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JCOM Department hires new head BY ASHLYN TUCKER staff writer

Ted Pease, head of the department of journalism and communication, will retire at the end of the spring 2013 semester and assume a part-�time profes-� sor role. Thomas Terry, an associ-� ate professor and former chair of the department of mass communication at Idaho State University will be filling Pease’s position beginning this fall.

Pease joined the depart-� ment as department head in 1994 and has held the position since with a gap from 2005 to 2008. “Now that I have been around longer than some of my students have been alive, it’s time for me to do something else,� he said. When asked what he liked about his job, Pease said there are both pros and cons to being a man-� ager. “All the crap lands here, but being an administrator

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is really a creative activity,� he said. “You can make stuff happen and get things done.� Pease said his position has taught him to work on

the time schedule of aca-� demia and take a long view on tasks to be done. “There is a certain cycle of how things get done in academia that is on its own timeframe and has no rela-� tionship to normal, natural reality,� he said. “I have had to marshal my impatience.� Throughout his time as department head, Pease said he has seen the department grow from 150 students to about 300 students. Some years under his leadership, the num-�

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bers reached into the upper 400s. Pease is very proud of the students and alumni of the journalism department and said the department

definitely gets noticed for all that they do. The pro-� gram is known throughout Utah as the place to go to get a communications degree. “We don’t have as much money as BYU,� Pease said. “We are not as big as the U and we are out here in the boonies, but we still make the best professional com-� municators in the state of Utah.� Pease said he plans to

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Students nationwide scramble to make college work BY ERIC ADLER AND MARA ROSE WILLIAMS The Kansas City Star (MCT)

In its idealized conception, college is an ivory tower where students through quiet contem-� plation or raucous self-�discovery ready themselves for “the real world.� But as college student Korchi Yang can attest, and as 2 million college applicants awaiting their financial aid packages may soon discover, being a hardworking student these days means precisely that. Work. Not just the on-�campus work-� study variety. This is real-�world work: 20 or 30 hours a week or more. One out of every five college students works full time, 35-�plus hours a week, all year long, accord-� ing to the most recently released census figures. With college bills at record highs, students say it’s not a choice. It’s a must. Average student debt now sits at $26,600. The cost to attend a pub-� lic four-�year college, with room and board, on average: $17,860 per year. Private: $40,000. After subtracting grants and scholarships, tuition paid by students at public universities

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SENIOR COLLEEN MONAGHAN tends a bar at The Wheel near campus in Larence, Kan., as a way to help pay her college expenses. She says working nights sometimes leaves her with only four hours sleep. Jill Toyoshiba photo, MCT

jumped 8.3 percent last year, the biggest increase on record, accord-� ing to a report released last week by the State Higher Education Executive Officers association.

College bills have become so onerous for some, in fact, that last month The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on a brisk market for students selling parts

of their physical selves: plasma, sperm, eggs, their bodies for medi-� cal clinical studies. “It’s fast, easy money,� said Nikki Hill, a 25-�year-�old, full-�

time online student at Missouri Southern State University who previously attended the University of Kansas. While at KU, Hill said, she sold plasma twice a week while also working at a coffee shop to pay her bills. “College is expensive. I was making $60 a week donating my plasma,� said Hill, who said she earned thousands of dollars over three years this way. “All my friends were doing it, too. I used to round everyone up and drive them all with me to the plasma center.� For the majority of students who don’t go to such lengths, how-� ever, the daily working world has become the prime option. For years, studies have found that holding a job for 10 to 15 hours a week during college can actually help students perform better in the classroom. But stu-� dents today are going far beyond that limit, experts say. Too many hours has a price all its own. “The toll it takes on students is pretty significant,� said Josh Gunn, president-�elect of the American College Counseling Association and director of counseling and psychological

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Congress takes a pass, so far, on college sports scandals BY RENEE SCHOOF AND DAN KANE

McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) WASHINGTON — Several groups have been tapping on the door of Congress lately with a request for oversight into the often opaque, big-�money world of college sports. But the door seems shut tight. There’s been no shortage of front-�page scandals involving blue-�chip collegiate athletic programs, from the Penn State child sex abuse tragedy to the University of Miami booster-�gate episode, where an avid fan lav-�

ished players with cash, women and other benefits. But it’s a 16-�year academic fraud case at the University of North Carolina that has crystal-� lized concerns that a federal academic records privacy law has been used by schools as a tool to keep certain records from the public that critics believe should be kept open. “There is not a culture of trans-� parency,� said James Sears Bryant, an attorney who was involved in a campus privacy issue related to sexual assault complaints at Oklahoma State University Sometimes the law, the Family

Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, known as FERPA, has been used to keep even police and state officials in the dark. At Oklahoma State, Bryant said school officials mistakenly told reporters that the law prevented them from reporting sexual assault complaints to the police. FERPA was intended to protect student privacy, primarily grades. But educational institutions have used it to keep other kinds of records secret — including disciplinary actions after sexual assault reports, parking tickets that would show what kind of cars student-�athletes are driving, and

other non-�educational informa-� tion. North Carolina, one of the top public universities in the country that also boasts one of the pre-� mier college basketball programs, was the scene of one of the worst-� ever academic scandals at an American university. The school, known as a “public Ivy,� quietly placed hundreds of students — many of them athletes — in lecture-�style classes in the African studies department, which never met, and which only required of them a term paper at the end, which likely wasn’t read. The fraud began to unravel in

August 2011, when McClatchy Newspapers’ The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., obtained the transcript of a foot-� ball star showing a B-�plus in an upper-�level class before he had even begun his first full semester as a freshman. Since then, university officials have acknowledged that there have been more than 200 bogus classes in the department. A recent independent investigation found that the more than 450 unauthorized grade changes in the classes were spread among

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New details show Florida student was likely planning campus massacre BY DENISE-MARIE ORDWAY AND STEPHEN HUDAK Orlando Sentinel (MCT)

ORLANDO, Fla. — James Oliver Seevakumaran had about 1,000 rounds of ammunition, an assault rifle, a semi-�automatic pistol and four homemade bombs when he threatened his roommate and killed himself in a dorm room Monday morn-� ing at the University of Central Florida. He also had a check list of things to do that ended with these words: ‘good luck + give

them hell.� As UCF police on Tuesday unveiled more details of Seevakumaran’s behavior, it became clear that he was capa-� ble, and likely planning, a mas-� sacre on campus. Seevakumaran had received two packages on March 12 that contained gun-�related items and a training video on how to use a laser sight, UCF Police Chief Richard Beary said at a news conference. Beary said Seevakumaran had not picked up the packages yet from the university mail depart-� ment. But he had apparently

accomplished some of the items on his check list, including the pulling of a fire alarm. Seevakumaran, 30, pulled the alarm in the Tower 1 student housing complex at about 12:20 a.m. — an action that prompted an evacuation of the buildings’ 500 residents. Police think pull-� ing the alarm was intended to draw students into the open, where they would be vulnerable to an attack. But that was thwarted after one of his roommates called 911. In an interview with the Orlando Sentinel, Arabo Babakhani, Seevakumaran’s

roommate since fall 2012, described a frightening scene in his third-�floor dorm room that morning. Babakhani, a 24-�year-�old engi-� neering major, said he was in his bedroom in Apartment 308 when he heard the fire alarm go off. He assumed one of his room-� mates had burned something in the kitchen. But he opened his bedroom door to find Seevakumaran pointing a rifle at him. Babakhani said he quick-� ly slammed the door in Seevakumaran’s face and dialed 911. All the while, Babakhani

said, Seevakumaran “didn’t say a single word.� Then, Babakhani said, he heard “pops,� which he assumes were gunshots. Police said Tuesday that only one shot was fired — when Seevakumaran put a bullet in his head. Babakhani described Seevakumaran as “extremely sol-� itary,� avoiding human contact, particularly eye contact. Seevakumaran’s family released a statement Tuesday describing him as “a loner� who did not have a history of vio-�

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JOBS: Working often wins students’ time over classwork, lectures From page 1 services at Kennesaw State University. “Students are depleted, exhausted, and something has to suffer.� At Kennesaw, Gunn said, “it has been quite evident that more students than ever are carrying a full load of classes and a full-�time job at the same time.� When students become too run-�down to make it through even one more day of double duty, he said, they usually will choose to go to work over class to pay the bills. Consider Yang, 23, who scrambles each week to keep her life in balance. She attends Kansas City (Kan.) Community College, but next year she will pay much of her own way through Pittsburg State University — about $12,500 a year if she lives on cam-� pus. Born the eighth of 10 chil-� dren to immigrant Hmong parents, she is the first in her family to attend college. Her father died, disabled, in 2010 after a stroke. Her mother, who doesn’t speak English, moved to California to farm after her husband died. Yang lives with a brother in their father’s home. While taking 12 credit hours at college, she works four nights, 28 hours a week, at a Wal-�Mart store from 3 to 10 p.m. When she’s done at the store on Friday nights and also Saturdays, she changes out of her blue Wal-�Mart shirt and into an entirely different outfit. She puts on heels and a T-�shirt or a form-�fitting dress to work crowds as a model and hostess in Westport or the Power & Light District until about 2 a.m., recruit-� ing pretty and personable young women for CQC Promotions. The Olathe, Kan., home-� based company provides models and party hostesses to companies. Yang, who is studying fashion merchan-� dizing and wants to be a model and designer, is fea-� tured in an ad for a coming California car show. For her, the job offers modeling credit and fun along with the $20 to $25 an hour she makes to help save for college. She uses her Wal-�Mart money to pay for her car, phone, food, gas and utilities. “When I first started going to college, it was really hard for me,� Yang said of working full time and studying. “I never got any sleep at all. I had to work almost as much as I went to school just to pay for school.� It was so exhausting, she said, that she urged her two younger sisters, Pachia and Seenhiam, to do everything they could in high school to get great grades and schol-� arships. “I didn’t want it to be as hard for them,� Yang said. She said Pachia, 22, is now in her third year at St. Catherine University in Minnesota. Seenhiam, 20, is at the University of Central

Arkansas. Both, she said, have scholarships that have saved them from her work schedule. Working has costs in terms of time, psychology, social life and, for many, grades. But not for Quentin Savwoir, who has a 4.0 aver-� age as a senior at Rockhurst University. Savwoir, 26, of Kansas City works full time and attends school full time too, while also co-�launching a business, Nuts and Bolts, featuring environmentally friendly custom underwear for men. His 40 hours-�a-�week job as a youth advocate at Synergy House, serving homeless teens, is necessary. Rockhurst’s tuition alone is $30,000. He has already mounted more than $10,000 in loan debt. He has a Pell grant for low-�income students. The maximum amount is $5,500. Savwoir brings home about $1,500 a month before taxes. He has rent, food, utilities, and on and on. “It’s a real struggle,� he said. “I feel like I have a pur-� pose in life, and to achieve that I have to be educated. In order to be educated, I have to work. It’s not ideal, but I have to work.� Savwoir spent his spring break last week with a stack of books, seated in front of a

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hen I first started college, it was really hard for me. I never got any sleep at all. I had to work almost as much as I went to school just to pay for school.�

laptop at a desk in his River Market apartment getting a jump on several projects due at the end of the year. “I don’t even have time to enjoy my 4.0,� he said. “I don’t have a social life. It’s all about work and school.� Colleen Monaghan, 22, an Overland Park, Kan., senior majoring in journal-� ism at KU, said she also had no choice. Her parents, she said, told her, “‘You have got to get a job.’ Not working is not an option.� Monaghan tends bar 30 hours a week at The Wheel. Her hope is to someday work in London, and she has a job interview there next week during KU’s spring break. Until she moved back home this year to save money for London, most of her paycheck went for rent, along with her car and other bills. Some nights she works until closing and grabs a

little sleep before heading back to serve the bar’s open-� ing crowd and work into the dinner shift. “Some nights I only get four hours sleep,� she said. Studies have long shown that working a few hours during college improves academic performance, said Laura Perna, a professor of education at the University of Pennsylvania and editor in 2010 of “Understanding the Working College Student.� Those studies, however, focus on “traditional stu-� dents,� she said. They include students who are ages 18 to 24, who work 10 to 15 hours a week and who are enrolled full time while their parents foot most of their bills, she said. Among those students, limited work outside school helps develop skills such as time management, focus and responsibility. In other words, students who are good workers outside college also tend to work well inside college. But there’s also a problem: “The problem is that most kids don’t fit that pro-� file any longer,� Perna said. They’re working much, much more. The work breakdown, according to the National Center for Education Statistics: 40 percent of full-�time college students hold regular jobs. Among them, three out of five work at least 20 hours per week. Seven percent of full-�time students work full time. Among part-�time stu-� dents, 73 percent hold jobs. Of those, four out of five punch in more than 20 hours per week. Fully a third of part-�time students work full time. This is hardly to say that working during college is new. National statistics indi-� cate that the peak employ-� ment year for college students ages 16 to 24 was 2000, the year before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Percentages have gradu-� ally been ticking down ever since. While 40 percent of full-� time students now work regular jobs, 52 percent did so in 2000. But interpreting the numbers is thorny, said Michelle Asha Cooper, president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy in

QUENTIN SAZWOIR is a full-time student at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo., and also works full time, above. Rich Sugg photo, MCT COLLEGE FRESHMAN DAYANNE REYES is work-

ing on a degree in international business and also working part-time in sales, left. David Eulitt photo, MCT

Washington. With tuition costs and student loans mounting, the notion that fewer rather than more students would be working seems paradoxi-� cal. “It depends on how you cut the numbers,� Cooper said. “Nationally, we do have a trend of students working more hours.� For some students, find-� ing a job may be harder now than it would have been in the past. After five years of recession, students aren’t just competing with each other for work. Some are going up against their par-� ents. “When the economy

through full scholarship. “But as far as my liv-� ing expenses, I pay those myself,� she said, “for rent, and for groceries and for textbooks and stuff like that.� An American studies and linguistics major, she holds two jobs with variable hours, putting in about 16 hours a week. For one, she works out of her dorm room, going over resumes to recruit high-�achieving students around the country to accept paid fellowships at Education Pioneers. The organization, similar to Teach for America, looks to recruit talented students

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tanks and there are no jobs, it can be hard for students to get jobs, too,� said Sandy Bauer, an education policy consultant and senior fellow at the George Washington University Graduate School of Education. Even students with full scholarships feel the need to work to round out their col-� lege experience. Bailey Reimer, 21, a senior at KU with a 3.99 GPA — “I got an A-�minus in my first class, first semes-� ter, freshman year,� she said — receives paid tuition

