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Today is Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 Breaking News

Without Brett Favre due to an arm injury, the Packers fall 37-27 to the Cowboys.

Campus News

USU art students host a print sale to raise money for supplies.

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Features USU student Trina Foster balances going to school and running her restaurant, Take-Away Gourmet.

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By LIZ WILSON staff writer

Cache Valley’s Sub for Santa is working with the USU Service Center on this year’s Stuff a Bus donation drive, an annual event.

Each year, the Service Center uses the “Stuff a Bus” motto to gather donations for Sub for Santa. These donations include food, money, clothes and toys that go to underprivileged families in Cache Valley. Service Center Vice President German Ellsworth said the program started as “a way to engage the Utah State community.”

An event currently going on this week is the Penny War, which ends this Friday.

“The main Penny War is between colleges to see which college gets the most money donated,” Ellsworth said. “We’re also winning between living communities, and Greek houses and club sports.”

This widespread competition is one way the program is trying to reach out to USU students, Ellsworth said. The rules of the Penny War are simple, he said.

Pennies are worth one point and anything else is worth negative points, and that way students want to put pennies in their jar and everything else in their opponents’ jar. He also said the jars are located around campus in the various living communities. The group that collects the most pennies will not go away empty-handed.

“We’re giving out trophies for Penny Wars winners at the basketball game,” Ellsworth said. “We’re also having a pre-game party at the south end of the KALAI performed at a benefit concert for Logan’s Whittier Center. Students in a management and human Spectrum, Saturday afternoon starting resources class organized the event to raise money for a new playground at the center. DEBRA HAWKINS photo at 4:30.”

One way the program engages the community is through using actual buses or the Aggie Shuttle, he said.

During what are called Neighborhood

opment and group member. “We were able to all come Roundups, Aggie Shuttles are stuffed with students who traveled to vari By DEBRA HAWKINS together as a team and raise money with thanks to ous businesses to collect donations, staff writer

Kalai and our sponsors.”

Ellsworth said. Various clubs on campus

The student group sold more than 600 hundred also have their own days to go and col A benefit concert featuring Kalai raised more than tickets to the benefit concert, which enabled them to $2,000 to help the Whittier Center build a playground break their initial goal of being able to donate $2,000 lect donations. Ellsworth said Aggie Shuttles will be at the Book Table and that is completely accessible to disabled children. to the center’s playground.

Wal-Mart on Friday. On Saturday they A management and human resources class project “We broke our goal tonight,” Cody Neville, senior will be at Lee’s Marketplace, Wal-Mart, led a group of students to pursue a project that would in management and human resources and group raise money for what they called a “worthy cause,” in member, said. “Kalai decreased his costs to help with Kmart and Sam’s Club. which the students donated all the proceeds from the the benefits. We picked this project because we didn’t “We ask people to go there to either donate money for us or to buy an extra project to the Whittier Center, located at 290 N. 400 want to limit ourselves and I don’t think we did.”

East in Logan, to build a playground for able and dis Kendall Andelin, executive director of the Whittier can of food,” Ellsworth said. abled kids alike.

Center, said the group is still short of the money they Another on-campus donation recruiting event will be Dec. 3-5 on the Taggart “We could see how we could use our business skills to raise money for a worthy cause,” said Candace - See BUS, page 3 Whitley, senior in family consumer and human devel- - See KALAI, page 3

Singing for a playground

Sports Former Aggie football player John Chick aids the Saskatchewan Roughriders in their recent run to a Grey Cup championship in the Canadian Football League.

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Oldest USU ROTC graduate remembers

Opinion “Perhaps the best part of this whole deal is the generosity of the library to let us ‘less fortunate’ college students off the hook by waiving fines. Where else do you get a break like this?”

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Almanac Today in History: In 1954, a Sylacauga, Ala. woman is hit by an 8-pound sulfide meteorite when it crashes through the roof of her house and hits her on the hip. She suffered a bruise along her hip and leg but was otherwise uninjured.

This marked the first time a modern meteorite hit a person.

Weather High: 36° Low: 15° Skies: Mostly cloudy with 30 percent chance of snow.

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By ARIE KIRK news editor

Retired Air Force veteran Dode Rees may not think he was a star during his time at USU, but as today’s oldest known USU ROTC graduate, he certainly is leaving his mark.

Rees is still involved on campus, and at 99, he isn’t letting age slow him down.

“That’s damned old, but I don’t feel any older than you look,” Rees said.

He has received a number of awards from USU and, with the help of fellow USU and ROTC graduate, retired Army Col. Vernon Buehler, financed the building of the Russell L. Maughan memorial.

They also fund a scholarship for ROTC members bearing their names.

A self-described “plain old country boy,” Rees said he attended the Utah Agricultural College (USU) because it was affordable, and he joined the ROTC because it was required. Now, however, he said his education and career have been some of the greatest experiences of his lifetime.

“I’ve had some wonderful experiences,” he said. “My college education there was always of great help to me.”

Rees was born in 1908 and graduated in 1932 with a second lieutenant ROTC commission and a degree in business, but Rees said that wasn’t the only focus of his studies.

“What did I study? Football mostly,” he said.

He played positions defensive end and tackle.

He was also a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, where he said his fellow brothers really educated him and helped him smooth out his rough edges.

“It was a wonderful experience for me,” Rees said. “I learned a lot. I was just a country boy and had a lot to learn. They knocked off some of the rough corners.”

While the ROTC hasn’t changed much in the

last 75 years, Rees said there is one tradition the military should have continued—sponsors. Girls were made sponsors of the members of the ROTC. They would befriend the boys, providing food and company.

“Oh hell yes. That was an important part of the ROTC, you bet. In the fall, we elected them and I made one little girl my sponsor,” he said. “She was

AS A STUDENT, DOde Rees studied business, was a member of the ROTC, a fraternity and the football team. DEBRA HAWKINS photo

very cute and very nice looking. Today she is 96. I am 99 and we still correspond.”

He also said sponsors “gave cadets a little more interest in the military. I don’t know why the military did away with sponsors.”

Rees said he has witnessed a lot of history since his training on the Quad. After attending law school in Washington, D.C., Rees was called to active duty in 1941 in North Carolina, where he saw the integration of troops, something he wasn’t used to as a boy from Cache Valley.

“They had colored troops, which was unusual for a lot of us boys from the West,” he said.

He called the time of segregation terrible.

Rees said he still remembers the day Pearl Harbor was attacked. That moment, he said, changed everything.

“Everything stopped then as far as my family,” he said. “I got up the next morning and kissed my daughter goodbye. I didn’t think. Everything was in such an uproar we didn’t know what the hell was ahead of us. We took the medicine as they gave it to us.”

Rees said he was transferred to the headquarters of the Pacific Command at Pearl Harbor, serving in Hawaii until Japan’s surrender.

During his military service, Rees was also assigned to Roswell, N.M., where he investigated UFOs. Whether or not a UFO really visited the area, Rees said he doesn’t know. During his time there, he said they never found any answers. He said he continues to receive phone calls today from people who are still puzzled by the occurrence in Roswell and are looking for information.

But Rees said he has nothing to offer them.

“I didn’t know any more about that than either one of you,” he said.

When Rees left USU, he said he was “hardly dry behind the ears,” but even now, with so much behind him he said, “I’d like to be your age again.”

–arie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Dinosaur tracks are found in Southern Utah KANAB, Utah (AP) – Tracks from half a dozen species of dinosaurs turned up in a southern Utah area popular with ATV riders.

An area the size of a football field was closed to protect thousands of three-toed and other tracks, according to the Bureau of Land Management, which manages the property about 5 miles southwest of Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Kane County.

“Some people knew the tracks were out there, but we didn’t,” BLM spokesman Larry Crutchfield told The Salt Lake Tribune for a story posted online Thursday. “But most people didn’t even know they were riding over dinosaur tracks.”

The prints in the sandstone are at least 100 million older than the fossils being extracted in neighboring Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument, said paleontologist Andrew Milner, curator at the Johnson Farm track site in nearby St. George.

O’Brien pays nonstriking staffers to prevent layoffs NEW YORK (AP) – With his nonstriking “Late Night” staffers facing layoffs after Friday, Conan O’Brien has promised to cover their salaries next week, an NBC spokeswoman said Thursday.

“He’s paying the staffers’ salaries out of his own pocket,” NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks said. She said O’Brien had informed his staffers earlier in the day. The nonwriting staff numbers about 75.

Production of “Late Night” has been suspended since the writers strike began Nov. 5. Through this week, NBC had been covering the salaries of its nonwriting staffers, along with those of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Last Call with Carson Daly,” which are also in reruns.

But the network thus far has not said whether it intends to continue paying employees of any show on hiatus. All three programs are owned by Universal Media Studios, which, like NBC, is owned by General Electric.

Two weeks ago, before NBC made its initial arrangement, O’Brien had pledged to pay his staffers should the need arise.

O’Brien is a member of the striking Writers Guild of America, as are fellow hosts Leno, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and CBS’s David Letterman.

Opposition members wave posters that reads in Spanish, “No like this,” during a rally against a referendum on changes to the constitution, proposed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, scheduled for Dec. 2, 2007, in Caracas, Nov. 29,. AP photo

Venezuelans oppose Chavez’s proposed constitutional changes CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of the capital Thursday to oppose a referendum that would eliminate term limits for President Hugo Chavez and help him establish a socialist state in Venezuela.

Blowing whistles, waving placards and shouting “Not like this!” the marchers carried Venezuelan flags and dressed in blue — the chosen color of the opposition — as they streamed along Bolivar Avenue.

“This is a movement by those of us who oppose a change to this country’s way of life, because what (the referendum) aims to do is impose totalitarianism,” said former lawmaker Elias Matta. “There can’t be a communist Venezuela, and that’s why our society is reacting this way.”

The rally marked the close of the opposition’s campaign against the proposed constitutional changes, which will be submitted to a vote Sunday.

Chavez plans to lead rallies in favor of the reforms Friday.

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proposed changes to nation’s 1999 constitution that would, among other things, eliminate presidential term limits, create forms of communal property and give greater power to the presidency.

Chavez denies that the proposals are a bid to seize unchecked power, saying the constitutional overhaul is necessary to give more of a voice to the people through community-based councils.

Rallies for and against the amendments have surged across this South American country in the run-up to the vote, occasionally leading to clashes.

There were no immediate reports of violence Thursday.

Thursday’s rally was by far the largest related to the referendum, with several hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets. There were no immediate reports of violence Thursday.

Chavez’s ex-wife, a critic of his administration, said the political strife in Venezuela has turned it in to “timebomb,” given the polarization and the

amount of guns on the streets.

“The gun powder is spread, and all it needs is a detonator,” said Maria Isabel Rodriguez in comments to Colombia’s Caracol Radio, who worried that any “nonsense” by the opposition or the government could set off a wave of violence.

On Wednesday, hundreds of stonethrowing students clashed with police and the Venezuelan national guard in a protest against the constitutional overhaul. Security forces responded with water cannons and tear gas.

Opposition leaders appeared confident Thursday that they have enough votes to defeat the referendum.

Henrique Capriles, mayor of the Caracas borough of Baruta, said even some people who support Chavez are against the constitutional changes.

“If there is transparency, whatever the result, we will recognize it,” Capriles said.

But he warned, “We won’t put up with a fraudulent process.”

