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Banquet highlights poverty BY LORI SCHAFER staff writer

The Students Together Ending Poverty club spon-� sored this year’s annual Hunger Banquet in the TSC Ballroom. STEP sponsors a different country to help every year, and this year’s proceeds are going to a Sustainable Cambodia proj-� ect. “Water in Cambodia is one and a half to three miles away,� said Paul Stringham, Keynote Speaker and organiz-� er for Sustainable Cambodia. “It has bugs in it and one of five kids there die from dis-� eases they get from drinking the water. Everything we do in Cambodia has to be sustain-� able. Otherwise, these people won’t keep it after we leave.� The night was designed to portray poverty to the people in attendance. Coming through the doors, attendees drew a ticket from a bowl and were instructed to sit at the table, in a chair or on the floor. Eight people were able to sit at the table and were fed a full

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DONNA DILLINGHAM-EVANS

Donna Dillingham-Evans Tooele Regional Campus

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eagerly look forward to joining the excellent team at USU’s Tooele Regional Campus to begin our future together.�

Tooele Regional Campus picks up new Dean STUDENTS DISH UP at the Hunger Banquet on Wednesday. The event highlighted the wealth and poverty differences in the world. Proceeds went to helping Cambodia charities. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

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PROVIDENCE — More than 25 citizens and commu-� nity members turned out for a recent City Council meet-� ing, referred to by several as “a heated exchange.� Public attention was set on the coun-� cil’s discussion regarding removal of the cul-�de-�sac at the western end of 100 South,

which would create a pub-� licly accessible through road between 200 West and 400 West. “What is unclear to me is why we’re having this discus-� sion,� said Kent Dunkley, a resident who has lived on the street for 20 years. “What’s bringing it to the agenda after being put to bed for the third or fourth time since we’ve lived on the street?� The closed street is some-�

Makes Music guinea pig and “the ambas-� sador band,� were performing their 215th Tuesday morning concert and are currently on an 80-�school, “Music is Sick� tour. The band visits each school with a full agenda: a morning assembly, lunch with the kids and class time with teachers. They reinforce their message in all three set-� tings, and involve the students by asking what music means to them. The whole pur-� pose of this program is to “educate, moti-� vate and inspire tomorrow’s musicians.� And the foundation claims they are on to something good. The Music Makes Music website says: “The unique MMM School Events deliver positive messages in a format that teens admire, relate to, and become involved with. Through the MMM Social Networking program, teens have a safe and positive place to spend their Facebook/ MySpace time while reinforcing the core messages we deliver. Our Community Concerts give teens and parents the oppor-� tunity to experience wholesome and enter-� taining live music shows.� Having traveled from Las Vegas to Logan, and before heading on to Idaho Falls, the Going Second band members agreed that it does not matter how big or small or urban or rural a school is—the kids generally react the same. “No exag-� geration either,� said film producer David Adams, who is documenting the tour, “they lose their minds.� And, as the Spring Creek students “lost their minds,� the music went on. One song lead to another and soon audi-� ence members were recognizing covers of Lady Gaga and Carly Rae Jepsen material.

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thing that has gone unre-� solved for years, Dunkley said. There have been many discussions between past city councils and the public in the past, most recently in 2006 when the council passed a resolution agreeing to build the 120-�foot cul-�de-�sac in exchange for a 50-�foot right of way to be used for insertion of new sewer and water lines. Street residents dedicated the property at no charge to the

city under the condition they would be compensated if the dead-�end road was opened up and a through street was cre-� ated. “There’s a long history of legal activity on that road,� said Mark Thompson, a resi-� dent who has lived at the end of the road for 20 years. “I have a whole file folder full of litigation that went on con-�

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Schoolhouse rocks music assembly BY JESSICA SONDEREGGER Hard News Cafe

PROVIDENCE — Spring Creek Middle School students crowded the gymnasium to attend what was scheduled to be just another school assembly. There was a dull chatter among peers and any effort to quiet the hum was ineffective. As the students organized themselves into tidy rows, each took a seat as they had done hundreds of times before. For all they knew, this was nothing more than yet another attempt to discourage drug use, encourage school attendance and promote a bully-�free campus. But those expectations were quickly abandoned as their “lecturers� invited them to rush the stage and properly enjoy the upcoming, full-�production rock con-� cert. By 10:05 Tuesday morning, that middle school gym was less about dodge ball and more about neon lights, thumping bass and squealing teens. “Make sure you thank your principal,� said Going Second’s lead vocalist Ferril Trevor, as the crowd cheered and the band concluded their first song. Going Second is a Salt Lake City-�based pop-�punk band on tour with the Music Makes Music foundation, a nonprofit orga-� nization advocating drug-�free lifestyles and education. The band travels from school to school sharing an important message in an important way. “Do I have some musicians in this place?� guitarist Mike Crowder asked the audience. The students screamed their answer as they collectively celebrated the school band, orchestra and choir programs.

GOING SECOND, A SALT LAKE CITY BAND performs during a Spring Creek Middle School assembly Tuesday. JESSICA SONDEREGGER photo, Hard News Cafe

Trevor and Crowder told the kids their had it good at Spring Creek, because many schools are going without any music pro-� grams. The band members took every opportu-� nity between songs to educate and motivate their audience. Their main objectives were music education, higher education and avoiding drugs and alcohol. Going Second, deemed as both the Music

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Donna Dillingham-�Evans has been named dean of the USU Tooele Regional Campus and will start her new position in March. Raymond T. Coward, USU execu-� tive vice president and provost, is confident Dillingham-�Evans will have a positive impact at the fast-� growing regional campus. “Donna has a strong background and skill set well-�suited to the chal-� lenges and opportunities at our Tooele campus,� Coward said. “Her extensive experience and noteworthy achievements in higher education in southern Utah will prove invaluable to Utah State University as it moves forward to provide greater educa-� tional opportunities at our Tooele Regional Campus.� Dillingham-�Evans was most recently the executive vice president and vice president of academic ser-� vices at Dixie State University, where she had been employed for the last 30 years. She spent 23 of those years in college administration, includ-� ing being the founding chair of the mathematics department. Dillingham-�Evans is excited about the appointment and the opportu-� nity to share her expertise in a fast-� paced, dynamic environment. “I am grateful to Utah State University and the community of Tooele for their engaged commit-� ment to increase local access to higher education,� Dillingham-� Evans said. “I eagerly look forward to joining the excellent team at USU’s Tooele Regional Campus to begin our future together.� Local education officials are eager to take advantage of Dillingham-� Evans administrative experience and knowledge. “Donna understands how USU Tooele is a great asset to our valley through the education of people to meet the needs of job creation and economic development,� said Scott Wardle, chairman of the Tooele Regional Campus Advisory Board. “We look forward to her vision for creating research opportunities for our professors and students as well as her leadership in the continuing growth of this marvelous campus.� Dillingham-�Evans has a Ph.D. in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University, a Master’s degree in secondary, post-� secondary and vocational education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics from Austin Peay State University. She has

Changing the streets in Providence BY PAUL CHRISTIANSEN

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Work begins on most U.S. single-�family homes in four years BY SHOBHANA CHANDRA Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — Builders broke ground in January on the most U.S. single-�family homes in more than four years and permits for future construc-� tion rose, an indication the industry’s momentum car-� ried over into 2013. Work began on 613,000 one-�family houses at an annual rate last month, the most since July 2008 and up 0.8 percent from December’s 608,000, Commerce Department fig-� ures showed Wednesday in Washington. Total housing starts dropped to a 890,000 rate, less than forecast and restrained by a slump in construction of multifamily units, which is often vola-� tile. Faster hiring and easier access to credit are needed to help complement his-� torically low mortgage rates and stoke a sustained real-�estate rebound. Rising sales at builders such as PulteGroup Inc. and Lennar Corp. indicate housing will keep contributing to growth this year after emerging as a bright spot in the economy in 2012. “The fact that single-� family starts are up is very encouraging, it is more important to the economy in terms of employment and growth� than the multifamily area, said Gus

CONTRACTERS WORK ON A KB HOME under construction at the Vicino community in San Jose, Calif., in December. Work began on 613,000 one-family houses at an annual rate last month, the most since July 2008. DAVID PAUL MORRIS photo, Bloomberg News

Faucher, a senior economist at PNC Financial Services Group Inc. in Pittsburgh, who projected total starts would drop to a 895,000 pace. “The housing market recovery is continuing and will be an important contributor to economic growth. Permits look very solid, and that is a great sign.� The median estimate of 85 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected total housing starts would drop to a 920,000 annual rate. Estimates ranged from 870,000 to 1 million. The prior month’s figure was revised up to 973,000, the most since June 2008,

from a previously reported 954,000 pace. Permits increased to a 925,000 annual rate, the most since June 2008. They were projected to climb to a 920,000 annual rate, according to the survey median. Applications that are higher than the level of starts signal residential construction may strength-� en. “The drop in starts reflects a correction from the strength we saw earlier,� Sean Incremona, a senior economist at 4Cast Inc. in New York, said before the report. 4Cast was the best forecaster for home build-� ing starts over the past two

years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Work on multi-�family homes, such as apartment buildings, plunged 24.1 percent to an annual rate of 277,000. The drop in total starts reflected declines in two of four regions. Construction dropped 50 percent in the Midwest and 35.3 percent in the Northeast. It rose 16.7 percent in the West and 4.1 percent in the South. The Federal Reserve’s efforts to keep mortgage costs low have helped bring about a turnaround in housing, the industry that was at the center of the

financial crisis. For all of last year, build-� ers began work on 779,900 homes, a 28.1 percent increase from 2011 and the third straight annual gain. Even with the yearly improvement, housing starts remain short of the 2.07 million in 2005 at the peak of the boom, which was three-�decade high. Sentiment in the industry leveled off this month from a more than six-�year high, figures showed Tuesday. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of builder confidence fell to 46 from the prior month’s 47 that matched the highest reading since April 2006. Company results indicate the improvement in resi-� dential real estate will con-� tinue. PulteGroup, Lennar and D.R. Horton Inc., the top three U.S. homebuilders by market value, said orders rose in the most recently reported quarter. “The combination of incredibly low mortgage rates, continued increases in rental rates and espe-� cially rising home prices, and very low — and likely to stay low — inventory levels for housing lead us to believe that 2013 will be a better year for U.S. housing than 2012,� Richard Dugas, chief executive officer of Bloomfield Hills, Mich,-� based PulteGroup, said on a Jan. 31 earnings call. Builders are now gearing

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up for the spring selling season, traditionally viewed as starting the weekend after the National Football League’s Super Bowl, an event held Feb. 3. Near record-�low mort-� gage costs have made it cheaper to buy a home for those who qualify for cred-� it. The average fixed rate on a 30-�year loan held at 3.53 percent in the week ended Feb. 14, down from 3.87 percent a year ago, figures from McLean, Virginia-� based Freddie Mac showed. Increased household for-� mation is also encouraging builders to diversify into construction of apartments. Miami-�based Lennar in January said it plans to construct $1 billion of multifamily properties, while Toll Brothers Inc., the largest U.S. luxury-� home builder, said it will begin development of high-�end college dormitories. Firming prices are also helping to attract buyers who were reluctant to make purchases when property values were declining. The S&P/Case-�Shiller index of house prices in 20 cities rose 5.5 percent in the 12 months to November, the biggest year-�over-�year gain since August 2006, the most recently available data showed. — With assistance from Chris Middleton in Washington.