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mom. Her dad died when she was 4. Although her jobs are not for survival, she said, they enhance her overall college experience, like a semester abroad she spent in Spain and paid for herself. “My semester abroad wasn’t terribly expensive, but I wouldn’t have been able to do it,� she said. Dayanne Reyes’ friends think she is insane. The 19-�year-�old Winnetonka High School graduate started this year as a freshman at William Jewell College. Price tag: About $40,000 a year for tuition, room and board. The school gave her half in a scholarship. For the rest, she is taking out loans: $80,000 over four years, even though her parents offered to help her. For Reyes, it was a matter of responsible indepen-� dence. “I’m completely aware of it,� she said of the debt. “I battled with it a lot. The way I see it, there is no bet-� ter investment than your education. Education will follow you no matter where you go.� Her reason for choosing Jewell is that she already had a job — in the sales department at Cerner Corp. — and wanted to keep it. She got the job in high school as part of a Cerner program that identifies promising students from local high schools. Now she goes to school full time, taking 16 credits. She joined a sorority, lives on campus. Two days a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, she dresses in professional suits and skirts and works nine-�hour days at Cerner. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, she works three hours each morn-� ing, 9 a.m. to noon, before classes. Total: 27 hours each week. Then she has to study. “Last night I probably got like 30 minutes of sleep,� Reyes said one day last week. She had a two-�week world politics class project due, an accounting assign-� ment and an essay for another class. She started studying with friends at 9 p.m. The friends nodded off about 2 a.m. “I went to bed prob-� ably around 6 this morn-� ing,� she said. “They (her friends) are like, ‘I don’t know how you do it. I wouldn’t be able to func-� tion. You’re crazy.’?� The way Reyes sees it, the hard work is all about her future and perhaps staying with Cerner long term. “I do recognize that it is a very hard thing to do, that it is a big time com-� mitment,� she said. “If you have the capacity to not work and your parents are providing for you, I would say concentrate on your academics.� She’ll do what she has to do. “Caffeine,� she said, “is what drives me every day.�

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JCOM: Pease pleased with new department head From page 1 do plenty of fishing with all his newfound new time beginning this summer. “The thing about this job is that there is always a lot to do, so having the opportunity to step back, I don’t know what I’m going to do besides fishing,â€? he VDLG §0D\EH , ZLOO ZULWH D ERRN or go back to the news business and do some more writing and reporting.â€? Pease said the department is excited to have Terry as their new department head. Pease believes Terry is a good fit for

the department because he comes from the profession and understands the imperative of a professional program. “I am very comfortable hand-� ing the position over to him,� Pease said. Terry is equally excited for KLV DUULYDO LQ /RJDQ +H VDLG WKH department’s vast expertise and focus on student learning is what attracted him to Utah State. “It will be a great opportunity for me to continue to expand upon the success of Ted and the faculty,� he said. “Plus, they have awesome ice cream.� Terry believes he is well-�qual-�

ified for the department head position because of his diversi-� fied background. He has tried his hand in everything, includ-� ing starting the first online newspaper in Illinois in the mid ’90s, hosting a monthly NPR affiliate radio show and being featured as an expert on a PBS documentary on major media outlets during the civil rights movement. “I have a wide range of experi-� ence in virtually every aspect of the media,� he said. “That gives me an insight into the value of every part of the media.� Terry said he loves journalism

because of how exciting it is and how important it is to the coun-� try. “Journalism is the only profession mentioned in the Constitution,� he said. “The media provides freedom of press.� He said he also appreciates the opportunity he has to make a difference in people’s lives as a professional communicator. “We are not very powerful at telling people what to think but about telling people what to think about,� he said. – ashlyn.tucker@aggiemail.usu.edu

SCANDAL: Student-â€?athlete fraud is nothing new From page 1 both students and student-â€?athletes in a man-â€? ner consistent with the class enrollments. “This was not an athletic scandal,â€? former 1RUWK &DUROLQD *RY -LP 0DUWLQ ZKR KHDG ed the investigation, told the school’s board of trustees. “It was an academic scandal, which is worse.â€? Journalism groups say even general infor-â€? mation, such as what classes attract large numbers of student-â€?athletes and who teaches them, is kept secret. The Drake Group, an association of professors, has published articles seeking broad reforms in line with its mission, “to defend academic integrity in higher education from the corrosive aspects of commercialized college sports.â€? But there are no plans for hearings on Capitol Hill. And there’s no powerful group lobbying Congress to pay attention. “It’s like pushing a wet noodle,â€? said Drake member Frank Splitt, a retired electrical engineering professor, who has pressed law-â€? makers and published numerous articles on the need for college sports reform. “Nobody’s responding in Congress.â€? North Carolina’s academic fraud problem was not unique. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, which is monitoring the case, has waded into others, including: —Florida State University in 2006 and 2007, cases of cheating on tests and papers involving football, men’s basketball and other sports. —Georgia Southern University in 2010, academic fraud involving a former coach and two players on the men’s basketball team. ÂŚ8QLYHUVLW\ RI 6RXWKHUQ 0LVVLVVLSSL LQ 2013, two former tennis coaches were cited for offering impermissible benefits, includ-â€?

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ing $5,000 — and in the case of one student, a car — as well as academic misconduct, including paying one student-�athlete to write papers for another. 0HDQZKLOH WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI .HQWXFN\ refused a request by the school newspaper’s editor for correspondence between the uni-� versity and its athletics staff, and between the university and the NCAA about the athletic status of freshman basketball player Nerlens Noel. The NCAA later ruled that Noel was eligible. The state attorney general’s office asked for the same information but was turned down, as well. Nonetheless, the office ruled in December that the university was right to deny the newspaper the material. “The overuse of FERPA, in ways that the sponsors never intended, to conceal infor-� mation that’s just inconvenient or embar-� rassing, is really an epidemic,� said Frank /R0RQWH H[HFXWLYH GLUHFWRU RI WKH 6WXGHQW 3UHVV /DZ &HQWHU D MRXUQDOLVP DGYRFDF\ group that is not allowed to lobby.

/R0RQWH VDLG &RQJUHVV VKRXOG RYHUKDXO the privacy law and make clear that only “core academic and disciplinary records� are protected. And with the penalty for violating FERPA — withdrawal of federal funds — so extreme, schools overreact for fear of being put out of business, he said. Higher education lawyers say the law doesn’t need to be fixed. “Only rarely does it restrict us from com-� municating about our students when we need to do so, and hardly ever does it com-� pel communication about our students,� 6WHYHQ 0F'RQDOG JHQHUDO FRXQVHO DW WKH Rhode Island School of Design, wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Education. “It gives us considerable discretion to do what we, in our own best judgment, think should be done.� Alexandra Sollberger, a spokeswoman for the House Education and the Workforce Committee, said that it would continue to monitor the application of FERPA but that the issue was not on its immediate agenda. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-�Conn., a former member of the Senate Health, (GXFDWLRQ /DERU DQG 3HQVLRQV &RPPLWWHH and a former state attorney general, said that “a new look may be worth doing� because he hears from school administrators, parents and others that they’re troubled about the law. Asked last fall about the North Carolina scandal, Rep. David Price, a Chapel Hill Democrat and a former Duke University professor whose district includes UNC, said, “I think this situation has reached the point where we need to ask ourselves, is there a federal legislative approach that could be helpful?�

SHOOTING: 0RWLYH XQNQRZQ LQ 8&) FDPSXV DWWDFN From page 1 lence. The family did not want to comment further. A former resident assistant who worked in Tower 1 and knew Seevakumaran expressed shock at what happened. “James was a good person; I know that in my heart,� Quan-�Bao Blake Tran, who now lives in Pennsylvania, told the Sentinel. “He was a bit socially awkward but I would never have guessed something like this and he never gave me any indication or reached out to me for help. Regardless, I’m sorry I wasn’t there to do more, James, that you were in so much pain that you thought hurting others or yourself would fill that hole in your heart. Rest in peace.� Beary said UCF is still trying to figure out a motive for Seevakumaran’s planned attack. Investigators will be analyzing his computer for clues.

