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Founders Day 2013 takes on low-�key tone
BY PAUL CHRISTIANSEN staff writer
going to school, and at the same time we have a lot of students who graduate with very little debt,� Abercrombie said. “I know that’s important to our administration to see that continue to be the trend. So any tuition increases are going to be scrutinized
USU honored select individ-� uals and alumni at its intimate Founders Day celebration held in the USU Performance Hall Friday evening. President Stan Albrecht said the event marked a historic occasion in univer-� sity, state and national history. “On July 2, 1862 — just one day after our nation suf-� fered the combined losses of 36,058 men in the Civil War — President Abraham Lincoln quietly signed peaceful legislation that would forever change the way that Americans thought about higher educa-� tion,� Albrecht said. “Our nation’s journey toward increased hope, personal aspiration and opportunity for economic success for the chil-� dren of the laboring classes was set into motion by that historic stroke of President Lincoln’s pen.� Twenty-�six years later on March 8, 1888 — exactly 125 years before USU’s 2013 Founders Day celebration — the Utah Territorial Assembly created Utah State Agricultural College. “The university was a new institution of higher learn-� ing destined to take its place among Utah’s great armada of colleges and universities,� Albrecht said. “As we see around us, that small acorn planted on that day by our ter-� ritorial legislature 125 years ago is now grown into a mighty oak.� This year’s celebration hon-� ored five individuals in differ-� ent capacities. “Each year the Alumni Association presents the Distinguished Alumnus Award to alumni of Utah State University who have best applied knowledge, initiative and individuality in service to the university, to the public and in their professions,� said Kevin Rice, Alumni Relations and Development assistant vice president. “The Distinguished Alumnus Award is the highest award presented to individuals by the Alumni Association.� The Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to Michael Sutton, an advocate for wildlife conservation around the world, and Rick Haskins, executive vice president of mar-� keting and digital programs for the CW television network in California. Haskins said he was “flab-� bergasted and thrilled� to receive such an honor. “Some of my best memories in my life are at Utah State University and Logan,� Haskins said. “I look at Utah State University — and every single university — as a launch pad for life. It gives you the tools. It gives you the education and it sets you off, then it’s up to you to decide the trajectory that you’re going to put into life.� Each year at Founders Day, USU bestows upon an exclusive number of individuals and cou-� ples the Distinguished Service Award, one of the most honor-� able awards presented by the university, Rice said. The award is given based on exemplary service to the university or its civic and professional areas. “Tonight’s recipients are individuals who have made significant contributions to the community, the university and
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ARGENTINA’S CARDINAL JORGE BERGOGLIO, elected Pope Francis, appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 13, 2013, in Vatican City. Bergoglio was elected as the 266th pope and will lead the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. Osservatore Romano photo, MCT
Head of the Church Pope Francis takes Vatican trappings to a new plain
BY HENRY CHU
Los Angeles Times (MCT) VATICAN CITY — Instead of the bus, a chauffeur. No longer a tiny apartment, but a penthouse suite. Not just a new name, but his own personal coat of arms. Such are the perks and trappings of office being thrust upon Pope Francis as he assumes leadership of the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.2 billion followers. There’s just one catch: He may not want them.
Like a man who has won the lottery against his will, the new pontiff has already begun refusing some of the privileges that come with his new job, in keeping with the austere, almost ascetic ways he has pursued up to now as a Jesuit priest. For his unveiling as pope Wednesday to the throng in St. Peter’s Square, he shunned a fur-� trimmed red half-�cloak and golden cross in favor of plain white vest-� ments and his usual iron cross.
To go pray at a church in central Rome on Thursday, he hopped into a regular Vatican sedan, not the papal limousine. He prefers a sim-� ple miter to more elaborate, richly decorated headgear. Such actions seem typical of a man celebrated for his humil-� ity back in his native Argentina, where, as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he served most of his clerical life. But they are new to the Vatican and to a church often decked in pomp and pageantry, and the new pope may
soon be tested in how far he can take them. “He’s trying to be himself, not to change himself. But at the same time he’s completely aware of his role, of his Petrine ministry,� said Antonio Spadaro, editor of the Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica, referring to the pope’s position as heir to St. Peter. “He’s trying to find a balance.� Many of the faithful are marvel-�
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Aggie student lobbyists educate Utah Legislature on USU priorities BY DANI HAYES Hard News Cafe
SALT LAKE CITY — Three bills were in the minds of Utah State University student lobbyists during this year’s state legislative session. The bills involved the broadening of the Alumni Legacy Scholarship, an attempt to receive funding for a new biology building, and getting the OK to begin construction of the Aggie Life and Wellness Center. Student members of USU’s Government Relations Council (GRC) traveled to the Capitol multiple times to meet with lawmakers, represent-� ing the USU student body and student needs to the Legislature. As usual, funding is a hot topic. The bill aiming to broaden USU’s Legacy Scholarship, which extends tuition support to sons and daughters of Aggie alumni, was one of them. “One of the main things Utah State wanted to receive was to extend the Alumni Legacy Scholarship to include grandparents,� said GRC chair Daryn Frischknecht. The current scholarship allows out-�of-�state stu-� dents to pay in-�state tuition if their parents are USU alumni. “We were hoping an expansion of the scholar-� ship would offset the missionary age change,� said Frischknecht. Last fall, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-�day Saints lowered the minimum mis-� sionary age to 18 for men and 19 for women, which prompted students across Utah to take a leave from college — many this semester — and apply for LDS missions. Expanding the Legacy Scholarship would counter some of that enrollment loss, the bill’s proponents argue. “It would also get more students from out-�of-� state to come to Utah,� Frischknecht said. Maintaining USU’s low tuition costs is important to the university. “President Albrecht and the other presidents
UTAH LEGISLATORS DEBATE inside the Utah Legislative chambers in February, where Aggie lobbyists pled their cases for state funding. DANI HAYES photo
across the state are very concerned about the cost for the students,� said Neil Abercrombie, USU direc-� tor of government relations, who works closely with the GNC and represents USU at the Legislature. USU has always been a financial bargain, he said, and it needs to stay that way. “We have a lot of students that work while they’re