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STUDENT LIFE | STEPing up
STUDENT LIFE | Around the World
SPORTS | Dominant Defense
National hunger and homelessness awareness week encouraged students to help fight poverty.
Students from the language department brought art and education together in international culture exhibit.
Aggie football becomes bowl eligible with shutout victory against Hawaii.
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STATE OF UTAH STATE
President Cockett speaks to Board of Regents in ‘State of the University’ address
PHOTOS BY Kyle Todecheene (Above) Utah State University President Noelle Cockett delivered her inaugural “State of the University” address to the Utah State board of regents at a meeting held on the school’s campus on Nov. 17. (Below) Members of the board of regents were presented with a glowing ‘A’ during the presentation. By Spencer Burt NEWS STAFF WRITER
When Utah State University President Noelle
Cockett meets USU graduates around the nation and world, they say, “I’m an Aggie.”
It’s one of her favorite things about USU, Cock-
ett said during her “State of the University” presentation to the Utah State Board of Regents Friday on the USU campus.
“That epitomizes what we are doing here at
Utah State,” she said. “Once they come here, they
feel that they are members of a family.”
USU has changed the tuition plateau so that stu-
clude undergraduate research, internships, study
cost. Cockett said this was a successful push that
ture assignments (part of the “Connections” class
USU was recently ranked fifth of all public insti-
dents can now take 12-18 credits for the same
13th overall, Cockett announced in her address.
has saved students money and helped them grad-
tutions in the nation by Washington Monthly, and Colleges and universities were ranked based on
social mobility, student research and student service.
Cockett said the university focuses on three
main areas for student success: completing col-
lege in a timely manner, high impact practices and career training.
uate sooner. Changes in math class options and math placement programs have helped students earn their required general credits without hav-
abroad, senior capstone projects, common litera-
for freshmen), Focused Fridays (offered to all stu-
dents through the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business), and community engagement.
Cockett praised USU’s regional campuses, dis-
ing to take as much remedial math.
tance education and applied technology pro-
talked about the push to help students experience
degrees and statewide programs that work to-
As a way to improve student retention, Cockett
at least two “high-impact practices.” These in-
grams. Stackable credentials, applied associate’s
gether — like the nursing program — have
opened new doors for and made a large impact on students all over the state.
Cockett told the Regents about the 2017
non-consensual sexual contact survey and things
the university has done to improve awareness.
Only 5 percent of students surveyed knew how to
report an assault to the Title IX Office. In re-
sponse, USU has expanded its efforts to spread awareness on how to report.
“Our campuses will become more safe because
now we know where, when and how those differ-
ent kinds of assaults are occurring,” Cockett said. She also talked about the $13 student fee and .5
percent second-tier tuition increase implemented
for the 2017-18 year to increase funding for more
psychologists, educational resources, and faculty and staff awareness programs.
Cockett concluded by showing a video of the
Connections Luminary, a new USU tradition in-
cluding a symbolic walk from the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum to the Quad.
“Who do you think you will have become?” she
asked students at the event. “How will you look back at the four years you spent at USU?” — spencerburt@aggiemail.usu.edu @SpencerABurt
NEWS
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Prosecutors say 28 deaths probed in opioid-drug ring case
Ex-con, wife charged in carjack killing of Chinese student By Lindsay Whitehurst ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An ex-convict
accused of gunning down a University of
Utah student with a weapon stolen from a slain Colorado man was charged with
aggravated murder, robbery and a dozen
By Lindsay Whitehurst ASSOCIATED PRESS
other counts on Thursday.