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JUNIOR ANGELA GONZALEZ studies a board at Operation Beautiful in the TSC International Lounge on Tuesday. The event was aimed to promote good body image, self-confidence and anonymous acts of kindness among women. The left board shows words that might offend some women while the right shows positive labels. SAMANTHA BEHL photo

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Without much direction, the sea of students took over lead vocals and finished out Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.� It seemed as though circumstanc-� es couldn’t get much better, when the band invited Spring Creek’s own student orchestra and choir to the stage. Students were not only cheer-� ing on rock stars, but their friends and schoolmates were now sharing a stage with their most recently adopted icons. “We try to involve as many stu-� dents as possible,� Crowder said. Together, they performed a Going Second original and celebrated their passion for music. At the conclusion of the improvised collaboration, Trevor shared his message. “A lot of people don’t make it out of that lifestyle,� he said, referring to his own experience with drug addiction. “I am very lucky to have made it out of that lifestyle.� As the crowd applauded his recov-� ery, he continued, “All of this would be absolutely impossible if drugs were still in my life. A lot of people will tell you drugs are bad. I’m here to tell you drugs are awful.� The Music Makes Music Foundation seeks donations to continue what they’ve started. The foundation supports multiple bands throughout the West to spread the word and to move it forward. “Help teens to become involved with music,� the foundation website says, “continue their education, and live a drug-�free life.�

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HUNGER: Banquet proceeds go to help Cambodia From page 1 three-�course meal. This repre-� sented the upper class. Some people were provided chairs and given pizza. They portrayed the middle class. The majority of the audience symbolized the portion of the world below the poverty level and was given rice and beans to eat on the floor. “Sitting through the presen-� tation made me want to redou-� ble my efforts,� said senior Sam Stringham. “It made me remember how blessed I am and why I’m going to school: to help people.� The night began with Dawi, an African drummer group, performing along with the girls from USU’s African dance class. Following their perfor-� mance, Paul Stringham spoke to the audience and showed pictures and information about Cambodia. Sustainable Cambodia works to construct schools, work on water projects and purchase bicycles. “If the kids do not have bikes, they do not get to go to school,� Paul Stringham said. “Their parents do not understand the importance of it because they did not receive an education either.� Sustainable Cambodia has volunteers who stay in the country anywhere from three months to two years. They

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THE AFRICAN DRUM BAND DAWI performs at the Hunger Banquet on Wednesday in the Taggart Student Center. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

help with projects and teach kids in schools they have con-� structed. These people are not paid for their work and their air-� fare and travel costs are paid out of their own pockets. “Seeing the people and how their water is infested with mosquitoes and disease and how they live in poverty, it is cool to feel all of that again,� said junior Melanie Rossiter, who went on a humanitarian

trip to Thailand five years ago. “We always need more, but when you go to a third world country, you see how much less you really need.� The purpose of the Hunger Banquet was to increase pov-� erty awareness. “One person can make a dif-� ference,� Paul Stringham said. “There are problems every-� where. There are problems here in Logan. You don’t have to go to a third world country

to see it. You’ll be blessed and you’ll enjoy it.� The Hunger Banquet had a $5 per person entrance fee and raised a total of $375. All pro-� ceeds will go to Sustainable Cambodia. More information on Sustainable Cambodia can be found at sustainablecambodia. org. – lori_schafer@yahoo.com

TOOELE: New Dean brings wealth of new experience From page 1 also studied German at the Goethe Institute in Ebesberg, Germany and attended the University of Munich on a Rotary International fellow-� ship. She is married to Keith Evans and they are the parents of five children. They also have four grandchildren. She has served on several state educational councils and boards as a governor’s appoin-� tee and served in leadership positions in many state and regional organizations pro-�

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moting education and youth development. With her knowledge of and experience in the community of southern Utah, Wardie said he is excited for what she will bring to the Tooele Regional Campus. She received a host of honors and awards for her engagement in adult education and civic programs, and her professional focus has been on innovative teaching practices for adult and re-�entry stu-� dents. During her time at Dixie

State, she played a key role in obtaining university status for the college. Through her lead-� ership, Dixie State added more than 30 baccalaureate degrees over the past seven years along with several minor, two-�year and certificate programs. In addition to her years of administrative experience, Dillingham-�Evans has taught classes in math and chemistry along with math and science methods for Dixie State’s online elementary education program. She has been an instructor at Southern Utah

University and North Mojave Community College. Before working for Dixie State College in 1982, Dillingham-�Evans worked as a research assistant at Vanderbilt University and a toxicologist in southern California. Coward said her diverse background and unique experience will be extremely beneficial for USU and the community of southern Utah. – andypierucci@gmail.com

STREET: Providence councilmembers differ on decision From page 1 cerning that piece of property.� Thompson was one of the citizens who met and negotiated with the council and Randy Simmons, former Providence mayor, in 2006. Thompson said residents never wanted a through street. A quick-�claim deed of the land dedi-� cated by Thompson to the city includes a restriction that says Providence “may not use said land for road access to the east, adjoining 200 West.� “One reason we went 50 foot is because that’s a little bit narrow to even push a street through for general public traffic,� Thompson said. “If the council’s willing to dig up an old bone, it’s going to take a big dog to get it taken care of.� Dunkley and many of the citizens gath-�

ered at the meeting agree the city should uphold their end of the bargain with Thompson. “Some of us believe that when people say ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ that should bind,� Dunkley said. “It should be a commitment and we should keep the commitments that we make.� Each council member had a differ-� ing opinion on the 2006 resolution. Councilman Ralph Call said he believed the street should be open to the public. “Should we stick to somebody else’s word?� Call said. “You’re not saying, ‘Somebody gives their word and sticks to it.’ You’re saying, ‘If somebody gives their word based on less-�than sufficient research everybody that comes behind it should be bound by it.’ That’s foolishness. Everybody cannot be bound by the mis-�

PoliceBlotter Friday, Feb. 8 ‡ 868 3ROLFH DQG /RJDQ 3DUDPHGLFV were dispatched to the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum after a 14-�year-�old female gym-� nast fell to the ground on the uneven par-� allel bars and broke her left arm. She was transported to Logan Regional Hospital. ‡ 868 3ROLFH ZDV QRWLILHG RI DQ DVVDXOW DW the Spectrum involving a 10-�year-�old and 8-�year-�old boy. The aggressor was repre-� manded sharply. ‡ 868 3ROLFH UHFHLYHG D UHSRUW RI D VWX-� dent’s neighbor consuming alcohol in the dorm. Police were unable to locate anyone consuming alcohol. Saturday, Feb. 9 ‡ 868 3ROLFH UHVSRQGHG WR WKH 0HUULOO Cazier Library on a utility problem. Several students and officers smelled natural gas but the fire department, gas company and Facilities could not locate the source. It was determined not to be a gas leak.

takes that somebody made in the past.� Mayor Ronald Liechty felt differently than other members of the council. “I don’t like the cul de sac there,� Liechty said. “But I feel the city made an agreement and the city ought to stand by it.� The council postponed further discus-� sion of the issue for their next meeting. Councilman John Russell said there was too much information the council wasn’t aware of and the members would need to research the matter further before any decisions could be made. “For those of us who have come on the council after that decision was made in 2006, we have to make sure that we are fully aware of all the circumstances, all the decisions, all the promises that were made then,� Russell said.

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‡ 868 3ROLFH FRQWDFWHG WZR LQGLYLGXDOV LQ the Big Blue Parking Terrace. A 20-�year-� old male was sitting in the driver’s seat, had been consuming alcohol and had an open container of alcohol in the center console. The passenger was a 25-�year-�old female who had an open container near her feet. The driver was issued a misde-� meanor for Minor in Possession of Alcohol and Open Container, and released. The passenger was cited for Open Container and released. ‡ 868 3ROLFH UHFHLYHG D FRPSODLQW WKDW D woman was walking around the Mardi Gras casino intoxicated. Police observed she was having trouble walking and fell. Police spoke with the individual, who was 22 years old, according to her Utah driv-� er’s license. The individual had a friend who agreed to help her leave the event. The female was escorted out and warned for public intoxication. Sunday, Feb. 10 ‡ 868 3ROLFH VSRNH ZLWK DQ LQGLYLGXDO picking up the cigarette disposal by the Business Building. The individual had

dropped an item inside and was trying to get it out, which he did before leaving the area. ‡ 868 3ROLFH FRQWDFWHG DQ LQGLYLGXDO ULG-� ing a snowmobile on the Quad and Old Main Hill. The individual left after being informed the activity was not allowed. Tuesday, Feb. 12 ‡ 868 3ROLFH UHVSRQGHG WR WKH )LHOGKRXVH on a report of a student who injured his foot playing soccer. The foot was ban-� daged and the student was released to his friends who transported him to the hospital. Wednesday, Feb. 13 ‡ &(57 PHPEHU 6KHUULH -HQVHQ DVVLVWHG with crowd control during a medical inci-� dent involving professor Alan Hashimoto, who went into cardiac arrest. Compiled by Tavin Stucki

The Utah State University Department of Music Wind Orchestra and Symphonic Band combine for a performance Friday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s Logan campus. “The theme of this concert is dra-� matic, featuring music from around the world,� said Thomas Rohrer, director of bands and associate professor in the Caine College of the Arts. The Wind Orchestra will perform the American premiere of “Sinfonia No. 1 ‘Marea Negra,’� an original work composed by Anton Alcalde. The title means “Black Tide� or “Oil Slick� and describes the Prestige oil tanker disaster in 2002 off the coast of Galicia, Spain. The ship was car-� rying 77,000 tons of fuel, of which 64,000 tons were discharged on the coast, reaching as far as northern Portugal and southern France. “The environmental effects were enormous, with wildlife trapped in the oil that ravaged the coast,� said Rohrer. “The Wind Orchestra is performing an extended edition of ‘Marea Negra,’ dedicated to the friends of the AAM ‘Santa Barbara de Piles’ and its conductor David Pont.� The Symphonic Band, conducted by professor Greg Wheeler, will perform a program of all Japanese music, including “By the Train March� by Masaki Kawamura, “Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song� by Samuel Hazo, “Dancing in the Wind� by Josuke Fukuda and more. To end the concert, the bands will combine for two numbers, with 120 students playing together. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information on the concert, see the college’s Production Services website (arts.usu.edu).