Children in shelters for too long SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah’s foster-care system forces too many children into shelters, says a courtappointed monitor.

Utah’s two emergency Christmas Box House shelters, in Salt Lake City and Ogden, are intended to serve as temporary havens for children who are taken into protective custody late at night or have nowhere else to go.

But kids are staying too long: an average stay of 16 days at the Salt Lake shelter and 27 days at the Ogden facility, between January and Sept. 24, said Paul Vincent, director of the Alabamabased Child Welfare Policy & Practice Group.

The longest recorded stay at the Salt Lake shelter was 83 days.

A federal law requires adoptive and

foster families, including relatives, to undergo lengthy background checks.

Utah interprets the law to mean that the screens must be completed before placing a child.

A backlog of children at shelters has lawmakers considering legislation to make it easier to place children with relatives.

“I hope you ... will look closely at alternatives to congregate shelter settings for all children,” Vincent said in a letter to state officials.

The director of Utah’s Division of Child and Family Services has assigned a 15-member committee to explore ways to reduce shelter use.

“All options are on the table,” Duane Betournay said.

Utah’s two shelters were designed

to look like cozy cottages. Children pick a gift and a blanket and are treated to hot meals and free health care.

“These places are not good for kids, no matter how nice they are,” said Carole Shauffer of the Youth Law Center. “They don’t meet children’s basic need for stability and attachment because there are too many caregivers and kids coming in and out.”

Kelsey Lewis, a recruiter for the Foster Care Foundation, said finding foster families around Salt Lake City and Ogden has been tough. But not in Utah County.

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Students showcase, sell various prints Briefs Campus & Community

By JORDAN COX staff writer

DNA, national child ID museum’s focus

The USU art department is hosting its seventh annual student print sale, giving students the opportunity to showcase their work and make it available for purchase.

“This sale gives students the opportunity to sell their work, and a portion of the profits goes to the print guild,” said Kathy Puzey, professor of the print-making class.

The print sale contains prints done by all the students and uses a variety of mediums and print-making techniques.

Puzey said, “They are made from metal, stone, wood or screens, which filter ink on to silk.”

The class also made T-shirts to sell at the event through these processes. The front read, “I pulled this shirt out of my acid,” which is a method for making prints.

Ann Snell, senior majoring in art, said her favorite method was one called “intaglio, which is the process of scoring a plate of copper in an acid-resistant substance then dipping in acid to create the pattern.”

At the sale, the prints are numbered, which denotes how many copies can be made. Some prints were made from “a smooth plate of glass which makes the print only capable of being printed once,” Snell said.

“It is really cool. You have to learn all the rules and then you break them,” she said. “The inspiration comes from a central idea, and you just experiment with it.”

The print class holds the sale so they can raise money to attend conferences and buy more printing supplies, Puzey said.

“It was started seven years ago by a Professor Koichi, and then Kathy Puzey came to USU and brought many new things. We never had wood cuts before Kathy came,” Snell said.

“Print making is open to all students on campus but is mostly made up of art majors,” Puzey said.

The sale continues Friday in Room 106 of the Fine Arts Visual building from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and is open to the public.

–jordan.cox@aggiemail.usu.edu

The Saturday activity series continues at USU’s Museum of Anthropology. Weekly guests are invited to learn about how anthropologists use DNA to uncover longlost mysteries.

Activities take place Saturday, Dec. 1, where tour guides will highlight the case of “Otzi, the Ice Man,” an example of how anthropologists were able to recover strains of DNA from a man frozen for more than 5,000 years.

As a special service to parents, and to further illustrate how DNA works, the museum will also provide “National Child Identification Program” kits. Children will be photographed for a laminated wallet card, fingerprinted and get cheeks swabbed for DNA collection and storage. Parents keep the kits and store them in a safe place in case of future emergencies.

USU students and members of the public are invited to drop in any time during the museum’s new 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday hours.

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the Utah State University campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.

For more information on this event, call museum coordinator Sara Lundberg at 7977545 or visit the museum Web site, www. usu.edu/anthro/museum/.

Fundraiser for storm refugees tonight

The ARt Department is holding their annual print sale in the Fine Arts Building. TYLER LARSON photo

Some mentally ill banned Kalai: Musician raises $2,000 from buying guns doubles -continued from page 1 PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – A federal list of mentally ill people barred from buying guns has doubled in size since the Virginia Tech shootings, and U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey encouraged more states Thursday to add information to the database.

In his first policy speech since taking over as attorney general early this month, Mukasey said states have now reported 393,957 mentally ill people to the federal database used to screen the backgrounds of potential gun-buyers.

As of last July, three months after the Virginia Tech shootings, states had submitted only 174,863 names to the database.

“Instant background checks are essential to keeping guns out of the wrong hands, while still pro-

tecting the privacy of our citizens,” Mukasey said.

“But as we learned in the tragedy at Virginia Tech, the checks must be accurate and complete to be effective,” Mukasey told the National Association of Attorneys General. “We’re making progress, and I hope that even more states will submit this information so that the national instant background check system can be maximally effective.”

People are included in the federal database only after courts or other authorities have found them to have mental health problems, Justice Department officials said. Federal agencies, includ-

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Bus: Community steps up

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need to build the “much needed” playground and needs help from students like this MHR class group to build the playground.

“When we set out to build this playground, we found the ADA requirements for playgrounds are really lax,” Andelin said. “Supposedly wood chips are wheelchair accessible. We said we are going to raise the bar and so we flew out a disability expert and went to the children for our ideas. We need help with donations to get this playground built and we need help actually building the playground. Students can help in both of those areas.”

Andelin said one of the major goals of the project is to make a playground not just for kids in wheelchairs, but to create an environment everyone in the community can enjoy.

“Between video games and electronics, kids just don’t get out anymore,” Andelin said. “We want to have kids in a fully-inclusive environment where there are no social barriers. At a young age there needs to be interactions between disabled children and all other children. If this can happen, both groups will develop better socially and have a more active life.”

Andelin said the playground features rubber surfacing and ramps that make it wheelchair accessible everywhere in the playground.

“The ramps take you past the truck and up to the top of the castle, and then there are transfer points so kids can get from their wheelchair to the slides,” Andelin said. “We wanted transfer points because before them, the kids were kind of missing the best part of playgrounds.”

The playground blueprint right now is over 15,000 sq. ft, Andelin said, which features a pirate ship, a castle and interactive musical instrument areas.

“The park is huge and it won’t just benefit people with disabled children,” Andelin said. “Over 1,000 people visit the center each week and it is centrally located to benefit the students and the residents of Logan.”

Andelin said they need students help to achieve their goal of building this playground next year.

“If each student donated five dollars we could have this playground built for Logan,” Andelin said. “It is going to be the best playground Logan has ever had.”

–debrajoy.h@aggiemail.usu.edu

The USU Dominican Student Association, in conjunction with USU Dining Services, will host a fundraiser dinner Friday, Nov. 30, to raise funds to help with relief efforts following Storm Noel that caused significant damage in the Dominican Republic.

USU Executive Chef Don Donaldson will prepare an authentic Dominican menu for the event. Donaldson will be assisted in the kitchen by students from the DSA. Tickets for the event are available at any Dining Services location on campus and cost $5.

Donation collection boxes have been set up at the Marketplace and Junction Dining Halls on campus to collect supplies for relief efforts. Needed items include water purification tablets, soap, detergent, clothes, shoes, diapers and over-the-counter medicines such as aspirin and antihistamines.

USU students from the Dominican Republic were shocked at the heart-breaking stories coming from their country after the heavy rains and wind damage from Storm Noel caused significant flooding and other damage. Noel, which later turned into a hurricane, killed at least 85 people and displaced 70,000 residents in the Dominican Republic when it struck on Oct. 28.

USU has close ties to the Dominican Republic. There are more than 140 Dominican students attending Utah State. In response to the tragedy, Jose Luis Camilo, president of the Dominican Student Association, has been spending a lot of time with members of the group discussing events in their home country.

We feel helpless watching the images and stories on the news,” he said. “The damages are a huge step backward for our country.

The pictures remind me of Hurricane Katrina.”

But Camilo is optimistic. “My country is a proud one,” he said. “I’m sure we can put things back together, but it’s frustrating not being able to be there to help.”

All funds raised by this event will go to provide relief efforts.

Following the dinner at the Junction Dining Hall, students from the DSA will provide entertainment. Members of the student group will perform music, and there will also be dancing.

USU Dining Services will donate the food and provide a venue for this event.

Artisan gift market opening tomorrow Students are working to collect clothes, toys, money and food for families in the valley. Already this year, the Stuff a Bus campaign has collected 5,500 pounds of food. NOELLE BERLAGE photo

Student Center patio. Posters located around campus also describe all the upcoming Stuff a Bus events.

When reflecting on last year’s program, Ellsworth said, “Last year was the best year to date: $8,200, 8,000 pounds of food and $4,400 worth of toys.”

According to current tallies, Ellsworth said he believes they will surpass last year’s success.

“This year ... Stuff a Bus has already collected hundreds of dollars, 5,500 pounds of food,” Ellsworth said. “We haven’t even hit halfway in the program.”

With several events still to come, Ellsworth said he encourages students to get involved.

“Come, donate,” he said. “Come have fun if you want to help us volun- a benefit concert featured two musicians to help raise money for the Whittier teer.”

Center’s effort to build an accessible playground to bring the community together. The concert –liz.w@aggiemail.usu.edu raised more than $2,000 for the cause. DEBRA HAWKINS photo

Cache Valley’s premier artisan gift market for the holidays is opening Saturday. The fifth Annual Winter Gift Market from the Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market goes from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St. in Logan. The market is a festival of unique gifts, music and food from more than 30 talented local artisans. One of a kind gifts including woodwork, toys, metal work, art glass, beadwork, jewelry, photography, wreaths, florals, and fabric arts.

There will be live music, food and children’s activities. Email joyb@sisna.com or visit saabra.org/pages/GM.htm for more information. Admission is free.

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Utah woman says she couldn’t feel her feet Survivor of sinking ship witnessed a ‘million miracles’ NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) – Still clutching her orange safety vest at home, a woman who survived a sinking ship off Antarctica recalled how she and others were saved by another vessel.

“Don’t drop me, don’t drop me, please don’t drop me,” Lisa Paisola told her rescuers.

Once on the ship, she collapsed and cried “for six hours straight. I’ve never cried so hard,” Paisola told The Salt Lake Tribune.

She was among 154 passengers and crew rescued last week from the MS Explorer.

The ship, operated by the Canadian tour company G.A.P. Adventures, smashed into

submerged sea ice in Antarctic waters before dawn Friday. It took on water and sank about 15 hours later.

All on board made it into lifeboats and were rescued by a passing Norwegian cruise ship.

Paisola sat in her North Salt Lake living room Tuesday and described a “million miracles” that kept her and others alive.

She first realized there was trouble when she heard ice scraping against the MS Explorer’s walls while inside a cabin shared with an aunt, Kay Van Horne, 63, of Denver.

Alarms followed and Paisola heard the captain’s voice: “This is not a drill. This is not a drill.

Get your Arctic gear on.”

There were about 30 people in Paisola’s lifeboat, “knee-toknee and eye-to-eye.”

Eight people huddled under an extra-large poncho given to Paisola by a sister before the trip.