Austin Boutain, 24, hatched the deadly
carjacking plot with his wife, who is also
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities are
accused in the Colorado murder case,
investigating 28 overdose deaths that could
prosecutors said in court documents.
be connected a multimillion-dollar opioid
They watched cars for hours as Kathleen
drug ring based out of a suburban Salt Lake
Boutain pointed out potential victims at a
City basement, prosecutors said during a
canyon near campus on Oct. 30. She
eventually became frustrated at his reluctance to attack someone during daylight,
called him a coward and the couple fought.
court hearing Monday. PHOTO BY Spenser Heaps / The Deseret News via AP In this Oct. 31, 2017 file photo, Austin Boutain, a suspect in the fatal shooting of University of Utah student Chenwei Guo, is led out of the University of Utah Department of Public Safety in Salt Lake City.
kill the older man so they could take his
they hatched the plot to find a car, force the
authorities said.
ments.
see, the Thursday charges state. They
counts, including criminal solicitation and
the couple grabbed three guns and drove off
He pistol-whipped her and she walked
down to the university to report him,
Kathleen Boutain was charged with six
theft.
trailer, according to Colorado court docuAustin Boutain cut his host’s throat before
in his pickup truck, headed for Utah,
driver inside and make their way to Tennesplanned to use the victim’s money to fund the trip before killing them.
Austin Boutain used one of the guns stolen
Colorado police said.
from Ingle to kill Guo, a computer-science
Guo’s female friend up a nearby canyon,
days later, after Guo’s death. Police say the
police he knocked on Guo’s car window
shots he fired at her, and called police.
his clothes when they were arrested.
on Thursday.
cludes drug, car theft and weapons charges
after cutting the throat of Mitchell Ingle, 63,
released from an Alabama prison this spring,
authorities have said.
months later and wound up living under a
started drinking and smoking marijuana at
authorities said.
Boutain got angry when Ingle made sexual
homeless shelter for a couple days before
After she left, he attacked 23-year-old
student Chenwei Guo and tried to drag
police said. She ran away, narrowly escaping No attorneys were listed for the Boutains The couple were drifters who fled to Utah
and stealing his guns in Golden, Colorado,
They met Ingle a couple times before they
his trailer home Oct. 27, police said. Austin comments and the pair decided he would
Ingle’s body was found in his home a few
husband and wife both were both wearing Austin Boutain has a rap sheet that in-
dating back to his days as a juvenile. He was
student from China, police said. He told
shortly after his wife walked away to ask if he’d seen her, but when Guo didn’t answer he “became enraged” and fired at the car until the gun was empty.
Guo died of a gunshot wound to the neck. The killing set off a manhunt in the
but skipped parole in Wisconsin a few
foothills near Salt Lake City, but Austin
bridge with his wife in Golden, Colorado,
his belly through the thick underbrush and
In Salt Lake City, they lived around a
setting up camp in Red Butte Canyon, where
Boutain managed to escape by crawling on
dropping into a well-to-do neighborhood on Salt Lake City’s north side, police said.
He was caught after an alert librarian
spotted him at the downtown library.
No charges have been filed in the deaths,
but prosecutor Michael Gadd argued that a defendant accused of helping to run the
scheme should stay in jail amid the ongoing investigation.
Lawyers for Drew Wilson Crandall, though,
said prosecutors haven’t shown evidence linking him to those deaths. He’s been
painted as a criminal mastermind when he
actually made less than $65,000 during the two years he worked for a longtime friend, said defense attorney Jim Bradshaw.
His parents, active members of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said they would put up their dream house in the
middle-class Salt Lake City suburb of Draper as collateral if he’s released.
“To me, that’s how you solve these prob-
lems, is you deal with them and you deal
with them uprightly and with integrity,” his father, Greg Crandall testified. Crandall,
who cried during the hearing, does not have a criminal history.
U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball said he
planned to rule in the coming days.
Crandall was stymied by depression and
anxiety growing up but had gotten engaged while on a trip with the girlfriend who
helped distance him from alleged ringleader Aaron Shamo, his family and friends
testified. Crandall was arrested as they
touched down in Hawaii for the wedding
after the backpacking trip through southeast Asia and New Zealand.
