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Albrecht said employees at USU-College of Eastern Utah will also receive the same dividend Healthy choices will pay off using their campus’ funds. for active, benefit-eligible USU The employees who are employees in the form of a $600 actively working for the univercheck near the end of this month, sity, enrolled said USU in USU’s health President Stan “I receive weekly einsurance as of Albrecht in an mails from employees July 1, 2010 and April 12 email are eligible for thanking the wellness to employees. benefits, will “We hope staff for their help receive the onethe wellness and encouragement, time wellness dividend, comand telling me they are dividend, said bined with cenvice president tral coverage of changing their health for Business the increase in for the better.” and Finance health insurDave Cowley. ance premiums, – Caroline Shugart, The university will be helpful employee wellness coordinator has approxifor everyone, mately 2,500 particularly employees who in a year when fit this category. across-the-board salary increases “We are able to do this because have not been funded by the state over the current fiscal year, USU’s legislature,” Albrecht states in the

By LIS STEWART staff writer

self-insured health plan has experienced lower than expected claims,” Albrecht said in the email.

Employee Wellness coordinator Caroline Shugart said she hopes people taking advantage of Wellness programs is connected with the decrease in health care costs at the university.

“I receive weekly e-mails from employees thanking the wellness staff for their help and encouragement, and telling me they are changing their health for the better,” she said.

Shugart said more and more employees are participating in Wellness programs each year.

Visits to the Employee Wellness Center in the HPER building saw a 28 percent increase from 2009 to 2010, according to last year’s fourth-quarter Wellness Program dashboard update.

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USU FACULTY AND STAFF EXERCISE in the HPER building’s Employee Wellness Center. Various programs have been created to by USU Wellness to encourage employee health. This could lend to the decrease in employee health insurance claims. LAUREN BROTHERSEN photo

Connections novel recounts story of hurricane survivors

Running of the bulls

By RHETT WILKINSON staff writer

Freshman will begin their college experience in the fall through Connections, a program designed to assimilate incoming students to life at USU, by hearing from Chris Rose, a New Orleans TimesPicayune reporter who has both undergone psychotherapy and rehab following an addiction to painkillers.

He will visit USU Aug. 27 to speak about Dave Eggers’ novel “Zeitoun” at 9:30 a.m. in the Kent Concert Hall. The novel chronicles the emotional exodus of Hurricane Katrina survivors Kathy and Abdulrahman Zeitoun.

Abdulrahman began to explore the city in New Orleans in a secondhand canoe following the calamity, distributing what supplies he had and ferrying neighbors to higher ground.

Tuesday, Rose was contracted to be the welcome-to-school-week’s speaker following the downfall of Student Orientation Advising and Registration (SOAR) Director Noelle Call’s original plan to welcome either Hurricane Katrina survivor Kathy Zeitoun or author David Eggers. Rose said he will seek to inspire the newest Aggies by shedding light on the novel’s significance.

Rose was a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Distinguished

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Commentary of the catastrophe and was a part of the Times-Picayune team that won the 2006 Public Service Pulitzer for the newspaper’s Katrina coverage. He said an additional objective of his visit is to recount the catastrophic events which changed the lives of hundreds of thousands.

“I carry a message of resilience, of community, of pride of place, and of extreme optimism in the face of lost hope,” said Rose, who also wrote a book of collected Katrina columns called ‘1 Dead in Attic,’ a compilation of life in New Orleans following the hurricane.

“What New Orleans did to rebuild itself in the near absence of hope, what New Orleans and the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who have come to to help rebuild is a tremendous story of the triumph of the human spirit,” he said.

Such spirit is captured in a novel that hones in on the Zeitoun’s plight, Rose said.

“In one personal story, we see exactly a perfect example of what I’m talking about,” Rose said of “Zeitoun.” “It exists totally in a book about someone who was self-

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ClarifyCorrect The Statesman ran an article April 15 which said the interior design and art programs would be seeking their accreditation beginning next Fall. The interior design program is already accredited, and the art program will be seeking its accreditation next Fall with the arrival of Dr. Laura Gelfand who will head the combined programs.

Nat’lBriefs Police: Parcel bombs sent to Celtic manager

LONDON (AP) – Police say that parcel bombs have been sent three times over the past several weeks to the manager of the Celtic soccer team and two of its high-profile fans.

Scottish police said Tuesday that a package addressed to Neil Lennon was intercepted at a sorting office on March 26 in Kirkintilloch outside of Glasgow.

Another package destined for Scottish lawmaker Trish Godman was intercepted at her constituency office two days later.

The motive behind the mail bombs wasn’t made clear but sectarian tensions in Northern Ireland often find expression in the violent rivalry between Celtic fans, who are mostly Catholic, and Rangers fans, who are mostly Protestant.

CIA reveals top invisible ink techniques

WASHINGTON (AP) – The CIA lifted the lid on one corner of the cloak and dagger world of World War I, declassifying six of the oldest secret documents in the U.S. government archives, the agency announced Tuesday.

The documents show top techniques used by spies, generals and diplomats to send secret messages in a diplomatic war that raged long after the guns stopped. The records reveal how invisible ink was used to send word between allies, and spies learned to open letters to read each others’ secrets without leaving a trace.

There’s even a document written in French of the German’s secret ink formula, showing the French had cracked the enemy’s code.

LateNiteHumor Tuesday, April 27, 2010 – Top 10 Signs Your Neighbor Is An Alien 10. Day after he moves in, your wife gives birth to a purple lizard.

9. Bores you with photos of his vacation to the Crab Nebula.

8. Eats UPS guys like they’re pistachios.

7. Shops for clothes at Rochester Big & Tall & Three-Legged.

6. Greets you by saying, “How’s it going, earth monkey?�

5. His temperature is 6.

4. His saucer-shaped garage ... come on, that’s a dead giveaway!

3. Points to star and says, “That’s where I went to undergrad.�

2. His home movies look suspiciously like “Avatar� – Now available on DVD. 1. Authorities from Arizona just hauled him back to Neptune.

Raul Castro named head of Communist Party HAVANA (AP) – Cuba’s Communist Party stuck Tuesday with a slate of silver-haired icons of the revolution to spearhead a last-ditch effort to save the island’s sputtering economy – surprising those who took to heart declarations by Raul and Fidel Castro that it was time to give way to a new generation of leaders.

Delegates to a key Party Congress picked 79-year-old Raul Castro to replace his ailing brother at the helm, while weathered veterans moved up to the No. 2 and 3 positions. Three somewhat younger politicians were named to lesser roles in the leadership council, but it remained dominated by men who came of age before television, let alone the Internet.

Fidel Castro made a surprise appearance, to thunderous applause from delegates, many of whom could be seen crying as he was helped to his place on stage by a young aide, then stood at attention during Cuba’s national anthem.

Wearing a blue track suit over a checked shirt, the 84-year-old revolution-

ary leader looked unsteady on his feet as he clutched the aide’s arm, and at times slumped in his chair. He became more animated as the proceedings continued,

FIDEL CASTRO BLOWS A KISS to Cuban Communist Party members after making a surprise appearance in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday April 19. AP photo

especially when Raul’s name was read out by an official announcing members of the party’s Central Committee. Fidel was left off the leadership slate for the first time.

But Raul said his brother needed no formal title to continue being the country’s guiding light. “Fidel is Fidel,� he said.