Three Aggies given scholarship Three Aggie engineers are recipients of an academic scholarship program that honors the memory of a Utah State University alum and decorated military veteran. Undergraduates James Dean and Austin Stott, along with entering USU freshman Isabella Muffoletto, received 2013 Lt. Col. G. Roger Sunada Engineering Scholarships from the Great Basin Post of the Society of American Military Engineers. The scholars were among six Utah resi-� dents, three college students and three high school students, honored at a Feb. 14 ceremony at Hill Air Force Base. “It is a distinct honor to award these scholarships to recipients who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement,� said post president Robert Elliott, who presented the awards along with featured speaker Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers (U.S. Army, ret.) and James Lyon, post education and mentoring chair. Dean and Stott are sophomore mechanical engineering majors and cadets in USU’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 860. Dean is a gradu-� ate of Northridge High School in Layton, Utah. Stott is a 2008 gradu-� ate of Ogden, Utah’s Bonneville High School. Muffoletto is a graduating senior at Utah’s Logan High School and will enter USU as a biological engineering major in fall 2013. Since 2011, she has served as a volunteer in the artificial spider silk lab of USU USTAR profes-� sor Randy Lewis. Sunada, who died in 2000, earned a bachelor’s degree in landscape archi-� tecture from USU in 1977. A Gulf War veteran, he served as a civil engineer and squadron commander in the U.S. Air Force. He received the Bronze Star along with other commendations.

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It’s one thing to start a business. It’s another to start four. Larry Tanaka, owner of Tanaka Balance on 34 Federal Avenue, is starting something new. “Balance is a natural health wellness center,� he said. “We market health.� This company has a full commercial kitchen, a retail store, two therapy rooms and a yoga studio. Esther Thomsen, an employee at Balance, said the business is like a one-� stop-�shop. “Larry has really combined a lot of the elements for health,� she said. “It doesn’t feel like work. It’s just fun.�

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Local yoga studio expands its offerings Tanaka said he started Balance in a backward way. He worked professionally for many years when his boss decided to lay him off. “I thought ‘That’s OK. I’ll just find another job,’� Tanaka said. “So I went nine months, ten months, and I thought, ‘I’m not going to get another job.’� During this time Tanaka became cer-� tified in foot zoning, an in-�depth foot massage method, and began to practice yoga. While talking with one of his yoga instructors, Tanaka discovered there were no yoga studios or health retail stores in Logan. “I was in shock when I came here and there wasn’t a yoga studio,� Tanaka said. He decided to start Balance to fill the

niche market. “Balance is ahead of its time, and I think in Cache Valley it’s even more ahead of its time,� Tanaka said. “We have to let the community develop on what it really is. It will get there, and we’re try-� ing to provide all of that.� Balance opened its yoga studio last summer with a full class. Class sizes are limited to 20 people. “Once class sizes get so big, you lose your quality,� said Tanaka. Balance offers many types of yoga. Classes range from beginning yoga to more advanced classes such as vinyasa and ashtanga to yoga for weight loss. A full list of classes is available at tanaka-� balance.com.

“It’s probably the best place you can do yoga in Cache Valley,� said Chantelle Dana, a yoga instructor. She does yoga for the peace and energy it gives her. “I really like the calmness you get, but you’re still exercising,� she said. Chantel Gerfen, another yoga instruc-� tor, teaches for the brightness it puts in people’s eyes. “It’s bringing that peace and serenity and that energizing feeling,� she said. “It makes you feel good and it’s fun,� Tanaka said. Alongside the yoga studio, the rest of Tanaka’s project has recently opened.

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Debate team heads to national competition

BY CONNOR COMEAU

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They travel almost as much as an ath-� letics team, but not many people may know the five-�person USU debate team competes from coast to coast. Four of the five members will be trav-� eling to St. Louis to participate in the National Debate Tournament in March. “Being able to go to nationals this year was a very big goal for me,� said Bobby Fausett, a senior majoring in civil engineering. “I am very excited to go along with my teammates this year.� At nationals, each member of the team gets one topic — chosen before the event — to debate. Fifty schools will compete this year. Each team member brings his or her own practice style to competition. With breaks as long as a few months in between events, it is important for team members to keep their skills sharp dur-� ing the break, Fausett said. “I usually prefer to practice with my teammates if it’s a traditional debate style event, but if it is a speech event I would prefer to practice by myself,� he said. “Sometimes it’s easier that way.� There are several different formats the team has to prepare for, and the team members said they each have their own event they are strongest at. “For me, I definitely prefer doing any speech related events,� said Justin Jerez, a senior majoring in political science. “Part of the speech portion is parlia-� mentary procedure where I’ve won eight trophies. It definitely is something I excel at.�

Even though the team has five mem-� bers, some feel the small group size gives them more of a boost when they go to events and competition. “Most of the schools that we see at competitions have upwards of 20 to 30 people, but we don’t let that get in the way of our events,� said Andrea Bouwman, a senior majoring in educa-� tion history. “We just go out there and have a good time.� Fausett said it is important that the team is able to get along in order to have the best chance of succeeding. “Whenever we’re together there’s that little bit of energy we have that enables us to get through our events,� Fausett said. Experience also plays an important factor in how the students compete. “For me, this is only my first year on the team, but I know that with the teammates behind me, I know I can suc-� ceed,� Fausett said. In contrast, Bouwman has debated since he was in sixth grade. “I’ve done debate for over 10 years now and I really enjoy it,� she said. “It gives me that ability to express myself in a comfortable environment.� Jerez said the team wouldn’t be complete without their coach, Tom Worthen. “He has a lot of work to put in even though he doesn’t have to do it all,� Jerez said. “That just makes him an even better person.� Bouwman said it was because of Worthen she decided to continue debate after taking a two-�year hiatus during her first years in college.

THE UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY debate team visits Pike’s Market in Seattle. Photo courtesty of the USU deabte team

“He approached me one day and said that he would like for me to join the team,� she said. “That made me feel like that I have something worthwhile to contribute.� Coming off a winning season, Jerez said he’s ready to take on nationals.

“I am very excited to get to St. Louis,� Jerez said. “As a whole we do really well, and that just makes me have high hopes coming in.� – connor.comeau@aggiemail.usu.edu

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There is retail store, a kitchen and two therapy rooms. In the future, Tanaka wants to offer certain nights, like a sushi or pasta night, and have people come to Balance. “Up front we’re going to put in a local art display, and we want to have musi-� cians come in and play,� Tanaka said. Balance offers vegan and vegetarian options, but when the kitchen is fully operational they hope to add gluten free meals as well as add more choices similar to their current menu. “If you don’t eat the right food, you can’t have good health,� said Tanaka. “You can exercise an hour or two hours a day, but if you eat a bad diet you’ll never get healthy.� When it comes to getting healthy, Tanaka said having a smoothie is one of the easiest ways to get started. Balance offers a smoothie they call “go juice,� a green smoothie loaded with nutrients. “When you drink it, it’s like three cups of coffee,� said Tanaka. “You can get that rush with a green smoothie and never get that crash.� Drinking any smoothie in the morning, he said, is an easy health choice to make. Tanaka said a lot of the therapy deals with food, so along with a kitchen to pro-� vide healthy food, Balance also offers two therapy rooms, the Hawaii room and the Jungle room, to practice many types of therapy from theta healing to foot zoning. “You can do a lot of stuff in one location and it ties in together, so you can get a foot detox and then go get a smoothie,� he said. Tanaka said the staff will also give advice for those seeking to change their lifestyle. “If you’re going to get healthy, food is where you get healthy,� Tanaka said. “It starts there, so that is what we’re doing. We’re starting.� He said he isn’t just in it for the money. “Our biggest payout is people coming in and being excited and being healthy and being happy,� he said.

