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Today is Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 Breaking News The USU soccer team defeated San Jose State 4-0 to advance to the second round of the WAC Tournament. Page 13
Campus News A USU research lab is looking for solutions to the dwindling bee population. Page 3
Features
USU student and cartoonist Steve Weller explains the inspiration behind the characters. Page 5
Sports The USU volleyball team defeats the Nevada Wolf Pack 3-1. Page 13
Opinion “Wait a second. Politically correct speech is a byproduct of communism? Wow, that sounds very un-American to us. Strangely enough, this idea was adopted in American culture and has infiltrated everyday speech.” Page 9
Local firefighters aid Calif. By M. RUSSELL staff writer
Multiple high-intensity, fast burning fires paired up with hot, dry Santa Ana winds, create the most devastating wild land fire disaster in California history, according to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Web site. On Oct. 21, 21 wildfires broke out across Southern California, damaging thousands of homes and causing widespread evacuations. The infernos engulfed parts of Malibu and areas of Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties, burning more than 516,400 acres and killing seven. More than 2,000 homes were destroyed among the 12 wildfires, injuring 71 firefighters and 27 civilians and forcing at least 1,400 people into 13 different evacuation shelters scattered across the state, a CDF spokesperson said. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the largest evacuation in state history within the first 48 hours of ignition and declared a state of emergency after approximately 300,000 people were told to leave San Diego County, where hundreds of homes had already been destroyed or threatened. At the peak of the fire siege, more than 15,000 firefighters from the western states battled to save lives and property from more than a dozen major fires. Several Utah County crews and a task force of engines from Spanish Fork and Cedar City were sent to aid California firefighters just 96 hours after the fires were reported. Tony Trujillo, engine foreman of the Uinta National Forest on the Spanish Fork Ranger District, was sent to Southern California as part of a task force of engines to the Poomacha Fire on the LaJolla Indian Reservation in San Diego County where 50,00 acres were burned and 160 homes were lost. “It was like walking up to a nuclear winter. It was Armageddon. It looked like the end of the world,” Trujillo said. “People’s homes and all their possessions were charred, completely gone. It was silencing.” Trujillo said the task of fighting fire is never an easy thing, but it becomes exceptionally complicated and difficult when homes are built in the middle of a fuel type that is itching to burn. Patrick Carlson, a member of Utah County firefighters, was dispatched to the Slide Fire at Green
Firefighters FROM UTAH traveled to California to help fight 21 fires. Photo courtesy of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Valley Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains, where 428 homes were lost and more than 13,000 acres were burned. Carlson said he felt grateful for the chance to help out Southern California firefighters. “You couldn’t help but notice people who had lost absolutely everything,” Carlson said. “Homeowners were still very thankful for our presence and our help. Still, it hurts to see people lose everything they have worked their entire lives for.” There were thousands of different firefighters from the western states and from different agencies trying to help out, Carlson said. A majority of the homes destroyed in the Slide Fire were lost in the first 72 hours. According to Carlson, fighting fires is exceptionally different in California than in Utah. “It’s a completely different fuel type, which burns a little different. The best thing to do on a big fire like the Slide Fire is to talk to local people to gain a better understanding of fire behavior. But, the great thing about wildland firefighting is every firefighter is trained in the basics, with the exact same training,” Carlson said. “Fires in northern Utah, without a doubt, threaten homes, especially along the Wasatch Front,” Trujillo said. “However, in California, people’s homes and livelihoods are at very vulnerable position in urban
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interface areas in the middle of a chaparral fuel type.” California’s plant and shrub composition is considered a very volatile fuel type called chaparral. It is a fuel type that needs to burn, he said. California has a fire-dependent ecosystem, said Michael Kuhns, professor and extension forestry specialist for USU. California’s plant species have evolved in the
presence of fire and possess traits that thrive in regular, consistent fire, Kuhns said. Kuhns also said the only way to be proactive about Southern California fires is through mechanical means, creating defensible space and utilizing firebreaks. Curt Peterson of the Wasatch-
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Prof’s house damaged by winds during fires By ARIE KIRK news editor
During the burning of California last month, fire wasn’t the only thing causing damage. Winds reached more than 100 miles per hour, leaving their own paths of destruction. Peter Galderisi, retiring associate professor of political science at USU, has a home in Encinitas, Calif. While flames did not harm his house, the roof suffered more than $10,000 in damage from the Santa Ana winds. Galderisi said he was grateful to have only received that much damage. “We were fortunate that we weren’t directly hurt by the fires. The Santa Ana winds blew onto our roof,” he said. “We feel fortunate all around.” Galderisi, who commutes from Logan to Encinitas, wasn’t in California when the fires began. However, his wife was. Galderisi said he was very concerned for his family. From Logan, the only thing he could do was check maps online charting the fires. This helped, he
- See GALDERISI, page 3
USU researchers try to save bees By AMANDA MEARS staff writer
Almanac Today in History: In 1938, about 100 Jews were killed and 7,500 Jewish businesses were damaged in a night of terror launched by the Nazis. The night later became known as Kristallnacht, or “night of the broken glass.”
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DURING THE WARREN MILLER film Thursday, Mountain Air Helicopters had a helicopter simulator for students to try. Mountain Air Helicopters is a business that trains pilots and gives flight tours. TYLER LARSON photo
Researchers at the Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research Lab on the USU campus are working to combat the problems caused by the dwindling honeybee population. James Cane, researcher for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said honeybee numbers plummeted in the ‘90s due to an exotic mite that was introduced illegally, and they have not recovered since. “Colony collapse,” as it has been coined, led to many bees abandoning their hives and dying, and researchers are trying to figure out why the problem is continuing today. “Some beekeepers have taken tremendous losses,” Cane said In order to counter the decline of bees, the U.S. Department of Agriculture set up the Pollinating-Insect Biology Lab on the USU campus to fight the problems caused by colony collapse. Cane said as part of his research, he is trying to find alternate species of wild bees that can work for crop pollination. “We’re focusing on doing the research to find supplement bees to cover the honeybee decline,” Cane said. Cane said the U.S. Department of Agriculture first set up a bee research lab in Logan because of work with alfalfa crops. They found that the number of crops produced coincided directly with the type of bee that was pollinating the crop. By using alfalfa leaf-cutting bees, the crops went from 2,100 pounds per acre to more than a half a ton clean seed per acre. “The bees made all the difference,” Cane said. Cane said there is no comparable lab in the entire western hemisphere to the one that is located on the USU campus. The lab has also been successful in introducing the squash bee to
- See BEES, page 3
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World&Nation
Friday, Nov. 9, 2007
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Celebs&People
Today is Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Clay Gunnell, a sophomore in biology from Wellsville, Utah.
ClarifyCorrect In the Monday, Nov. 5, edition it was erroneously stated that USU hockey player William Winsa missed the games against Weber D1 and BYU due to mononucleosis. He actually missed the games due to strep throat.
Nat’lBriefs
China coal mine accident leaves 29 dead, 6 missing BEIJING (AP) – A gas leak killed 29 coal miners in southwest China, while another six are missing and presumed dead, state media said Friday. Xinhua News Agency said the accident happened Thursday at the Qunli mine in Nayong county in Guizhou province. It said rescue workers had recovered 28 bodies. Fifty-two miners were rescued, but one later died. “The other six miners have a slim chance of survival,” Xinhua said. The cause of the gas leak was not immediately known.
Finnish boy left a note before shooting rampage HELSINKI, Finland (AP) – A bullied teenage outcast with radical views scribbled a suicide note bidding farewell to his family before unleashing an indiscriminate killing campaign at his high school, police said Thursday. As the grim details emerged of a premeditated massacre by a youth consumed with anger against society, stunned Finns mourned the victims of his deadly rampage. Flags across the Nordic nation flew at half staff. Armed with a semiautomatic handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition, 18-yearold Pekka-Eric Auvinen emptied nearly 20 rounds into some of his eight victims Wednesday, police said. He also tried to set the school building on fire in what police said was a well-prepared attack that Auvinen had foreshadowed in Internet postings.han having the manufacturer prove it is safe, as is required with drugs.
A worker with the Marine Spill Response Corp., positions a boom along the shore at Crissy Field with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background in San Francisco, Thursday, Nov. 8. AP photo
Oil leak threatens Calif. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Oil leaking from a cargo ship that struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has spread throughout the bay and is threatening a majestic stretch of the California coastline, the Coast Guard said Thursday. A hazy film of oil surrounded Alcatraz Island, and the plume extended well north and south of the Golden Gate Bridge. The heavy fuel has closed at least eight beaches. About a halfdozen birds were spotted alive and coated in oil, which has been washing up as far as 40 miles north of San Francisco. About 58,000 gallons of oil spilled from the ship when it struck a tower supporting the bridge Wednesday morning in dense fog. The accident caused no structural damage to the span, officials said, but the vessel’s hull suffered a large gash. The ship has since anchored in the bay. “By our guidelines it is a mediumsized spill. But in the San Francisco
“a sheen with small little globules — something that’s not too difficult to clean up.” Scientists were assessing the best cleanup techniques and the environmental impact on the coastline, which ranges from beaches to marshes to barren cliffs. “The number one problem is the floating oil that continues to move around the bay at the whim of the current and the winds,” said Barry McFarley, the incident commander of the private recovery firm the O’Brien Group, which was assisting in the cleanup. The vessel is called the Cosco Busan. Cosco is the Chinese government-owned China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co. Coast Guard officials were still working to nail down the ship’s precise destination; it was laden with containerized freight and apparently bound for Asia.
Who will get voucher money?
