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Swaner Preserve has fund-raiser By JESSICA SWEAT staff writer

This weekend Swaner Preserve and Ecocenter, along with new partner Utah State University, will host their first joint fundraising event called “Back in the Saddle.” The intent for Back in the Saddle is to restore the old Rhinestone Cowboy event while showcasing the new partnership that has begun to form. The evening will also stand as an opportunity for both parties to get to know each other. Guests will be welcomed Sept. 4 at the Gray Barron Ranch in Park City, Utah for an evening packed with activities. A Meet ’n Mix n’ Mingle will take Students run to catch the bus on 700 North, which will be closed Saturday for the last Week of Welcome event. CARL R. WILSON

Road closed for concert By MEGAN BAINUM assistant news editor

Seventh North, the main road running east-west through campus, will be closed starting at 11 a.m. Sept. 4 for the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus concert starting at eight that night. The road will be blocked off from the Blue Premium parking lot on 700 North to the Fine Arts Building. There will be full access to the Big Blue parking terrace and Blue lots as well as the Fine Arts parking. Tom Atwood, ASUSU programming vice president, said it was about an eight-week process

to get permission to shut down the road. The Logan mayor and police, Cache Valley Transit District (CVTD), and Logan City Events Licensing all had to approve the plan before it was permitted. Since the road is going to be closed all day Saturday, CVTD had to redirect one of their bus routes. However, CVTD Director of Marketing and Personal Relations Lisa Peterson said that they were happy to make changes so the university can have their activities. “We changed the route enough to still be able to service the same area,” Peterson

said, “and since that route was mainly for students, we hope they will be more understanding because it is a university activity.” Peterson said closing down the road for the day didn’t cause any big issues but they appreciated the fact they were told about it in advance. “We appreciated the chance they gave us to give them our input but we are always happy to work with the university,” Peterson said. The Admissions office is one of the sponsors for the event and was in favor of holding the concert because they felt it was a good way to welcome incom-

- See 700 NORTH, page 4

- See ECOCENTER, page 4

New dining options By CATHERINE MEIDELL news editor

ing freshmen to Utah State. “The Admissions office has been partnering with offices like ASUSU to sponsor activities the week before school starts as well as the first week of classes in an effort to create a friendly and smooth transition for our new students,” Jen Putnam, director of admissions said. She said the Admissions office spends all year working with prospective students and “assuring them of the unique atmosphere and experience that is found at Utah State.” “When they actually arrive

place at 5:30 p.m. Dinner by Culinary Crafts will be served followed by dancing to music from The Joe Muscolino Band. Vocalists Nicole Madison, of Park City, and Gabe Redondo will also entertain. However, the main event will be the equineorchestral performance of a piece entitled “A Symphony of Movement and Life.” Donnette Hicks from Sage Creek Equestrian in Heber created a show in which horses will move to live music provided by The American Festival Orchestra. Well-known trainer Jim Hicks brings two of his own stallions, Rembrandt and I’m the

Marketplace and Junction have been greater than ever,” he said. Currently 1,400-1,500 students are actively using their traditional meal plans, which give each student a set number of meals to use every week. Meals that are not used within the week are not transferable to the next. This type of meal plan now allows students to eat in The Skyroom restaurant located on the third floor of the Taggart Student Center, said Amy Rasmussen, catering sales associate. “My biggest concern in using The Skyroom is taking care of the waitresses up

Student meal plans are now more flexible, so students in a rush can grab a pizza pocket in The Quickstop and student looking for a relaxing, sit-down mean can enjoy a buffet in The Skyroom. The expansion of choices accompanying meal plans has been a relief to the lunchtime rush in The Marketplace and Junction, said Alan Andersen, dining services director, because the number of students with meal plans has increased. “Housing is as full as it’s been in many years. Demands on the - See QUICKSTOP, page 4

Department head injured after colliding with car

By BENJAMIN WOOD editor in chief

Sean Michael, department head of landscape architecture and environmental planning, was injured Wednesday after colliding with a car on 800 East. Michael was descending 800 East on his bicycle when the vehicle he was following turned left to enter the underground parking for Kampus Korner. According to witnesses at the scene, Michael attempted to pass the vehicle on its left side, striking it in the area of the driver’s side window and breaking through the glass with his head and shoulder. Scott Egbert, a junior in economics, witnessed the accident from his apartment in Kampus Korner and said that to his knowledge, Michaels appeared to be traveling at an approximate rate of 25 mph. “The biker t-boned the jeep,” Egbert said. Inside the vehicle were two female students; the

driver, who wished to remain unnamed, and Dani Jensen, who was in the passenger seat. “I was texting and didn’t know what was going on,” Jensen said. “I heard (the driver) scream and looked up and there was glass flying at me.” Jensen said that after the accident, Michael was bleeding from around the area of his ear and shoulder, but was responsive and able to walk. After officers of the Logan City Police Department arrived, Michael was picked up by his wife and presumably transported to the hospital. A source within the university said Michael is in Salt Lake City being treated for a broken neck but The Utah Statesman was unable to confirm his current condition. Both female passengers received cuts on their legs from the broken glass. The LCPD could not be reached for comment on this story. Additional reporting by Alison Ostler. Sean Michael, cyclist and LAEP department head was injured in an accident Sept. 2 on 800 East. Female driver looks on as – b.c.wood@aggiemail.usu.edu Michael’s injuries are evaluated at the scene ALLISON OSTLER photo

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ClarifyCorrect

A story in the Sept. 1 issue of The Utah Statesman incorrectly stated that Utah Representative Sheryl Allen is running against Peter Corroon in the upcoming Utah Governer’s election. Corroon selected Allen to be his running mate in the gubernatorial campaign.

More talks for Israel and Palestine

WASHINGTON (AP) – In an early sign of promise, Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged Thursday in a cordial first round of talks to keep meeting at regular intervals, aiming to nail down a framework for overcoming deep disputes and achieving lasting peace within a year. As their facilitator-in-chief, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to rise above the suspicion and skepticism that has blocked peace efforts Mormon church, Jewish for decades. “By being here today, you each have leaders tackle proxy baptism taken an important step toward freeing your peoples from the shackles of a history we cannot change,” she SALT LAKE CITY (AP) –The Mormon church says it has changed said. The eventual aim is the creation of a sovereign its genealogical database to better Palestinian state beside a secure Israel. prevent the names of Jews killed Thursday’s results, in the first face-to-face peace in Nazi concentration camps from talks between Israelis and Palestinians in nearly two being submitted for posthumous years, were modest – and acknowledged as such by baptism by proxy. all sides. There was no detailed negotiation on any In a joint statement issued substantive issue, according to George Mitchell, the Wednesday, The Church of Jesus administration’s special envoy for Mideast peace, Christ of Latter-day Saints and a who held months of preparatory talks and was a parcoalition of Jewish leaders said a ticipant in most of the day’s discussions. new computer system and policy Netanyahu and Abbas will meet again on Sept. 14 changes related to the practice 15 in the Middle East, probably at the Egyptian should resolve a yearslong disagree- and Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, with Clinton and ment over the baptisms. attending. The two also agreed to meet Mormons believe posthumous Mitchell roughly every two weeks after that – sometimes with baptism by proxy provides an officials present, other times not. opportunity for deceased persons U.S. Mitchell offered no timeline for agreeing on the to receive the Gospel in the afterinitial framework, which he said was to be “less than life. Baptisms are performed in a full-fledged treaty” but more detailed than a stateMormon temples with members of principles. immersing themselves in a baptis- ment A major obstacle is looming: Israel’s moratorium mal pool as proxies for others. on Jewish settlement construction in the disputed Magistrate recommends West Bank is due to expire Sept. 26. The Palestinians said that unless the freeze is extended, the dismissing states’ gun suit have fledgling peace talks will collapse in short order. HELENA, Mont. (AP) – A group In his public remarks Thursday, Netanyahu made of states seeking freedom from no reference to an extension; Abbas called for an end

Nat’lBriefs

federal gun laws were dealt a blow Wednesday when a federal magistrate recommended dismissal of a lawsuit launched by gun rights advocates who argue Congress has overstepped its bounds with gun control. The magistrate sided with the U.S. Department of Justice, which says courts have already decided that Congress can set standards on such items as guns through its power to regulate interstate commerce. The recommendation now goes to the federal judge in Missoula hearing the case – and even gun rights advocates recognized it is likely he will side with the magistrate.

LateNiteHumor

David Letterman, Sept. 1, 2010Top Ten Signs Your Monkey Has A Drinking Problem 10. He slurs his grunting. 9. Was just asked to be on the next season of “Monkey Rehab.” 8. Been hanging out with Paris Hilton. 7. Doesn’t care for bananas unless they’re in a daiquiri. 6. Been hanging out with Lindsay Lohan. 5. Came home without his tail and has no memory of where he lost it. 4. Been hanging out with David Hasselhoff (video of Hasselfhoff eating a cheeseburger on the ground). 3. You smell liquor on his breath while he’s picking the nits out of your hair. 2. Been hanging out with Mel Gibson. 1. Can’t stop sneezing.

SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON speaks with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as she hosted the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, at the State Department in Washington. AP photo

to settlement expansion, but he raised the matter in the context of both sides living up to commitments, including a Palestinian pledge to end all incitement of violence against Israelis. That’s not entirely under Abbas’ control. Gunmen from the militant Palestinian Hamas movement killed four Israeli residents of a West Bank settlement on Tuesday. And, on Wednesday, hours before the leaders had dinner with President Barack Obama and Clinton at the White House, Hamas gunmen wounded two Israelis as they drove in another part of the West Bank. Hamas rejected the talks and stepped up its rhetoric as the ceremony in Washington began. “These talks are not legitimate because the

Palestinian people did not give any mandate to Mahmoud Abbas and his team to negotiate on behalf of our people,” said Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman. “Therefore, any result and outcome of these talks does not commit us and does not commit our people, it only commits Abbas himself.” In Washington, the atmosphere was mostly upbeat. In his opening remarks, Netanyahu at one point turned to Abbas and said, “I see in you a partner for peace. Together, we can lead our people to a historic future that can put an end to claims and to conflict.” Abbas struck an optimistic tone, too. “We’re not starting from scratch,” he said, noting that all the central issues in dispute are well known.

U.S. forces still in fight at end of combat mission HAWIJA, Iraq (AP) – Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents. While the Obama administration has dramatically reduced the number of troops and rebranded the mission, the operation in Hawija was a reminder that U.S. forces are still engaged in hunting down and killing al-Qaida militants – and could still have to defend themselves against attacks. That reality was front and center at

a change-of-command ceremony in one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces outside Baghdad that the American military now uses as its headquarters. Officials warned of a tough road ahead as the U.S. moves into the final phase of the 7 1/2-year war. Of paramount concern is Iraqi leaders’ continued bickering, six months after parliamentary elections, over forming a new government – a political impasse that could further endanger stability and fuel a diminished but still dangerous insurgency. “Iraq still faces a hostile enemy who is determined to hinder progress,” Gen. Lloyd Austin, the newly installed

US Army Lt. Col Andy Ulrich walks with an Iraqi police general and an Iraqi Army colonel, center, after an operation by Iraqi forces supported by US troops on the first day after America ended its combat role, Wednesday, Sept. 1, in Hawija, north of Baghdad, Iraq. AP photo

commander of the just under 50,000 U.S. troops still in Iraq, told the swelling crowd that was clad in military fatigues and political suits. “Make no mistake, our military forces here and those of the Iraqi nation remain committed to ensuring that our friends in Iraq succeed.” Vice President Joe Biden presided over the gathering at al-Faw palace, Saddam’s gaudy former hunting lodge replete with fake marble walls and a huge chandelier made of recycled plastic. The remaining U.S. forces in Iraq would be “as combat ready, if need be, as any in our military,” Biden said, flanked by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen for the 75-minute ceremony, which also changed the U.S. mission’s name from “Operation Iraqi Freedom” to “Operation New Dawn.” Three years ago, about 170,000 U.S. troops were in Iraq. Of those who remain, fewer than 10 percent – or 4,500 – are special forces who will regularly go on raids and capture terrorists, albeit alongside Iraqi troops. Obama ordered the end of combat missions by Aug. 31 in a step toward a full withdrawal of American forces by the end of next year that was mandated in a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. Violence also has declined dramatically since early 2007, when the Pentagon poured tens of thousands more troops into Iraq over a matter of months to quell a Sunni insurgency that had lured the country to the brink

of civil war. Additionally, a Sunni revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq and a Shiite militia cease-fire have helped tamp down attacks, although bombings and shootings across Iraq continue on a near-daily basis. But Iraqi forces are heavily dependent on U.S. firepower, along with helicopters, spy data and other key tools for combating terrorists that they won’t be able to supply on their own for years to come. “Every soldier I have knows that fighting is not over because there are groups here that still want to hurt us,” Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq’s volatile north, told The Associated Press recently. “But clearly combat operations is not in our mission statement.” In Hawija, once a hub for Sunni militants and Saddam’s disaffected allies located 150 miles north of Baghdad, roughly 80 U.S. soldiers teamed up with more than 1,000 Iraqis to arrest about 60 terror suspects in the early morning raid Wednesday. From checkpoints and command centers to helicopters hovering overhead, the Americans were on hand at the request of Iraqi police. But it was the Iraqis who went into houses and arrested suspected insurgents – including two considered high-value targets – while the U.S. watched the operation from afar. Hours before the raids, Lt. Col. Andy Ulrich gave his soldiers a pep talk to counter concerns they weren’t on a worthwhile mission.

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Exhibit displays professor’s work

Briefs Campus & Community

“Crazy for You” showing tonight Pickleville Playhouse will be featuring the Broadway musical “Crazy for You” tonight at their Garden City location. The musical was originally presented in 1992 and won a Tony Award for Best Musical. There will be two showings with the first at 5-6:30 and then another showing at 8-9:30. The Pickleville Playhouse is located at 2049 S Bear Lake Blvd in Garden City. You can purchase tickets for show only, dinner only, or dinner and show. For reservations and more information call 435-946-2918.

Aggie Traditions

USU professor Craig Law currently has an exhibit in the atrium of the Merrill-Cazier Library. Law spoke to students and faculty in the library on Sept. 2. BENJAMIN WOOD photo

By KASEY VAN DYKE staff writer Craig Law, long-time USU photography professor, gave a lecture Sept. 2 in the Merrill-Cazier Library. His work is being featured in a Utah Arts Council traveling exhibit, “Ancient Painters on the Colorado Plateau.” The exhibit displays never-beforeseen photos from Law’s work with a documentation and preservation project, the Barrier Canyon Style (BCS) Project. Law opened his lecture by explaining one of his inspirations, G.E. Anderson. As a graduate student at USU, old negatives from Anderson’s work were found and displayed in Law’s hometown of Garland, Utah. These negatives, Law explained, lit a “photographic flame.” Law began photographing what he described as everyday life in Garland, specifically the local church community. To show examples of the approach he took to this first well-known project, Law displayed pictures he’d taken of a family picnic and young girls raking leaves. These early photos ended up in the Smithsonian Institute. Following this first project, Law began photographing Utah waterways. He said this was the project that transitioned into his work with the Barrier Canyon Style Project.

Law began documenting sites for the BCS Project in 1991. As of March, Law and his colleague David Sucec have photographed 352 rockart sites in Utah. Rose Milovich, exhibit program director and part of the committee that chose to feature Law, said the project is about more than the visual elements of the rock art. “Part of the project is to document many sites, to bring awareness to the art form and then preserve it,” she said. Chris Terry, head of the art department, echoed Milovich, saying there is more to the work done in the BCS Project than what is seen. “It’s not just an aesthetic experience but also a learning experience,” he said. “They discover them and photograph them, but it doesn’t tell where they are. He’s trying to preserve and bring awareness to them.” The rock art featured, referred to as Barrier Canyon Style, refers to the location where a large amount of rock art was found. Now known as the “great gallery,” this collection was found in what is now called Horseshoe Canyon and gave a way to describe many of the figures found in southern Utah. The figures, Law explained in his lecture, typically have similar characteristics: elongated bodies, figures leading animals and, occasionally, figures with “bulging” eyes. Since many of the paintings are

Quickstop: Meal transfers accepted

several thousand years old, some dating back between 4000 and 3000 BC, many of the paintings have faded or been damaged from natural weathering and environmental pollutants. The BCS Project website states, “an individual can, in less that fifteen minutes, do more damage to a rock art panel than three or four thousand years of natural weathering.” Law relayed stories of pictures that had been shot at by modern campers, saying it “breaks your heart to see that.” Milovich said the exhibit also ties into Utah culture. She said part of the reason Law’s photos were chosen is the tie to the library’s collection of Utah and western region materials. “This kind of imagery really resonates with people,” Milovich said. “It’s important to acknowledge these sites, their history and importance for our state.” Holding both a B.A. and M.F.A. in photography from USU, Law has taught at his alma mater for over 30 years, longer than any current staff member in the art department, according to Terry. Terry said he has always admired Law’s work, even admitting to hanging some on his walls. Law has brought students into the field with him, Terry said, and has taken two groups of students to Scotland for a study-abroad experience. Law’s work has been featured in 19 solo exhibits, aside from Ancient

Painters on the Colorado Plateau, since the mid-1970s. Law was also given the Oliver Award in 2008 by the American Rock Art Research Association for his work with the BCS Project. Several permanent collections house Law’s photography, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the LDS Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City, UT, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA and the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at USU. Most recently, Law’s work with the BCS was selected by the Utah Arts Council to be used as one of their traveling exhibits. The purpose of these traveling exhibits, according to artsandmuseums.utah.gov, is to “provide access to an array of visual arts, nurture the understanding of diverse art forms and cultures, promote creativity and encourage cultural activities in local communities.” Law expressed his belief that this exhibit, along with bringing awareness, has had a big influence on the preservation of Utah’s rock art. “It’s been a lovely part of this project to be a stimulus for these restorations,” he said. The BCS Project website states it’s goal to have the photographic work completed in 2014. After that, inventory and interpretation of the pictures will commence and is expected to be finished in 2016. – k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu

