-0 overall. Just six minutes into the game, the Wolf Pack discovered their coveted home-field advantage would not be enough to pull them through the game as the Aggies took an early 1-0 lead, despite playing against winds up to 25 mph, Cairns said. The tag-team striking duo of forwards Candice Clark and Lauren Hansen caused the damage after Clark fed the ball through to Hansen who pounded the ball in for the score. “(Hansen) and (Clark) have been really good in the forward positions,” Cairns said. “They feel comfortable playing with each other and can read what each other are doing. To have two strikers that are playing like that is great.” Though a freshman and subject to the occasional rookie errors, USU forward Lauren Hansen is contributing to the Aggie soccer team in a big way, tying for first with senior forward Dana Peart in goals scored this season at five. “Even though Lauren’s a freshman, regardless of her age, it’s great to have her,” Cairns said. “(Hansen) was just nice and composed and played the ball well and put it away for us. It was a big turning point in the game for
us because it let us sit back and destroy their attack a little bit.” Clark was no less impressive, getting her chance to score in the 85th minute of play. Sophomore forward Alysa Adams kicked the ball to Clark, who nailed the ball for the Aggies’ celebratory score. The goal marks Clark’s second of the season. Though injured for the first half of the season, Clark has been a crucial part of the Aggie offense, Cairns said. The Wolf Pack didn’t just roll over, forcing the Aggies to play a physical game that removed sophomore defender Lindsey Smart, who received 10 stitches after a collision. Peart played minimal time due to a knee injury sustained against Boise State earlier this season. “They came out and took it to Forwad Dana Peart (22) goes up for a us in the first 15, 20 minutes,” Senior header against a Boise State defender Oct. 14 at home. Peart Cairns said of Nevada. “We held injured her knee in the second half of the Boise State game and on and stayed organized and is still bothered DEBRA HAWKINS photo kept them off the board and gave us a chance to win. This time of year you any early scoring opportunities. The Aggies have to keep your opponents off the board as struggled in the first half to land shots on frame, but the second half was a different long as possible.” story, with the Bulldogs not landing a single Keeping the opponent off the boards is shot on goal and USU putting three on frame. something the Aggies almost managed to do “I think it was very back and forth,” Cairns in their second game of the weekend against said. “In the first half they were a little bit Fresno State, Sunday in Fresno, Calif., but a better and the second half we were a bit betcall by a referee and a free kick later, it was ter.” the Bulldogs who tallied a point on the board After playing such a tight game, Cairns and claimed the 1-0 victory. said, “I think we would have a good shot at “For it to be a free kick to decide (the beating them in the WAC tournament.” game), it’s disappointing,” Cairns said. “It With the loss, the Ags fell to 2-2-0 in WAC was really a back and forth game. In the run play and 6-10-0 overall. Only three games of play neither team had a lot of great chancremain in the regular season and all of them es. I think we did a solid job. It’s one of those where you play pretty well but you can’t quite are at home. “It’s nice to get the road games finished get the win. We did a lot of good things but with,” Cairns said. “In the WAC, there are a just didn’t get the win. You have some games lot of home-field advantages, so we’re looking like that.” forward to being at home. To be able to steal The first half showed a Bulldog team one from Reno on the road, we like that as eager for an early goal, but USU goaltender well.” Ali Griffin recorded five saves, eliminating -seth.h@aggiemail.usu.edu
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session of the game midway through the second quarter. “We’re trying to find ways to get Kevin the football,” Guy said. Both plays, from a formation Guy said offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey and his staff drew up, were designed runs for Robinson. The plays netted 12 yards and a first down for Utah State, sparking a 10-play, 65-yard drive that tied the game at 14 with 3:37 left in the half. Besides directly snapping the ball to Robinson in the backfield, the Aggies also looked to throw it to him downfield. And they started early. The first play of the game was a bomb from quar-
terback Leon Jackson III that was thrown a little too far for Robinson’s outstretched arms. Although they never hooked up on a long pass - Robinson only ended up with 18 receiving yards - Jackson kept taking shots for him downfield. “We get him singled on somebody and we feel like we have a chance,” Guy said about throwing deep for the senior wide receiver. With his 26 career touchdowns, mid-season All-American status and conference — and NCAA — leading 212.5 all-purpose yards per game (going into Saturday), anytime the ball is in Robinson’s hands, Aggies’ coaches and fans have to think there is a chance. - da.bake@aggiemail.usu.edu
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sixth play. Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick fumbled the ball in open field into USU linebacker Jake Hutton’s arms, but Hutton bobbled it. “I’m putting that on me,” Hutton said. “That’s what is killing us as a team. We need to step up and make that one play at the end of the game. You don’t know when it’s going to come up in a game, but playmakers need to step up and make plays like that. I bobbled it and didn’t recover it. I take responsibility for that.” Opportunity knocked a final time. Aggie wide receiver Kevin Robinson took the final kickoff back 45 yards, even going laterally from one side of the field to the other in search of more yardage. His effort put the offense at the Wolf Pack 39-yard line. Jackson rushed for two yards. Then he gave the ball to wide receiver Diondre Borel, who looked deep for Robinson, but was sacked for a six-yard loss before he could finish the play. Jackson was sacked for a 10-yard loss to complete the offensive blunder. AGS LEAPED OUT OF FIRST-QUARTER HOLE The Wolf Pack scored touchdowns on their first two drives of the game. The first drive was 10 plays, 85 yards, and took 4:41 off the clock. The second started from the Aggie 29-yard line after Jackson was picked off by Wolf Pack linebacker Ezra Butler. The Aggie offense sparked on the next drive, going 70 yards on 13 plays. Jackson went airborne for a one-yard touchdown. Aggie defensive ends Carl Singleton and Ben Calderwod both recorded sacks on Nevada’s next drive, which was the first fruitless one of the day for the Pack. On USU’s following drive, Jackson lost a fumble at midfield. Fortunately, the Aggie defense then stopped Nevada on a fourth-and-one. The Aggie offense put together another solid drive—this time 10 plays, 65 yards, and topped off by a 12-yard touchdown run by Speight. The Pack were held to another three-and-out, and Robinson punished them with a 70-yard punt return to the end zone to give USU a 21-14 advantage at the intermission. “I was very proud of my football team in the first half,” Guy said. “We spotted them 14 and came back with 21 unanswered points ... This was probably the most courageous I’ve seen them play.” PACK STATISTICAL DOMINATION Nevada’s time of possession was 37:13, 22 minutes of which came in the second half. The Aggies time of possession was 22:47 for the entire game. The third quarter was the monster: Nevada 11:53, USU 3:07. Kaepernick, a freshman, passed for 170 yards. Jackson tallied only 106 yards. The Pack had 27 first downs—17 of them rush-