“Thus far, we have not uncovered any-� thing that would give us the motive or a rationale,� Beary said. “There is no mani-� festo, no documentation.� At the late afternoon news conference, Beary displayed the items found in the two packages that a university mail room had received for Seevakumaran. The packages contained two magazine clips, a gun sling and the training DVD. Beary also showed a video of police searching Apartment 308 and finding Seevakumaran dead in his bedroom. Seevakumaran had worked as a cashier at Kyoto Sushi & Grill, which is located at UCF, just steps away from Tower 1. An employee who answered the phone there said the manager had directed employees not to comment. A business major, Seevakumaran had transferred to UCF in 2010 after attend-� ing Seminole State College for 6 and a half years.

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U.S. News and World Report mag-� azine has again named the graduate programs in Utah State University’s Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services among the top tier of colleges of edu-� cation in the nation. In the 2014 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools,� the maga-� zine ranked the college 24th in the nation overall against all graduate colleges of education. This is the sec-� ond year the college has been ranked 24th. Of significant note, the college was ranked fourth in the nation in total research dollars received by a college, with faculty and staff secur-� ing $42.8 million in funded research dollars. It is the only school of edu-� cation in Utah to place in the top 50. One program in the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation was ranked in the top 10 programs nationally. The depart-� ment’s Rehabilitation Counseling Program was ranked ninth in the nation for the second year in a row. The U.S. News & World Report bases its rankings on a weighted average of 10 quality measures, including peer assessments, faculty resources, faculty awards and GRE scores for doctoral students. The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University is committed to offering high quality graduate and undergraduate programs in education and human services that are innovative and widely acces-� sible. The college is also dedicated to establishing and maintaining nationally visible research centers that advance knowledge and profes-� sional practices.

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BY RACHEL LEWIS staff writer

Documenting plant specimens gives Daggett County inmates a project and purpose to work toward. Sara Lamb, Daggett County Jail GED teacher and USU Intermountain Herbarium volunteer, and Mary Barkworth, USU Intermountain Herbarium director, have been working together with the Daggett County Jail inmates to re-�catalogue the 4,000 plant specimens. The samples were donated by Tim and Sally Walker, a retired couple from Arizona. “Why would anybody want 4,000 specimens in their home?� Lamb said. “What would you do with them? After dinner would you just flip through them?� The Walkers own an online seed business and used the plants as a reference to show where the seeds really came from. Unfortunately, most of the catalogued plants don’t include the roots because the Walkers only had use for the part of the plant that produced seeds, Lamb said. There are other problems with the samples as well. “Our problem was this paper is not archival,� Barkworth said. “Herbarium specimens can last 500 years but we would like them to last 1,000. The worst thing is if these are not kept on archival paper because they’ll get brittle with age.� “It’s the same with the glue,� Lamb said. “The speci-� mens are just hanging there so we have had to glue them with this herbarium glue and hopefully it lasts as long as the paper.� The largest concern for the herbarium is the archival quality, which is what the inmates have been helping with. The inmates are really taking pride in cataloguing the specimens. To them, it’s not just a break in the routine or a way to earn pocket money, Barkworth said. “I mentioned a little bit of the new project we are try-� ing to do and the inmates said ‘Oh how exciting, I want to learn more, I want to learn something,’� Lamb said. “Some of them honestly have an interest in gardening and botany and they are just really excited that maybe we’ll even get the greenhouse, the Hoop House, up and going.� A grant is needed to make the new Hoop House vision a reality are the Daggett County Jail. The Hoop House would be an outside garden on the jail premise where inmates could grow vegetables for the cafeteria to use in their meals. One of the prisoners released last week hopes to enroll at USU next fall, Lamb said. She hopes working with the herbarium and documenting the specimens will help him feel confident about the skill sets he has learned and will stay out of jail. “He told me in a quiet moment and said, ‘Sara, I am really scared to get out,’� Lamb said. “And I said ‘Why? Why are you scared?’ And he said ‘Because I got to have a whole new life, I have to have new friends, I have to have new habits, I have to have a new environment because if I don’t, I’m afraid I’m gonna get hooked back into this and I’ll be back in the system.’� Lamb said the program with the herbarium and going to school while in jail is what helps inmates develop life skills and a feeling of importance so they can stand on their own once they are let back into society. The inmates are about 95 percent done cataloguing the Walker collection, Lamb said. “The neat thing about this collection, the Walker col-� lection, is that the herbarium didn’t have some of the family members, the specimens from particular fami-� lies,� Lamb said. “It’s really been an asset even though when we first looked at it we thought what are we going to do with 4,000 specimens? But to know that this is going to provide some specimens that we don’t have, that’s exciting.� – rachel.lewis@aggiemail.usu.edu

Local business brings artisanal flavors home BY STACEY WORSTER staff writer

From a downtown, upscale restaurant to a country-�style artisan bread bakery, Bill Oblock has been in the Logan food scene for more than 15 years. Oblock, along with his wife Diane, started Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread 11 years ago. While the bread itself is unique, the couple has also aimed to make the architecture of bakery stand out. The cabin-�like building is eco-�friend-� ly. “It is the first commercial structure in Logan, Utah, to use geothermal heat sources to conserve our marketed energy,� Oblock said. “Passive solar in our con-� struction further offsets the energy load of running this business.� Haylee Johnson, a freshman majoring in deaf education, loves the structure of the building and the food quality as well. “The building is very eco-�friendly and pretty,� Johnson said. “I actually took my high school senior pictures there. It sounds really weird, but no one would ever know. Their bread is absolutely deli-� cious.� Oblock has always enjoyed cooking. After attending Utah State and majoring in bioecology, he realized cooking school was a better fit for his future desires. “After I got my degree I realized that it

wasn’t really for me. Although all of my friends were well on their way exiting the biology program, I was trying to find the area I had the skills in,� Oblock said. “I grew up with cooking, had a good sense for it and decided to go to cooking school out of Salt Lake City. I received both hands on and technical training during this three year period.� Life’s circumstances brought Oblock to Logan after he graduated from cooking school. “The woman I had been dating and later married had a business in town, so the obvious choice was for me to move up to Logan,� Oblock said. “The cooking edu-� cation I was given engaged me to open up a smaller, upscale restaurant. It was per-� fect because there was nothing in Logan that had the tablecloth service.� Oblock was initially struggling to find a job, so he decided to find a building to buy and open up a restaurant. “Lucky enough there was a building right across the street from her bookstore business, and that is when the Grapevine took off,� he said. As time went on, his family was grow-� ing and the business was interfering with raising children. This is when the thought of bringing an artisan bakery to Logan was sparked.

