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USU Equestrian team on their way to national competition By KEVIN MITCHELL staff writer

MEMBERS OF THE EQUESTRIAN TEAM (ABOVE) are headed to the national competition May 5-8 for the second time in their team’s history. Members are now trying to raise money to pay for trip including transportation and living expenses. photo courtesy JASON ROMNEY

For the second time in history, the USU Western Horsemanship Equestrian team qualified for the national competition to be held May 5-8 and will likely fund their own way to Lexington, Ky. The team will be paying for the trip primarily out of their own pockets due to a lack of funding and the expense of the semifinal tournament. Lauren Doyle, a qualifier in the event, said this will include plane tickets and living expenses, but the team is still dedicated to going. “It’s not up in the air at all. We’re still going for sure,” Doyle said. Efforts are being made to raise money, but because of short notice

New music department head hired

“With such short timing, finals week approaching and preparations being made for the trip, there is a lot of stress put on us. As far as fundraising goes with the economy the way it is, there has been a lot of work for very little return.” – Colette Floyd, Head coach of USU’s Equestrian Club

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Bus congratulates 1 millionth rider By CATHERINE MEIDELL news editor

By MEGAN BAINUM assistant news editor

After sifting through a pool of applicants that came from all over the United States and Europe, James Bankhead, with his extensive and impressive resume, has been appointed head of the music department. John Neely, chair of the search committee, said Bankhead’s “stellar background and a very long list of diverse accomplishments” is what set him above the rest. “He brings the strengths of a performing artist and strengths of a seasoned academic,” Neely said. The process of picking a new department head began as soon as the new college was created, Neely said. The position was advertised nationally, said Craig Jessop, dean of the Cain College of the Arts. He said the field was narrowed from 40 applicants to 4. Those four went through “extensive interviews” with faculty, students and Jessop himself. After the interviews, the selection committee put together a list of strengths and weaknesses about those four applicants and presented that list to Jessop. “The selection committee can not rank them (the four applicants) but he clearly had many many positive and extensive experiences with a music department,” Jessop said. Bankhead has been the chair for the music department at California State University, the executive director of The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, a commander and conductor of The United States Air Force Band in Washington and conductor of the Opera Workshop Orchestra. It is because of these accomplishments, among many others, that Jessop said he is confident in the choice to hire Bankhead. Having USU become a school of music is what Jessop said he sees for the future, and hopes Bankhead will help in that goal. “It is time for us to examine ourselves and aspire to become a school of music and I have asked him to lead that discussion,” Jessop said. Jessop said Bankhead’s experience and contacts with those in the music business will be an important asset to the college. “He is a very talented man both as a musician, playing the oboe and an extraordinary leader,” Jessop said. – megan.b@aggiemail.usu.edu

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and a slow economy, the club has limited options, said Colette Floyd, head coach of the USU Equestrian Club. “With such short timing, finals week approaching and preparations being made for the trip, there is a lot of stress put on us,” Floyd said. “As far as fundraising goes with the economy the way it is, there has been a lot of work for very little return.” The team, as well as many individual USU performers, qualified for the national IHSA tournament by placing second among a group of highly accredited Equine programs in the Western Semifinals in Findlay, Ohio, in March. The tournament was one of three regional competitions held nationwide, each

Julia Stock was running late for class Tuesday morning and took the Stadium Express shuttle to campus, but wasn’t expecting what came next, she said. Around 11:30 a.m. the bus pulled into the loop near the TSC where Big Blue and the USU Transportation staff told Stock she was the one-millionth rider of the USU Shuttle System since July 1, 2010. “I’ve been with the Aggie shuttle since ’94,” said Alden JULIA STOCK WAS THE MILLIONTH rider on the Aggie Shuttle Erickson, Aggie Shuttle superviBuses Tuesday morning. She won a certificate and a $15 gift card to the bookstore. The shuttle buses keep track of how many riders they have daily sor, “and we have done random and have been recording that number since July 2010. ALISON OSTLER photo counts over the years, but we

have never been able to document the millionth rider until this year.” During the summertime, campus shuttle ridership is low, he said, so there have been approximately one million riders within the recent fall and spring semesters alone. One of the bus drivers’ responsibilities is to record how many people board the bus on each round, Erickson said. The count information is then stored in a smart phone application. One reason Erickson believes the ridership increased was because during peak hours all 10 shuttles were running.

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‘Islamophobia’ largely absent at USU By RHETT WILKINSON staff writer

This is the second of the two part story about the impact of the Quran burning and the Muslum community here in Logan, Utah. In the fall of 2007, engineering major Allia Abu-Ramaileh left her two Muslim parents. one, a father with an Islam tradition that dates back centuries; the other, an American of 32 years , and her hometown of Bountiful, Utah, for USU. Her first semester here, after receiving the highest quiz score in a calculus class that included just one other female, the negative remarks began to be directed her way. “Because I got a higher score than anyone else among those who thought I was ditzy and not so serious, they were surprised,” she said. “I was a bit offended by that.” But she said she may have had an idea about where at least some of those snickers were coming from. Horrific events related to radical, fundamentalist Islam terrorist organizations have occurred since the turn of the century. Yet despite the reported putrefaction at a

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national level, Abu-Ramaileh and several others of the faith said they have not sensed the sentiment as strongly at USU. Logan Islamic Center council member and graduate assistant Adel Abdallah is among that group. “As a Muslim student, living in Logan and attending USU, even though I grew up my entire life in a Muslim country, I still feel really comfortable with the kind and respectful people here in Logan,” wrote the engineering major. “I am amazed at the similarities between Islam and the LDS faith. The conservative environment here in Utah makes me feel close to home. I can say that I (have) never (been) treated badly here because of my religion.” Abdallah said conflicts and tension between his and other faiths arise in the defense of a gift that all seek. “Freedom is not limitless,” he said. “There must be some limits for our freedom when it comes to the others’ rights, such as the rights to live and to worship God. Can I kill my neighbor just because I have freedom?’” Abdallah said peace is afforded as individuals openly discuss their beliefs with one another. “Some would hesitate to talk about other religions or even historical events,” he said, “so

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why would freedom be limitless when it comes to Islam? In this case, the freedom would be discussing any topic in Islam or the Quran in a respectful way, but not through burning the Quran as a way to disrespect and intentionally offend others.” Bedri Cetiner, a USU electrical and computer engineering associate professor, also said he has felt the welcoming arms of the valley. “USU is presenting a wonderful environment for me as a Muslim,” Cetiner said. “I have never encountered any prejudice whatsoever.” Cetiner said he participates in an interfaith group consisting of faculty with various religious backgrounds. It’s a group that the man of Turkish descent, who can trace his Islamic roots on both parents’ side back to 10th century, said he is grateful to be involved with. “Some of my best friends are among these guys, who are not Muslims,” he said. “We meet every other week and have great discussions on various topics, which are enlightening, fruitful and fun.” Among those friends is Nick Eastmond, a department faculty member of instructional

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ClarifyCorrect In the April 27 edition of The Statesman, Lauryn Low was featured as valedictorian of The College of Education and Human Services. The CEHS valedictorian is Ali Hadfield.

Nat’lBriefs Economy slowing is temporary setback WASHINGTON (AP) – The economy probably slowed in the first three months of this year as harsh winter weather and high oil prices hurt spending by consumers, builders and other businesses. But economists predict that was a temporary setback and growth will pick up over the rest of the year. Looking ahead, economists predict consumers and businesses will spend more in the months ahead because gasoline prices, now averaging $3.88 a gallon nationwide, will stabilize by the summer and drop to about $3.50 by fall. Economists in a new Associated Press survey predict the economy is growing at a 3.2 percent pace this quarter and that growth will steadily improve over the remainder of the year.

Ex-Bush lawyer charged with attempted murder STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – A former Bush administration official charged with trying to kill his wife at their Connecticut home is headed toward a trial after plea negotiations with prosecutors failed. The Connecticut Post reports the attempted murder case of John Michael Farren was put on the trial list at Stamford Superior Court on Thursday during a brief hearing. The 58-year-old Farren was deputy White House counsel during President George W. Bush’s second term. He also served as undersecretary for international trade under Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush. Farren has pleaded not guilty.

Women now surpass men in degrees WASHINGTON (AP) – For the million men. Measured by shares, slump a “man-cession” because of the first time, American women have about 10.2 percent of women have huge job losses in the male-dominated passed men in gaining advanced advanced degrees compared to 10.9 construction and manufacturing college degrees as well as bachelor’s percent of men – a gap steadily narindustries, which require less schooldegrees, part of a trend that is helprowing in recent years. Women still ing. Measured by pay, women with ing redefine who goes off to work and trail men in professional subcategofull-time jobs now make 78.2 percent who stays home with the kids. ries such as business, science and of what men earn, up from about 64 Census figures released Tuesday engineering. percent in 2000. highlight the latest education mileWhen it comes to finishing college, Unemployment for men currently stone for women, who began to exceed roughly 20.1 million women have stands at 9.3 percent compared to 8.3 men in college enrollment in the early bachelor’s degrees, compared to nearly percent for women, who now make 1980s. The findings come amid record 18.7 million men – a gap of more than up half of the U.S. work force. The shares of women in the workplace and 1.4 million that has remained steady number of stay-at-home moms, meana steady decline in stay-at-home moth- in recent years. Women first passed while, dropped last year for a fourth ers. men in bachelor’s degrees in 1996. year in a row to 5 million, or roughly The educational gains for women Some researchers including Perry one in four married-couple houseare giving them greater access to a have dubbed the current economic holds. That’s down from nearly half of wider range of jobs, contributing to a shift of traditional gender roles at home and work. Based on one demographer’s estimate, the number of stayat-home dads who are the primary caregivers for their children reached nearly 2 million last year, or one in 15 fathers. The official census tally was 154,000, based on a narrower definition that excludes those working parttime or looking for jobs. “The gaps we’re seeing in bachelor’s and advanced degrees mean that women will be better protected against the next recession,” said Mark Perry, an economics professor at the University of Michigan-Flint who is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Among adults 25 and older, 10.6 A WOMAN AT A JOB FAIR in New York talks to an employer. For the first million U.S. women have master’s time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees as degrees or higher, compared to 10.5 well as bachelor’s degrees. AP photo

such households in 1969. Whatever the exact numbers, Census Bureau researchers have detailed a connection between women’s educational attainment and declines in traditional stay-at-home parenting. For instance, they found that stay-at-home mothers today are more likely to be young, foreign-born Hispanics who lack college degrees than professional women who set aside careers for fulltime family life after giving birth. “We’re not saying the census definition of a ‘stay-at-home’ parent is what reflects families today. We’re simply tracking how many families fit that situation over time,” said Rose Kreider, a family demographer at the Census Bureau. She said in an interview that the bureau’s definition of a stay-at-home parent is based on a 1950s stereotype of a breadwinnerhomemaker family that wasn’t necessarily predominant then and isn’t now. The census numbers come from the government’s Current Population Survey as of March 2010. Among other findings: – Among adults 25 and older, women are more likely than men to have finished high school, 87.6 percent to 86.6 percent. – Broken down by race and ethnicity, 52 percent of Asian-Americans had at least a bachelor’s degree. That’s compared to 33 percent for nonHispanic whites, 20 percent for blacks and 14 percent for Hispanics.