ing—compared to USU’s 12. The Pack netted 472 yards of total offense. The Aggies had 212. Lippincott, a junior for Nevada, had 244 yards rushing. The Aggies as a team had 106. The Pack as a team had 302 yards. Why was Nevada able to run so effectively? “Because they do a very good job at knocking guys out of gaps,” Guy said. “That was one of our goals defensively, to be gap sound. They did nothing different (than they did vs. Bosie State last week). They do a good job on their blocks and finishing guys. You’ve got to get off a block and make a play. We were not able to do that, unfortunately.” Nevada ran 80 plays. USU ran 53. Nevada fumbled four times, losing two. Utah State fumbled once. -samuel.hislop@aggiemail.usu.edu
Aggie quarterback Leon Jackson iii runs the ball outside Saturday in the Aggies’ 31-28 loss to Nevada. Jackson led USU in rushing with 51 yards on 15 carries and two touchdowns. He also threw for 106 yards and was 11-19. TYLER LARSON photo
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ar away from home, immersed in a foreign culture with new ideas and a chance to learn. No, it’s not an advertisement for the Study Abroad program, though it seems like a line straight out of one of those pamphlets. It’s a fact of life for USU students who take the idea of studying abroad a bit further. International students at USU comprise a small portion of the total student population but add a big impact to the overall college experience. Let’s face it, Utah can sometimes be a bubble of a state. Utah is not known as a home to large numbers of cultures from around the world. International students bring this much-needed flavor to USU, enhancing the experience USU students can have. But how many students take advantage of this opportunity to meet people who grew up in a foreign land with foreign belief systems? Hopefully many do, but all too often, the international students are ignored. This is a shame. There is much we as college students can learn from our peers from foreign lands. They will likely have a different perspective to the world that can open your eyes to the bigger world. It’s easy to get trapped in the miniaturized globe of America, but there is an entire world out there and much to learn. America does not have all the answers. She doesn’t always have the best and brightest people either, though she has many of them. These international students are among the best and brightest in the world. They sacrifice much to come to America. They don’t have to either. There are plenty of other opportunities for international students to get an English experience in Australia or Canada. These students often come from countries with wellestablished and well-respected education programs. Sometimes these students come from countries whose leaders hold unfavorable views toward America. Why go through all that trouble to come to America? Because they want a chance to see what America is like, to have a chance to expand their intellectual horizons. Relatively few students get the chance to study in a foreign country for an extended period of time. But you don’t have to suffer through an excruciatingly long airplane ride to get a multicultural experience. It’s as simple as opening your eyes to the world around you and opening your mouth to talk to an international student. Chances are, they know as much if not more than the average American does about politics and the world as a whole. There is much we can learn from these students. They are a valuable part of the USU community and should be embraced and accepted as such. All it takes is a simple “hello” and an openness to listen and learn.
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e have an uncomfortable relationship with forgetting. It can mean you are careless or losing your mind. It could mean that you are rude for not paying attention in the first place. In school you are taught how not to do it and are graded on it. If you forget too many things, you will end up poor, homeless and put in institutions where everything is remembered for you. Forgetting is most forcefully invoked after some national tragedy when some well-meaning person shouts “We must never forget.” Of course we will forget. Forgetting is one of our best things and never is way too long for any person or society to remember anything. We have to forget. There are examples of forgetting all around us – Japan, Hiroshima, World Wars, Germany, Toyota, Volkswagen. I could go on, but why? The world is full of exenemies, spouses, bombs, treaties, in-laws and ex-laws that we have forgotten about. Murderers get out of jail. Alimony is paid and somehow we keep moving forward. Maybe it isn’t forgetting so much as selective memory. There are so many things that are necessary for the continuation of the species that we probably would never do twice if it were not for forgetting. Child birth, running marathons and graduate school are all better things to have done than to do. It is only selective memory that makes it possible for people to do these things more than once. Does anybody really remember the Alamo? I sort of remember a couple bad movies and have some general notion that Mexico may remember it completely differently. There are probably all sorts of other quotes about remembering but that’s the only one I can remember right now. Those of a more religious conviction than I might try to differentiate between forgiving and forgetting but I remain unconvinced there is a difference. Does God forgive and forget? When we let someone out of jail for serving their time, do we forgive or forget? If you forget to pay your taxes is that error forgiven or
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Hunting a cruel, harmful sport To the editor:
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In response to your article “A hunter’s heaven” (10/17/07), I was perplexed by some of the excuses for shooting innocent creatures in their natural habitats. “There are four species of mountain sheep in North America, and I have been able to collect all four. I love mountain sheep because they are some of the prettiest animals.” Well, no offense, but do you always shoot things you find to be beautiful? Certainly seems to be an odd way of showing affection. The fact of the matter is that while hunting may have been a part of human survival 100,000 years ago, in today’s society there is simply no excuse for it. The vast majority of hunters do not need to shoot animals for food, which is why this formally common bloodsport has seen a drastic downturn in recent years. Less than 5 percent of the U.S. population hunts, for reasons ranging from environmental destruction to concern for the obvious cruelty to animals (many animals suffer prolonged, painful deaths when they are injured but not killed by hunters). In the 21st century, we have evolved to the level where we can comfortably live without killing animals unnecessarily. If hunters seek to enjoy the outdoors and spend time with friends and family, I would recommend hiking, camping, or one of the other wonderful activities that do not involve causing unnecessary pain and suffering. For more information on how to make compassionate choices for animals, visit peta2.com to request free stickers and a DVD.
