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Today is Monday, Nov. 26, 2007
Winter regulations vex students By LINDSAY ANDERSON staff writer
Breaking News With a 2419 win over the Idaho Vandals, the USU football team finishes the season 2-10.
Campus News
Store owners experience a strong start to the holiday shopping season. Page 2
Features
Winter parking regulations have started in efforts to keep streets clean and safe. The regulations, which prevent vehicles from parking on the road, are inconvenient for students living in places with small parking lots. TYLER LARSON photo
Sports Steve DuCharme comes up big for the Aggies in their 75-62 win against Iowa, Saturday night. Page 7
Opinion “Students should come to USU expecting buildings to be a support when needed. Student safety should be a huge concern, especially since a large earthquake has been in Utah’s forecast for the last 50 years.” Page 10
Almanac Today in History: In 1922, archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon enter King Tutankhamen’s tomb that had remained undisturbed for more than 3,000 years.
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Each year, winter regulations for Logan streets aim to keep roads clear for easy snow removal, prohibiting parking on the street from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. from when the first snow fall is predicted through March 1. Sgt. Barry Parslow from the Logan City Police Department said, “We need to have the streets clear of vehicles so that they can properly remove the snow and make the streets safe to drive on.” Keeping the streets clear benefits everyone, Parslow said. “It’s a little difficult finding places to park, and I understand that, but it’s better than the alternative of having your car damaged, although the street department works really hard not to do that, even if you do leave your car there,” he said. “You want your streets clean so they can be safe to drive on, that’s really the biggest thing.” With the regulations in place, students now need to find new places to park, and Parslow said that responsibility is left to the individual apartment complexes. “Parking is a big problem for several USU students, and the winter parking regulations are just making it worse,” said Mandy Booth, an undeclared sophomore. “When I work until midnight, I already have to park on the street by the credit union, clear down the road from my apartment,” Booth
said. “Now that I can’t park on the road, I don’t know what I am going to do.” Booth said she is a resident of Pine View Apartments, one of several apartment complexes that has a parking problem. “There are not enough parking spots, and way too many cars,” Booth said. Sabrina Sorensen, manager of Pine View Apartments, said that apartment complexes are trying to work with students on this parking issue. “Once the winter comes, since snow plows have to get by, you are allowed to double park,” Sorensen said, “but you have to move your car by 9, and if it isn’t moved by 9 then you get a boot on your car.” Sorensen suggested parking behind roommates, because the lot does get very full and that way residents avoid getting trapped in by someone they don’t know if they need to get somewhere. Pine View is one of several apartment complexes to regulate their parking lot with private companies, she said. Sorensen said, “We go through Cache Valley Parking. We decided to do this because it was a more convenient way to regulate the parking lot. They come 12 times a day to regulate our lot.” Apartments are not the only places regulating parking through private companies. Logan City contracted Logan Parking Authority in
- See PARKING, page 3
Prof honored for science academia
By KATE ROUSE staff writer
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The 2007 Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology was awarded this fall to Tom Wilkerson, a research professor at USU. “I was really surprised about the award, it was very gratifying,” Wilkerson said. “Some very good people have gotten the award, and it was just a big, happy surprise.” The governor’s medal is awarded to several people from the state of Utah each year, for “distinguished service to the state of Utah in the fields of science and technology,” according to science.utah.gov. Awards are given in five areas: academia, industry, education, government and special achievement. Wilkerson received the award under the area of academia. Wilkerson was born in Michigan and earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Before coming to USU, he taught physics and math at the University of Maryland for 34 years. He also worked at the Plasma Physics Lab at Princeton researching magnetic plasmas. His research was part of an ongoing national effort to produce controlled fusion, he said.
Governor’s Medal of Science and Technology recipient Tom Wilkerson stands next to Twilite, a current Space Dynamics Lab LIDAR project which will be mounted in high-altitude aircraft flown at 60,000 feet to analyze particles in the atmosphere. CAMERON PETERSON photo
He has also worked on three interplanetary satellite programs with NASA, the most successful of which was sent halfway to the moon in a four-day orbit around
the Earth to measure solar wind. Wilkerson has taught physics at USU, but his work at the Space Dynamics Lab is mostly centered around LIDAR systems, which are lasers built to measure particles in
the atmosphere. Just as a beam of light can be clearly seen through a cloud of chalk dust because the
- See WILKERSON, page 3
Blackboard’s shutdown statewide Thousands of students, faculty lose some information permanently due to corrupt data and system failure of Blackboard Vista
By ARIE KIRK news editor Due to corrupt data in the statewide database Blackboard Vista, the system shut down, causing thousands of faculty and students at USU to lose all information submitted between Tuesday, Nov. 13 and Friday, Nov. 16. Any data entered during its shutdown has been permanently lost, said Mike Petersen, executive director of Utah Education Network. Blackboard is hosted by UEN and is used by schools across the state. In an issued apology, Petersen said UEN “deeply regrets” the problems caused for schools, faculty and students statewide. “The staff at UEN sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience this outage caused for USU students and faculty. We are doing everything we can to make sure that it doesn’t happen again,” he said. Stacie Gomm, associate vice pres-
ident for Information Technology Services, said it was USU that first reported the problem to UEN. “We do know Utah State was the one that found the problem and alerted UEN. Kudos for Utah State,” she said. Petersen said UEN is working to find the cause of the problem, prevent any reoccurrence and provide greater security for data. “We are working with vendors to determine what caused the corruption of the database to prevent any similar occurrence in the future,” he said. “We are also taking the necessary steps to have a mirrored backup site in place before spring term, which will give us the ability to immediately switch to that backup site if a similar problem were to occur in the future.” Gomm said IT has been in contact with UEN to make sure they secure an off-site storage location for the data entered on Blackboard. Gomm said it is hard to estimate the magnitude of the effects
of the shutdown at USU. She said every faculty member has access to Blackboard but whether or not they use it is up to them. She said she doesn’t know the number of users or the amount of information lost on Blackboard. Tom Peterson, professor of creative arts at USU, uses Blackboard in his classes. Peterson said, “Stuff like this is just annoying.” As a result of the incident, Peterson said he will have to reenter thousands of grades for his classes. Many of his students will have to resubmit assignments, and he will have to grade several hundred papers again, he said. During the shutdown of Blackboard, Peterson said students in his classes had papers due. Because the system wasn’t working, he said his students received notices of submission failure. By the time they were able to successfully submit their work, it was marked as late on Blackboard. Peterson said he
is unsure of how to handle grades now, considering he isn’t sure of which students attempted to turn their work in on time or those who really missed the due date. “We’re still working that out,” he said. “I’m probably not going to jeopardize students. It is an inconvenience more on my end than the students. They will probably be OK.” Raymond Coward, executive vice president and provost at USU, said it is important that faculty members be reasonable with students and that they proceed in a way “that is fair for the students and appropriate for the particular situation of each course.” Peterson said now it is a matter of ensuring this never happens again. “What can you do?” he said. “Now it’s what IT Services thinks that faculty and students should be prepared with in case this happens again.” –arie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Video of man tasered in Utah a hit on YouTube
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A driver who was zapped with a Taser by a Utah Highway Patrol trooper says he is surprised at how much a video of the incident has been viewed on the Internet. Jared Massey says he may not have been completely right in the confrontation, but he also doesn’t believe he deserved to be immobilized by the Taser when he walked away from Trooper John Gardner. Massey posted video of the Sept. 14 incident on YouTube and it has been viewed more than 700,000 times. He used a public records request to get the video of his traffic stop on U.S. 40, where he argued with the trooper and refused to sign a speeding ticket. The video shows the trooper use a Taser to subdue Massey after the confrontation. “All we are trying to do is say maybe there is something as a public that we need to look at. I’m not going to say I’m 100 percent right about how I acted,” Massey told the Salt Lake Tribune for a story Sunday. UHP is investigating whether Gardner followed policy on using the Taser. The video from Gardner’s patrol car shows the confrontation between Massey, who questioned whether he was speeding through the 40 mph construction zone between Roosevelt and Vernal, and the trooper. Massey refused to sign the citation and demanded that Gardner show him the 40mph sign. Gardner responded by telling Massey to get out of his car. Massey did, then later was hit with the Taser when he walked away from Gardner. “It’s a terrible, terrible pain. I thought I had been shot,” Massey said. According to the UHP, Gardner could have just noted that Massey refused to sign the ticket and handed it to him. UHP expects the internal investigation to be finished sometime this week. Massey said he is still considering whether to file a lawsuit.
Provo’s 84604 zip code top region for Romney
PROVO, Utah (AP) – Mitt Romney is still popular in Provo. Provo’s 84604 ZIP code is the top region in donations to Romney’s presidential campaign. It isn’t much of a surprise given Romney’s Mormon faith. He is also a 1971 graduate of Brigham Young University and the ZIP code is full of BYU professors and business executives in the Provo area. “It means two things: That there is wealth in the ZIP code and it’s a natural base of support for Gov. Romney,” said Kelly Patterson, director for BYU’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy. “Politicians hunt where the ducks are.” According to campaign finance reports, donations from 84604 to Romney’s campaign have totaled more than $323,000. Federal law limits individual contributions to $2,300 per election, so between the primary and general election the total per person is $4,600. Romney, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is by far the most popular presidential hopeful in the state where the church is headquartered. Salt Lake City ZIP code 84108 was No. 5 in donations to his campaign and Alpine’s 84004 was No. 7. Whether Utah voters will be able to support Romney in the 2008 election remains to be seen. Romney must first get through the primary season, which starts in January.