Judge rules against gag order in prison suit

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A federal judge on Wednesday agreed with The Associated Press and rejected Correction Corporation of America’s request for a sweeping gag order in a lawsuit between Idaho inmates and the private prison company. In the lawsuit, the Idaho Correctional Center inmates ask for class-action status and say the Boisearea prison is so violent that it’s called “Gladiator School.” They say the guards use brutal inmate-oninmate violence as a management tool and then deny injured prisoners adequate medical care. The Nashville, Tenn.-based CCA says prisoner safety is its top priority and that it works closely with state leaders to meet the standards set by the Idaho Department of Correction. The case has garnered widespread media attention, and in January CCA attorneys asked the judge for a gag order barring attorneys, witnesses and others involved in the case from speaking to the news media. The company said one of the ACLU attorneys representing the inmates, Stephen Pevar, made

inflammatory and prejudicial statements in press releases and interviews, and CCA maintained that continued news coverage of such statements would make it impossible to find an impartial jury. Pevar and the ACLU contended that his statements were neither inflammatory nor prejudicial, and they filed a motion opposing the gag order. The Associated Press, which has extensively covered the Idaho Correctional Center and the lawsuit, also asked the court for permission to intervene in the case for the sole reason of opposing the proposed gag order. In a written ruling handed down Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge agreed to let the AP intervene and then rejected the gag order. Such a sweeping gag order would be a prior restraint on free speech, Lodge wrote, and infringe on the free speech rights of those involved with the case, the attorneys, the media and the public. Lodge went on to say that CCA’s rights to an impartial jury will be adequately protected through

voir dire, the process in which potential jurors are questioned about their knowledge of the case. He said an impartial jury could be found without the court resorting to gag orders. Lodge also said that while he was concerned about the tone of some of Pevar’s statements, they were made on isolated occasions months apart. He noted that in response to a separate motion, he was splitting the lawsuit into two cases, one of which could go before a jury and another that will be decided by a judge. Pevar will only be the attorney of record for the case that goes before a judge, Lodge said, further reducing any risk that a jury would be influenced by any statements made to the press. Lodge ended his ruling on the matter with an admonishment for the attorneys: “From this point forward, the Court trusts that all counsel will exercise discretion and refrain from making statements that might violate their ethical duties or jeopardize the fair administration of justice in this or any other case,” he said.

10. Was born at a luau. 9. Parents crossed out original choice for first name, “Gary.” 8. Is a triplet, born with sisters MaryKate and Ashley Obama. 7. Also released as an audiobook read by John Lithgow. 6. It’s covered in poi stains. 5. Claims he’s a baby when Obama is clearly an adult - It’s a forgery! 4. Under “Conspiracy?” they checked “No.” 3. Document notarized by Magnum P.I. 2. Note reads, “To be released only at the request of crazy-haired blowhard billionaires.” 1. Fine print at bottom: Not an actual birth certificate.

TERLINGUA, Texas (AP) – Kenneth Butler touched the metal end of his prosthetic arm instinctively as he recalled the horrors he witnessed in Iraq. Four years after losing his limb when his vehicle was hit by a bomb in Baghdad, the retired army staff sergeant got his first chance this week to meet former President George W. Bush during a three-day bike ride in West Texas attended by more than a dozen other wounded veterans and cycling legend Lance Armstrong. Bush rode in the event for a chance to meet with veterans and thank them for their sacrifice. Butler holds no ill-will toward the man who sent him to war. “I feel his compassion,” the retired parachute infantry squad leader said Wednesday, with a note of

melancholy. “It feels like he really cares about us.” Bush and 15 wounded veterans were joined Wednesday in the last leg of a 62.5-mile ride through the rugged desert trails of Big Bend National Park by Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France champion. “As a commander in chief, it was my decision to put them in harm’s way in the first place,” he said. “I feel a special bond toward them and I want them to know I’ll never forget them,” Bush said. More than 1,400 U.S. troops have died and more than 11,000 have been injured in Afghanistan since Bush ordered a war on terror in 2001. More than 3,500 U.S. military personnel died and more than 32,000 have been wounded in Iraq since fighting started there two years later.

FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, STANDS next to Lance Armstrong, April 27, at Big Bend Park, Texas. Bush and Armstrong took part in a 100 kilometer mountain bike ride with the servicemen who lost their limbs in war. AP photo

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PATRICIO ORTIZ MEETS WITH STUDENTS after he spoke on the problems of Haiti, Wednesday. He said their country’s history follows a pattern and have a difficult environment. Ortiz is an assistant professor who recently spent three weeks in Haiti. ANI MIRZAKHANYAN photo

Ortiz: Haiti’s history began with oppression By MIKE BURNHAM staff writer

Dr. Patricio R. Ortiz, assistant professor of bilingual and multicultural education, presented on the history and continuing problems in Haiti before an audience of faculty and students Wednesday, April 27. His remarks, “From Magical Realism to UN Intervention: Haiti’s Never Ending Crisis in Paradise Lost,” focused largely on the political and cultural history of Haiti, as well as current issues faced in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. “The story of Haiti follows a circular pattern of history that begins with a tremendous amount of oppression,” Ortiz said. “It is a tremendously difficult environment where all statistics are abysmal” Ortiz, who recently spent three weeks in Haiti, said he was inspired to give the presentation because he feels it is important to share ones experiences with faculty and students. Additionally, he felt it was important to raise awareness of the challenges Haiti currently faces.

“It is a country that has projects going on in whatever area you can think about,” Ortiz said. “I would like to spread the word around, maybe there are some people interested in getting involved in development programs with Haiti.” Ortiz noted particularly an ongoing effort with the United Nations to build schools around the country. One of the major issues Haiti has been facing is a migration of the intellectual force to place like Florida and New York City, said Ortiz “The brain drainage is tremendous,” he said. “Only 2 percent of schools there are public. There is a great need for curriculum development.” Ann Marie Hyde, a sophomore majoring in professional and technical writing, attended the event in order to find out how Utah State can get more involved with Haitian relief efforts. “We look for how we can connect USU with other countries,” said Hyde, who also works for the international research division in the Office of Global Engagement. “Its just good to get the word out and hopefully people will get excited about it.” While she said Ortiz is very excited about getting students involved in the relief efforts, it’s clear that he can’t do everything himself.

“You might not be able to go to Haiti and help,” Hyde said. “That might not be a possibility, but if you are informed and aware of what’s going on that never hurts.” Ortiz wrapped up his presentation with slides highlighting the destruction still visible in the capitol city from the earthquake that he said killed 250,000-350,000. “Today there are still maybe one million people that are living in tents in Port-au-Prince,” he said. “But it is a country that has such a strong historical tradition and sense of self that in one way or another you realize that they are able to deal with these events.” While Ortiz does not yet know when he can get students involved with development programs in Haiti, he hopes to have an agenda within six months. Students that wish to get involved with relief efforts in Haiti are encouraged to get in contact with Ortiz or the Office of Global engagement. – mike.burnham@gmail.com

Quran: Students say they don’t mind answering questions -continued from page 1 technology and learning sciences in the College of Education. Eastmond received firsthand experience in living with Muslims, including in the home of separate families, during two of his teenage years, while Eastmond’s father worked overseas. Eastmond and his family lived in Nigeria during the 1963-64 school year, followed by a stay in Zaria as he attended college there during the following academic year. They were years of experience that have left the instructor to say that he has sought ways to praise the faith ever since. “They are a faith that is worldwide, and they are very influential and have contributed a lot to our civilization,” he said. “A lot of our mathematics and astronomy and history of ideas came through Islam. When the Europeans were stagnating, the Muslims were booming and carried the classical Greek writings forward. The West had to go learn these things from them. Then, the Renaissance started to take off.” History aside, a paradox remains for the globe-trotter. “There are some really tough things here,” Eastmond said. “I couldn’t believe why they could burn the Quran, but I couldn’t believe that there would be this response on the other side of the world. I have a really favorable impression of the Muslims, and so it’s just interesting to see how this is playing out,” he said. Eastmond said he has enjoyed being able to see the comparisons between that of Islam and his own. “In real terms, they are a very impressive religious group, they have devoted followers, are very much committed to their values and are incredibly congruent with the values we have in the (LDS) Church,” he said. The same year Abu-Ramileh faced criticism as a woman in a male-dominated major at USU, she made the decision to dedicate herself to a higher Islam standard of modesty by donning the head-covering article of clothing. It was a decision that silenced the critics – whether or not that muting came out of the critics’

respect for Abu-Ramaileh’s religious convictions, or out of a fear or misunderstanding for the faith she was now clearly representing. The criticism for being a minority in yet another way was quelled, she said. “After I wore the scarf, people were not surprised to see I got these awards or did well on a test,” she said. “I was taken more serious as to why I had success. Students believed I could succeed as a women in engineering. There was no more making fun of me not being able to get as high a score on a test.” Abu-Ramaileh said while the bit of clothing – and the deep religious ties that run within its lining – means much more to her than avoiding a few snickers on a base-level calculus course, arriving at such a conviction hasn’t been easy. She said in high school it was harder for her to wear the scarf because of the maturity level of her peers. She said in college, people are more accepting. She said the scarf has become a part of embracing her faith. Muslims related to the university, Muslims like Abu-Ramaileh, continue to walk on campus, eating Aggie Ice Cream and going to calculus class, feeling just fine. Not that she, nor Abdallah, Cetiner or any of their comrades, mind taking a break to answer any questions. “I have always tried to give people the benefit of the doubt when they ask something, that to some may be offensive, but to me, I just look at it as a learning and sharing opportunity,” she said. “Many times people are just curious or want to learn about Islam and their questions are innocent.” Abu-Ramaileh recognizes that openly speaking to others may be revolutionary to some. “Here in Logan, many people have come up and asked ‘Oh, you’re husband allows you to come speak in public?’ – things to that effect,” she said. Abu-Ramaileh said such misunderstandings are a battle she faces continuously.