It was an interesting experience to open the feature about animals and find articles about what we can learn from animals, the healing power of our relationships with animals and the emotional bonds we form with our pets right next to an article about the “adventure” of hunting. I wonder if I am the only person who notices the irony here: we speak of our caring and compassion toward animals in one sentence and then celebrate our brutality toward those same animals in the very next paragraph. It’s time we realize that we our views toward animals must change. We cannot love some while we kill others and still call ourselves morally consistent. If we are revolted at the idea of shooting the family pet with a high-powered rifle, we should be equally revolted at the idea of shooting any other sentient animal. We must cast off this false sense of superiority that allows us to feel justified in taking the lives of others. As Isaac Bashevis Singer said, “There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.”
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Atheism is a religion too To the editor: I read Jon Adam’s editorial, “Recognize the right to express beliefs,” in last Wednesday’s Statesman with much interest. My first reaction was a rather sarcastic thought about how timely the piece was by appearing over a month after all the talk over the preaching had died down.
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The reason I wanted to write, though, is because of this particular sentence that caught my eye: “Listening to both sides debate whose faith was more irrational, I couldn’t help but think, ‘Thank God I’m an atheist.’” I’m writing for one main purpose, to point out that atheism is not a rejection of religion; it is itself a religion. It is just as unscientific and irrational as any other religion. First off, one should not confuse atheism with agnosticism. Atheism is the religious belief that there is no God or other form of deity. Just as Christianity is based on the unscientific hypothesis that the man Jesus, born sometime around 3 BC, died and returned to life and is the Savior of the world; so atheism is based on the unscientific hypothesis that there is no divine being or beings. It should be pointed out that equaling absence of evidence with evidence of absence is a logical fallacy. Just as there are many different types of Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists, atheists also have differences of beliefs. Atheism has its “Evangelists,” such as Christopher Hitchens. There are atheists today as intolerant of other religions as the most fundamentalist members of other religions. Secular fanaticism is responsible for as much pain, suffering, and death as Christian or Muslim fanaticism. This letter is in no way meant to be an attack upon atheism or any other religion. I am also not laying the burden of proof on atheists to prove that God or gods don’t exist. Freedom of religion is the most important right in the Bill of Rights (and thus the first mentioned) and should be protected. I’m only saying that atheism should be known for what it is, a religion.
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forgotten? While forgetting my passwords and where I put my keys drive me temporarily mad, I embrace the skill of forgetting. My father died suddenly five weeks ago and though I love the memories, forgetting is what allows me to keep moving and value the living while respecting the dead. It keeps me from dwelling on all the stuff I should have said or done. It keeps me in touch with good parts instead of trying to come up with some net balance of good versus bad times. Forgetting is warm and comforting. It reminds me that I can do this again and I will forget most
of that next tragedy when it comes. Forgetting is one of out best traits.
Dennis Hinkamp works for USU Extension Communications and forgot how mad he was when he started this column. Comments and questions can be sent to him at dennish@ext.usu. edu.
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crash into a curb and bend the rims of two tires. “We wrecked the car, Cam threw up and right then and there I was seconds away from pulling the plug and saying lets just cut our losses,” Clay said. “There’s no way I could let them down,” said Lee, senior in business entrepreneurship. “They had committed to all this and if I at that point had stopped, they would have had nobody.” With the car wreck, they had to rewrite the script which ended up being better, Clay said. Smithsuth, sophomore in professional piloting agreed, “We had to cut out a minute of the movie, which turned out to be the best because it actually enhanced our movie surprise factor.” They went up the canyon to shoot the scene with the helicopter and “that’s just when things got a lot better,” Clay said. Clay said they knew a man with a helicopter because they had shot a commercial for him in the past, and he was more than willing to help. “That was just a blast,” Lee said. “And we had to do that a ton of times and sometimes we messed up and the helicopter almost landed on me, and I was on the grass laying down and he kept coming because he thought he was supposed to, but he wasn’t. So it was kind of intense not knowing.” “It was intense, It was the most intense twominutes and 40-seconds I’ve ever produced, as far as how fast we had to get that done,” Clay said. “This is a 24 hour film festival and if you keep that in mind, I can sit back and feel good about the film that we submitted, because I realize, I can’t believe we accomplished all that in one day.”