“This poncho that everyone made fun of me for having ... probably saved lives because they were able to stay dry,” she said.

The wait ended when orange helicopters appeared in the sky.

“That was the most incredible feeling seeing those helicopters come because we knew someone other than us knew we were out there,” Paisola said.

She said the most difficult part of the rescue was yet to

come: Jumping from the lifeboat into a raft and then climbing a ladder to get up to the rescue ship.

“I couldn’t feel my feet at all,” Paisola said. “I tried to put my feet on the ladder, and my big boots dropped into the ocean. Now I’m being rescued without shoes, and I couldn’t put my feet on the ladder.”

Her mother, Patti Tew, feared the trip could bring trouble.

“I said, ‘You are not going.’ I had a bad feeling,” she said.

Paisola paused when asked whether she plans to return to finish her trip.

“Ask me again in a couple of months,” she said.

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ing the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments, also submit names, but the Justice Department could not immediately say how many.

Currently, 32 states submit names to the mental health database, and the federal government cannot force the other 18 to follow suit.

“We’ve got 32, it’d be nice to have 50,” Mukasey said.

Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and himself in the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history. He bought two guns — a

Glock 9mm at a Virginia store and a .22-caliber pistol over the Internet — despite a special justice’s 2005 order to get outpatient treatment for being a danger to himself. There has been no indication that Cho ever received the treatment.

Had his court order been submitted to the federal database, Cho likely would have been unable to buy the guns.

Private mental health records, including diagnosis documents from hospitals or insurance companies, are not accessed or submitted to the

database.

Overall, more than 5 million people are identified in the background check system that is maintained by the FBI and also tracks the names of illegal immigrants, domestic violence offenders and others who are barred from buying guns.

Despite Cho’s gun purchases, Virginia traditionally has submitted far more names of mentally ill people to the federal database than other states, Justice data show. Shortly after the Virginia Tech shootings, officials said the state had

given 81,233 names to the FBI. Michigan had the second-largest submission of names then, with 73,382, the Justice data show.

By comparison, California had submitted only 27 names of mentally ill people to the database as of April 30. Since then, the state has given more than 200,000 names to the list, Justice officials said.

NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said the gunrights group has no problem with the database.

“It has always been our position that whoever has been adjudicated as mentally defective or deemed to be a danger to themselves, others or suicidal, that their name be included in the national incident check system,” he said.

Ron Honberg, legal director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, was not surprised that more states are reporting since the Virginia Tech shooting.

“We’re uneasy about it,” he said. “We’re concerned that in the minds of many, mental illness is, per se, equated with violence.”

The list could have the names of people who were ill decades ago but have received treatment and are well, or information from the database could be used for unintended purposes, Honberg said.

“It frustrates us that when tragedies like Virginia Tech occur, the focus is on guns and not how somebody like Cho falls through the cracks,” Honberg said.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, a Democrat, said he was pleased to hear Mukasey urging greater cooperation among states.

He said Arizona was one of the first to submit mentalhealth records.

He wants the federal government to consider relaxing some privacy laws so colleges would have access to the records.

“Obviously, privacy has to be considered, but we have some harmful powder kegs out there who are older than 18,” Goddard said.

The attorneys general from 33 states gave Mukasey’s speech polite applause. Several of the top state lawyers told reporters afterward that Mukasey’s biggest challenge will be restoring morale in the Justice Department.

“I think having a new attorney general will help tremendously,” said Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett, a Republican appointee. “I think many of my colleagues agree he commands enormous respect.”

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, a Republican, said that Mukasey, in a private meeting with some of the attorneys general, said fighting terrorism and combating violent crime would be among his top priorities.

Wasden said Mukasey did not talk about the legality of waterboarding, a brutal interrogation technique that creates the sensation of drowning.

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By DEBRA HAWKINS staff writer

above: trina foster puts whipped cream on top of pudding at Take-Away Gourmet in Providence. She and her business partner, Eric Burlile, opened the restaurant a few months ago. Foster is also a USU student.

BELOW: TRINA FOSTER AND ERIC BURLILE WORK TOGETHER to prepare takeout orders, pastries and soup. All of their food is delivered or picked up by customers. DEBRA HAWKINS photos

Every morning, USU student Trina Foster gets up at 5:30 a.m. to attend school until 1:30 p.m., before going straight to work and not getting home to her children until 9:00 p.m.

After 17 years of being a housewife, Foster found herself the sole supporter of her children without a job, so she became a student at USU and decided to open a restaurant to be able to support her family.

Foster said the most difficult part of the changes in her life was learning to juggle her family, work and school again.

“The biggest transition was going from being a housewife with a very dependable lifestyle to finding myself the sole supporting parent,” Foster said. “Going back to work was not difficult, but taking on going to school, providing and raising my kids by myself was. It takes some pretty amazing strength sometimes to get through the days, but it is all for the good fight.”

Foster and her business partner, Eric Burlile, decided a few months ago to open up their own restaurant, Take-Away Gourmet, to support themselves.

“I have been doing food service since the 1970s when I was 15,” Foster said. “It just made more sense getting a job doing what I want to do and what I grew up doing, and I just had the opportunity and I knew that together Eric and I had the power to pull off something pretty

amazing.”

Foster said it was the most logical choice for her to go back to school and work toward a degree in culinary arts, something that if she hadn’t done, she said she would never have had the opportunity to start this restaurant.

“I needed a career, and getting a bachelor’s degree was the most logical choice, or else I would be flipping burgers somewhere,” Foster said. “I wanted more for my children. I wanted them to see that sometimes bad things happen to good people, but you have to stand up on your own and even though sometimes the most noble route is the hardest route, it is worth it in the end.”

Foster said she and Burlile were lucky because they were able to lease a building that had previously been a restaurant, so they didn’t have to purchase as many of the culinary supplies they would need. Even with most of the equipment in place, Foster said it still took her and Burlile two months to get the business up and going.

“It took us two months from the time we walked in the door and until we were ready to open the restaurant,” Foster said. “We already had our recipes and our costing and our accounting done in order to make sure we could make things work. Everything was already solid on the menu. When we walked in, it was just getting everything physically in place. We did most of the work ourselves. We painted, we cleaned windows, but we took it all on.”

Foster said when Take-Away

Gourmet finally opened, she and Burlile put in 60 hours a week to keep everything fresh and inviting.

“Everything is fresh, nothing comes in frozen,” Foster said. “We make our own bread and we make our own pastries. We have both been in food service for a really long time. I have worked at the low end of food service and the high end. I have been exposed to some pretty awesome dining experience, and we wanted to create that kind of experience and to serve the kind of food we like to make.”

Foster said she and Burlile routinely go through their menu and take off things and add different items, while being sure to keep the most popular items.

“We make everything by hand,” Foster said. “Everything is delivered hot to their door. Most everybody comes to pick up their food. We are not an in-house restaurant, we do strictly take out and deliver. It is chef-prepared cuisine and it is seasonally cuisine. As the seasons change, we get in what is freshest.

We also get choice pickings on wonderful produces, all kinds of items that are not normally available.”

Foster said with all of the chef cuisine she prepares for the restaurant, she herself can’t pick a favorite food because she thinks every item on the menu is good.

“I never have one item that sticks with me,” Foster said. “I love so many different foods, but I have to be careful because some of

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Western swing students flip and dip at Fun Park Thursday

By KEITH WILSON staff writer

More than 500 students attended USU’s intermediate Western swing class presentation at the Cache Valley Fun Park Thursday night.

“This is the final project of the class for each semester, and it is always a perfect culmination of the great program that we have at USU,” said Andy Bingham, senior in finance and economics and a member of one of the swing performing teams.

Bingham said the class split into groups, picked songs and then made up their own dances so they could perform what they learned in class. They not only performed at the Fun Park, but also during USU’s Diversity Week and at Pioneer Valley Lodge as well.

Jeff Snedaker, senior in exercise science, watched the class at the Fun Park and said, “I was really impressed with the

synchronization, style, rhythm and difficult lifts of the teams.

The best part though was the choreography. Western swing isn’t something that is regularly choreographed, and it was very impressionistic, invigorating and breathtaking.”

“I wish I could do those tricks,” said Alisha Pressett, junior studying architecture, who went to watch the class at the Fun Park.

Kelsey Willden, junior in elementary education, said the dancers did some really difficult and scary lifts. It is smart of them to have performances each semester, she added, because it gets other students interested in country swing.

“It also lets them see what they can do,” she said. “It made me want to be in the class.”

Nate Lowe, senior studying Spanish and quantum physics and a regular at the Fun Park, said he started with a social dance class in high school and then took the beginner and

intermediate Western swing classes and is just finishing up the advanced Western swing class from USU. “I think that it is fun to dance in front of everyone.

I was bit nervous, but it was definitely fun,” Lowe said. “It’s just like anything else. You have to work at it, and if I can do it, anyone could do it.”

Mary Kerksiek, graduate student in art education, said it is hard to learn to trust your partner.

“The lifts are tough, and I got dropped once,” she said.

“I don’t trust all guys throwing me around like a rubber Twinkie.”

Willden said girls dig a guy who can dance and that most guys who country dance have cute butts.

Adam Garling, senior in exercise science who is also in the dance class, said he only has one drop on his record and “that was because it was at the end of the night and our hands

The usu intermediate western swing class performed last night at the Fun Park. They all did their own choreography and showed off the moves they’ve been learning all semester in class. CAMERON PETERSON photo

were sweaty. I lost grip and down she went. Hard.”

Pressett said taking a dance class can help students increase their confidence and “doesn’t make you look like a monkey on the dance floor.”

Even if students don’t know a lot about Western swing, they

can still learn, Garling said.

“I was extremely foreign to Western swing,” he said. “I have always had two left feet, and I still do. Taking the class and practicing every week has really put my lift technique on steroids.”

Bingham said country swing

dancing is not for everyone, but anyone interested should definitely take the class.

“Students come to be social, learn to dance and have fun,” he said, adding the Fun Park can make for a fun, cheap date.

-keithwilson@cc.usu.edu

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Critics “Atonement”

Keira Knightly really needs to learn how to move on, enough of the corset wearing “Pride and Prejudice” movies.

In “Atonement” Knightly teams up with the same director of “Pride” and looks to be playing just about the same exact role. Girls will swoon over this movie I’m sure. Everyone’s a sucker for movies featuring British accents whether they be good or not. They also love movies based on snooty books, so they themselves can look snooty.

Just because Knightly has that sweet British accent doesn’t mean she has to be stuck wearing a corset all the time does it? It’s just getting old, and period pieces never do all that well in the box office.

I preemptively hate this movie and all its corsets.

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“Awake”

“The Golden Compass”

I’m not entirely sure why early Darth Vader, or even later Anakin Skywalker, would need some sort of open-heart surgery.

Isn’t he a Sith/Jedi? Doesn’t that give him Wolverine-like healing powers? Or is that just a sci-fi geek’s wet dream?

Either way, the movie is basically about young Vader getting some operation, but he’s still awake, and the doctor’s want to kill him.

If I made this movie, it’d be about 12 minutes long. It could even be shorter than that, but I wouldn’t want to skimp on the long-distance Vader choking that would inevitably happen.

The guy knows Jedi mind tricks, so it wouldn’t really matter if he’s paralyzed from anesthesia. He could still kick ass – with his mind.