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – With Utah’s voucher program dead, many hope the $9.3 million set aside by lawmakers will go to public schools. But hard feelings and transportation needs could keep schools from seeing any of that cash. Money for parents who choose to send kids to private schools was part of Utah’s general fund, the big checkbook SACRAMENTO (AP) – California sued that pays for roads, social services and the federal government Thursday to force a state workers. It wasn’t part of the K-12 decision about whether the state can impose budget. the nation’s first greenhouse gas emission “Had we not funded the vouchers, standards for cars and light trucks. we would have just left it in roads. I More than a dozen other states are suspect what we’ll do is put it back in poised to follow California’s lead if it is the general fund for roads,” said Sen. granted the waiver from federal law, preLyle Hillyard, R-Logan, co-chair of the senting a challenge to automakers who may Appropriations Committee. have to adapt to a patchwork of state regula- The money isn’t going anywhere tions. until lawmakers convene in January, The state’s lawsuit against the but a bitter dispute over vouchers has Environmental Protection Agency, filed convinced many that lawmakers have in U.S. District Court in Washington, no intention of putting it into public D.C., was expected after Gov. Arnold schools. Schwarzenegger vowed last spring to take “The only reason I think they legal action. funded it out of (the general fund)
Calif. seeks to impose own emisssion standards
Bay Area, that is a big deal,” said Coast Guard Capt. William Uberti, captain of the Port of San Francisco and the chief federal officer heading up the investigation and response. “This is a very environmentally sensitive area, so it’s of great concern.” The petroleum was bunker fuel — a heavy fuel that is the residue from oil refining and contains many contaminants, said Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa Hauck. Crews aboard two helicopters surveyed the damage as eight skimmers sucked up the oil on the bay and ocean. Teams also walked the shoreline assessing and scooping up the oil, authorities said. Some 8,000 gallons of fuel was recovered, and the Coast Guard said it had placed 18,000 feet of booms by Thursday morning. “We can’t stop everything, but we’re going to do our best,” Uberti said. During his own survey aboard a boat, Uberti said he had observed
was so the argument could not be made that this was taking away from money to public education,” said Roberta Herzberg, head of Utah State University’s political science department. Hillyard said the money could fill many needs, including employee salaries, social services and transportation for a rapidly growing state. But Kirk Jowers, director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, said lawmakers might feel a backlash if the money goes anywhere other than education. The voucher law was rejected by 62 percent of voters Tuesday. “With the size of the victory, it would really be seen as sour grapes” if this money doesn’t go to public schools, Jowers said. Gov. Jon Huntsman has said one of his top priorities is increasing teacher pay. He also said he wouldn’t rule out using money from the general fund to pay for it. The voucher program’s sponsor,
Rep. Stephen Urquhart, R-St. George, said he’d be willing to spend the money on public schools, but he wasn’t sure in which way. He also noted that every lawmaker probably has ideas about how to spend it. Kim Campbell, president of the teachers union, the Utah Education Association, had hoped the defeat of vouchers would be a clear signal to lawmakers that public schools need more money. But the feeling among many legislators is that public educators, who were anti-voucher, are ungrateful for the $550 million increase they got last year, making new significant gains unlikely. “I sense some frustration from legislators who constantly get beat up by the education community that we don’t have education as a priority, when we know what a priority we have for it,” Hillyard said. Herzberg predicts the Capitol won’t be a friendly place for public educators “for a while at least.”
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood picked up where they left off last year at the Country Music Association Awards. Chesney won his second straight entertainer of the year award Wednesday, while Underwood made it back-to-back Underwood trophies as female vocalist of the year. Brad Paisley, who won in the male vocalist category, teared up as he thanked his father, who he said carried amplifiers and ran sound “even though he didn’t know what he was doing.” Earlier, Sugarland won vocal duo of the year, breaking Brooks & Dunn’s longstanding lock on the award — they had won the duo category 14 of the last 15 years, including the last six in a row. MIAMI (AP) – Jennifer Lopez has confirmed what has become increasingly obvious: She’s pregnant. Lopez, who is touring with her husband, Marc Anthony, made the announcement to South Florida concertgoers Wednesday night. “Marc and I are expecting,” the 39year-old singer told the crowd in Miami. Lopez didn’t say when she is due to give birth. After her announcement, Anthony kissed his wife’s belly. “I didn’t know she was going to talk,” he said. Lopez and Anthony, 38, were married in 2004. Last month, Roberto Cavalli, who created free-flowing outfits for Lopez, said the singer was pregnant. Asked what types of clothing he designs for celebrities, Cavalli told People magazine: “Well Jennifer Lopez, at this moment, she requests something very special because she is waiting for the baby.” “It is so complicated because every week she is getting bigger,” Cavalli said.
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Police arrest Wash. Fires: Utahns help protect wild lands man in 33-year-old -continued from page 1 unsolved homicide
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A soil sample contained the DNA of a Washington state man, cracking the unsolved murder of a Brigham Young University student who was shot five times in 1974, authorities said Thursday. “We’re thrilled that Ms. Barbara Jean Rocky finally has justice,” Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder said. Gerald Hicker, 56, an acquaintance who first reported Rocky’s disappearance, was charged with murder in Utah and arrested Wednesday in Tacoma, Wash. Like the victim, he was a BYU student at the time of her death. Sorenson Lab recently told investigators that Hicker’s DNA matched human tissue found in soil under Rocky’s body in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Winder said. Rocky, who was from the San Francisco Bay Area, was 21 when her body was discovered by a utility worker in March 1974. The weapon has not been recovered, but investigators believe she was shot with her own gun. No motive was disclosed during the sheriff’s news conference. It was not immediately clear how investigators obtained Hicker’s DNA decades ago. Detective Todd Park, who pursued the cold case for seven years, was in Washington state and unavailable for comment. Hicker refused to be interviewed a year ago and declined to speak to police after his arrest at his residence in Tacoma, sheriff’s Sgt. Kris Ownby said. Besides DNA, authorities have evidence that Hicker knew how many times Rocky had been shot before that fact was made public, Winder said. Hicker was arraigned Thursday in Pierce County Superior Court on a Washington state fugitive charge. That will be dropped when he’s sent to Utah to face the murder charge, a process that could take a few months if Hicker resists extradition, prosecutor Philip Sorensen said in Tacoma. Bail was set at $1 million. Hicker’s next court date is Dec. 6. A defense attorney, Lisa Contris, was not available for comment.
THE California Fires have burned more than 516,400 acres. The fires began Oct. 21 and soon thereafter, firefighters from Utah were sent to help control the flames. They returned Sunday, Nov. 4 to Utah. The fires caused an estimated $1.5 billion in insurance losses. An investigation to determine the exact cause is currently under way. Photo courtesy of Patrick Carlson
Cache National Forest on the Logan Ranger District said Southern California is prime for yet another major fire disaster in the next five years due to persistent drought, urban sprawl of communities encroaching into areas of wild land and millions of acres of vegetation still left unburned. “Preparedness is the key to sur-
viving wild land fires. Following simple proactive steps of creating buffer zones and defensible space saves lives, families and homes from the devastating effects of wild land fires,” Peterson said. According CDF’s Web site, as of Nov. 1, reported estimated insured losses were expected to exceed $1.5 billion from the 21 fires in Southern California,
and all fires have been reported contained. CDF firefighters have started implementing restoration and fire rehab efforts. A majority of northern Utah firefighters and strike teams returned to their homes on Sunday, Nov. 4. Further investigation of suspected arsonists ignition of the Santiago Fire in Orange County is still underway. –m.l.r@aggiemail.usu.edu
Overstock chief mad over loss of vouchers
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A day after Utah’s school-voucher program was wiped out, the chief financial backer of the movement accused voters Wednesday of being insensitive to minorities and pledged to bankroll anyone who can oust Gov. Jon Huntsman from office — even a communist. Patrick Byrne, the founder and CEO of Utah-based Overstock.com, also said he would take his voucher campaign to black churches in South Carolina. “I think that Utah voters decided to put the system ahead of their children,” Byrne told The Associated Press after 62 percent of voters Tuesday killed vouchers in a statewide referendum. Utah is 84 percent white. Byrne, who is white, has promoted vouchers — public aid for private school tuition — as a way for minorities to
leave public schools. “It’s overwhelmingly clear that minority children are not important,” Byrne said, suggesting Utah voters opposed to vouchers were indifferent to the needs of minorities. But The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People opposed Utah’s voucher program, saying it would lead to segregated schools. All families would have qualified for $500 to $3,000 per child for tuition, depending on income. In a phone interview with the AP, Byrne blasted Huntsman, who signed the voucher law but didn’t do much to try to persuade voters that it was worth keeping. Byrne gave $75,000 to Huntsman’s campaign for governor in 2004. “He said, ‘I am going to be the voucher governor.’ He said this was his No. 1 priority. He said this was going to be his legacy,” Byrne
recalled. “The moment Jon Huntsman becomes Gov. Huntsman, all this changed.” When voucher opponents gathered enough signatures to put the referendum on the ballot, Huntsman “went missing in action,” Byrne said. Conservative lawmakers also criticized Huntsman, a Republican, for not being more vocal during the campaign until he appeared at a news conference Oct. 18. The event was turned into a TV ad for the pro-voucher group, Parents for Choice in Education, although Byrne claims the governor’s staff demanded the ad be pulled. “I don’t want to be mean, but I do want the citizens to know what really went on behind the scenes,” Byrne said. Huntsman’s spokeswoman, Lisa Roskelley, declined to respond to Byrne’s comments. She replied “not
to my knowledge” when asked if the governor’s staff asked that the commercial be withdrawn. Doug Holmes, chairman of Parents for Choice in Education, said he also wasn’t aware of any interference. “I thought the endorsement as it appeared on the ad was very strong,” Holmes said. Of the $3.8 million raised by Holmes’ group, more than $2.7 million came from Byrne’s family. “I can say definitively he has lost my trust,” Byrne said of Huntsman. “I think that he, as a governor, he’s house-sitting in the governor’s mansion to the day Utah elects an actual governor. “I don’t care if he’s communist. I wouldn’t care where he was politically,” Byrne said. “If any opponent
- See VOUCHERS, page 4
Bees: Researchers search for reasons behind disappearance
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The Population of Honey Bees, photographed at Cox Honey in Logan, is disappearing. A research lab on campus is working to fight the vanishing population. CAMERON PETERSON photo
squash and pumpkin crops in order to allow farmers to use the honeybee for other purposes. Currently, Cane said they are working with the blue orchard bee and trying to mass produce it for commercial pollination. Cane said the work, which was pioneered in the USU Bee Biology and Systematics Lab, could prove to be beneficial for almond crops because they can fly in cooler weather than honeybees, thus making it better for earlyseason pollination. “It’s a major undertaking,” Cane said. “They are already being used, but we are trying to scale it up.” In an article in The Deseret News, Rosalind James, supervisory research entomologist, said in 10 years the blue orchard bee may be able to half the crop. Cane said while some beekeepers may feel threatened by the work happening at the Bee Biology Lab, others are realizing it could be profitable work. With losses due to lack of honeybees, Cane said the beekeepers are looking into using a second kind of bee. “Who knows bees better than beekeepers?” Cane said. “They’ve got it down.” Many beekeepers make a living by renting out bees for agricultural crops like apples and pumpkins. Cane said the costs to get the bees to crops and the money the beekeepers make from the pollination fee about even out, and beekeepers make most of their profit from the honey produced as a result of pollination. This practice of migratory bee keeping can be traced back as far as the Egyptians, Cane said. However, Cane said beekeepers will
not be the only ones affected by the loss of honeybees. Cane said many crops, including almonds, could dwindle due to lack of pollination. “If bees disappear, almonds in particular will be in bad shape,” Cane said. Cane, who has been working with bees for about 25 years, said he first became interested in entomology and botany in middle school. It was because of his passion for both insects and plants that Cane said he first became interested in honeybee research. “I wanted to do research without killing insects or plants, and pollination was introduced to me as a way to work with both,” Cane said. Cane said his experience in Logan has been fruitful and that the 200 to 300 bee species here in Cache Valley have lent themselves well to his study. Currently, Cane said he is working on two types of conservation. First, he is involved with trying to figure out why there has been such a sharp decline in honeybee numbers and how to prevent it, and secondly, Cane said he is also working on a restoration project to assist growers with rebuilding plants. By focusing on restoring flowers, Cane said it helps feed the bees and prevent extinction. Cane is also involved in educating school kids on the pollination process. “A lot of kids, before they pick up on their parents’ fears, are interested in bees,” Cane said. “It’s something that they can relate to because they see them everywhere.” Cane said when it comes to preserving bees, even the smallest things, like educating children, can help. –amanda.m@aggiemail.usu.edu
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USU educator named professional of year USU educator Benjamin Baldwin has been named Outstanding Young Range Management Professional of the Year by the Utah Section of the Society for Range Management. Baldwin is project leader for the Tehabi internship program in USU’s Department of Environment and Society. He received the award in a Nov. 1 ceremony at the organization’s annual meeting in Price, Utah. He was recognized for his significant contributions to the professional training of professionals in range management and other natural resources fields as director of Tehabi, a USU program that provides students with opportunities to participate in mentored, value-added internships offered by the Bureau of Land Management, Baldwin National Park Service and private land management organizations. Baldwin is known to students in USU’s College of Natural Resources for his advising talents and willingness to “go the extra mile” for students, says colleague Mark Brunson, ENVS professor. “He is the driving force behind USU’s participation in the SRM’s Rangeland Cup competition, the first of which was won last year by a USU team. He has advised both the USU student chapter of SRM and College of Natural Resources Student Council at USU, and also teaches a required class on professionalism for USU’s Department of Environment and Society.” In addition to his teaching role, Baldwin has coordinated various projects for the U.S. Department of the Interior, including an environmental assessment of fire management at Glen Canyon National Recreation Agency and several activities related to grazing management in the national parks. The Society for Range Management is the professional society dedicated to supporting persons who work with rangelands and have a commitment to their sustainable use. Its members are scientists, consultants, public land managers, educators, and students from throughout North America. The Utah section is one of the largest in the society.