The competition allows for two grand prize team-winners. Each team member will receive a MacBook Pro, and Final Cut Studio 2, Logic Studio and Shake, equaling to about $5,000 per person, Clay said. “Because this is what we do for a living, this is something that caught my eye,” Clay said. “If they would have just given me money I would have probably just turned around and bought the exact same software they have given me.” “The final movie came out really, really satisfactory,” Smithsuth said. “Clay and everybody who worked on it really has a lot of talent it was great working with them,” Smithsuth said. The winners will be decided by the public, who will rate their favorites. The top 25 movies with the highest rating on Nov. 9 at midnight will be screened by professionals including James Mangold, Nora Ephron and Barry Sonnenfeld, according to Apple.com To see Advent Creative’s film go to edcommunity.apple.com/insomnia_fall07/item. php?itemID=1272. To vote, participants will have to create an Apple ID. Clay said Advent Creative wants to represent USU in this national competition and hopes that USU will support them. “I’m proud of it for the 24 hours that we spent,” Clay said. “There are many things that I wish we could go back out and fix and reshoot and add this shot and whatnot. There’s always going to be, and I hope the rest of the people who submitted it feel the same way.” –ranae.bang@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Woman survives 19 hours afloat in ocean off Maui before rescue UKUMEHAME, Hawaii (AP) – A 49-year-old woman held onto a water container to stay afloat for 19 hours until she was rescued from choppy ocean waters a mile off Maui, she said. Lillian Ruth Simpson, of Juneau, Alaska, told the Maui News that she also wrapped her bathing suit top around her head to keep warm after sunset. A fishing charter boat spotted her in the water Friday morning, dehydrated and sunburned. She was treated at a hospital and released. “The times I thought, ‘I’m going to die, I’m going to die,’ I would say, ‘No, I have three kids and you’re not taking me anywhere,” she said. A buoy near where Simpson was floating registered an average water temperature of about 80 degrees this week, said National Weather Service forecaster Robert Ballard. Simpson, who worked as a drug and alcohol counselor in Alaska, had been canoeing alone and paddled out to some tour boats Thursday morning to distribute invitations to a fundraiser for a documentary on youths and drugs. She was already tired from the effort when strong winds flipped her canoe, she said. She called to a nearby charter boat for help, but she apparently was unable to attract anyone’s attention and it left. She tried for hours to right the canoe before giving up, she said. “Every time I turned it, the boat would partially submerge,” she said. Then she decided to swim for shore. “I just kept trying to swim
Lillian Ruth Simpson demonstrates how she covered her head and hung onto a water bag as a flotation device while spending the night in the Pacific ocean Saturday, Oct. 20, in Maui. AP Photo
toward Olowalu, but really the water did not want to take me there,” she said. Simpson spent a long night dozing off, accidentally swallowing sea water, throwing up and trying to keep warm. Joseph Carvalho Jr., captain of the boat Strike Zone, spotted what he first thought was a large balloon in the ocean early Friday morning. He went to investigate because floating objects usually attract mahimahi and other game fish. It wasn’t until the boat got close that the crew realized it was Simpson. After they carried her
aboard, she was hungry, thirsty and couldn’t remember her name. “She told me that she kept telling herself, ‘At least the water’s warm,’” Carvalho said. “Your survival instinct kicks in. She made something out of nothing and that saved her life.” Simpson said that she is not a strong ocean swimmer, but that she has been around boats all her life because her father and sister fished. “I won’t say I’m not going back in the ocean,” she said. “But I’m not going back alone anytime soon.”
Van carrying Amish crashes on Ind. interstate, killing 5 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A van carrying Amish on an interstate highway veered out of control, overturned and ejected some passengers Sunday, killing five people and injuring 11, authorities said. Two adults and three children were killed when the southbound van veered onto the grassy median, flipped over and came to rest in the northbound lanes of the highway about 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis, State Police Sgt. Rod Russell said. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, he said. The condition of the injured was unclear Sunday evening. Some of the victims hailed from an Amish community in the Fort Wayne area, about 50 miles to the northeast. Authorities were trying to verify whether some victims came from other Amish communities across
Indiana. “We do believe that some were Amish,” Russell said. Amish people generally shun modern conveniences but sometimes enlist non-Amish as drivers. At the scene, the van lay on its side with its roof gone. Traffic in both directions was stopped as authorities used the highway to land medical helicopters. Seven such helicopters were called to the scene, said Bill Gosnell, director of the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency. It was not clear at first how many people had been riding in the van, as survivors gave conflicting stories of 15, 16 or even 17 passengers. That led police and other responders to search for additional injured people until it became clear all people in the van were accounted for.
“It’s controlled chaos, is what it is, when you have a situation like this,” with ejections and many people injured, Russell said. Southbound lanes of I-69 reopened about two hours after the crash. Northbound lanes remained closed nearly four hours afterward. The crash occurred about 20 miles from the site of an April 2006 collision between a Taylor University van and a semitrailer rig that killed four students and a university employee. The crash resulted in a highly publicized case of mistaken identity after the family of a student believed dead turned out to be another girl originally thought to have survived the crash. In April, four Amish riding in a pickup were among eight people killed in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road.
Delays in executions could boost movement to rid death penalty WASHINGTON (AP) – Stop executions for a while and perhaps they can be stopped forever. That calculation has been part of the strategy of capital punishment opponents for decades. The Supreme Court-inspired slowdown in executions offers the first nationwide opportunity in 20-plus years to test whether the absence of regularly scheduled executions will lead some states to abandon the death penalty and change public attitudes about capital punishment. Recent decisions by judges and elected officials have made clear that most executions will not proceed until the Supreme Court rules in a challenge by two death row inmates to the lethal injection procedures used by Kentucky. The inmates say Kentucky’s method creates the risk of pain severe enough to be cruel and unusual punishment, banned by the Eighth Amendment. Similar procedures are used by Texas, the far-and-away leader in lethal injections, and the 16 other states that have executed prisoners in the past two years. It is clear the high court will not go so far as to outlaw the use
of lethal injections. That issue is not even before the court in the Kentucky case. Rather, the justices could decide whether Kentucky’s procedures violate the Constitution and what standard the courts should use to evaluate the risk a prisoner will feel pain as he is put to death. No matter how the court rules, it appears there will be few, if any, prisoners executed before the court rules, probably by late June. “We’re probably looking at delaying executions, not preventing them,” said Ronald Tabak, a New York-based lawyer with the Skadden Arps firm who has represented death row inmates. Tabak said states with the death penalty now have a chance to review capital punishment procedures. The American Bar Association has for the past 10 years called for such a freeze and review. “The ABA’s position is unless you have fair practices, executions should not resume,” said Tabak, who has worked with the lawyers’ organization on this issue. But Douglas Berman, a sen-
tencing expert at the Ohio State University law school, said the possibility exists for more dramatic action. “The abolitionists will say if we have no executions for six months to a year, and the universe is not imploding and murder rates are not going through the roof ... it becomes easier to say, ‘Why do we even need the death penalty, let’s just get rid of it,’” Berman said. “Texas and other high-execution states aren’t going to get there anytime soon, but the argument against capital punishment gets even more force in those states squeamish about the death penalty in the first instance,” Berman said. Questions about the administration of lethal injections are only part of the equation. Death-penalty opponents also have pointed to doubts about the competence of some courtappointed defense lawyers and the rise in the number of exonerations through DNA evidence of people already convicted of crimes. Nearly 1,100 people have been put to death since 1977 and more than 3,000 others are on death row.