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New business professors manage first year BY MADISEN MILLER staff writer

Among the faculty the Huntsman School of Business hired this year are two new professors who each have different stories about what attracted them to the univer-� sity. John Ferguson began his tenure in June 2012. He said it was the beautiful val-� ley and multiple academic positions that attracted him to USU. Both he and his wife now teach USU courses. Ferguson said his impression of Logan was a good one at first. “You have the mountains right there,� he said. “People were very friendly. My col-� leagues were very friendly. I thought it was very nice.� Then things took a turn for the worse, he said. “The inversion didn’t help the whole pretty aspect of it,� he said. “That was a downer. And then I got the flu, so the beginning of this semester hasn’t been the best.� Ferguson’s said his first impression of USU students was they tend to be busy. “The thing that I’ve noticed the most about the students here is the fact that so many of them have other obligations,� he said. “I worry about that sometimes, but they are definitely incredibly dedicated, hard-�working students.� Bryce McEuen, a USU alumnus in mechanical engineering, has returned to campus to teach in the management department in the Huntsman School of Business. He started in the fall. The best thing about teaching as opposed to being a student is the lack of homework, he said. “You know what to expect already as the professor,� he said. “You have an idea of types of questions that might surface and the material taught.� McEuen found employment as an engi-� neer after he received his undergraduate degree from USU. However, his career tran-� sitioned into an operations role in the com-� pany. He went back to school and received his master’s degree in business administra-� tion. – carli@jdsco.com “It depends on what your goals and aspi-�

JOHN FERGUSON TEACHES his oldest son how to lead climb. Photo courtesy of John Ferguson

rations are, but I think that careers evolve,� he said. “And I think in some cases, individ-� uals start out down a path they think they might really enjoy and find out they would rather do something else with their life.� Both professors are somewhat non-�tradi-� tional because of their applied, rather than academic, backgrounds. McEuen teaches an operations management class through the business college. “The operations role is a nice blend for an engineer and any given individual inter-� ested in business,� he said. “You’re able to see all aspects — the engineering and manufacturing side and the business strat-� egy side.� Ferguson’s degrees and background focus on religion and law, specifically ethics and the First Amendment. He teaches business ethics and negotiations courses on-�campus. He said in his teaching methods, he is an idealist. “I do whatever I need to do to provide

the greatest value to my students so that my classes and interactions with them are preparing them for their careers and life,� he said. He said he wants to make sure his stu-� dents have the experiences they need to be successful in their jobs, evaluating who they are as people and in their roles in soci-� ety and culture. “One thing undergraduates struggle with is not really having thought through eth-� ics,� he said. “Every undergrad just knows they know right and wrong, but that’s because they’re young. Sometimes right and wrong are not always so easy to identify.� He said sometimes, choosing is a matter of picking between two wrongs or two good choices and dealing with gray area. “So a lot of what I teach is helping stu-� dents evaluate what you do when you have that gray area,� he said.

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‘Die Hard’ sequel doesn’t crash and burn Sam McConkie “A Good Day to Die Hard� Grade: B-

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I feel like I’ve seen this one before. A grizzled, veteran police officer is a fish out of water in a foreign country. He wastes no time in cracking skulls or commandeering vehicles. Also, he has lots of one-liners and often emphasizes he is not a local. No, this isn’t the Arnold Schwarzenegger hit “Red Heat,� but out of all fairness to “A Good Day to Die Hard,� it’s never pretentious or boring. By embracing its chintzier plot elements and setting of the over-thetop action pieces, the fun factor can be quite high at times and the Russian villains sound that much more evil with their thick accents. Special operative Jack McLane, played by Jai Courtney, is working undercover for the CIA in Moscow

to apprehend political prisoner Yuri Komarov, played by Sebastian Koch. Yuri is set to testify against the corrupt defense minister Viktor Chagarin, played by Sergei Kolesnikov. A file with incriminating information, which Yuri claims to know the location of, is Jack’s answer to bringing down Chagarin in an operation that has lasted three years. Meanwhile, NYPD officer John McLane, played by Bruce Willis, catches drift his son is in potential danger when Jack’s file shows up in the office. Sensing something big could be happening, John heads off to Russia to aid his estranged son, oblivious to the fact Jack works for the CIA. As expected, John’s interference in Jack’s work causes all hell to break loose as the two are tailed by Chagarin’s henchmen, led by the vicious Alik, played by Radivoje Bukvic. Yuri is soon captured and forced to digress the location of the secret file, which turns out to be in Chernobyl. Now the McLanes must put aside their family feud and work together to save Yuri and prevent Chagarin from realizing his dangerous plan.

Director John Moore takes a page from Michael Bay and sets up some pretty spectacular explosions and mayhem. In an early part of the film, Jack is being chased by thugs in a large, armored vehicle that handily demolishes anything in its path. On the crowded streets of Moscow, this makes for an exciting albeit somewhat unbelievable chase. For some added humor, John McLane follows behind the vehicle in a small truck attempting to knock it off course. I wouldn’t be surprised if this film set a new record for the amount of demolished cars in a single scene. Thankfully, Bruce Willis is as spry and likable as ever. The sheer number of action films he has under his belt certainly gives him the credibility to still do outrageous stunts and spew ridiculous oneliners, and his self-mus-

ings are still just as fun as they were back in the original “Die Hard.� I will admit, it got a bit wearisome hearing him emphasizing how he is on vacation all of the time. We already knew that part. Jai Courtney comes off a bit harder to initially like, though. Next to Willis, he is an essential part of the film, and being able to identify with his character is critical. Here, the film runs into problems. There isn’t much backstory between the father-son duo in the same way “Live Free or Die Hard� fleshed out McLane’s daughter, Lucy. Mary Elizabeth Winstead reprises her role in a small appearance for this one. While an admittedly nice touch, the film would have noticeably benefitted with not only more from her, but from a stronger script foundation in regards to McLane’s son.

Yes, we see “Die Hard� movies for spectacular action scenes and cool characters, not great scripts and acting. But unfortunately, those latter elements have become less pronounced and sometimes downright ignored in favor of bigger explosions and hammier villains. Heck, even Jeremy Irons in the third entry was a significant step down from Alan Rickman in the first. Case in point, the villains in this film rarely present a genuine threat to the McLanes because they either talk a bit too much or they flat-out do stupid things. This clearly saps some of the tension that may otherwise be present. When Alik has John and Jack right where he wants them he whacks them a couple of times sure, but then he starts dancing and talking about how good he could

have been at it. Bet you couldn’t tell this is meant to give McLane extra time to plot an escape while listening to Alik’s evil monologue, but I digress. There are no doubt legitimate flaws in “A Good Day to Die Hard,� yet Bruce Willis’ performance and the spectacular action sequences almost made me forget about them until the film ended. Considering the drought of decent action f licks in Hollywood as of late, it’s hard to go wrong here as long you adjust your expec tations accordingly.

– Sam McConkie is a senior in the technical and professional writing program at USU. He is a keen writer and has been a dedicated gamer for years. Sam can be reached at sambonemcconkie@gmail. com

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THREE MEMBERS OF THE improv comedy troupe Logan Out Loud perform. In addition to weekly shows, the group hosts improv workshops. Photo courtesy of Jon Larson

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the chance to perform. We do an formed on stage that will never exhibition show for them and so be seen again. We play the same we’ll start up another four-�week games every week but it’s never For students looking to learn course after this one, probably the same show.� the art of humour, local improv around March sometime.� “Logan Out Loud is great, I group Logan Out Loud just Jonathan Ribera, another love going,� said Jon Larson, a started a four-�week workshop to member of the troupe, has a Logan Out Loud fan. “Their You can make a difference. teach the basics. favorite games to play on stage close atmosphere and insistence Currently you are Improv is a form of theater screening called “aegg day indonors. a life.� It’s If where on crowd participation makes where most between of the performance 18-29 and wouldmember like more information an audience will give their shows is unscripted, anyone cancan contribute, facts about himplease or herselfcall us atfun.� onand how you 801attend these 492-9200 workshops foror a fee. andamy.mcallister@integramed. the Logan Out Loud mem-� Ribera said it’s good to be back e-mail “We teach them different bers perform based off these performing to college students. com. are compensated. The group was basic techniques of improv,� saidDonors ideas. on hiatus for a Jordan Todd Brown, a Logan Out “It’s funny because it’s such an while due to building problems Loud performer. “Also, they get intimate experience where you at the Logan Arthouse and a free show out of the three dif-� aren’t seeing a movie like Cinema, where they used to ferent shows that we do. They everybody else is,� Ribera said. perform. Logan Out Loud stayed get discounted on a t-�shirt and “You’re seeing something per-� busy during the time, traveling

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to Salt Lake City and doing cor-� porate and private parties. “Once we finally got this new place, we’re back on the train again,� Ribera said. “Back in the saddle, riding a train like a sad-� dle? Training a saddle, saddling a train? Since then we’ve had a blast.� Logan Out Loud members are just regular guys doing what they love, Brown said. “Kendall (Pack) is a literature major right now and Taylor (Miles) is going to school now for radiology,� Brown said. “We started them and it’s been the five of us ever since. We also pull other improvisers and comedians

from Ogden’s troupe Mission Improvable to come down and play with us.� Logan Out Loud members encourage USU students to take advantage of the improv work-� shop. “It’s improv. It’s all just hap-� pening right there and it’s fun for us and it’s exhausting, but it’s a blast when you get an audience that really enjoys it,� Ribera said. Logan Out Loud performances are every Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at 72 W. Center St.

– rachel.lewis@aggiemail.usu.edu

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One of his favorite teaching meth-� ods is to not give things away. “I never give answers,� he said. “I always make you find them.� Allison Milligan, a junior majoring in accounting, took Ferguson’s class last semester. “It changed my perspective about everyday life,� Milligan said. “Taking that class gave me a better rationale of why people do things, whether they have a moral standpoint or a religious stand-� point.�

She said it’s important USU stu-� dents have a basic foundation of ethics and laws and a more well-� rounded opinion and insight of how things go on in the business world. McEuen said education is para-� mount, and not just because of a future career. It also is not limited after graduating from college. “It is critically important to constantly be learning, even after you’ve graduated from college,� he said. “If you’re not, someone who

has better skills that can do the work faster and most efficiently will have an advantage over you in the workplace.� He said in his own career he has looked for opportunities to learn new skills and aspects in an orga-� nization. Developing an under-� standing of how he can contribute in a meaningful way to help his company be successful is part of his own dogma. “I think what people need to recognize and understand is, ‘What value do I bring to a poten-�

tial employer?�’ he said. “I think you find in many cases today people saying, ‘I’ll work hard for you when you can demonstrate for me that you’re willing to pay X amount of dollars, or you’re willing to give me these benefits,’ but the really valuable employees are those that try to increase their value to the company they work for year after year after year.� Both professors offered stu-� dents specific advice on how they might improve academically. “Be intentional in what you’re

doing,� said Ferguson. “It’s some-� thing any college student should do, and while you’re in college, you’re in college. You should get everything out of it you can.� McEuen said to study hard and enjoy the time at school both aca-� demically and socially. “When you leave college, life is just going to become busier and it will never be quite what it is now,� he said. – madisen.miller26@aggiemail. usu.edu