ADEL ABDALLAH (ABOVE) HAS been a Muslim his whole life, and he said he doesn’t mind answering questions others have of his Faith.. BRECK BYINGTON photo

“I hate to see these big events tied to our religion,” she said of the public’s association of radical terrorism with the mainstream faith. “The only way to cage the rumor perspectives, is just meeting Muslims. Then, you won’t tie all the others to TV, or if you do have those crazy ideas in your mind, then you see a normal Muslim in the mainstream, and you’ll have at least a new perspective.” – rhett.wilkinson@aggiemail.usu.edu

-continued from page 1 expecting to reach the number until later that afternoon. “Ridership is climbing,” Erickson said, “so that is what this is all about. In this day and age our free bus rides is very helpful.” In the freezing winter, Stokes said she relies heavily on the shuttle system and is grateful for it. Without the shuttles she would need to set aside even more time to travel to and from campus that she would otherwise spend studying, she said. “You can’t take your bike around in the winter and it’s a frozen walk,” she said. “There was this one time when the buses weren’t going and I had to run somewhere in the freezing snow.”

Professor to speak on economic joys Miles Kimball, the second Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Visiting Professor at Utah State University, offers a free public lecture Monday, May 2, 4-5:30 p.m. in the O.C. Tanner Business Lounge on the ninth floor of the George S. Eccles Business Building on the USU campus. The lecture, “The Economics of Happiness,” will focus on Kimball’s research that shows how people often intentionally sacrifice happiness for other things they care about and the dynamic way that happiness responds to good and bad news in people’s lives, he said. “These two facts connect happiness to economics in new and surprising ways,” Kimball said. Kimball graduated with a bachelor’s in economics from Harvard University. He then received a master’s degree in Linguistics at Brigham Young University. In 1987, he graduated with a doctorate in economics from Harvard and won the Wells prize for the best Harvard dissertation in economics.

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Million: One more bus will be added next year, totaling 11 “It’s kind of important that we celebrate that people are coming to the realization they should stop paying for parking passes and taking their cars to school,” said Stocks, a freshman majoring in music therapy. “It’s easier on everyone and the environment.” Erickson – with Big Blue – boarded the shuttle, megaphone in hand, and congratulated Stokes for helping reach this goal. She was presented with a certificate and a $15 gift card to the USU Bookstore. Stokes was told on her way to class from Snow Hall to board the bus again after class so the announcement could be made. Those facilitating recognition of the one-millionth rider weren’t

The Utah State University Diversity Council is pleased to invite applications for grants from the Diversity Council Grant fund. The purpose of the Diversity Council Grant fund is to offer grants to support diversity initiatives across the university system. Preference will be given to diversity initiatives that address critical, high-pirority issues or needs related to improving the university climate. The Diversity Council was established by President Stan Albrecht in January 2010 to enhance the inclusiveness and vibrancy of the USU community. The fifteen member council has permanent standing and reports jointly to the president and vice president for student services. In addition to thee Diversity Council Grant fund, the Diversity Council is engages in efforts to diversify the USU workforce and assess the diversity climate across all campuses and centers of Utah State University.

In order to improve shuttle services further, Erickson will purchase two more shuttles, replacing one. He said he will keep the diesel shuttle for trips that take harsher road conditions. With 11 buses, Erickson said he hopes they will reach one million riders even earlier next year. “In a college town this is a big deal,” Stokes said, “because we are supporting keeping the air clean. We have a gorgeous campus and a gorgeous valley and we need to protect and take care of it.”

The USU Scotsmen Pipe and Drum Corps, a new performing group at Utah State University, is searching throughout northern Utah for experienced or beginner bagpipers and drummers alike. USU’s pipe and drum corps was created in fall 2010 after Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts, contacted Utah State freshman Matt Earl, who has played the bagpipe for nine years. “Bagpipes are stirring instruments with a rich heritage,” Jessop said. “Having a full bagpipe corps on campus will add another incredible dynamic to Utah State. Both the Caine and Eccles families, who greatly contribute to Utah State, have Scottish lineage, and not only do the pipes nobly represent them but they also tie to the Aggie fight song, The Scotsman.” The USU Scotsmen Pipe and Drum Corps will perform on campus, throughout the community and compete against other pipe bands. “Although learning how to play the bagpipe takes a lot of time and dedication, we are willing to teach anyone who comes our way no matter what skill level they are,” said James Pitts, assistant USU biology professor and USU Scotsmen Pipe and Drum Corps faculty advisor. “This isn’t just for college students to be members of; it’s for the entire community.” The USU Scotsmen Pipe and Drum Corps will perform an endof-the-year concert, “Highlands,” Friday, April 30, at 7 p.m. in the USU Performance Hall.

– catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Iraqi sheep raisers will spend summer in Logan By KEATON REED staff writer

Spending the summer in Logan means fulltime employment and late night bonfires for some, but for three Iraqi citizens it means an opportunity to come to USU and learn about how to revive Iraq’s sheep-raising industry. On June 1, the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) will bring two Iraqi sheep-raisers and a veterinarian to USU to help them acquire knowledge and skills that will help establish a stronger sheep economy in Iraq, said Lyle McNeal, a professor in the animal, dairy, and veterinary sciences (ADVS) department. McNeal said he was asked by the FAS to lead the two-month project, which consists of holistic instruction about sheep-raising, covering topics such as veterinary care, health, reproduction, grazing techniques and genetics. “Sheep originally came from that part of the world,” McNeal said, “It’s exciting to help these people restore what was a big part of their life.”

He said this project could bring the industry this one before, helping revive flocks among in Iraq back to the level it was before Saddam the Navajo people, the Tarahumara tribe Hussein took power. of Chihuahua, Mexico, and the people of Kristin Sittner, a senior in animal science, Armenia. He said he plans on using the Navajo who is working on the project, herds he helped revive as said the sheep industry has “The sheep are being models for the Iraqis. been essentially demolished “We’re going to ignored more than several times in Iraq. take them down to the they should be, their “The sheep are being Navajo reservations to ignored more than they potential is not being help them interact with should be, their potential is that culture,” McNeal explored, so we’re not being explored, so we’re said, “There is an obvious going to help them with that,” going to help them correlation between the said Tara Roche, a senior in two cultures.” with that.” biotechnology, who is also Both cultures trainvolved in the project. ditionally raised sheep, –Tara Roche McNeal said, and there Sittner said sheep are a low-upkeep animal that can USU senior similarities between produce a lot of meat for the Persian rugs and Navajo amount of feed they consume. weavings. McNeal said sheep give humanity three “It would be interesting to see if they can important products: wool, milk and meat, all take some of the weaving techniques from the of which can help improve the economic situaNavajo,” Roche said. tion in Iraq. McNeal said he also plans on taking the McNeal said he has led projects similar to Iraqis to meet sheep-raisers from around the

United States to help them get a variety of perspectives on the sheep industry. McNeal said he hopes to see an extension of friendship develop between America and Iraq because of projects like this one. “I want to see Iraq succeed,” McNeal said, “look at how many lives we’ve sacrificed, this is our follow-up in support of what they’ve done.” Roche said she has family and friends currently serving in Iraq. “I’d like to see the sacrifices of others culminate and become of value to the Iraqi people,” she said. Roche said she finds it interesting that what began as a military operation is now an operation to expand the culture and economy of Iraq and establish democracy. “It behooves all of us to help our neighbor,” said Dale Zobell, professor and associate head of the ADVS department. “Not so they can become like us, but so they can have every opportunity to become better educated.” – keaton.reed@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Profs like summer, too By NATASHA BODILY staff writer

As students look forward to summer trips, outdoor activities and seasonal sales jobs, their professors are preparing for their own summer endeavors. USU professors travel to foreign countries, host internships and still find time to enjoy the warm season. Dr. Vijay Kannan, director of international programs and Huntsman School of Business professor, will have an eventful summer including a study abroad program, teaching in Vietnam and a family trip to Europe. Kannan said his travels begin in June by taking 20 USU business students to Russia, Armenia and Turkey. The focus of the trip, he said, will be for students to see business in practice and to understand how diverse business environments are and how the broader social environment affects business practices. He said the study abroad program also allows students the opportunity to appreciate cultural differences in the places they will travel. The trip will include a tour Wrigley Gum factory in St. Petersburg, Intel, Coca-Cola and the Istanbul stock exchange. “Students can see what those organizations do to understand why they do things they way the do,” Kannan said. On the cultural end, he said the group plans to visit Peterhof in St. Petersburg, which was one of the palaces of Peter the Great. They will also visit a fourth- century Armenian apostolic church in Armenia, he said. “The students can understand some of the differences in culture,” he said. They will also spend two days working at an orphanage in Armenia; Kannan said they have a service project in each Huntsman School study abroad program. “We want them to get a sense of what is out there so then as they develop they connect with the world more meaningfully,” Kannan said. “It is a good opportunity for them. We’re

preparing them in terms of history, political environment, and cultural environment so they can have an understanding of where these countries are coming from and what the issues are they face.” After the study abroad session, Kannan said he will travel to Vietnam to teach and conduct a workshop at a University where they are upgrading their levels of faculty. “We’ll have some other faculty, myself included, critiquing the research so faculty can understand what they need to do to develop that work for publication,” he said. Kannan will also meet up with his family for a vacation in Europe. He will visit Luxemburg, Southern Germany and London with his wife, daughter and son. “My summers are usually busy,” he said. He usually makes at least one or two trips per year, which does not leave much room for down time. “But it is what I enjoy doing and going with students is fun. They get so much out of it; it’s great to be so involved with helping them learn and grow,” he said. Dr. Alvan Hengge, department head of chemistry and biochemistry, is co-running the USU High School Summer Internship in Chemistry and Biochemistry. The weeklong internship program began in 2007 with a small group of students and has grown to the point where they cannot accept every applicant. Hengge said the goal of the program is to get high school students on campus for a weeklong experience and to spend a big chunk of time in a research lab. “They can get a sense of what real science discovery is like,” he said. “For a lot of these students their main experience is sitting in a classroom and doing cook book labs and we want them to see the other side.” Following the internship week, Hengge said