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- Disney World College Program Internship information, 12 to 5 p.m. Come find out about how to apply for a paid Disney World internship while receiving college credit. - UBC Family Night Pumpkinpalooza Fair/ Festival, 6 to 8 p.m.
- American Odysseys Lecture and Readings, 12:30 to 2 p.m., Haight Alumni Center. - USU Photoguild Exhibit, 6 p.m., Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall. - American Odysseys: Persis Karim, 7 to 8:30 p.m. - USU women’s volleyball, 7 p.m. - Department of music presents Rhonda Larson flute recital, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall.
- Paper, rock, scissors tournament, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., TSC Patio. - STAB movie night: “Dan in Real Life,” 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., TSC Auditorium. Only 315 seats available for the advanced screening. - Positive thinking workshop, 12 to 1 p.m., TSC. - Annual chili bowl sale, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., TSC. - USU Photoguild Exhibit, 6 p.m., Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall. - USU College Republicans, 8 to 9 p.m., Merrill-Cazier Library.
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Nuclear issues A Community meeting on nuclear issues in Utah, as the Legislature is right now considering a number of proposals dealing with the future of energy generation in Utah: Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 to 8 p.m., Logan City North-East Conference Room (255 N. Main St.)
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A Bewitching Selection
Joeclyn Berlage, junior in history, POSES IN COSTUME at Northwood Rentals. Charles Womack, senior in history completes his outfit with a wig while Keith Albretsen, junior in biological engineering, uses a sword for a prop. Alan Elder, co-owner, said they buy costumes through an annual Halloween trade show in Chicago. PATRICK ODEN photo
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Alter egos, line up at the door. Northwood Rentals, located at 3800 N. 53 West in Hyde Park, rents, as well as sells, Halloween costumes and props starting at $10 with a variety that owner Alan Elder said you won’t find anywhere locally. “You would probably have to go to Salt Lake for this kind of selection,” Alan Elder said. The large warehouse, which also holds the outdoor tools and wedding reception decorations that Northwood Rentals rents, has a room in the back that is packed with Halloween costumes and has everything from classic theme costumes to character costumes for both adults and children. “There’s a big Halloween costume trade show in Chicago every year.” Alan Elder said, “And every person who has anything to do with Halloween is there. We
Carved Characters Pumpkin Walk fun for all ages
By DEBRA HAWKINS staff writer
Elvis, The Brady Bunch, John Wayne and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, now “Those were the days.” Twenty-four years ago, the Beutler family, from North Logan, started a tradition that took pumpkins and other vegetables and turned them into scenes and decorations for people to enjoy. The North Logan Pumpkin Walk has changed in the last 24 years from something 200 people who knew the Beutlers got to enjoy to something 50,000 people a year from all over come to see. “Those were the days” is the theme for this year’s Pumpkin Walk, with planned scenes including, Sesame Street, Thomas the Tank Engine, The Beatles and Garfield. And as always, the pumpkins with detailed carvings are shown, Gina Worthen, member on the board for the pumpkin
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walk and scene creator, said. “This year’s pumpkin walk is going to be amazing,” Worthen said. “We have an entire old west town, a ‘60s scene with a drive-in and cool carved pumpkins that are intricate and fantastic.” Worthen said, in the early days of the pumpkin walk, it was held on the Beutler farm and started when some students smashed pumpkins and Ida Beutler asked the students to come back and carve pumpkins to replace them. “They wanted something fun to do for Halloween,” Worthen said. “They had college students smash pumpkins and Ida asked them to come carve pumpkins to help out. She would also ask the people in her (church) ward to come and help.” When the Pumpkin Walk became too well known to be held on the farm anymore, it was
- See WALK, page 16
all buy from the same people as everyone else who sells costumes.” Alan Elder, who opened Northwood Rentals eight years ago with his wife, Linda, said the process of picking which costumes they buy is a process of trial and error. Since they often get to see costumes from movie characters before the movie is even out, Alan Elder said sometimes they have to make the decision whether or not it will be a hit. “About 80 percent of the time we’ve made good decisions,” Alan Elder said. Alan Elder said that in a given day they see both families and students coming to Northwood Rentals. He also said they see about an equal amount of customers both buying and renting costumes. “I love the batman costume,” said Charles Womack, senior majoring in history, as he tried on the costume-
- See COSTUME, page 16
Chainsaw men, clowns, love me
s sad as this is, I’ve always been an easy scare. In fact, it’s probably my curse in life. It doesn’t take much for me to spend the night watching Disney movies with my lights on if I think it’s at all possible for some sort of possessed girl to come out from under my bed. This summer I spent a whole night watching “Friends” DVDs and the “Chipmunk Adventure” because I was afraid of the noises in my room and throughout my house. In case something was to happen, I honestly was holding my cell phone, pre-dialed to 911, in my left hand. I was so nervous that I never fell asleep until sunrise, part of the reason being I needed to be alert for whatever attacked. The other half of me was terrified of having nightmares. I realized later that wind was just blowing the door to my deck and bedroom windows. So, I’m lame. I can easily freak myself out. Unusual sounds and shadows have their way of playing with my mind and too many times I give in to their taunts. I do it to myself though, knowing full well that scary stories and horror films will heighten my senses. The night I pre-dialed 911, I had allowed my roommate to convince me that creepy stuff was going on in our house. For most of my life I’ve had a fear of ghosts, which I’ll admit is pretty much ridiculous. But I’ve seen enough TV and heard enough stories to know dead people are something to be afraid of. Fully aware of my anxiety over encountering one of them I often ask myself why I even attempt watching scary movies or FAmilies enjoy the North Logan Pumpkin walk. Scenes included camping and boy scouts. DEBRA HAWKINS photo
- See SCARE, page 15
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Freshman afraid of failure, commitment and spiders and grandmother. US: What is the worst date you have ever been on? EV: There is no such thing as a worst date. Each person is unique, and each date lets me know more about each person. US: If you could be famous for one thing, what would it be? EV: Helping other people. Service is the unselfish selfishness. You get this amazing, elating feeling that you have done good to the world. And you get stuff when you help people. US: Describe yourself in five words. EV: I don’t like this question because we do not see things as they are; we see things as we are. US: What was your most memorable car and why?