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007
Celebs&People CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) – Linda Hogan has filed for divorce from her wrestler husband Hulk Hogan, a newspaper reported Friday. Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, told the St. Petersburg Times that he had no idea his wife had filed for divorce. He Hogan was informed by a reporter that Pinellas County court records showed that the paperwork was submitted Tuesday. “Thank you for the great information,” he told the reporter. Family spokesman Adam Handelsman referred calls to another spokesman, who did not immediately respond Friday night. “My wife has been in California for about three weeks. ... Holy smokes,” Bollea later told the newspaper. “Wow, you just knocked the bottom out of me.” The couple star in the VH1 reality TV series “Hogan Knows Best,” with their two children. Recent episodes show the High gas prices had little effect on the nation’s shoppers over the Thanksgiving weekend. Total sales for Friday and Saturday normally close couple attending marital were $16.4 billion, up 7.2 percent from a year ago. The biggest draws were electronics, and toy stores also faired well. AP photo counseling, but they eventually reconcile. On Nov. 7, Hogan’s son, 17-year-old Nick Bollea, was arrested on recklessdriving charges after a car crash. Clearwater police said Bollea crashed his 1998 Toyota Supra on Aug. 26 while street racing against a silver Dodge Viper driven by a friend. A report said Bollea was driving faster than 60 mph in a 40 mph zone. Bollea’s passenger, John Graziano, was not wearing a seat belt and was critically injured. Bollea, who was wearing a seat belt, was not seriously injured. NEW YORK (AP) – The nation’s self Saturday, loading up a Bath & Body The Hogans moved to a $12 million Thanksgiving, rose to $10.3 billion, up shoppers set aside worries about higher 8.3 percent from the same day a year Works bag full of frosted cranberry and bayfront estate on Miami Beach in 2006 gas prices and a slumping housing mar- ago. Martin had expected increases no sweet pea lotions. Bath & Body Works so their children, Brooke and Nick, could ket and proved their resilience over the was offering select gift sets at 30 pergreater than 5 percent. pursue singing and acting careers. They cent off. Thanksgiving weekend, giving what the Meanwhile, Internet research firm had previously lived in Clearwater, near Meanwhile, in downtown nation’s merchants wished for a strong comScore Inc. reported a 22 percent Tampa. start to the holiday shopping season. gain in online sales on the day after LAS VEGAS (AP) – A former beverage Stores and malls opened the season Thanksgiving compared with the same manager at the Hard Rock Hotel has sued as early as midnight, drawing biggerday a year ago and estimated online Dennis Rodman, claiming the ex-NBA than-expected crowds Friday for dissales would exceed $700 million online star assaulted her last year by rubbing counted flat-panel TVs, digital cameras Monday, the official kickoff to the against her body and slapping her on the “ This was a really good and toys such as all things related to online shopping season. buttocks. start. ... There seemed Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana.” The signs were encouraging, but In her federal lawsuit filed last week, to be a lot of pent-up Strong sales continued through stores are now wondering whether Sara Robinson also accuses her former demand .” Saturday, according to one research bargain hunters will keep up the pace employer of retaliating against her after –Bill Martin, co-founder group that tracks total sales at retail as they face an escalating credit crunch, she complained about Rodman’s behavoutlets across the country. depreciating home values and rising of ShopperTrak ior. Clearly, the biggest draw was daily living expenses. Rodman spokeswoman Shannon Barr electronics, benefiting consumer elec Frederick Crawford, managing declined to comment, and Hard Rock “If I see something now, tronics chains like Best Buy Co. and director at AlixPartners, a turnaround spokeswoman Dorian Cantrell did not I’ll pick it up, You don’t discounters such as Wal-Mart Stores consulting company, said that amid immediately return phone calls to The know if you’ll see it Inc. and Target Corp. Popular-priced economic challenges, people are buying Associated Press on Saturday. again.” department stores including J.C. fewer gifts. In her complaint, Robinson said she –Barbara McGlade, Penney Co. and Kohl’s Corp. drew in “Clearly, it was mission-based shopwas working in the resort’s Cuba Libre ping,” Crawford said. “People had their crowds with good deals. Toy stores like shopper from Wyndmoor, bar in March 2006 when Rodman, a list, and they were very specific in what Toys “R’’ Us Inc. fared well too. Still, hotel guest, began “making a scene” by Pennsylvania they were looking for.” apparel sales appeared to be mixed at trying to climb atop the bar after failing Consumers were out looking for barmall-based clothing stores, though a to gain her full attention. gains. Philadelphia, Barbara McGlade, of cold weather snap helped spur sales “As Robinson stepped around the bar, “The bargains are better this year, Wyndmoor, Pa., had picked up deals on Rodman grabbed her, pulled her towards of outerwear and other winter-related items. a lot better,” said Theresa Calib, of fleece clothing at Modell’s, with prices him and rubbed his body against hers,” “This was a really good start. ... Houston, Texas, who was at the local marked down from $29.99 to about the lawsuit alleges. “Robinson tried to get There seemed to be a lot of pent-up Greenspoint mall Saturday. “We always $15. free from Rodman’s grasp at which time “If I see something now, I’ll pick it demand,” said Bill Martin, co-founder know what we want to get, and we get he assaulted her by reaching down and up,” McGlade said. “You don’t know if of ShopperTrak RCT Corp., which it.” She noted she took advantage of slapping her open-handed on the bottracks total sales at more than 50,000 Foot Locker Inc.’s two pairs for $89 sale. you’ll see it again.” tom.” The nation’s stores worked hard to retail outlets. ShopperTrak reported I’m trying to get everything done, lure shoppers with expanded hours, late Sunday that sales on Friday and and I did it,” said Pat Marcantonio, of Saturday combined rose 7.2 percent to Wakefield, R.I., who returned Saturday including midnight openings, and a blitz of early morning specials Friday. $16.4 billion from the same two-day to the Warwick Mall after braving the J.C. Penney and Kohl’s opened at 4 a.m., period a year ago. crowds Friday morning. an hour earlier than a year ago. Total sales on Friday, the day after Marcantonio also shopped for her-
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California residents return home
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) – Residents began making their way back along winding canyon roads Sunday to see whether their homes survived a wind-driven wildfire a day earlier that scorched thousands of acres of hillside and 53 houses. Several homes along a road near the source of the blaze had been reduced to blackened wrecks, while many others were virtually unscathed. “There’s no rhyme or reason to it,” said Frank Churchill, who returned home with his wife and four children to find his white stucco home largely undamaged, while three neighboring homes were leveled. “It doesn’t make sense.” In all, Saturday’s fast-moving wildfire destroyed 53 homes and 27 outbuildings, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said. Thirty-four other homes were damaged, and as many as 14,000 people fled the blaze, which was whipped up
by hot, dry Santa Ana winds. Throughout the day Sunday, the weather worked in firefighters’ favor. A cool breeze in from the Pacific Ocean kept temperatures low and moisture levels high. “The weather is perfect for us,” said Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Glen Goulet. Even controlled fires, ignited late Sunday to clear remaining scrub, burned lazily. The fire, which scorched 4,720 acres more than 7 square miles since early Saturday, was about 70 percent contained, with full containment expected Monday, said Ron Haralson, Los Angeles County fire inspector. Investigators determined that the fire, which broke out along a dirt road off a paved highway, was caused by humans but had not determined whether it was started intentionally, said county Fire Inspector Rick Dominguez.
Sheriff’s deputies and bloodhounds headed into the area, which residents said is a popular spot for outdoor partying by young people. Several locals were convinced the fire was started by late-night revelers who may have lighted a campfire. “I’ve been up there and seen howling groups of teenagers drinking,” Ricardo Means, 57, said of the rugged spot near the top of his winding street, where blackened beer bottles littered the ground. When the winds began whipping up again overnight Saturday, the seaside enclave was still recovering from a fire last month that destroyed six homes, two businesses and a church. “This time I lost,” said a soot-covered Glen Sunyich, who watched the stuccoand tile-house he built in 1990 burn to the ground. “It means that I didn’t build it well enough.”