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USU TEACHERS WILL DOT THE globe this summer as travels and teaching takes them abroad. Some will also teach classes on the Logan campus and instruct high school students in their prespective fields. ANI MIRZAKHANYAN photo illustration

USU by design in a showcase By ALEXANDRIA EVENSEN staff writer

Jeremy Wilkins had his moment sitting on a mountain in Switzerland, contemplating what he wanted to do with his life. Steven Jeppesen’s moment came as a TA for an entry level art class, when he realized he had the ability to share his passion with others. For Sheena Brown and Cullen Duncan, it was a shared moment working in St. Bernard’s Monastery on a frigid day, overlooking the alps and building dog kennels to learn empathy. In May, Wilkins, Jeppesen, Duncan and Brown will graduate with diplomas that read “Graphic Design,” but for them it’s much more than just a major. It’s a culmination of those moments in life when you realize you’re living the dream, Duncan said. Although Duncan can pinpoint particular moments that have convinced him he is in the right major, he said he has smaller moments that constantly remind him of who he is and what he sees himself doing in the future. “They come after the moments when I feel most inadequate and not prepared for this major,” he said. “All of us have those days where we don’t feel like you fit into what we’re doing, but then you have that breakthrough, and you create some thing really good.” Graphic design is a combination of advertising and art. It uses almost every medium of creativity, Duncan said. Graphic GRAPHIC DESIGN SENIORS HAVE THEIR moment in the spotlight with the senior showcase, which features a headshot depicting who they are and what they plan to do with their lives. CARL R. WILSON photo

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Travel: Professors stay busy in summer -continued from page 5 he is looking forward to working more with his research students. He said the program has great students who have taken ownership of their projects and have gotten a lot done independently. As department head, he said he has not had as much time to work with his students, but fortunately they have been doing very well. Dr. Christopher Fawson, economics professor, will also travel with students for a study abroad trip and will help facilitate an international reading program in Cache Valley. From the end of May to the end of June, Fawson, program creator Bob Winward and 40 business and art students will make connections between the right and left brain while getting a semester’s worth of credit in Switzerland, he said. “I think it’s one of the most extraordinary summer programs at Utah State, Fawson said. “The curriculum is a focus on what we call design thinking for innovation,” he said the program is an opportunity for business students to be challenged in their areas of creativity and innovation and for art students to be challenged in their understanding of analytical foundations of business practice and to stretch across that divide. He said the trip is more than an opportunity for gaining artistic and business aptitude, but also gives students the chance to connect and network with practicing professionals who are working in an international setting. Fawson said even the professors are required to participate in the learning experiences. He described a day in a small alpine village, where he and his students observed cows fighting in a pasture.

“The task was to draw pictures of it,” he said. “We spent an afternoon just sitting on a fence in a pasture just watching cows fight and trying to draw pictures of them. It’s a great experience and it’s a way to connect with a different part of your brain that for a business person you don’t typically draw from.” When he returns from Switzerland, Fawson said he is involved in hosting a group of international students in a summer reading program in Cache Valley. They will read a wide variety of books from classical philosophy to evolutionary biology and some fiction, he said. “The overall topic of the course is how order is created in complex systems,” Fawson said. He said he also plans to find time for some fun. “Summer is just a great time to catch up and prep for the next year,” he said. Dr. Nick Eastmond, instructional technology and learning sciences professor, is travelling with his wife to Madrid, Spain, for two weeks of work with graduate students in the European Union’s Euromine Consortium. They will stay with family friends in Paris after their trip to Spain. “My wife and I speak French and that will help,” Eastmond said. His daughter and granddaughter plan to join them as tourists at the end of the trip, he said. They are still working out the details, but hope to visit St. Malo, Normandy/Brittany Coast and London. “When I return, I will be retired from the University,” Eastmond said. “After 36.77 years of service. It’s been a great place to work.”

In my mind, my friends and acquaintances are classified into distinct categories. There are the oldtime friends, the people I have partied with since preschool. There are the team friends with whom I participated in clubs or sports. There are class friends, who I met through enduring long lectures together, and friends who

are my past and current roommates. If you apply the definition loosely, you might even include the people that I know, though not sure how, that I give a courtesy head nod when I pass on campus. The list of types of friends could continue for some time, but the purpose of this current discourse is to salute a distinct class of friend: The Adventure Buddy. The Adventure Buddy is not your typical friend. They fill a special niche and share in activities that bring a closeness that is hard to explain. Whenever you find grandiose

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There’s something about iPod: spring semester that is just diffi“Thanks That Was Fun,” cult. You come off of the letharfrom the Barenaked Ladies’ gy of Christmas break and have “Disc One: All Their Greatest to wake up and actually study. Hits.” This song was the only Not to mention it’s 20 degrees on the album that was Rhythm one below zero and there’s four previously unreleased, so it’s feet of snow outside. Then you true home really is on this hit spring break and get one album. It perfectly describes week of bliss. Unfortunately, the feeling that you get when spring break doesn’t improve RexColinMitchell you think a relationship is ‘just the situation when you come for fun’ until it’s over and you back to school, it just makes realize that you were a lot everything worse. The warm spring weather more invested in it than you had assumed. lasts about three hours before it snows anoth- There is some great word play in the song, er two feet – which makes that uphill battle such as “I’m learning / I’m yearning / I’m you’re fighting seems like it’s an incline of 45 burning all your stuff,” and “Deflated / and degrees for the last six weeks of the semes- jaded / I hate it when you call, which isn’t at ter. all.” Then you have finals. “Road to Joy,” from Bright Eyes’ “I’m Wide So it’s good to have something to cheer Awake, It’s Morning.” This song would make you up before everything hits the fan. the list just for the fact that the melody is At the end of this semester, it is fitting that I taken from “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s talk about something that can make or kill an ninth symphony, hence the title “Road to album, not unlike finals week. If you’ve got a Joy.” Genius pun, Mr. Oberst, genius. The great album but the last song sucks, it leaves song is an angst-filled, folked-out punk song you feeling unsatisfied, as if someone served speaking out against war, the highlight of you a steak dinner with all the trimmings and which is probably everybody in the band just right as you’re finishing, they throw a rotten going crazy while Oberst screams “I’m wide apple in your face. awake, it’s morning.” On the other hand, a good ending song “Several Ways to Die Trying,” from can leave you wanting more, yet finding Dashboard Confessional’s “A Mark, A Mission, peace in the fact that it’s over. Sure, the ear- A Brand, A Scar.” Dashboard Confessional lier songs of an album may be so good that has put out some truly great albums, of which you may not ever make it to the last song, this is definitely the best. The danger of those but there are some ending songs you just put great albums is that, of course, if you screw on repeat until your roommates tell you they it up you give the listener that metaphorical can’t take listening to a single song in a row rotten apple to the face. Dashboard does no more than 12 times. Or maybe that’s just me. - See FINALS, page 7 So here are the top “last songs” on Colin’s

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Dusty Nash

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“AFRICAN CATS,” ANOTHER DISNEY GEM, tells the story of wild cats living in Africa. This nature documentary is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson and may call “The Lion King” to mind.

“Cats” a good date night rental “A f r i c a n Cats” tells Staff the stories of “African Cats” Guy XXXX two families, Grade: B one of cheetahs and one of lions, who live and survive in Africa. It shows Spencer Palmer the lengths mothers will go to protect their families. Sita is a single cheetah mother who hunts alone while trying to raise her newborn cubs. She has to fend off a multitude of predators, including hyenas, other cheetahs and the weather to protect her young ones as she trains them to be self-sufficient. Mara is a young lion cub who is loyal to her mother Layla. They are part of the River Pride, led by Fang. The dynamic in the pride is interesting to watch. The lions in the pride rely on each other, but they are threatened by outside sources. Kali is a lion from the other side of the river, and he wants to expand his kingdom into Fang’s territory. “Cats” is told as a nature documentary, but with Samuel L. Jackson as the narrator and a script that is cheesy at times, the stories flow smoothly and effectively. Jackson was a good choice for a narrator with his interesting, but not dominating, voice. Director Alastair Fothergill has been creating documentaries for more than 10 years. He previously directed Disneynature’s “Earth,” so was a natural choice for “African Cats.” Fothergill’s co-director, Keith Scholey, has been involved in documentaries focusing primarily on Africa, so he was an excellent choice for the role. The cinematography was incredible. Some of the shots of the landscape were breathtaking. There were scenes that showed detailed views of the cats’ fur, which was amazing. “African Cats” was filmed in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya over a period of about two years. Everything shown is real. There are no extra special computer generated effects. There are time lapse sequences, and times when the camera is slowed down to allow the audience to really capture the com-

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plexities of what is happening in a particular moment, but that’s good cinematography. I enjoyed the hunting scenes, as they were filmed in a way that made me feel as if I was there. As the cats stalked their prey, the tension built up in the room, and it was great. When the cats took off after their prey, some of the most amazing scenes in the movie take place. The camera slows down and you can feel every moment of the chase. One of my favorite scenes showed a male lion and a crocodile roaring at each other in a contest for space at the side of a river. Talk about a photo-op! As can be expected with a nature documentary, there are many more animals shown than stories told. Some of the other animals include wildebeests, warthogs, aardvarks, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, elephants, zebras, rhinoceroses, giraffes and a variety of birds. Parts of the movie, most of the time featuring the lions, were loud enough that it was almost like the lions were there in the room. It was an awesome feeling. The score to the film was good, and it accompanied the action well. However, I would have preferred a score that was less orchestral and more traditional to Africa with a tribal element. Jordin Sparks sang a beautiful song during the end credits of the film that concluded the movie well. Disney had fun with the end credits. They were the most hilarious part of the entire movie. “African Cats” is a perfect date night movie rental. During the movie, I kept thinking about “The Lion King,” and I wanted to mix up a few lines for humor’s sake, but couldn’t since I was in a movie theater. Having the opportunity to watch “African Cats” in a more casual environment will allow for personal commentaries and a chance to poke fun at some of the lines. To all seven people who read my reviews over the semester, thanks. Have a great summer. Remember: Life is the greatest adventure. Enjoy it.