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there. So far it hasn’t been a problem,” Andersen said. Rasmussen said traditional meal plans are also allowed one transferable meal per day worth $4.50. These meals may be purchased in The Hub, Quadside Cafe and The Quickstop, Andersen said. Though The Quickstop is stocked with candy, ice cream other delicious treats, only foods with “substance” are accepted with a meal transfer, said Liz Bowerbank, a junior in elementary education and employee of The Quickstop. “No mother in the world wants their child’s meal plan spent on M&M’s,” Andersen said. Approved food items are labeled as such and include hot dogs, corn dogs, frozen burritos, soups, packaged sandwiches and salads and an assortment of other things. When students attempt to ring up candy with their transferred meal, the cash register will decline, Bowerbank said. She said many students are satisfied with the ability to use The Quickstop for meals because it doesn’t require as much time waiting in line. Though students are pleased with the change, Bowerbank said it would be less stressful for all those involved without the restrictions on acceptable meal plan items. The decision to open

both The Skyroom and The Quickstop began when USU housing decided to allow only summer conferences access to the Living and Learning Center, which decreased business for USU dining services. In response, dining services shut The Marketplace down and opened up The Skyroom to accommodate block meal plan holders. By making these changes, USU dining services totalled one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in savings. Upon seeing the number of students purchasing meal plans this semester, dining services kept both accessible. Like the traditional meal plan, anyone with a block meal plan has the opportunity to eat in The Skyroom, however, block meal plans do not accept meals in The Quickstop, Hub or Quadside Cafe. Anderson said this type of meal plan is ideal when taking guests to lunch and also ideal for those who do not want unused meals to go to waste at the end of the week. Meal plans are up in price slightly this year, however, Allen said USU Meal Plans are one hundred dollars to five hundred dollars cheaper per person than University of Utah, BYU and Colorado State University. – catherine.meidell@aggiemail. usu.edu

Aggie Culture Day will be a day for USU students and the larger Cache Valley community to connect with USU and learn more about the history and traditions of the University. Event highlights include: Aggie symbols/traditions; the history of USU, including landscape and architecture; USU student demographics; the culture of Aggie sports; and various student services offered at USU. Aggie Culture Day is Saturday from 10-4 p.m. in the Anthropology Museum, Old Main room 245.

Couples Retreat with keynote speaker The Couples Retreat at the Ropes Course is being held on Saturday 3-7 p.m. These retreats have been specifically designed for married couples. So whether you’ve been together for a few months or many years, you’ll improve your communication skills, your trust in each other, and re-connect as a couple. The night also includes dinner for two and a keynote speaker. Directions to the Ropes Course from Logan’s Main Street: * Go East on Center Street (toward the nearest mountains); * Continue on Center Street through the stop light at 100 East, and down the small hill; * At the bottom of the hill, turn left onto Canyon Road; * Continue East on Canyon Road; go through the four-way stop; * From the four-way stop, go 1.1 miles and you will see the Ropes Course sign on your left; * Take the gravel road on your left; * Follow this gravel road past the “No Trespassing” sign and past the house; * The road will take you to the Ropes Course parking area. Check web site for pricing.

Assorted items found at Swap Meet The Cache Valley Swap Meet is being held Sunday from 9am-4pm at the Cache County Fairgrounds, 450 South 500 West. Clothes, jewelry, toys, handmade items, and more are sold. Admission is free to buyers. For more information call (435) 764-6106.

Swap Meet held sundays Dustin Penman, a junior majoring in Spanish and Social Work, prepares a Scotsman Dog which is now an item included in student meal plans. CATHERINE MEIDELL

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to start their freshman year, we feel an expectation to do whatever we can to guarantee that the initial impression of Aggie life is a positive one.” Putnam said. Atwood and Putnam said this will be a great opportunity for new students to meet other new and current students, and get a “jump start” on creating a community of their own in college. “Our staff believes that the students are the best highlight we have here at USU,” Putnam said. “We hope they take advantage of every opportunity to meet other students and be involved on campus.” Atwood said ASUSU is excited about this concert because it is going to be something that no student here at Utah State has experienced before. He said it will be a great way to start off

the year and help Aggies realize that fun things are going to be happening throughout the semester. Senior math major Lacy Christensen said she loves the idea of having an outdoor concert. “I have never been to a concert on the street,” Christensen said. “Everyone can come enjoy themselves during one of the few nice weeks of Logan weather. I think it is a great idea.” Putnam hopes this concert will be the first of many fun memories made here at USU and is happy to help sponsor the event. “Anything we can do to help facilitate the affinity our students have for this university, we’ll do it,” she said. –megan.b@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Students compete for prizes at High Stakes Bingo on Thursday, part of Week of Welcome. ANI AGHABABYAN photo

Ecocenter: Private gift for Utah State

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Lions Share. Utah State faculty and students will participate

in the event in a variety of ways. According to USU’s website, Dr. Craig Jessop,

dean of the Caine College of the Arts, will serve as impresario and master of ceremonies. Jessop also worked with Hicks and composer Kurt Bester to create scores for the piece. The American Festival Orchestra will also be conducted by Jessop. USU student musicians will provide a string quartet, saxophone quartet, and jazz trio during welcoming events. Other USU students in attendance will be providing information about programs and activities that take place at the center. In January, USU formally announced on their website their largest private gift of ownership in history, valued at more than $30 million, as well as oversight of the ecocenter. The ecocenter currently possesses a 1,200 acre land trust in the Snyderville Basin and a 10,000 squarefoot building dedicated to environmental education. Executive Director of Swaner Preserve and Ecocenter Annette Herman Harder said the center’s board of directors has been thrilled with the activity so far. She also said that USU has been “very active and beneficial” since the announcement of the partnership. Proceeds from the “Back in the Saddle” event will go straight to the Swaner Preserve and Ecocenter. More than 300 guests are expected to attend. Tickets are still available for $200 and can be purchased by contacting Teri Rasmussen at 888-653-6246 or E-mail teri.rasmussen@ usu.edu. –jessie.a.sweat@aggiemail. usu.edu

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A capella group sweetens up Logan By KASEY VAN DYKE staff writer

A breath of southern air is coming to Logan Sept. 7-8. Sweet Honey in the Rock will perform at the Ellen Eccles Theater, showing off their internationally acclaimed and award-winning songs. The sextet, based in Washington D.C., was invited by the Cache Valley Center for the Arts (CVCA). Amanda Castillo, Marketing Director for the CVCA, said the group’s trip to Logan was a long-time goal. “We’ve been watching them for about 10 years, but could never afford it.,” Castillo said. “We’re thrilled to have them come to our theater. It’s wonderful to have people open their minds to this kind of show.” Castillo went on to say one of the main reasons for inviting the group to Logan is their innovative and unique style. “We try to bring in the best of the best,” she said. “They’ve been all over the world, and to have a group like this come to Logan is great.” Founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon in 1973, the group released their first album, B’lieve I’ll Run On…, in 1978. Since then, the group has performed all over the world, including Japan, Russia, Australia, South America, Africa and Europe. Aside from international travels, the group has made appearances across the country, even being invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to perform at the White House for the celebration of AfricanAmerican History month. Sweet Honey also made an appearance on the red carpet at the 2008 Grammy awards, where their latest release, Experience...101, was nominated. According to www.sweethoney.com, the group took their name from Psalm 81:16,

where there is a “promise to a people of being fed by honey out of the rock. Honey – an ancient substance, sweet and nurturing. Rock – an elemental strength, enduring the winds of time.” With the original members’ experience during the civil rights movement, they felt a personal connection to the metephor. Reagon writes on the group’s website how the experiences of the members contribute to the voice of their music. “We have worked very hard in many ways during this past year to create the way ahead for Sweet Honey, to create her voice as our communal voice for justice and truth in the world,” she writes. Wally Bloss, executive director for the CVCA, said Sweet Honey has “played an important role as artists and activists. This a capella sextet delivers a cohesive performance that fuses personality, power, and passion.” With over three decades of history and members who have seen the evolution of the country, Sweet Honey brings a sound usually unseen in Logan, Castillo said. “They do everything from rap and hip hop to reggae and jazz and gospel blues,” she said. “Not always will it sell out or be someone’s favorite, but we want it to appeal to everyone. We’re always trying to build our mix.” The members of Sweet Honey have been involved with music most of their lives, including many Broadway and off-Broadway performances. Ysaye Barnwell, a Sweet Honey singer since 1979, has also invested time in her education, receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and teaching in the College of Dentistry for over a decade. Barnwell also studied the violin for 15 years and has written two children’s books. Sweet Honey member Shirley Childress Saxton, a professional sign language inter-

Members of Sweet Honey in the Rock are coming to Logan Sept. 7-8. Sweet Honey aims to be a communal voice for peace and equality. Photo courtesy of SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK

preter, has spent much of her life interpreting for people of all ages and stations, even having the opportunity to sign at a reading by Maya Angelou. Aside from her musical and interpretive careers, Saxton also founded the organization BRIDGES, which focuses on the AfricanAmerican deaf community and interpreters. Nitanju Bolade Casel, who joined the group in 1985, is also co-founder ofArtistes Des Echanges Africaines, also heads her own publishing company, Clear Ice Music. Casel

was a finalist in both the 2006 and 2007 International Songwriter’s Competition and was nominated for a Grammy in 2008 for producing Sweet Honey’s Experience...101. Apart from working with her sister, Casel, as co-director of First World Productions, Aisha Kahil has performed in several productions, including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s rendition of “Porgy and Bess.”