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Monday, Nov. 26, 2007
USU residency leaders receive top awards
Shop til you drop
By AMANDA MEARS staff writer
LIESL HOUSTON, Mapleton, takes a break from Christmas shopping at JCPenney at the Provo Towne Center in Provo Friday. AP photo
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1999 to regulate parking on streets, said Tanner Morrell, manager of Logan Parking Authority. Morrell said the city decided to contract his company because the Logan Police Department was “receiving around 200 reports a week regarding parking tickets and they didn’t want to deal with that personally every day. “Plus it was coming out of tax payers’ money. They were also paying more city employees paid holidays, so this way was a lot easier for them. The way the contract works, they don’t actually pay us anything. Anything above cost is just split between our company and the city. It’s not a big money maker for the city really. The reason they do it this way is just to keep the calls regarding parking primarily for us.” Morrell said most people don’t know about the regulations just yet, so they are “trying to give warnings for a couple days. We have given warnings through The Herald Journal, through local radio stations, and we also placed an ad on the Aggiemail home page. We are trying to get the word out.” Parking tickets are $15 and will now be given out to anyone found parking on the road between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., Morrell said. “Everything we do is for preventative measures,” he said. “It’s like when we give a fire hydrant ticket. It’s not like the building is on fire, but we hope that when it is on fire, we will be able to reach it. It is the same with winter parking. It may not snow that day, but when it does, we want to have the roads clear.” Mark Nelson, director of public works for Logan City, said, “There has been talk of changing the whole aspect
of this regulation.” The new regulations in May involve the park strips in front of apartments, Nelson said. Currently, parking is allowed on the park strips, but the city hopes to make this illegal, he said. “The changes will take place next year, with the new parking restrictions going in this May, and the hope is that
Individuals in the USU Housing services won top honors at the Intermountain Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls Conference held Nov. 9 through Nov. 12 at Arizona State University. Kathy Handberg, advocacy and public relations vice president for the Residence Hall Association, said USU won two of the four bids that were placed, including Student of the Year and the Lifetime Service Award, in addition to placing top in programming. “We’ve come a long way,” said Handberg, who received Student of the Year. “A few years ago, RHA was almost non-existent, and now we’ve become a strong competitor.” In order to be nominated for the awards, Erika Kingery, who won the Lifetime Service Award, said bids are placed to nominate contenders for the various awards. After that, members of the RHA get together and spend about 100 hours discussing the nominees, take a vote and conduct interviews. “We usually pull a couple of allnighters,” said Kingery, RHA president. In addition to placing the bids, Handberg said a theme is chosen for each nominee as a way to personalize the award. “We like to have a theme for every individual,” Handberg said. “For example, Erika (Kingery)’s was turtles. There is a meaning behind all of them though.” Kingery, who started working with the RHA three years ago, said she has enjoyed being involved with everything that goes on in the housing department. As the RHA president, Kingery is in charge of overseeing a council, made up of six different advisers from all sections of housing, and putting together area council meetings. “My favorite part of it has been the leadership experience,” Kingery said. “I have grown as a leader, and I don’t think I could have gotten this experience anywhere else.” Kingery said she has been
involved in service through various organizations like Key Club, Circle K and National Residence Hall Honorary. Through these organizations, Kingery said she has had the opportunity to write letters to soldiers, create ABC books for children in Tonga and travel to Boston to work with underprivileged children. “Service has always been a part of my life,” Kingery said. “And I sought out organizations where service is in the mission statement.” Resident assistant Ammon Torres, who placed in the top 10 in programming and received one of the four Stone Creek Leadership Scholarships, said the IACURH awards can be a nice way to receive recognition for what can often be a thankless job. “It’s fun to be able to recharge your batteries and realize why you do it,” said Torres, senior majoring in public relations. Torres said there are workshops every year at the IACURH Conference on programs that RAs are involved with. Torres received top 10 in programming because of his presentation on how to advertise activities and programs to residents. “It was mainly about awareness,” Torres said. “A lot of times RAs get busy and think there’s not enough time. I’m guilty of it, but I wanted to show that you can spend the same amount of time and instead of having a boring 8-by-5 flier, you can have a fun announcement.” Torres also received a three-year service pin for his work as an RA. Torres said he continues to be an RA, not because of the free housing, but because he loves meeting and interacting with students. “Yeah, we get housing, but that’s not why I do it,” Torres said. “I love getting to know everyone on an individual basis and meeting so many different people.” Kingery said although she is “still recovering” from the IACURH Conference, she is looking forward to gearing up to start organizing for the No Frills Conference, another residential halls conference, at the University of Wyoming in February. –amanda.m@aggiemail.usu.edu
• USU Police responded on the report of a loose sheep running about the campus. The animal was detained by a couple of male students.
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007
• USU Police responded to a possible alcohol offense at Richards Hall. The female student was tested but showed no signs of alcohol consumption. She was released.
• USU Police responded to Summit Hall on a fire alarm. This alarm was caused by a resident burning some food on the stove. The alarm was silenced and reset.
• USU Police repsponded to the area of Darwin Ave. at the request of the Logan City Police Department to assist in the search for an individual that was in the State Liquor Store and appeared intoxicated and later left the area in a vehicle, believed to be enroute to Darwin Ave. Police were unable to locate the individual.
• USU Police responded to a medical assist call in the USU Trailor Court. The ambulance transported one female to Logan Regional.
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007 • USU Police responded to Aggie Village where an individual stated that he had been assaulted by an individual following a disagreement over a traffic offense. Police are investigating. • USU Police responded to the Alumni House turnaround where two vehicles had been involved
• USU Police responded to the east side of Aggie Village on an emergency phone alarm. When police arrived there was no one in the area in need of assistance. Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007 • Logan City Police received a report of a reckless driver in the area of 300 N. Main. The complainant reported that the vehicle had been tail gating her and when the vehicle passed her the vehicle cut off a truck in front of her almost causing an accident.
Holiday shopping to begin with USU guild The students in USU’s Ceramics Guild kick off the holiday shopping season Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 27 and 28, with the annual holiday sale. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day in the Taggart Student Center International Lounge (approximately 650 N. 800 East). Work by approximately 20 USU students will be exhibited for sale and includes a broad selection of functional and decorative ceramics. Sale organizers say items are available for every budget, with some pots starting at $8. Previous sales have included bowls of every size and description, mugs, casseroles, vases, various pouring vessels, plates, planters, lanterns and more. USU’s woodfire pots are well represented, as are pots from the salt, soda and gas kilns. The Annual Holiday Sale is one of several fundraising events that the USU Student Ceramics Guild conducts each year. Proceeds from the Holiday Sale, the fall Chili Bowl Sale and the spring sale help fund ceramics workshops at USU. These workshops bring distinguished artists to USU from around the world for workshops and discussion with ceramics students. For information on the sale or USU Ceramics Guild, contact Joe Davis at 7973566, joe.davis@usu.edu.
USU academy features renowned cello teacher
• Logan City Police officers performed a traffic stop. Both occupants of the vehicle had active statewide warrants. Both individuals were placed under arrest and transported to the local jail.
Gov. Huntsman spent Thanksgiving in Iraq
dust scatters the light, dust and other particles also scatter light when a laser is pointed into the atmosphere, Wilkerson said. The speed it takes for the scattered light to return to the ground can be measured to pinpoint how many particles are in the atmosphere and where they are. One of these LIDAR systems, Aglite, is sponsored by the U.S. MARK NELSON, director of public works for Logan City, said additional Department of Agriculture and mearegulations could be established involving sures particles in the atmosphere park strips in front of apartments. TYLER around farms. It is run from a trailer LARSON photo and can be taken to farms around the country. The Aglite team has by next November we will have that measured the atmospheric pollution evaluated and a new system in place,” around almond groves, cotton gins Nelson said. and swine barns, Wilkerson said. “I think that changing the parking Wilkerson has been doing LIDAR laws in May would be a great idea,” Booth said. “It would benefit all the stu- work since 1972 and has been dents who have cars.” involved in a lot of the original devel–lindsay.anderson@aggiemail.usu.edu opments in how to do LIDAR mea-
in a traffic accident. Information was gathered and exchanged. One driver was cited for improper backing.
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The idea of children three and four years old playing the cello might be unimaginable for many, but USU students are proving that learning the cello can be as easy for very young children as learning to speak English. The students are string majors at USU who work in the USU String Academy, an organization that has welcomed world renowned cello teacher Carey Cheney for fall and spring semesters. Cheney will teach a course in applying the Suzuki Method of learning to cello instruction. Shinichi Suzuki designed the method, often termed the “mother-tongue” method, in Japan, and brought it to America in the 1960s. He taught music to young children in a similar way that language is taught — by immersing them in an encouraging environment that makes it fun to pick up new skills. “Carey Cheney is one of the best in the world at teaching the Suzuki Method to small children,” said Russell Falsltad, violist of the Fry Street Quartet. “She also understands artistry at the highest of levels, making her one of the rare cello teachers who can teach at all levels.” Cheney’s visit is hosted by the USU String Academy, a laboratory teacher-training program where USU string majors in the department of music learn and employ the latest developments in string teaching. The String Academy’s myriad of offerings, such as private lessons, group lessons, chamber music and recitals, offer a musical environment based on the Suzuki Method. Children not only practice music daily with their parent, but attend many group activities in which they have fun and learn music together and from each other. As a unique part of the course, Cheney is teaching a group class of very young cellists from the community so USU students in her course can observe her methods first-hand. “We are exceptionally fortunate to have Ms. Cheney teaching both USU music majors and children in the community this year,” said Fallstad. Community members with children ages 3-18 interested in the USU String Academy’s beginning cello program can request a registration packet by emailing usustringacadmy@gmail.com, or by visiting usustringacademy.net. USU String Academy students will perform in a free public holiday concert at the Logan Tabernacle Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m.
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surements, but he said some of his greatest achievements are the friendships he’s made throughout the years. “I’ve been privileged to work with a lot of very good young people, as a colleague and a supervisor, and (I’ve been able to) guide them in learning the techniques of research, and (I’ve been) guided by their insights as well.” Jed Hancock, who has worked with Wilkerson as an optical engineer for the Aglite and Twilite programs, said, “He loves the science and engineering part, but he also loves working with people and mentoring us younger scientists and engineers. “He got the medal from a lifetime of dedication to science – he literally has a passion for it. We need more people like Tom.” –kate.r@aggiemail.usu.edu
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• Logan City officers responded to the area of 1800 S. 1200 West on the report of a chemical spill in the garage. Officers secured the area until HAZMAT could respond and clean the spill. • A Logan City officer was dispatched to a domestic dispute at a residence near 1800 S. 1000 West. After sorting out stories, the officer learned that the complainant was intoxicated and was preparing to commit suicide when she shot a gun into the wall. The bullet traveled through two walls in the residence and into a residence next door. The complainant was arrested and was being loaded into the vehicle when she tried kicking the officer. She was transported to the hospital for an evaluation and admitted to the health unit. She will be taken to jail when released.
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Utah Governor Jon Huntsman joined U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and John Barrasso (R-WY) on a tour through Iraq and the surrounding region beginning Thursday. The delegation will return to Washington DC Saturday. Upon arrival, the group met with General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker for a briefing on new developments and progress in the region. Huntsman, McCain, Lieberman, Graham, Chambliss and Barrasso spent much of Thanksgiving with troops in Baghdad and al Anbar Province. The delegation met Friday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Vice President Adel Abdulmahdi, Iraqi police, Iraqi security forces and constituents in Kirkuk.
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Let it Snow,
Let it Snow, Let it Snow Story and Photos by Tyler Larson Ski patrol Volunteers clean the ski patrol cabin and organize equipment in preparation for the snow season.
Travis Seeholzer, worker at Beaver Mountain, cuts up fallen trees to flatten out the ski run.