Prosecutors, though, see that overseas trip
in a different light: as a way to avoid agents investigating the online drug ring that once raked in $2.8 million in less than a year. Prosecutors say Crandall was Shamo’s
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partner, providing customer service in online sales of the powerful opioid fentanyl
disguised as prescription drug pills on the dark web — an area of the internet often used for illegal activity.
Shamo’s lawyers also say it’s a leap to link
overdose deaths to the case, especially when several substances or underlying health
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STUDENT LIFE
Rocking the beards and flannel
y
PHOTO BY Rachel Turley The purpose of the Logger’s Ball is to provide students and faculty in the College of Natural Resources an opportunity to interact. By Dillan Passmore STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
The College of Natural Resources at Utah State University hosted its 75th annual Logger’s Ball on Saturday at the Logan Country Club. The ball is the college’s largest event and allows students to relax, eat and
listen to live music. The Logger’s Ball is the longest-standing tradition in the College of Natural Resources. This year’s event marked the 90th year since the first Logger’s Ball was held in 1927. It was originally started by the forestry students at Utah State, who would come back from working as lumberjacks and would throw the
ball to catch up with fellow students and relax. This year’s ball started at 7 p.m. with dinner. Guests were free to move about the event to have their photos taken at the photo booth or enter their beard into a beard contest. Aggie Radio provided music throughout the event. At 9 p.m., local band The Young North took the stage and provided live music for the rest
of the event. Door prizes were raffled off throughout the night. “We didn’t do anything particularly out of the norm,” said Rebecca Thomas, the senator for the College of Natural Resources. “We’re bringing back a couple of older traditions.” Thomas said a unique thing they brought
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Fighting poverty one STEP at a time By Shelby Black STUDENT LIFE WRITER
In the United States, 549,000 people will sleep on the streets tonight. 42 million others are currently experiencing hunger and are not sure where their next meal will come from. The Utah State University STEP (Students Together Ending Poverty) club is working to change this statistic. “STEP believes that this magnitude of a problem is simply unacceptable in a country and community where there is so much prosperity,” said Vidalia Freeman, STEP club vice president. “But before we can make a change to these numbers, we have to raise awareness that there is a problem in the first place, and that’s what Hunger and Homelessness Week is all about.” Last week, students were invited to participate in STEP’s National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week through a variety of events. These events included Stuff-a-Bus, a movie night, and a food drive.
Partnering with the USU Student Nutrition Access Center (SNAC), the STEP club encouraged everyone to participate in last Monday’s Stuff-a-Bus. During this event, students rode busses all around Cache Valley and collected food donations from the community. The goal this year was to collect 10,000 pounds of food. “I had a lot of fun with it. The bus was full by the time we were done,” said Victoria Bolingbroke, a Stuff-a-Bus participant. On Wednesday, a showing of the documentary “Hunger in America” was shown in the TSC auditorium. The documentary gave visual evidence of what being hungry in America looks like today. On Thursday, food donations were being accepted at the USU Service Center. STEP was able to collect four full bags of food along with ten boxes of mashed potatoes. These items will be used to prepare Thanksgiving dinners for families in Cache Valley. According to STEP club president Carminda Greenstone, homelessness is a problem
that is gaining traction in Cache Valley. “I have noticed there has been a trend among various speakers that I have seen. There is a need for some sort of assistance for
homeless individuals whether that be an emergency shelter, transitional housing, or long term shelter,” she said. “This is definitely
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PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen Students rode busses around Cache Valley and collected food donations. The goal this year was to collect $10,000 worth of food.