Utah 4-H student chosen for conference Utah 4-H student chosen for 2008 4-H National Conference planning committee Alyssa Gerber of Uintah County was chosen as a member of the 2008 4-H National Conference Planning Committee. Utah 4-H is a statewide youth program run by Utah State University Extension. The conference is held at the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Md., March 29-April 5. Gerber, the Uintah County 4-H teen council president and a state 4-H ambassador, is one of 12 youths chosen for the committee out of applicants from all 50 states. Gerber attended the 2007 National Conference and said she has never participated in anything like it. “I loved the conference and learned so much from the workshops and activities,” Gerber said. “I applied because I wanted to be part of the planning committee that makes the conference come together, and I wanted to make the 2008 conference as enjoyable as last year’s.” In May, Gerber submitted an application, two letters of recommendation and a resume to the National 4-H Council. Next, she was interviewed over the phone from 4-H headquarters in Washington, D.C. “When I found out that I was chosen as a planning committee member I was ecstatic,” Gerber said. “I couldn’t stop smiling for at least two days.” Recently, Gerber returned from an allexpense-paid, four-day planning committee retreat in Washington, D.C., where she met with fellow planning committee members and discussed possible themes and speakers for the conference. “We are so proud of Alyssa and excited for this amazing opportunity for her,” said Kevin Kesler, director of 4-H youth development. “She is a great example of the amazing youth we have involved with 4-H in every county.” The National 4-H Conference Planning Committee is comprised of youths and adults. The committee serves as an advisory board while planning the conference and as on-site coordinators during the conference. 4-H is an action-oriented educational program for youth and volunteer leaders sponsored by USU Cooperative Extension Service. For more information, visit www.Utah4H. org.
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USDA plant physiologist at USU receives national award By USU Media Relations Doug Johnson, a USDA scientist at USU, is the 2007 recipient of the Frank N. Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Resources. Administered by the Crop Science Society of America, the award recognizes distinctive service to the National Plant Germplasm System. The NPGS is a collaborative, nationwide network of plant germplasm repositories whose central aim is providing seed materials for the preservation of genetic diversity of plants. Using these gene banks, the group, which includes federal, state and private partners, works to improve the quality and productivity of crops to protect the world’s food supply. Johnson is a plant physiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service Forage and Range Research Laboratory on the USU campus and serves as an adjunct professor in the university’s Department of Wildland Resources and the Department of Plants, Soils and Climate. He received the Meyer Medal in a Nov. 6 ceremony during the CSSA annual meeting in New Orleans. “I’ve had the privilege of working with Doug Johnson for more than 30 years,” says Kevin Jensen, a research plant geneticist and colleague at the USDA-ARS lab. “He’s well thought of throughout the world as a scientist and a mentor.” Johnson, who earned master’s and doctoral degrees in range ecology from USU, joined the USDA-ARS lab in 1976. His research focuses on broadening the genetic base of rangeland and pasture plants and providing improved plant germplasm for upgrading private and public lands in the western United States. He has led or participated in 15 overseas collection expeditions, which have added more than 3,500 new germplasm contributions – called “accessions” – to the NPGS and to gene banks of partner coun-
tries. Johnson has applied the principles of plant physiology and ecology in evaluating forage plant response to environmental stresses and developing practical selection procedures for the improvement and restoration of damaged rangelands, says Jensen. His close collaboration with geneticists has resulted in the cooperative releases of 13 cultivars and germplasms for use in livestock production and conservation. Johnson has authored or co-authored 99 refereed Johnson journal papers, two books, five book chapters, 92 abstracts and 30 additional publications. He has served on 36 graduate committees. Johnson is a CSSA Fellow, a Society for Range Management Fellow and an American Society of Agronomy Fellow. In addition, he has received a number of awards, including a USU Professional Achievement Award, a USDA-ARS Special Service Award and USDA Forest Service Certificate of Appreciation for Heroic Action. The Meyer Medal was established by CSSA as a tribute to agricultural explorer Frank N. Meyer. The award includes a certificate, an engraved bronze medal and an honorarium.
Osmonds pay tribute to father NEW YORK (AP) – Marie Osmond may have lost a loved one, but she’s not ready to lose her place on “Dancing With the Stars.” The 48-year-old singer, who missed Tuesday’s results show after the death of father, will continue to compete on the top-rated dance competition, ABC publicist Aime Wolfe said Wednesday. George Osmond, patriarch to the Osmond family’s singing group, The Osmond Brothers, died Tuesday, at age 90, at OSMOND his home in Provo, Utah. Marie Osmond, who skipped Tuesday’s live broadcast of “Dancing” to be in Utah, will appear with family members — including brother Donny — on “The Oprah Winfrey” show Friday, said
Don Halcombe, a publicist at Harpo, Winfrey’s production company. Besides showing off her dance moves, she will perform the theme song from “The Donny and Marie Show” with her brother, Donny, as a tribute to their father, the “Entertainment Tonight” Web site reported. More than 100 family members will reunite on the show, Oprah’s Web site said. Donny Osmond told “ET” in an interview to air Wednesday night that he will sing his pop hit “Soldier of Love” on Winfrey’s talk show. Jane Seymour, who missed an elimination show on “Dancing With the Stars” last month after the death of her mother, was voted off the televised dance competition. “I’ve had a ball,” the 56-year-old actress told People.com after Tuesday’s show. “It’s been great. Tony (Dovolani, Seymour’s dance partner) is incredibly talented and he’s class. He showed me in my best light.”
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emerged, he would have my unqualified support.” Huntsman faces re-election in 2008. During the voucher campaign, he encouraged voters to educate themselves on the issue but didn’t want to be “poster boy” for the effort. Byrne said the campaign was a chance for Huntsman to become a “superstar in national Republican politics.” “Instead, he became just another guy who will sacrifice
his political principles for political advantage,” Byrne said. In South Carolina, vouchers have been proposed for several years. Gov. Mark Sanford is a big proponent, but he hasn’t been able to win support among lawmakers there. The president of the NAACP’s Salt Lake branch said it’s arrogant for Byrne to believe that he can get vouchers passed in South Carolina by appealing to black churches.
“He clearly does not understand the African-American community,” Jeanetta Williams said. “For him to think all he needs to do is go to the black churches and throw his money around and win support — that’s not the case. It angers me.” Some of South Carolina’s black church leaders are on record in favor of school vouchers.
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said, but the unpredictable winds were a constant concern. He said the fire went from 20 miles from his house to only two because of the winds. His family was not forced to evacuate, but once the air became so thick with smoke and ashes that it was difficult to breathe, Galderisi said they self-evacuated to north Los Angeles. Once his wife got out of Encinitas, he said he became more concerned for people still in harm’s way. “I was concerned, but my
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wife was safe. My dog was safe. Property is just property. Once I knew my wife was safe, my concern turned to people in the fire zone. Property was at the bottom of the scale,” he said. “We consider ourselves to be unbelievably fortunate.” Galderisi said they were lucky to be able leave on their own time, unlike many who had only minutes to grab belongings and get out. “There were people who didn’t have that time when the fire was virtually in their back-
yard, you know – get the kids, get the dog and get the hell out,” he said. Galderisi praised the firefighters who put their own lives in danger to save others. “The fact that all these firefighters, local to state to the National Guard, whoever they were, went to make sure people were OK and to save homes was unbelievable heroic,” he said. “It was a very, very dangerous situation for them.” –arie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Steve and Jimmy are just a few of the characters brought into students’ homes each week. They are part of the Scootah Steve comic strip, written by USU student Steve Weller. Weller said he has always had a passion for drawing. “I’ve been drawing all my life on whatever I could get my hands upon,” said Weller, senior in English education. “In junior high I wanted to be a comic book artist. I grew up on comic books like Batman and Spiderman and always wanted to do something similar to those.” However, Weller’s aspirations to be a comic book artist were demolished when comic books decided to take a on a different type of personality. “During the end of my junior high years, comic books started to become a little risqué,” Weller said. “I’ve always liked regular comic strips and they have always been good clean fun. I decided then that the direction of a comic strip instead of a comic book is more of where I wanted to go.” Weller’s dream of publishing a comic strip happened during his freshman year of college, while attending Snow College in Ephraim. He got some of his inspiration from Adam Sandler, friends and family members.