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Cinema reopens to culture Cache Valley By noelle johansen staff writer

Owners James and Jonathan Ribera stand in front of their business, the Logan Art Cinema. The two became the official owners of the building in March 2010. The theater brings a wide variety of different genres to the Logan community. Alison ostler photo

The Logan Arthouse and Cinema has come a long way from the frigid and poorly-lit theater it was six months ago. Using a projector from Michigan and hundreds of hours of concentrated brute force, a building with malfunctioning heat ducts, carpeted restrooms, and pink cement was transformed into a cultural paradise. When Jonathan Ribera was a student at USU four years ago, he and a friend mused one day about purchasing the old Westates Theaters and creating their own independent film sanctuary. At the time it was one of several far-fetched pipe dreams the likes of heliskiing in Switzerland. Jonathan has yet to drop from a helicopter and ski the Swiss Alps. He is, however, the current owner of the Logan Arthouse and Cinema. “When my brothers and I thought about it, we actually made it work,” Jonathan said. The pipe dream was made reality. James, Joe and Jonathan Ribera grew up as self-described army brats, moving from one base to the next. Throughout a diverse childhood, they found a thread of consistency in artistic expression. “We all have a passion for art and music and movies,” James said. “From a young age, that was our bond.” Jonathan is an artist and teaches at Edith Bowen. Ruling out professions in construction

and office work, he always felt as though punching a daily time-card would not be a significant part of his future. “People said I wasn’t going to make a living as an artist, yet I have for the last twelve years,” Jonathan said. That same determination fueled the hope for the success of the theater. “Everybody says it’s going to fail, and there’s potential that it could. Our idea is that at some point in Logan and Cache Valley, this has to work.” Opening the theater was more than a risky, yet a potentially genius business plan. Once the Westates Theatre went out of business in October, the brothers began rifling through the details of ownership. The theater was officially theirs in March, albeit in extreme disrepair. Due to a barely existent budget, most of the renovation was conducted by the three brothers and generously charitable friends. “It was a $100,000 job and we did it for a lot less than that,” James said. Not without difficulty, however. Dealing with foreign concepts like city codes and permits, James described the experience as having a “very, very steep learning curve.” Keeping the theater in business in the slow Logan summer was inevitably hard, but now that students are back for the school year, the reward seems to be outweighing the risk. The sold out improvisation show last weekend starring popular local group The Antics is proof. Shayna Patton, a junior in human movement

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Theater: New owners make several changes -continued from page 5 science, visited the venue last Saturday night for an improv show by Out Of the Blue Entertainment. She said she was a fan of the retro décor and would likely visit again. “If there was a show there that I wanted to see, I would totally go because it’s cheap and it’s a cool atmosphere,” Patton said. Other upcoming events at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema include showings of “Ghost Bird,” a documentary on a woodpecker that was believed to be extinct, and “Restrepo,” a Sundance Grand Jury winner. Classic movie nights are being arranged, as are Wednesday open-mic nights. October promises to be a big month for the cinema, with audience interactive showings of cult films such as the Rocky Horror Picture Show and a zombie parade near Halloween. Students and members of the community are especially important to the cinema,

not only for filling seats but for spreading creativity and contributing ideas. The cinema owners enjoy interaction with guests at events and encourage feedback in person and through the Logan Arthouse and Cinema website, www.loganarthouse.com. The Logan Arthouse and Cinema is not simply another money-pit of a venue, but rather a melting pot for all underground musical groups, documentaries and comedy. No genre is excluded, and the Ribera brothers have yet to say no to an idea. “String quartet, harmonica quartet, if somebody is just going to play their silverware, I’ll totally do it,” Jonathan said. If seats are filled, anything goes. For Jonathan, his cinema is much more than expanding his entrepreneurship background. He is a sort of visionary in his expectations for the future fans of the cinema. “I used to read stories about C.S. Lewis

and J. R. R. Tolkien, who would sit at a bar or a pub together and throw out ideas, talk philosophy, talk literature,” Jonathan said. “That’s kind of my dream.” Calling the theater a “safe haven for the creative”, he strongly believes the cinema can artistically bridge the gap between cultural differences. He imagines Atheists and Christians sitting in the lobby’s café, discussing their favorite foreign films instead of dwelling on theological differences. His ideal crowd is “a weird spectrum of people where everybody feels comfortable.” The ultimate plan is to create a wellknown and comfortable atmosphere, similar to gathering at a friend’s house to watch a favorite film. “Just drop us a couple bucks so we can keep the lights on,” Jonathan said. –noelle.johanson@aggiemail.usu.edu

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“Ella Minnow Pea” is short read but worth it

Written in the most inno- sure we all typed it hundreds vative novel format I’ve seen of types in grade-school since reading “House of computer classes, as it uses Leaves” five all 26 letters years ago, Staff of the alpha“Ella Minnow “Ella Minnow Guy XXXX Pea” bet.The small Pea” is meant Grade: A- island comfor adults and youth alike. munity is govAuthor Mark erned by a Dunn writes council, but in a progresdoesn’t need sively minimuch by the malistic style of govChelsey Gensel way throughout ernance- the the novel, but town was it isn’t just a writing style, it’s formed in celebration of the the integral component of spoken word, and their prithe plot. mary tenets are using propEighteen-year old Ella er grammar and extensive Minnow Pea lives on an Island vocabularies. called Nollop, named for the However, the statue inventor of the famous sen- immortalizing the sentence tence: The quick brown fox the townspeople so adore jumps over the lazy dog. I’m loses a letter one day, and the council takes the mishap as a sign from the late Nevin Nollop that this letter should no longer be used. Ever. As letters continue to fall inexplicably to the pavement of the town square, so does each letter disappear from the text making up the book itself. Luckily for readers, there is more than one “e” in the sentence, but unfortunately for the townspeople, the council imposes harsh, strictly enforced punishments on those who use a word containing a banned

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letter. This includes written and spoken communication, and Dunn holds nothing back in making his point about totalitarian rule and the seemingly arbitrary restrictions upon which these regimes often rally. Neighbors turn on each other, families are broken apart, and individuals fall prey to old vices in desperate circumstances as Ella Minnow Pea and a select few others try to find a way to get their language back and persuade the council that an omniscient Nevin Nollop is not the cause of the decimated statue. Dunn magically disguises a social and political commentary into a subtle sub-layer of the text, making the book a delightfully, fast-paced and clever adventure for any reader to breeze through. The roughly 200 pages can also be a thoughtful, exciting tale for a more careful reader, so even if you’re just a little bit curious about the novelty of this kind of book, I’d recommend picking it up. It’s a great choice for a book group, as well, offering plenty to laugh about, decipher and discuss. –chelsey.gensel@aggiemail. usu.edu

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Latino population. “It’s an honor to be the first Latino superhero,” says Trejo about a character Rodriguez conceived of more than 15 years ago and who began on-screen life as a fake trailer in “Grindhouse,” the director’s 2007 love letter to exploitation movies that he helmed with Quentin Tarantino. “And I didn’t have to wear tights, and I didn’t have a Daddy-hates-me complex,” Trejo adds, bursting into laughter. The 66-year-old’s legend off screen is almost as rich as his new role. As a teenager and early twentysomething, he shuttled between prison and Southern California barrios. After he was blamed for a prison riot, he was sent to solitary, a period that inspired a dedication to boxing and to an alcohol- and drug-free life. “I remember 10 or 15 years ago everyone talking about the millennium and being all worried. And I would say ‘The millennium? I wasn’t supposed to get out of the ‘60s.’” In 1985, Trejo’s life was working as a substance-abuse counselor spiritually far from Hollywood when he ended up getting counseling work on the set of Andrei Konchalovsky’s “Runaway Train.” Konchalovsky spotted him, liked his leathery face, and gave him a role. A quarter of a century later, the actor has starred in seemingly every third Hollywood action movie including “Heat,” “Con Air” and numerous Robert Rodriguez films (in which his character is almost always named for a weapon).

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Kahil was also voted best soloist by the Contemporary A Capella Society and was a winner in the International Songwriting Competition in 2005. Louise Robinson, a founding member of Sweet Honey, worked with Carol Maillard and Smokey Ronald Stevens in producing the performance series, “A Sho Nuff Variety Revue,” featuring New York artists. Robinson also helped form another singing ensemble, the Bay-area quintet, Street Sounds, which has been performing for 14 years. Maillard, born and raised in Philidelphia, has performed in on- and off-Broadway productions and has made appearances on Law and Order, as well as the PBS movie “Hallelujah.” “We like for our She majored in theater at the Catholic University of America music to touch, after switching from violin perfor- educate and mance. inspire. I think Maillard explained that the we do a pretty core sound of the group comes from African-American songs and good job of culture. Since all the members doing that.” have distinct voices, styles and Carol Maillard, musical tastes, Maillard said the Member of Sweet group evolves with every new member. Honey in the Rock “We like to sing music that has a message in whatever form we find it,” she said. “We like for our music to touch, educate and inspire. I think we do a pretty good job of doing that.” Maillard went on to say how much the African-American culture has played into the lives of the members of Sweet Honey. “Because of them, we are here and thriving and looking ahead to a bright future for our children,” Maillard said. “We have to hold that vision in our hearts and souls because when we look at how far we’ve come, we know it’s important to hold on to everything we’ve been given.” Maillard said Sweet Honey looks forward to more travel and more performing. “We’re not a Top 40 group,” she said, “so we don’t take any opportunities we have to travel and ‘edu-tain’ for granted.” For more information about tickets and show times, call 435-752-0026 or visit www.CacheValleyCenterForTheArts.org. –k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu