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Eating disorders can be lifelong battles BY HAILEE HOUSLEY staff writer

Eating disorders are a challenging part of some students’ lives. For Jacqlyn Schwartz, it’s a problem she could deal with the rest of her life. “I’m 20 years old and already have pre-� osteoporosis,� said Schwartz, an unde-� clared sophomore, who suffered from a combination of anorexia and bulimia. “The damage it does on your body is irre-� versible. I can’t change that.� Although eating disorders can be harm-� ful to a person’s body, the mental aspect of the disorder can make it difficult for patients to function. “The mental part of the disorder is absolutely exhausting,� Schwartz said. “It’s all you think about day and night. You can’t focus on school or anything else because that’s all that’s on your mind.� Schwartz has now recovered from her eating disorders. She got to the healthy state she is at now by following four steps. “First, admitting I had a problem. For five years, I didn’t think I had a problem,� Schwartz said. “It was when my mom forced me to go to Center for Change when I realized I needed help.� The second step was therapy, she said. She went to sessions weekly for six months and then every two weeks for another six months. “Third was being open,� she said. “I didn’t want people to know I had a prob-� lem. Fourth, telling myself I was not going to let this problem control me any longer.� Schwartz said she is happy and healthy today but still has moments of torment from the past. “I’m more happy than I have ever been and I am healthy,� Schwartz said. “It for sure still haunts me today. There are some days that I literally have to force myself to eat, and some days I have to tell my mom to hide the scale.� Schwartz said she stays aware of when she starts to have obsessions so she can go to her counselor before the obsessions make her unhealthy. “One of the biggest things is when I know I’m starting to obsess again,� Schwartz said. “I go visit my therapist at Center for Change and he helps me think logically again. Once the obsession starts, it’s hard to stop it.� She said depriving a body of nutrients can put you be in a bad mood and can often leads to future health issues, like infertility.

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“For me, I was so mean and grumpy all the time because I literally was starving myself,� Schwartz said. “My biggest fear about it is because I have done so much to my body, I won’t be able to have kids later in life.� According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, 91 percent of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting while 22 percent dieted “often� or “always.� Some students believe the message “thinner is happier� is being sent out, and it isn’t good. “I think it’s just prevalent everywhere. Social media, magazines, TV, Aggiettes,� said Mallory Sorensen, a junior majoring in communicative disorders. “Everywhere you look sends girls the message that if you’re skinnier, you’ll be happier. It’s a bunch of crap.� Sorensen said there needs to be a switch from wanting to be skinny to wanting to be healthy.

“Obviously if you look good you feel good about yourself, but girls and every-� one in general need to focus more on being healthy and not skinny,� Sorenson said. “Our society is messed up. If you’re healthy, you’re happy.� Having people to help through the recovery process is often vital for people suffering from the disease, Schwartz said. “I give all the credit to my recovery to my mom, my friend Jordyn, my therapist and my family,� Schwartz said. “Jordyn told on me to my mom and my mom forced me to get help. My therapist helped me through everything, and I had support from my family. If none of that happened, I would probably be dead today.� According to the American Journal of Psychiatry, the mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate associated with all causes of death for females 15-�24 years old. The disease can be fatal if those suffer-� ing from it do not have support from oth-� ers.

“If it weren’t for the people in my life caring so much, I would probably be dead,� Schwartz said. There are ways for people to be more helpful for the people suffering around them, Schwartz said. “Be honest with them,� Schwartz said. “If they have a problem it should be addressed, not pushed under the rug,� Some feel when speaking to a person with an eating disorder, people should be aware of what they say. “Something as little as, ‘You look skinny today,’ can actually hurt a person,� Schwartz said. “Instead, say something like, ‘What a cute outfit you have on,’ or, ‘I love your makeup today,’� she said. Schwartz is open about telling her story because she feels like it helps people. “People ask me all the time what to do or what should they say,� Schwartz said. “I think me telling my story and knowing what it’s like is helpful to people.�

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“The Grapevine had been around for about 10 years and trying to raise a fam-� ily while managing the local business was becoming a problem, so our plan was to do something else,� Oblock said. “I had heard about this kind of phenomenon going around on the coasts of baking with traditional bread starters. I started read-� ing up on it.� Oblock had a few ideas for new ven-� tures, but he wanted something that would challenge him. “I had the motive of if I were going to do something else, I was going to do something that required a lot of organiza-� tion and skills, something interesting,� Oblock said. “Opening a donut shop sounds like a great idea, too simple for what I wanted. I needed something that would keep my mind engaged and inter-� ested.� Jillian Fox, a senior majoring in dietetics, is on the retail staff at Crumb Brothers and has worked at the bakery for two years. “My job is awesome because I am helping people with their desires, mak-�

ing sandwiches and salads,� Fox said. “I love the food I get to eat here. Honestly, the best things I have eaten in my whole entire life have been here.� The bread made at the bakery is on a tight schedule and the staff is watched to make sure the correct steps are being executed effectively. “Our bread takes a lot more labor and continuous tending, but it pays off for the high quality taste,� Oblock said. “Making the bread here daily is like tending a child — the more care you give it, the better it will be.� The different breads and pastries are made in such unique manners that they tend to cost more money, but consumers are appreciative of how it is made because they may have tasted something similar in another part of the world, Oblock said. “It could be anyone from a military personnel having it overseas or just in a different state, a return missionary who went to somewhere like Argentina and fell in love with it. The bread has become a social medium type of food,� Oblock said. – staceyw259@gmail.com

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STEVE CARELL AND OLIVIA WILDE star in “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.� Carell plays Burt, a vainglorious Las Vegas stage magician who squanders enormous public goodwill as his work becomes stale and joyless. MCT photo

The Forgettable Burt Wonderstone Marvelton (Steve Carell and The music, composed by latest venture. This will be Steve Buscemi, respectively) Lyle Workman, was decent- another film Jim Carrey fans are headliners in Las Vegas. ly done but it was far from will not remember. They wow audiences and the focus of the movie. Buscemi wasn’t given the amaze people of all ages. Workman’s also written largest part in the movie, BY COLIN COVERT But ten years later, Burt is music for “Superbad,� “Get but he did well for what he Star Tribune burned out. He goes through Him to the Greek� and the was given. He’s starred in the motions both on and off recent release “21 and Over.� major productions, such As an example of crushingly the stage. He’s difficult for If there were a theme to the as “Reservoir Dogs,� “The unfunny comedy, “The Incredible everyone to deal with. 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The only attention Burt wins ing off-the-wall tricks no one directing television shows ous. is from the equally nerdy Anthony, has ever seen before. He’s and movies, including “30 Wilde is a highly talented who becomes his partner in illusions. got his own television show, Rock,� “Law and Order� and actress with an impressive Jump ahead three decades to “Brain Rapist,� but Burt is not “Cosby.� His past helped resume that includes “The the present and they are Burt and impressed. him tell a good story, but the Next Three Days,� “Tron: Anton, whose show “A Magical Gray and his insane stunts movie could have been made Legacy,� “In Time� and “The Friendship� has been selling out get a following that takes for TV if it weren’t for the big Words.� Her abilities had their casino theater for years. 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March Madness is in full swing with people filling out their brackets and getting ready for the NCAA Tournament. Although neither the Utah State men’s or wom-� en’s team will be compet-� ing in the big dance, one of them is playing in the postseason. After being upset in the semifinals of the WAC tournament by Idaho, the Utah State women’s basketball team thought its postseason dreams were over, but an invite to the Women’s Basketball Invitational has extended USU’s sea-� son. The Aggies are the No. 3 seed in the West Region and they will host No. 6 seed South Dakota on Thursday night at the Spectrum. “Not too many teams can play a postseason game at home, so that’s

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just another reason for us to come out and play well,� said head coach Jerry Finkbeiner. It is the third consecu-� tive year the women have participated in the post-� season. USU lost in the first round of the WNIT to Utah 69-�58 last sea-� son. In 2011, The Aggies advanced past the first round of WNIT with a win over Arizona but eventually lost in the sec-� ond round to rival BYU. This won’t be the first meeting between the two schools. The Yotes came to Logan to take on the Aggies on earlier in the season on Dec. 20. USU senior Devyn Christensen hit a 3-�pointer with 10 sec-� onds remaining to cap off a 19-�4 USU run to win the game 70-�69. This was the first ever meet-� ing between the schools. USU can expect South Dakota to hit the offen-� sive boards hard. In their

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Sports Briefs Cabrera, Anderson earn honors Utah State baseball players Sixto Cabrera and Kolton Anderson were named pitcher and hitter of the week for the week of March 18-�24. Cabrera and Anderson helped the Aggies to an 11-�1 win over Mesa Community College last week.