– Spencer Palmer is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in math. He enjoys watching new movies, old movies and the movies in between. He’s looking forward to the grand adventure of life. Email him at spencer.palmer@aggiemail.usu.edu.

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Outdoors: Adventure Buddies give a unique friendship -continued from page 6 plans involving the outdoors, extreme activities and an element of risk, the Adventure Buddy is there. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t call an Adventure Buddy just to hang out or to say hi. Indeed, doing so will often confuse or anger them as they have been classically conditioned that answering your phone call will result in an adventure offer, and like Pavlovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dog, they have already begun salivating in anticipation. I have tried to consider what it is that strengthens the bond with an Adventure Buddy. It seems almost counter-intuitive, as long lapses in contact and regular association, which usually serves to solidify friendships, is lacking. I finally concluded that it is the nature of the association that differs. When I am with an Adventure Buddy, we are often dangling high above the ground while rock climbing, flying down a mountain at breakneck speeds on mountain bikes

or enjoying an amazing secluded view. While the interaction may be intermittent it is inherently incredible and illuminating. I think about my Adventure Buddies. They are the kids that step up beside you as you stand on the edge of the cliff, looking at the water far below and say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, I bet we can jump off this.â&#x20AC;? They are the person that sits on your rope while climbing to stop you from falling to your death. They are the person who will tell you if you stink after backpacking for three days. They are the person who halves their dehydrated meal with you when you underpacked for the trip. They are the person who spends hours building a back-country kicker with you and then laughs when you fall on your head attempting a backflip. So, I salute you, Adventure Buddies. It may be that I never watch a movie or

play Jenga with you. I may never meet your family or see your home town. I may never know your middle name, your favorite color or see you in dress clothes. But I will see beautiful vistas that I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t share with anyone else. I will trust my life to you and you will see me in my best and worst. We will be pushed to our limits and our friendship will come out stronger than ever. I am sitting in the library. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dead week and I need to be studying. My phone starts to vibrate. Excited by the distraction, I grab it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a text from an Adventure Buddy. I start packing up my gear before I have even read the text. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for an adventure. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dusty Nash is a sports enthusiast, adrenaline junky and lover of nature. He can be reached at dustin.nash@ aggiemail.usu.edu.

Graphic: Students find inspiration through life -continued from page 5 design is commonly seen in posters, web design, magazine design, brochures and T-shirt design, among others. For Wilkins, graphic design not just drawing, painting or editing; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lifestyle. He said he views his own life as a project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re designing your life you leave space for different variables,â&#x20AC;? he said. Wilkins first tried his hand at design in high school, taking drafting and multimedia classes. Though it was fun, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of it as a professional field and let it slip to the back of his mind when he started college. Beginning as a structural engineer, Wilkins jumped from pre-med to communications to German before taking an art class and realizing how well it fit him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realized that I really liked design. It came back full circle,â&#x20AC;? he said. Duncanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story is similar.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always grown up with art. My dad is an artist,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tried English and psychology before this and I liked them, but I think my roots were always based in art. So I went back to it. In graphic design you can combine all the different art styles without picking one.â&#x20AC;? Friday night marks the culmination of four years of work for the senior graphic design class. The 35 students who are set to graduate will have their work presented in a gallery at the annual Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibit. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I AM,â&#x20AC;? is based on each individual graduating from the program. Each senior had to design a personalized head shot of themselves that represented who they are and what they plan to do with their lives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know that on campus a lot people look at an art major like a fluff major,â&#x20AC;? Jeppesen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Graphic design is more

than just art. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problem solving. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just thrown together. There is structure, to make all the pieces fit together.â&#x20AC;? In order to make the event more community-oriented, the art department has paired up with Loganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Alliance to bring together a celebration of art, food and networking. Held at the Bullen Center in the Ellen Eccles theater, the event is free to the public, and includes refreshments from local businesses including Great Harvest, Iron Gate Grill and Cafe Ibis. Each graphic design student is required to put together a portfolio that will be presented at the exhibit. The gallery will hold many mediums of art including digital design, sculptures and business graphics. As Brown reaches the end of her journey through the program, she said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s realized that graphic design is

about interaction, problem solving and visual appeal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about communication. People think we just decorate things, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really just about designing things to effectively communicate what a business wants to portray themselves as,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Finals: Last tracks are cathartic -continued from page 6 such thing here. Something about the simple guitar lines, the soulful lyrics and of course, Chris Carrabbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice make this song one of the greats. The highlight of the song is when Carrabba half screams one note for 15 and a half seconds. I timed it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two Weeks in Hawaii,â&#x20AC;? from Hellogoodbyeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!â&#x20AC;? This album is just one of those fun albums that is full of mushy love songs that for some reason get stuck in your head for hours on end. This song makes the list for its great use of dynamic variation, but mostly for the line â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt so bad when your mom caught us eating ice cream in your room at three in the morning.â&#x20AC;? Awesome. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amsterdam,â&#x20AC;? from Coldplayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Rush of Blood to the Head.â&#x20AC;? A great end to a great

album. It is one of the most heartfelt song you could ask for. The simple yet beautiful piano line accentuates Chris Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice wonderfully, as well as the rest of the band when it joins in towards the end. The music is very intense, but calms down as Martin sings â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stood on the edge, tied to a noose. You came along and you cut me loose.â&#x20AC;? I hope this list gives you a little hope for finals week, that good things can and do end well. Sleep well, study hard, and party long afterwards. See you next fall. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Colin is a sophomore music major emphasizing in cello performance. He comes from Vernon, Utah, where his family runs a cattle ranch. He can be reached at rex.colin.mitchell@aggiemail.com.

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2010-2011: A year in photos Did the year start out with a bang? Hard to say, it was so long ago. One thing is certain, the hits kept coming. Aggie Football took care of BYU on Merlin Olsen Filed. Brian Green made it rain from behind the arc as the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team made their way to a fourth consecutive Western Athletic Conference championship. Candidates took to the street in a record-breaking ASUSU student body election. High profile acts took to the streets â&#x20AC;&#x201C; literally. A new college was created. College of Eastern Utah became USU Eastern. We sang, we danced, we cheered, we celebrated and through it all we still found time to party. With so many memories, we wanted to take a look back at the year that was. Go to utahstatesman.com or scan the tag at the bottom of the page for more pictures. On behalf of The Utah Statesman, we would like to say thanks for a great year. To those students who are graduating or for whatever reason will not be joining us in September, good luck in your endeavors and take care of yourselves. Utah State, hey, Aggies all the way!

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The 2010-11 Utah Statesman sports awards Male Athlete of the Year

Top honors for this year’s Female Athlete of the Year USU players and coaches

By MATT SONNENBERG sports editor

As the 2010-11 school year comes to a close, it’s time to look back and honor the players, coaches and moments that stood out in bigger ways than any other at Utah State University this past year. It was a year that saw almost countless superstars excel on the fields, courts, ice rinks and tracks wearing an Aggie uniform. It saw years of frustration come to an end for

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TAI WESLEY men’s basketball For the second time in three years, Tai Wesley helped lead USU to a school-record 30 wins, a WAC Tournament championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. On top of team success, Wesley graduates with his name littered across the tops of the statistical leader boards in Utah State history. Wesley is among the top 10 Aggies of all time in points scored, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, made field goals, field goal percentage, made free throws and is tied with teammate Tyler Newbold for the most games ever played in a Utah State uniform with 139. Wesley also became the third USU player in the last four years to be named the WAC’s Player of the Year on top of being named an honorable mention All-America selection.

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some sports, while other sports continued their same levels of domination demonstrated in the past. It was a year that saw incredible coaching performances from multiple sports and moments that will surely be talked about for years. It was a year that will surely be remembered for years to come. These awards, as voted on by the sports staff of The Utah Statesman, are to honor and commemorate the great year that 2010-11 was and the players and coaches who made it all happen.

TYLER HUSKINSON Assistant sports editor

MEGAN ALLEN Sports senior writer

Honorable mention

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LIZ MCARTHUR volleyball The junior outside hitter was the go-to girl throughout the year for the volleyball team’s best season in recent memory. On top of a team-leading 504 kills on the season, McArthur earned first-team all-Western Athletic Conference honors, was the member of multiple All-America teams and named WAC Tournament MVP following the team’s upset of No. 3 ranked Hawaii in the championship match. McArthur was one of five USU players to play in all 126 sets throughout the season, averaged four kills per set and had a team-leading 42 service aces. The 24-9 record on the year was the team’s best since 1982, while the appearance in the NCAA Tournament was just the fourth in school history.

Honorable mention

Bobby Wagner – football

Lauren Hanson – soccer

Clint Silcock – track and field

Ashlee Brown – women’s basketball

All-WAC first team, WAC-leading 11.1 tackles per game

All-WAC second team, broke USU record for goals scored.

Second team All-American, school-record high jump

Led team to NIT second round, all-WAC first team.

TAVIN STUCKI staff writer

Kent Arsenault – hockey

Set USU record for career goals scored. Led team to nationals.

MARK ISRAELSEN staff writer

MEREDITH KINNEY staff writer

Sonia Grabowska – track and field

Honorable mention All-America honors for pole vault.

USU Coach of the Year

Game of the Year

Big Play of the Year

RAEGAN PEBLEY women’s basketball

FOOTBALL Oct. 1 vs. BYU

BRADY JARDINE’S DUNK Feb. 19 at Saint Mary’s College

While other coaches may have won WAC championships, national coach of the year honors or advanced their team to national tournaments, no other coach exceeded expectations for their team more than women’s basketball head coach Raegan Pebley. Starting the season picked to finish in eighth place by the WAC coaches, Pebley led USU to a third place finish by year’s end, earning WAC Coach of the Year honors. Despite a loss to Fresno State in the WAC Tournament semifinals, Pebley made the most of a bid to the National Invitation Tournament, getting a postseason victory over the Arizona Wildcats 103-95 in the NIT’s first round behind the stellar play from two emerging superstars in Ashlee Brown and Devyn Christensen. While it is no easy task to live up to high expectations going into a season, it is a whole different challenge to go monumentally above and beyond where the bar was placed on a team to start a season.