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It’s no secret that fans and media members tend to focus on the skill positions when previewing college football games. It’s also no secret that when it comes to Utah State’s opener against the Oklahoma Sooners, many Aggie fans are weary of the Sooners’ three-headed monster on offense. Quarterback Landry Jones, running back DeMarco Murray, and receiver Ryan Broyles are all legitimate all-American candidates at their respective positions, and all three figure to bring an explosive presence to a game which some are speculating could get out of hand very quickly. But when it comes to stopping the OU offense or moving the ball effectively against the Sooner defense, USU’s coaches and players will be the first to tell you that the game’s peripheral match-ups aren’t where victory or defeat will be forged. The game, they say, will be decided by what happens up front on the offensive and defensive lines. “Ninety-five percent of the time, up front is where you’ll win the game,” said USU defensive coordinator Bill Busch. “Every now and then you can trick some-

one for maybe a game or something, but Busch feels confident about going into overall, and through a season, the whole Saturday. things depends on the guys up front.” “You’ve got to have some physical It’s not exactly a rosy prognosis for movement up front,” Busch said after Utah State fans going “by the book” in practice on Wednesday. “You’ve got to their analysis. Oklahoma be able to move on them, is not only physical in “We are going to and then you’ve got to get their style of smashunderneath their pads.” run the ball at mouth, run-first football, Playing with good them, but we’re leverage is something USU but the Sooners have going to run it an offensive line that will have to do if the Aggies looks and fits the bill. at them in every are to have any chance at OU’s five offensive line stopping DeMarco Murray formation and starters average in at just and the Sooner run game. over 6’5’’and 300 pounds motion possible Murray, who rushed for in America.”” per man, with the mas705 yards and 8 touchsive Tyler Evans leading Dave Baldwin, downs last year despite the way at right guard. hampered by a hamUSU offensive coordi- being Throw in the one-two string injury, is among the nator best backs in the country, punch of a pair of stud running backs in Murray according to Aggie lineman and sophomore Jermie Sean Enesi. Calhoun, and OU should “We’ve watched his have every ability to run roughshod over film ever since the offseason started,” USU’s undersized defensive line. said Enesi, who at 5’11’’ is among the Should being the operative word, shortest offensive linemen in the counbecause according to Busch, a smaller try. defensive line like USU’s can compensate “He’s a great athlete,” added the USU for its lack of bulk with aggressive play tackle. and sound fundamentals. It all starts Enesi and his USU teammates know with leverage, and it’s a facet of the game just how much of a challenge going up

against OU’s front will be, but they are confident in their ability to meet it. Echoing his head coach, Enesi said that the key for USU will be to play relentless up front and to stay low while engaging Oklahoma’s offensive line. “We are undersized, but our advantage is that we’re going to be lower than them,” he said. “We know we have great hands and have been working on our technique during the offseason and during camp. That’s what we’re going to use. We’re going to use our speed off the edges, and we are going to stay low.” USU struggled mightily in stopping the run last season. The USU defense ranked 110 out of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams in yards allowed, giving up over 200 rushing yards per game. Enesi said that stopping OU’s run game will be crucial, and that he and his fellow defensive lineman will have to absorb the brunt of the Sooner line in order to allow USU’s fast but undersized linebackers to come up and make plays against Murray. “We’re going to take on the double teams and all the triple teams and every-

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WAC, USU look to save conference By ADAM NETTINA sports editor

Less than two hours after Western Athletic Commissioner Karl Benson held a teleconference to address the future of the WAC, Utah State athletic director Scott Barnes spoke to members of the local media Sept. 1, saying that USU was committed to the idea of expanding the WAC while also stressing the importance of keeping USU’s athletic options open. “We will keep our options open,” said Barnes, who spoke in response to the official announcement that BYU will join the West Coast Conference in all sports except football. The Cougars announced on Wednesday that they would go independent in football, effective June 30, 2011. Barnes continued, saying, “The best decision we can make for our student athletes is to make sure we evaluate whatever options are available, and currently we will proceed in that

way.” The two press conferences came on the heels of a nearly three week odyssey which has seen the WAC go from an eight team conference with the possibility of adding a ninth program (BYU) in all sports except football, to a six team conference without its two strongest football members (Fresno State and Nevada.) Nevada and Fresno State accepted invitations to join the Mountain West Conference (MWC) two weeks ago, while USU declined an offer to join the MWC while believing BYU would join the WAC. Boise State left the conference for the MWC in early June. Currently, Fresno State and Nevada are contractually obligated to play in the WAC through the next two seasons, although both schools have expressed their desire to leave prior to the 2011-2012 school year. According to Barnes, it’s essential that the

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WAC COMMISIONER KARL BENSON, seen here during the WAC media day conference in July, said that the WAC will explore all options when looking for new members. CARL R. WILSON photo

Setting the Stage: The Sooners come into the year ranked 7th in the AP Poll. That’s bad news for USU, which hasn’t defeated a ranked opponent since 1991, losing 26 straight against ranked teams since then. The Aggies last played OU in 2007, losing 54-3. When OU has the ball: Expect the Sooners to implement a balanced but physical game plan that heavily features running backs DeMarco Murray and Jermie Calhoun. Murray, who rushed for over a 1,000 yards in 2008 but has been hampered by injury since, is back to 100 percent going into this year. Also look for OU quarterback Landry Jones to try to work the ball to big-play receiver Ryan Broyles as much as possible. Broyles was a second-team, all-Big 12 pick last year, and will give Aggie cornerback Chris Randle plenty to focus on during the game. When USU has the ball: Look for a diverse offensive game plan. USU coordinator Dave Baldwin said running the ball against OU’s physical, yet fast, defense is going to be essential, but the Aggies have to be creative in how they get their playmakers in space. Quarterback Diondre Borel will have to play efficient and turnover-free if USU is to have any chance at keeping pace with the OU offense, while USU’s offensive line will have to find a way to hold up against OU’s front four. X-factor: Borel’s legs. For as much improvement as he made in the offseason in accuracy and his ability to stand in the pocket, Borel will have to ad lib against the OU defense if the Aggies are to be successful. There is no way USU will be able to protect Borel if he doesn’t improvise in the pocket, but his ability to take off and run could give the OU defense pause. If USU is to pull the upset, it will be because Borel puts the game on both his arm and legs. Crunching Numbers: ESPN.com Scouts Inc., a statistical service which projects games, predicts an overwhelming OU victory based off of data compiled from a sample of 75 games played since the 2003-2004 season that share many of the same factors that this game features. According to Scouts Inc., in those 75 match-ups, the team like Utah State lost 73 of 75 similar historical games. Aggie fans might want to borrow a line from Han Solo when looking at this one: “Never tell me the odds.” Statesman Prediction: This is a much better USU team than the one which lost to OU in 2007, but the Aggies are still nowhere near OU in terms of talent and depth. USU has the potential for the upset, but in order to do it the Aggies will have to play a turnover-free game and get a few lucky breaks against the Sooners. Those are a lot of “ifs,” and when push comes to shove, Landry Jones and the OU offense should be too strong for the USU defense. This one looks nastier on the scoreboard than it will on the field, but OU ultimately prevails 48-24. – adamnettina@gmail.com

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ing of 2008 Heisman winning quarterback Sam Bradford, All-American tight end Jermaine Gresham and many An Oklahoma student journalother nationally recognized ist gives his perspective on the players. Sooners headed into this week Rookie mistakes, a comendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opener with Utah State. mon theme for OU in 2009, will be corrected by the learn Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not uncommon for ing experience of last season. Oklahoma Sooner fans to Young players, who normally refer to the football team as would not have seen playing â&#x20AC;&#x153;re-loadingâ&#x20AC;? when it comes to time, ended up drudging beginning a new season. This through nearly the whole year is no exception. season, carrying the burden Between the successful of the expectations from offseason recruiting by the the older, more experienced coaching staff and the infecplayers with them. Add into tious injury bug that ended the mix the number of true 13 playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; seasons early in and redshirt freshmen from 2009, the 2010 version of the the offseason, and this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sooners looks to waste little team should excite some fans time correcting the minor looking to redeem the awful problems that hamper the season of 2009. team. This is great news for In the home opener Oklahoma fans, who watched this Saturday, the Sooners a potential championship run face the Utah State Aggies. become a dismal 8-5 camUnfortunately for the Aggies, paign marred by the sidelintheyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find that OU fans will already harbor resentment for the fact that the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s week one opponent comes from the same state as the BYU Cougars. BYU upset the Sooners during the first week of the 2009 season, and, more importantly, injured quarterback Sam Bradford. The loss to the Cougars and the loss of Bradford literally changed the entire direction of the season for OU, ending any hope of a national title run. Bradford may have graduated and gone on to the NFL, but Sooner fans have no shortage of optimism heading into 2010, despite a more youthful team. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projected starting defense will feature several new faces, including four sophomores and one redshirt freshman. The offense, will play three sophomores and one freshman, although the three sophomores come in with experience on the field in 2009. The newer players deserving of fansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attention include By LUKE ATKINSON The Oklahoma Daily

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the wide receiving corps and the defensive backfield. Freshman Kenny Stills turned heads at OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Red-White scrimmage and is currently first on the depth chart. Receivers have been less than stellar the past few seasons, which is odd for a program that consistently generates yard-munching offenses and talented quarterbacks. OU coach Bob Stoops said in his preseason presser that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very impressed with the receivers this year, and will count on junior Ryan Broyles (89 catches,1,120 yards in 2009) to lead several other talented up-and comers. On the other side of the ball, defensive backs Dominique Franks and Brian Jackson share the bulk of the defensive backfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience between them. The Sooners must find two replacements due to graduation and the lure of the NFL. Seniors Quinton Carter and Jonathan Nelson are currently leading the depth chart. Losing the loved-by-students, hated-by-offensive lineman Gerald McCoy will also leave big shoes up front, but if senior tackle Adrian Taylor recovers from his gruesome Sun Bowl injury, or sophomore Jamarkus McFarland begins playing like his high school highlights show he can, the position will be in good hands for the season. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason Oklahoma has lost only two games at home under Stoops, and fans are expecting blood this year in the home opener. The team has been fortunate in getting a number of talented recruits these past few seasons, and combined with the talent and the tradition of excellence, OU fans have no reason to think this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sooner team will be sleepwalking when the Aggies come to town. Luke Atkinson is the editor of OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inside The Huddle.