Football starts spring practice After a successful 2012 campaign, the Utah State football team began Spring practices Tuesday. Head coach Matt Wells oversaw 95 student-�ath-� letes during the workout, which lasted a little less than two hours. The Aggies return 10 starters from last season’s Potato Bowl squad, includ-� ing 10 who earned all-� WAC honors.

Tennis tops Weber State The Utah State wom-� en’s tennis team topped Weber State for the second time this season on Tuesday with a 5-�2 victory. The Aggies took four of five singles matches from the Wildcats while splitting the doubles matches. Sophomore McKenzie Davis and senior Jaci West led the way with victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles posi-� tions. USU returns to action on Saturday against the University of Texas – Arlington at 2 p.m. Complied from staff and media reports

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The lone senior: Hamilton bids farewell BY SEAN O’SULLIVAN staff writer

Utah State’s home game against the University of Utah last month was senior forward Matt Hamilton’s last game at the Eccles Ice Center. Even though the Aggies lost, it was still a special night for Hamilton and the rest of the team. “It was awesome,� Hamilton said. “I mean, the fans packed the house and it was just a great feel-� ing.� Aggie head coach Jon Eccles shared the senti-� ment. “I’m happy for him,� Eccles said after the game.

“He’s put in a long five years and he’s played well.� Aggie goalie Bryce Scherschel said one partic-� ular memory of Hamilton’s play will stick with him even after Hamilton has moved on from Utah State. “My first year, we’re in Colorado, and we’ve never swept the Colorado road trip,� Scherschel said. “It’s 4-�4 in overtime and Hammy makes a great pass to Billy Gouthro, who puts it in the net for the win to get us to 3-�0 on the weekend.� For Hamilton, it was more about helping his teammates earn the win than helping himself. “I had a lot of good

friends on that team that was their senior year, so it made it that much more special to help them achieve their goal as a senior,� he said. Hamilton was a part of many firsts for USU hock-� ey. He helped the team earn its first Colorado road trip sweep two years ago, and this year he was an integral piece of USU’s first No. 1-�ranked team. Along with his accom-� plishments, his personal-� ity and work ethic will leave an impact on his teammates. “The dedication — he’s always got hockey on the mind,� Scherschel said. “Whenever you’re talking

with him it’s always, ‘What we can do to get better?’ Having a guy like him on the team is a definite ben-� efit.� His experience is vital to the team, as well. “He’s got a wealth of knowledge that he can share, so it was really good learning from him,� said defenseman Ty Johns. As for his future outside of Utah State, Hamilton is hoping to keep playing hockey. He will have a highlight tape to show his skill to other teams. “We’ll see what hap-� pens over the summer,� Hamilton said. “We’ll see if I can stay healthy and prolong my hockey career.�

Hamilton’s Aggie career came to an end with a loss to Michigan State in the semifinals of the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Tournament. This was the most successful season for Utah State hockey since the 1997-�1998 team also made it to the semifinals, and Hamilton had a large part in this year’s achieve-� ment. “He’s a good guy, a great team guy and a great player,� said captain Brian Gibbons. – sean.osullivan@aggi-� email.usu.edu Twitter: @seansy89

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A large number of fans13 across the country have picked Indiana to go to the Final Four and beyond. I can’t say I blame them with how frequently they’ve been ranked No. 1 this season. I can, however, tell you that the Hoosiers will be the first No. 1 seed to fall this postseason. Those who believe Indiana has the easiest road to Atlanta might receive PRICES: a bit of a shock come the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. If I were bold enough I’d say they’d go down sooner, ‡ but James Madison won’t touch them, and N.C. State or Temple ‡ can run with them for awhile, but ultimately the Hoosiers win. Indiana has been upset most this season and I expect that trend to continue. I don’t expect the Hoosiers to survive Syracuse, but they for sure won’t get past Miami and/ or Marquette

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Having Gonzaga as a top seed is pretty cool, but they are not nationalchampionship worthy. One thing that stuck out was their strength of schedule. As a No. 1 seed, the Bulldogs have a 75 strength of schedule. Compare that to New Mexico, who only had 3 more losses than Gonzaga and had the second-hardest schedule this season. Also, Gonzaga is from the West Coast Conference, which has only two members in the tournament, the other being Saint Mary’s. The Bulldogs haven’t played many quality teams other than Butler, who they lost to at the buzzer. A lower strength of schedule and a lack of wins against quality teams leads me to believe that Gonzaga will pack their bags very soon. – connor.comeau@ aggiemail.usu.edu Twitter: @Connor_ Comeau

BY SEAN O’SULLIVAN staff writer

This year it’s Kansas. First, look at this season. They had a three game losing streak right in the middle of conference play, including losses to a terrible TCU team and an Oklahoma team that was only two games above .500 in the Big XII. Then, think about the Jayhawks’ recent tournament play. In the last four years, they haven’t been lower than a three seed but have lost to a No. 11 seed and a No. 9 seed. Sure they made the finals last season, but they lost key pieces from that team including Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor. Having a great coach goes a long way in the tournament, and Bill Self is a great coach. But he has shown he can be outcoached in the tournament, and this year will be no different. Kansas is going to lose in the Sweet 16. – sean.osullivan@aggiemail.usu.edu Twitter: @seansy89

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While living in Mexico for two years, walking around in a shirt and tie for no apparent reason, I would often pass the giant soccer stadiums and hope my time would come to enter in. As much as I loved the home advantage for American sporting events, I had always been told that nothing could compare to a real, drunk, futbol experience. So for spring break, I decided to head back and get my fill. They love us college students down there so much, they even gave us a name: los springbreakers. Go figure. In all honesty, I probably didn’t get the best game. Chiapas at Cruz Azul would be like us hosting Southern Utah in the Spectrum. Plus the “Cements� aren’t exactly my favorite, being named after the Cruz Azul cement company. The giant blow-up cement bags they had for advertising didn’t have the typical U.S. billboard flair. But though the stadium was fairly empty, I still got my experi-

ence. It started as lines of police searched us before going in and wanted us to leave our belts, clearly a weapon, behind. Luckily we snuck them in, just in case of an eruption. We handed our tickets to a guide, who took us down the steepest steps this side of heaven until reaching our fifth row seats. What I witnessed gave me further inspiration for Aggie sporting events.

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Consider the following: 1) The constant drum beat and songs. Those bass drummers are about as fit as the team, because they barely took a halftime break. I asked my new intoxicated friend next to me to teach me the words, and they had very little do with anything. But I do think we could throw some of those big boys into Romney Stadium. 2) On the far end, there was a visitors

section with about ten brave souls in it. They were surrounded, however, by about 40 cops in full armor with shields. Visitors should have to fear us like that. They also had three cops assigned for each corner kick to protect the kicker. Had a few cups of beer thrown lately? 3) The cheerleaders were kicked off the field and thrown onto some obscure, empty bleacher seats, not obstructing my game line-of-sight. 4) The crazy fan section by the drums had flags, banners and other interesting objects, with members of all ages jumping and yelling all game. And when that goal went in, the only fans still sitting were Americans still learning the game. The two teams ended up tying 1-1, and the Cements left the field to a chorus of boos instead of “winning team losing team.� I stilled enjoyed myself throughout, however, and will look forward to enjoying another game down there. Or just the football home opener next year. – Mark is an obsessive Aggie fan who moonlights as an almost unbiased Statesman writer. He is majoring in business administration and preparing for medical school. Comment at m.hop@aggiemail.usu. edu or his blog, www. spectrumagic.blogspot. com.