After 17 years of frustration piled upon decades of more of losing football, perhaps the biggest sign of the changing tides showed itself on Oct. 1 with the nation watching as Gary Andersen’s squad laid a relentless ground assault on the Cougars of BYU. While 31-16 doesn’t look like a blowout, the score was 31-3 midway through the third quarter before Andersen took his foot off the gas and played to kill the clock on the ground to preserve a victory rather than risk a costly mistake or two in an attempt to complete the blowout. It wasn’t just a win, it was domination, and on national TV. It was the kind of win that looks to be a potential signal of what lies ahead for a new era of Utah State football. This was the first glorious moment of a return to glory for Utah State football

To pick just one moment out of so many that make a season and a year memorable is difficult, and in a year like 201011, there were plenty to choose from. None other though had the passion of Brady Jardine’s dunk over Saint Mary’s forward Mitchell Young in the Feb. 19 Bracketbuster game. Having stormed back from a double-digit deficit, USU looked to be in control for a crucial road victory before SMC’s Clint Steindl hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Gaels new life. Following Steindl’s second 3, USU’s Brockeith Pane drove around a defender towards the baseline, drawing two extra defenders over to help when Jardine streaked into the lane, caught a pass from Pane and elevated for a thunderous dunk and a foul that essentially sealed the game for USU and earned Jardine mention for Dunk of the Year honors all around the nation.

Honorable mention

Stew Morrill – men’s basketball, 30-4 record Grayson DuBose – volleyball, 24-9 record Jon Eccles – hockey, 39-7-1 record

WAC championship win over No. 3 Hawaii – Volleyball Bracketbuster at Saint Mary’s – men’s basketball 103 points in NIT vs. Arizona – women’s basketball

Xavier Martin – 79-yard touchdown vs. BYU Brian Green – Long 3-pointer to save USU at Hawaii Clint Silcock – School-record high jump of 2.24 meters

The softball diamond is where the Tyteca family calls home By RHETT WILKINSON staff writer

Shasta Tyteca is one of a kind. The senior utility player knows that her collegiate career has only eight games remaining. Her team sits precariously one game ahead of the dreaded seventh and eighth positions in the WAC standings. Tyteca’s career may very well end without the opportunity to compete in postseason play for a championship. The WAC’s two bottom-feeders do not qualify for the conference tournament. Yet none of that matters when she looks to the mound and sees someone special there, preparing to unleash yet another pitch – a part of the 28 starts she has made this season, among the best in the league. That someone is none other than Tyteca’s sister. When it comes to the USU softball team, you might say it’s a family matter. Besides the duo of senior Megan McDonald and her freshman sibling Nichole, Shasta and Shelbi Tyteca complete a foursome not often seen on a collegiate-level team. “I feel lucky,” Shasta said of being

able to play with the the oldest of three younger sisters for the past two years – a continuation of a career that has involved Shelbi both in summer leagues and at Viewmont High School. “She’s my second half. We’ve always had that connection, so it’s nice to finish out my collegiate career with her.” Shasta doesn’t have to look far to have that motion seconded. “People say, ‘isn’t it tough having your sister play with you? and I’m like, ‘no, I like it,’ every time,” Shelbi said when asked if she could imagine stepping onto the field without her selfdescribed “mentor” at her side. Sharing in the joys and sorrows of the sport is an affair that the rest of the Farmington, Utah, natives’ clan shares with them over the course of hundreds of games in a given year. “Softball is family time in my house,” she said. “We never really get tired of it because we make it such a positive atmosphere for ourselves.” Despite knowing such a presence is behind the backstop in so many games, Shelbi is glad to have on-field bloodline guidance.

- See SISTERS, page 12

THE TYTECA SISTERS, Shasta (left) and Shelbi, share a unique relationship as both a pitcher and catcher combo, as well as coming from a family of die-hard softball players and fans. Shelbi, a sophomore this season, will be joined on the team next year by a third Tyteca sister while Shasta will graduate this spring. CARL R. WILSON and STERLING BOIN photos

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Track freshmen performing much more like veterans By MIKE REES staff writer

The Utah State track and field team has seen its fair share of leaders. It has seen numbers of athletes who have turned heads with conference-leading performances and nationally ranking marks. This season, however, has seen a number of those performances come from some of the younger among its ranks. Several freshmen this year have made their permanent mark on Utah State history, which is notable since their marks still stand to be raised substantially for a few more years yet. Just last week in the blustering wind and pouring rain in Provo, freshman Chari Hawkins plowed the competition in the heptathlon at the Robison Invitational. Not only did she take first, but her score of 5159 was the conference-leading multi-event score, 23rd in the nation, third among freshmen in the nation and fourth in Utah State history. Definitely something to write to the folks back home. This time last year, Hawkins was running the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and 200-meter dash at Madison High School in Rexburg, Idaho. Although Hawkins is among the Aggie’s group of conference leading athletes, one of two women along with Ruth Hilton in the 3,000meter steeplechase, she does not view herself as one of the team’s leaders. “I think of the older kids as the leaders,” Hawkins said. “They all still know way more than I do. It’s nice to have older kids teaching me how to do (my events) still. I still kinda feel like like a follower.” With memories of high school still fresh in her mind, Hawkins was quick to note the difference in team mentality, among other differences, between high school competition and the collegiate ranks. “It’s more individual in high school,” she said. “I could do my own thing. Here, I’ll see someone on the track team and I’ll look up to them. You’d do almost anything for your teammates. You all have a connection. There’s not just one person that’s an example to me, because there’s so many people on the team that I look up to.” Fellow freshman leader Tanner Hunt agrees concern-

ing his role on Utah State’s team. “There’s a lot of role models on the team,” Hunt said. “I look at the work ethic of the seniors. For me, it’s just been that adjustment of getting to that same level of work ethic.” Hunt has noticed the same adjustment from high school to college as Hawkins, although distance between the two institutions is less. Hunt is a hometown hero who graduated from Sky View High School, just minutes away from Utah State. Although he looked at several other bigger schools including BYU, Washington, and Colorado, he said that Utah State ultimately was the best fit. “I love being at home, and I liked the coaches,” Hunt said. More than that, however, Utah State needed a 400meter runner. Hunt has made an immediate impact as the team’s leading long sprinter. Hunt leads the team and sits at third in the conference with his mark of 48.01, which he ran a few weeks ago the Mark Faldmo Invitational here in Logan. He’s come painfully close to matching his personal record from high school, 47.7, during the indoor season when he ran a 47.99. Although a little better stocked at the shorter sprints, Hunt has contributed there as well. He is the third fastest 200-meter runner on the team with a time of 21.99. Kylie Hirschi is another freshman who has been catching the attention of the conference this season. Hirschi, an alumnus of Brighton High School in Sandy, isn’t the conference leader. She’s only second in the conference in the 400-meter hurdles, an event that, like Hawkins in the heptathlon, she did not have an opportunity to run until she reached the collegiate level this year. Not only that, but her time of 1:00.04 was good enough to beat defending WAC champion Latrisha Jordan of Fresno State in the Cal Brutus Invitational last week. That definitely got USU head coach Gregg Gensel’s attention. “She came off the turn with three hurdles to go,” Gensel said. “And the Fresno girl was ahead of her and she said ‘I’m gonna beat this girl.’ It’s just matter of time before she breaks 60 seconds in the 400. Then you’re national caliber.” Hirschi is painfully close to the 60-second mark in the 400-meter hurdles, but also of

interest is her recent success in the 800-meter dash. On her last outing in the event, one of only a handful of times she’s run the event including high school and college, she ran a 2:09.58. Not only is the time the fastest time on the team by about three seconds, it’s good for fourth in the conference, and just over three seconds away from the first place mark. Although Gensel said she’ll be more likely to run the 800-meter during the indoor season where there are no 400-meter hurdles to run, the ability to perform with that kind of stamina shows some promise in a grueling hurdles race that is frequently won or lost in the last 100 meters. “Being a hurdler and 800 runner are conducive as far as training goes,” Gensel said. “She’s ranked high in both

events. That’s a good problem to have as a coach. The goal is to put her where she’s the happiest and where she’ll score the most points.” Hirschi said she hopes to keep excelling along with the myriad other talented freshmen. “The thing I’ve learned about athletes over the years is that if they’ve got a good head on their shoulders, have talent and if they work hard, they’re gonna be a good one. These three have all of those qualities,” Gensel said of his promising young athletes. “You don’t always know the intangibles, like the work ethic, before you get them. You have to go on what your impressions are, what the coaches tell you, those kind of things. I knew with those three. I saw that in them in

FRESHMAN SPRINTER TANNER HUNT is one of several freshman who have already stood out during the 2010-11 track season, both indoor and outdoor. Hunt’s time of 48.01 in the 400-meter is good enough for third-best in the WAC. STERLING BOIN photo

high school. We have a lot of people like that on the team. The magic is that there are still several years left for Hirschi, Hunt, Hawkins and a

slew of young talented freshman to prove Gensel right.