In a speech closing out the Congress, Raul acknowledged the lack of fresh faces, saying the country had failed to develop young leaders because of errors committed in the past, including by him and his brother. “We have kept various veterans of the historic generation, and that is logical due to the consequences of the mistakes that have been made in this area,�

Raul told 1,000 delegates gathered in a sprawling Havana convention center. “These have robbed us of a back bench of mature substitutes with enough experience to take on the country’s top positions.�

Named party second secretary was

Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, an 80-year-old stalwart who set up field hospitals for the Castros when they were young rebels fighting to topple Fulgencio Batista in the 1950s. The No. 3 spot went to Ramiro Valdes, a 78-year-old vice president who was with the brothers when they launched the revolution aboard the Granma yacht in 1956.

Ann Louise Bardach, a longtime Cuba expert and author of “Without Fidel� and “Cuba Confidential,� said the much-anticipated leadership announcement fell flat, with Raul Castro, Machado Ventura and Valdes continuing to run things. “What part of this is a shake-up?

These are the three principal ‘historicos’ left in the country.� she said. “We’re not seeing new blood – this is the oldest blood Cuba has.�

A larger and less influential body, the Central Committee, was chock full of young women and Afro-Cubans, as well as grizzled armed forces generals and members of the old guard.

Nevada man pleads not guilty in NYC poker case NEW YORK (AP) – The lawyer for a Las Vegas man arrested in a prosecution aimed at shutting down the three largest Internet poker companies operating in the United States contested bank fraud conspiracy charges Tuesday by saying his client never lied to a bank.

Attorney William Cowden made the comment outside court after his client, Chad Elie, pleaded not guilty and was released on $250,000 bail.

He said Elie intends to “aggressively defend� charges that he and 10 others conspired to persuade banks to process billions of dollars in illegal Internet revenues. Elie had appeared in federal court in Las Vegas last week

and was making his first appearance in the Manhattan court where the case will be prosecuted.

The 31-year-old Elie and others are accused of fooling banks into processing Internet poker transactions.

Authorities said Elie persuaded a Utah bank operator to process transactions in return for a $10 million investment in the bank.

A law enacted in the U.S. in 2006 makes it a crime for gambling businesses to knowingly accept most forms of payment in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling. Cowden said his client “never lied to a bank.�

The prosecution is aimed at shut-

ting down the U.S. operations of three companies based overseas: PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker.

The indictment seeks $3 billion in money laundering penalties and forfeiture from the defendants.

At one point during Elie’s 10-minute court appearance, Cowden handed a prosecutor a small box containing what he said was a 500-gigabyte hard drive.

Magistrate Judge Frank Maas said he’d never before seen a defense lawyer hand over a piece of evidence at such an early stage of court proceedings.

Outside court, Cowden said he didn’t want to waste any time getting

the case to trial. He also said his client would not speak about the case.

The bail package calls for Elie to post $50,000 in cash by next week as collateral. Among three financially responsible people who must sign his bond was his wife, Destiny Davis. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Sunday that Davis, a Miss January 2005 Playboy Playmate, was married Saturday to Elie at Little Church of the West in Las Vegas. Davis sat in the last row of spectator seating during the arraignment.

So far, three of the 11 people charged in the case have been arrested. All are free on bail after pleading not guilty.

Storm’s death toll rises to 23 in North Carolina BONNETSVILLE, N.C. (AP) – Shards of glass from old bottles and furniture smashed by a tornado that tore through town littered the concrete floor of Rhonda Carter’s antique store, shattering her plans to open an auction house in nearby Salemburg. A storage area in the back was flattened. “I just had a feeling something bad was going to happen, and it did,� Carter said of Saturday, when storms raged through Bonnetsville and other parts of North Carolina, killing at least 23 and damaging or destroying more than 800 homes. “Now I’m starting over.�

From remote rural communities to the state’s second-largest city, thousands of residents hit by the most active tornado outbreak recorded in North Carolina’s history were clearing away rubble and debris, repairing power lines and facing a recovery that will cost tens of millions of dollars. Gov. Beverly Perdue on Tuesday requested a federal disaster declaration for 18 counties, which would open up federal aid.

The storms that chugged across the South last week killed at least 46 people in six states, but the worst devastation came over about four hours Saturday in North Carolina. A confirmed tally had been difficult to reach because of the far-flung destruction and multiple government agencies involved.

The Associated Press confirmed the identities of each of the 23 who died in North Carolina with relatives, local officials or state troopers. “In the blink of an eye, so many people have been plunged into grief and crisis,� said Preston

Parrish, executive vice president of ministry at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which dispatched its disaster-response teams to four areas of the state.

One was Bertie County in the state’s northeast corner, where the ministry also deployed volunteers just seven months ago, after floods devastated the county seat of Windsor and surrounding communities.

At least two tornadoes hit the county in rapid succession, one doing enough damage to kill 11 people. The twisters descended suddenly, with only about 15 minutes of warning. “I saw it coming, we got in there, and as soon as we hit the door, boom, it hit,� said Roy Lee, whose house was destroyed. “About three minutes max it was over.�

When it was over, Lee’s neighbor, 60-year-old Peggy Leary, was dead.

The National Weather Service said Tuesday that its preliminary analysis has identified 25 different tornadoes in North Carolina. That’s three more touchdowns than during a March 1984 event that included more powerful systems and killed twice as many people but was largely isolated to the Interstate 95 corridor.

Saturday’s outbreak spread across more than half the state, from near Winston-Salem to the Outer Banks.

Perdue and other officials toured the damage Monday, pledging prompt support to rebuild.

Charities, religious groups and emergency shelters sprang into action, offering their services to resi-

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Aviation program upgrades simulator

Staff members of The Utah Statesman took several top honors from the Better Newspaper Contest, part of the recent Utah Press Association Winter Convention held in St. George.

The Utah Press Association is a cooperative of all Utah newspapers, from the biggest daily to the smallcirculation weekly. The UPA provides legal, advertising and training support for all Utah print media, more than 50 publications.

The Better Newspaper Contest allowed newspapers to submit their entries from items published in 2010, in about two dozen different categories of news and advertising.

Statesman staff winning awards were: First place, Feature Photo, Mark Vuong, for a photo from A-Day 2010; first place, Feature Story, Tam Rounds, for an examination of the “spice problem” in Cache Valley; first place, Sports Story, Adam Nettina, for a profile on a USU soccer coach; second place, News Series, for The Statesman staff’s coverage of the USU-CEU merger.

Also winning were the Statesman sports staff, third place for Sports Page Design; Alison Ostler, second place, for News Photo; third place, Tam Rounds, in the Feature Story category; and the entire staff was honored with second place in the category Best Overall News Coverage, as the judges examined three pre-determined issues published during 2010.

AARON DYCHES TEACHES A STUDENT how to take off from a virtual runway in the Aviation Technology Program’s flight simulator, Tuesday. The simulator will be open for students to test on Thursday and afterward will be $46 per hour to rent at the Logan-Cache Airport (above). USU owns 17 accessible airplanes at Logan’s airport.

ARMEN HOVSEPYAN photo

pilots are using in the industry,” Clifford said. “It’s more realistic and the capabilities are direct. It gives the students the ability to do instrument training in the simulators. You can pause it, you can talk about it, you can replay it and the instructor can slow it down and introduce any kind of scenario.”