Oudin, Roddick lose and Azarenka falls at US Open NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; One womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exit from the U.S. Open was jarring and sudden. Anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s came off as sad and not all that surprising. Victoria Azarenka and Melanie Oudin said goodbye to Flushing Meadows in starkly different manners Wednesday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Azarenka, a concussion victim collapsing on the overheated court and Oudin a straight-set loser to a player who cared little about the 18-year-oldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dreams of a fairy tale repeat. All part of an anticlimatic day that ended with the loss of the highest-ranked American man, No. 9 Andy Roddick, who carried on a running argument with a lineswoman over a third-set foot fault, but couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find the fire to overcome 44th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic. Tipsarevic used his big groundstrokes and 66 winners to

quiet the crowd of nearly 23,000 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4) win. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He played very high-risk and executed for four sets,â&#x20AC;? Roddick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I kept telling myself, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You know, this has to have an expiration date on it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Unfortunately, I needed another set for that.â&#x20AC;? The Roddick loss was the big news of the evening session. To start the day, 10th-seeded Azarenka, an up-and-coming 21-year-old from Belarus, went down while trailing 5-1 to Gisela Dulko on the Grandstand court, where the temperature had reached 90 degrees by 11:30 a.m. After stopping suddenly while chasing a ball on the baseline, Azarenka stopped and crumpled to the ground. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was scared,â&#x20AC;? Dulko said of her reaction to

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seeing her opponent hit the concrete. Azarenka was treated like a victim of heat exhaustion – covered by a towel, sheltered by an umbrella, rolled off in a wheelchair, ice pack on her neck and a doctor checking her pulse. Several hours later, she revealed that she had fallen and hit her head during pre-match warmups. She was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a mild concussion. “I was checked by the medical team before I went on court and they were courtside for monitoring,” Azarenka said in a statement. “I felt worse as the match went on, having a headache and feeling dizzy. I also started having trouble seeing and felt weak before I fell.” Though she said her injury wasn’t heat related, this was, nonetheless, another day when the weather was on almost everyone’s mind. Temperatures on the courts reached into the 100s, and for the second straight day, tournament officials put their extreme-weather policy in effect, giving women the option of taking a 10-minute break if they split sets. Heat didn’t have as much of an impact on Oudin as did nerves during her late-afternoon match in Armstrong Stadium, which by that time was covered in shadows. Last year, she took the city by storm, showing all that heart and grit en route to a surprising trip to the quarterfinals that made her as big a star at Times Square as she was on the stadium court. Since then, she has endured a more even-keeled year of learning – ranked 43rd in the world and with only one victory in the first three Grand Slam tournaments of 2010. She came back to New York wondering if something about this city and this tournament might inspire another run. She left with a disheartening 6-2, 7-5 loss to No. 29 Alona Bondarenko and the sinking realization that even in the Big Apple, encores can be hard to come by. “I guess I’m a little tiny bit relieved now,” Oudin said. “I can kind of start over from all the expectations from last year. And now I can just go out and hopefully do really well the rest of the year and keep working hard.” Her loss and Roddick’s took out two of America’s favorites. Another – 18th-seeded John Isner of 70-68 fifth-set Wimbledon fame – moved on with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Frederico Gil. “For my second-round match,” Isner said, “I should be a little bit fresher than I was at Wimbledon.” Other American winners included No. 20 Sam Querrey and 18-year-old qualifier Ryan Harrison, who beat No. 15 Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4. And, of course, there was No. 3 Venus Williams, who dispatched Canada’s Rebecca Marino 7-6 (3), 6-3 in a match that went practically unnoticed amid all the strangeness of Wednesday. No. 7-seeded Tomas Berdych was the highest seed to lose, though Roddick’s setback figured to generate more buzz in New York. He got into it with a lineswoman in the third set after she called a foot fault and said it was his right foot that touched the line. Replays showed it was his left, something Roddick knew had to be true. He challenged her repeatedly and she stuck to her story, even though she was wrong. “It was the fact that I couldn’t get her to admit that it wasn’t the right foot that just infuriated me,” Roddick said. “The lack of common sense involved in that was unbelievable to me.” Earlier in Ashe Stadium, a much nicer story. No. 2 Kim Clijsters steamrolled 19-year-old Aussie qualifier Sally Peers 6-2, 6-1 – though Peers left with a smile on her face. “This is probably a dream come true,” Peers said. “When I was 10, if you’d told me I was going to play Kim Clijsters at Arthur Ashe Stadium, I’d have not believed you. To do that, it’s really, like, ‘Wow.’”

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An ABC guide to the 2010 college football season The first week Five wide: of school is in the books, and the A football roller coaster of column fall semester is only getting started. Already you’ve had enough of boring professors and waitlist frustrations, bookstore angst and dining-hall chicken fingers. But it hasn’t been all bad. You’ve scored some free Aggie ice cream and rocked out to some killer bands, scored some free trinkets on the quad and even found that “special someone” (although, I hate to break it to you, chances are you’ll never see him or her again after next week). Heck, you’ve even got your Aggie game-day shirt, and have roamed the TSC humming “The Scotsman”. Yes, sir, September has arrived, and with it, the college football season. There’s only one problem: But, before you write off the three-month marathon of college football which I affectionately refer to as “pure, unadulterated awesomeness,” know that you can enjoy all the highs of this fall rite of passage without leaving the comfort of your dorm room bean bag chair. Not that I endorse such weekend lethargy, of course, but coming from the East Coast, I can appreciate the interest you may have in other universities’ teams. Fortunately, this season figures to offer plenty of excitement for fans with interests as diverse as a multicultural expo. For the college football enthusiast like me, the season we’re about to embark upon isn’t just a nice distraction from verb conjugations and statistical equations, it’s a holiday. Like Christmas, you could say, except without the eggnog and that crazy uncle. So, without further ado, I present to you my A-Z viewers guide for the 2010 college football season. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. A is for Aggies. But not just the USU Aggies. Did you know that there are two other Aggie teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)? Watch out for the Texas A&M Aggies, who field one of the nation’s best quarterbacks in Jerrod Johnson, and could knock Texas off its perch in the Big 12 south. B is for Brigham Young University, which will play its final year in the Mountain West Conference (MWC) this season. The Cougars will travel to play USU before a nationally televised audience on ESPN Oct. 1. C is for conference expansion, and the hope that it’ll hit the back burner once the season kicks off. Watching dudes tackle each other is so much more exciting than talking about which conference dudes might be tackling each other two to three years down the road. D is for Dobbs, as in Ricky Dobbs. The Navy quarterback broke Tim Tebow’s single-season record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback last season (27), and returns for his senior season to lead the best Navy team in decades. He’s not just a Heisman trophy dark horse; he’s an aspiring politician who wants to be President someday. E is for ESPN3.com, which I will be glued to for the next three days. The website, which is free to view on campus computers, allows you to watch just about every game televised throughout the country. You have no idea how many dates I’ve turned down to devote my Friday night to watching Villanova vs. Temple.

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F is for the Florida Gators, who’ll enter a brave, post- Tim Tebow, new world this season. Can QB John Brantley lead the 4th-ranked Gators to an SEC title? We’ll find out Oct. 2 when coach Urban Meyer’s squad takes on defending champ Alabama. G is for Georgia Tech and the great job Paul Johnson has done in making the ACC school relevant again. As a no-nonsense offensive innovator, Johnson’s flexbone, triple-option offense won two national titles at Georgia Southern. Is this the year he proves it can do the same at the FBS level? H is for hot seat, and the coaches who’ll have to come up with winning seasons this year to save their jobs. Dan Hawkins’ chair is burning up in Colorado, while Maryland could part ways with Ralph Friedgen if the Terps can’t come up with a bowl berth this season. I is for idiot, a term you’ll likely be using many times throughout the season. Most often this will come in references to players, coaches, and officials. Eventually you’ll even use it to describe yourself, especially after you’ve invested an entire day of watching football only to see your favorite team go down worse than the French in World War II. J is for Joker Phillips, the first-year head coach at Kentucky. Don’t look now, but he’s already injected an infectious enthusiasm into the middle-of-the-road program, which could sneak up on SEC heavyweights this year. K is for Kellen Moore, who might just be the best quarterback in the country, regardless of conference. Moore, who threw for 3,536 yards and 39 touchdowns with just three interceptions in 2009, will be the key for Boise State when they take on Virginia Tech on Monday in an opener with national title implications. You can catch the game at 6 p.m. on ESPN. L is for Leach, the mad-man of west Texas. Mike Leach, aside from being a pirate enthusiast and all-around weirdo, was the coach of Texas Tech before being fired last season, but will take his off-the-cuff and dry sense of humor to the airwaves for CBS College Sports. M is for Montana, a Football Bowl Championship school and perennial national title contender. The Griz open the year as the second-ranked Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team, and are led by senior running back Chase Reynolds. N is for Nebraska, a team many people feel should easily win the Big 12 north and could even make a run at a national title. The Cornhuskers will play their final year in the Big 12 this year before moving to the Big 10 in 2011. Head coach Bo Pelini is a defensive mastermind, but the team will have to replace one of the most dominant defenders in its history with the loss of Ndamukong Suh. O is for Ohio State, or as they like to say in Columbus, THE Ohio State University. The Buckeyes enter the year second in both the AP and Coaches poll, but they’ll have to get by strong-looking Iowa and Wisconsin teams in order to win the Big 10 and have a shot at a national title. P is for procrastination. I consider this an essential skill for a college student who wishes to enjoy the weekend’s gridiron action, and despite whatever your professors may tell you, Shakespeare is quite OK with you spark-noting his masterful plays if it means having the chance to watch your favorite team pull the upset of the