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on every stinking play. Consider the leaps and bounds Shaw has made in the last month, exhibiting pure dominance down low. I love the “positive living� quote he credits for his play. Consider the growth of Jordan Stone from benchwarmer to a solid nine points in Provo. The list continues, but the main point is this: This team is growing ever more quickly, and come WAC tournament time, they’re going to be an extremely tough out, and with the entire team returning next season, this could be the ultimate building year. Though we have to say goodbye to Kyisean Reed, we’ll be adding back

two starters and future recruits. Down at the Marriott Center, I realized all in all, it was alright. We’re only on the rise, and I would much rather lose as an Aggie than be the winning team at that moment. As we sung the Scotsman proudly, it served like the soothing Shire music that calms Frodo and reminds him of his purpose for visiting Mordor — or was it Provo? – Mark is an obsessive Aggie fan that moonlights as an almost unbiased Statesman writer. He is majoring in business administration and preparing for medical school. Comment at m.hop@ aggiemail.usu.edu or

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Utah State jumped out to an early lead against Weber State on Wednesday and held on to defeat the Wildcats 5-�2. The Aggies improved to 2-�2 on the season while the Wildcats fell to 2-�8. Utah State jumped on Weber State, sweeping doubles each by a score of 8-�3 to take the point. Mckenzie Davis then exerted her force in the No. 1 singles spot, going up five games to none in the first set before her opponent forfeited due to injury. Jaci West, play-� ing in the No. 2 spot, put Weber’s Kristi Elmer away in straight sets. With the pair of wins, Davis stayed perfect at 4-�0 on the sea-� son and West improved to 3-�1. The Aggies cooled off a bit at the No. 3 position as Julie Tukuafu lost the match after winning the first set, while the same thing happened in the No. 5 spot with Kallie Sperry. “Sometimes the lead can be a distraction,� co-�head coach Bryan Marchant said. “For both Tukuafu and Sperry, they had a lead in their person-� al match by a set and the team overall had a large lead. The energy dropped off a little and Weber State kept fighting.� Ultimately, senior Kristina Voytsekhovich clinched the match in

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the No. 4 singles spot. Voytsekhovich and her Weber State counterpart, Thais Kurer, battled back and forth in the first set until Voytsekhovich squeaked out a 7-�5 win. “My doubles match was slow so I continued to play like that in my singles, but towards the end of the first set I pumped myself up, listened to coach and played way more aggres-� sive,� Voytsekhovich said. She powered through the second set, winning 6-�1. Hillary Hays finished the day by putting down Weber State’s Carly Lloyd 6-�0, 6-�2. Utah State has a tough road trip coming where they will take on Arizona State and Arizona back-� to-�back on March 1-�2. “We can play better and deserve to play well with the work they put in,� Marchant said. “This should fire them up for the trip to Arizona.� Scores: ‡:HGGLQJ ,QYLWDWLRQV DQG 3DSHU *RRGV ‡ 5HVXPHV ‡ )OLHUV Singles: 1. McKenzie Davis(USU) ‡ &RPPHUFLDO 3ULQWLQJ ‡ 'LVVHUWDWLRQV def. Ashley Tanner (WSU) 5-�0 Wd Inj JACI WEST AND MCKENZIE DAVIS regroup 2. Jaci West (USU) def. between points during a fall outdoor match. File photo Kristi Elmer (WSU) 6-�3, 6-�3 Sperry(USU) 3-�6, 6-�1, 10-�6 (USU) def. Tanner/ 3. Nittaya Phonharatu 6. Hillary Hays (USU) def. Warwick (WSU) 8-�3 (WSU) def. Julie Tukuafu Carly Lloyd (WSU) 6-�0, (USU) def. Lloyd/ (USU) 2-�6, 6-�4, 6-�4 6-�2 Phonnarath (WSU) 8-�3 4. Kristina Voystekhovich Doubles: (USU) def. Thais Kurer 1. Davis/West (USU) def. – dahdahjm@gmail.com (WSU) 7-�5, 6-�1 Kurer/Elmer (WSU) 8-�3 Twitter: @dahdahjeff :HVW 1RUWK /RJDQ ‡ 5. Michelle Warwick 2. Tukuafu/Voytsekhovich (WSU) def. Kallie

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Denver (17-�8, 13-�2 WAC) at Northern Iowa (17-�11, 10-�6 MVC)

The Redbirds hail from Normal, Illinois. No, not normal Illinois, Normal. Kind of a paradox since ISU is home to the oldest collegiate circus in North America. They take great pride in their 4-�time national-�champion foren-� sics team. We don’t think theres anything normal about that, and can anyone explain why there’s an “s� at the end of “Illinois?� It’s pronounced Ill-�a-�noy. Oh wait, that explains it: “I’ll annoy.� They’ll learn what it’s like to be truly annoyed Saturday when they visit the Spectrum.

UNI is a prime case of the little brother effect. Iowa and Iowa State get all the attention and fame while all the Panthers have to hang their hat on is an upset of No. 1 Kansas in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Little fun fact about UNI: It started as an orphanage during the Civil War.

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Pioneers 67, Panthers 59 UTEP (14-�10, 7-�4 C-�USA) at New Mexico State (18-� 9, 12-�3 WAC) Taco? Nacho? Burrito? Hot Dogo. We feel like the inmates need some food to go with the water they so graciously showered the HURD with last week.

Yes, UTEP gets a lot of its fame from Disney’s “Glory Road,� but with a shot at foods not offered at the New Mexico state pen, the Miners should have little trouble with the inmates. Miners 66, Aggies 62 UC Irvine (14-� 13, 8-�6 Big West) at TX-�Arlington (14-�9, 9-�5 WAC)

First off, they’re the Anteaters. What kind of mascot is that? Significant blunders associated with UC Irvine include morticians sell-� ing body parts, physicians switching women’s embryos at the fertility clinic and anesthesiologists falsifying reports pre-�surgery. All in a days work in the OC. Anteaters 58, Mavericks

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FOULS: Physical and whistle-�filled From page 7 might have to play our walk on,� Morrill said of Conner Garner, who started dressing for games when Aggie guard Preston Medlin and senior Kyisean Reed were injured earlier this season. “I’m try-� ing to save his redshirt year.� Freshman point guard Marcel Davis picked up his fourth foul with 9:39 to play. Backup point guard TeNale Roland was playing with four

fouls five minutes into the second half. Morrill said he didn’t know if he was going to have a point guard by the end of the game and switched to a zone defense to avoid picking up any more fouls. “We were forced to play a lot of zone,� Morrill said. “We couldn’t just foul every-� body out. In man-�to-�man you’re more apt to foul, so we were playing zone whenever we could.

One saving grace was Stone’s four blocked shots, all of which came in the sec-� ond half and helped give life to an Aggie team struggling to claw its way back into the game. “If someone gets in foul trouble, someone else has to step up, got to do their part,� he said.’ – tavin.stucki@ aggiemail.usu.edu Twitter: @StuckiAggies

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NEW CHALLENGER

BY JASON BORBA

BY MARK HOPKINS

It has been a rough first half of the season for the Los Angeles Lakers, but this team will make the playoffs. In sports it’s about how you finish and not how you start. The Lakers season couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start, but with the All-Star break is behind them, the wins will come. Sitting in 10th place in the West and only three games out of the playoff picture, the Lakers can’t be ruled out. Ahead of them are Portland, Utah, Houston and Golden State. Those are all young teams who haven’t had recent playoff success. One if not two of those teams will falter down the stretch and open the door for the Lakers. Why will the Lakers make the playoffs? Two Words. Kobe Bryant. The Dwight Howard experiment has been a disaster so far, but I think he is going to pull his head out of his butt and realize he needs to step up for this team to win. Howard is the best center in the league and can change the game defensively. If he worries about defense, the offense will come. Steve Nash will continue to do whatever is needed and Gasol will return from injury for the home stretch. The Lakers are old but talented and talent can win you games in the NBA, and they have shown flashes of brilliance. They also have a little extra motivation after the passing of owner Jerry Buss. All they need to do is get hot and the rest is history.

Mocking both the Lakers here and BYU in my column is like a hated team holiday for me. But attempting to remove the majority of my bias, the Lakers still aren’t making the playoffs. Here’s why. They’re old and they play old. Younger, more athletic teams seem to run right around and over them. Check out the injury list: Steve Nash’s leg, Pau Gasol’s foot, Dwight Howard’s back, Kobe Bryant’s ego: It starts sounding like a retirement home hospital list. Their defense is non-existent. Currently at 23rd in the league and consistently allowing more than 100 points a game, there’s not much hope for LA. Mike D’Antoni has never been known for defense and these Lakers aren’t outscoring you any time soon. They’re cranky. Kobe can’t give up being the man all the time in order to win and doesn’t know how to get along with Dwight, which means they’re also on the kindergarten playground. The front office doesn’t want drama but keeps throwing themselves into trade considerations anyways. Let’s be honest: Gasol is the ugliest man on the planet, Nash is about as ineffective as a BYU student section, having that many superstars means you have no bench, and it’s about time the Lakers had this happen. Everyone has to lose at some point, and it looks like Los Angeles has found their year. Seeing as the Jazz aren’t going too far, we can at least rejoice in Laker destruction.