There are about 150 students enrolled in the aviation technology program who are actively learning how to fly while about 60 are taking the necessary courses in preparation to leave the ground behind the controls of one of USU’s DA40 and DA42 Diamond fleet airplanes.

“The inside of the simulator

resembles pretty accurately the cockpits of the planes the students fly,” Dyches said.

Outside the simulator is a computer depicting the back end of the virtual plane as it blazes through stormy weather. If a student crashes the plane due to a rough landing, the plane starts smoking.

“Here, students can learn how to cope with failure,” Dyches said.

“We hope for the best, but we plan for the worst.”

The aviation program puts their students in an airplane cockpit before teaching them in a simulator, because airplanes are less sensitive to control, he said.

“It makes it really easy to learn

because you can program real faults,” said flight instructor Jeff Wegener. “It really helps them to know what can happen in icy conditions, and what can really happen to the airplane in these conditions.”

Instructors will continue to use the old regional jet simulator, Clifford said, which is a model from the early ‘80s and is still an “excellent training aid.”

As of late, about 30 flights take off per day from the Logan-Cache Airport, and USU owns 17 of the airplanes in use.

– catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu. edu

‘Zeitoun’: Novel tells story of couple braving disaster -continued from page 1

less and helping. That’s indicative of the New Orleans spirit. Now, of course, things go wrong – terribly, terribly wrong – for this man. And it elevates his story into something epic and nightmarish.”

Rose said he has no concern about being able to connect an event to students who would have been many years from high school when it occurred.

“It’s simple really, right?” he said. “All the students love great movies, they love great books, great music, great songs. For that matter and the reason they are attracted to movies, books and songs is because they tell great and universal stories. That’s what ‘Zeitoun’ is. It’s an incredible, unforgettable, story. Simple as that.”

Call said she is confident that Rose’s expression of his own similar observations will strike a chord with his audience.

“I’m really impressed with how he has approached Katrina personally,” she said.

“He is very much a humanist. He does well at illustrating the struggles of the people of New Orleans and how they got to that point.

I thought he would be a good match since we

couldn’t get (Eggers) or the characters in the book to come.”

It’s an invitation Rose said he was glad to accept.

“I can only assume they would choose me because my work must be the the second-best book about Katrina and they probably can’t afford Dave Eggers anyway,” Rose said. “He’s a big deal, and I’m a little – no I’m a medium deal. I mean, I have a Pulitzer prize and he doesn’t, but I only have one New York Times bestseller and he has a whole bunch of them-like a bookshelf full.”

“Covering New Orleans at the time let me show the dark side of the storm,” he said.

“However, the professional atmosphere and coverage to my work are things I will cherish forever. I don’t know if it’s worth the awards, though. I would trade those accolades and awards back to making that it all never happened. But, it did, and with that said, there’s no denying that natural disaster is a great career move for somebody in my line of work.”

Lisa Hancock is a SOAR director who helped plan Connections through the initial selection of “Zeitoun” in late March.

“You know, I think the speaker and the experience usually works out,” Hancock said. “It’s good for students to read and discuss and have these sorts of experiences before the semester begins.”

Rose said the role of the catastrophe in both his life and career “shadowed his life” and he explored the wreckage of New Orleans in-depth as a journalist.

Rose said, “After Katrina, after about two years of a very intense, embedded journalism in the wasteland of physical and emotional wasteland that was New Orleans, after the federal levy failure, after all that was through, when I came up for air, I realize I did suffer and mirror the suffering of tens if not hundreds of thousands of people who lived in and around New Orleans. My story is not uncommon.”

This is a story that Rose said he certainly believes in.

“I like enlightening the masses, blowing young minds,” he said. “All of us together, we’ll laugh, we’ll cry. I promise.”

– rhett.wilkinson@aggiemail.usu.edu

Money: USU faculty and staff look forward to $600 health dividend -continued from page 1 “We have an active wellness program,” Cowley said. “We think our employee wellness program is very effective in helping people be conscious about their own health and wellness and health care decisions. We believe it is making an impact.”

Cowley said preventive measures play a major part in keeping healthy. Last year the university extended its health plan to cover preventative procedures such as physicals, colonoscopies and mammograms completely.

“We encourage people to look after themselves and assess them-

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Statesman staff wins big in contest

By CATHERINE MEIDELL news editor

A green glow luminesced from the control lights cover inside the USU aviation school’s new Redbird airplane simulator as assistant chief flight instructor Aaron Dyches programmed a flight to Truckee, Calif., on a computer screen.

Students, instructors and directors gathered around the back of the simulator at the Logan-Cache Airport to peek into the cockpit displaying a 220-degree panoramic view of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. With the click of a button, heavy snow started to fall on the surrounding screens and the virtual plane showed signs of turbulence.

Every possible flight route in the world can be programmed into the simulator.

“We could go to Dubai,” Dyches said. “It has a world base. Our other simulator only has 200 possible destinations.”

The computerized airplane lifts off the ground and soars over mountains, houses and lakes, crossing the terrain at approximately the same speed as a real plane. A compass on the control panel directs the pilot to their set destination.

“The controls are hyper-sensitive,” Dyches said. “You have to make small changes more often.”

On Thursday, April 21, the aviation technology program will welcome all to see the new simulator for themselves, and even give it a test run, free of charge.

Every year USU’s College of Engineering allocates funding to the aviation technology program, which helped them purchase this learning tool worth approximately $60,000, said Nolan Clifford, director of aviation. Kurt Becker, the engineering and technology education department head, was key in working with the College of Engineering dean to allocate the necessary funding. The program will charge $46 per hour for those who wish to use the simulator and are not enrolled in the advanced aviation course.

It took three years for Dyches and other aviation technology personnel to research and decide which simulator would best suit USU students and be most cost efficient.

“This is the technology that

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selves so if they have those problems they can get them taken care of,” Cowley said.

Shugart gave an example another preventative measure: Diet and exercise. She said a person who gives up fast food and starts eating healthier food, and wears a pedometer to aim for 10,000 steps a day, can lose 25 pounds over five months.

“They get off their blood pressure medicine, they get off their cholesterol medicine,” she said.

“They feel great. Their quality of life improves. The value (can be) at least $30,000 in health care costs,

surgery hospitalization, medications.”

She said people who take preventative health and wellness measures feel better and live longer.

University employees also receive discounts at the Sports Academy and Smithfield Recereation Center. Dan Smith, Sports Academy general manager, said there are currently more than 800 active USU employee memberships, plus the family members of those employees, at the local fitness club.

To Shugart, it doesn’t matter where someone goes to exercise, as

long as they are doing it.

“We want everyone active and doing 30 minutes of physical activity every day,” she said.

The exact date eligible employees will receive the dividend is not yet concrete.

Brande Faupell, Human Resources executive director, said the trick now is figuring out how to make it work. A special payroll has to be run in addition to regular payroll. The university is expecting to send out the dividend by the end of April.

– la.stewart@aggiemail.usu.edu

U.S. Army band booked at USU The internationally acclaimed United States Army Field Band of Washington, D.C., continues its long history of presenting free public performances when it appears at the Utah State University Kent Concert Hall Monday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.

The Field Band’s concert in Logan is sponsored by the USU’s Caine College of the Arts and the Herald Journal.