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Utah Statesman: What do you like about USU? Emily Voutaz: I just love it here. I love how the leaves are changing. I love that everyone is open here and wants to be friends. US: What don’t you like about
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EV: I don’t like how the box elder bugs get into my room. And I don’t like tests. But other than that, I love it here. US: What’s your favorite food? EV: Meatloaf. I haven’t had meatloaf forever, and you can’t find it here. Food in general is just wonderful. US: If you could do anything you wanted for one day, and money wasn’t an issue, what would you do? EV: I would love to go to Africa and build wells for people. I once thought about joining the Peace Corps. It would be neat to help in an orphanage in Russia. US: If you could have a superpower, what would it be? EV: To make people happy. US: What is one thing you have never told your parents? EV: I can’t tell you because they would read it and then I would get in trouble. US: What are you afraid of? EV: Failure and commitment and spiders. Some days I am very brave and can kill them, and some days I can’t. US: Do you have any pet peeves? EV: When my dad grunts, and I absolutely hate it when other people complain. US: What is your most embarrassing moment? EV: My former boyfriend bought a book called “1,001 Ways to be Romantic” in front of my mother
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EV: It was the best car in the whole wide world. It’s a black Nissan Altima. The water pump went out and burned the engine, and the engine block cracked, and the noise would get progressively louder. For a whole year, I thought my car would blow up at any minute. US: If you had to die in an extraordinary way, what would it be? EV: It is more important that you live in an extraordinary way. Nobody cares how you die if you don’t live in a magnificent way. US: If you could have a date with any person on Earth, who would you choose? EV: I am just happy to have a date. You can learn something from every person you date. US: What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten? EV: My dad has a fetish for really strange food. Don’t eat kimchi, which is pickled cabbage. US: What is the most boring, average, normal thing you do on a regular basis? EV: It is a very scary thing when I am bored. Like run-and-find-abomb-shelter scary. US: What is something you have always wanted to do but never could? EV: I wanted to find the bomb shelter at my school, but I couldn’t find it. US: What is one thing you want to know about guys? EV: Why wrestling? I just don’t get it. Why do I like them? And why do they go so fast? US: What should the world know about Emily Voutaz?
EV: I want to challenge everyone to go out there and make friends with someone who is shy. A simple “hello” in the highway can make someone’s day. You can say “hello” and save someone’s life. -michael.buhler@aggiemail.usu.
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walking through haunted houses. Once started, they both have to be finished, even if I have close my eyes the whole time and deal with the consequences of sleepless nights afterward. I blame a lot of my fear on Robert Stack, the man that used to host “Unsolved Mysteries.� That guy alone was pretty much as horrifying as anything I imagine coming back from the dead. Always wearing dark suits and grim expressions, I had to wonder if he even had teeth, the way he never smiled. It was he who introduced me to my first haunted house when I was 6-yearsold. During his show, he told stories of toilets flushing when no living person pressed the handle and footsteps being heard, but no one seen, in several houses. Not very many things could scare me more as a first-grader than some spirit from the underworld entering my house to use the bathroom. The show also depicted a man being woken up in the middle of the night with a frazzled, evil woman ghost holding him down and saying devilish things to him while laughing. That image still haunts me. From that moment on I knew only one thing could help me when I was scared at night. It was sleeping in my brother’s empty top bunk-bed a couple times a month, a habit that lasted until I was in eighth grade. Yes, you heard me right. Eighth grade. But it wasn’t just Mr. Spooky, “Unsolved Mysteries� man that kept that fear running
through my wimpy veins. It’s as if I was never supposed to stop being stupidly afraid. In second grade my friend Lindsey Brightenburg, who told anything except bright stories, informed me about Bloody Mary. She even went so far as to tell me that the Devil’s wife came in her house through her bedroom window and gave her a curse – she turned Lindsey’s fingernail black. It took me years before I found out that nails do that when you slam them in drawers. But by then it was too late. Lying Lindsey had ruined me for good. Even now I still turn around my full length mirror in my room around at night. Just in case. When my brother’s friends used a Ouija board when I was 10, I only had one more reason to frequently borrow the bunk bed. I would watch them as they sat in the neighbor’s front yard for days and messed around with the game until they finally burned it because they finally got scared. The funny thing about being scared is I’m almost drawn to it. No, I’m not some psycho ghost-crazed girl, but it seems that even though I know better, I do things that I can almost predict will make nighttime miserable for at least a few days. Only now I don’t have a bunk bed to make me feel safe. I’ve been dragged to graveyards at midnight where friends dared me to visit haunted tombstones where ghostly visitations apparently happen. I never did see spirits at the graves. All I got out of these
experiences were sweaty palms before I ran away screaming. However, I guess if there were invisible ghosts in my presence, they probably got what they wanted from me anyway. Every October I wait for the corn mazes to open and always have to go through one haunted house, even though I know the moment I walk in is the same moment I want to get out as fast as I can. The chainsaw men and teenagers covered in deadly make-up follow me, getting the screams they love. They’re not even real ghosts and I still have a conniption fit every time. I’m a sucker and they know it. I know I may never get over my fear of ghosts and I also know that friends and family may also always be entertained by it. For now I’m OK. Well, at least until tonight. Nightlight anyone?