“When I was in high school, the movie Big Daddy came out,” he said. “My friends started calling me ‘Scuba Steve’ from off of the movie. A few years later I went and served an LDS mission and when I came home from my mission I bought me a scooter. After I bought my scooter, my dad started to call me “Scootah Steve,” and that’s where my idea for the comic strip came from.” After Weller attended Snow College he moved to USU and hoped his comic strip could be printed here. “I had published Scootah Steve for two years and wanted to continue with it,” he said. “I went and talked to Jay Wamsley, the adviser over the Statesman and asked if I could put the comic strip into the paper, and he let me.” Scootah Steve is not only published in each issue of the Statesman but also in every Friday’s issue of the Herald Journal and in the campus paper published at Snow College. With the pressure of putting out a comic strip that is published in three separate newspapers, the difficulty of coming up with new ideas may seem like a struggle. But Weller said he finds it more as an adventure. “You can find inspiration in anything,” he said. “I find a lot of my material in boring class lectures. The teacher will be talking
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TO GET IDEAS FOR COMICS, ENGLISH EDUCATION SENIOR STEVE WELLER said he always carries something to write with just in case a word or funny situation occurs that can be transformed into a “Scootah Steve” strip. NOELLE BERLAGE photo
USU ALUMNUS SHANE LARSEN HELPED START SKI COMPANY Bluehouse Skis. When Larsen was going to school he would take nine credits during the winter semester so he could ski frequently. Now he says being a part of the Bluehouse business is like living the American dream. photo courtesy Shane Larsen
Getting paid to live a dream By BRITTNY GOODSELL JONES assistant features editor
Shane Larsen doesn’t get paid when he goes to work. In fact, he puts his own money into his job. But that’s because his job will one day be able to pay him back. Larsen, 2002 USU alumnus,
helped start a ski company called Bluehouse Skis. He, along with four friends, have regular jobs during the day but claim Bluehouse as their second job, he said. “Most of the Bluehouse work gets done from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.,” Larsen said. “We have to do it during those hours because Bluehouse doesn’t pay our bills
yet. We have to pay our bills elsewhere.” Larsen, who is originally from Smithfield, said he was asked to make some type of financial contribution when he came on board with Bluehouse Skis. Initially, Larsen said all finances came out of each person’s pockets, out of saving accounts or out of loans. Investing money and time, how-
ever, is a sacrifice Larsen said is beginning to reap rewards. “We sold out of a model in 10 days,” he said. “(And) one ski store just a couple weeks ago approached us. We dreamed initially of having stores approach us, but we didn’t think it would be a reality in this first year.” He contributes the beginning success of Bluehouse Skis to the company’s customer service. “Bluehouse Ski Company is not just a typical ski manufacturer,” he said. “We will know your name and respond to your feedback. We also feel like the skis we produce will only get better because of that. No other company will give you the attention and customer service, and loyalty, that good independent feeling you’ll get from Bluehouse.” Troy Oldham, USU journalism professor, said he was introduced to Bluehouse through a student at USU. Oldham, who has been a ski patrolman since 1985 and has skied with a lot of top-performance skies, said he was really interested in learning more about Bluehouse once he read about the construction of Bluehouse skis. “People who ski regularly get very attached to their gear,” Oldham said. “They are also willing to tell others what they like and don’t like about their skis. Another big part of a purchase is how you are treated if there is a
A day in the life of a social worker
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By BRITTNY GOODSELL JONES assistant features editor
If her mom heard the stories Chelsea Christensen hears every day, she would freak out. Christensen is a mobile crisis team case worker and works as a social worker for Community Abuse Prevention Services Agency. She said working with domestic violence is a job for people who can successfully separate themselves from work. Although she said she did not plan on working at CAPSA before she did an internship there, something inside her clicked and she decided to stay. “I think you have to be a person who can handle it, and I didn’t think I would be until I started doing it,” she said. “You have to be able to handle it yourself. It’s really hard to hear their stories, but at the same time, with all the education they’ve given me, I feel it makes a big difference knowing you’re helping someone through it. It’s a huge boost for me because it’s like someone going from being afraid in their own home to being empowered to to be themselves and know they don’t have to depend on another person.” When she first arrives at the office on an average work day, Christensen said there is a briefing meeting to report abuse calls from the previous night. These calls are called advocate calls, she said, and are organized into their own files which are given out to particular caseworkers during the meeting. The average number of files she receives per week is about three, although she said this last week she received a file every day. When an advocate call comes into CAPSA in the middle of the night, volunteers are notified. These volunteers, she said, go meet the victim at CAPSA or the hospital. Christensen said the volunteers are there to help with a protective order, to meet and talk with them, or to help with a rape exam if needed. “(An advocate call is) if there is a domestic violence call and the police call us and want us to go talk to the victim or a victim calls in the night and wants to talk to an advocate, just any time. We’ve got volunteer service 24 hours,” Christensen said.
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“Lions for Lambs” At first I was excited for the movie “Lions for Lambs.” Tom Cruise, even though he’s insanely crazy in real life, is still a phenomenal actor. Meryl Streep always gives great performances, especially when she’s a woman who’s supposed to step on people to get her way. Robert Redford is an acclaimed director and actor, so what’s not to love about this film? Well, it would seem after reading extensively about it, “Lions for Lambs” is a political grudge-fest with all these celebrities venting their political ideas on screen. They just look silly when they do it in life for real, so it would seem they’ve made their movie as a stage for political propaganda. If this movie is a political movie, I don’t care. If this movie is a political diatribe, I might get a little tired of it. I am pre-emptively on the fence about this movie, but we’ll see how I vote next week. –by Aaron Peck/aaron.peck@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Ok, so, “Hi mom, this is your daughter. I’m staying late at work tonight until everyone is gone, even the janitors. Then, I’ll go down to the underground parking lot in the elevator. Oh dang, my car doesn’t start and my cell phone doesn’t work down here so the creepy parking lot attendant will close the doors, turn off the elevator and the underground parking lot lights, so that I am trapped and when I wake up from him knocking me out, I will be his date, because I look that freaking good.” Because the main character of P2 is a top dog brownie, she will be able to wait for the perfect moment when a creepy parking lot attendant guy goes to put shackles on her feet and will kick him really hard where it counts and run off. She’ll still be trapped and magically find a way back out of the parking lot while creepy elevator guy pops out of anywhere and everywhere. It might just be easier for her to date him once because nice girls like her do it all the time. She’ll tell her mom to not wait up because she can’t be helpless if she does. I naturally hate scary movies and this one has the perfect freak show dude and Kirsten Dunst girl that make it a creepy thriller. But for me, I preemptively hate this movie.
Vince Vaughn is continuing his assault on festive occasions. He, along with Owen Wilson, launched an attack on holy matrimony when they crashed weddings. Now Vince is crashing Christmas as Santa’s permastubble-faced brother. What vaunted American festivity are you going to crash next Vince? How about you as a drunk Easter Bunny? Or maybe you can find some way to ruin Flag Day? Damn you. Shame. It’s also obvious with the pre-Thanksgiving, midChristmas season release, Vince is trying to crash two holidays with one movie. Releasing a Christmas movie before Thanksgiving only turns the minds of the unwashed masses away from Turkey Day and onto Christmas, thus crashing everyone’s celebration of gluttony. Thanks Vince. Maybe you can crash Labor Day next year with an even earlier Christmas movie release. There is one bright spot – Paul Giamatti as Santa Claus. I can’t disconnect Giamatti from his wine-guzzling days in “Sideways,” so I have hope to this movie means a bottle of pinot could be coming down the chimney for me this Christmas. Maybe it’s the thirst for free booze, but the hope of wine blurs the negatives enough for me to pre-emptively love this movie.
by Keith Wilson/keithwilson@cc.usu.edu
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The pre-emptive critics write knee-jerk analyses of upcoming films based solely on hearsay, advance publicity and — most importantly — movie trailers. They have not seen the movies.
Carrie Underwood’s new album not so original The fifth song on Carrie Underwood’s new album is called “Get out of this town” and it sounds eerily similar both in melody and content to “Work” by Jimmy Eat World. Both songs woo potential lovers with a promise to “get out of this town” (Jimmy Eat World warns, “While we still have time”) and both feature girly back up singers and catchy choruses propelled by fuzzy guitar lines. This similarity highlights what has been country music’s modus operandi for the past decade: slick production and a middle of the road pop rock aesthetic. While country pioneers wrote songs in a more simple folk inspired style, the music coming out of Nashville today is sometimes indistinguishable from current top 40 rock acts. (Can you barely make out a slide guitar in the background? Then it’s probably a country song.) All of this doesn’t really matter though when it comes down to it, since Carrie
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Grade C+ “Carnival Ride”/Carrie Underwood
Underwood is only the latest in a long line of blunt instruments wielded by the Nashville zeitgeist. While Underwood’s voice is undeniably strong, she tends to make up for her lack of personality by blowing through the choruses with histrionic power when perhaps some restraint is in order. Current mega-hit “So small” reaches power ballad territory when Underwood hits the high notes, no doubt sending girls everywhere on a mad dash to set it as their MySpace song/make
their boyfriends listen to it/ burn a CD of it for their best friends/suggest it for their prom theme. Taken as an album however, “Carnival Ride” is fatiguing with its constant mountainous climaxes and Underwood’s tendency to belt out every other line. It is hard to find fault with the song craft since Underwood (plus her team of song writers) have wrought 13 arena-ready songs with huge, soaring, choruses and crystal clear pop production. While she already sold 6 million albums with her debut “Some Hearts” there is no reason “Carnival Ride” can’t surpass this, making Underwood the most popular “American Idol” winner of all time. As it stands now, you will all be hearing this album incessantly for the next six months, so why not just give in and hop on over to Wal-Mart and get it over with. I, for one, welcome our new country-pop overlords. -chasethompson@aggiemail.