As the premier touring musical representative for the United States Army, the Field Band travels thousands of miles each year throughout the nation and abroad, keeping the will of the American people behind the members of the armed forces and supporting diplomatic efforts around the world. Since its formation in 1946, the Field Band has appeared in all 50 states and in more than 30 countries on four continents.

Youth production opens in lyric theater Unicorn Children’s Theatre presents Ruth Call’s adaptation of “Winnie the Pooh,” by A.A. Milne, April 28-30 in the Caine Lyric Theatre. The play follows Christopher Robin and his friends on their adventure in the hundred acre woods “‘Winnie the Pooh” is a story of friendship and love, which makes it wonderfully family friendly,” said Kris Bushman, the play’s director.

Audience members can join Christopher Robin, his best friend Pooh and the whole animal crew for a delightful adventure, Bushman said.

Follow Winnie the Pooh on his daily hunt for honey, watch Tigger bounce through the forest and help Eeyore find a new home.

Curtains open at 7:30 p.m. nightly, April 28-30, with a 2 p.m. matinee April 30. Performances are presented at the Caine Lyric Theatre, 28 W. Center Street, Logan.

General admission tickets are $10 for adults and $3 for children ages 313. One child will be admitted free of charge with the purchase of two adult tickets.

The cast includes 25 members and 16 are local children who auditioned for the play.

“This will be a great experience for the kids of Unicorn Theatre to work as supporting roles with the adult professionals,” said Bushman. “They will have the opportunity to learn new techniques and skills that will be helpful throughout their acting careers.”

-Compiled from staff and media reports

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USU turns high-schoolers into scientists

By CHRIS LEE staff writer

This July, USU researchers will give high school juniors and seniors hands-on experience in biotechnology research at the 11th annual Biotechnology Summer Academy.

The students will work with faculty researchers such as Giovanni Rompato of the Center for Integrated Biosystems (CIB) at USU. “We have a group of high school kids,” Rompato said, “they work for us (and) with us in the lab for a week.

They have a project and experiment and they go and do it and we provide assistance, help and direction.”

According to the biotechnology website, the experiments will be in areas such as bioengineering, chemistry, biology, environmental engineering, bioinformatics and animal, dairy and veterinary sciences, as well as plant and soil science.

Afifa Sabir, facilitator of the Biotechnology Summer Academy, said the students select the area of research they are interested in and are paired with a member of USU faculty in that field.

“We don’t put all of them in one group, we divide them into small groups,” Sabir said. “If they like biology we hook them up with biology faculty. If they like chemistry, we put them in the chemistry department.

If they like engineering we put them in the engineering department. We don’t teach them all the same thing, it depends on their interests.”

Sabir said the students will also

attend lectures by USU biotechnology and industry experts. These presentations will also expose students to career opportunities in these fields.

At the end of the week the students will present their projects to faculty and their parents to show off the finished products of their work.

According to Sabir one of the goals of the program is to recruit quality students to USU. She hopes the program will help recruit students that are serious about a college career. She said the program also helps encourage students to pursue careers in areas such as life science and engineering with an emphasis in biotechnology.

“This program serves as an excellent recruitment tool for the university to attract these high school students to USU after graduation,” Sabir said. “After the positive learning experience they had during the Academy, many of the students who participated in this program in the last few years attend USU.” The most recent statistics presented by Sabir state that 55 students attended the Biotechnology Summer Academy in 2009. Of those students, 29 of them now attend USU. Students are admitted to the Academy through an application process which includes submitting their student transcripts and a one-page statement describing why they want to go to the Biotechnology Summer Academy.

According to the student application pamphlet, students are chosen based on their GPA, interest in science and grade level.

This year will also be the 7th annu-

al Advanced Biotechnology Summer Academy. This program is for returning students who want to get their hands even deeper into research.

Sabir said, “They asked me, ‘Can we come back next year for the same program?’ I said, ‘What are we going to call it?’”

The students don’t spend the entire five-day program doing research, however. They also get a taste of college social life by staying in USU housing facilities. While staying at the housing facilities the high school students participate in evening group activities including rock climb-

• USU Police responded to a parking problem at West Stadium Villas. A truck was parked on a sidewalk. Police made contact with the owner of the truck and the truck was moved. A report was filed with USU Police.

• USU Police responded to a criminal mischief incident at West Stadium Villa. An individual’s vehicle was keyed. Police gathered information and a report was filed with USU Police.

This incident is still being investigated.

•USU Police located two individuals playing miniature golf inside the Fine Arts building. The individuals were identified and removed from the building.

– chris.w.lee@aggiemail.usu.edu

AFIFA SABIR (LEFT), A FACILITATOR of the Biotechnology Summer Academy demonstrates the Nano Drop machine with Sarah Bastian, a senior majoring in biology and secondary education, which high-schoolers learn to use during the program. BRECK BYINGTON photo

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ing, swimming and barbecues.

Registration for the Academy costs $200 and applications are due by June 3. Housing and meals are provided by USU.

Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies.

Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 females on campus. The male is not posing a threat but the police department is investigating the incident.

• Police responded to a traffic offense that occurred between Merrill Hall and the Reeder Hall building. The complainant informed the police that he saw two motorcycles riding on the grass. Police are investigating at this time.

• Police responded to a possible criminal mischief report that occurred at the Alumni House. A window on the south end of the building had been broken. Further investigation found that the window was accidently broken.

vidual was stopped by library staff after he had drawn on the exterior concrete walls with chalk. The student did not have authorization to do this and was required to clean it off.

Wednesday, April 13 • Police responded to a suspicious activity report. The complainant wanted police to file a report that someone had keyed his vehicle, but after investigation it was determined that the vehicle was not damaged in a malicious manner.

• USU Police responded to an agency assist incident at 720 N. 600 East in Logan. USU Police assisted Logan City Police with a prowler incident. A report was filed with USU Police.

• USU Police responded to an automobile burglary in the Reeder Hall parking lot. Police are investigating.

• USU Police responded to a suspicious activity incident on Old Main Hill. A water balloon had been thrown at an individual’s car while traveling on 400 North. Police were unable to locate the suspects. There was no damage or injury. A report was filed with USU Police.

Monday, April 11

Tuesday, April 12

• Police responded to a delayed report of a suspicious male on campus. The Caucasian male, approximately in his fifties, made contact with a female student and wanted to know where the foreign exchange students party on campus. Police are investigating at this time.

• USU Police received a report of a suspicious Hispanic male who appears to be homeless. The male likes to speak to

• USU Police responded to a criminal mischief call at the USU Library. Upon arrival USU Police noticed that a male indi-

-Compiled by Catherine Meidell

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Brokenhearted? The doctor is in

By SPENCER PALMER staff writer

The date doctor is not an urban myth. His name is David Coleman, and he’s coming to USU on April 21 to share some of his knowledge.

“Where is it said that learning can’t be fun and entertainment can’t be life-changing?”

Coleman said. He said he lives by this axiom every day.