Ron MonsON, Left Center, has been a volunteer for Beaver Mountain Ski Patrol for 30 years. Here, he helps other volunteers clear sapling trees from a ski run.
some people can feel out their unconscious inner future from what their unconscious dreams bring, said Michaela Goldstein, freshman majoring in psychology. DEBRA HAWKINS photo
There may not be much snow on the ground now. But while Cache Valley waits for the snow to fall, workers at Beaver Mountain aren’t not sipping cocoa around a fire. There’s work to do. “I don’t think people realize how much it takes to get a resort ready for the season,” Travis Seeholzer, Beaver Mountain worker and son of the owner, said. Every year requires insurance, annual inspections, constant maintenance, and about five year-round workers, Seeholzer said. The lifts require extensive maintenance throughout the year because the cable stretches over time and has to be shortened, he said. They also perform non-destructive testing of the cable to ensure there are no possible weak points or breaking points. It cost around $300,000 to maintain the lifts this summer, he said. “It’s just all part of the game,” Ted Seeholzer, owner of Beaver Mountain, said. The Dream Lift, one of the four large lifts at Beaver Mountain, has more than 9,000 feet of cable and holds about 150 chairs, Ted Seeholzer said. Every other year, the chairs
have to be taken off, inspected, then moved back a couple feet to a different spot on the cable to make sure the chair doesn’t put pressure on one spot of the cable for too long. Beaver Mountain is also one of the few ski resorts to still have volunteer ski patrol. With more than 100 volunteers, multiple ski patrolmen and women patrol Beaver Mountain every day, they are open for the season. Some have been volunteering at Beaver Mountain for more than 30 years. Pete Kendrick, who has been volunteering for 30 years at Beaver Mountain, said each volunteer also puts in a day of work a couple months before the season begins to help clean the mountain. Blake Pulsipher, this year’s head ski patrol director, said Beaver Mountain definitely has an advantage over other ski resorts. “We have one of the nicest volunteer ski patrol stations in the nation,” Pulsipher said. “Nicer than many of the ski patrol stations at resorts that pay their ski patrol.”
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ski Runs need to be cleared of debris and brush so skiers may have a smooth trail.
Dreaming: Sophisticated process By TRUDY KENDRICK staff writer
He had a dream. And it was insulin. Fredrick Banting, discoverer of insulin, came up with the idea of insulin through a good night’s sleep. This is one example of how dreams can change the world, according to the psychology book “Themes and Variations.” All humans have them and the importance of dreams, as well as how and why dreams occur, seem to be contingent upon the beholder of dreams, according to the book. Michaela Goldstein, freshman majoring in psychology, said all of life is one big dream. “There is the dream of our conscious, while awake,
and the dream of our unconscious, while we are sleeping,” Goldstein said. Goldstein said daily choices determine whether dreams are good or bad. “In our conscious, we have a choice,” Goldstein said. “Sometimes, I am able to feel out my conscious inner future from what my unconscious dreams bring.” According to the “The Dream Encyclopedia” by James R. Lewis, members of the Islamic faith place considerable amount of concern to dreams. “It is difficult to interpret between true and false dreams,” the book states. “Therefore, dream interpretation is necessary in Islam and it is a very sophisticated process.” Jasem Al-Nouri, freshman majoring in environmental
engineering who practices Islamic faith, said dreams are a direct reflection of our actions. Many times, if we do what is “good” in our lives we will have “good” dreams, and if we do what is “bad” we will have “bad” dreams, Al-Nouri said. “Don’t try to find explanation in a bad dream,” Al-Nouri said. “Also, share good dreams, for it could be beneficial to those who are listening.” “Telling the dream truthfully, adding nothing and taking nothing away is important in properly interpreting a dream.” According to “Themes and Variations,” written by Wayne Weiten, in contrast to Islamic dream characterization modern Western culture dreamers
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The american Diabetes Association has studies that show the majority of Americans are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. PATRICK ODEN photo
Living well with diabetes By COURTNIE PACKER senior writer
Ryan Field said having diabetes constantly feels like he just finished running 10 miles. “I felt like I was dying,” Field, senior majoring in management information systems, said. “I lost 20 pounds, and was exhausted, thirsty and urinating continually. I felt like I had just finished running 10 miles all the time.” Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. According to the American Diabetes Association’s Web site, www.diabetes.org, insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for everyday life. Dr. Jim Davis, director of the Student Health and Wellness Center, explained there are two types of diabetes. “Type 1 occurs when the body does not produce any or does not produce enough insulin,” he said. “Type 2 happens when your body is insensitive to whatever insulin is produced, ignores it and is not able to use it.” The American Diabetes Association’s studies show that the majority of Americans are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. However, at the age of 16, Field said he was diagnosed with insulin-dependent, or type 1, diabetes. Type 1 can occur in any age but is commonly referred to as juvenile diabetes as it is more frequently diagnosed in children and young adults. The American Diabetes Association reported only five to 10 percent of Americans with diabetes are diagnosed with type 1.
Diabetes of any type is known to hold the potential to do explicit damage to one’s body, Davis said. He said he refers to it as a wasting disease. “Diabetes is where you just waste away,” Davis said. “It does major damage to blood vessels, nerves, and can cause both heart and kidney disease.” According to MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, symptoms of diabetes include increased thirst, which consequently results in increased urination, weight loss despite an increase in appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fatigue and often the absence of menstruation. “You can lose feelings in fingers and toes from poor circulation,” Davis said. “Diabetes is a very progressive disease.” After Field had experienced each of these symptoms, he said he knew something was not quite right. “I knew something was wrong with me. I felt like I was dying,” he said. “When they finally took me to the hospital, they ran all of the tests and I was told I was diabetic.” Many different options are available for testing someone for diabetes. Davis said the tests for diabetes involve checking to see how tolerant someone’s body is of sugars. “One example is to check your blood sugar two hours after you have eaten,” he said. “If your blood sugar is elevated after those two hours are up, you could have serious problems.” Another test Davis said is to drink some sugar water and check your blood sugar level immediately after and every 15 minutes for
Page 5 two hours. “These tests help measure the amount of sugar you have around,” Davis said. MedlinePlus suggests many other common tests. Urinalysis, for example, is the examination of the sugar and other various compounds that pass through urine. The fasting blood glucose test, random blood glucose test, and insulin tests also produce reliable results regarding diabetes, it states After the tests showed positive for Field, he said he had to learn how to control and treat his disease. “I now have to take three to four shots a day,” Field said. “But mainly it is after I eat. And I check my blood sugar a couple of times a day, just to make sure it is in the right area. When I first got diabetes, I heard how it will drastically change your life, but it really doesn’t. It just makes you be more aware of what you’re eating.” The American Diabetes Association’s Web site states it recommends a well-balanced diet to help control diabetes. It states eating lots of vegetables and fruits, especially non-starchy vegetables such as spinach, carrots, broccoli and green beans will help. Eating dried beans like kidney or pinto beans and including fish in your meals two to three times a week also is a valid treatment, according to the site. Field said diabetics must be willing to sacrifice a vast amount of sugar in their everyday meals. “With diabetes, they want you to stay away from sugar,” he said. “When you eat certain foods, it causes such a rise in blood sugar that they want you stay away from it. They want you to eat foods that are more stable.” Physical exercise is also necessary to treat diabetes. MedlinePlus reported regular exercise helps control the amount of sugar in the blood and helps burn excess calories and fat to achieve optimal weight. Individuals like Field, who are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, are not able to make their own insulin, which consequently results in them injecting insulin daily into themselves to help control their diabetes. MedlinePlus states insulin is injected either under the skin or is inhaled. In some cases, a pump delivers the insulin continuously. Insulin does not come in pill form, it states. The medical encyclopedia also states injections are needed, in general, from one to four times a day. The insulin preparations differ in how fast they start to work and how long they last. Oftentimes, more than one type of insulin may be mixed together in an injection to achieve the best control of blood glucose, it states. Continual monitoring of diabetes is also crucial for diabetes, it states. Frequent trips to the doctor for regular checkups and flu vaccinations are all suggested ideas from the American Diabetes Association. -courtnie.packer@aggiemail.usu.edu
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0OSITIONS !VAILABLE Massage Therapist Nail Technician Hair Stylist Beaver Mountain volunteers repair the roof of the ski patrol cabin and spend time organizing toboggans.
Left to Right: Cheyenne Rich and Ryan Habersick reload the chairs back onto a ski lift. They inspect the chairs to make sure there are no cracks in them.
Cheyenne Rich measures where the chair should be placed on the lift cable.