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Every ten years, a team of faculty and administrators from other institutions visits USU as part of the university’s accreditation with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). The NWCCU team will be on campus October 22-24, 2007. As part of the process, USU is required to hold an open meeting where faculty and staff can meet with members of the team. The meeting is an opportunity for members of the university community to candidly voice their opinions about USU’s strengths and challenges. No USU administrators will be present at the meeting, just faculty, staff, and members of the NWCCU visitation team.
Manette Newbold is a senior majoring in print journalism. Comments and ghost stories can be sent to manette.n@ aggiemail.usu.edu.
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Pumpkin OOMPa-LOOMPAS are shown on a display at the Pumpkin Walk. DEBRA HAWKINS photo
moved to the park so more people could come and enjoy it, Worthen said. The scenes for the pumpkin walk come from people and organizations throughout the valley, Worthen said. Anyone who wants to make a scene for the pumpkin walk can, she said. “It is not really organized who does scenes,� Worthen said. “We just try to talk people into it, which is not hard to do. It is addicting to make these scenes.� Every scene maker is allowed to come up with their own idea for scenes and there is no age limit as to who can participate, Worthen said. “Our youngest scene maker, who is making the scene all by themselves, is 15, and our oldest is 80, and she has been doing it since the beginning,� Worthen said. The pumpkin walk is designed for both kids and adults to enjoy, Worthen said. Amy, 4-year-old visitor to the pumpkin walk, said visiting the Pumpkin Walk is one of her favorite things to do at Halloween time. “The Pumpkin Walk is very very super fun,� Amy said. “This year they had a Thomas train and they even had a real live witch to get your picture taken with, she was very nice.� Amy said she thinks the Pumpkin Walk was made especially for kids
because it is not scary but it still is full of the Halloween spirit. “There are no real ghosts so it is not scary and the kids get to see big adult pumpkins and little tiny baby pumpkins, like them,� Amy said. Some of the scenes from past pumpkin walks have included Singin’ in the Rain, which actually had a sprinkler that rained on the display, Back to the Future with a real Delorian, and Pumpkin Idol, which was a spin off of “American Idol,� said Worthen. “There are usually some really funny scenes, sometimes including a political one,� Worthen said. “One of the funniest is when somebody did the front of Martha Stewart’s magazine that showed her in jail with a decorated potty.� This year’s pumpkin walk is running at Elk Ridge Park in North Logan, Oct 18 through Oct 23, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., except on Sunday. The event is wheelchair accessible and is free to the public. For more information, visit www.pumpkinwalk.com. -debrajoy.h@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Thriller delivers spooky thrills By MALISSA CANDLAND staff writer
For 10 years, Odyssey Dance Theatre group has made sure Utah audiences remember Michael Jackson’s Halloween song ‘Thriller.’ The dance production, based on Halloween characters and themes, has two separate companies performing the program throughout Utah. This last weekend, the g–roup made a stop at Ellen Eccles Theater. It didn’t take long for the production to generate a positive response from the audience. As soon as the word “Thriller” flashed across the closed curtains before the first number, the audience started cheering. From the annual pieces featuring Mrs. Frankenstein on Pointe, glow-inthe-dark tap-dancing skeletons, and a River dance massacre, ‘Thriller’ delivers a variety of entertaining pieces. Baylee Carroll, senior in family, consumer and human development said, ”I like how it has every kind of dance, it is entertaining and funny.” Artistic Director Derryl Yeager said he enjoys doing this show. “I just wanted to create an annual production that would hopefully become a financial success and provide a stabilizing force in the season,” Yeager said. “I knew we couldn’t do another Nutcracker and we thought that Halloween might provide a great reason to do a show.” The show started with four shows the first year at Kingsbury Hall, selling around 900 tickets. Now, there are a total of 14 performances at Kingsbury Hall along with performances in Ogden, Logan and St. George, where almost all the shows sell out, Yeager said. Although the show is premised on Halloween, the theater was at times full of laughter. Before the music began in “Just a Hunch,” the hunchback interacted with the audience, offering a sort of comic relief after they had been followed and hissed at by the un-dead. “Jason Jam” features three serial killers dancing with knives, machetes, bats and chainsaws, but evokes laughter at the expense of the somewhat dimwitted Jason. This year, the new work is “Dawn of Civilization,” which
An ACTOR FROM ODYSSEY DANCE THEATRE jumps in the air as Jason, the character from the movie “Friday the Thirteenth.” Photo courtesy of ODT.
