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Honk Kong protests Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong are bracing for the possibility of police brutality. Demonstrators are donning plastic rain coats and protective goggles while in the city’s central business district a day after officers used tear gas and pepper spray on the crowd. CNN reports that 52 people have been injured so far during the protests, which became violent Sunday. As of the report on Monday, there has been peace between protesters and police. The demonstration is in response to China’s decision to allow only Beijing-vetted candidates to stand in the city’s 2017 election for the top civil position of chief executive.
Police officer shot in Ferguson Police are searching for a man who shot a Ferguson police officer in the arm Saturday night. According to Ferguson police, the shooting took place while the male officer was performing a routine check at the Ferguson Community Center. Two suspects were sought, but it was later indicated that there was only one assailant, said St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Blemar. Another shooting occurred early Sunday morning of an off-duty officer, which prompted the closure of Interstate 70; the officer’s car was hit during a driveby. Also, a shooting early Sunday morning of an off-duty police officer, prompted the closure of westbound Interstate 70. The St. Louis city police officer’s car was hit during a drive-by. Police do not believe the two incidents are related.
18-year-old shot in Salt Lake A man is dead after a shooting early Sunday morning. Eighteen-year-old Cesar Gaxiola died after being shot in the street west of the intersection of 600 South and 900 East in front of an apartment complex. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, police know the suspected shooter and have spoken with him. However, he is not under arrest; police are mitigating circumstances. Dispatcher received several calls regarding the shooting at 4:30 a.m. “The investigation is still ongoing,” said Detective Greg Wilking. “[We] don’t think there’s a danger of him fleeing or anything like that. … We have to put the case together, and it’ll be the decision for the D.A.’s office [whether to file charges].” Police are still gathering accounts from witnesses as the investigation is ongoing.
Volcano in Japan kills 36 people Thirty-six people are presumed dead after hydrogen sulfide gas spewed from Japan’s Mount Ontake late Saturday morning. The volcano in central Japan unleashed a cloud of ash, engulfing hikers in its path. Twenty-four bodies are still believed to be on the mountain; 12 have been recovered and identified, according to police. Witnesses said they heard sounds like thunder when the eruption began. The search for more of the missing hikers has been suspended due to dangerous conditions on the mountain.
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CONSTRUCTION FOR HUNTSMAN HALL is expected to be finished during the fall semester 2015 and students are expected to be able to use it in spring of 2016.
4By Rebecca Wheatley staff writer
Officials at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business said the new addition to the business building, Huntsman Hall, is still on track to meet its fall of 2015 deadline. However, as winter approaches, officials said construction on the addition may slow down due to the weather. Dave Patel, associate dean of the business college, said there is a chance this winter’s weather could play a role in finishing the building on time. “We got lucky last year with mild weather that enabled construction to continue for
much of winter,” Patel said. “That may or may not happen this year, and that could push the timetable back.” Business senator Scott Laneri said the building won’t immediately be available to students after construction ends. “Students should understand, however, that it will completed during the fall of 2015 and will be used by students for the spring 2016 semester,” Laneri said. While the weather may not have affected construction so far, it still affected the faculty and staff during the summer when the existing business building was renovated to make way for the upcoming
additions. “For several weeks the building did not have air conditioning or working restrooms,” Patel said. “Many staff members worked out of a couple of classrooms due to their office spaces undergoing renovation.” However, Patel said students and faculty understand this is just a “reality of construction.” The college may be willing to put up with the realities of construction because they believe Huntsman Hall will bring a lot to the education of business students at Utah State University. “We are most excited with the addition of 21 new class-
rooms and 21 new student meeting rooms,” Patel said. “Our students will benefit from these great new spaces.” Patel said the new addition will also include a courtyard between the two buildings, a café, two outdoor terraces and lots of open spaces that will “create an environment of collaboration.” Patel said student involvement was important to the creation of Huntsman Hall. “We have been very careful in designing the entire building with student needs foremost in mind and included student input from the earliest stages of planning,” Patel
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USU lost and found First ever Artoberfest searching for identity 4By Melanie Fenstermaker staff writer
By the time John Glad realized his phone was missing, he’d been all over campus. “I checked four different buildings before I found it,” Glad said. That’s what Utah State University students often have to do to find lost things — because the school has no central lost and found system. There are, in fact, 27 lost-and-found centers on campus. As winter approaches, even more students will be going from one building to the next in search of missing hats, gloves, scarves and other articles of clothing and property. Some students have suggested combining the lost-and-found centers to ease the process of finding lost items. Some staff members, however, said doing so would result in unnecessary work. Lori Hyde, a staff assistant who helps with the Ray B. West building’s lost-and-found, said consolidating the system would be “just one more thing” for the faculty to worry about. “We’d need to hire a whole new staff to handle that,” Hyde said. If USU faculty ever decided to create a centralized lost-and-found system, they may need to hire a special staff, according to Brigham Young University lost-and-found employee James MacDonald.
BYU has a staff specifically for the school’s centralized lostand-found system. According to MacDonald, three to four students staff the lost-and-found during the summer, but as many as 10 students can be employed during the busy winter months. MacDonald said having a staff for a centralized lost-and-found system is crucial. “If there was no one to take care of it, it would be impossible to find anything because so much comes in,” MacDonald said. “We sort and catalog everything so students can find it quickly.” Without a lost-and-found staff at USU, the large number of lostand-found items from all over campus could make a centralized system difficult to navigate. “It would be easier for students, but just as much of a pain,” Glad said. “There would be so much stuff to look through.” USU is one of the few universities in Utah that does not have a centralized lost-and-found system. Weber State University, Southern Utah University and Utah Valley University all report to have some variation of a central lost-andfound. The University of Utah is one other school that reports having lost-and-found centers run by each individual building. — melmo12@gmail.com Twitter: @mcfenstermaker
Nick Carpenter photo BRYAN PERRENHOUD MAKES BUTTONS at Artoberfest in the Fine Arts Building. For the full story on Artoberfest read page 4.