Sadly, I don’t think the director had the vision to have Hayden Christensen do – probably the only signature role of his career – young Darth Vader. Instead this looks more like an episode of “Dateline” that will scare 12.3 million fortysomething housewives all around the country away from going under the knife.

Without the Jedis, it’s too boring, but it looked like a possibility of naked Jessica Alba, which is enough for any redblooded American pre-emptive critic to pre-emptively love this movie.

We finally got a movie that is out of the regular cookie-cutter mold of chick flick, action, fuzzy feeling or crap type movie. No, it’s not a Christmas movie. We have actually put the ‘Chronicles of Narnia,’ ‘Lord of the Rings,’ ‘The Sword in the Stone,’ ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Harry Potter’ all in a blender and pushed frappe. But, we figured that wasn’t quite enough umph yet, so we decided to top it off by adding a talking Coca-Cola bear in medieval armor.

OK, so here’s the plot: Instead of a scratch on the forehead like “Harry Potter” or a sword, like “Sword in the Stone,” we’ll use a golden compass as the magical part. You see, this compass has power, like the ring in “Lord of the Rings,” except you can see the future of humanity in it, and it is dominated by a magisterium (Nicole Kidman “Bewitched”) who likes to control young little girls.

Anyway, the poor little girl who is the main character is chosen to be the caretaker of the compass and by doing so gets a heap of responsibility thrust upon her shoulders, like Spiderman and a bit like Edmund in the “Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Because of the new promotion, she now has to go to battle. Courage is tested, weird forces will gather and humanity’s fight for freedom will begin.

At the end, she will prove something to no one, and everyone walks out of the theater with $8 less and a special feeling inside.

This movie definitely looks different and has some potential, and I pre-emptively love this movie. But I’ll probably wait until it comes out in the dollar theater.

-by Keith Wilson/keithwilson@cc.usu.edu

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USU choir getting ready for “Wintersong”

By ALISA LYMAN staff writer

It’s Christmastime. But with end-of-semester projects, paper deadlines, and finals week rapidly approaching, the phrase “happiest time of year” seems a little trite. Professor Cory Evans, director of choral activities at USU, said he knows how to balance it out.

“Bring a date and wind down before finals at a nice romantic evening featuring a variety of

songs,” Evans said.

The University Chorale and Chamber Singers will perform “Wintersong,” their first seasonal concert of the year. Evans said he calls his Christmas concerts “Wintersong” because of the variety of songs he features.

While his choirs’ other concerts usually focus on one theme, he said he likes to offer a variety of seasonal music in the December concerts.

“I try to capture the entire spectrum of music, from secu-

lar to sacred,” Evans said.

Grace Vincent, freshman majoring in choral education, said the songs have multiple meanings and that the message will be different for everyone.

Landon Smith, senior majoring in choral education and vocal performance, said he hopes the choir concerts this year will affect people. “(I hope) it opens people’s eyes to how many different ways there are to thinking about Christmas. It’s not all

about shopping and Santa,” he said.

Mike Starr, sophomore majoring in music composition, said the Chamber Singers and University Chorale’s repertoire is diverse, and the sound moves from fun “Caribbean” tunes to more cathedral-sounding songs like “Magnificat,” a 40-minute choral arrangement by John Rutter.

“This year, we are performing a lot of cool new pieces,” said Erin Lee, junior majoring in vocal performance. “Students should become familiar with these songs that are beautiful but different.”

Along with offering a variety of songs, the university Christmas choir concerts will feature a variety of instruments.

Evans said he does his best each year to keep the choirs’ accompaniment “in house.” He said he often uses his own students’ talents with other instruments

to arrange a fun, new piece.

“Finding talents outside of singing keeps things fresh and innovative each year,” Evans said.

This year, Evans said he has arranged an English carol which includes instruments like the violin, drums and the Irish penny whistle. Evans said he will even play the accordion.

“We live for this time of year,” Evans said. “The beautiful campus and first snow offer an electricity for our performance.”

Starr said his favorite thing about the USU choirs is being able to perform with a group.

He said the USU choirs “have a feeling of camaraderie,” where each choir member knows that solos go to those who will make the song the best.

Vincent said she agrees.

“We’re all expected to pull our weight,” Vincent said. “We all work hard together.”

Smith said choir is a fun break from the rest of classes and he enjoys being a part of “making something incredible.”

Evans said he encourages students to be a part of this same experience, saying the USU choir concerts are a great way to come together and enjoy music.

Tickets are free to students with an ID card and $5 for the general public. The Chamber Singers will perform on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performance Hall. Other choir concerts include: “Holiday Flutes and Voices,” featuring the USU Women’s Choir, on Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Performance Hall; USU Symphony Orchestra and Choral Ensembles on Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall; and the USU and LDS Institute Combined Choirs on Dec. 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall.

-alisa.lyman@aggiemail.usu.edu

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“Beowulf” is light on history, but full of action As many reviews of “Beowulf” have already stated, this is a blood-filled, sexy thrill ride that most people will love, except the English teachers of the world, who will most likely run screaming from the theater.

I remember reading the ancient poem about Beowulf in high school and being bored every second of it. If only I’d had the imagination of director Robert Zemeckis (“The Polar Express”) to create this world for Beowulf. Then I wouldn’t have been bored. I would’ve been enthralled. But, to create this kind of world, the only things that would’ve remained the same as the poem would

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This movie has enough nudity, blood, violence and gore to land it in R territory if it weren’t for the whole “animation” aspect.

“Beowulf” may not be teaching us anything of academic substance about the ancient poem, but it does give us a great insight on how arbitrary our movie-rating system is.

-aaron.peck@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Scratch that – it wasn’t bad at all.

“Enchanted” is a Disney movie spoofing Disney movies. Finally, Disney has learned to laugh at itself. It’s finally figured out that real life doesn’t work out the way it does in Disney’s animated features.

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When holiday magic generates hell on earth

hen I was a kid growing up in Southeast Asia, the closest I ever came to celebrating a “normal” Thanksgiving holiday was eating turkey dogs on the fourth Thursday of November.

So my family came up with fun traditions to perform or endure during the late fall holiday season.

Usually we try to do something unique, or something that would provoke jealousy or perhaps disgust in those that listen to our tales.

Last week we went on vacation to New York City (jealousy) where I had lots of fun doing activities like watching the Macy’s parade in person (more jealousy) and going to the bathroom somewhere in Chinatown (definite disgust). Actually, I think the former activity was the one that involved a more serious health hazard.

While I had fun in New York, I had plenty of opportunity to ponder on what I consider my personal hell.

I believe there are varying degrees of hatred that one can experience in this life, from mild discomfort to downright, beastly revulsion.

For example, I disliked the smell of Bourbon Street in New Orleans when I was there a couple weeks ago. I also can’t stand dogs that don’t look like dogs, like the Chinese crested, an entity that should be extinct. Google it. Told you so.

With a little more zest I can say that I hate some things too, like NASCAR or the canyon winds blowing across campus on cold mornings.

Unless it’s part of another interesting sport, I despise running. I detest stubbing my toes on illplaced furniture. Nothing short of abhorrence could describe how I feel about country music.

I loathe mayonnaise.

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too skeptical, break out in song and dance at a moment’s notice.

Adams is the key to this movie. She’s so cute and loveable, it’s almost like she has at one time in her life been animated. She embodies the spirits of every Disney princess to perfection.

If it weren’t for the weird climax and the silly pop music montage at the end (which I’m hoping was a spoof of something, but more than likely it was seriously put there to warm people’s hearts), this movie would’ve been perfect.

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Jay-Z’s “American Gangster” is pure soul disguised as hip-hop

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Jay-Z has gotten a lot of mileage out of his hustler/CEO persona, and at some point you would expect him to start to chaff under the title of worlds most successful everything. Last year’s “Kingdom Come” certainly didn’t feel like the Hov of old.

When he admitted on the title track, “Got to admit a lil’ bit I was sick of rap,” it was abundantly evident. As a plus-thirty MC who currently sits in the corner office of a multi-million dollar recording company, it can’t be easy to find things to rap about. Maybe, he really hates that guy who takes his parking spot all the time?

Or maybe he comes up with a withering critique of the mediocrity of Bic pens compared to his exquisite, diamond-encrusted Mont Blanc? Perhaps he’ll just go to his old standby; talking about all the many units of drugs he used to move in his formative years.

Jay-Z has always rapped about how rich and powerful he is, and has always claimed to be the best rapper alive, but after 2003’s “The Black Album” he actually seemed to become the character he so much wanted to embody.

Yes, he has more money than most people can even understand, and yes, his flow is to put it mildly, unstoppable. What now?

What he has lacked recently is inspiration (after all, there are only so many stanzas waiting to be written about how to brush dirt off one’s shoulder), but in “American Gangster” he has reignited his voice and outsized persona and wrapped it in sensuous, soul-inspired production

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Grade A “American Gangster”/Jay-Z that grooves along with his biting imagery. Imagine the “Shaft” theme song, backing some of the most pointed rhymes the Jigga Man has laid down. Even though the production is mostly 70’s throwback, Jay-Z casually invokes the ’80s much like the film that inspired the album. In “Blue Magic” he gives a history lesson all while getting his swagger on: “Whatever, hundred for the diamond chain/Can’t you tell that I came from the dope game/Blame Reagan for making me into a monster/Blame Oliver north and Iran-Contra/I ran contraband that they sponsored/Before this rhyming stuff we was in concert.” If you hadn’t noticed before now, the dude can turn a phrase.

Despite the rough narrative, the most salient aspect of the record as it turns out, is the production. The smooth horns that kick off “Roc Boys” invoke funky, soul records that lend “American Gangster” an instant sense of timelessness. This isn’t all backward looking groove samples, however, despite the laid back, hep-cat, aesthetic the emotions always boil close the surface.

In “Sweet,” groovy break-beats punctuate the laid back delivery as Jay-Z takes us back to his own

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Friday, Nov. 30 •Santa’s Elves: A North Pole Musical, Eccles Conference Center Auditorium, Room 216, 6-9:30 p.m., Adults $13.95, Children $7.25 •The Gift, Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband, Peter Breinholt, and Sam Payne, Ellen Eccles Theater, 7:30 p.m.

•March of the Socks, Christmas stocking exhibit and silent auction. Seasons of the Riter Mansion, 168 N. 100 East, Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

•John & Karen Carter and Family, Holiday Concert Series, Logan Tabernacle, 7 p.m., Free •String Chamber Ensembles, USU Dept. of Music, Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m., Free for students •Winter Gallery Walk, Downtown Logan, 6-9 p.m., Free Saturday, Dec. 1 •Big Band Swing Dancing, Elite Hall, 98 W. Main, Hyrum, dancing at 7 p.m., lessons at 8 p.m., $1 for lessons, $3 for dancing •USU String Academy Solo Recital, Chase Fine Arts Center, Room 220, 10-11 a.m.

•Tri-State Band Festival, Kent Concert Hall, 3 p.m., Free for students

Want something posted on VENUES? Send to statesman@cc.usu.edu Information compiled by: Kate Rouse upbringing in the Marcy Projects and then his rise to the top. Say what you will about the movie that provides the title, “American

Gangster” has all the trappings of a new hip-hop classic.

-chase.thompson@aggiemail.usu. edu

Hell: NY shopping is from the devil

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scientist have decided that the motion can best be described as “without pattern.”