century. Q is for Quizz Rogers, whose real name is Jazquizz. The 5’7’’ Oregon State running back might be small in stature, but he’s one of the most electrifying playmakers in the country. He ran for over 1,400 yards and 21 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2009, and gives the Beavers their first legitimate Heisman trophy candidate in years. R is for rankings, and the obsession we all have with them. Whether it be the AP poll, the Coaches poll, or the all-important BCS Rankings, the votes cast and formulas derived from them will determine who plays for a national title come January. S is for strong safeties, and the talented crop of players at the position in 2010. Iowa’s Tyler Sash is known for his big play ability and ballhawking skills, while Buffalo’s Davonte Shannon has the tendency to launch his body at people with all the fury of a cruise missile. And don’t forget about Boise State’s Jeron Johnson, whose bone-shattering hits give pause to any WAC receiver who dares to go over the middle. T is for tough schedules. According to Phil Steele magazine, Iowa State will play the toughest schedule in 2010, facing teams with a combined winning percentage of 63.4% from 2009. According to Steele, USU will play the nation’s 65th toughest schedule this season. U is for underdogs. We always pull for them. Except, of course, when they’re named Utah or Boise State. V is for Verne Lundquist, the classic voice of play-by-play for SEC conference games on CBS. Quite simply, Lundquist is one of the best broadcasters to ever take to the airwaves. W is for Wannstache, or the mustache sported by Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt. Reason enough to watch the Big East preseason favorites, if you ask me. X is for Xavier, a Catholic university in Cincinnati and member of the Big East conference. Xavier does not have a football team, but you try thinking of a word in the college football lexicon which starts with “x”. Y is for youth movement. Among the many things to watch from USU this year will be how the team’s redshirt freshmen and sophomores do. Because of injuries, the Aggies will need a number of young players to step up, including sophomore running back Kerwynn Williams Z is for Zach Collaros, the exciting junior quarterback from the University of Cincinnati. He came off the bench to lead the Bearcats to a win over South Florida after starter Tony Pike got hurt last year, and never looked back. He led the team to four wins while throwing for 10 touchdowns and only two picks, but can he build on a strong sophomore campaign without former coach Brian Kelly at the helm? We’ll find out on Saturday, when Cincinnati travels to play Fresno State. Well, there you have it. And just in case anyone is wondering, I did in fact have to sing the ABCs to myself several times while coming up with this list. And in case you’re also wondering, I’m not exactly sold on Temple and Villanova, so any ladies out there feel free to drop me a line.

Adam Nettina is a senior majoring in history, and member of the Football Writers Association of America. He can be reached at adam.nettina@aggiemail.usu.edu.

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QUARTERBACK DIONDRE BOREL eludes a Boise State defender during USU’s final home game a year ago. Borel and the rest of the Aggies open the 2010 season on the road at No. 7 ranked Oklahoma Saturday. Statesman file photo

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WAC: Barnes, Benson look to rebound strong -continued from page 9 WAC enforce the bylaw which will keep the two schools in the conference, if for no other reason than to stabilize the WAC’s delicate existence until replacement schools can be brought in. “What is really important to us, the WAC, is that we continue to have Nevada and Fresno in our conference through 2012,” said Barnes. “That gives us this year to see what happens on a national landscape.” The WAC will operate as a nine team conference this season, and ideally will operate as an eight team conference in 2011-

2012. As for the WAC’s next move, Benson said on Wednesday that a committee has been formed to study future membership models, and the process of searching for replacement schools – whether they currently play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) or Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) – will begin immediately. “I’m confident that there are teams that will add value to the WAC in the future,” said Benson. “History has shown that teams that have joined the WAC have provided immediate benefits to the league, and have themselves, become better programs in a short time.” Conference proponents fear a six- team WAC – which will occur if replacement schools cannot be found by 2012 – will be unable to hold together in the long-term, especially amidst rumors that Louisiana Tech could be exploring options with ConferenceUSA. Barnes is confident that the WAC can fill the open spots, but said that bringing in a current FCS or non-football school would not be his first preference. Instead, Barnes would like to see the committee target FBS schools from other conferences for expansion. “I believe right now our focus should be on evaluating the landscape and seeing what options we have or could have in the future with FBS schools,” Barnes said.

“I hope that our focus is – and I know mine is – on FBS possibilities moving forward.” Barnes said that USU was committed to the WAC for the time being, but did not rule out any option for USU in the future. He said that talks with the MWC were not a “dead issue,” although said that there has “not been any live dialogue lately.” Likewise, Barnes believes that as long as Nevada and Fresno State remain in the WAC through the 2011-2012 school year, USU won’t be too adversely affected in the ability to recruit student athletes and field a full 12-game football schedule. “With this year, and what we have to sell and knowing where our programs are, we’ve got a whole list of things to sell. In the shorter term (recruiting) is not going to be a major issue,” Barnes said. On scheduling, he said“is not something we have great concern about right now. If it becomes an issue we’ll take further steps, particularly in football.” Barnes scheduling outlook is, however, subject to revision. Noting that future WAC schools would have lower profiles than the three current WAC schools which will leave the WAC within the next two years, Barnes hinted that USU might need to schedule more challenging out-of-conference games. Regardless of how future schedules might look, the USU athletic director was ada-

mant in establishing a six-game home schedule that includes either BYU or Utah each season. “We endeavor to play six home games every year,” Barnes said. “We endeavor to keep the Utah and/or BYU series going. We may change that, and we may talk about playing both of them as we move forward. Would we pick up another high profile game? It’s interesting how things change.” Barnes understands that the situation regarding USU’s athletic future remains fluid. He knows Aggie fans have been through a wild ride this summer, and he understands they have questions. And while he can’t offer any concrete solutions for the time being, he continues to urge patience as the school and the conference search for answers amidst an ever-changing college landscape. “The next question is ‘now what?’ and certainly that question is important,” Barnes said. “I continue to answer that question this way: the one thing we can’t afford to do is to make decisions that will affect us for the next decade and to make hasty decisions now if we don’t have to.” He continued, saying, “I believe what we saw in conference movement this summer - could be the tip of the iceberg to what we may see this next year. If that is the case we need to be patient, and we can afford to be patient.” – adamnettina@gmail.com

USU Preview: Aggies prepared for Sooners -continued from page 9 thing. It frees up our linebackers and makes it easy for our back-end guys to make plays, which is what we really want.” As for Murray’s preseason Heisman hype, Enesi and his fellow lineman are hoping to deepen it in week one. “We’ve

got something for him, and our defense is really focused and set to just stop the run first and play the pass from there,” Enesi said. The game will also come down to how USU’s offensive line is able to perform against the Sooner defensive front, which routinely ranks amongst the top units in all of college football. While the Sooners suffered a major hit after last season when lineman Gerald McCoy was drafted third overall in the NFL draft, Oklahoma still figures to be stout and physical up front. Third-team all-American defensive end Jeremy Beal anchors the unit, while 300-pounder Casey Walker steps in at the nose. According to USU offensive lineman Spencer Johnson, it’s OU’s combination of size on the interior and speed on the edges which gives the Sooners such a potent attack on the defensive line. “I think they are unique because they are physical and because they are really, really fast,” Johnson said. The challenge of protecting USU quarterback Diondre Borel isn’t lost on Johnson, but he said the Aggies can benefit from past match-ups with conference foes Boise State and Nevada when it comes to matching up against OU’s defensive front. “When you look at teams like Nevada and Boise state, they are real fast and they’re real disciplined,” Johnson said. “You see that a lot with the bigger schools. They have more speed. If we can play and study film on (Boise) and (Nevada) and learn stuff from them, then when we play bigger teams it is easier for us to see it and to understand things.” Understanding how the Oklahoma defense will line up and attack USU’s spread offense is a point of particular emphasis for both Aggie head coach Gary Andersen and USU offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin. After practice on Wednesday, Andersen addressed the team on the importance of watching film in preparing for the matchup. According to Baldwin, it’s watching film and paying attention to the intricacies of a defense like Oklahoma’s which will help the Aggies even with the discrepancy in size and speed up front. “As a player, if you know the technique of the opponents you’re against – or if you know