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compared to 35.2 percent for BYU. Unfortunately for the Aggies, missed free throws and foul trouble caught up with them. In a game that saw 51 total fouls, USU had five of its eight players finish with at least four fouls, including Shaw who fouled out with two minutes remaining. The Aggies also went 17-�of-�27 from the

free throw line while the Cougars were 28-�of-�33. Utah State dropped to 18-�7 overall with the loss and remained at 9-�5 in conference play. The Aggies play their second consecutive non-�confer-� ence game this week when they host Illinois State on Saturday in what will be the final year of ESPN bracketbusters. “We’re disappointed,� Butterfield said. “I know

we fought back, we were down early. We pulled together as a family. We just came so close so right now we’re just a little dis-� appointed. But we’ll pick it back up, we’ll be alright, we’ll bounce back.� Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. – curtislundstrom@gmail. com Twitter: @CurtisLundstrom

JUNIOR FORWARD JARRED SHAW floats a shot over BYU’s Bronson Kaufusi on Saturday. Shaw fouled out with two minutes remaining. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

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USU 6th at Folino Invite BY CONNER COMEAU staff writer

The men’s golf team finished up play on Tuesday at the Cal State Fullerton-�hosted Folino Invitational. Junior Tanner Higham carded a 1-�under-�par 71 in the final round, ending the tournament with a 3-�over-�par 219 to finish the tournament tied for sixth place overall. Freshman Seokwon Jeon finished the final round with an even-�par 72, ending with a 12-�over 228 and placing tied for 20th. Freshman Reed Platke finished tied for 22nd with a 13-�over 229. Senior Brendan Dennis finished with a 22-�over 238 and senior Kris Sayer finished with a 25-�over 241. Utah State finished with the third-�best team score of the day, finishing with an 8-�over 296. This score moved the team from eighth place to a sixth-�place overall finish. Long Beach State ended up winning the team title with an 8-�over 872 overall. Utah State posted a 46-�over 910 for the tournament. The Aggies will continue play on March 28th when they head to Arroyo Grande, Calif., to compete in the Cypress Ridge Match Play championship hosted by Cal Poly. TEAM RESULTS 1. Long Beach State -� 294-�289-�289 -�-�-� 872 (+8) 2. UC Irvine -� 290-�287-�299 -�-�-� 876 (+12) 3. Loyola Marymount -� 302-�299-�294 -�-�-� 895 (+31) 4. Cal State Fullerton -� 298-�288-�311 -�-�-� 897 (+33) 5. Sacramento State -� 297-�296-�313 -�-�-� 906 (+42) 6. UTAH STATE -� 309-�305-�296 -�-�-� 910 (+46) INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Tyler Torano, Loyola Marymount -� 75-�67-�72 -�-�-� 214 (-�2) 1. Ryan Williams, Sacramento State -� 69-�70-�75 -�-�-� 214 (-�2) 1. Travis Russell, UC Irvine -� 71-�71-�72 -�-�-� 214 (-�2) 4. Daniel Chian, Long Beach State -� 74-�71-�71 -�-�-� 216 (E) 4. Pete Fernandez, UC Irvine -� 71-�70-�75 -�-�-� 216 (E) UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS T6. Tanner Higham -� 75-�73-�71 -�-�-� 219 (+3) T20. Seokwon Jeon -� 78-�78-�72 -�-�-� 228 (+12) T22. Reed Platke -� 77-�79-�73 -�-�-� 229 (+13) T42. Brendan Dennis -� 82-�76-�80 -�-�-� 238 (+22) T45. Kris Sayer -� 79-�78-�84 -�-�-� 241 (+25) – connor.comeau@aggiemail.usu.edu Twitter: @Connor_Comeau

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Hunger and poverty are our problems The world isn’t fair. On Wednesday, students and community members gathered in the TSC Ballroom for the Annual Hunger Banquet. Only a fraction were able to eat a three-course meal in comfort, while most sat on the floor and ate rice and beans. For most of us, visual representations of the world’s economic disparity interrupt our lives An Editorial Opinion only once every few months. According to a World Bank study, at least 80 percent of Earth’s population lives on less than $10 a day. We thank STEP and organizations like it for bringing the issue home. Visual representations are often more powerful than statistics, and it’s good to remember that many parts of the world are impoverished. Many people — regardless of their home country — don’t eat regular meals. We don’t want to be that person at the party, but conversations about poverty really put our complaints in perspective. This winter, Logan has been cold at times. Much colder than last year, but not out of the ordinary. Still, we’ve all complained about leaving our gas-heated homes to start the defrosters in our cars, so we can drive to university. The number of opportunities and conveniences mentioned in the previous sentence alone is something to be thankful for. A global perspective doesn’t mean we should all live in poverty but brings greater appreciation for the thousands of comforts and advantages we don’t really think about. Although the issues aren’t exactly the same, the wealth divide between developed countries and the rest of the world parallels the divide between the wealthy and middle class in the U.S. But can we really protest Wall Street millionaires if we don’t share what we have? We may not be the 1 percent, but many of us are the 20 percent. If a middle-class American doesn’t help in some way, he’s different from a millionaire in circumstance but not sentiment. We don’t all have to leave our jobs to be humanitarians, but we don’t have to leave charitable giving to Bill Gates, either. Thousands of people are already combating poverty, famine and lack of clean water across the globe, and they could always use more resources. A little research brings up dozens of good organizations — Futures for Children, Action Against Hunger, the Global Hunger Project, Oxfam-America and Save the Children, to name only a few. A donation to a well-chosen humanitarian organization can help families develop access to food, water and the other basic commodities of life. Charitable giving isn’t the only way to help, either. Decreasing unnecessary consumption of electricity, water and food puts us in a better position to help others and ensure commodities are more affordable in our own communities. Buying fair trade products sends the message that you care about the treatment of workers, even if they’re halfway across the globe. The world isn’t fair, but we don’t have to like it that way.

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istic in that dramatizationâ€? of Cubans seizing our guns. “It can happen here,â€? he warned. But that is yesterday’s dystopia. In a sense, LaPierre’s argument fell victim to the 15$¡V RZQ VXFFHVV ,W¡V KDUG to argue that the federal government is coming to seize your guns when that same government is working overtime to enshrine the power of the Second Amendment. During the Bush administration, Attorney General John Ashcroft pushed for an expanded interpretation of the Second Amendment, and the White House helped push through special protections for the gun industry. As George W. Bush’s administration furthered an ardent pro-gun agenda in sync with the 15$¡V SRVLWLRQ /D3LHUUH had to find a new strategy. So today, LaPierre isn’t spending so much time warning of an overweening, tyrannical federal government; he is more interested in social collapse. The shift can be dated to late 2005, specifically the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In the 1990s, LaPierre had noted the role “armed citizens played in stabilizing a community against the crime and looting that followed in the wake of Hurricane Andrew that same year.â€? But it was subtheme, never a drumbeat. After all, with President Clinton pushing for monumental gun vio-

lence laws, including the Assault Weapons Ban and the Brady Bill, LaPierre’s specter of federal government had some purchase. After Katrina, the “fear of social collapse� argument moved to center stage. A pamphlet invoked Katrina to warn that you can be “reduced to the final and purest form of self-reliance in the face of terrifying anarchy.� The dystopia LaPierre has been peddling since then is less an all-powerful U.S. government than a government that is helpless to protect you. LaPierre’s pivot was on full display in an article he wrote last week for the Daily Caller. After describing the “hellish world� left in Hurricane Sandy’s wake, he goes on to catalog his fears: “Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Riots. Terrorists. Gangs. Lone Criminals. These are perils we are sure to face — not just maybe.� But the full conversion comes five paragraphs later, when he writes: “Gun owners are not buying firearms because they anticipate a confrontation with the government. Rather, we anticipate confrontations where the government isn’t there — or simply doesn’t show up in time.� Forget totalitarianism. 1RZ ZH QHHG WR IHDU WRWDO anarchy. – Sam Kleiner is a student at Yale Law School.

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state accreditation requirements for three consecutive years. Four schools, including JeffersonHouston Elementary School in Alexandria, are currently eligible, and two more, on the state warning list, are threatened. Modeled after programs that have proved successful in Michigan and Louisiana, the proposal would give the new state division the power to make personnel decisions, bring in turnaround experts or contract with charter networks or institutions of higher learning in managing the schools, actions that local school officials are XQZLOOLQJ RU XQDEOH WR GR 1RW only would Virginia be able to do more than plead and prod but the change would also put all schools on notice that there will be consequences for failure. School improvement won’t

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Today is Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Rob Lowe, a senior from Spanish Fork, Utah majoring in finance, economics, and international business.

Almanac Today in History: On Feb. 21, 1965, Malcolm X, an African American national-� ist and religious leader, was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while address-� ing his Organization of Afro-�American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.

Weather High: 23° Low: 17° Skies: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Chance of snow 20 percent.

Healthy Sexuality Workshop (3), TSC 310B 12-�1:30 p.m. Letting Go-�Dealing With Loss Workshop, TSC 310 1:30-�2:30 p.m. USU Yarncraft Guild, TSC Juniper Lounge 7-�9 p.m. Body Fat Percentage—Underwater Weighing, HPER 4-�6 p.m.

SaturdayFeb 23 Saturdays at the Museum of Anthropology, Old Main 10-�4 p.m. Poetry and a Beverage, TSC International Lounge 9-�11 p.m. Animal Tracks Snowshoe Hike, ORC 10-�2 p.m. Battle of the Bands, Nelson Field House 5-�9 p.m.

SaturdayFeb 23 Saturdays at the Museum of Anthropology, Old Main 10-�4 p.m. Poetry and a Beverage, TSC International Lounge 9-�11 p.m. Animal Tracks Snowshoe Hike, ORC 10-�2 p.m. Battle of the Bands, Nelson Field House 5-�9 p.m.

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Getting The Most Out of Your Sleep Workshop, TSC 310 11:30-�12:30 p.m. Navigating a Crisis of Faith Workshop, TSC 310B 4:30-�6 p.m. Stress Management and Wellness Workshop, TSC 310B 5-�6:30 p.m. Italian Club, Old Main 5:30-�6:30 p.m. Miss American INdian USU Pageant, TSC Ballroom 6-�8 p.m. Full Moon Snowshoe Hike, ORC 6-�8 p.m.