The ski patrol station is located at the bottom of Harry’s Dream Lift and the station was paid for and built by volunteers and alumni ski patrolmen. Every volunteer is trained to give CPR,
evacuate people from the lifts, and is given basic medical treatment training. “We have a lot of very dedicated people,” Pulsipher said. Until the snow arrives, Beaver Mountain
staff and volunteers are preparing for the skiers to come. And if the snow doesn’t make an appearance, maybe Bear Lake will be warm enough to water ski on. -tyler.l@aggiemail.usu.edu
Dreams: May satisfy unconscious needs
“typically make a distinction between the ‘real’ world experienced while awake and the ‘imaginary’ world experienced while dreaming.” In addition to this, the book states, “Although a small minority of individuals take dreams seriously, in Western cultures dreams are largely written off as insignificant and meaningless.” An article titled “Waking
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perhaps even more important than, events experienced while awake.” In his book, Weiten states consciousness is personal awareness. That consciousness is rarely at a standstill and moves like leaves blowing in the wind. The book states both conscious and unconscious are different levels of awareness and some research suggests people maintain a certain level of awareness while sleeping, like the awareness to an alarm clock. According to “Themes and Variations,” there are many theories of the purpose of dreams, but the theories are very difficult to test. Consequently, the book states dreams remain a mystery. -tru.k@aggiemail.usu.edu
DREAM INTERPRETATION Ants going in house= abundance of food and money. Ants going out of house= lack of food and money Cockroach=enemy Blood= meaning that the dream is false. Heavy rain= lack of money and food. Light rain= abundance of money and food. Marry close kin= good things to come inside of the family. Information compiled by Trudy Kendrick from Jasem Al-Nouri
It’s all in the family
just spent the weekend with my family all in the name of Thanksgiving. It’s always an interesting experience, and I knew this weekend would be no different the moment I walked through my grandparents’ door in St. George and my aunt already had a contact stuck in the back of her eyeball. She was sitting in a motorized chair that that her arm was strapped into. Because she had recently had surgery on her shoulder, her arm was being raised up and down to exercise the muscle while her other hand was frantically trying to pry out the contact. Everyone was in a panic, telling her she needed to visit InstaCare. At the same moment, my dad started complaining about cold sores that were developing on his lip. The aunt with the stuck contact suggested Preparation H, which immediately changed the conversation to hemorrhoids. I was in for an exciting vacation. Being surrounded by family has taught me that relatives not only make things more chaotic, but also more difficult. Once too many people get together – siblings, cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles – it suddenly takes six of them to make mashed potatoes, three to walk the dog that no one usually wants to walk outside and 10 to choose a movie that half of them don’t want to watch anyway. It also takes five people to set up for dinner. One sets up extra card tables and covers them with decorative clothes, another gets out the dishes, one more puts out the silverware and some innocent little kid usually gets forced into filling cups with ice and water. And when it comes down to a family party, almost every-
thing has a 30-minute rule. It takes 30 minutes to set up dinner tables and get everyone sitting down long enough to say a 30-second blessing. There is also at least a 30-minute cleanup after a feast while moms serve dessert. When the family wants to watch a movie together, it takes 30 minutes to start it and another 30 for everyone to stop holding five conversations over the film. If games are played, everyone has about a 30-minute attention span before they give up because they realize they can go to the bathroom for 10 minutes without their turn coming around again. The reason for these get-togethers is sometimes unknown, but my guess is parties are planned so relatives can gawk over each others’ kids. A baby can keep eight adults entertained for hours, and a 1-year-old can stop everything if she happens to decide to sit in the dog’s water bowl. If a toddler decides to strip off her clothes, no one gets mad and it’s the running joke for years. And grandparents will always be patient enough with kids to let them run around for 20 minutes, even when they are supposed to be posing for pictures. Another reason for family reunions may just be so we have embarrassing memories of each other that will be brought up for the rest of our lifetimes. When my brother called to wish us all a happy Thanksgiving last Thursday, he was teased and reminded that he better eat enough this year at his in-laws. This is because when he was about 4 years old, he went home crying because he was still hungry after the holiday. That joke comes up every year, even though he’s 23 years older. We are also always reminded to be careful
with the microwave because a cousin broke the button off my grandparents about 30 years ago. And everyone better be careful around the dog because 20 years ago when old Buttons was alive, a cousin stepped on his foot and apparently broke his neck. Go figure. Family always means food, and no matter how much middle-aged aunts and uncles complain about the weight they’ve gained, caramel corn, pumpkin cake rolls, pies and brownies are always finished off, and I know it’s not just the young people eating them. And even though the adults may eat all the junk food, no one is allowed to comment if someone looks larger than they did the year before. We learned this the hard way after my grandpa asked my cousin when her baby was due. There was no baby due. If we’re really honest with ourselves, we’ll all just accept that families are crazy, but it doesn’t really matter. Relatives keep things interesting. So if any of us were focused on being thankful this past weekend, we may have included the folks that create embarrassing moments, make life harder sometimes and remind us of all the stupid stuff we’ve done. And in the end, maybe we’re all better for it.
Manette Newbold is a senior majoring in print journalism. Comments and questions can be sent to manette.n@ aggiemail. usu.edu.
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Game 12: USU 24, Idaho 19
Nov. 26, 2007
TouchBase USU women lose to UVSC
By USU ATHLETICS
SEnior wide receiver Kevin Robinson (6) runs away from a would-be tackler while a University of Nevada-Reno defender tries to hold on, and Rob Meyers (86) blocks during a game at Romney Stadium, Oct. 20. Robinson finished his career as an Aggie by catching a touchdown pass. PATRICK ODEN photo
A different kind of streak Ags head into offseason after getting second win at Idaho By SAMMY HISLOP sports editor
From now until August 2008, the Utah State football team will be able to say it is on a winning streak. The Aggies (2-10, 2-6) ended the 2007 season by beating the Idaho Vandals, 24-19, in Moscow, Idaho, Saturday afternoon. In doing so, the Aggies notched their second consecutive victory. It was the first time since 2003 USU had won two straight games, and the first occurrence since 1999 the program tallied back-to-back victories on the road. “I think we had confidence we could come in here and (win),” Aggie head coach Brent Guy said in a radio interview. “I told them we’ve got to pick up that football team that walked up the ramp (last week) in Las Cruces with the plays we made in the fourth quarter and start playing that way today. We did.” Utah State certainly began strong on both sides of the ball. Four minutes into
yard field goal late in the third quarter to the second half, senior quarterback Leon narrow the USU lead to 24-13. The Aggie Jackson III put Utah State up 24-10 on a offense responded with a five-play drive one-yard rushing touchdown. that stretched From that point, only 22 yards the Aggie offense was before Jackson stuck in the mud. In punted it away. each of their four final The momendrives, the Vandals tum then forced USU to punt. “We’ve been through the began shifting In the meantime, the Vandals did a fire. We’ve felt the heart- in Idaho’s favor. Vandal poor job but nearly break way too much this running back stole the game away year ... Even if we didn’t nonetheless. Brian Flowers play perfect in the end, “I told the kids we rushed for 41 earned this one,” Guy we earned it. We’re not of the 60 yards said. “We’ve been Idaho collected embarrassed by it.” through the fire. on its next Brent Guy, USU head football drive, which We’ve felt the heartbreak way too much coach stretched all this year, especially the way to the with the fourth-quarAggie 20-yard ter games we’ve had this year. Even if we line. It was then that Vandal quarterback didn’t play perfect in the end, we earned Nathan Enderle’s pass to the right corner it. We’re not embarrassed by it.” of the end zone was underthrown to an The Vandals’ Tino Amancio put in a 36- otherwise open wide receiver and inter-
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cepted by USU’s Roy Hurst. The Aggie offense advanced nine yards, and Peter Caldwell punted. The Vandals then went 69 yards in 10 plays to score a touchdown, but the two-point conversion failed. The Vandals made up for it by recovering the ensuing onside kick at their own 43-yard line with 5:38 on the clock. Though the Vandals made their way to the Aggie 24-yard line before failing to convert on a fourth-and-seven, the Aggie offense again sputtered with eight yards and another Jackson punt. The USU offensive failure gave the Vandals a final chance to win the game with 1:33 remaining. Enderle completed a 41-yard pass as time expired, but it wasn’t enough for the end zone. The final stats are deceiving. The Vandals had 428 yards of total offense, far superior to the Aggies’ 272. The hosts also
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Senior guard Danyelle Snelgro scored a game-high 16 points as Utah Valley defeated the Utah State women’s basketball team, 89-74, Saturday evening at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The loss was the fourth in a row to open the season for Utah State as the Aggies fell to 0-4 on the year, while Utah Valley remains undefeated at 6-0 overall. The series against Utah Valley is now tied at 2-all with the Wolverines picking up their first win in Logan. Sandy Marvin scored 21 points for Utah Valley, while Robyn Fairbanks tallied 20 points and added five rebounds. Julie McMurray scored 15 points and pulled down a teamhigh eight rebounds for the Wolverines. Senior center Jenny Gross scored 14 points and added four rebounds for Utah State, while senior guard Jamelah Brown scored a season-high 12 points and pulled down a team-high six rebounds, as USU was outrebounded by UVU, 36-31. Utah State scored the first bucket of the game, as the Aggies controlled the game for the first 10 minutes of the first half. Fairbanks scored on a layup to take the Wolverines up 9-5 with 16:12 left to play. Utah State took a 14-0 run to go up 19-9 with 13:31 left before Asumi Nakayama scored on a jumper to break the streak. The Aggies held the lead until the 6:09 mark of the half when Fairbanks scored on a layup to tie up the game at 31-all. The first half saw five lead changes and was tied twice, as the Wolverines took a 47-39 lead at the half. Utah Valley went on a 19-4 run to open up the second half to extend their lead to 21 points at 66-45 with 12:40 left to play. The Wolverines continued to control the half and took their largest lead of 27 points at 8659 with 4:44 left and continued to lead through the rest of the game. Utah State finished the game by shooting 39.4 percent from the field (26-of-66) including 10-of-24 (41.7 percent) from three-point range. Utah Valley shot 58.6 percent from the field (34-of-58) and 10-of-19 (52.6 percent) from behind the threepoint arc. Next week the Aggies will open a four-game road swing, first heading to Pocatello, Idaho to take on Idaho State on Wednesday, Nov. 28.