When Coleman was a sophomore in college, he could meet women effortlessly without ulterior motives. He said his friends did not have those skills, but realized if they hung around him they’d be able to meet more women and be able to develop a relationship

David Coleman’s tips: How to be a good date Men: 1. Let chivalry occur naturally 2. Focus on her 3. Listen to her completely before you respond 4. Never leave the house with ulterior motives 5. Leave your cell phone at home

Women: 1. Make sure that PDA is okay 2. Look great for him, but not necessarily half of North America 3. Offer to pay, but then give away 4. Give him a sign early on 5. Help him avoid “The Showdown” (the last five minutes of the date)

from there. If things weren’t going well, or if they had questions on what they should do, his friends would ask for advice from Coleman, and he said he would happily help them out.

Later, Coleman became the student activities director at Bowling Green State University where he started a program called Creative Dating, in which he would give cheap date ideas and other advice. The word spread, and soon he said he was giving presentations to other colleges and groups across the country.

While at a National Association of Campus Activities (NACA) conference, Coleman talked with a group of program coordinators from USU including Chase Casillas, a senior in English and activities director for ASUSU. Coleman captured Casillas’ interest, which paved the way for this week’s event.

“It was a collective decision to bring him here,” Casillas said. “He’ll break down notions on what dating should be.”

Casillas said Coleman will say “stuff that you really need to hear” but may not want to.

“They’re gonna get a rude awakening, which is fine since it will be fun and humorous,” he said.

Coleman said 90 percent of people get excited after hearing him speak, but the other 10 percent hate him.

“When there are diametrically opposed sides to a topic, such as the death penalty, abortion or certain stances on relationships, it’s always hard to please everyone,” he said.

Amelia Moore, a freshman in elementary education, said she’s going to try to go hear Coleman speak.

“It would be interesting to hear what he has to say and his advice on dating and who certain people should date and how to get people’s attention,” she said.

Coleman said he’s refreshingly honest and candid and he will give practical advice without compromising values. “(Coleman)’s genuine and up front,” Casillas said. “He will bring out the dating scene and all the taboos about it.”

DAVID COLEMAN IS the man behind the movie “Hitch.” He will be speaking Thursday April 21, and will take dating questions from the audience at the end of his speech.

There will be opportunities for discussion during the event, and Coleman recommends everyone bring at least one question on dating, romance, sex, why men and women are the way they are, marriage, divorce or anything else about relationships. Coleman also recommends everyone bring two friends.

Moore said she has a few questions she’d

By APRIL ASHLAND staff writer

public school.

“My mom was feeling overwhelmed teaching all of them,” she said.

Peterson said she loved taking independent study classes.

She said the courses prepared her for college while simultaneously earning college credit.

She said the most important skill she needed and continued to develop was motivation.

“There is no way I would have made it without that,” Peterson said.

She said this was also the hardest part along with learning by herself.

“But it was really good because it taught me and prepared me better for college. I know how to learn on my own.”

She said this skill is especially helpful now.

“If I don’t know what is going on in class, I can figure it out

The snow is falling, the roads are slick, and it’s about negative two degrees outside. On days such as this in Logan, most students and community members would rather drive to work or school than walk in the sludge, but Samantha Senda-Cook walks and rides the bus daily, because she doesn’t own a car.

Senda-Cook is a temporary instructor of speech communication, and said she has lived the last eight years without a car, and that it’s not as difficult as people seem to think.

“It’s a different mind-set,” she said. “You have to know different things. With a car, you have to know what roads are best for driving, which way is quicker. When you walk or bike, you know the same things, but there are different roads, different ways of getting to where you need to go.”

Senda-Cook lives about three miles from USU, and said she rides the bus in the mornings, then walks home after work because she can leave on her own schedule rather than trying to leave early enough to catch the bus.

Senda-Cook said walking home is better for her for many reasons.

“I can do my errands on my way home. I can stop at the Post Office, or the grocery store, all on my way to where I’m going,” Senda-Cook said.

The bus system in Logan has tried create a way of travel that is not only better for the environment, but also works with the students and faculty of the university, according to Lisa Peterson, director of marketing and public relations for Cache Valley Transit District (CVTD).

“There are multiple routes that go up to the university, and we have 15-minute service every weekday, during peak times,” she said.

Peterson said CVTD has become even more environmentally friendly in the last few months by buying new buses that are hybrid. The hybrid CVTD buses were acquired in order to reduce emissions and save on fuel, but the added bonus is that they are quieter and smoother than other buses.

But the CVTD isn’t only about bus stops, Peterson said.

“We have created ‘park-and-ride’ locations,” she said. “The Transit Center has an indoor area with bathrooms, drinks and other things, and is cool in the summer and warm in the winter. We do our best to make sure to have reasons why it’s easier to ride the bus.”

Peterson said one of the main reasons the bus is so easy to

- See SCHOOL, page 8

- See BIKES, page 7

At home and getting schooled USU students come from all educational backgrounds including public, private and homeschooling forums. For those who were homeschooled, college tests the credibility of their homeschool experience.

Marketing sophomore Tiera Peterson, had been homeschooled since the eighth grade, taking BYU independent studies courses at home for four years. Born in Texas, where she said the public schools are phenomenal, her parents still saw some flaws in the teaching methods provided.

“They were teaching a style that wouldn’t last. It would just get you through the year,” she said. Her parents explained their point of view, but left the decision up to her and her siblings.

At the time, Peterson and her younger brother Jacob both decided to start homeschooling. She said for a while all of her siblings were being homeschooled, but now they are back in

- See DATING, page 7

The road to clean ways of traveling

TIERA PETERSON WAS HOMESCHOOLED beginning in the eighth grade. She said her parents left the decision to be homeschooled up to her and her siblings. LAUREN BROTHERSEN photo

By NATASHA BODILY staff writer

like answered.

“How do you make yourself appealing to the people you want to date? How can you know what people look for without having to ask them what they’re looking for? How do

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Biking: There are many benefits to clean travel -continued from page 6 use is the fare-free system.

The CVTD buses are free to use, which she said has increased ridership, and helps with things like congestion and emissions in Cache Valley.

In 2007, the Transportation Committee, (a subcommittee for the Sustainability Council) did a study which found that transportation-related issues accounted for 47 percent of the university’s total greenhouse gas emissions for that fiscal year. Of the 47 percent, 27 percent was from commuting by student, faculty and staff to the university.

Senda-Cook said the social benefits, such as decreasing emissions and being a part of her community, contribute to her decision to ride the bus and walk to and from work.

“I walk through the two main hubs of our community

– USU and downtown Logan – every day,” Senda-Cook said. “I really feel a part of the community, because I’m where everything is happening.”

Senda-Cook said there are also personal reasons why she walks home from work every day, such as relaxing and getting exercise. It may not be the easiest thing to get around without a car, SendaCook said, and it takes a little planning, but it’s worth it.

“The first step is to know when you move somewhere that you won’t have a car, and look for an apartment that is close to everything you need,” Senda-Cook said. “I have a grocery store near me, and I walk by the library everyday.”

Associate professor Jennifer Peeples agreed that it is important to know that being environmentally friendly is important to you

before choosing housing, and that is how she and her husband picked their neighborhood.

“We have a car, but most days I walk, ride the campus shuttle or carpool when it’s bad weather,” Peeples said.

“My husband rides his bike everyday to work, rain or shine.”

Peeples said not only does her decision reduce the impact her family makes on the environment, but it is better for her wallet.

“We don’t pay for a parking pass, we don’t pay for gas, it’s just a lot cheaper,” she said.

Peeples and Senda-Cook

also said alternative travel was good for them personally.