Now add a couple thousand people moving in a similar way inside Century 21, and hell on earth materializes. Admittedly, it gets a little hotter and more hellish closer to the women’s glove section.

Nobody knows where they are going and what they want to see next. Nobody can see over racks and shelves like I can to avoid bottlenecks of people, and because everyone left their hippocampus outside, they couldn’t remember where they had already been in the store. It’s a good thing “bargains” could be found everywhere.

The store didn’t have any waiting chairs, so all the men

also walked around aimlessly, like zombies wondering what they were supposed to do with themselves.

After the obligatory 4minute perusal of the Men’s clothing section, I found a spot to stand and wait and hope I wouldn’t die of sanity loss.

Black Friday shopping can seem pretty awful here in Utah, but comparing it to the Ebola-like, New York City shopping atmosphere makes the Logan version seems like nothing a little hydrocortisone can’t cure.

Getting stuck in a giant store with infinitely long aisles of handbags, shoes, cosmetics, perfumes and items that are routinely described as “really cute” is my personal idea of hell.

Add a hefty mélange of people, nonstop Christmas

music, no waiting chairs, and seemingly only one exit – golly, I would rather SWIM in mayo.

The redeeming factor with the Century 21 experience was that I was able to witness a shoplifter get apprehended – just a little something to cheer about.

Plus, instead of listening to old Uncle Earl’s “timeless” jokes all weekend, I got to spend Thanksgiving in New York City and you didn’t.

Jealous?

Comments or column ideas can be sent to Garrett Wheeler at g.wheel@aggiemail.usu.edu.

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“My son is in college with me, Traffic and heManager is so proud of me in his own way,” Foster said. “He isn’t embarrassed his mom is in college at the same time as him.

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Saturday Dec. 1 USU vs. Santa Clara, 7 p.m.

Four Aggies score in double figures, but team still falls short

Wednesday Dec. 5 USU @ Utah, 8 p.m.

Women’s Basketball

Sunday Dec. 2 USU @ Eastern Washington, 3 p.m.

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By ERIN WADSWORTH staff writer

The USU’s women’s basketball team tumbled to 0-5 on the season following a disappointing 69-60 loss to Idaho State University.

Bengal senior center Natalie Doma shot her way to 26 points in the game.

Leading all players in scoring, Doma also fielded 15 rebounds. Senior guard Andrea Lightfoot and junior guard Jenny Brown both brought in 15 points to add to their win.

The Aggies were able to start the first half strong, going up 3-0 within seconds.

But when half time came, the Bengals led 35-25.

“We really need to get more mentally tough,” Head Coach Raegan Pebley said in a post-game radio interview after a 68-55 loss to the University of Portland on Nov. 18. “I feel like this is going to be a process for this team to develop that and grow.”

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Saturday Dec. 1 USU vs. BYU, 8 p.m.

USU senior forward jenny gross (12) dives for the ball against a defender from the University of the Pacific, Oct. 31. Gross had two rebounds and an assist in the Aggies’ 69-60 loss at Idaho State Wednesday night. USU’s Taylor Richards, Lindsey Shipley and Danyelle Snelgro each had 13 points in the losing effort, while Jamelah Brown added 12 points and eight rebounds. The 0-5 Aggies are on the road again Sunday with a 3 p.m. game against Eastern Washington. DEBRA HAWKINS photo

Four Aggies starters reached double figures. Senior guard Taylor Richards, junior forward Lindsey Shipley and junior guard Danyelle Snelgro all hit 13 points. Senior guard Jamelah Brown banked 12 points in her 40 minutes of play to add to the team’s total.

The teams tied at 35 points in the

second half, and USU attempted to gain the lead with a 14-4 run to tie the score at 45. Following this, the lead switched teams six times.

With less than four minutes left to play, the game was tied at 56, but the Bengals pulled out the win following a number of free throws. Idaho State shot

8-for-8 from the line. Lightfoot tossed a 3-pointer helped to seal the deal. This win moves the Bengals to 4-2 on their season.

Pebley said she views each game as a

- See DOWN, page 11

Former Aggie does well in Grey Cup

By G. CHRISTOPHER TERRY staff writer

USU big man stephen ducharme goes around two Austin Peay defenders Nov. 20 in the Spectrum. DuCharme was named the WAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week Monday.

He averaged 20 points and 4.5 rebounds to help the Aggies finish 2-1 last week. USU hosts the Santa Clara Broncos Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Spectrum. PATRICK ODEN photo

Looking to avenge ’06 loss to Broncos

By SAM BRYNER senior writer

After playing eight games in 16 days to start off the 2007-08 season, the USU men’s basketball team has experienced something new this week—a break between playing games.

Utah State will be going into Saturday’s 7:05 p.m. game against the University of Santa Clara having not played a game since last Saturday, when they downed the University of Iowa State 75-62 to finish third place at the South Padre Invitational.

Utah State (4-4) will look to improve to 4-0 at home and 5-4 overall for the season as they host the Broncos (4-1).

The next four games the Aggies play will be over a span of 25 days, giving the team much-needed practice time to help new play-

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ers learn Stew Morrill’s system and to better prepare for their opponents. One area the Aggies will be working on is holding onto the ball. For the season, Utah State has already amassed 135 turnovers, or 16.8 per game.

However, in their win against Iowa State, the Aggies recorded a season-low seven turnovers.

The Aggies will need to continue hanging onto the ball if they want to beat the Broncos. Santa Clara beat the University of Utah on the road. The Broncos’ lone loss of the season came at Nevada, 67-54.

The leading scorer for the Broncos is junior center John Bryant, who is averaging 23.6 points and nine rebounds per game, while junior guard Calvin Johnson is averaging 15.3 points.

- See AVENGE, page 11

Chris Cooley, Jarret Bush and Kevin Curtis are not the only Aggie stars earning their living by playing professional football.

John Chick, a four-year starter at defensive end and linebacker for USU, was a big part of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ recent run to a Grey Cup Chick championship in the Canadian Football League. Chick had three sacks in playoff wins over Calgary and British Columbia.

Then in the Grey Cup finals against Winnipeg, he had three tackles, a forced fumble and two passes broken up in a 23-19 win.

“The first game was Calgary at home, it was the first home playoff game we’ve had in Saskatchewan in a long time,” Chick said. “Then we went to British Columbia and we were underdogs. Beat them, then went to the Grey Cup and beat Winnipeg.

The whole team played great.

Everyone believed. We had a new head coach this year, Kent Austin.

He was actually a quarterback for Saskatchewan the last time they won a Grey Cup in 1989.”

The Canadian game is similar to American football, with the main differences being the Canadian field is significantly larger, there are more men on the field, and there are only three downs.

“Instead of 11 players there’s 12,” Chick said. “The field is longer by quite a bit. Each end zone is 20 yards deep. There’s a 55-yard line, so that adds another 10 yards to the field. It’s also a wider field.”

Chick said it suits him just fine that Canadian football is more passingoriented.

“For my position, I like it because for the most part, they throw more often. I kind of get a chance to tee off a little. A lot of the technical rules are the same, except for the three downs, which I really like. I like both kinds of football. With the Canadian game, it takes some of the advantage of the offense away. It seems easy to me to get 10 yards with four downs now.”

In 11 regular-season games (eight

starts) for Saskatchewan this year, Chick racked up five sacks, had one tackle for loss and ran a fumble back 70 yards for a touchdown. Chick’s ratcheted-up play on the post-season run to the Grey Cup was reminiscent of his last season in the Aggie uniform, playing defensive end under new head coach Brent Guy, when he had 12.5 sacks, 19 tackles for loss and was named first-team all-WAC. “When coach Guy came in, he brought in a real good defensive package, especially for the ends,” Chick said. “Some of the packages I was in I was kind of a sit and wait guy. The last year I was with coach Guy, my job was to let loose and get the quarterback.”

After graduating with 162 career tackles, 39 tackles for loss and 23.5 sacks, Chick went to Houston as an undrafted rookie free agent. He was released during the preseason and signed with Saskatchewan in December of 2006.

Guy said he was extremely proud of what Chick has accomplished in the CFL, mainly because Chick is diabetic and wears a pump during games.

“He wears it on his back,” Guy said.

“He has a constant monitoring of the insulin in his body. I don’t think people realize that about him, and that’s amazing.”

- See GREY CUP, page 11

usu alum john chick had three sacks as the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup last Sunday. USU ATHLETICS photo

K-Rob added as rivals.com All-American

By USU ATHLETICS

Utah State senior WR/PR Kevin Robinson has been named to the rivals.com AllAmerica Team, tabbed to the third-team as a punt returner.

A native of Fresno, Calif.

(Hoover HS), Robinson currently leads the NCAA with an 18.9 yards per punt return. He has one punt return for a TD, a 70yarder against Nevada on Oct. 20. For his career, Robinson had four punt returns for a TD. Robinson also ranks 11th in the nation in kickoff return with a 29.3 ypr average and has three kick returns for TD, only one of two players in the country to do so. He also is the only player in the country with four combined returns (three kickoff and one punt).

Robinson in the only player listed on both lists among the nation’s top 17 players in both return categories. In all-purpose yards, Robinson is eighth in the country with 193.08 all-purpose ypg.

On Saturday, Robinson became the NCAA Career AllPurpose Yards Per Play.

Nevada-BYU game put on hold for ’08 PROVO, Utah (AP) — Brigham Young won’t be opening next season against Nevada after all.

BYU is looking for a new opponent after a scheduling conflict with Nevada. The Wolf Pack and Cougars had one game remaining on a three-game deal and Nevada was scheduled to visit Provo on Aug. 30.

But Nevada scheduled Grambling State, a Championship Subdivision (formerly Div. I-AA) team, for that date. Nevada announced its schedule on Tuesday.

Nevada spokesman Chad Hartley said Thursday that Nevada told BYU it needed to delay the meeting in order to get two home games during the non-conference season. Visiting BYU next fall would have given Nevada five home games and seven on the road.

“We needed to get another home game for that Aug. 30 date,” Hartley said.

Nevada played at BYU in 2001 and BYU visited Reno the following year. There was one game remaining in the original deal, and Hartley said BYU also asked to delay the 2003 game for scheduling reasons at least twice.

BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe issued a statement Wednesday saying he was looking for a new opponent.

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University of nebraska interim Athletic Director Tom Osborne announces the firing of football coach Bill Callahan, at a news conference, in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday, Nov. 24. AP photo/Nati Harnik

Osborne names himself coach

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Few Nebraska football fans are going to argue with Tom Osborne’s decision on an interim head coach.

Already the interim athletic director, Osborne declared himself the coach until he hires a successor to Bill Callahan, allowing Nebraska’s beloved former coach to visit prospective recruits and try to prevent the program from slipping during the recruiting contact period.

Athletic department communications chief Randy York said the 70-year-old Osborne, who took over the department after the firing of Steve Pederson last month, passed an NCAA certification test on his first try Wednesday and has informed the Big 12 office of his new title.

Osborne was unavailable for comment Thursday. York said he would be on the road recruiting through the end of the week.

Gary Bargen, assistant athletic director in charge of compliance, said the interim AD tag would have limited Osborne to meeting with prospective recruits only if they visited campus. Now he can visit recruits in schools and homes until Dec. 15.