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21, 2017
International cultures on display
PHOTO BY Autumn Dunda Students from Spanish, French, German, and Japanese classes and produced many different displays for the exhibit. To enhance the experience of the project, the USU language department was able to acquire prize money to offer the students. By Shelby Black STUDENT LIFE WRITER
In the basement of Utah State University’s Merrill-Cazier Library, an exhibit that breaks stereotypes and showcases beautiful cultures from around the world is currently on display. The International Culture Exhibit was the brainchild of Claudia Schwabe, a German professor at USU. “I started this just with my german students,” she said. “The goal was to produce something related to German culturally, but not stereotypically related to Germany. No beer or lederho-
sen. It needed to be out-of-the-box. I was amazed with what students were able to come up with.” Schwabe then presented the idea to the rest of the USU language department and all were willing to participate. Students from Spanish, French, German and Japanese classes went to work and produced many different displays. To enhance the experience of the project, the department was able to acquire prize money to offer the students. “Students voted on the top projects from each class. The top twenty-four are on display in the library. We chose three fine arts professors that
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will come in this month and pick the top three projects to win,” Schwabe said. The student whose project wins first place will be awarded $300. The second place project will receive $200, and the third place project will receive $100. Students were able to learn a lot about other cultures while creating their projects. French student Christopher Cottle created a wood-painted flag from Madagascar. “It was pretty hard to think of the idea, but since I lived in Madagascar for a few months, I decided to use one of their art forms called wood painting,” Cottle said. “I thought it was unique and hasn’t been done before.” Cottle’s display is inspired by problems that have stemmed from the French colonization of Madagascar. “The flag displayed represents that time period.
When people look at my project I hope people think of the colonization of Africa and realize it’s not as glorious as it’s portrayed,” he said. Madison Lang, a German student, created a display based off of Kleingartens, or German community gardens. “In total it took me about 15 hours to make everything,” she said. “I learned so much from this project, and I wasn’t aware of the history of Kleingarten or Shrebergarten until doing research for this project.” Lang said if she wins a prize, the money is going straight into her savings account. “I’ve got four semesters left and those aren’t cheap,” she said. Cottle said if he wins, he won’t spend it on anything fancy. “Panda Express will probably be the majority of that check,” he said.
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SPORTS
AGGIES SKATING TO NO. 1
USU hockey sweeps four ranked opponents over weekend Beehive Showcase
By Jason Walker SPORTS STAFF WRITER
After going unbeaten in the Beehive Show-
case, the Utah State hockey team is in prime position to take over the number 1 ranking in the West region in ACHA division 2.
The rankings, which are computer generated,
will come out Wednesday morning. The Aggies
are currently ranked second behind Northern
Arizona University in the rankings that came out Nov. 15. NAU lost twice last week, one of those to the Aggies.
USU went 3-0-1 overall in the showcase play-
ing four teams in four days. Three of those
teams were in the top four in the rankings: NAU, the University of Northern Colorado and Williston State College. They beat NAU 4-2,
UNC 4-3 in overtime and tied WSC 4-4. Their third win of the weekend came against 11th ranked Arizona State University.
After the five-minute overtime against WSC, a
shootout was played that the Aggies won. But
the ACHA does not count regular season
shootouts toward team records or the rankings. The offense for the Aggies was good during
the showcase as it has been most of the season.
But one of the underrated aspects of the team is its performance on defense.
Coming into the season, Eccles openly admit-
ted his defense wasn’t where he’d like it to be and even said his team was “soft” on the back
end. The team lost most of its top defensemen and had more new faces, youth and less depth than desirable.
After the showcase, the word Eccles is using to
describe his defense’s play is “phenomenal.”
“They are starting to become seasoned with as
many games as we’ve played,” Eccles said. “And right now, our eight defensemen are all playing well. We’ve got some youth, we’ve got some veterans, and they’re all working together.”
In their last seven games, Utah State is averag-
ing 2.4 goals against per game and have allowed more than three just once. On the sea-
son, they are allowing just 2.8 goals per game
– the second-best mark by an Aggie squad since 2012-13.
Great goalkeeping has played its part in USU’s
defensive performance. Colter Pritchard and Austin Willenborg have played well even in the
absence of the third member of the goalkeeper rotation, Christian Vivian.
“I’ve been playing pretty well,” said Pritchard
after his start against ASU Friday, “but I feel
like it’s just team camaraderie. Together we’re playing really well as a team and everything’s just clicking right now.”