“Walking is better in terms of health,” Peeples said. “Plus, it saves me time.

I can get from the door of my house to the door of my office in seven minutes if I ride my bike. It takes about the same, maybe more if I drive, find a parking lot and walk to my office.”

Senda-Cook said, “Walking helps me relax. I read a book and look around when I get to an intersection, but I really like it.”

– april.ashland@aggiemail. usu.edu

THE AGGIE SHUTTLE is just one option for students who want to travel in a way that is better for the environment. All bus routes in Logan are free, and have stops in a variety of places close to campus. ANI MIRZAKHANYAN photo

Street Speak What is your ideal summer job?

“Traveling around the world while making money.”

– Sarah Sager, junior art education

“Work in a national forest as a game warden or helping with environmental issues.”

– Austin Purdie, junior social work

“Working at Zions National Park leading people on tours.”

“Working at an art museum in New York City.”

– Kendra Knoppel, freshman nursing

– Cassie Largo, junior art history

Information gathered by Lauren Brothersen

Dating: Proceeds will go to charity -continued from page 6 you know who you have a chance with? How do you determine between infatuation and love?” she said.

As a prelude to the event, Coleman offered some advice for single and dating people.

For those who are single, “Never mistake infatuation for love. Quit chasing the ones you can’t have for whatever reason; you pass up the ones you really want,” he said.

For married people, “Keep dating your spouse at least once a week or once every two weeks for a couple of hours. Remember what it’s like being social with your spouse,” Coleman said.

He also said to be aware that the person

who’s least invested is controlling the relationship, something he’ll discuss in detail in his lecture.

Coleman said he will bring copies of two of his books and copies of his CD. One of the books is on leadership, and the other book and the CD are about dating. The dating book and CD will be sold for $20, and all three products will be sold for $25.

Coleman said all the proceeds from book and CD sales will go to charity. He said he is more concerned about covering expenses and educating people than making a profit.

Coleman was recently named 2011 Entertainer of The Year and 2011 Male

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Counting tree rings and studying fire State. Within two weeks he had applied and received a job in the dendrochronology lab, studying tree-ring growth and researching with fellow students and professors.

Nat Frazer, dean of the College of Natural “We count and measure tree rings to study Resources, donates $500 to the members of the climate, reconstruct river flow and look at forAmerican Society of Foresters (ASF), as well as est growth,” he said. the other clubs to help them go to conferences Jake Keogh, junior in forestry, said he also each year, and offers them more if they win. works in the dendrochronology lab as a techni“If they bring back a first place, they will cian. get an additional $500; second place gets them “What I do, a trained monkey could do,” he $250 and a third place $100. So they take great said. “But I’m learning, and I’m involved in the pride in costing me money,” he said. research.”

The forestry program at Utah State Keogh isn’t only involved with research, but University has been called a model program he also is a member of the ASF student chapter for the country, according to a report done by on campus. He said the group goes to conferthe ASF accreditation team last year. ences and wins.

Johan Du Toit, department Birch said the ASF students head of wildland resources, also raise money to take stu“What I do, a said the program was rated so dents to convention. highly because of the services “We cut and sell firewood trained monkey the department offers to the in town and we have an annual could do. But I’m students majoring in forestry, Loggers’ Ball every March,” he learning, and I’m said. such as professional clubs and involved in the time with faculty.

The forestry program has “The students are often on research. ” been created differently than first-name basis with their other college programs, and professors and other faculty,” Toit said it is to make the – Jake Keogh, Du he said. “They really get the students more applicable in the opportunity to get to know junior in forestry job market. them.” One of the reasons this “Since we have low enrollis true, Du Toit said, is because ment, all the students in the the program is so small. There department take the same core curriculum,” are 11 forestry majors at USU, despite it being he said. “In their junior and senior years, they one of the few accredited programs in the west. take a few specialized courses that they need Students come from Utah, Arizona, Montana for the particular major they have chosen.” and other states, he said.

In order to get a job with the federal governDonovan Birch, senior in forestry, said he ment, students in forestry must have a very thinks the reason there are so few forestry tailored program, Du Toit said. majors is because it is not a major students “If the classes they’ve taken don’t match up to gravitate toward when they don’t know what the classes the government has said they need, they want to do. they won’t even qualify for a job,” he said.

“We know that we aren’t the traditional The forestry major doesn’t offer summer degree, and that’s because everyone in the pro- classes. Du Toit said him and his colleagues gram wants to be there,” he said. “That makes believe it is more important for students to it a tight group.” have the opportunity to work with outside Birch said he has been involved in the forgroups during the summer, to gain more expeestry program since the time he came to Utah rience, and therefore be able to work in their

By APRIL ASHLAND staff writer

DONOVAN BIRCH, SENIOR in forestry, stands in front of the main object of his major. The forestry program is one of few accredited programs in the West. BRECK BYINGTON photo

chosen field right after graduation.

Du Toit said the graduates from the forestry program rarely have trouble finding work once they have left the program because they are so well prepared.

“We manage to turn out a few high quality students that get snapped up quickly in the job market,” he said.

Birch said he really likes the approach, and that he feels ready to go into the working world when he graduates in December.

“I want to work with fire research and the science of fire when I graduate,” he said. “I’m

also thinking I’ll look into grad school.”

Forestry majors take classes like biology and plant ecology and learn about fire and sustainable logging, but Frazer said the forestry majors are not tree-huggers.

“They are scientists who learn what it takes to provide for healthy forests, abundant wildlife and recreational resources, enhance water quantity and quality and manage all the other things that make Utah such a great place to live, work and play,” he said.

The suspenseful end of the Just a few semester is laughs approaching fast, and if you’re anything like me you need a summer job.

If you’re a lot like me, you can’t find a summer job. And if you actually are me you’re currently wondering why you’ve never drank Tab. Nevertheless, I can firmly say my current job search has been shaky at best.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve been trying. I’ve applied for more jobs than times Ralph Nader has run for president, and still, like our green party hopeful, to no avail. If only I had some leads to make employment finding more successful. (That wasn’t rhetorical, any recommendations should be sent to the e-mail at the bottom of this column!)

Wait? Perhaps applications aren’t the issue. Maybe it is the interview that needs polishing. That’s a thought!

Job interviews just don’t seem to be fun for anyone. The formality, the uncertainty, the pressure of it all – I’m sure even Xena Warrior Princess was nervous for her job interview for local YMCA women’s self defense instructor. The funny thing is, most every interview is about the same – a lot like this:

EM: “When can you start?”

– april.ashland@aggiemail.usu.edu

School: Some students are pushed How to rock an interview -continued from page 6

on my own,” she said.

“But if you do have a lot of friends in your Peterson said she does not regret her deciclass it can distance you and ruin relationsion to homeschool. ships,” she said.

“I got to stay in my pajamas and hang out Ingrid Eggett, a mother of six and Layton with my mom,” she said. resident, decided to homeschool her children But, she said she understands how many on her own. She said she uses various curricpeople assume homeschoolers are socially culums, including Singapore Math. weird.

“My children love to learn,” Eggett said.

“I understand where (people) are coming “They know how to socialize with many diffrom,” she said. “I think those who aren’t ferent age groups. They are well-behaved and I socially normal are only interacting with their love having them around.” families.”

She said she does not have to worry about Peterson said her parents were very good at what they are learning from other teachers getting her involved in extracurricular activiand students. ties.