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Bears and 49ers pick up overtime wins on Sunday CHICAGO (AP) – Robbie Gould salvaged a win and maybe the Bears’ season. Gould kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime and the defending NFC champions (5-6) gave their flickering playoff hopes a boost. After scoring two touchdowns in the final 5:17 of regulation, the Bears won the coin toss before the start of overtime. They drove from their 24 to the Denver 18 and Gould delivered the winner. The Bears got two long touchdown returns from Devin Hester in the second half, one on a punt, the other on a kickoff runback. They were trailing 34-20 early in the fourth quarter after an acrobatic 14-yard touchdown catch by Tony Scheffler for Denver (5-6). Charles Tillman then blocked a punt and Brandon McGowan recovered at the Broncos 18. That led to a 4-yard touchdown run by Adrian Peterson, who was pushed in by his teammates in a scrum. The Bears tied it with 28 seconds left in regulation on a 3-yard reception by Bernard Berrian, who spun away from Champ Bailey and lunged to catch the pass from Rex Grossman on the right side of the end zone. Chargers 32, Ravens 14 SAN DIEGO (AP) – LaDainian Tomlinson reached another milestone and the Chargers got a much-needed win. Tomlinson had a quiet day until his 36-yard run early in the third
quarter pushed the reigning league MVP past 10,000 career yards rushing, making him the 23rd player in NFL history to reach the milestone and the third in less than a month. Philip Rivers rediscovered Antonio Gates, throwing two of his three touchdown passes to the All-Pro tight end. Rivers, who came in leading the NFL with 17 turnovers, didn’t throw an interception for only the third game this season. The Chargers (6-5) won for the fifth time in seven games following their shocking 1-3 start. This was the first time in a while that so many things went right for the Bolts. The Ravens (4-7) lost their franchise-record fifth straight. Kyle Boller was sacked four times. 49ers 37, Cardinals 31, OT GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Kurt Warner had a big day that ended very badly for him and triumphantly for the embattled 49ers. Warner was hit by Ronald Fields and fumbled in the Arizona end zone, and Tully Banta-Cain recovered for a touchdown that ended the 49ers’ eightgame losing streak on Sunday. Neil Rackers, whose 19-yard field goal as regulation ended forced the overtime, missed a 32-yarder that would have given Arizona the victory moments before the decisive play. Warner completed 34 of 48 passes for 484 yards and two touchdowns, but was intercepted twice early. His completions
included a desperation 47-yarder to Larry Fitzgerald to put the Cardinals (5-6) ahead 21-17 as the half ended. San Francisco is 3-8 this season, but 2-0 against Arizona. Bucs 19, Redskins 13 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Ronde Barber became Tampa Bay’s alltime interceptions leader with 3:40 remaining and Brian Kelly picked off Jason Campbell’s throw in the end zone with 17 seconds left. The turnovers were the fifth and sixth forced by Tampa Bay’s defense, which also recovered four fumbles to set up a touchdown and three field goals in the first half. Tampa Bay (7-4) played most of the day without quarterback Jeff Garcia, who injured his back on the first play and remained on the sideline until Washington pulled within a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Campbell led the Redskins’ comeback from a 19-3 halftime deficit. A week after setting career highs for attempts (54), completions (33) and yards (346) in a close loss to Dallas, the second-year pro was 30-of-49 for 301 yards. Barber’s 32nd career interception stopped one Washington threat at the Tampa 31. The Redskins (5-6) had marched from their 7 to the Bucs 16 before Kelly broke in front of Santana Moss in the closing seconds. The Bucs, who built their halftime lead on Earnest Graham’s 1-yard touchdown run and four field goals by Matt Bryant, held
on despite being outgained 31615 and not making a first down in the second half. Jaguars 36, Bills 14 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Fred Taylor ran for a seasonhigh 104 yards and a touchdown and Josh Scobee kicked five field goals. It was Jacksonville’s third consecutive victory and kept the team in the thick of the AFC playoff picture. The Jaguars (8-3) probably need to beat Indianapolis next week to have a shot at the AFC South title. The Bills (5-6) were hoping to rebound from a 56-10 drubbing against New England. Instead, they got another beating. This one helped the Patriots clinch the AFC East. David Garrard hooked up with Reggie Williams for a 59yard score that put Jacksonville ahead 29-14 with 2:39 remaining, then Maurice Jones-Drew added a 17-yard scoring run with 1:43 to play. Garrard was 23-of37 for a career-high 296 yards and broke a team record for passes without an interception. He has thrown 201 passes without a pick. Browns 27, Texans 17 CLEVELAND (AP) – Derek Anderson threw two touchdown passes, Jamal Lewis rushed for 134 yards and a TD and Kellen Winslow had 10 catches as the Browns improved their playoff profile. With their fifth straight victory at home and fifth in six games overall, the Browns (7-4) stayed within striking distance of first-place Pittsburgh in the AFC North and among the wildcard contenders. The Browns’ three previous games had all been decided by three points, two in OT. Last week, they needed an unforgettable, 51-yard field goal at the end of regulation by Phil Dawson to slip past Baltimore. But when Lewis barreled in from the 1with 5:48 left, the Browns led 27-10 and were far enough ahead that a late touchdown by the Texans (5-6) meant nothing. Houston’s Matt Schaub finished 22-of-36 for 256 yards and two TDs. But he was picked off twice.
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COMMODORES 77, AGGIES 56 Friday night’s game against Vanderbilt was more evidence that when Carroll is held to under 20 points, the Aggies lose. Though DuCharme scored 20, Carroll was held to 15 on 3-of-10 shooting. A Carroll jumper had Utah State up 14-7 seven minutes into the game. The Commodores scored 15 of the next 17 points to lead 22-16 with just over seven minutes remaining in the opening half. It ended up being a solid first half for USU as the Aggies shot 56 percent, but 12 turnovers were their Achilles’ heel. The Commodores quickly stretched
their lead to 13 in the second half, and the Aggies were never able to pull back within single digits. Five Vanderbilt players scored in double figures—led by Shan Foster, who had 15 points, and Jermaine Beal, who added 14. “We played all right,” said USU junior guard Desmond Stephens, who had six points and two rebounds. “But we’ve still got things to improve on, like defense and rebounding.” USU ended with 19 turnovers and was out-rebounded 40-28. “They’re talented,” Morrill said of the Commodores. “That’s a team that’s got a chance to do well and go to the NCAA Tournament. They’re big. They’re an SEC team. They caused us to turn it over. “I don’t know whether we were down or they found their rhythm,” he added. “But their size and athletic ability really bothered us. We didn’t respond very well. We ended up trying to make things happen instead of being patient and broke down offensively.” -samuel.hislop@aggiemail.usu.edu
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BYU bests Utah in the Holy War PROVO, Utah (AP) – Harvey Unga ran 11 yards for a touchdown with 38 seconds left as No. 23 Brigham Young rallied to beat Utah 17-10 Saturday, winning the state rivalry for the second straight year and clinching a second consecutive outright conference title. The Cougars (9-2, 7-0 Mountain West) converted on fourth-and-18 with 1:05 remaining to keep the final drive going, then got 30 yards on a personal foul and a pass interference calls against Utah. Unga, who ran for 141 yards, scored on a run up the middle and Max Hall threw to Austin Collie for the 2-point conversion, which put BYU up by a touchdown 56 seconds after Darrell Mack had given Utah its first lead with a 1-yard touchdown run. The Utes (8-4, 5-3) had the Cougars down
to one final play from the BYU 12, but Hall avoided getting sacked and found Collie all alone for a 49-yard pass that saved BYU. Utah had a final chance to tie it, but the Cougars knocked down Brian Johnson’s pass in the end zone and the BYU fans rushed the field to celebrate the Cougars’ first back-toback wins over Utah since 2000-2001. BYU won its 15th straight Mountain West game and can clinch a second straight unbeaten season in the league next week at San Diego State. The Cougars also won for the 12th straight time at home, where they haven’t lost since the Utah game two years ago. Mitch Payne kicked three field goals for BYU, which shut down Utah’s offense until Johnson led a 69-yard drive that put the Utes ahead on Mack’s run with 1:34 left to play.
Utah converted four times on third down during the drive, after going 1-for-10 in the first three quarters. But the Cougars, who won last year’s game on John Beck’s 11-yard pass to Jonny Harline as time expired, rallied again. After Hall’s pass to Collie set up BYU at the Utah 39, Robert Johnson was called for a personal foul for hitting Dennis Pitta on an incompletion at the sideline. The Cougars got another 15 yards when R.J. Stanford was called for pass interference on Michael Reed with 49 seconds left to play. Johnson finished 17-for-29 for 129 yards and two interceptions for the Utes, who had only 50 yards of offense at halftime and 125 at the end of the third period.
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-continued from page 7 dominated in first downs (24 to 15) and time of possession (32:22 to 27:38). K-ROB, JACKSON BREAK RECORDS Aggie wide receiver/return specialist Kevin Robinson set the NCAA career record for all-purpose yards per play and also set the USU record for career receptions. The latter record (174) was previously held by former Aggie Kevin Curtis, who is now an NFL standout. “Coach called a play and said, ‘Everybody go deep,’” Robinson said of the play in which he broke the record. “Leon got back in the pocket and had good time from the linemen. I didn’t think he’d throw it to me. I was just running down trying to clear it for (Aggie wide receiver/quarterback) Diondre (Borel). I just had to fight for position, and the corner did a good job boxing me out. “I just give it to the guys up front, the guys blocking and the team supporting me,” Robinson continued. “If it wasn’t for the team and if they didn’t believe in me, none of this would have been possible.” Jackson set a school record for completion percentage (65.4). He also broke his own USU record for rushing yards by a quarterback on a two-yard rush on his team’s opening drive. He ended the season with 338. Jackson’s two rushing touchdowns on the day give him six for the season—the most for an Aggie quarterback since 1997. -samuel.hislop@aggiemail.usu.edu
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o let’s say the big earthquake finally hits Utah right before finals week. All the students on USU campus will, obviously, be standing in doorways or under their desks with their arms covering their heads. Students in the new engineering building will be safe, we’re sure. The students in the library will probably also fare pretty well. And if the second engineering building was finished, who’s to doubt its inhabitants would be safe? Let’s keep all the engineers and science majors around. No problem. But on the other side of campus, you know, the old Ray B. West building and the Animal Science building located on either side of Old Main, let’s just say those buildings may not be standing after an earthquake – even a small one. How about all the writers, poets, artists, historians (professors and students alike) in those buildings who use literary means to change the world for the better? You got it. Gone. Why? We ask ourselves the same question. While different buildings on campus are getting huge remodeling jobs done, our most unsound building on campus, Ray B. West, built in 1918, is sitting in line, waiting for a huge remodeling turn that may never come. Most of the rooms in the English building don’t even have standard computer equipment installed up front but instead have projector screens. Yes, those small, loud-fanned things from the 1980s. Surprise, they’re still here. And the box elder bugs infesting the building? Don’t get us started. Students should come to USU expecting buildings to be a support when needed. Student safety should be a huge concern, especially since a large earthquake has been in Utah’s forecast for the last 50 years. If the engineering students get their safety secured, why the holdup for the humanities students? The 2007 Mark Twains, Bill Shakespeares, Willa Cathers and Henry David Thoreaus attend class in the Ray B. West. Future Anderson Coopers and Peter Jenningses attend class in the Animal Science building. Let’s not lose any of them. Oh, and if it’s too difficult to put the English building on the list, could we at least get an air conditioner in the Animal Science building? Better yet, let’s fix the radiator in the English and Animal Science buildings. Right now it sounds like someone is hitting a sledgehammer against the pipes.