“American Gangster” is high on economics Every university in America should be looking to hire Frank Lucas, the notorious Harlem drug dealer of the ‘60s, as an economics teacher. But, drug dealer doesn’t look too good on a resume. “American Gangster” takes an in-depth look at the lives of Lucas, played by Denzel Washington (“Inside Man”) and his counterpar t Richie Roberts, a cop who’s honest to a fault, played by Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”). “American Gangster” is, by far, the most intriguing and thought-provoking movie of the year. On one side you have Frank Lucas, a man who has inherited the drug business of Harlem after his former boss Bumpy Johnson dies. Lucas takes over and swiftly streamlines the business by finding an ingenious way to import heroine straight from the producers in Vietnam. By cutting out the middle men, Lucas is able to offer a product which is twice as pure at
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half the price. Lucas is also a charming sociopath. While his charm wins the audience over, his outrageous temper flies off the handle at any moment. He reminded me a lot of Tony Soprano from “The Sopranos.” Throughout the entire movie, Lucas preaches “Family is everything,” yet he has no reservations about bringing his brothers and cousins into his drug business, a business that is likely going to either get them arrested or killed. On the other side you have Richie Roberts, the man in charge of hunting down Lucas. Crowe embodies a character who is exactly the opposite of what he played in “3:10 to Yuma.” Roberts
has a horrible marriage, a nonexistent relationship with his son and a sense that everything in the world is either black or white. At the beginning of the movie, Roberts and his partner find close to $1 million in unmarked bills in the trunk of a car. Instead of taking it, like most of the corrupt cops in those days, Richie turns it in only to be shunned by his co-workers who are mostly corrupt and think Richie would turn them in to if he found out they were doing unsavory things. This movie is about these two men and the paths they take which inexorably lead them to each other. It is about how criminal activity can and will breed only hurt and decay. Even though Lucas has an outstanding life style, his world is dying around him. Criminal nature, no matter how well thought out or how well-crafted, will always lead to death or prison. -aaron.peck@aggiemail. usu.edu
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After receiving the case file from the advocate call, she said she reviews the information to make sure it is complete. She then enters the info into the database and calls the victim sometime during the day, she said. “I see if they need to come into shelter or want to come and talk to me about anything,” she said. Most of the people who come into the shelter, she said, know they want to come into shelter very first and are normally checked in during the night after they call CAPSA. There are 32 beds available at CAPSA for men, women and children, she said, and the shelter (since she has worked there) has never been empty.
If a victim decides to come in and talk to Christensen, she said she provides education about domestic violence and tells them what their options are. Talking to victims can also happen over the phone, she said, and sometimes the phone calls are anonymous. The goal, though, is to let the victims become educated about abuse, she said. “It’s like educational counseling,” she said. “We’re not therapists so we can’t give therapy, but what I will do is ask them to explain what happened to them, and then I’ll say this is what domestic violence looks like, these are the cycles and patterns that it follows, do these things look familiar to you?”
If the victim said these cycles and patterns do look familiar, Christensen said she delves a little deeper and asks what is specific to the victim and what the victim can do to recognize or prevent these things in the future. After the first time meeting with a victim, she said she lets the victim know whatever happens after this is in their control. “If they don’t want to come in and talk to me anymore they don’t have to, but if they want to talk to somebody they can come in and talk to me if they want to,” she said. Christensen said her day is also filled with client walk-ins on top of the clients she talks to listed in the files she receives in the morning. Being the mobile crisis team caseworker, Christensen is over the team of volunteers who are called to help during the night. A protective order, she said, is something she does a lot and is a court order to prevent domestic violence. This is a civil order that has criminal violations, she said. “Domestic violence, obviously, is against the law, but it is a really hard thing to prove when the police come to your house unless you’ve got bruises that are visible,” Christensen said. “So a protective order says you can’t commit domestic violence but you (the respondent) also can’t have contact with this person,
you have to stay away from the home.” If a protective order is violated then the respondent can go to jail, she said. The protective order, she said, is to prevent the domestic violence from happening. Christensen, who can carry 50 to 70 clients at a time, said maybe only five out of those clients are male. The days that are really hard for Christensen, she said, are the days when she spends a lot of time with a client to have the client decide to go back to the abusive environment later that night. “One of the most important things is they know there is a safe place they can go, so if I’ve created an environment in my office that they know that I’m not going to judge them when they walk back in the door and say, ‘I told you so, you shouldn’t have gone back,’” she said. “That is what I can hold onto on those days that are really hard, that I planted a seed. I’ve done my job to the best of my ability, and I need to let them choose for themselves.” Some situations, she said, can be dangerous due to the nature of the work. “I know that it would be really easy for an abusive spouse to follow their spouse to CAPSA and recognize the caseworker,” she said. “So, there are precautions that we take, not listing phone
numbers or giving out last names to people who don’t need it.” Christensen said CAPSA is prepared in case such a situation would occur since there are panic buttons and locks located throughout the premise. When a volunteer is not available to meet with a victim in the middle of the night, she said she is called as a last resort. Since being a full-time worker at CAPSA for about seven months, she said she has met about five victims during the night. “This kind of creates an issue separating home and work time because it’s during my home time that I have to go, and that’s kind of a hard thing.” When she gets home from work, Christensen said she needs about a half hour to find a space between her home life and work life. She may turn on the TV for a few minutes and try to distract herself from the emotions felt throughout her day. Although the job gets easier the longer she works there, Christensen said being objective with her emotions provides the best help for clients. Trying to remain objective allows her to not be too involved, she said, as well as making sure to understand how to separate what is happening in her life from someone’s crisis. “In my experience, abuse in general creates crisis for people so that’s what they are used to,”
she said. “They are constantly afraid or have turmoil in their life, and they constantly carry it around with them. So when they come in to talk with us, it doesn’t just go away. It’s really easy to get caught up in someone else’s thing, especially when you’re trying really hard to help them.” Having good boundaries and keeping a sense of humor helps make a social worker’s load not as heavy, she said. A professional boundary she said case workers need to maintain is creating friendships with the clients. “It’s important to have a professional working relationship,” she said. “When you cross that boundary and become somebody’s friend, you are almost too involved to help anymore.” Another important thing is to be aware of herself, she said, because it is easy to get burned out. CAPSA staff, however, do a good job at taking care of the employees’ well-being, she said. “They give us time to go into another caseworkers office and talk about what happened that day,” she said. “Everything is confidential so I can’t come home and tell my husband anything, so it’s nice to be able to talk to people at work about things.” CAPSA services are free and confidential. The 24-hour crisis line is 753-2500. CAPSA serves all victims of abuse. -brittny.jo@aggiemail.usu.edu
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problem. So, I think the personal touch that Bluehouse is talking about, and has shown to me, will be very important in how skiers feel about their purchases over time and eventually lead them to a repurchase decision.” When Larsen was a student at USU, he said he would adjust his fall schedule to include up to 24 credit hours. That way he only had to take nine credit hours during winter semester, which gave him more time to be on the
hill. So, for about three years in a row, Larsen said he went skiing at Beaver Mountain for 40 or more days during the winter semester. Most days of the week, Larsen said he could be found doing what he loved the most. “My point is when I was in college, when you ski that much, you dream of making skis that you ski on or dream of working for a company who is involved with the industry,” he said. “Usually, you say there’s no way,
these companies are too big. You don’t think it can become a reality.” But living the American dream is just what Larsen said he is doing. One obstacle in getting their product off the ground, he said, was approaching ski shops to carry Bluehouse skis. “It was a challenge because they didn’t have any trust in our brand since we were brand new,” he said. “So, ski shops and salespeople didn’t know what kind of product we were going to bring them.” Larsen said this forced the crew to begin a nonconventional approach to sales and take more ownership of their sales. In the long run, he said this has been the best decision ever made to get their product off the ground because it gives the group control over their sales and gives them a way to track their sales. “Knowing we were doing it on our own, everything was up to us, and if we had success in sales, it was because we were going to do it,” he said. Working as an independent company puts a lot of pressure on the team but thankfully, he said, the Bluehouse team all works well under pressure. Oldham said another reason he likes Bluehouse is because the company is local. Supporting local businesses is important, he said, especially if the company has a good product. And locals, he said, should be willing to help their local companies grow. “These guys have a passion for what they are doing, so much that they have put their lives on hold and put their credit and money to the test,” Oldham said. “I think that should give them a lot of credit in Utah.” Larsen said one aspect of Bluehouse skis is that a part of their skis are environmentally green. While most skis have foam or wood cores, Bluehouse skis have a bamboo core, he said. Only a couple other companies around the world use bamboo for ski cores, but Larsen said he thinks people will respond well to them. There are two different types of flexes a ski experiences, he said. One is called a vertical flex and the other is called torsional flex. Bamboo core affects these flexes differently. “People might think it will be a softer ski, but (the bamboo ski) responds better when you are going fast,” he said. “There is more torsional (when you are going fast), and bamboo doesn’t have that torsional effect even though it still gives you the qualities a softer wood would give you.” Caitlin Morgan, University of Utah graduate, said she used
Bluehouse skis during a skiing trip to Chile. Morgan, who said she has skied all her life, went to high school with Adam Hepworth and Jared Richards, who are the cofounders of the company, and they called her before she left to ask if Larsen could tag along. “We took all three (Bluehouse) models down there,” she said. “I was really excited because nobody had skied on them before. It was fun knowing we were the first ones.” Morgan said although she was skeptical at first, she ended up being thoroughly impressed. “I thought they were going to be noodley or soft because I am used to skiing on a pretty stiff ski,” Morgan said. “But honestly, I was totally impressed. They held up really well and had a lot of bounce. I was impressed that for a local company they skied like any one of the other big brands skied.” For those students who are not interested in skiing, Larsen said the Bluehouse crew tries to involve them as well. One way this is achieved, he said, is hosting ski films open to the public. Another way, he said, is having a ski graphics contest where anyone can submit a graphic design for the chance to have their design printed onto the skis. The contest, which ends Nov. 15, can be accessed through the company’s Web site at www. bluehouseskis.com. From there, a template can be downloaded for people to create their art on, he said. All entries will be visible to the public. This way, Larsen said a part of the skis is created by the general public and not just the Bluehouse crew. The name Bluehouse comes from a the cofounders of the company, he said. Richards and Hepworth first started dreaming of a ski company idea back in college as roommates, Larsen said. The house they lived in was dubbed Bluehouse since Larsen said it was notorious for having skiers live there. Everyone has their college dream, he said, so since the Bluehouse was where they had the inception of the company and first pictured it, they decided to name the company after the house. Morgan said she is telling everyone she knows about Bluehouse’s success. “It’s really cool to be wearing a pair of soft skis that are specific for Utah conditions and created by a local company.” Main members of the Bluehouse crew include Larsen, Hepworth, Dan Nebeker, Kendall Card and Richards. For more information, please visit www. bluehouseskis.com. -brittny.jo@aggiemail.usu.edu