Utah State head coach Jon Eccles, paraphras-
ing one of the players, said if the Aggies were
playing the way they did at nationals, they would be playing in the finals for the national championship.
Eccles also said their performance was “prob-
ably the best we’ve done at the showcase.” In
the past he has repeatedly compared these
showcases to playing at nationals, where the
teams competing in the national championship will end up playing five games in five days.
Eccles talked about the challenges of the
showcase, such as fatigue, but credited his team with not letting that get to them and not
giving up when down in games. USU was down two goals in two of their games – UNC and WSC– but came back in both games. Against UNC, the Aggies tied the game with 40 seconds
on the clock after pulling their goalkeeper and
scored the game-ending goal 41 seconds into overtime.
“It just shows character,” Eccles said, “the po-
tential of just what this team can do when they play together.”
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PHOTOS BY Megan Nielsen The Utah State hockey team defeated four ranked opponents in the Beehive Showcase and are allowing the fewest goals per game since the 2012-13 Aggie team.
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‘DAMN’ NEAR PERFECT Aggies become bowl eligible with dominant 38-0 home victory over Hawaii
PHOTOS BY Kyle Todecheene and Erica McNeill The shutout win gave Utah State it’s sixth win of the season, making the Aggies bowl eligible for the sixth time in seven seasons.
By Daniel Hansen SPORTS SENIOR WRITER
“Not perfect, but damn near.”
Senior safety Dallin Leavitt summed up Utah
State’s Senior Day performance perfectly after the Aggies dominated Hawaii during a 38-0 shutout victory on Saturday afternoon at Mav-
erik Stadium. It was the first shutout for USU since defeating Colorado State 13-0 in November of 2013.
"We're not done yet,” senior RB Lajuan Hunt
said. “We've still got two games left and we've
got to end on a good note. Why not end on a four-game winning streak?"
Utah State started out strong, as the defense
held Hawaii to -14 yards on their first two drives, while the offense found the endzone
twice via a 60-yard TD run from sophomore RB
Gerold Bright and a 10-yard TD reception by junior WR Ron’quavion Tarver.
Senior QB Kent Myers entered into the game
during the second quarter, as well, immediately
breaking a QB run for 27 yards before throwing
a perfect deep fade route to fellow senior
"It's big time. I wouldn't want to go out any
Braelon Roberts for a 49-yard TD pass to put
other way,” Hunt said following the game. “It
"I'm happy for that kid,” head coach Matt
yards, a touchdown, and a win to become bowl
USU up 21-0.
Wells said. “He's been a good teammate, he's been a good leader, he's been a good football player here at Utah State. For him to have that moment was something special." Myers fin-
yards on eight carries.
The win brought Utah State up to 6-0 under
feels good to leave Maverik Stadium on 100
coach Wells in games immediately following a
eligible.” Hunt finished with a total of 111
ing those opponents by nearly 20 points per
yards on 13 carries, adding a 26-yard reception, as well.
Much of the senior class finished their careers
bye. The Aggies came into the contest outscorgame.
“The success of any leader is always attributed
to how the troops are responding,” coach Wells
ished the game with 51 yards on 3-6 passing
at Maverik Stadium with excellent days. Cor-
on four carries.
four pass break-ups. Roberts led the Aggies in
and thoroughly dominating the visiting War-
cluding one touchdown. Leavitt finished with
team’s task unfinished.
with one touchdown, adding another 30 yards
Late in the first half, the shutout was put in
danger as Hawaii pieced together two drives
that moved deep into USU territory. The first
culminated in a turnover on downs, as Utah State forced an incomplete pass on fourth down
nerback Jalen Davis tied a career-high with receiving with 55 yards on two receptions, in-
seven tackles, second-most on the team behind Ferguson, who tallied eight.