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WOMEN: Seniors will try to end career on high note From page 7 first meeting, the Yotes grabbed a school record 32 offensive rebounds. “In the past, teams I’ve had at this point have taken everything to get back in the gym, but this team, there is something different about them,� Finkbeiner said. “The fire is still burning, so we are going to take advantage of this WBI experience.� USU is coming off a successful season, finish-� ing 18-�13. The Aggies finished in second place during the WAC regular

season behind champion Seattle. After beating Denver in the quarterfi-� nals of the WAC tourna-� ment 78-�65, the Aggies took on Idaho. The Vandals overcame a heroic 37 point effort by Christensen to upset USU 84-�82. It was the first time the Aggies lost to Idaho all season. South Dakota is com-� ing off a season where they finished third in the Summit League regular season. The Yotes advanced to the final of the conference tourna-� ment after beating North

Dakota State and IUPUI in the process. South Dakota lost to regular season champion South Dakota State in the championship 56-�53. The Yotes will be led by Summit League Newcomer Nicole Seekamp, who was third in the conference in scor-� ing at 14 points per game. During the conference tournament, Seekamp averaged 20 points while shooting 56 percent from the field and 50 percent from beyond the arc. The winner of this game will take on the win-�

ner between No. 2-�seed Lamar and Presbyterian. “It’s a bracket that looks a little heavy on our side,� Finkbeiner said. “I think we have to play well to move through it. There is going to be a lot of travel after this Thursday, but we have to take it one game at a time.� The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. tipoff at the Spectrum. Students get in for free and adults get in for $5. – jborba@aggiemail.usu. edu Twitter: JBorba15

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Aggies down on their luck USU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams come up short in conference tournaments

BY CURTIS LUNDSTROM sports editor

That’s what you get for waking up in Vegas. The odds weren’t in Utah State’s favor as the men’s team fell behind early and had to claw its way back against UT-‐Arlington in the first round of the WAC tournament – the second straight year the Aggies went out in the first round. Junior Jarred Shaw scored 20 points and led four other players in double figures, but the Aggies were unable to hang on after storming back to take the lead in the waning minutes before falling 83-‐78. The women’s team saw a bit more success, cruis-‐ ing past Denver in the opening round 78-‐65 behind 21 points from junior guard Jennifer Schlott. Four different Aggies scored in double figures. But despite a career-‐high 37 points from senior Devyn Christensen, the women followed the same path as the men and were unable to hold a second half lead as the Idaho Vandals came-‐from-‐behind to steal an 84-‐82 win. Christensen, Jenna Johnson, Pualei Furtado and Banna Diop have an opportunity to go out with a win when they lead the Aggies in the Women’s Basketball Invitational on Thursday against South Dakota. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. JUNIOR GUARD TENALE ROLAND puts up a shot over a UT-Arlington defender during first round action at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

SENIOR PUALEI FURSTADO calls out a play for the USU offense during a win over Denver at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

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JUNIOR GUARD TENALE ROLAND fights for possession against a UT-Arlington defender at the Orleans Arena. After falling behind by as many as 19 in the first half, the Aggies fought back to take the lead before losing to the Mavericks in the final minutes.

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THE USU SPIRIT SQUAD performs during a timeout at the WAC Tournament.

CARS AND PEDESTRIANS FLOOD THE STRIP in Las Vegas. The PAC 12, Mountain West and WAC conferences competed at the MGM Grand, the Thomas and Mack Center and the Orleans Arena.

JUNIOR JARRED SHAW puts up a shot over UT-Arlington’s Jordan Reves during first round action at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Shaw finished with 20 points, but the Aggies were unable to pull out the win.

MEMBERS OF THE HURD cheer during the men’s first round game against UT-Arlington on Thursday.

SENIOR GUARD DEVYN CHRISTENSEN collapses on the court as the final buzzer sounds in the Aggies’ 84-82 loss to Idaho in the semifinals of the WAC Tournament. Christensen scored a career-high 37 points to lead a late charge, but USU

JUNIOR GUARD SPENCER BUTTERFIELD dribbles up the court during USU’s loss in the first round of the WAC Tournament.

was unable to defeat the Vandals. Idaho went on to win the WAC tournament and earn a birth in the Women’s NCAA Tournament.

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Many diseases can be treated by a doctor who can diagnose the problem and prescribe a medicinal remedy. Some ailments are just as serious as a disease, yet not many people recognize them as being a real condition. Eating disorders are one example. Whether it’s anorexia, bulimia or other extreme eating behaviors, both men and women are turning to extremes to alter their physical appearance. This has become more prevalent in recent years as stickfigure supermodels and size-zero celebrities slip their way into the minds of all ages through TV and magazines. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the average weight for a female age 20 and older is 164.7 pounds, yet most models and celebrities we idolize are nowhere near that number. We are setting an unrealistic goal for the young and adult people of America when we label anyone more than 120 pounds “curvy.� While it pays to be fit, there are extremes that should be avoided. Instead of focusing on the number on the scale, we need to zero in on our state of health. It’s true that Americans are progressively becoming more overweight. Women in 2002 weighed an average of 24 pounds more than they did in 1964, according to the CDC. This only means it’s time to return to healthy lifestyles with less fast food and TV time. It means we need to skip the dessert instead of the gym and try to be fit for our own body type. Everyone has a different shape, height and bone structure, so the best goal is to become whatever makes sense for you personally. That means some people are going to weigh more than others, but society and the media should not set an impossible standard of appearance, encouraging the lack of self esteem and happiness eating disorders bring.

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Policy to preempt a nuclear Iran Iran has long been a thorn in the side of American foreign poliFrom cy. There is a sad irony in the fact that the only the nation to use nuclear left weapons in war is now a leading advocate for non-proliferation, yet in the case of Iran, their hostile unpredictability leaves us little choice. Serious decisions need to be made. However, the United States must pursue diplomacy to the fullest extent possible. While a nuclear Iran would prove destabilizing, America’s history of intervention is complicated. Coups and support for the shah only served to spark the Iranian Revolution, which peaked with the embassy takeover and hostage crisis, bringing anti-American sentiments to a climax. Though there has been minimal military engagement with Iran, experiences from Iraq and Afghanistan have taught harsh lessons in the difficulty of invasion and occupation in the Middle East. Although anti-American rhetoric and inflammatory opposition to Israel prove Iran wants to be perceived as threatening, the acquisition of nuclear weapons is simply not in their rational self-interest. They are fully aware that the pursuit of the bomb would result in the devastation of their country either through total isolation or military strikes from its enemies. Iran’s course is unsustainable and they are perfectly aware of it. There are several advantages at this critical juncture which make a diplomatic approach plausible. Crippling sanctions have devastated the Iranian economy, costing tens of billions of dollars. Iran, more than ever, finds itself without allies with the civil war in Syria debilitating the country and strong world powers such as Russia and China, formerly reluctant to side with the U.S., now increasing their pressure. Further, the pursuit of nuclear weapons is only supported by a small minority of Iranians. Despite the power of President Ahmadinejad and the Ayatollah Khamenei, regular uprisings make it clear they do not have the support of their own people. Despite these circumstances, Iran seems determined to defy the world. If successful, the tenuous balance in the Middle East would be dangerously offset, leading both enemies and allies to pursue counterproductive actions which could escalate quickly. Though it is unlikely Iran would ever use such a weapon due to the assurance of retaliatory destruction, the threat is almost as effective. The only way to reduce the tension is through diplomacy. That being said, the U.S. and its allies should not sit back and wait. As in the past, work with the global community is vital. The U.N.’s economic sanctions have been the greatest blow dealt to Iranian resistance in decades. Heightened defense is essential, such as the success of Israel’s missile defense system in the recent conflict with Egypt. Finally, Iran needs to be aware that although the use of force is a last resort, it is preferable to nuclear holocaust. That being said, there is no justification for preemptive strike on foreign soil without provocation. Violence only leads to violence and an American attack would bring the entire region into chaos without hope of reasonable success.