Several recruits who had been committed to Nebraska have said publicly that they are considering other schools while awaiting to see who the next coach will be.

Callahan was fired last Saturday following a 65-51 loss at Colorado, where the Huskers squandered an 11-point half-

time lead by allowing 34 consecutive points.

Nebraska finished a dismal 5-7, a year removed from reaching the Big 12 championship game.

The season featured a 7639 defeat at Kansas, the most points allowed by a Nebraska team, and included six games in which its famed defense surrendered 40 or more points.

Osborne, who won 255 games and three national championships from 1973-97, has said he has no interest in returning to the sidelines — even going so far as to say his wife, Nancy, would “shoot me” if he did.

Once a hire is made, Osborne could continue to recruit until the new coach assembles a full staff of nine assistants, York said.

Two assistants from Callahan’s staff, defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove and cornerbacks coach Phil Elmassian, are no longer recruiting for Nebraska.

Osborne said in a radio interview with the Husker Sports Network on Wednesday that he hoped to have a new coach selected by next week.

He already interviewed Buffalo coach Turner Gill and LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini.

He also spoke informally with Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe, according to media reports.

Another coach linked to the search, Cincinnati’s Brian Kelly, told local radio station WCKY on Wednesday that he had not been contacted by Nebraska.

The

washington redskins football fans visit a makeshift memorial for Redskins safety Sean Taylor at the team’s training center Wednesday in Ashburn, Va. The Redskins’ Taylor died Tuesday after he was shot at his Florida home by an apparent intruder. AP photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Taylor death a reminder to athletes (AP) — Fred Taylor has a permit to carry a concealed gun. His house is equipped with a high-tech security system, cameras included. Still, he wonders if all that’s enough to keep him safe.

After fellow NFL star Sean Taylor was gunned down in his own home, dead at the age of 24, Fred Taylor is considering a more primitive form of protection.

“I’m soon to get one of the big canine security dogs,” said the Jacksonville Jaguars’ running back, who isn’t related to Sean Taylor. “Don’t get caught in my yard. The dog’s going to bite you ‘til the death, right on that jugular.”

If Fred Taylor sounds a bit jumpy, somewhat paranoid, even a little desperate ... well, he is.

He’s not alone.

Athletes feel as though they’re under attack, their luxurious worlds invaded by thugs and hustlers and criminals who want to take them down — or take what they’ve worked so hard to earn through their skills on the courts and playing fields.

“We’re definitely targets now,” said Quentin Richardson of the New York Knicks, who still mourns the brother killed during a robbery two years ago.

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“They assume that we carry around large sums of money and jewelry and things like that, and right now it seems like they’re thinking we’re easy targets.”

Sean Taylor’s death was only the latest example of a crime wave that appears to have athletes in its sights. These players, who seem invulnerable with a helmet on their heads or a ball in their hands, are finding they’re all too human when staring down the barrel of a gun.

“Hate. It’s just hate,” said Cleveland Cavaliers megastar LeBron James, who can’t go anywhere without being recognized. “People just hate on us because we’re in the position that we are. They say it’s just given to us. They don’t believe we work hard to get where we’re at. So they want to try and take it from us.”

Sean Taylor, a Pro Bowl safety with the Washington Redskins, was sleeping early Monday at his home in an affluent Miami suburb, along with his longtime girlfriend and the couple’s 18-month-old daughter.

Without warning, according to a family friend, the couple were awakened by loud noises.

Taylor grabbed a machete he kept nearby for protection, but

it did him no good when the intruder broke down the bedroom door and fired two shots, one striking the player in the leg and ripping through a vital artery. Taylor died a little over 24 hours later.

Police are still sorting through the evidence, trying to come up with some motive for the shocking, brazen crime. But Taylor’s fellow athletes aren’t waiting for answers. Some are looking into hiring security guards. Others are considering whether to turn their homes into fortresses. Everyone is watching their back, and with good reason.

Just look at this blotter: — Two NBA players, Eddy Curry and Antoine Walker, were robbed just weeks apart in their Chicago-area homes over the summer. Curry, his wife and an employee were tied up at his suburban mansion. Walker and a relative were similarly terrorized at his $4 million townhouse in a ritzy section of the city.

— In September, two men broke into the home of Houston Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson, tying up the victim and stealing jewelry. That same month, Memphis football player Taylor Bradford was shot to death in what police have described as a botched robbery.

The four suspects allegedly thought he was carrying several thousand dollars in casino winnings.

— A burglary crew in Los Angeles has targeted homes in wealthy neighborhoods, making off with millions in cash and jewelry. Among its reported victims: Clippers star Cuttino Mobley, who lost $500,000 in cash and jewelry.

And now, Taylor.

“For the most part, we have way more money than the president, but less security,” said Minnesota Vikings safety Dwight Smith, who grew up in Detroit. “You try to move your family to a good neighborhood, but you’re never out of the way.

If somebody wants to get to you, they can get to you.”

Chicago Bulls center Ben Wallace has never felt threatened, but he’s becoming increasingly wary of what could happen.

“Most of us came from the street. We feel like we know the street. We feel like we can pretty much protect ourselves.

All our lives we’ve been taking care of ourselves,” he said.

“Now, it’s becoming a situatio where things are starting to be a little different. Now, you might need that bodyguard standing beside you, extra security at your house.”

NHL recap: Rangers down Islanders NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Drury had a goal and assist during two power plays in the second period, and the New York Rangers finally solved Rick DiPietro and the New York Islanders during a 4-2 victory Thursday night.

The Rangers had dropped all three previous meetings with their biggest rival this season, scoring only four goals in the process, and were 3-8-1 in the past 12 matchups dating to April 11, 2006. DiPietro played in

all but one of those games and allowed two goals or fewer eight times.

He finished with 27 saves while playing his 18th straight game. DiPietro has missed only one of New York’s 23 contests.

The Islanders, who beat Ottawa 3-2 in a shootout on Wednesday night, fell to 11-2 this season against Eastern Conference playoff teams from last season. The only such club they have yet to beat is the Atlanta Thrashers, who New

York will play Saturday for the first time.

Jaromir Jagr and Brandon Dubinsky added goals, and Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves for the Rangers, who won for the second time in five games (2-21).

The Islanders’ Miroslav Satan got credit for a goal in the second period, during a wild scramble in front following a funny carom off the boards, and Mike Comrie cut the Islanders’ deficit to one late in the frame.

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Favre-less Packers fall to Cowboys IRVING, Texas (AP) — Standing on the sideline, scowling and gingerly holding his bandaged right arm, all Brett Favre could do was watch Tony Romo impersonate him.

The kid was good. Too good for Favre and the Green Bay Packers.

The Wisconsin native who spent all week denying Favre was his childhood hero sure played a lot like a young No. 4 Thursday night — full of moxie and joy, but needing a bit of a high-wire act to send the Dallas Cowboys past the Packers 37-27 and into the lead for home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.

Romo threw four touchdown passes to send the Cowboys (11-1) to their sixth straight win. The Packers (10-2) ended a six-game winning streak and are now essentially two games behind Dallas.

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green bay packers quarterback brett favre holds his arm on the sideline after injuring it in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys in their NFL football game, Thursday in Irving, Texas. The Cowboys’ Tony Romo threw four touchdowns as his team won, 3727. AP photo/Tony Gutierrez

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Down: Ag women drop to 0-5 -continued from page 9 a learning experience. Every game lost is a jumping-off point to get better and move on, she said. The team will have to keep their mental clarity and know that they can do better, she said.

“No matter what we see, whether we’re playing against a really physical, tough team, we’re going to be OK,” Pebley said. “We’re going to be confident, and we’re still going to be

able to execute what we do.”

Coming up for the Aggies is an away-game schedule that takes them to Cheney, Wash., to compete against the Eastern Washington University Eagles on Dec. 2. Then Dec. 8 puts the ladies in Flagstaff, Ariz., on the home court of Northern Arizona University, -erin.wadsworth@aggiemail. usu.edu

Avenge: Santa Clara up next -continued from page 9 Santa Clara returns two starters and eight letter-winners from last year’s team that went 21-10, including a 77-75 overtime victory over Utah State last season.

In that game, Aggie big man Stephen DuCharme recorded a season-high 22 points and 11 rebounds.

Jaycee Carroll will look to improve on his performance from last year as he recorded a season-low 14 points. Utah State had a chance to win the game at the buzzer when guard Mikel Watson’s running jump shot rolled out as time expired and DuCharme’s tip-in was waived off because the buzzer had already sounded. In overtime, Santa Clara started off quickly by scoring six of the first eight points to build a four-point lead before hitting four straight free throws in the final 25 seconds.

A trend for Utah State has been that it wins when Carroll scores 20 or more points. For Carroll’s entire career, he has scored 20 or more points 39 times, and USU is 32-7 in those

games. This year, Carroll is averaging 19.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while shooting 49 percent from the field, 48 percent from 3-point range and 94 percent from the free-throw line.

Also averaging double-digit scoring for Utah State this season is DuCharme, who is averaging 13.6 points. Junior forward Gary Wilkinson averages 10.1 points.

DuCharme is coming off a week where he was named the Western Athletic Conference player of the week as he scored 40 points over the Aggies two games in the South Padre Invitational. He also put in 10 points in the Aggies’ win over Austin Peay on Nov. 20.

Senior guard Kris Clark and junior forward DeUndrae Spraggins are coming off of career games against Iowa State.

Clark recorded a career-high nine assists while Spraggins scored 14 points and dished out five assists.

-sam.bryner@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Grey Cup: Chick enjoying CFL -continued from page 9 Chick said he still follows the Aggies, mainly by looking at news tickers to see how they are doing and keeping in touch with his friends. He said he had some advice for the current Aggies as they work this off-season to improve their record again next season: “The number one thing when I was there, a lot of the guys I knew it seemed like it was hard to stay positive. When there’s negativity in the locker room, it produces bad things.”

Chick said the Saskatchewan Roughriders were underdogs most of this year.

“That was in the media. But inside the locker room everyone believed we could win. That started with the head coach and everyone bought into what he said. It showed in practice, it showed in meetings and it showed in games. You’re going to have bad experiences to learn from. We had a three-game losing streak and some losses that shouldn’t have been losses.”

Several USU players besides Chick have found success in the CFL, such as Jerome Dennis, who plays for the British Columbia team Chick and the Roughriders beat en route to the Grey Cup, or safety Mark Estelle, a Montreal Alouette.

Former Aggie quarterback Anthony Calvillo plays with

Estelle for Montreal. Calvillo is the CFL’s career leader in passing yardage. More former WAC players in the CFL include Chick’s Saskatchewan teammate Yo Murphy from the University of Idaho and Boise State’s career passing leader Ryan Dinwiddie of Winnipeg.

Although Guy said he hopes Chick’s fine performance in the Canadian league earns him another look from NFL teams, the easy-going Chick said he and his wife Catherine, a Utah State grad, are content.

“I’m tired of moving my family around, and we’re happy where we are,” Chick said. “It’s a great community for my wife and kids. I’m not really pursuing anything.”

Maybe one reason Chick is so happy to be in Saskatchewan is the great Canadian fans.

“The fans in Saskatchewan are the craziest of all fans,” Chick said. “They bleed green here. They’re throughout all of Canada. Saskatchewan Roughriders is the only team in Saskatchewan, so everyone from Saskatchewan is Roughrider fans. Most of our games we’d go to you’d notice the Saskatchewan fans just as much as the opposing team fans.”