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t’s hard to know what to write about the writers’ strike since just the process of writing is taking sides. Writing is one of those odd things that almost everybody does but only a few people do well. The big question is, would you or should you care if they stopped writing for Desperate Housewives or the David Letterman top 10? What we are really talking about is entertainment writing, not the people who are writing the instructions on how to keep nuclear weapons from accidentally blowing up or those who write the labels
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that differentiate between products we either eat or use to kill weeds. I don’t want these writers to go on strike. I don’t even want them to be a little bit peeved. If I must comment, I would say that I am apoplectic about the conundrum I face over the malaise of these beleaguered entertainment writers. Their angst wafts across my continence like a parched equine led to water. I weep over what could be and all that was in a world that is now bereft of their missives. So here they are, the top 10 things writers have written about writing:
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ForumLetters Proper music hall etiquette To the editor: Bravo to the music department, Mike Christiansen, and the students of the guitar ensembles for presenting an outstanding concert on Monday night, Nov. 19. Each semester I am totally impressed by the level of talent displayed and I fully
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enjoyed every piece. Thank you for sharing your enviable gifts and I anticipate another grand production in the spring. I’m sorry to say not everyone was as appreciative of your performance given the incessant chatting by several female students in the audience. The only excuse I can conceive is that they are totally ignorant of how to conduct themselves at a concert. Since I can’t address each of them personally, let me explain that
behavior is totally inappropriate and extremely rude. It is disrespectful to your peers on stage as well as to your fellow audience members who have to endure your self-centeredness. Please, the next time you feel the need to visit with your friends, show a bit of consideration, and find a location other than a concert hall. Paul Ermer
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t long last, prize-winning Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein may get his day in court. The trouble is, justice won’t be blind in this case — his lawyer will be. Bilal has been imprisoned by the U.S. military in Iraq since he was picked up April 12, 2006, in Ramadi, a violent town in a turbulent province where few What others are Western journalsaying about issues. ists dared go. The military claimed then that he had suspicious links to insurgents. This week, Editor & Publisher magazine reported the military has amended that to say he is, in fact, a “terrorist” who had “infiltrated the AP.” We believe Bilal’s crime was taking photographs the U.S. government did not want its citizens to see. That he was part of a team of AP photographers who had just won a Pulitzer Prize for work in Iraq may have made Bilal even more of a marked man. In the 19 months since he was picked up, Bilal has not been charged with any crime, although the military has sent out a flurry of ever-changing claims. Every claim we’ve checked out has proved to be false, overblown or microscopic in significance. Now, suddenly, the military plans to seek a criminal case against Bilal in the Iraqi court system in just days. But the military won’t tell us what the charges are, what evidence it will be submitting or even when the hearing will be held. Not that former federal prosecutor Paul Gardephe, Bilal’s attorney, hasn’t asked. The conversation went pretty much like this: When will the court hold its first hearing? Sorry, can’t tell you, except it will be on or after Nov. 29. Since we’re trying to be cooperative, we will let you know the exact date at 6:30 a.m. the day of the hearing, if you’re in Baghdad by then. What will Bilal be charged with? Sorry, can’t tell you. The Iraqi judge who hears the evidence
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is the one who decides what charges will be filed. What evidence will the judge be basing that decision on? Sorry, can’t tell you. In the Iraqi court system, we don’t have to show our specific evidence until after we file the complaint with the court. Will Bilal be allowed to present evidence refuting your evidence that we can’t see in advance? We don’t know. He might be. Ask an Iraqi lawyer if you don’t know how this works. It’s almost like a bad detective novel: Go to the phone booth at Third and Jones at 6:30 in the morning and wait for a call for further instructions. How is Gardephe to defend Bilal? This affair makes a mockery of the democratic principles of justice and the rule of law that the United States says it is trying to help Iraq establish. A year ago, our going to trial would have been good news. But today, the military authorities who created the case against Bilal have largely been rotated out of Iraq. Witnesses and evidence that Bilal may need would also be much harder to find, even if there were time to track them down. Further, if Bilal wins, he could still lose: The military has told us that even if the Iraqi courts acquit Bilal, it has the right to detain him if it still thinks he is an imminent security threat. Meanwhile, Gardephe has learned that his client was subjected to interrogation just a few weeks ago, more than 16 months since he was last interrogated, presumably to obtain evidence to use against him in the upcoming trial. The interrogation violates Bilal’s right to counsel in Iraq, as it would in the United States. Gardephe’s efforts to find out more about his client and the upcoming hearing in Baghdad have been equally fruitless. The only military people talking to him are press officers. The Iraqi legal system traces its roots to the
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Leave it to an often-outspoken Phil Jackson of the Los Angeles Lakers to get himself in touble by saying something the NBA didn’t like and made him voice an apology. After getting beaten badly by hot 3-point shooting by the San Antonio Spurs, Jackson was asked about the Spurs’ penetration leading to open shooters, to which he responded, “We call this a ‘Brokeback Mountain’ game, because there’s so much penetration and kickouts.” At the time he said it, he said many journalists laughed, but the NBA and many activist groups seemed to miss the humor. Sure the comment wasn’t in the best taste, and Jackson admits that. But would the situation be different had Jackson made a joke about lawyers or accountants? Would people be in such an uproar? In our increasingly complex society of special interest groups, there seems to be a large number of groups that have special protection. While it may be kosher to say something about one group – such as lawyers – it is completely out of line to say things about other groups. Is this special protection necessary? Is there actually special protection taking place? Is there a double standard here? What should be done about it? What’s your take? Tell us at www.utahstatesman.com/messageboard.
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Activist once blamed for civil rights riot hopes title of Eagle Scout will add to image COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Years before civil rights activist Cleveland Sellers got caught up in the deadly 1968 protest known as the Orangeburg Massacre, he was on the path to the elite rank of Eagle Scout — until his paperwork was lost. Next month, the 64-yearold, who called himself a black militant in his autobiography, will formally collect the honor. He said he hopes it will add an important layer to a personal narrative that, to many people, will always be linked to his conviction in the civil rights protest at a historically black college that ended with three students gunned down by state troopers. “People have tried to create these monsters and make us something that we weren’t because it helped them make their case,” said Sellers, the director of the African American Studies program at the University of South Carolina. “I think it’s important for people to know who I am and maybe through the process that will help lower the barrier and lower the kind of imagery they have of me.” During a recent interview at his college office, he credited Scouting for his appreciation of nature, and a sense of orderliness. He fondly recalls attending the Boy Scouts’ National Jamboree in 1960, and thinks he still could cook up a mean coffee-can souffle. The men who led the troop he once belonged to were father figures — something many youths lack today, Sellers said. “I look around now and there’s no organizations for them other than the gang banging and that kind of stuff,” he said. “I just think we need to take another look at the Boy Scouts as an alternative to the idleness and the crime.” Sellers has helped start a troop
named after Camp Brownlee, the blacks-only Scout camp he attended as a young man. A formal Eagle ceremony will be held Dec. 3 in his hometown of Denmark — 20 miles from Orangeburg — more than four decades after he earned the rank, given to only about 5 percent of all Boy Scouts. Since 1912, nearly 1.9 million Eagles have been awarded, according to Boy Scout officials. After his years as a Scout, Sellers earned a doctorate in education and dedicated his life to improving the lives of black South Carolinians. During his early activism days, Sellers worked as a coordinator for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and sat in on planning sessions with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. But he became best known as the only person convicted of a riot charge for being at the Feb. 8, 1968, Orangeburg shootings, which took place during protests over a bowling alley owner’s refusal to allow blacks inside. Three people were killed and 27, including Sellers, were wounded. He spent seven months in prison, but 23 years after his conviction he was pardoned. While the Orangeburg shooting may not be well known outside South Carolina, Columbia University history professor Manning Marable said it was an important part of civil rights history. He called Sellers an example of a leader who battled segregation on the local level. “I think Cleve Sellers embodies many of the strengths of the grass roots organizers who didn’t seek the limelight, but who had tremendous respect among working and poor people locally,” Marable said. Sellers acknowledges his place in civil rights history. “There’s a certain level of humility that makes me reluc-
CLEVELAND SELLARS TALKS about his experiences with the Orangeburg Massacre and how scouting helped him growing up in rural South Carolina during an interview with the Associated Press, Wednesday, Nov. 14, in Columbia, S.C. Sellers has been tagged with the label of “outside agitator” and once could be called a criminal. Next month, Sellars will receive his Eagle Scout award, nearly four decades after he earned the award. AP photo
tant about being the face of Orangeburg, but I figure if nobody’s the face then the story doesn’t get told,” Sellers said. While the state has formally apologized for the Orangeburg
shootings, Sellers believes the event still merits a closer look by authorities. The FBI, however, has not added the shootings to the list of civil rights-era cases it has reopened.
Trial: US actions are shady -continued from page 10 dawn of human civilization, and we are confident that it will do its best with this troubled case. But it takes nothing away from the competence and impartiality of Iraq’s judiciary to protest what is about to happen to Bilal Hussein. After months of stony silence, except for leaks of unsupported and self-serving allegations to friendly media outlets, military authorities are railroading Bilal’s case before a judge in circumstances designed to put Bilal and his lawyers at an extreme disadvantage. Perhaps it is not surprising that the operators of the world’s largest prison-camp network have found a way to provide access to due process in a form that actually looks more unjust than indefinite imprisonment without charges. But this is a poor example — and not the first of its kind — of the way our government honors the democratic principles and values it says it wants to share with the Iraqi people. Tom Curley, special to The Washington Post, is president and chief executive of the Associated Press.