The game didn’t solely belong to seniors, how-
from the 15-yard line. The second drive made it
ever, as redshirt freshman QB Jordan Love
ty Gaje Ferguson forced a fumble that was re-
his way to a 15-yard TD run. Sophomore
all the way to the 1-yard line before junior safecovered by sophomore LB Justus Te’i.
Utah State’s dominance continued in the sec-
ond half, as Lajuan Hunt broke a 48-yard TD run to put USU up 28-0 early in the third quarter.
said. “I give the credit to our players."
Despite clinching bowl eligibility with the win,
riors, both players and coaches deemed the
"I'm happy with win number six, but there's
one more week to go,” coach Wells said. “We're on a two-week sprint to get to number seven."
Utah State faces one more game on the regu-
pulled a read-option, then spun and pirouetted
lar season schedule, as the Aggies will travel to
Dominik Eberle then tacked on a 20-yard field
Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at noon.
goal to cap off the scoring.
Love finished the game with 113 yards on
9-14 passing, also rushing the ball six times for
47 yards. Bright finished the game with 93
Fort Collins, Colorado to take on Air Force.
@TheGrandDanny
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21, 2017 “Beards” FROM PAGE 3 back this year was the Logger’s Ball buttons that were given out to attendees. The event remains relatively the same from year to year. “The traditional part of it is fun, students come and it’s not a formal event,” Thomas said. “You literally come in flannel and boots, and I think people like that.” In the past, the College of Natural Resources would use the event to help raise funds for the Jessica Clark Tayon Scholarship, which is now in perpetuity. The tickets students purchase now pay mostly for the cost of catering. The purpose of the event, however, has always been to help students and faculty to interact. “It adds a lot of camaraderie between the faculty and the students,” Thomas said. Overall, about 125 people attended the event. Many of the attendees were students from the College of Natural Resources, but the event drew in community members and
“Exhibit” FROM PAGE 4 With projects from all over the world on display, students are invited to come downstairs and see what they can learn from this exhibit. “There are so many amazing projects from all sorts of different cultures,” Lang said. “The purpose of this exhibit is to help people break the mental stereotypes they have about the countries on exhibit. There’s so much more to Germany than beer and lederhosen.” The language department hopes the exhibit will generate further interest in the language program at USU. “First of all, the exhibit will show you a
“Hunger” FROM PAGE 3 where I have noticed a bigger change.” The homeless population increases during summer months, but decreases as soon as winter arrives because it is too cold and there is no permanent homeless shelter in Logan. “For now all we can do is use our available resources to help the homeless population in Cache Valley,” Freeman said. Poverty in Logan is something that many students may not be aware of. In fact, 1 in 7 people in Cache Valley suffer from food insecurity. “Helping out is a lot simpler than you might think,” Freeman said. “Whatever time you
PAGE 7 students who had been wanting to attend the ball since last year. “I’ve been wanting to go since last year because it sounded really cool. Beards, flannel, lumberjacks, loggers,” said Rachel Talbert, a psychology major. The beard contest is a favorite part of the event among attendees. This year, Audrey Van Valkenburg won the prize for “best fake beard.” Eric Ethington won “best real beard.” Roman Andrus won best beard overall. Tim Woodruff, an organizer of the event, said the stress of planning the Logger’s Ball was worth it in the end. “I’m a little bit of a control freak and so letting everyone else do their job and trusting them was hard, but then seeing it all come together and work well was really good,” he said. “It felt really hectic and stressful to put it all together, so it really feels like a win.” — dillan.passmore@aggiemail.usu.edu @dirtyghettopass unique perspective of different countries and languages,” Schwabe said. “It is very unique because students created it for other students. If you have any interest in culture, this will broaden your horizons. Then maybe you will even come and take a language class.” For those interested in viewing the projects and finding out the winners, all are invited to attend the closing ceremonies of the exhibit on December 4th at 10:00 a.m. in the basement of the Merrill-Cazier Library. —shelby.black@aggiemail.usu.edu @shelbsterblack have, there are so many places throughout the community that need your help.” STEP’s Hunger and Homelessness week gave students the opportunity to serve others. “I didn’t ever think about poverty around me. Now I think about it all the time,” Bolingbroke said. “It’s my responsibility to help others.” Students who would like to be involved with STEP can sign up on Aggie Sync, stop by the Service Center anytime, or email step@usu. edu. —shelby.black@aggiemail.usu.edu @shelbsterblack