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ive a couple cans, get a debt forgiven.

No, the IRS hasn’t grown a heart and decided to give U.S. taxpayers a break.

Wouldn’t that be nice? But the Merrill-Cazier Library on campus does have a heart and a bit of Christmas cheer. Their generous offer is simple: donate at least two nonperishable food items and have up to $5 in fines, with a maximum of $20, waived.

Yep, that fine you accrued from returning that annoying history book two weeks late can be waived by donating a little food. What’s more, the library will turn around and donate your donation to the Cache Community Food Pantry to assist those less fortunate during the holiday season.

This is an effort to be applauded for many reasons. Food drives are common, but not any less important because of their regularity. Hunger is still prevalent, even in Logan. When you open your pantry and find only cans of chicken noodle soup or Top Ramen, it’s easy to think you don’t have much, but there are many who would appreciate that food.

As college students, we sometimes wonder what people are talking about when they speak of the less fortunate – come on, we’re poor ourselves. But truthfully, we are pretty blessed. Most of us have something to eat and could afford to donate a few cans.

Perhaps the best part of this whole deal is the generosity of the library to let us “less fortunate” college students off the hook by waiving fines.

Where else do you get a break like this? It’s the closest thing to a Monopoly “Get out of Jail Free” card. It’s what Christmas is all about – extending a helping hand and spreading joy.

Maybe other organizations on campus could pick up on the example of the library. Imagine if the parking office waived all the parking tickets. It would likely be the largest mass forgiving of debt in school history as students could tear up the yellow parking envelopes and shout for joy.

Once upon a time, the parking office actually did this. Why not bring it back? Isn’t Christmas all about peace on Earth, good will toward men? There’s not too much good will when it comes to parking tickets and students could sure use a break.

Either way, the efforts by the library are much appreciated by students and the hungry alike.

Aussies still close but not best friends

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e Australians don’t kid ourselves that Americans follow our politics as closely as we follow theirs. The results of the Australian election last weekend, however, might give pause to some in Washington: A social conservative, once described by President Bush as a “man of steel,” was thrown out of office (and his own parliamentary seat) by a former diplomat who speaks Mandarin.

On such issues as climate change and the war on terrorism, ousted Prime Minister John Howard was Bush’s most faithful international supporter. After the inglorious departures of Britain’s Tony Blair and Spain’s Jose Maria Aznar, Bush and Howard were the What others are last men standing of the Western saying about issues. leaders who invaded Iraq. Now Howard, too, is gone. It’s as if the Sundance Kid charged alone into the rifles of the Bolivian army, leaving Butch Cassidy fiddling with his six-shooter.

The good news for the United States is that under the new Labor government, Australia will remain a close ally. Historically speaking, Australia is actually Washington’s most reliable ally – the only country to fight alongside the U.S. in every major conflict of the 20th and 21st centuries. The new prime minister, Kevin Rudd, is a strong supporter of the alliance – unlike Labor’s leader at the last election, who called it “a funnel that draws us into unnecessary wars” and “another form of neocolonialism.”

Rudd understands that if Washington is to value its alliance with Australia, we need to be a valuable ally. So far he has pledged to withdraw some troops from Iraq – but not all – and continue Australia’s deployment to dangerous southern Afghanistan.

But Australian support for American military operations, while historically consistent, is not unlimited. If Bush were to revert to the muscular foreign policy of his first term and initiate another risky unilateral military operation without wide international support, the new government might be less willing to join the coalition.

Canberra also will be less sympathetic on some other global issues. One of Rudd’s first acts in office, for instance, will be to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, leaving the United States as the only developed country not to sign on to this plan to reduce global warming.

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ForumLetters Beliefs based on experiences To the editor: Is illegal music downloading wrong? This was the question of yesterday’s online poll.

Conversely, a person could ask, “Is illegally killing a person wrong?” Most people, with the exception of OJ Simpson and the jury that acquitted him, would agree that yes, it is wrong. Why should downloading music illegally be any different? There is not a lot of gray area in law. If it is illegal, it is wrong, case closed. Why then, would only two people in my friends class of 30 be the only ones who had not illegally downloaded music?

I was one who would have to plead guilty to a charge of

possessing illegally downloaded music. I, like many others, justified my stealing through the fair-use provision of the copyright act. I assumed the position that as long as I was not making profit off of someone else’s work, it was fair use and I did not need to pay for that usage. Not only was this justification dodgey at best, it was also unethical.

Ethics is a whole new playground; one in which there are no definite rules to govern behavior, only moral character.

Is it OK to steal a base in baseball? It’s stealing is it not. Is it OK to outsource production to China? Is it OK to take something at the cost of nothing when the cost is assumed by some one else? What if they have a wife and kids to support?

The problem is that society is prone to freeloaders, people

Letters to the editor • A public forum who take something and give nothing in return. Governments are therefore established to distribute the costs of freeloaders evenly. So, I guess one solution to artists and song writers not receiving the royalties they deserve would be a government-subsidized recording industry. Artists would live off of government cheese in a van down by the river while the rest of society exploited their work for free.

Until this occurs, however, I am under the conviction that wrong is wrong. It is up to you to determine the ethicality of your own actions, but as for me, every song, program, and movie I had obtained without license I deleted long ago with regret for having acquired them at all.

Brian Francom

A presidential accounting

Editor’s note: ASUSU President Peter McChesney wrote this letter to account for what he promised to do when running for president.

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ellow Students, I hope you were all able to enjoy your Thanksgiving break last week.

With Fall Semester coming to a close, I wanted to provide an account of what I promised to do last spring when I ran for president, as well as to lend some commentary on events within our student body so far this year.

The fliers my campaign committee and I distributed last year contained the following platform, and accompanied is an account of the progress so far: Generating more scholarship opportunities – A development officer will be working for ASUSU and Student Services come January under the direction of University Advancement Vice President Ross Petersen. The development officer will work with donors to raise money for extra scholarships as well as raise money for the funding of various student groups.

Expand the work study program – On the 15th of this month, I gave a presentation and plea to the Higher Education Taskforce of the state Legislature in regards to formalizing ongoing funding to the Utah Centennial Opportunity Program for Education fund (a large source of funds for the work study program). This will ensure a continuance to the expansion of the program and has the support of the commissioner of higher education, and it will also generate further needs-based scholarship opportunities for not just Aggies, but all students throughout Utah. In addition to this, I am leading an initiative amongst the student body presidents of Utah to evaluate what other legislative measures can be taken this next legislative session to redirect further monies to the students of higher education in Utah in a way that will not detriment other funding needs of the state.

New international student scholarship – This will be an assignment given to the development officer, and if they are unable to achieve this by the end of the year, it will be created by using funds within my control.

Improve academic advising – Although there is a new advising program being set up, this is still in the works.

Help foster USU to be a more inclusive campus – This is the campaign goal I would like to spend the most time discussing.

What do I mean when I say I want to foster USU to be a more inclusive campus? I simply mean I want our student body to reflect an environment where students from all walks of life feel even more at home at USU. This means enjoying

Aggie life and having the ability to share the USU stage, even if they do not fall into the predominant demographic.

With a predominate culture at Utah State, it is often challenging to foster high degrees of diversity and inclusiveness on our campus. In my opinion, there are two sides of the coin in this unique situation. One side of the coin represents students who come from a different culture to a campus such as Utah State. Given the culture and history here, these students would benefit from researching our unique environment and history. In doing so, they will gain a better understanding of what to expect. Even though there is a predominant Mormon culture, the other side of the coin is that every student who comes to this state university – regardless of nationality, age, religion and other demographic factors – has the right to be a part of the Aggie family. This means equally sharing the stage with any LDS Aggie from Cache Valley.

Today’s world is small. In many ever-increasing ways, the world is continuing to go global. When we are finished with our university careers, the global arena will, more often than not, permeate our environment. How then, does this relate to diversity and inclusiveness in our student body?

The answer is simple – understanding and being able to work harmoniously with those who are different from us will, in many ways, be just as valuable in the work force as our degrees. This doesn’t mean we have to accept and be like those who are different than us. However, coming to respect those differences will provide us with a valuable education that we cannot receive in any classroom. Quite often we fail to view diversity in such a pragmatic way; still, being able to do so is the reality of being able to succeed in the world of today.

Oftentimes, it is difficult for us to embrace diversity because we are apprehensive when it comes to respecting and including a person who does not share our same beliefs or values.

It is unfortunate that as soon as an individual with a different belief, culture or value is noticed, people face the challenge of including them. In my opinion, the civilized approach to take in this situation is to respect and include a person – even when we strongly disagree with them. Not only is this behavior of common courtesy, but it fosters self-betterment. Through the exposure of a different belief system or culture, we should all

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gain a better understanding of ourselves and others.

In regards to respecting and embracing diversity, I believe the best teaching moment we have from this semester occurred when we had a guest protester on our campus.

Much was said and written about Eli, the Christian preacher who delivered his message to us at the beginning of the semester.

Various concerns reached my ears about Eli’s presence and whether or not he was allowed to be here on campus. In short, he was. Overall, I was very disappointed to learn of an incident when rocks were thrown at him. Now, I cannot determine if those who cast the stones were of another faith or no faith all. That doesn’t matter.

My encouragement to all is to show class by treating all visitors on our campus with courtesy and respect.

Apart from general respect and courtesy, visitors like Eli give us a glimpse into the outside world, which contains different types of people and beliefs. In fact, this measure of diversity exists at all levels of government and business. All types of people will be in our future professions. All types of people will be crossing our paths in life. If an employer or a boss sees we have the ability to understand, respect and work productively with different types of people, it may be the determining factor in being hired or promoted. During the application process, this ability may even override a

low GPA. By and large, embracing the lessons gained through an understanding of diversity is crucial for success in today’s world. In effect, isn’t that the very reason we came to university in the first place – to expand our knowledge?

On this topic, Oscar Wilde once said, “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” I interpret this to mean that, perhaps, the greatest lessons we will learn during our time at USU won’t be in the classroom, but through the experiences we have amongst the student body.

My vision for our student body is to prepare students for their adult lives by fostering an environment of growth, learning, and maturity. As we continue sharing the stage with each other, I hope we all gain a greater respect for the many cultures that exist at USU. My vision also includes enhancing the level of maturity amongst our student body.

This will create a society of students who show class and respect to all those who visit. Regardless of whether we agree or disagree with the ideas of our visitors (even when they are challenging us in sporting events), let us be the type of people who make all types of people feel welcomed.

In the very least, we should all expect class and maturity from the students of this Carnegie 1 research institution.

Although there are some formal arrange-

ments in the works to help smaller groups on campus share the stage at USU through ASUSU, I hope the vision I am trying to provide in this message will also be remembered and applied.

With most of my campaign goals completed, I look forward to Spring Semester.

During this time, I will have more freedom to undertake additional projects that are now in their beginning phases. A couple of these are aimed at bridging the gap that often exists between ASUSU and the student body. With this year being the 100th anniversary of ASUSU, I feel there is no better time to take on such a goal. So keep an eye out for some new and exciting endeavors to come next semester.