TuesdayFeb 26 Relaxation Workshop, TSC 310B 2:30-�4 p.m. Managing ADHD Workshop, TSC 310B 10:30-�11:30 a.m. Time Management: Balance Life, Work, School 11:30-�12:30 p.m. Provost’s Series on Instructional Excellence-� Flipped/Blended Classroom, Library 3:30-�5 p.m. Birdgerland Literacy Fundraiser, All Day

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Aggie Ice Cream will be open until 10 p.m. in support of the Aggie Men’s Basketball Game this Saturday. Come in and try a Chewbacca shake. Come join the LDS Institute at a free night at the Sports Academy this Friday. You’ll have access to gyms, the swimming pool, basketball courts, etc. Bring your friends. This event will run from 9:30-�12:00 p.m. on Feb. 22 USU Chapter of Fight the New Drug is hosting Battle of the Bands! It will be Feb. 23 in the Fieldhouse from 5-�10 p.m. There will be local bands and sponsors and tons of great prizes just for showing up. Cost is $4 in advance at KSM Guitars or $6 at the door. Come enjoy great music and great people. Getting the Most Out of Your Sleep Workshop: Learn how to deal with sleep problems as well as how to manage your sleep to get the most rest from the time you have. The workshop will be Feb. 25 from 11:30-�12:30 p.m. in Taggart Student Center Room 310 B. Please call 435-�797-�1012 to reserve a seat. Human Rights activist Jen Marlowe will be speaking Feb. 25. Jen’s speech will focus on many human rights issues, including: Palestine, Bahrain, Honduras, death pen-� alty, and how people resist human rights abuse and defend their rights in different places and under different circumstances. Jen Marlowe is an award-�winning docu-� mentary filmmaker, author, playwright and human rights activist. Through film, writing, theatre and other artistic platforms, Jen seeks to share the resilience and courage of those who have been marginalized and oppressed and are choosing resistance with nonviolence, humanity and dignity. Managing ADHD Workshop. This workshop is set to help students learn skills to maintain attention and focus, both in academics and in their personal lives. Attendees will learn skills that will help them to improve their attention, listening skills, learning strategies, and scheduling in order to make their lives easier and more organized. The workshop is Feb. 26 from 10:30-�11:30 a.m. in TSC Room 310 B. Please call 435-� 797-�1012 to reserve a seat.

On Feb. 28 USU’s Alumni Association will be hosting an event on campus called Love a Donor Day. Booths will be set up from 9-�2 p.m. in Library RM 101, outside the ballroom on the 2nd Floor of the TSC, and at the Alumni Center for students to write a quick thank you note to some of USU’s donors. Everyone that writes a thank you note will be entered into a drawing to win prizes donated by local busi-� nesses. The Human Library offers “living books� to be checked out for a conversation. The Feb. 27 Human Library will be focused on religion and spiritual pathways. Each human book is unique and has something to share regarding his or her experiences, perspectives, values, or beliefs. Readers are invited to select books that offer new experiences and viewpoints so that both the book and the reader can learn some-� thing new and foster understanding through a shared conversation. Conversations can be up to 30 minutes long.

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Primaries next week for ASUSU offices Years at USU: 3 Qualifications: •Business Council Marketing VP •A-Team/Freshmen Peer Mentor •Student Alumni Association - A-Week Chair •Psi Sigma Phi Fraternity - Secretary/ Sargent of Arms •USU Multicultural Recruitment Council •Student Advisory Council Goals: •Establish a clear protocol of how students can express their suggestions and concerns. •Build a new relationship between students and ASUSU that allows more accessibility, equality, and unity. •Help brand Utah State University to standout among universities throughout the nation. Campaign Platform: “Create opportunities for students now and in the future to improve their education by bridging the gap between the student body, ASUSU, and the administration.â€?

Lectures Board member 2011-2012. Goals: •End Racism •Free Lunch for all students •Redistribute some of the top 1% of student’s grades to the bottom 10% •Have love abound on campus. •Re-establish Confidence in the future for our students. Campaign Platform: “There is a disease on campus, and unlike incurable diseases, like AIDS, USU’s disease IS curable, but only by the best doctor. I am that doctor, metaphorically speaking.â€?

Casey Saxton Class Rank: Junior Hometown: Geneva, Idaho Major: Business Administration Minor: Political Science Years at USU: 2 1/2

Goals: •Work with Logan’s Downtown Alliance and local businesses to gain more support for Aggie Athletics from the community to make Logan an even better college town •Provide support and funding for The HURD and student events, such as tailgates, watch parties, and road trips, to promote Aggie Pride and create an infectious gameday atmosphere •Collaborate with students, student athletes and the Athletics Department to implement marketing strategies that raise support and student attendance at all athletic events •Lead the Aggie Life and Wellness Center Policy Board to provide student insight into the planning and designing of the new student facility •Support club sports and intramurals by voicing student opinions while overseeing the Campus Rec Policy Board and Campus Rec Fee Committee Campaign Platform: “I will promote Aggie Pride in the campus and community, acknowledge, support and represent students and student athletes, and help lead Athletics and Campus Recreation to a new level of excellence.â€?

Qualifications: •President, Utah State College Republicans (2012-2013). •Diversity Chair, ASUSU Diversity & RESIDENT Organizations Council •Josue Carias (2012-2013). •Member, ASUSU •Luke Ensign President’s Cabinet •Doug Fiefia (2012-2013). •Hayden Smith •Student Body President, Cokeville High •Chaise Warr School (2007-2008). •Graduate, LeaderEmily Esplin ship Institute’s Youth Class Rank: Junior Leadership School and Hometown: HarrisJosue Carias Student Activism Conville, Utah Class Rank: Senior ference (2012). Major: Elementary Hometown: Hyrum, •Public Relations & Education Utah Marketing Intern, USU Minor: Organizational Major: Finance and Extension (2011-2013). Communications Economics Goals: Years at USU: 3 Years at USU: 2 years •Establish stricter and more consistent auditQualifications Qualifications: ing practices for our •ASUSU President’s student fees to ensure •Created my own imCabinet; 2 years student fee money is port/export business •A-Team Peer Mentor; being used to benefit •Created new jobs in 3 Years students and enhance local and international •SOAR Office Student the experience. economy 6 college am-­1 pm Coordinator; 2 years •Diversify the Student •Class Officer in High •6 consecutive years of Fee Board at-large School leadership positions Hayden Smith membership to include Goals: Goals: Class Rank: Junior students not actively (limited time only!) •Implementation of a •I will implement inHometown: North involved in other parking assistance sys- Ogden novative ways to help ASUSU committees tem (an app that shows Major: Finance and counteract the increasand councils. ing costs of tuition and available parking) Economics •Encourage student improve the value of •Creation of a new Years at USU: 2 1/2 officers to reach out Y2 fluffy buttermilk an education at USU. parking structure to and participate in pancakes •I will serve as an ad•Reduction of student Qualifications: other groups, clubs, Garrett Schiffman vocate for the student Y2 sizzling strips of fees and organizations •I am a third generaClass Rank: Junior body with the faculty honey-cured bacon •Cutting out general on campus to better tion Utah State Aggie Hometown: Proviand administration at Y2 sausage links requirement classes understand how to rep- dence, Utah •I have been involved USU. eggs your way most students perceive in variousY2student resent a wider variety Major: Recreation •I will actively seek Y served with to be time wasting of students. government groups allhot maple Management student’s opinions and •Moving Wellness Cen- throughout syrup •Promote a student my school Years at USU: 2 keep them informed on Must show student ID for this amazing deal! No other discounts or coupons apply government that is ter to a more accescareer issues that may influmore inclusive by betsible location •I6have in Qualifications: am-­1participated pm ence ter advertising opporCampaign Platform: •Club President-USU many service projects. the cost and quality of tunities for students “Parking needs to Baseball •I am an active student their education. to get involved with be improved. Student •Member of the Policy •I will work with the Goals: ASUSU committees only!) •Develop a more fees (limited need to time be lowBoard for the Agcollege senators to help and councils in order ered. Unnecessary gie Legacy Field and accomplish their goals. involved relationship to diversify student general requirement future 6 am-­Aggie 1 pm Life and •I will bridge the gap between ASUSU and representation. classes need to be cut Wellness Center between the Executhe students. •Facilitate an envi•Poor Student- 3 years from the required cur- •More Visibility and tive Council and the ronment for the USU of school completed riculum.â€? Academic Senate. participation from student government to (limited time only!) Debt Free Campaign Platform: ASUSU. become a more proac•Two year LDS Church “I will establish Luke Ensign •Better utilize the use tive and action-orientMission. innovative ways to onClass Rank: Junior of the latest technoloed body. Goals: counteract increasing Major: FCHD and PoCampaign Platform: gies of communication •Give current students educational costs; I litical Science “I pledge absolute such as social media every opportunity to will keep students inY2 fluffy buttermilk Hometown: Sandy, Ut. integrity, proactive maple used by students and enjoy extracurricular formed andpancakes serve as Years at USU: 3 leadership, and to be the Utah State Univeractives. an advocate for their Y2 sizzling strips of or this amazing deal! No other discounts action-oriented in orsity.or coupons apply •Work with other opinions, ideas, and bacon honey-cured Qualifications: der to effectively work •Provide more activielected officials and concerns.â€? Y2 sausage links on behalf of students •ASUSU Arts and Lec- ties and events to betfaculty to ensure USU Y2 eggs your way as the next ASUSU tures Director ter the overall student students are getting Joshua S. LeFevre Executive Vice PresiY served with hot maple •ASUSU Government their needs met. life here at Utah State Class Rank: Junior dent.â€? Relations Council syrup •Do my best to stretch University. Hometown: Kaysville, Must show student ID for this amazing deal! No other discounts or coupons apply •ASUSU Aggie Blue current USU students Utah •Grow the level Facilitator dollar. Major: Double Major of involvement in •Capitol and Support •Work with USU in Nutrition Science school sponFund Board Member faculty and staff to and Communication sored groups such as •Worked For Congress recruit new students Studies clubs, Greek commuGoals: and retain students Years at USU: 3 nity and school comso that long standing •I will set up a network mittees. traditions continue to to assist students in Qualifications: Campaign Platform: stay strong •I bring a wealth of holding ASUSU of“I want to be the •Receive ideas and diverse leadership ficers accountable ATHLETICS VP voice of the students. insight from USU stuexperience ranging for their work, and to My focus is to improve •Charley dents for the progress from USU Club estabbecome more involved student life through and development of the lishment, Riddle with ASUSU decisions. bettering communiAggie Wellness Center. local grassroots •Help students have •Garrett cation between the Campaign Platform: organizations, being more say in where students and the Utah Schiffman “As a 3rd generation a coach, a personal Student Fees go. There State community. Your Aggie my goal in runtrainer and involved should be more underVoice. Your School.â€? ning for Athletics/Rec with various religious standing, and more VP is keeping spirorganizations. More discussion. Students ited traditions at USU, than that, I bring the deserve more say. traditions, bringing in Charley Riddle qualities of under•Organize think tanks new students, lowering Class Rank: Senior standing, direction, so that any student can costs so experiences kindness, empathy and Major: Biology participate in the hapare more available.â€? Minors: Chemistry, others needed to guide penenings of ASUSU. Business us to future success. •Build a more campus Years at USU: 4 Goals: wide community that •Speak Up. Listen Up. involves every student Qualifications: Get Out. Break from (this includes plans EXECUTIVE VP •HURD Committee the mold of simply of more accessible member since 2010 listening to students •Jesse Budd ASUSU). •Regularly worked and provide an interacNow accepting applications fortive conversation for •Emily Esplin closely with current •I will hold other of- 2014LeFevre school year! students’ ideas to be •Joshua and past ASUSU Athficers accountable tothe 2013 letic VP’s vocalized and applied. their work and help •Casey Saxton •New Student Orien•Edible Campus. Prothem achieve goals DIVERSITY VP tation facilitator and vide innovative projthat the student body •Adam Addley Admissions Office inects to increase sussees fit to accomplish. tern, which has providtainability and expand •Blake DeVries Campaign Platform: students’ opportunities ed a strong knowledge “As President, my Jesse Budd •Sonina of university policies to establish a healthy priority is helping stuClass Rank: Junior Hernandez •Have volunteered for lifestyle. dents become involved Hometown: Riverton, several ASUSU events •Etch USU. With our •Luis D. Utah with the decision makbeginning freshman logos rebranded, now Rodriguez Major: Business Maring of ASUSU through year is the time to strike innovative and interac- keting •Initiated the recent and improve our repuYears at USU: 3.5 tive means. I will help changes to the structation and influence in every Aggie feel he/ ture of The HURD the academic world. Qualifications: she belongs here.â€? from a club to the Campaign Platform: •Entrepreneur Adam Addley entire student body “I believe in our •Utah State Film Club Name: Doug Fiefia Class Rank: Junior •Dedicated Aggie Athability to speak up, rHometown: South Jor- President Hometown: Logan, letics fan, and promotlisten up, get out and •Logan Film Festival Utah dan, Utah er of Aggie Pride and develop a healthy Vice Major: Business Adsupport during athletic Major: Pre-Art campus abundant with •President, Arts and Years at USU: Three events career opportunities.â€? ministration