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Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty. –Lillian Hellman Great writers are always evil influences; second rate writers are not wicked enough to become great. –George Bernard Shaw Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money. –J.P. Donleavy Writing ... keeps me from believing everything I read. –Gloria Steinem This is what I find most encouraging about the writing trades: They allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into something like intelligence. They also allow lunatics to seem saner than sane. –Kurt Vonnegut Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters – not so much above the clatter as part of it. –Saul Bellow All writers are vain, selfish and lazy and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. –George Orwell Most writers are in a state of gloom a good deal of the time; they need perpetual reas-
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–John Hall Wheelock I have spent half my life trying to get away from journalism, but I am still mired in it – a trade and habit worse than heroin, a strange seedy world full of misfits, drunkards and failures. A group photo of the top 10 journalists in America on any given day would be a monument to human ugliness. –Hunter S. Thompson You think about what actually happened, you tell your friends long stories about it, you mull it over in your mind, you connect it together at leisure, then when the time comes to pay the rent again you force yourself to sit at the typewriter, or the writing notebook, and get it over with as fast as you can. –Jack Kerouac
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Dennis Hinkamp works for USU Extension Communications and feels for his brothers and sisters in bondage, but would consider crossing the picket line to write for Big Love on HBO. Comments and questions can be sent to him at dennish@ext.usu. edu.
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Travelers coming home after the Thanksgiving holiday swarmed airports Sunday. Most travelers did not have to wait in long lines and face delays as many had expected. The Atlanta airport saw a increase in travel. AP photo
Holiday travel not as slow as some feared
ATLANTA (AP) – Travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend swarmed airports Sunday, but for the most part without the long lines and delays many had feared. In Atlanta, home to one of the nation’s busiest airports, rainy weather delayed some incoming flights more than two hours, though lines were moving, said Herschel Grangent, spokesman for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. “In terms of security checkpoints things are moving smoothly, but the issue now is due to low visibility,� Grangent said. Airport officials estimated about 1.8 million people would pass through Hartsfield during the long holiday weekend, including about 324,000 people on Sunday and 305,000 expected on Monday. That is about a 4.6 percent increase in holiday weekend traffic from last year, Grangent said. AAA said its surveys indicated a record 38.7 million U.S. residents were likely to travel 50 miles or more for the holiday period of Wednesday through Sunday, up about 1.5 percent from last year. About 4.7 million were expected to fly, and about 31.2 million travelers were likely to drive in spite of rising gasoline prices, AAA said last week. In the congested New York area, the Federal Aviation Administration said delays into and out of John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports were 15 minutes, while passengers had delays of about 40 minutes at LaGuardia. Earlier in the day, traffic moved smoothly in Atlanta. “So far, at least, it’s been reasonable,� Alli Charney of Atlanta said as she waited for a flight. “I just left very early, got a good night’s rest and drank lots of coffee.� There were no delays by late morning at Los Angeles International Airport, spokeswoman Katherine Alvarado said. The airport had not taken any measures to reduce delays in anticipation of Sunday’s heavy air traffic, she said.
Ashley Delseni arrived at Florida’s Pensacola Regional Airport several hours early for a flight to Atlanta and a connection to San Diego, but she found no lines or delays by midmorning. “Everything is going very smoothly,� Delseni said. Her husband is a Marine stationed in Iraq, and she spent Thanksgiving with her family in Pensacola. Virginia O. Van Antwerp and her daughter, Gypsie, returned home to Pensacola on Sunday following an overnight flight from Argentina, where they spent a Thanksgiving vacation, and a connecting flight from Atlanta. “Everything was on time and there were no problems at all,� Gypsie B. Van Antwerp said. Delays were minimal for the estimated 311,000 travelers passing through Chicago’s Midway Airport and O’Hare International Airport on Sunday and few flights were canceled, said Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman Karen Pride. “Certainly, the weather has been kind to everyone travelers, airports and all transportation agencies and avenues alike,� Pride said. “We’re very happy that there have been a minimal number of delays for flights and not a lot of crowds at the airports.� O’Hare expected about 231,000 travelers to pass through its gates Sunday, and Midway anticipated 80,000. Nearly 3 million were expected over the entire Thanksgiving holiday period that began Nov. 16 and ends Monday. On the ground, extra-long Amtrak trains ferried passengers across Illinois, said Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari. “Today is a very busy day.� Not all travelers were pleased. Ben Oni had to wait an extra 12 hours at Atlanta for his flight home to San Jose, Calif., while lugging a 32-inch flat screen television, because he missed the check-in deadline for his original flight by one minute. “It’s awful. I feel very unhappy, extremely unhappy and disappointed,� the program manager said.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In Iowa, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tis the sea But those issue ads still can target a candidate, son for TV pitches, political and commercial. By and campaign finance experts are counting on a the time Iowans ring in the New Year, they may be barrage to hit the Iowa and New Hampshire airwaves next month. The only question facing any sick of both. independent groups is whether there are enough An earlier date for Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caucuses probably means presidential candidates will run more televi- time slots available for a 30-second or 60-second sion ads from mid-November through December, TV spot. the height of the Christmas shopping season when Dennis Goldford, a political science professor retailers want to promote sales. at Drake University in Des Moines, predicted that Moving the caucuses up 11 days to Jan. 3 also campaigns would run positive ads promoting candidates until Christmas, then switch to a tougher will force candidates to pay top dollar for TV ads tone in the week leading to the caucuses. over the holidays and soften their messages to avoid violating the serenity of the season. The same â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much of a window there between Christmas spirit and caucus battle,â&#x20AC;? Goldford said. equation applies in New Hampshire, whose firstin-the-nation primary will follow the Iowa caucuses â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a certain amount of guesswork because we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been in this position before.â&#x20AC;? five days later. Tim Albrecht, a spokesman for Republican Mitt â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is just like adding a hailstorm to a hurricane,â&#x20AC;? said Evan Tracey, who tracks political adverRomney, said all the campaigns will work to design tising as chief operating officer for TNS Media ads that stand out while also remaining appropriate for the holiday season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the holiday ads Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group. and the added retailers, no doubt itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a 16-deep field of candidates, interest groups and everybody else thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all going to a bit more cluttered this time than maybe years want the same time.â&#x20AC;? past,â&#x20AC;? he said. The schedule presents a conundrum for the Campaigns strategists say they worry more presidential campaigns. Political advertising has a about turning voters off in Iowa, where attending tendency to become more negative closer to an elec- caucuses requires effort and commitment. tion as candidates seek to contrast themselves with Fergus Cullen, the chairman of the New Hampshire their rivals. 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Religion In Life Fri. Nov. 30 11:30
Lynn Stevens
Retired Major General in the US Army, having served at the Pentagon on the Staff of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Defense.
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- UCUR abstracts due, all day.
- Department of Music event: Logan Canyon Winds Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall.
- Household finance and budgeting 12 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., TSC. - Richard Olsen Lecture Series – analytical chemist Norman J. Dovichi, 4 to 5 p.m. - USU women’s basketball @ Idaho State, 7 p.m. - USU College Republicans, 8 to 9 p.m., Merrill-Cazier Library. - Benefit concert with Kalai, 8 to 10 p.m., TSC Ballroom.
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Flying McCoys • G&G Mccoy Brain Waves • B. Streeter
Aggie Walking Club Extended lab hours Aggie Walking Club: First lady Joyce Albrecht joins the club, Wednesday, Nov. 28. Meet on the Fieldhouse rrack at noon. Weather permitting we will walk around campus. Everyone is welcome.
Ecology speaker
Ecology Center Hosts: Dr. Owen K. Davis. Dr. Davis will present two seminars as part of the Ecology Center Seminar Series. Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 6-7 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 6 from 3-4 p.m. Held in the Natural Resources Building, Room 105. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please visit the Ecology Center web page at (http://www.usu.edu/ecology/ htm/seminar)
Discount ski passes On Tuesday, Nov. 27, a college representative will be selling discounted passes to The Canyons Ski Resort from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. These special offers are only available through the college rep. who convinced The Canyons to extend the date so you have another opportunity for these incredible deals.
Nov. 23, the TSC will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. TSC Extended hours: Nov. 26-29 and Dec. 2-6. The TSC will remain open for 24 hours during these dates. UR Extended hours Dec. 2-6 and Dec. 9-13. The UR will be open until 1 a.m.
Folklore movie
USU Folklore Society is sponsoring a movie night on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in room 114 of Ray B. West. The movie will be “Brothers Grimm.” Admission is free. Popcorn and beverage provided.
More to remember ... • The USU Middle Eastern Dance Club presents their annual fall performance. Tickets available by calling Traci at 760-7077 or at the Lyric Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, Caine Lyric Theatre. • Sahra Saeeda will teach a workshop in Middle Eastern dance, specializing in Egyptian-style dance. Contact Traci at 760-7077 to register. Saturday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Whittier Community Center • WANT FREE ICE CREAM? Come taste milk in the Nutrition
Pearls Before Swine • Steve Pastis
and Food Science Building, Room 209 on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. or until milk runs out, and receive one free scoop of Aggie Ice Cream. (Must be18-65 years.) • Attention International Students: free trip to see the Christmas lights at Temple Square with dinner and hot chocolate. Please contact Vinh vinh.tran@usu.edu or Mandy amvilla@cc.usu.edu or 435-841 9271 if you have any questions. • Friday, Nov. 30, Religion in Life with Lynn Stevens a retired major general in the US Army at 11:30 a.m. in the Cultural Hall. Lunch for a buck will follow. • Friday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m., “USU Ping-Pong Tournament.” Registration will be held from 6-7 in the Institute with the tournament directly following. • Registration for Spring Semester 2008 is now open. Go online at WISE.ldsces.org to enroll. Click on Logan, Register for Classes and then click “CHANGE TERM“ and select Spring 2008. • Operation Clean Teeth: Collecting dental floss, mouth wash and toothpaste to send to Iraq and Afghanistan. Donation boxes will be in the library and Business building.