Though she thinks homeschool is amazing, Along with church activities, she said, she she said it is not for everyone. was heavily involved in basketball.

“I would recommend every parent look “We found a really good homeschool basinto it and study it out,” Eggett said. “They ketball program,” Peterson said. “I was really should look at the pros and cons of all schoolworried because I thought there would be a ing options and then decide what is right for bunch of weird people trying them.” to play basketball.”

Eggett said she wishes Kylee Scarcella, a freshman she had been homeschooled “You have a lot in psychology, said there are because she had poor experimore free time, many different homeschoolences in public schools. so if you don’t ing options. She attended an “The teachers pushed us know what to do forward when we weren’t ready independent studies program called Horizon, where she said with it or how to to learn the next step, and the there are different teachers for atmosphere was much use it in the right social each subject but you only go less than ideal for any young way, it could be into the facility once a week to impressionable person.” bad.” turn in assignments and get She said she did not feel new ones.

– Kylee Scarcella, she received the best possible “We had 30 minutes to meet and she has learned freshman in psychology education with all six teachers,” Scarcella more since graduation than she said. did during her years of public The southern California schooling. native said she went to Horizon for the last Despite her experiences with public school, two years of high school to bring up her Eggett said she has a great deal of admiration grades and to allow her to attend cosmetology for public school teachers. school full time.

“They have a huge challenge with their She explained her tests and assignments jobs. With class sizes as large as they are and were all take-home. She liked this because you children coming from all walks of life and all could use whatever resources you needed in socio-economic statuses, they are required to the time that works best for you. For her learn- teach to the average student,” she said. ing style, she said homeschooling was a lot If a student wants to move faster, Eggett easier because she does not respond as well to said they are often held behind and bored, and lectures. if a student is not ready to move on, they are Scarcella said there are pros and cons to dragged along without fully understanding attending either public or private schools. previous topics. Eggett said this can cause stu“I would definitely recommend having at dents to dislike anything to do with learning. least one year of regular high school experiScarcella said although she loves Utah ence because you miss out on all the social State University and would not want to leave, parts, especially if you don’t have an alternaher college choices were limited due to the tive way to interact with people,” she said.

Horizon school’s lack of accreditation. For Scarcella said her cosmetology training and home schooled students looking to apply to involvement in an All-Star cheer team were USU, requirements differ for those from an good ways to remain social. She also worked accredited organization and those without a full-time, which she said was a good way to transcript. make money while working toward her diploAccording to HomeschoolingInUtah’s webma. site, 1.1 million students in the United States “You have a lot more free time, so if you have been homeschooled and reports suggest, don’t know what to do with it or how to use based on student achievement test scores, that it in the right way, it could be bad,” Scarcella home schooled students succeed competitively said. in comparison to those who attended public After her sophomore year, she said a lot of school. her friends were graduating and she did not see a reason to go back to public school.

– natashabodily@gmail.com

SteveSchwartzman

Employer: “So, Mr. Gugliotta. Start off by telling us a little about yourself.”

Mr. Gugliotta: “Well, uhh … My name is … uhh … Ben … crap, no … Artie, yes! My name is Artie … and … uhh… I’m from Tacoma, Wash. ... no, no I’m from Maryland, and I like sprinkles.”

EM: “Sprinkles (scribbles fake notes) … ‘kay.

What do you feel you can bring to the tofu industry?”

MG: (Sweats profusely) “Well … uhh … umm … I can do diamond push-ups.”

EM: “Very well. Your resume here confuses us a little. You see, it’s not only written on a napkin, but has nothing on it except the lyrics to the ‘Full House’ theme song and a listed reference for McGruff the Crime Dog.” MG: “Yeah, he taught me the meringue.

Well, I’m a good team player and …”

EM: “Well, look at that, time is up. Thanks so much, Mr. Gugliotta. We’ll be in touch with you.”

See what I mean? Those experiences are downright chilling. Nothing at all like the interviews I usually have planned in my head: EM: “So, Mr. Schwartzman, tell us more about your experience in textiles.”

SS: “I once traveled with Bono to feed instant potatoes to starving children in Uganda.”

With summer break right at our heels, I’m sure we could all use some mental stretching before our next interview jumps up to bite us. In an effort to help, let me give you a quick template that is sure to provide exactly what you need to say to ensure a dynamite interview experience.

What is your biggest strength?

“Well, I am the single greatest and best at everything.”

This is a dead lock. It’s bold, it covers all the bases, and I’m sure they’re only laughing because they find it ridiculous they haven’t hired you already.

What is your biggest weakness?

“Counting all of my strengths.”

They’ll not only be impressed with your humility in pointing out failure, but they’ll enjoy the unified language after referring to a past question. Dramatic irony at its best.

What color best describes you?

“Navy blue.”

This one is obvious. Employers love dark colors.

Name a time when you’ve gone above and beyond.

“Beating my father at Jenga.”

Nothing says “jack of all trades” like demolishing competition and having the humility to clean it up afterwards.

“Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?”

This won’t be a factor. I’m just shocked I’ve gone all year without quoting “Airplane!”

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it …?

“Val Kilmer.”

You laugh, but I’m telling you it’s a gold mine. When all else fails always play the “Kilmer” card. I mean, c’mon, the man played Batman.

And finally:

Why should we hire you as our next (INSERT POSITION): “Please see answer to first question.”

And there it is. With this outline you’ll be knocking them store managers dead and making a sweet living to pay off summer classes and 50 of those kiwi thingies at Jamba Juice. Now get out there and be a part of society!

And seriously, my e-mail is just below this.

Help out a friend.

– Steve Schwartzman is a sophomore majoring in marketing and minoring in speech communication. His column runs every Wednesday. He loves sports, comedy and creative writing. He encourages any comments at his e-mail steve.schwartzman@aggiemail.usu.edu, or find him on Facebook.

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Aggie football runs through final scrimmage bringing the entire defensive unit together.

“I feel like this team is quite a bit closer,” Doughty Battling the downpour said of this year’s defense of rain, the Utah State footcompared to the past two ball team went through seasons. “We’re all working 60 plays Monday in its really well together so hopefinal scrimmage before the fully it pays off as soon as the annual spring football game season starts.”

Saturday.

Because of the poor condiThird-year head coach tions, the majority of the Gary Andersen said that he offensive production came and his staff saw exactly what from the ground game where they wanted out of the pracsophomore running back tice that focused primarily Robert Marshall led the way on red zone situations, hopfor USU with eight carries ing to see what his team was for 38 yards and two touchcapable of on both sides of downs. the ball when Despite the pressure the rain add“I feel like this was on. ing a level of “Playmakers team is quite a difficulty to usually show bit closer. We’re the offense, up in that all working really Marshall said situation,” the goal for well together Andersen them was to so hopefully it said. “You’ve aim for somepays off as soon got to get thing positive them in those as the season on every play. spots to starts.”

Marshall understand said, “Some – Jake Doughty, that defenplays were USU Football a bust, but sively you’ve got to make a I think we special play.” bounced back One player pretty well and making several of those plays were able to move the ball was sophomore linebacker like we wanted to.”