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Qualifications: •Strong knowledge, experience, and interest in culture and religion •Time spent abroad exploring and experiencing new cultures •Hands-on experience helping people with disabilities gain access to higher education Goals: •Continue to support a non-discriminatory environment on campus and act as an advocate for diverse programs to the Asusu executive council, and Usu administration •Have an understanding of the CSCO funds and allocate those funds accordingly to help enhance large diversity events. (NASC Pow-Wow, PSU Luau, Diversity Week, etc.) •Create events that will provide rich cultural experiences for the students •Make opportunities for diverse experiences more available and more easily accessible •Continue to enhance and develop cultural programs and organizations on campus Campaign Platform: “Weaving together the strengths of diverse students and cultures to enhance the USU experience. Many voices equal better choices.â€? Blake DeVries Class Rank: Junior Hometown: Sandy Major: Public Relations Years at USU: 3 Qualifications: •President’s cabinet •Student Fee Board •Government Relations Council •Best Buddies •Board for the new ASUSU website •A-Team Goals: •I will continue to exemplify the diversity at Utah State University through club support and reinforcing diversity so that all students may find a place to belong. •I will increase the efficiency of Council of Student Clubs and Organization meetings by providing fluidity of guidance-based information. •I will amplify efficient communication between clubs, organizations, diversity and administration. •I will improve public relations and advertisement for club/ diversity functions, activities and events. •I will include international students by helping their programs to succeed. Campaign Platform: “I will ensure that EVERYONE has a place to belong at Utah State University, EVERYONE can celebrate their diversity and EVERYONE can make a difference in their own significant way.â€? Sonina Hernandez Class Rank: Junior Hometown: Sandy, UT Major: Global Communications Years at USU: 3 Qualifications: •Current Diversity Chair under ASUSU Organizations and Campus Diversity VP. 2012-201 •Work for Access & Diversity Center 20102013 •A-team Peer Mentor Member 2010-2013 •Vice President Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. 20122013 •Historian and Recruitment Chair Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. 2011-2012 •Secretary Latino Stu-

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No other discounts or coupons apply Thomas Bryner, for Aggie Culture and nity Scholarship and chair or representative projects, and I pledge Hometown: Las VeClass Rank: Junior Entertainment Board Connection course from every organizagas, NV to do everything in Hometown: Logan, UT (P.L.A.C.E.) for underrepresented tion that does service. Major: Marketing my power to not raise Major: Parks and Rec•Providing Quality incoming students. •Through the CSSC, Years at USU: 3 student fees for any reation acts & entertainment •Organizing and have a detailed and reason. Year at USU: 3 for the USU student implementing new publicized schedule Qualifications: •Student Voice combody through the Agtraining program for with available service •Government Relamittee I plan to Access&Diversity Cen- gie Alumni Association Qualifications: events that do not over- utilize the SVC for its tions Council Chair •Volunteer as a coach •Innovate Homecomter presidencies. lap each other. 2012-2013 intended purpose. By for Special Olympics ing & Week of WelGoals: •Give the opportu•Student Fee Board working with college 2010-present come activities by add•Better the communinity for organizations Student at Large 2013 senators •Special Olympics ing the Annual Aggie cation lines between and students to try •Assists planning and so they can appoint a Management team CSCO clubs, underrep- forConcert new things and build organizing of Brutally student from his/her accepting applications member •Hone our Aggie Traresented students, and future leaders through Honest pannel 2012 college so that every •Director of Aggie 2013 - 2014 school year! ditions, Activities, & ASUSU. service. •Out-of-State Recruitcollege is equally repSpecial Olympics team Campaign Platform: Events by introducing •Putting on events ment Team President resented. in the service center the Aggie Experience with organizations “I will endeavor to 2010-2013 •Athletic Gender and 2011-present ww Campaign and departments for provide opportunities •A-Team and ConMinority Issues SubGoals: •Re-Energize the USU the FULL Academic and resources to all nections Peer Mentor committee – As a memapp by adding an event •Improve information school year. students and organiza2010-2012 ber of Psi Sigma Phi, I so that students can survey for Students to •Create cooperation tions that want to do •Best Buddies memfirmly believe that all fill out after participat- have an easier way of between students, service. I will provide ber 2010-2013 people have the same finding service events ing in events departments, and the a worthwhile experi•Aggie B.L.U.E. facilirights, and if the opthrough the continued Campaign Platform: community in order to ence for students that portunity presents, and tator advancement of the “T.J. Pratt Program provide unity, undervolunteer and serve.â€? •Aggie Radio host students want to be service center web That! is more than a standing, and overall Goals: heard, I will actively page, and the I am campaign; it’s a new educational activities. •I will generate more sit on and participate campaign. culture for USU. By •Continue to improve student involvement in the AGMIS commit•Continue legislation fostering our brand, the structure and purwith the Utah Legistee and address any on unifying service efour culture, we can pose of CSCO in order lature by broadening concerns that they forts campus wide. make USU unlike any to benefit all student the applications for have. •Work on bringing the other University in clubs/organizations the Government Rela•Sitting on the ALWC service center up to America.â€? and their advisors. tions Council. 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Improvement Fund • Represent USU at •Attended a Leaderlations.â€? (CIF). junior college campus ship Retreat •Recruit underrepreShayli Elliott visits, high school pre•Helped plan and sented and underpriviClass Rank: Junior sentations, and recruit- participate in other leged students into the Hometown: Cortez, ment open houses activities such as: The College of Science. Colorado • Student Body PresiHoliday Social, VariCampaign Platform: Major: Biological Enous dent, Snow College, “Students will exit gineering •Service Projects: FesEphraim, UT, April our university with Years at USU: 3 years tival of Trees 2010 to April 2011 higher standards of in•Selected to work as a • Managed a budget of tellectual achievement Qualifications: student counselor for over $200,000 GRAD STUDIES and financial stabil•Active member of Hashawha- Outdoor • Represented Snow SENATOR ity as undergraduate School (2012) the Society of Women College on the state research, classroom •Secretary of my Engineer level as a member of •Brittney development and instudent body in High •Member of the Engithe Utah Student AsGarbrick School (2011) ternship experiences neering Council sociation •Crista Sorensen •Helped coordinate a are improved as result •Previously a Resi• Selected by the local blood drive (2011) of my efforts.â€? dent Assistant for the United States Library •Worked with MaryLiving Leaning Comof Congress as one of land School for the Kellie Erickson munity 15 American student Hometown: La Mirada, •Montezuma-Cortez body presidents to rep- Deaf to gather voulenteers for activities Calif High School Senior resent the nation on an such as: Sports Games, Major: Biology Class President and exchange to Moscow, From page 15

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Brittney Garbick Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Class: Grad Major: Masters in Human Resources and Masters in Business Administration Qualifications: •Masters of Human Resources Student Association Vice President •Alpha Chi Omega Vice President •B.S., Business Administration emphasis in Finance Goals: •Increase graduate student involvement within each of their departments and the university as a whole. •Provide avenues for graduate students to get equal opportunities for research and project funding • Incorporate a graduate student committee to act as a liaison between each department and its graduate students •Provide better benefits, funding, and scholarships for graduate students •Create awareness for all graduate students as to what is offered/ available from the Graduate School as far as funding, scholarships, etc. Campaign Platform: My plan is to give a voice back to the graduate students within ASUSU and within their own colleges. We are a huge part of this campus and it is about time we start showing it. Crista Sorenson Class Rank: Masters 1st year Hometown: American Fork, UT Major: Plant Science, MS Years at USU: 4 Qualifications: •Manager for the USU Student Organic Farm for two seasons •Actively served on the Ag Student Council for two years •Serve on several committees within the University Student Health and Wellness Advisory Board •Sustainability Council •Blue Goes Green Grant Committee •Student Director of Students for Sustainability Goals: •Address the unique needs of graduate students when organizing events. • Approach meetings with an open mind when dealing with increasing fees, graduate students have different needs. •Bring a perspective of maturity and life experience to student involvement groups. •Help bring increased study support for the over crowed classes •Increase student engagement for the Presidents Climate Action Plan of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Campaign Platform: “I have a strong desire to serve my graduate student body with a mature and open mind. I have strong leadership skills. Once I start a project, I see it through to the end.â€?

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