takes place on Mars. Martians with frog-like tongues, curly tails, and orange and black spots find something from earth. “Audience response, whether it works with the flow of the show determines whether a new piece will remain on the program the next year,” Yeager said. The show is also audience interactive. While the crowd waits for the program to start, zombies wander the rows of seats and peer into people’s faces. The dancers keep straight faces and walk with limps. Later in the show, Junior Case, cast member, has the crowd standing up doing the YMCA, jumping and bopping their heads during “Live Remote.” There is even some confetti and plastic balls thrown in. At the Ellen Eccles Theater, there was a mix of newcomers and returning patrons. Rachelle Sidwell, senior in wildlife science, and Cheryl Howell, sophomore in anthropology, went for the first time and both said they would see the show again. Howell said her favorite was
“Curse of the Mummy,” because of her interest in archeology. Mary Catherine, from Wyoming, said her favorite was “Salem’s Mass,” which was about the famous Salem witch trials. Carroll said she liked “Dem Bones” the best because clogging and tap are her favorite styles of dance. The cast is made up of 17 dancers: 12 female and five male. “Lost Boys” and “Jason Jan” showcase the male talent. Catherine said the male dancers were superb. Yeager said he has kept each production very similar and there are only minor differences between the separate locations. “Salt Lake City has ‘Bubble the Clown’ and the ‘Giggle Girl,’” he said. The touring cast has ‘Remote Man.’ The rest of the show is exactly the same.” This ensures audiences throughout the state can get the same entertaining experience, he said. -malissa.candland@aggiemail. usu.edu
Costume: 3,000 character options for Halloween -continued from page 16 complete with a batman mask and cape. “I would buy it.” Northwood rentals began renting landscaping and outdoor tools, but Alan Elder said they decided to begin selling Halloween costumes due to the fact
that his three daughters had already begun stockpiling costumes throughout the years. “We had some calls from people wanting to rent costumes,” said Alan Elder, “and we already had some on hand, so we started renting them out.” Alan Elder said during the Halloween season, Northwood Rentals rents out anywhere between 300-400 costumes and has even more people coming in just to look. “One day we had over 60 cars in the parking lot at once,” Alan Elder said. “It’s too many to really get a head count.” Northwood Rental’s popularity has grown mostly due to word of mouth, Alan Elder said. The company, he said, is also running ads on the radio, which has been effective. Linda Elder said even though they get large crowds, there are plenty of costumes to go around. In addition to costumes, Northwood Rentals also sells a wide variety of Halloween props including wigs, masks, makeup and even genuine light sabers that rent for around $40. “They’re the type they used right in the movie,” Alan Elder said. “It makes the sound when you move.” Even though they see big crowds during Halloween, Alan Elder said the costume shop is open year-round for rentals and that they see a lot of business from drama clubs. Alan Elder said his favorite part of working during the busy Halloween season, though, is the atmosphere. “You get people coming in in a party mode,” Alan Elder said. Linda Elder said Northwood Rentals is now accepting reservations and even though they have been busy, there are still about 3,000 costumes left, with their selection growing every day. “We are still getting in costumes that we ordered months ago,” Linda Elder said. In order to make a reservation, Linda Elder said a 50 percent deposit is required at the time of the reservation and they will put a tag on it until it is picked up. Linda Elder said the costumes are rented out on a one-evening basis, so after picking the costume up, renters have about 12 hours before it needs to be returned. “I think the costumes are awesome,” said Jocelyn Berlage, junior majoring in history. For more information and to view the costumes available at Northwood Rentals, visit their Web site at www.northwoodrentalsonline.com or call NORTHWOOD RENTALS RENT 300-400 563-8008. costumes during Halloween season. Costumes are -amanda.m@aggiemail.usu.edu rented on a one-evening basis. PATRICK ODEN photo
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Mitchell King appears in Marathon County Court in Wausau, Wis., on charges that he assaulted a 15-year-old girl in this 2005 file photo. King is one of 44 teachers who lost their license because of sexual misconduct between 2001 and 2005. AP Photo
A community scarred by a teacher’s abuse BERWYN, Ill. (AP) – They’ve learned to watch their older daughter for any sign that something’s wrong. She cuts her long, blond hair and dyes it jet black. And they worry. Her father picks up a book she’s been reading, “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, and skims it for clues. He notices a highlighted passage: “You forget some things, don’t you,” it reads. “Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.” Her parents can relate. There’s a lot they’d like to forget, too — especially since the day nearly three years ago when their then 15-year-old daughter told them her elementary school band teacher had molested her and other girls. The teacher, Robert Sperlik Jr., pleaded guilty last year to sexual abuse and kidnapping of more than 20 girls, some as young as 9. Among other things, he told prosecutors that he put rags in the girls’ mouths, taped them shut and also bound their hands and feet with duct tape and rope for his own sexual stimulation. According to court documents, he rubbed their inner thighs and shoulders and forced them to sit, while bound, in closets and school storage rooms. At least one girl told prosecutors that when Sperlik stood behind her, she could feel his erect penis on her back. He pretended it was a game, gave the girls candy and told them not to tell. And for a long time, none of them did. A seven-month Associated Press investigation found stories like these are all too common. AP reporters in every state and
the District of Columbia identified 2,570 teachers who were punished for sexual misconduct from 2001 to 2005 alone, for actions that ranged from fondling to viewing child pornography to rape. Though experts who deal with sexual abuse say victims tell the truth more often than not, the ordeal is often worsened when the community around them is drawn in, and people take sides. Often, victims and their families face uncooperative administrators, disbelieving neighbors and an agonizing legal journey. This family in Berwyn, a suburb west of Chicago, understands the emotional toll. “It’s a silent epidemic is what it is,” the girl’s father says. “People are protecting people who aren’t worth protecting. I hope our daughters will have that instilled in them, too – that you report what you know.” The couple, a telecommunications technician and a stay-athome mom, spoke on the condition that they and their daughter not be identified, so she can try to move on from the nightmare that began in the late 1990s. They want to share their story to encourage anyone being abused by an educator to come forward. They also hope school officials will do more to get abusive teachers out of classrooms. “I thought my children were safest in school,” the girl’s mother says. She shakes her head. As a child, she went to Pershing Elementary, the same school her two daughters attended and one of several in Berwyn, where Sperlik taught band for 18 years. “I don’t trust anybody now.” Her daughter was a fourth-grader when Sperlik began teaching her how to play the clarinet. She liked him. He said nice
things about her and played funny games during class, including letting them draw lips on duct tape and put it on their mouths. Eventually, though, she and two of her friends started to feel uncomfortable with what they described as increasingly creepy
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An AP investigation found more than 2,500 educators whose credentials were revoked, denied, surrendered or sanctioned from 2001 through 2005 following allegations of sexual misconduct. Minors were the victims in at least 69 percent of the cases, and the majority of those were students.
State actions in sexual misconduct cases 2001-2005
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State actions in sexual misconduct cases 2001-2005
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Rise in punishment for sexual misconduct
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2005
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