PHOTO BY Kyle Todecheene
PHOTO BY Rachel Turley
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OPINION
Winners and losers: Holiday pie edition by Logan Jones
Opinion Editor
Alright, you’ve had your fall fun, now time to get serious. In light of this week’s gathering of family and friends, today’s column will center entirely around the sweetest seasonal tradition of all — engagement season! Ha! Nope. Screw engagement season, November is pie month and y’all know it. Look, columns about Black Friday and the marketing plot that is engagement season are old news. Here’s a quick look at the most common pies at your average holiday feast and whether or not they’re winners. Why? Because we’re producing a newspaper on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving break, that’s why.** Loser: Peach pie I’m sorry, did you see the word “cobbler” anywhere in this column’s lede? No, you didn’t, because it’s not freaking cobbler season. I don’t even know when cobbler season is. Ask the Keebler elves, those dudes might know. Also ask them why they even bother making single-stuffed ELFudge cookies — get that weak crap out of here. Anyway, I’m not much of a math guy, but this is one equation I understand: peach pie is bad because peaches are bad. It shouldn’t take three scoops of ice cream to drown out the sour tang of canned peach in order to stomach a slice of pie. Arguments on this point can be directed to @tomcat340’s inbox. Winner: Coconut Cream pie A winner for being vastly underrated, coconut cream pie is the quintessential “I need a short break between pieces of pumpkin pie” pie. Of course coconut flavor and texture puts some people off, but one of the most significant attributes of a winning pie is being available at midnight for a quick snack before that morning breakfast of turkey ‘n dinner roll sandwiches. More heavy-hitting pies will be gone by Thursday Night Football’s opening kickoff, but that last slice of coconut cream will save in the fridge just fine — and if you’re one of the lucky ones who likes it, nothing could be more comforting. Loser: Banana Cream pie Fun fact: banana cream pie was originally termed “baby food pie” but ditched the negative moniker for some better PR. But beware, nearly all banana cream (or “creme” for the truly pretentious) is just snack packs
in a store-bought graham cracker crust. Even if you score a homemade banana cream pie, you’re not going to make it your prime dessert selection — ain’t nobody asks a host “Hey, uhm, I was just wondering if you could supersize my scoop of banana cream pie please.” Loser: Cheesecake But only for not qualifying as a pie, because if it did cheesecake would immediately be in the top five holiday pie discussion. Tons of pies are basically cheesecake recipes with a twist. Maybe next year, cheesecake. Winner: Key Lime pie Not everything can be decadent french silk and laden with Oreos — sometimes you need some citrus in your life. Particularly after a
feast of various delicious starches, the crisp freshness of key lime pie signals a nice cooldown period for your overworked GI tract. It’s rarely the star of the show, but key lime pie deserves a place in every potluck and post-feast feeding frenzy. Loser: Boston Cream pie Yo, that’s a cake. Look at a picture of a pie, and look at a boston cream pie. That’s a cake. That’s more of a cake than any cake that’s ever caked. Loser: American Pie The whole film series is overrated as hell. Winner: Pumpkin pie At the end of the day, those first pangs of Thursday night’s dessert cravings are the result of a pumpkin pie deficiency. Pumpkin
pie is too often labeled an overrated holiday item, but would so obviously be missed if ever left off the menu. Pumpkin pie is the Michael Jordan of pies. No, you know what? Michael Jordan is the pumpkin pie of athletes. Some new hotshot will always rise up to challenge the crown, but you’ll notice it’s always the challenger stirring up all the noise. There are pies that do some things better some of the time, but pumpkin’s dominance is absolute. **All of the above opinions are the direct result of some fun late-night discussions in the Utah Statesman’s student media office, and purely for fun. Like what you want to like, and have a safe holiday!