– michael.d.rees@aggiemail. usu.edu

Summer is here, but keep up on our Aggies Not to be cliche, but it’s about that time again. Word USU students are heading home for the sumfrom the mer sun and jobs, girlLittle Guy friends and boyfriends, to be with family, go on a cruise or leave for a mission. Maybe a handful of you are staying in Cache Valley until next fall. Some have jobs, got married, are taking a few credits or getting residency. Whether staying or heading out, you and I have great opportunity to see great things in Logan and keep up with all things sports online. I’m talking about attending home softball games extending into the week after finals; checking how Tyson McFarland, Ben Schilleman and the rest of the Aggie golfers do at the WAC championships next week in Reno; following the results of the men’s and women’s tennis teams from today through Friday at the WAC tournament in Boise; calling your friends on the track team and supporting them in the five meets they have left, all the way to nationals in June; loading a convoy and heading down to Ogden for the first soccer match against Weber on August 19 and coming back two days later to see our women take on national-powerhouse Portland State at Bell Field. Most people reading this will probably never be in college again after graduation. If you are anything like my father, there will be a powerful sense of Aggie pride rooted deep in your heart for the rest of your life. Sports are how we identify with our university. Our self worth is connected with our team’s win/loss percentage, especially over our rivals (Happy October First, Aggie fans). My point is, don’t just turn off the refrigerator light of Aggie athletics when you shut the door of the academic school year. You and I need to be Aggies, not just in the Spectrum, but in every aspect of life. I’m not saying painting your face blue every morning is necessary or appropriate, although wearing a game day shirt every day or two is. Becoming knowledgeable about the teams and schedules we have here is a great place to start. There is a new and rising attitude concerning Aggie football. Coaches and players have seen it, and thanks

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to ESPN, the entire nation saw Gary Andersen’s crew win back the Wagon Wheel. However my friends, we have a long ways to go. We all dream of seeing our nationally ranked Aggies on national television putting the beat-down on the elitist BCS schools. If we truly desire this, we need to follow the examples set by national powerhouses. Ohio State charges $15 dollars a ticket to see their spring game while everyone watching the game at Merlin Olsen Field got in for free. Michigan State’s attendance last year was roughly 30,000, dwarfing the estimated 4,800 in Romney Stadium last Saturday. There were so many Oregon fans who wanted to see the spring game that the final scrimmage was televised on ESPN2. The solution to the problems with Aggie football will not be found by charging higher ticket prices to larger crowds at spring scrimmages or fall home games or getting national news coverage all day every day, nor will it be found by firing coaches every three or four years (which Utah State has a bad reputation of doing). Not to be cliche again, but the answer lies in the hearts of Aggies everywhere. It is one thing for us to say “in Gary we trust,” but to gain football salvation you and I must act on the trust we proclaim and support Coach A in everything he does. Aggie fans, I’m talking about the basic knowledge of playmakers on both sides of the ball. I’m talking about being to every home game and every tailgate party beforehand. I’m talking about stampeding with the HURD. I’m talking about letting the football players in your science class know how much this next game means to you and congratulating them on their latest win. I’m talking about watching USU rise to the top of the WAC standings and thinking about football every day. I’m talking about reading every media release and newspaper article you can to soak up every ounce of football knowledge you can get to. I’m not talking about knowing about Aggie football, I’m talking about knowing Aggie football. Once we do that, I’d love to start talking about the return of the glory days when Utah State was known as Tackle U, and when the Aggies will be playing on national television in the national championship. – Tavin Stucki is a freshman majoring in journalism and has been an Aggie fan since birth. His goal in life is to watch out for the little guys. He can be reached at tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Real Salt Lake falls just short of chance to make history By TAVIN STUCKI staff writer

Real Salt lake lost 1-nil to Monterrey in the biggest game in North America. It was the final game and second leg of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Champions League tournament, which featured the best club teams north of Panama. Had Real won, the squad would have been the first MLS team to earn an invitation to the FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament featuring the elite professional teams around the globe. Instead, Monterrey of Mexico will compete. Salt Lake forward Fabian Espindola had a chance to take the early lead for Real, but his shot in the sixth minute was saved by Monterrey keeper Jonathan Orozco. Espindola had four other chances at a goal in the game, two passing just outside the goalposts. In the 46th minute, Monterrey midfielder Sergio Santana intercepted a Salt Lake pass to set up forward Humberto Suazo for the only goal of the match. RSL keeper Nick Rimando found himself out of position as Suazo put a shot past scrambling Salt Lake defenders to take the lead for Monterrey, 1-0. RSL head coach Jason Kreis said the game was lost from minutes 30 to 45 because Real was

“under the gun for too long of a stretch.” “I felt like it was never going to be easy,” Kreis said. “I just reminded the guys all we needed was one bit of extra something. One bit of extra effort. One bit of special play in their box and then we’re 1-1 and guess what, we get to wear the gold medals.” The loss ended Real Salt Lake’s 37 home-game unbeaten streak in Rio Tinto stadium. “When you play a team like Monterrey, if you fall asleep for one play they can punish you. Essentially that’s what happened,” Kreis said. “If we walked into this thinking this was going to be a stroll in the park for us here because we were at home and the result last week was favorable for us, we were mistaken.” Real played without captain and midfielder Kyle Beckerman, suspended because of yellow-card accumulation. “It was no fun, that’s for sure,” Beckerman said of sitting out the game. “I definitely wanted to be out there, but there’s nothing I could do and I felt the guys did a great job.” Defender Tony Beltran, who came on as a substitute for Real at halftime, said the loss is difficult, but the team needs to pick themselves up for the coming championships they have to play for. “All of us on the field believed (a goal) was going to come, but unfortunately it didn’t,” Beltran said. “We’ve been there so many times when we need a goal late.

We keep pushing, the chances are there, and a goal comes. Unfortunately tonight that wasn’t the case.” Real had several chances to tie the game in the second half. Forward Javier Morales sent five corner kicks into the box but each time the Monterrey defense cleared the ball away. “Tomorrow we have to forget and keeping going forward,” Morales said. “We played the final against one of the best teams in Mexico. In the last five minutes we had a chance to tie the game.” Real defender Chris Wingert said his teammates are “pretty bummed out” about taking the difficult loss. “Goals certainly can change games,” Wingert said. “One goal was the difference and it was too much. We needed to be a little sharper at the end of the half. It wasn’t good enough today.” Real will next travel to Portland, Ore., to face the Timbers in an MLS league match on Saturday, April 30. Kreis said he does not know how the team will achieve the difficult task to bounce back from the disappointing loss. “It’s really an easy task to talk about how good everybody is and how happy we are when all sorts of things are going our way,” Kreis said. “It’s quite a foreign feeling to lose a match at our place. It’s been a long time. I’m confused at the moment.” – tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu.edu

REAL SALT LAKE FORWARD ALVARO SABORIO battles for position for a header with Monterrey captain Jose Basanta during Wednesday’s CONCACAF Champions League final. Monterrey scored the lone goal of the game in the 46th minute to claim the title over RSL. TODD JONES photo

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Sisters: It’s all in the family -continued from page 10 “(Shasta) shows me the confidence I need to have, because I tend to lack that as a pitcher,” said Shelbi, who is also on the painful end of the top of another conference category, in number of times hit by a pitch. The exercise science major is fourth in the WAC at 33. It’s a job Shasta is pleased to do, despite, as a catcher, not playing the same position. Giving the signals to someone she grew up with is a unique experience, she said. “In the past, I know that there might have been pitches that aren’t necessarily her best pitch, but I call it anyways,” Shasta said. “We put ourselves in situations where it might not be the best success, but we get it done anyway. She knows that I made the right call, and I know she’s going to put the pitch right where I need it.” Such is the advantage of having a connection unique to the rest of the competition. Good thing they like each other. “You just get little reads off each other that you wouldn’t get if you weren’t so close,” Shasta said. “She might stand or hold herself a certain way and that gives me a heads up to whether I need to be harder or compassionate with her.” The team won’t see any less than two Tytecas on its side anytime soon. Bailee Tyteca, currently a senior at Viewmont High School, was part of Aggie coach Carissa MillsapKalaba’s 2011 signing class. Bailee is a three-year letter winner for Viewmont, having received honorable mention all-state following her junior year. As a sophomore, she helped lead the Vikings to a second-place finish in the 5A state tournament in 2009. But don’t think the Aggie-to-be committed to come to Logan to necessarily keep any sort of family legacy alive, the oldest warned. “Nope, that kid is her own kind,” Shasta said. “We really didn’t have an impact on that. She’s her own individual being.” Bailee’s primary reason for joining USU in the fall, Shasta said, is because of the university’s nationally-renowned special education program. “Our parents are consistently telling us to go where you are going to enjoy the educational experience, because in a matter of seconds, your collegiate career, athletically, could be over,” she said. “So, it’s just more of the environment and the academic opportunities that are offered at the university that we actually flock to, not necessarily the athletics. That’s a bonus.” Now that such a bonus is concluding for one Tyteca, the .286 hitter for the season is swinging for the scholastic fences, hoping to enter a master’s program at a university in California following her graduation in sports psychology next week. Not that she can leave her customary spot behind the plate, and everything else that encompasses her college experience, too easily. “It’s just been the best four years that I’ve had a chance to experience,” Shasta said. “Having Shelbi here was a bonus. It enhanced the experience.” – rhett.wilkinson@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Deadly terrorist attack hits cafe in Morocco

A POLICE OFFICER STANDS OUTSIDE a cordoned off building after an explosion ripped through a cafe popular among foreign tourists in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, Morocco, April 28, killing and wounding people in what the government called a suspected criminal act. If confirmed as terrorism, the blast in the iconic Djemma el-Fna square would be Morocco’s deadliest bombing in eight years.

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) – A massive terrorist bombing tore through a tourist cafe in the bustling heart of Marrakech’s old quarter, killing at least 11 foreigners and three Moroccans in the country’s deadliest attack in eight years. At least 23 people were wounded in the Thursday blast a few minutes before noon in Djemma el-Fna square, one of the top attractions in a country that depends heavily on tourism, Moroccan Interior Minister Taib Chergaoui said. Government spokesman Khalid Naciri told the AP it was too soon to lay blame for what he called a terrorist attack but he noted that Morocco regularly dismantles cells linked to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and says it has disrupted several plots. At least eight French citizens were being treated at Marrakech’s main Tofail Hospital, along with one Canadian, a British citizen and three Moroccans, emergency room chief Hicham Nejmi said. Others were being treated at a military hospital and a handful in private clinics. April marks the start of Morocco’s tourist season, when visitors gather to watch snake charmers, storytellers, jugglers and local musicians, filling the cafes that ring the edges of the iconic square on the route to the city’s major open-air souk, or market. “There was a huge bang, and lots of smoke went up. There was debris raining down from the sky,” honeymooner Andy Birnie, who lives in north London, told The Associated Press by telephone. “Hundreds of people were running in panic.” The explosion blew much of the facade off the two-story terracotta-colored Argana cafe, leaving awnings dangling. Panicked passers-by dragged away bodies and tried to put out flames with fire extinguishers, witnesses told The Associated Press. “I believe the injured were mostly tourists, judging by what they were wearing,” Alexandre Carvalho, a 34-year-old call center worker from

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southern Portugal, told the AP by telephone. At least two French nationals were among the casualties, although it was not immediately clear whether they were dead or wounded, judicial officials in the French capital said. President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed that the victims included French citizens. Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague said the British ambassador was traveling to Marrakesh, although he gave no immediate confirmation of British casualties. This former French colony has enjoyed relative stability and political plurality compared to some of its neighbors, but King Mohamed VI holds the final say in all policy, and the country’s largest Islamist movement is banned from politics. The king has pledged constitutional reforms in response to several largely peaceful protests over the past two months that were inspired by popular uprisings that pushed out autocrats in nearby Tunisia and Egypt. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that “the United States condemns in the strongest terms today’s terrorist attack that killed and injured innocent people at a cafe in Marrakech, Morocco. We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims of this cowardly attack and stand with the people of Morocco at this difficult time.” Al-Qaida’s affiliate in North Africa stages regular attacks and kidnappings in neighboring Algeria. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is holding four Frenchmen hostage after kidnapping them in Niger last year, and recently released new images and audio recordings of their voices. Moroccan authorities have rounded up thousands of purported terror suspects in recent years and while they “regularly discover terrorist cells ... nothing led us to foresee an act of this magnitude,” Naciri said. “Morocco has an international image of welcome, hospitality and tourism,” he told the AP. “An act of this magnitude will leave its mark.”