the situation you are in and what their defense is going to be in – the more you know about it and will be able to execute against it,” Baldwin said. He said while Oklahoma’s defensive front is fast and physical, his offense is disciplined and innovative. He knows USU can’t play smash football against OSU, but as long as quarterback Diondre Borel and the line can execute the gameplan, then USU stands a fighting chance. “We’ve got to look at ourselves,” Baldwin said. “Are we going to play smash-mouth football with them? No – but no one did with them last year. We are going to run the ball at them, but we’re going to run it at them in every formation and motion possible in America.” Baldwin, who coached at Michigan State 2003-2006, doesn’t buy the hoopla that teams like Oklahoma have a dramatic personnel advantage against non-BCS teams like those in the Western Athletic Conference. He pointed to similar situations the Aggies have been in during past games, and said that if his team goes down on Saturday, it will bee because of lack of execution on USU’s part. “Look at the last four years,” Baldwin said. “Boise State beat (Oklahoma). BYU beat them. That’s what we go by. We’ competed against Boise. We competed against BYU. Why can’t we compete against (Oklahoma)?” “It’s never the opponent who beats you, it’s always yourself,” added Baldwin. “If we limit our mistakes than we’ve got a shot.” You can say all you want about five-star high school recruits and the overwhelming talent discrepancy that exists between the two teams, but when it comes to winning and losing on Saturday, USU’s players and coaches now that their ability to hold strong on the offensive and defensive lines will be the deciding factor. While over-matched on paper, Aggie players are determined not to be out-prepared, and promise Oklahoma a fight in the trenches come Saturday. “I’ve been a lineman all my life, so it’s going to come down to our defensive line and our offensive line and how we’re going to progress during these last days of preparation,” said Enesi. “Come game day we are going to show up.” – adamnettina@gmail.com

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Builders of NYC mosque face financial hurdles NEW YORK (AP) – The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site still have financial hurdles to clear: They haven’t finished buying all the property they want for the project and are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees. How serious those problems might be depends on who is backing the project – and that’s still a big unknown. The real estate partnership that controls the site of the planned cultural center, health club and mosque insists it has the financial wherewithal to put the project together, and that its failure to pay its first two quarterly property tax payments this year is not evidence of fiscal ill health. The entity that owns the building, 45 Park Place Partners LLC, has an interest-fattened $236,327 tax bill looming on Oct. 1, according to city records. The Manhattan real estate firm that put together the building purchase, Soho Properties, issued a statement through a spokesman that waved off concerns over the missed payments and said it’s not in financial distress. The lack of payment resulted from an ongoing dispute with the city over the assessed value of the building, the company said. In such disputes, it is

THE WINDOWS ON THE TOP STORY of the Liberty Street building where Russell Simmons lives are seen Wednesday, Aug. 25, in New York. Simmons is making his support for a proposed mosque near ground zero crystal clear through the windows of his apartment overlooking the World Trade Center site. The first six windows use the symbols of world religions to spell out “coexist,” starting with an Islamic star and crescent for the “C” and finishing with a Christian cross for the “T.” AP photo

not unusual for building owners to temporarily suspend payments, the company said. “This matter will be resolved shortly,” the statement said. An Associated Press review of city tax and property databases found that hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes due on other buildings controlled by Soho Properties and its managing partner, Sharif El-Gamal, have been paid on time this year, although in a few instances the payments were slightly less than the total owed. El-Gamal, a Brooklyn-born Manhattan real estate investor, has put together a modest real estate portfolio over the past four years, and leads the investment group that bought the site of the planned Islamic center last summer for $4.5 million. He has declined to identify other investors in the project, saying only that the group includes Christians, Muslims and Jews. Soho Properties says it owns or manages about $200 million worth of real estate in Manhattan. Its holdings include a commercial building in midtown Manhattan, luxury condominiums, and a few well-worn apartment buildings with a long history of housing code violations, many of which predated the company’s purchase of the properties but have either worsened or have yet to be corrected.

Crew rescued after coastal La. oil platform explodes NEW ORLEANS (AP) – An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed. The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile long and 100 feet wide had begun to spread from the site of the blast, about 200 miles west of the source of BP’s massive spill. But hours later, Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said crews were unable to find any spill. The company that owns the platform, Houston-based Mariner Energy, did not know what caused the explosion. Mariner officials said there were seven active production wells on the platform, and they were shut down shortly before the fire broke out. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said the company told him the fire began in 100 barrels of light oil condensate, but officials did not know yet what sparked the flames. The Coast Guard said Mariner Energy reported the oil sheen. In a public statement, the company said an initial flyover did not show any oil.

Photos from the scene showed at least five ships floating near the platform. Three of them were shooting great plumes of water onto the machinery. Light smoke could be seen drifting across the deep blue waters of the gulf. By late afternoon, the fire on the platform was out. The platform is in about 340 feet of water and about 100 miles south of Louisiana’s Vermilion Bay. Its location is considered shallow water, much less than the approximately 5,000 feet where BP’s well spewed oil and gas for three months after the April rig explosion that killed 11 workers. Responding to any oil spill in shallow water would be much easier than in deep water, where crews depend on remote-operated vehicles to access equipment on the sea floor. A Homeland Security update obtained by The Associated Press said the platform was producing 58,800 gallons of oil and 900,000 cubic feet of gas per day. The platform can store 4,200 gallons of oil. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the administration has “response assets ready for deployment should we receive reports of pollution in the water.” All 13 of the platform’s crew members were rescued from

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The Riverside County Animal Services officers and employees attend to some of the seized dogs from the Best Buddies Rescue in Aguanga, Calif., in June 2007. AP photo

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn’t care for from hundreds of miles away – unaware it was a death camp for cats. Investigators who raided the place two years ago found killing rooms, mass graves so thick they couldn’t take a step without walking on cat bones and a stunning statistic: Bruno had taken in over 7,000 cats in the previous 14 months, but only found homes for 23. In doing so, she had become a statistic herself, one of an increasing number of selfproclaimed rescuers who have become animal hoarders running legal and often nonprofit charities. Rescues and shelters now make up a quarter of the estimated 6,000 new hoarding cases reported in the U.S. each year, said Dr. Randall Lockwood, ASPCA’s senior vice president of forensic sciences and anticruelty projects. “When I first started looking into this 20 years ago, fewer than 5 percent would have fit that description,” Lockwood said. Hoarding itself is not a crime in most states, but cruelty is and both can start around the same time – when one more animal becomes one too many. Rescuers take in rejected, abandoned, abused or stray pets. Some come from municipal shelters as they are about to be euthanized. It remains a mystery how someone goes from trying to rescue animals to stockpiling them in inhumane conditions without food, water or basic care. No single trigger has been found, but dementia, addiction, attachment disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other psy-

chological problems are often blamed. “The root of it is really nothing to do with animals. It’s to do with people’s heads and how they work,” said Gregory Castle, co-founder and chief executive officer of Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah. The focus on hoarding of all kindS has intensified in recent years due to widely publicized cases and television shows about it. The Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium at Tufts University is urging the American Psychiatric Association to include animal hoarding in its next update to its diagnostic bible. Some hoarders develop a “messiah complex,” seeing themselves as saviors even as animals die. One hoarder told Lockwood: “I wouldn’t give one of my dogs to Jesus Christ if he came in the door.” Bruno was seen as a cat saint of sorts and she surrounded herself with volunteers who enabled her and rallied around her when the 29-acre Tiger Ranch Cat Sanctuary in Tarentum, Pa., was shut down. Some 700 people signed a petition seeking dismissal of the case. Cats were found in nearly every filthy, stinky building on the 29-acre property. Many were too sick, starved or weak to get to the little food or water available. The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recovered 391 live cats and 106 dead ones. Thousands were believed to be dead and buried. Bruno, 47, was sentenced to two years of house arrest and 27 years probation. She was ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution and $21 a day in electronic monitoring fees. Several agencies received reports of hoarding at Bruno’s ranch, but it took months to document. Typically, the accused offer myriad excuses. They claim they are victims of religious and political persecution or contend people are lying or planting evidence. It’s hard to believe the excuses after seeing inches-thick feces, urine stained walls, cages stacked high with starving animals, dead and rotting carcasses, trash, fleas, maggots and diseases, said John Welsh, spokesman for the Riverside Department of Animal Services. A whistleblower tipped off Welsh’s department in 2007 that a nurse, Sylvia Gyimesi, was euthanizing sick animals with a homemade cocktail of vodka and sleeping pills at the Best Buddies Rescue she ran out of her Aguanga home. In a pair of mobile homes on Gyimesi’s property, investigators found close to 150 Chihuahuas, dachshunds and poodle mixes, along with some large breed dogs. Welsh said the stench and squalor were so bad, he had to leave almost immediately. They found graves in the back yard and a paw coming up from the

the water. They were found huddled together in insulated survival outfits called “Gumby suits” for their resemblance to the cartoon character. “These guys had the presence of mind, used their training to get into those Gumby suits before they entered the water,” Coast Guard spokesman Chief Petty Officer John Edwards said. The captain of the boat that rescued the platform crew said his vessel was 25 miles away when it received a distress call Thursday morning from the platform. The Crystal Clear, a 110-foot boat, was in the Gulf doing routine maintenance work on oil rigs and platforms. When Capt. Dan Shaw arrived at the scene of the blast, the workers were holding hands in the water, where they had been for two hours. They were thirsty and tired. “We gave them soda and water, anything they wanted to drink,” Shaw said. “They were just glad to be on board with us.” Shaw said the blast was so sudden that the crew did not have time to get into lifeboats. They did not mention what might have caused the blast.

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