Letter to the editor: I think I’m dancin’ with a man We seem to be confused these days more
than ever about sex, sexuality, sexual abuse, indiscretions and improprieties. It’s the
me, and I know this is unfair, he looks the part.
Ivanka Trump, daughter to one of the great
perfect psychological environment for political
womanizers of all time, our president, Donald
Al Franken made a dumb, sophomoric move,
“There’s a place in hell for people who prey on
weaponry.
usually remedied by a slap in the face or a
kick you know where, but he is no predator.
(Predator: a person or group that ruthlessly
exploits others).
Funny, sad really, how looks can either
sequitur, is meaningless regarding the
Womanizer, bad. Predator, much worse, not
even in the same ball park. Let’s review ...
If the story is accurate, God created Man,
breaking men’s hearts ever since. Nonethe-
looks funny. Trustworthy. Yes, but capable of indiscretions and making a dumb move, and taking an even dumber photograph ...ten years ago.
But the Republicans, through the media, and
through his accuser after ten years, are trying to establish him as a sexual assault criminal. Sounds fishy to me.
Judge Roy Moore of today’s Alabama, on he
other hand, not to be mistaken for Judge Roy Bean, “The law west of the Pecos” in the late
made Woman, Eve. And women have been
less, we men were here first, if maybe only by minutes, but who’s to say, a minute back then could have been centuries.
Man obviously needed a partner, and a mate,
to procreate because maybe God saw his
mistake in Adam and he knew he needed to
improve on the species. A species that would produce other Adams and Eves, and also capable of producing awesome hybrids incorporating the best qualities of each gender.
“Corporations are people, my friend.”
So, being here first, for God only knows for
1800s, may be legitimately considered a
how long, we men had our work cut out for
he was a grown man. That is perverted,
looking at the stars in the shivering cold.
predator if he in fact did target children when creepy, just plain wrong ...and illegal. And to
The fact that men were here first, which I
children.”
cratic U.S. Senator from Minnesota. We loved hilarious. We love him as a senator. He just
Thank you, God.
realize is really no point or argument, just like
Adam, then he took a rib from Adam and
him on SNL, his Stuart Smalley bits were
makes a whole lot of sense.
J. Trump, has even come out and said that
deceive or be dead on. Al has been a cuddly, beloved comedian all his life, now a demo-
Those were afterthoughts. Yes, Woman ...
us. Just think of it, sitting alone at night
There was no fire back then, or even clothing.
the “fact” that women aren’t equal is a non
psychosis that has developed over the centuries between the the genders. Our collective and individual rights to life, liberty and
happiness, and respect, are equal all the way down the line. The “Me Tarzan, You Jane”
attitude went out the window with prohibi-
tion, in fact, being here first would mean that women were God’s subsequent gift to us and they should be treated as such.
Women are are lovers, our partners, our
teachers, our mothers, our healers, they bear our collective children ...I think they may be the improved species and gender that God intended.
Why would anyone think any differently
either here in America or anywhere else in the world?...
— The entirety of John Kushma’s letter to
the editor can be found online at usustatesman.com/opinion
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A Christmas Carol 7:30pm, $10.00 Heritage Theatre 2505 South Highway 89 Perry
A Christmas Carol 7:30pm, $10.00 Heritage Theatre 2505 South Highway 89 Perry
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Novemberfest Arts and Crafts Fair 10:00am Riverwoods Conference Center
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The Nutcracker 7:30pm, $12.00 Cache Valley Center for the Arts
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Reindeer Trek 2:00pm, $4.00 Zoo Lights 6:00pm; $4.00 Zootah 419 West 700 South Logan
Zoo Lights 6:00pm; $4.00 Zootah 419 West 700 South Logan