The Iranian nuclear 'EWI] 7E\XSR program poses a great threat to the United From States. Iran is a hostile nation in a very the unstable region of the right world, led by a hostile man, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. A nuclear weapon in the hands of such a hostile nation is absolutely unacceptable. I do think the United States has made that point very clear to Iran and to the rest of the international community. President Obama has stated multiple times that “all options are on the table� with regard to preventing Iran from acquiring or making a nuclear weapon. Although the president has been clear, I’d like to see the president be a little more forceful in his warnings to Iran — a move that may act as more of a deterrent for the rogue nation. Diplomatic, trade and economic sanctions have been imposed upon Iran by the United States and the international community for their bad behavior over the years, but I tend to think they’ve become increasingly immune or accustomed to the sanctions that have been placed upon them. Belligerence is common with the Iranian government and as far as our relationship goes with Iran, I don’t think that the United States has any incentive to foster a cordial relationship with them. When someone treats you badly, do you go out of your way to accommodate them? Probably not. Generally, I’m of the opinion that the United States ought to stay out of other another country’s business, but when they threaten us or our allies, I believe we have every right to enact preventive measures against them. At some point in the future, should it become clear that Iran is actively working to create a nuclear weapon, I think the United States should use all means necessary to stop their production, including military force if necessary. Drones have been championed by the Obama administration and could prove very useful in destroying Iranian nuclear sites, should that need to happen. The United States has the technology to destroy such sites without ever putting any soldiers in harm’s way. If significant evidence becomes available that substantial progress is being made by Iran in creating a nuclear weapon, the United States should not hold back in destroying Iran’s nuclear sites. Such an action on the part of the United States may not be looked upon positively by the world community, but would certainly serve in the best interests to the United States and our allies, particularly Israel. Iran is certainly one of the top foreign policy problems that faces the United States and is most certainly on the mind of our commanderin-chief, President Obama. My hope is that the president will act, and act forcefully, should the evidence become clear that Iran is indeed making significant progress towards becoming nuclear armed.

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Today’s Issue

Today is Thursday, March 21, 2013. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Alyssa Nelson, a sophomore majoring in Nutrition Science from Wendell, Idaho.

Almanac Today in History: On March 21, 1963, Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay closed down and transferred its last prisoners. At it’s peak period of use in 1950s, “The Rock, or “�America’s Devil Island� housed over 200 inmates at the maximum-�security facil-� ity. Alcatraz remains an icon of American prisons for its harsh conditions and record for being inescapable.

Weather High: 38° Low: 25° Skies:A few clouds. Humidity: 51 percent

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

ThursdayMarch 21 FYI:

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TheUSUBack Burner UAEE North Teacher Fair, TSC Ballroom 9-�2 p.m. Lasting Relationships Workshop (2), TSC 310 10-�11:30 a.m. Senior BFA Exhibition 1, Chase Fine Arts Center 10-�4 p.m. Healthy Sexuality Workshop (6), TSC 310 12-�1:30 p.m. Blue Goes Green Selection Committee, TSC West Colony Room 12:15-�2:30 p.m. Fringe Film Festival, Caine Lyric Theatre 6-�7:30 p.m. USU Yarncraft Guild, TSC Juniper Lounge 7-�9 p.m. ASUSU Black and White Jazz Night, Haight Alumni Center 7:30-�10:30 p.m.

FridayMarch 22 Watershed Sciences Graduate Student Research Symposium, Library 101 9-�3:30 p.m. Warm Music for a Cold Night, Nora Eccles Museum of Art 5-�7 p.m. USU Real Supporters FIFA 13 Tournament 6:30-� 10:30 p.m. Utah Miss Amazing Talent Show, TSC Auditorium 7-�9 p.m. Natural Roots for Kenya Keys Benefit Concert, TSC Sunburst Lounge 7-�10 p.m. AREITO, TSC Ballroom 7-�9:30 p.m. Campbell Organ Festival Concert, Kent Concert Hall 7:30-�9 p.m.

SaturdayMarch 23 Utah Miss Amazing Talent Show, TSC Auditorium 7-�9 p.m. Saturdays at the Museum: Modern Culture of India, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

MondayMarch 25 Navigating a Crisis of Faith Workshop, TSC 310, 2-�3:30 p.m. Relaxation Workshop, TSC 310, 5-�6:30 p.m Italian Club, MAIN 006, 5:30-�6:30 p.m.

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Students from CHaSS’s “What is an educated person?� reading group will be discussing what they have been learning through their readings this semester. Don’t miss the student’s perspective on March 27 from 11:30-�1p.m. in Library 101. Lasting Relationships: Guidelines for Building Better Connections with the Ones You Love Workshop — 2 Sessions. This two-�part workshop is for individuals and couples who are interested in learning new ways to build more satisfying relation-� ships and strengthen communication skills. The workshop will be held March 21 from 10-�11:30 p.m. in TSC 310 B. Please call 435-�797-�1012 to reserve a seat. The Blue Goes Green student grant committee will be meeting to hear presen-� tations from the 6 students that submitted proposals for this round of grant mon-� ies. This meeting is open to the public. Anyone is welcome to come and students are encouraged to come participate on March 21 from 12:15-�2:30 p.m. in the West Colony room in the TSC. The Fringe Film Festival is here, a com-� petition open to anyone age 16 or older who would like to make a film and enter it to win a grand prize of $2,000. This year’s theme is “An Eastern Western� and all films must be made to fit the theme. For more information, rules and the entry form, visit arts.usu.edu/fringe. The top films will be shown on March 21 at the Caine Lyric Theatre, located at 28 W. Center Street, and the grand prize will be awarded. Come to the Campbell Organ Festival Concert, featuring guest organist Eric Gundersen, at 7:30 p.m. on Mar. 22 in the Kent Concert Hall. Gunderson is the Director of Music and Fine Arts at the St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church. He graduated from USU with a Bachelor of Music and served as a guest organist at the Mormon Tabernacle while studying at USU. Gundersen went on to earn a master degree from Yale University and a Doctor of Music from Rice University. This con-� cert is free and open to the public. The Utah Symphony is coming to Utah

State to perform at 8 p.m. on March 23 in the Performance Hall, part of their Classically Charged season. They will perform the works of Handel, Gabriel Faure, Claude Debussy and others. Conducting the symphony is associate conductor Vladimir Kulenovic. Tickets for the Utah Symphony performance are $15 adults, $13 seniors, $10 USU faculty and staff and $5 for USU students with ID. The Intensive English Language Institute is offering a scholarship in the amount of $500 in the name of Osamu Fuijiwara to former IELI students who fit the criteria. The candidate must have completed (or will be completing Spring Semester 2013) all IELI level four classes and have a GPA of 3.3 or higher. Applications are available at the IELI office, Old Main 069, or the office of Global Engagement, Military Science 115. Please turn the applications in to the IELI office in Old Main 069 by March 22. For more infor-� mation call 797-�2081.

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