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t’s another day of the Writers Guild strike, and here’s how to tell that the striking writers haven’t so much as picked up a Bic: Their picket-line chants are crappy. Have you heard the lame call-andresponse out there? “What do we want? CONTRACTS! When do we want them? NOW!” Writers, prove yourselves! As long as you can’t pen scripts, how about putting some wordcraft into the strike? Gin up some bumper stickers better than the one on a VW outside MGM What others are in 1981, during saying about issues. the three-month strike over payTV and home-video earnings. It read, “I’d rather be writing.” Come up with more stirring solidarity lyrics than this 1981 rally ditty, set to the tune of “Battle Cry of Freedom”: “Our union forever / Hurrah, oh hurrah / Down with those robbers / They’ve gone too far.” It hasn’t taken long for the absent-writer trickle-down to hit the screen. What does flyover America want? TV! When does it want it? NOW! Just because you’re on strike doesn’t mean the networks will be airing test patterns. They’re planning on more sports, more reruns and gimmicks such as pairing the original British version of “The Office” with episodes of the American version. During the 1988 strike, NBC’s Brandon Tartikoff threatened to bring out scripts for old short-lived or never-seen shows and just recast them and reshoot them. Voila – who needs writers? At least live ones. I’ve checked out TV listings near the end of the 1960 writers strike, which endured for 153 days. L.A.’s seven broadcast channels were loaded up with old movies. About a month before the strike ended, Los Angeles station KTLA was reduced to prime-time “Wrecks Galore on Destruction Derby,” and on one desperate evening, two channels ran simultaneous previews of the Ice Capades. And yet strike-time prime time was also chockablock with travelogues, such as a journey to Shakespeare’s London, and an adventure documentary by Charles Darwin’s great-grandson. One station aired “Startime,” a remarkable hourlong “anthology” series that mixed documentaries, dramas and comedy. It aired an episode during the strike with Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson telling Americans why they should vote. Then as now, most news and documentaries don’t need guild writers, so a writers strike could help TV rediscover its nobler self – a renaissance for real reality programming, which, novel notion, requires actual reality. Larry Gelbart is a WGA member who
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Street is definitely overrated, unless you like seeing two nearly naked guys gyrating up on a bar. After a minutia of deliberation, I decided to endearingly rename Bourbon Street to Puke Street, or Rue Ralph, or simply The Ralph. Really, the only good thing about The Ralph is nearby, one can find and enjoy great live music. Jazz music I really like jazz music, especially the old style, or at least the style that all the old musicians play. They may not be able to walk without a cane or smile and show some teeth, but they sure can blow a trumpet. In the jazz clubs, it doesn’t take long to realize I’m a really white guy. However, since New Orleans is a tourist city, so is everyone else. The tourists’ inability to participate rhythmically during a show is comically enhanced after they’ve spent too much time on The Ralph. It’s just too hard not to laugh at intoxicated white people trying to clap, snap, stomp or bob to the music in drunken syncopation. I’ve compiled a short list of jazz music favorites so far. • Favorite jazz hall: Preservation Hall • Favorite song title: “Muskrat Rambo” • Favorite drunken moment: The umbrella, hat, street preacher guy • Favorite bus brand I saw while jazz music was playing somewhere in the city: HOTARD If you aren’t keeping up with the jazz scene in New Orleans, the next best pastime is stuffing your face. Eating local cuisine Everywhere I have eaten, the food has been excellent, and I’ll keep eating until I get a convincing argument that I should stop. I’ve learned my new favorite word to say is jambalaya. I just wanted to let you know that I’m alive and doing OK, and I’ll be home soon. Sincerely, Garrett (avoiding The Ralph) Wheeler Comments or column ideas can be sent to Garrett Wheeler at g.wheel@aggiemail.usu.edu.
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and say a word and I will just go with it. Just recently, one of my teachers was talking about some event he went to that didn’t turn out quite as planned. While my professor was talking about this specific event he used the word debacle. Immediately after he used the word, I knew I could use that in my comic strip. I brainstormed and created a strip of the character Jimmy trying to define the word debacle in a sentence. It seemed to work out very well.” Weller says he always keeps a pad of paper and a pen with him because ideas hit him at the most random times. “I need to always have something to write down my ideas
with,” he said. “If not, I could lose some really good story ideas.” To create a comic strip, Weller said it takes planning and concentration. “Once I have a really good idea, I sit down and play around with it,” he said. “I write the dialogue down first, map out the comic strip, sketch it, and then ink the drawings in. By the time everything is said and done, it takes me between 45 minutes to an hour of work.” To make sure Weller has enough time to finish a comic, he said a lot of them are drawn months ahead of deadline. “I get the majority of all my comics done in the summer-
time,” he said. “That way I don’t have to worry about deadlines or trying to think of an idea last minute. By doing it this way, I have never been pressed up against a wall trying to decide what to draw and hurrying to get it done.” Weller says he hopes to one day become a recognized comic strip artist. “I want to be like Bill Watterson, author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes,” he said. “I just want to be a name that is recognized in households. I want to be doing this for a very long time.” -courtnie.packer@aggiemail. usu.edu
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Ags shut out Spartans USU women’s soccer gets first-ever WAC tournament victory Thursday
to get here. It didn’t come easy. Anything that doesn’t come easy is worthwhile.” While the road to this point For the second straight game wasn’t easy, neither was the the USU soccer team continued fight San Jose put up, Cairns its scoring onslaught and added said. The Spartans dominated another column to the USU his- early in the game, Cairns said, tory books. looking to For the second redeem themstraight conselves from a secutive time this 4-0 pounding in season the Aggies Logan on Oct. USU 4 beat San Jose 28. State 4-0. “It was defiSJSU 0 But for the first nitely a diftime in USU ferent game history, the from the first USU soccer game,” Cairns team advanced said. “They to the second came out hard round of and really the Western organized. Athletic They had a very good game plan Conference Tournament. early on. They just came out “It feels awesome,” USU Head with a lot of energy and it took Coach Heather Cairns said of us a while for us to figure out the victory. “I’m so proud of the how best to attack them.” girls. They know they did someNot only had the Spartans thing special. They’re in the figured a way to contain much USU soccer history books right of the Aggie attack, they also now. What makes it even more sweet was the journey it took - See SHUTOUT, page 16 By SETH R. HAWKINS editor in chief
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Senior Night a success By DAVID BAKER assistant sports editor
It was a memorable senior night for Aggie outside hitter Monarisa Ale. “She was not going to let senior night be a bad night for her,” Head Coach Grayson DuBose said. Her 18 kills and .593 hitting percentage — both career highs — helped propel Utah State to a 3-1 win aggie outside hitter monarisa ale (1) celebrates with teammates after scoring a point Thursday night against the Wolf Pack. The Aggies won the match—the final one this season in the Spectrum, 3-1. Below, Ale celebrates with fellow over the University of Nevada-Reno in the Spectrum Thursday night. The senior Amanda Nielson. It was the final home game for both. Ale recorded 18 kills. CAMERON PETERSON photos win means the Aggies (16-12 overall, in Game 2 as they fell behind early, 10-5 in the conference) can’t finish allowing the Wolf Pack to build their Western Athletic Conference a lead of seven. Sticking with the season in any worse than a thirdtheme of the evening, USU came place tie. back, propelled by two aces from But it was more than the career sophomore middle blocker Danielle highs, a hot start — Ale started the Taylor to get the Aggies within three match 10-of-11 on the attack — and points, but Nevada’s attack put Utah a senior night win, for the first time State away for a 30-26 win. ever, Ale’s mother got USU looked flat to watch her play in the in Game 2, but still Spectrum. managed to hit .333. It was a complete Despite the good hitsurprise to Ale, who ting average, Utah USU 3 didn’t realize her State gave the Wolf mother had flown in Pack 12 points, five of N evada 1 from Hawaii for the which came on service match until fellow senior Amanda errors. Nielson told her to look up in the “A lot of times we’re down, and we stands. stay down, like in the second game On top of career highs for her we were down, and everyone could daughter, Ale’s mother was treated to see it on our faces,” Nielson said. an exciting match. “Everyone just didn’t want to go out It was a night of runs, with each like that.” team taking their turn. The Aggies Until late in Game 3, it looked like started out in the driver’s seat in the Aggies were going to stay down. Game 1, notching 16 kills and hitting With Utah State trailing 27-24, it .273 in a 30-28 victory. looked like the Aggies would head Everything wasn’t easy, though. into Game 4 in a 2-1 hole, but things Utah State built a lead as large as six turned around for the USU. points, but the Wolf Pack came back Fueled by four Wolf Pack attack to tie the game and take a lead of 26- errors and one service error, the 24, late. USU fought back on a series Aggies came back to take Game 3, of Nielson kills to finish Nevada off. 30-28. “We flowed at the right time, and The momentum from its comeback they ebbed at the right time for us,” win carried over into Game 4 for DuBose said. “It worked out OK for Utah State, as the Aggies jumped out us at the end of the match, they were ebbing and we were flowing.” - See SUCCESS, page 16 The Aggies were the ones ebbing
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Nail put in coffin of Hammer’s Aggie basketball career By SAM BRYNER senior writer
The men’s basketball team had four returning players for this years team heading into the opening week of the 2007-08 season. That number is now down to three after senior guard Nick Hammer decided he will not compete for the Aggies this season or play for the Aggies again in the future. Head Coach Stew Morrill announced Wednesday that Hammer has decided he is physically unable to play collegiate basketball anymore. “College basketball can take a toll on a player’s body and that is certainly the situation with Nick,” Morrill said. “We Hammer understand his decision and will miss the character and personality he brought to our team on a daily basis. We wish him all the best.” Hammer, in two years at Utah State, played in 56 games and averaged 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. He played one year of college ball at Dixie State before - Game preview, pg. 14 going on a LDS mission and then transferring to Utah State. With his departure, freshman Tyler Newbold from Payson Utah will replace Hammer in the lineup. The freshman had been told previously that he would redshirt. “With Nick making a decision not to play this year—and he truly has had a lot of physical ailments and problems that have been frustrating for him and me and everybody else—we had to bring Tyler Newbold off a redshirt year,” Morrill said. Morrill is still undecided on whether or not freshman Modou Niang will redshirt, but said freshmen Brad Browm and Jaxon Myaer will redshirt. Morrill also said the 6-foot-9 Niang should see playing time. “We got so many young guys,” Morrill said. “When you start talking about freshmen like, Modou, Pooh Williams, Tyler Newbold, guys who have never player much at the Division-I level. “We got to get them some time. Even though you’re trying to win, you got to get them some time and get them better.” -sam.bryner@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Now it counts as regular season begins Aggie women vs. University of Pacific, 5 p.m. in the Spectrum
Aggie men vs. Southern Utah, approximately 7 p.m. in the Spectrum
By ERIN WADSWORTH staff writer
By SAM BRYNER senior writer
With two preseason wins under their belts, the Aggies gear up to face the University of the Pacific Tigers in the Spectrum Friday at 5 p.m. USU defeated the Utah Pride and the College of Idaho in exhibition. Crushing both teams with a score of more than 90 points in each outing, Head Coach Raegan Pebley said her team will look to extend their wins into the regular season. “We’re really excited to start things for real,” Pebley said. “I think this is a huge challenge for our first game. I know Pacific is going to challenge pretty much every element of what we do.” Transition and half-court defense will be some of the main areas of concentration for the team in the time leading up to Friday, Pebley said. Pacific can shoot well from the 3-point mark. To counter this, the Aggies will also be focusing on man and zone offense, she said. Exhibition provided a chance for Pebley to observe her players in a real game setting. Getting a feel for how the team responds to pressure and each other gave Pebley a chance to see where the Aggies are with their ability to make decisions, she said. Limitation of bench player rotation will also come into play, Pebley said. Much of this depends on what the game calls for. “We feel pretty good about who our first five are right now,” Pebley said. “But after that, there’s a lot of kids who have shown the ability to produce. Maybe we’re going to find that the identity of our team is a team that goes really deep.” Senior guard Taylor Richards, one of nine returning letter winners, holds claims to the university’s all-time career assists record with 296. Joining Richards on the returning starters roster are senior forward Jenny Gross, junior guard Danyelle Snelgro and senior forward Jamelah Brown. Starting on the Spectrum court for her first season in uniform is freshman guard Alice Coddington, who brought in 10 points against the Yotes on Nov. 3. Seven new players round off the roster for Pebley. “The newcomers this season will add more depth than we’ve ever had before,” Pebley told USU Media Relations. “We’re seeing more depth in each position, which will help us become a better team.”