Lastly, I wish you all the best of luck during the remainder of this semester. I hope you all enjoy a well-deserved Christmas break and, once again, I thank you for all the work you put into making this campus the great and ever-improving environment that it is.

regional clout and its appetite for Australian resources, most here regard China expertise as a good thing.

How should American policymakers react to the emergence throughout Asia of strategic triangles like the one formed

by Washington, Beijing and Canberra? The answer is not to be more demanding of allies and friends.

Rather, the U.S. needs to match the concentration and subtlety of Beijing’s regional soft-power offensive. The recent AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, summit in Sydney was a case in point.

Australians laughed off Bush’s references to the “OPEC” meeting and the “Austrian” troops in Iraq. However, his performance contrasted with the diplomatic tour de force by Chinese President Hu Jintao, who stayed in Australia for a week, closed a major energy deal and presented two giant pandas to the Adelaide Zoo. Washington should also remind Asians of the public goods it provides to the region – in the form of leadership and

security – compared with China. In recent years, America’s sins in Iraq have obscured the flaws in China’s international behavior.

Beijing has been helpful on North Korea, but it has not yet internalized its new global responsibilities. It persists in shielding regimes, such as Myanmar’s junta, from international scrutiny. In the southwest Pacific, China indulges in a bidding war with Taiwan for diplomatic recognition that is as destructive as it unnecessary.

In the final scene of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” Butch suggests that the duo decamp to Australia – where “they speak English ... they’ve got horses” and the banks are “easy, ripe and luscious.”

After last weekend’s election, Australia will remain a robust and familiar ally to America, but it no longer might be the best redoubt for outlaws.

–Peter A. McChesney, ASUSU President Utah Student Association President

Aussie: Australia still close allies with the U.S.

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Shattering the Bush-Howard mind-meld might turn out to be a good thing for the alliance, however. The previous Australian government was in danger of loving it to death. With his record of emphasizing Australian ideas and independence, Rudd will be better placed than his predecessor to win the public argument at home about the value of the U.S. alliance.

The elevation of a China wonk to prime minister also should serve to remind the United States of the new strategic geometry in Asia and the Pacific. As China’s diplomatic influence rises with its economic success, countries throughout the region are having to triangulate between the two behemoths.

Just a few months ago, for example, China overtook Japan as Australia’s largest trading partner. Our leading economic partner, therefore, is no longer our ally’s ally but our ally’s rival.

Rudd was not elected prime minister because he speaks Mandarin – but neither did anyone accuse him of being the Manchurian candidate. Given China’s

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Night jobs could cause cancer, research says

LONDON (AP) – Like UV rays and diesel exhaust fumes, working the graveyard shift will soon be listed as a “probable” cause of cancer.

It is a surprising step validating a concept once considered wacky. And it is based on research that finds higher rates of breast and prostate cancer among women and men whose work day starts after dark.

Next month, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer arm of the World Health Organization, will add overnight shift work as a probable carcinogen.

The higher cancer rates don’t prove working overnight can cause cancer. There may be other factors common among graveyard shift workers that raise their risk for cancer.

However, scientists suspect that overnight work is dangerous because it disrupts the circadian rhythm, the body’s biological clock. The hormone melatonin, which can suppress tumor development, is normally produced at night.

If the graveyard shift theory

eventually proves correct, millions of people worldwide could be affected. Experts estimate that nearly 20 percent of the working population in developed countries work night shifts.

Among the first to spot the night shift-cancer connection was Richard Stevens, a cancer epidemiologist and professor at the University of Connecticut Health Center. In 1987, Stevens published a paper suggesting a link between light at night and breast cancer.

Back then, he was trying to figure out why breast cancer incidence suddenly shot up starting in the 1930s in industrialized societies, where nighttime work was considered a hallmark of progress. Most scientists were bewildered by his proposal.

But in recent years, several studies have found that women working at night over many years were indeed more prone to breast cancer. Also, animals that have their light-dark schedules switched develop more cancerous tumors and die earlier.

Some research also suggests that men working at night may

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Because these studies mostly focused on nurses and airline crews, bigger studies in different populations are needed to confirm or disprove the findings.

There are still plenty of skeptics.

And to put the risk in perspective, the “probable carcinogen” tag means that the link between overnight work and cancer is merely plausible.

Among the long list of agents that are listed as “known” carcinogens are alcoholic beverages and birth control pills. Such lists say nothing about exposure amount or length of time or how likely they are to cause cancer.

The American Cancer Society Web site notes that carcinogens do not always cause cancer. The cancer society doesn’t make its own assessments of possible cancer-causing agents, but relies on analyses by the IARC and a U.S. agency.

Still, many doubters of the night shift link may be won over by the IARC’s analysis to be published in the December issue of the journal Lancet Oncology.

“The indications are positive,” said Vincent Cogliano, who heads up the agency’s carcinogen classifications unit. “There was enough of a pattern in people who do shift work to recognize that there’s an increase in cancer, but we can’t rule out the possibility of other factors.”

Scientists believe having lower melatonin levels can raise the risk of developing cancer.

Light shuts down melatonin production, so people working in artificial light at night may have lower melatonin levels.

Melatonin can be taken as a supplement, but experts don’t recommend it long-term, since that could ruin the body’s ability to produce it naturally. day and night cycles.

Meanwhile, scientists are trying to come up with ways to reduce night workers’ cancer risk.

Theatergoers line up for tickets to see the Broadway musical “Jerry Boys,” after the League of American Theatres Producers and a stagehands union announced a deal to end a strike on New York, Thursday, Nov. 29. AP photo

Broadway back in business after a ninteen-day strike

NEW YORK (AP) – Broadway came back to life Thursday as stage-starved fans lined up in the cold for tickets and theaters reopened their doors following a 19-day stagehands strike that took a big toll on the local economy.

The mood was ecstatic all around the theater district.

Tourists, actors, stagehands, restaurants, musicians, hot dog vendors — basically anyone remotely affected by Broadway — were all thrilled about the return of musicals and plays.

“I never thought I’d have the opportunity to see a Broadway show! And the price is right,” Canadian tourist Susie Biamonte said as she waited for steeply discounted $26.50 tickets to “Chicago” — reopening Thursday with a new cast that included two stars from “The Sopranos.”

The strike inflicted serious harm on Broadway during one of the best times of the year, when the city is teeming with tourists and Christmas shoppers.

Officials estimated that the city lost about $38 million because of the strike.

The end of the walkout meant a scramble for new opening nights for shows that were in previews when the strike hit.

Aaron Sorkin’s “The Farnsworth Invention” will now open Dec. 3; “August: Osage County” from Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Dec. 4. “The Seafarer” arrives Dec. 6; and Dec. 9 will be the new opening for a longlost Mark Twain comedy, “Is He Dead?”

Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” has already announced it would push back its scheduled Dec. 6 opening — with a new date set Thursday for Jan. 10. And a revival of Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming,” which had been set to start previews the day after Thanksgiving, will now premiere Dec. 16.

Popular musicals such as “Wicked,” ‘’Jersey Boys,” ‘’Mamma Mia!” and “The Lion King” were among the more than two dozen shows that were shut down during the lucrative Thanksgiving holiday week.

These big hits regularly gross more than $1 million each week this time of year.

Most plays and musicals that were shut during the walkout were expected to be up and running Thursday evening, even if the cast and crew were a little rusty after a nearly three-week layoff. “Chicago” held a last-minute afternoon rehearsal to work

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Friday

Saturday

Monday

- Santa’s Elves: A North Pole Musical, 6 to 9:30 p.m., Eccles Conference Center Auditorium.

- USU Big Band Swing Club, 7 to 9:30 p.m., HPER. - Department of Music event: String chamber ensembles, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall.

- USU String Academy open registration, all day, Chase Fine Arts Center.

- Mini Dance/Cheer clinic, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., HPER. - Who are you: Anthropological uses of DNA, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cultural Museum of Anthropology.

- 4-H Aggie Adventures for kids, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

- USU String Academy solo recital, 10 to 11 a.m., Chase Fine Arts Center.

- Dance wokrshop with Sahra Saeeda, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

- Tri-state band festival, 3 p.m., Kent Concert Hall.

- USU men’s basketball vs. Santa Clara, 7:05 p.m., Spectrum.

- USU String Academy open registration, all day, Chase Fine Arts Center.

- Department of Music event: Percussion concert, 7:30 p.m., Kent Concert Hall.

- Utah State Theatre production: Absurd Person Singular, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Caine Lyric Theatre.

Nov. 30

Dec. 1

Dec. 3

Toys for tots drive

info session on Monday, Dec. 3 in ESLC 053 from 2–3 p.m.

Magical Moon Toys will be hosting a Toys for Tots Drive on Dec. 1 from 12 to 4 p.m.

Alumni celebration

Christmas party Take a break and come to our annual Christmas party: cookies, stories, gifts and more.

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m. Please e-mail us for directions (desa@ aggiemail.usu.edu) and bring a small gift. Non-members $3 fee.

Floss collection

Come to your community book sale. 50 percent off everything.

Books, school supplies and more.

Great holiday gifts. Lundstrom Hall, 1295 E. 1000 North., Dec. 4-8, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free daycare on Friday 7-9 p.m.

Frontier Christmas Frontier Christmas, Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the American West Heritage Center.

Live Bands, activities, horse carriage. Victorian Winter Ball from 8 to 11 p.m.

Flying McCoys • G&G Mccoy Brain Waves • B. Streeter

Study abroad info

Study Abroad Info Session. Can’t get into SPAN 1010? Study abroad in Chile this summer. Come to our

Attention all Fall ‘07 Graduates: Celebrate your graduation with the Student Alumni Association, Dec. 4 at Alumni House from 6 to 8 p.m. Live Band, Guitar Hero, food and prizes. Free for graduates, $5 for the public.

Nights of Lights Northern Utah’s Second Annual Nights of Lights Celebration, Dec. 3 through Dec. 15. Free family fun and entertainment at the Cache County Fairgrounds, 500 S. 500 West. Come support your community. www.foryouth.org

More to remember ...

• HOSA Club Education, Prehealth students, everyone interested, Come join us for an informative, thought-provoking presentation on autism this Thursday, Nov. 28 in BNR 102 at 6 p.m. Tyra Sellers, who has extensive knowledge and experience in dealing with children with autism, will be lecturing and answering questions about this mysterious spectrum disorder.

• GRE/LSAT prep course will run

Jan. 22-Feb. 28 every Tuesday and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. Contact Emma at emma.conger@usu.edu or call 797-0462 or come to ECC 103 for registration information.

• The Army and Air Force ROTC presents the Annual Military Ball Date: Dec. 7, USU LDS Institute.

We would like to invite all Veterans for dancing, refreshments, and a tribute to our POW’s and MIA’s 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m..

• Poetry and a beverage on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 9 p.m. to midnight in the HUB. • Caine School of the Arts String Chamber Music Ensemble Recital: Nov. 30, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Performance Hall. String students perform their semesterending recital for their chamber groups. Free with ID, $5 General Admission • Friday, Nov. 30, as a part of the downtown Gallery Walk, Caffe Ibis will be holding and opening reception for the oil paintings of Kristi Grussendorf called “Western Plein Air.” The reception will be from 6-9 p.m.0 at 52 Federal Ave. • USU Museum of Anthropology in Old Main Room 252 will be hosting special activities from 105, Dec. 1.

Pearls Before Swine • Steve Pastis

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