An Award for USU Employees & Students April Inspire Me Award Be Well: Trish & Scott Martineau A supportive team, Trish and Scott Martineau have worked together to change their lifestyle dramatically. Through the Utah State Wellness Program they have been able to implement a steady habit of exercise and healthy eating. Trish said her “wellness journey” began after she started to experience chest pains that made her nervous because of her family history of high cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes. Trish said, “I’ve gone in cycles before, where I would get myself in shape, get out, but this time is the last time because I’m getting older and it’s harder every time I have to restart.” Because of her past attempts and her dangerous health history, Trish decided that she needed to become serious about changing her lifestyle. When Trish heard that the university was offering a “Biggest Loser” contest she decided that she wanted to participate. She found the scheduled nutrition classes and exercise times very helpful and motivational. Through this contest, Trish was able to win a bike for losing the most weight in a week and at the end of the contest she lost by only one pound. This contest, she said, helped her lose weight and lower her cholesterol. She said, “[The contest] was very positive.” Because of her need to lose weight quickly and lower her cholesterol level, Trish said she decided to follow a diet created by her trainer, Alex Baldwin, called the “Bel.” She said, “It’s really kind of rigid,” but she feels it was worth it. After adding the “Bel” to a habit of regular exercise, Trish has been able to lose 25 pounds since Jan. 1. In order to change her diet so drastically, she knew that she needed the support of her husband Scott. When she decided to start restricting what she ate she knew that she would need Scott’s help to keep the kinds of foods that she can’t eat out of the house. She said, “ I had no self-control -- if it was there I would find it and eat it. [Scott] was very respectful about that and kept it out of the house.” Both Trish and Scott have found that their trainers have made a huge difference in helping them be successful. Scott said, “[It motivates me to] know that I’m going to meet somebody up here each week.” Scott said he

FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, and South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-taek shake hands before their meeting at the Special Office for Inter-Korean Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea Thursday. Carter said North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is willing to hold talks with South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak. AP photo

is someone that loves the intensity of a good, hard workout, so when he started training with Nnamdi it was a perfect fit. He said, “I couldn’t do it at first [and] it’s been nine months since I started ... but I show up every day knowing that I’m going to get my butt kicked and I like it.” Trish suggests that everyone needs to watch food portions and the types of food that are consumed each day. She has also learned to “watch my sugar and fat intake — little by little it adds up.” Trish also suggests using a pedometer and watching how many steps you take every day can make a huge difference. Trish’s goal is 10,000 steps per day. Scott recommends finding a reason to change your lifestyle. For him he said it was to just be healthy. He said, “I don’t care about how I look more then how I feel.”Scott also suggests that “people have to lose the word diet, because this isn’t about dieting.” For those that would like to make a lifestyle change, Trish and Scott said that through watching your diet and working with some who motivates you, this change can be real.

Watch for more awards each month!

For nominations, please contact: caroline.shugart@usu.edu

North Korea wants NorthSouth summit

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il wants direct talks with South Korea’s leader – an offer unlikely to be accepted until Pyongyang takes responsibility for violence that killed 50 South Koreans last year. A summit would be a major step toward smoothing over animosity fueled by the bloodshed, and a personal call from Kim is notable, though North Korea regularly pushes for the resumption of aid-fornuclear-disarmament talks. It generally wants to return to the negotiating table without preconditions, however. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has also floated the possibility of one-on-one talks with Kim – but only if the North takes responsibility for the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang and an artillery attack on a South Korean island. Carter told reporters hours after he returned from the North that he and three former European leaders didn’t have a hoped-for meeting with Kim during their three-day trip. But he said that Kim sent them a written personal message as they were leaving, saying he’s prepared for a summit meeting with the South Korean president at any time. Carter said North Korean officials expressed deep regret for the deaths on the South Korean warship Cheonan and for the civilians killed in the island shelling. He added, however, that it was clear that “they will not publicly apologize and admit culpability for the Cheonan incident.” North Korea denies sinking the ship, despite a South Korea-led international investigation that blamed the country. It says it was provoked into the island shelling by South Korean live fire drills. Carter is well-respected in North Korea for his role in helping work out a 1994 nuclear deal that may have averted a war. But officials in Seoul and Washington have put little stock in his ability to engineer a breakthrough this time in nuclear talks. It has been more than two years since nuclear negotiators from the United States and neighboring nations last met with the North in an effort to persuade it to abandon its atomic weapons programs. Since then, the North has conducted missile and nuclear tests and proudly unveiled a new nuclear facility that could give it another way to make atomic bombs. The United States says it won’t push forward on nuclear talks until South Korea is satisfied that the North has taken responsibility for last year’s violence.

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- Aggie Fest (end of year bash) - Tuition and Fee deadline for summer 2011 - Sean Kingston concert 8:30 p.m. - Willow Planting Event, Swaner EcoCenter, 9:00 p.m. - Interior Design Seniro Exhibit, Tippetts, 10-4 p.m. - I am USU Graphic Design BFA Exhibition, 6-9 p.m. - Weber County Dinner, 7 p.m. - Science unwrapped, ESLC Auditorium, 7 p.m. - Winnie the Pooh, Caine Lyric Theatre, 7:30 p.m. - Wind Orchestra Concert, Kent Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. - Choral Concert, Performance Hall,7:30 p.m.

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- Aggie Special Olympics - Japan Relief Garage Sale, Lee’s Parking lot, 7 a.m.-Noon - Balanced Man Triathlon, HPER Field, 8:45 a.m. - Willow Planting Event, Swaner EcoCenter, 9:00 p.m. - 3 on 3 Hoops Classic, HPER, 9 a.m. - Interior Design Seniro Exhibit, Tippetts, 10-4 p.m. - Roller Hockey, 10 a.m. - Zambia Fest, TSC Ballroom, 6-10 p.m. - Pre-Vet Club Closing Social, 6 p.m. - ‘The Highlands’ USU Scotsmen Bagpipe Band, Performance Hall, 7 p.m.

May 2 - Finals Week - Interior Design Seniro Exhibit, Tippetts, 10-4 p.m. - Economist and Huntsman visiting Professor speaker, BUS, 4 p.m.

The Registrar’s Office would like to remind everyone that April 29 is the tuition and fee payment deadline for summer 2011 session. May 2-6 is finals week and May 6-7 is Commencement. Also tuition and fee deadline for summer 2011 season for on-line classes is May 6.

Come to Mexico this summer! We build houses for the poor, stay in a secure location, eat amazing homemade Mexican food, and car-pool down together. Cost for students, just $275+gas and non-students $475+gas. Dates of the trips are May 7-15, June 11-18, July 9-18, Aug.6-13. For more information email at charityanywhereusu@gmail.com USU Employee Wellness sumI Am USU Graphic Design BFA mer classes start soon!! We’re offerExhibition, Apr 29 from 6-9 ing a wide variety of classes including p.m. at the Ellen Eccles Center. Stability Ball (May 2), Boot Camp Graphic design students in Utah (May 16), Fitness Club (May 16), Yoga State University’s Caine College (May 17) and Water Aerobics (June of the Arts Art Department 6). Look for more info on our website and the Logan City Downtown or in the Employee Wellness Center Alliance are pleased to announce (HPER 109). the 2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts Aggie Village Yard Sale! A huge (BFA) exhibition for graduating community yard sale will be held on seniors. Each designer will be May 14 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1200 Strange showcasing their portfolios. E. and 1000 N., Logan UT. Don’t miss out!!! For questions, contact the MASA office at 435-797-3275. Mobility devices for people with Join Stokes Nature Center and disabilities are available on May Jim Hubbell of the Master Gardeners 7 graduation for anyone attend- for a free Fruit Tree Pruning ing the ceremonies so they do Workshop at 2 p.m. on April 30, at not have to bring one. They are SNC’s property in Nibley (2600 S 100 at the Assistive Technology Lab W). Participants will learn the basics in the Janet Quinney Lawson of pruning and practice on a dozen (JQL) building after 7:30 a.m. fruit trees (apple, peach, plum and Chairs must be returned by 4:00 pear). For more information, call 435p.m. 755-3239 or visit www.logannature. org. The Cache Valley Figure Skating Aggie Special Olympics will be Club Presents “A Little Bit Country A hosting their annual games April Little Bit Rock N Roll.” Guest Skater 30. Come support your local Nathan Chen. Come see skating set to heroes as they battle for gold. Country and Rock Music on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Eccles Ice Center! Come to Winnie the Pooh at Tickets are available for Stokes 7:30 p.m. April 29-30 with a 2 p.m. Nature Center’s fundraiser hon- matinee on April 30 at the Caine oring former board members Lyric Theatre in Logan. Tickets are Chris Sands & Barbara Farris, $10 for adults and $3 for youth 3-13. held on April 29 at 6:30 p.m. at On Saturday, April 30, the Logan The Italian Place. There will be University 7th stake will be hosting appetizers, music, a raffle, and a community garage sale at Lee’s other opportunities to contribute Marketplace in Logan (600 East to SNC’s school & community 1400 North) from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. nature education programs. All money raised will go toward the Tickets are $40 and can be pur- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day chased by calling 435-755-3239 Saint’s humanitarian fund to support or online at www.logannature. the victims of the Japan Earthquake org. and Tsunami.

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