Aggie basketball Head Coach Stew Morrill knows with coaching he sometimes has to coach against friends and family. For Morrill, he gets to do both this weekend as Utah State opens up the 2007-08 basketball regular season with a home game against Southern Utah Friday at approximately 7 p.m., and then on the road against Weber State Saturday night. Southern Utah is coached by Roger Ried, who Morrill coached against when he was coaching at Colorado State. Weber State is coached by former 13-year Morrill assistant Randy Rahe. “I hate coaching against friends and it’s even worse coaching against family,” Morrill said. Morrill said Ried is a friend and Rahe is family after 13 years together. “Both of these games are tough from an emotional side,” Morrill said. The last and only time that a Morrill-coached Aggie squad started the season with back to back in-state games was in 2000-01, when they began the season playing at the Top of the World Classic in Alaska against Weber State. “Its unique for us,” Morrill said. “It really is something I would prefer not to do. You would like to have prep time for each team.” Preparation time in between games will be limited for the Aggies, but Morrill said in order for the Aggies to make their schedule work they had to do it. “With us getting into the South Padre Island event that is what had to happen,” Morrill said. With eight new players to the program and three returning red-shirts, Morrill said he wished he had more time to prepare, but he knows the players are excited to get out and play for real. “I have my apprehensions as to whether we’re ready or not,” Morrill said. “We have got so many new people and so many new players. The kids are excited, coaches are apprehensive.” Leading the way for the Aggies is senior guard Jaycee Carroll, who will be the starting shooting guard for the fourth consecutive year. Last year Carroll averaged 21.3 points per contest which was good enough for 10th in the nation. He was named the WAC preseason player of the year this year, as well as being named to several preseason lists, including the John R.
Aggie guard danyelle snelgro and the Aggie women’s basketball team open their regular season Friday at 5 p.m. in the Spectrum against the Pacific Tigers. TYLER LARSON photo
The Tigers head to Logan following an 82-60 win in exhibition over Humboldt State University. It was junior forward Janae Young’s 20 points and 10 rebounds that led her team to victory. Four Tiger players banked a double-figure game, including junior guard Amy VanHollebeke, who scored her 10 points in the first quarter. In a preseason poll, the Tigers were chosen seventh of nine in the Big West Conference, standing just above California State University Northridge. USU is preparing to do well against the Tigers, Pebley said. The players are starting to execute the game play set forth for them and practices are efficient, she said. “This is a marathon of a season,” Pebley said. “You’re not trying to just sprint, sprint, sprint. We just need to see steady improvement in our team in everything that we do as the season goes on.” -erin.wadsworth@aggiemail.usu.edu
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aggie guard kris clark (10) dribbles against a Laval defender last Saturday. The Aggies open up Friday against Southern Utah. Saturday they travel to Weber State. PATRICK ODEN photo
Wooden Award and the Naismith Trophy, which recognizes the top player in the nation. With the departure of Nick Hammer, seniors Kris Clark and Stephen DuCharme are the only other returning players from last year’s squad. With so many new faces Morrill said he expects to play 10 or 11 guys in each of the games over the weekend. “We got to have guys coming off the bench playing hard,” Morrill said. One of those players will be freshman Pooh Williams. “I fully expect Pooh to come of the bench and be ready to go,” Morrill said. “He does have some potential.” Carroll should see extensive playing time. Morrill explained some players in the exhibition games were only able to play 20 minutes a game, but Carroll is the only guy who can play at such a high level for the entire game. “The only guy that could play as hard as we want him to play and physically able to do it
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A complete game the goal No. 19 Broncos looking to spoil Senior Day
By SAMMY HISLOP sports editor
This season for the USU football team has been a lot like the theme-park game Whack-a-Mole. As one problem has been solved, another has quickly popped up to replace it. Early in the season it was the inability to finish teams off in the fourth quarter. More recently against Nevada and Louisiana Tech, the issue was a wayward third quarter. It shifted to the first quarter last week against Fresno State. It’s safe to say the Aggies are both looking for and in need of a complete game Saturday at Romney Stadium versus the 19th-ranked Boise State Broncos (8-1, 5-0 in Western Athletic Conference). The game will be televised on KJZZ (Comcast Channel 14). “I think it’s fair to say (the Broncos) are a team that believes they are going to win every week, no matter who they play,” Aggie Head Coach Brent Guy said of the Broncos. “We’ve got a great challenge on our hands ... because they’re a team that will jump out and can jump on you fast if you make mistakes.” The Aggies are 1-43 against ranked teams, including a 1-6 record at Romney Stadium. Though they lost to the Washington Huskies, 24-10, in the second game of the season, the Broncos have been unstoppable since. BSU is averaging 49 points in WAC games and 44 overall for the season. The Broncos’ most lopsided WAC games have been on their blue home turf—including a 42-7 win over San Jose State last week, as well as a 58-0 thumping of the New Mexico State Aggies Oct. 7.
“We start and have some good momentum and then if we lose it, we can’t gain it back until we get another spark,” Guy said of the Aggies’ struggles. “(The Broncos) just keep on plugging away and know that something good is going to happen, offensively, defensively or (special) teams. I think that’s always been part of the magic that they’ve had since they’ve started winning all those conference titles consecutively all the years that they have.” As always, the Aggies will need explosive plays and point production from special teams to have a chance. To be more specific, wide receiver/return specialist Kevin Robinson needs to have the ball in his hands as much as possible. Robinson leads the WAC and is second in the nation in all-purpose yards per game (210.7). His punt-return average is also first in the WAC and third in the country (19.5). On kickoffs he is third in conference and 14th nationwide (29.4). What can the Aggies do to ensure he has the ball more of the time? “I don’t know,” Robinson said. “It seems like we’ve tried everything else in the book. I don’t know if I’d have to throw or what. We’re working on a lot of things. “Defenses are doing a great job of scheming me out and trying to make sure I don’t get the ball in my hands. There’s really not too much more we could do. We’ve tried to do everything possible. You’ve got to give credit to the defenses.” Guy said another key area for USU is win-
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ning the turnover margin— something •The game begins they did in the loss at 1:05 p.m. and to Fresno will be televised on State. The KJZZ (Comcast Ch. Broncos 14). lost the turnover margin when the Huskies beat them. “That was a critical part of that game,” Guy said. “So we’ve just got to focus on starting fast and not turning the ball over and creating some turnovers to shorten the field—not letting them make big plays on special teams, which is what got San Jose State in trouble last week.”
SENIOR DAY FOR 15 AGGIES This is the group of players Guy inherited in 2005. They include wide receiver and return specialist Kevin Robinson, quarterback Leon Jackson III, offensive guards Pace Jorgensen and Shawn Murphy and defensive end Frank Maile. For most it is their fourth year on the team. That means they have seen—at most—only seven wins in that time span. “This is probably as difficult of a situation as you can be placed in as a senior, especially with the way that last season ended and the way that this season has gone,” Guy said. “We’ve had a lot of tough losses, heartbreaking losses where we’ve had fourth quarter leads, and they’ve been able to sustain with the rest of the team because of the way that they play.” Robinson, the Aggies’ most explosive player, agreed. “It hasn’t been the plan that we wanted, and we haven’t had the years that we’ve wanted,” Robinson said. “We say we’re going to do something and we didn’t, but you can’t get mad at us for not fighting every single game and giving it our all.” -samuel.hislop@aggiemail.usu.edu
aggie defender carl singleton (13) eyes Nevada Wolf Pack running back Luke Lippincott (7) Oct. 20 at Romney Stadium. Singleton, a native of New Orleans, La., is one of 15 Aggie seniors who will play their last game in Romney Stadium Saturday against the No. 19 Boise State Broncos. The odds are stacked against the 0-9 Aggies, who are 1-43 all-time against ranked teams. TYLER LARSON photo
Hockey taking on two ranked teams By G. CHRISTOPHER TERRY staff writer
The 6-6-1 Skating Aggies wrap up a six-game homestand this weekend, with games against top-ranked teams out of the Western Region, the ninthranked San Jose State Spartans and the sixth-ranked Denver University Pioneers. USU seems to be getting healthy at the right time, with William Winsa returning to action after missing last weekend’s games against Weber State and BYU with strep throat. Paul Reinhardt hasn’t practiced this week due to his broken wrist, but will suit up for the games. The Ag defensive lines will be further boosted by the return of Kyler McCarrell from a one-game suspension and the addition of newly eligible Nels Hansen. USU’s top statistical players this year are Kent Arsenault, who leads the team with 15 goals and 27 assists, Jay McFadden who has 20 points, and Winsa who leads the team
in assists with 14. The Spartans have been led by wing Sean Scarborough and center Andy Dickerson, who are tied for the team lead in goals with 12 apiece. Team Captain Scotty John said USU’s players also need to watch out for No. 91 in the San Jose jersey, Mickey Rhodes, who is a big hitter. “I anticipate San Jose State being a hot and cold team,” John said, pointing out the Spartans back-to-back games against the University of Utah as evidence. San Jose scraped by the Utes, 6-5 one night, then pasted them, 14-2, the next. San Jose’s schedule also shows a 4-1 home loss to the same Long Beach State team USU tied 3-3 and might have won had Arsenault not been injured in the third period. John said the Aggies are not overlooking the Spartans. “They’re always a good team,” John said. “I’m not going to make any predictions or try and say that we’re not worried about them as much as DU because I think they’re a dangerous
team.” Saturday night will bring a Denver team hungry for revenge into the Eccles Ice Arena. USU beat DU on their home ice, 2-0, earlier this year, thanks to a fantastic performance by goalie Greg Finatti. “They’re a solid team,” John said of the Pioneers. “They’re way better than that 2-0 loss indicated just because Finatti played so well.” Denver’s performances against common opponents provide a better barometer of the quality of their team than the USU loss. DU boasts two wins over Colorado State by a combined score of 9-5, that same CSU team beat USU 6-0. While Alex Harbison and his 3.75 goals-against average will most likely be starting in the pipes against USU, fans may want to watch to see if the Denver coaching staff elects to put in massive backup Cooper Lee. Lee, No. 32 for Denver, stands an impressive 6-foot5-inches and weighs in at 235 pounds. Forward Alex Cooper
leads the Pioneers in scoring with nine goals and 16 points so far, including two shorthanded goals. “They’ll be mad about the last loss,” John said, referring to the Weber State Wildcats and BYU Icecats. “They’ve got speed and they’re a good transition team just like those jerks we played last week. That’s something in my opinion we could work on, defending those rushes.” John said fan support for these important games is crucial for his team as the Aggies fight to improve their ranking from seventh and challenge the top teams—No. 1 Colorado University, No. 2 Utah Valley and No. 3 Eastern Washington. “Definitely after last week I hope people will be excited this weekend,” John said. “It’s like night and day for us. It’s indicated by our road record how well we play at home with fan support.” Utah State has a 4-2-1 record at home this year, against a 2-4 record away from their barn. -graham.terry@aggiemail.usu. edu
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probably is Jaycee Carroll,” Morrill said. “I have never had as fine a conditioned athlete as he his.” The opening night game against Southern Utah will be the second time that these two teams have faced off. The last time they met was in 1994 when the Aggies beat the
Thunderbirds, 76-63. Southern Utah returns three starters and four letterwinners from last year’s team that went 16-14. After watching tape, Morrill said that the player to watch for is 6-foot-7-inch forward Geoff Payne. “Geoff Payne can play anywhere,” Morrill said.
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Saturday night the Aggies travel to Weber State in a game that will be Weber’s season opener. Last year Rahe guided the Wildcats to a 20-12 record and a first-place finish in the Big Sky Confernece, including a trip to the NCAA tournament where they lost to UCLA. This year Weber State is
picked to finish first in the Big Sky with three returning starters and seven letterwinners. Utah State is 13-14 all-time against Weber State in Ogden, but has won each of its last two meetings in the Dee Events Center. -sam.bryner@aggiemail.usu. edu
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to grab a lead that swelled to seven points midway through the final game. But staying true to form, Nevada would make a run. The Wolf Pack clawed their way back into the game with good hitting from seniors Teal Ericson and Karly Sipherd. Ultimately, more errors down the stretch, killed Nevada’s shot
at a fifth game, finally losing 30-25. Although the Wolf Pack’s errors gave the Aggies the match, Utah State was far from perfect on the night, recording 27 attack errors — five behind Nevada’s 32 — and 11 service errors, with eight of those coming in the first two games. “I thought there were times
when we did some neat things and there were times when we did some boneheaded things, and it’s just like, ‘Don’t do so many boneheaded things,’” DuBose said. Despite the boneheaded things DuBose talked about, the Aggies were able to get on runs at the right time. “When you get to 28 you
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had the first solid scoring opportunity but USU goalkeeper Ali Griffin made the save, one of four on the day in her seventh shutout of the season. But the Aggies found a weakness in the Spartans’ plan in the 20th minute as junior forward Candice Clark scored her fifth goal of the season, and it was all USU for the rest of the game. Cairns said she had just substituted in freshman midfielder Stefani Shiozaki, who won a ball and played it to junior midfielder Lacey Christenson who dribbled the ball and fed it to Clark who played a low ball to the corner. “Our first opportunity came at about 20 minutes,” Cairns said. “Candice buried it. That really set the tone for the whole game. For the first 20 minutes
we were on our heels. We stayed organized and weathered the match. We stayed organized and had faith we would get our chances.” Not only did the Aggies get a chance there, they repeated it three more times to eliminate any opportunity for the Spartans to get back in the game. Ten minutes after the first goal, freshman forward Lauren Hansen, who leads the team in scoring, pounded in her 10th goal of the season from seven yards out off an assist from sophomore defender Lindsey Smart. Hansen’s goal bumped her up in some USU records where she now stands fifth in goals in a season and in points in a season at 20. After just one season, she is also tied for ninth in career goals. Utah State scored one more time before the end of the half as junior forward Kiersten Nilsson played the ball to the near post where Clark was waiting. Cairns said Clark “snuck in front of the post and put the ball around (the goalkeeper).” Up 3-0, the Aggies had the luxury of substituting in bench players, an opportunity Cairns said she is grateful for. She said giving more players a chance to play in the tournament provided experience and a chance for some of the usual starters to rest in anticipation for the next match against Hawaii. “The nice thing about this game, we were able to play deep into our bench,” Cairns said.
Substitution only seemed to benefit the Aggies as they outshot the Spartans 11-7 and scored a final goal in the 84th minute. Sophomore forward Erin Salmon crossed the ball to freshman midfielder Heather Pond, who was sitting at the penalty kick mark, Cairns said. Pond took a touch and buried it low under the goalkeeper, to seal the Aggies’ 4-0 victory. “We had a lot of people get on the board for us which is key to our success,” Cairns said. “We weathered it and found ways to spread them out. That was our plan to get by them. Honestly, we wore them down.” The Aggies don’t get much of a chance to rest as they face No. 1 seed Hawaii, Friday at 3 p.m. in Boise, Idaho. In the last match between the two teams on Oct. 26 in Logan, USU defeated the Rainbow Wahine 3-2, handing them their only conference loss this season. Cairns said Hawaii’s freshness will be a factor she is concerned with but said she hopes the momentum from beating SJSU will compensate for some exhaustion on her team’s part. “I hope we come out with a sharpness and a confidence because of today,” Cairns said. “Time will tell. (Hawaii’s) a very good attacking team. It would take a pretty special effort on our part to not let them score at all. It’s not necessarily who is going to score. It’s going to be a question of who’s going to score more.” -seth.h@aggiemail.usu.edu
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- 4-H Aggie Adventures for Kids, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Celebrate the harvest with African dancers, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cultural Museum of Anthropology. - USU football vs. Boise State, 1 p.m., Romney Stadium. - USU men’s basketball at Weber State, 7:05 p.m. - Independent Music Club concert, 8 to 10:30 p.m., TSC Auditorium.
- Young Professionals Social, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Hamilton’s Steakhouse. - International Film Festival, Diversity Week activity, 7 to 9 p.m., TSC Auditorium. - Cain Chamber Ensembles, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall. - Stir-Fry Seminar presenting Lee Mun Wah, 1 to 2:30 p.m., 2:30 to 4 p.m., Eccles Conference Center Room 205. “Unlearning Racism.” Refreshments served. - Study abroad photo display contest, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., TSC second floor. - X-BOX challenge, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunburst Lounge.
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will perform at noon. Remember we are also open Monday-Friday 10-5; admission is always free. Free parking is available south of Old Main only on Saturday • The Friends of the USU MerrillCazier Library invite the community to an adventurous discussion with historian, author, and river trip interpreter, Roy Dale Webb. Webb will present “I had Arrived at Perfection: The Lost Canyons of the Green River.” Thursday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., Room 101 USU MerrillCazier Library. • Caffe Ibis presents “Hello...” Photographs of the USU Photography Guild. Opening Reception Friday, Nov. 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. Live Music by Kris Krompel • Book drive for Cache Valley Youth: Please donate books for Cache Valley Youth Center. Reading books are needed for teens ages 12-18 Boxes are located at the entrances of BUS, TSC, BNR, ENG, LIB, EDU Bldgs. Thanks for your Donations! • SKI and SNOWBOARDING MOVIE. Free lift ticket to the Canyon’s ($76 Value) and subscription to skiing magazine for all paid attendees at Warren Miller’s “PLAYGROUND,” Kent Concert Hall, 8 p.m. today. Advance tickets $14 and $17 at the door.
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Veterans memorial Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day) will be celebrated on Monday, Nov. 12. USU ROTC will be honoring veterans by the south entrance of the Spectrum; the program will commence at 10:45 a.m. and will feature speaker Col. Randy Spetman. All are welcome to attend.
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