Jake Doughty, who has found Along with Marshall, the himself running with the offense got production out first team during the spring of the backfield from junior because of senior linebackJoey DeMartino, who racked ers Bobby Wagner and Kyle up 37 yards on just three Gallagher being held out of carries and junior Kerwynn practices. Doughty led the Williams who carried the defense Monday with seven ball eight times for 34 yards. tackles and one tackle for Williams also had one catch loss, and said that one of the for six yards. biggest things the defense Under center for the had been aiming to do was offense featured just two to get everything crisper and faces rather than the three perfect all the little things in who have been in competiBy MATT SONNENBERG sports editor

AGGIE QUARTERBACK JEREMY HIGGINS drops back for a pass during a practice earlier during Spring Practice. The Aggies made progress during their most recent scrimmage, but the decision as to who will be starting quarterback when fall comes remains unclear.

STERLING BOIN photo

tion for the starting quarterback position this spring.

Junior Adam Kennedy and freshman Alex Hart each took snaps Monday while sophomore Jeremy Higgins was the odd man out of the

mix. The battle is far from over though, as Andersen said it’s still a very cloudy picture as to who is going to establish themselves as the go-to guy.

“We’re far from nam-

ing a starter at this point,” Andersen said. “I don’t really foresee that taking place as we go through spring football.”

Neither quarterback did much to help their case

Monday either. Kennedy connected on just 3-of-10 passes for 33 yards, while Hart completed two of his nine pass

- See SUCCESS, page 10

Offensive line looks to improve on protection

By TAVIN STUCKI staff writer

A football game is won or lost at the line of scrimmage. Even a Heisman winning quarterback is unable to change a game if opposing linebackers get to him before he makes a play. Running backs are gobbled up by defensive tackles when offensive linemen miss their blocks.

As with every football team, line play will be key for the success of the Utah State football team this fall.

USU offensive line coach T.J. Woods said he is excited for the upcoming 2011 season.

“We’ve got three interior linemen who are returning starters for us who have a lot of quality experience under their belt,” Woods said. “I would say that all three of the interior guys coming back are the leaders certainly in our group.”

Sophomore Tyler Larsen is projected to anchor the line and start at center, flanked on either side by returning starter senior guards Philip Gapelu and Funaki Asisi.

Sophomore Eric Schultz has switched positions from right tackle to left tackle. Stetson Tenney, a junior transfer from Eastern Arizona Junior College, will likely fill in the remaining tackle position.

“We’ve got to develop some tackles and we’re working our butt off to do that,” Woods said. “We learn from the mistakes and we move on. I think it’s good for us. We learn how to become an all-around offensive lineman.”

These projections are based on spring practice performance thus far and are subject to change; eight different linemen on the USU roster are new to the team and look to challenge for the starting positions.

THE AGGIE OFFENSIVE LINE will be working on protecting the quarter back and ball carriers better than they have in the past two seasons. The spring game is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium. STERLING BOIN photo

“I think spring ball has a little bit different feel around here now,” Woods said. “There’s a lot more competition and when you go good versus good, somebody’s going to lose.”

Larsen said he thinks the competi-

tion for starting spots is great.

“I love having that drive to do better,” Larsen said. “The new guys coming up are definitely making us all work a lot harder. They’re doing a great job, they’re catching on quick. It

just brings more and more competition every day.”

Sophomore Jamie Markosian, who is battling with Larsen for the center position, agreed.

“Competition is what we talk

about every day out here,” Markosian said. “Every position has its battles within to see who the best guys are gonna be. Competition fuels us, it brings us in the right direction, and it helps us get better too.”

The Aggies will need to get better to keep defenders off of the quarterback. In the 2010 season, the line allowed 25 sacks. While this statistic is an improvement over the previous season of 32 sacks allowed, Woods said he is looking to help his players improve on that during the rest of Spring practices.

“Last year pass protection was not close to where it needed to be,” Woods said. “We gave up 25 sacks and we’re looking to get that down and it starts in spring ball.”

Asisi said the entire line has high hopes for the upcoming season.

“As a unit, as an offensive line, I think we’re doing better,” Asis said.

“I think it will be a little bit of turnaround from next year, hopefully a complete 180, but we’ll see. Hopefully we can pull something out.”

Despite challenges in the 2010 season, Asisi said as a whole the line is doing a lot better in the spring practices.

“When everything’s going wrong, things kind of come to (the offensive line),” Asisi said. “I think as long as we take charge and we step up, I think the rest of the team will step up. A lot of it rides on our shoulders, but I love it and I know the rest of the line loves it too.”

And what should Aggie fans expect in the 2011 season?

“We’re gonna get more touchdowns, be moving that ball,” Larsen said. “You can’t expect anything but greatness.”

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attempts for 17 yards.

On special teams, freshman running back Joe Hill continued his impressive spring by returning a punt for a touchdown. Hill’s overall play this spring earned him special mention, along with wide receiver Travis Reynolds, as players who have especially stood out as guys who might be called upon in crunch time of games.

Overall, Andersen said the separation between starters and back-ups has, for the most part, started to become more clear as spring practices near their end. He, along with the rest of the coaching staff, are looking for the 11 best players on each side of the football, and then working to identify who

the next guys in line are as well.

“I think we’re starting to understand who those kids are and I think the kids are starting to understand who those kids are,” Andersen said of his likely starters. “I think our kids could sit down and put together a depth chart and be right with us as a coaching staff.”

Spring football will officially wrap up Saturday with the annual spring football game, which will be held at 2 p.m. in Romney Stadium.

Make spring football legitimate If there was ever every play it seems, flying to the a thing that could delay ball and laying hits with reckless me gushing my feelings And that’s all without The View abandon. about spring football and four of the best players on the from all the excitement for a defense wearing their pads and new season that comes Section F participating in contact drills. along with it, it would Rather than just take my word have to be a Cinderella on everything though, come out run through the NCAA Saturday and see for yourself.

Tournament by a midNot to diminish the credibility of major basketball team. my word when it comes to such Seeing as how there were two of those matters, because my word is obviously this year, and an irresistible prompting credible as all hell, but it’s the spring footfor me to explain the finer points of why ball game. You should be there anyway for professional hockey is superior to all other the sake of entertaintment. You should be professional sports, spring football hasn’t there for the sake of supporting our foothad its regular amount of publicity coming ball team. You should be there because from Section F that we’ve seen in previous going to the spring football game is what years. you do when you are a legitimate college The making up for lost time though, football team and fan base. begins now.

If there’s been one recurring theme for If there is one thing that this team has me over the past year or so, it’s that if you needed better production out of the past want to be legit, and be seen as legit, you two seasons, it has been defense. had better act legit.

If there is one thing that has shined This year has seen plenty of that at Utah brighter than anything else for Utah State State, whether it is the crowds moshing football this spring, it has been defense. and crowd surfing in the closed streets for When head coach Gary Andersen a massive concert, packing the hell out of arrived in Logan right after our student section for a win he had led the University of over BYU on national televiUtah to an undefeated sea- “It’s simple sion or the 500 or so peoson and a dominating win strength of num- ple that made up the Aggie over Alabama to cap things bers. A few stuStampede for a few of this off, Utah State fans were eteryear’s home football games. nally optimistic that Aggie dents and it’s That’s all without mentiondefenses would soon have nothing of siging that the Utah State stuthat same kind of fire that nificance. A few dent section for basketball his defenses at Utah had, but became a trending topic on thousand and over the first two years, that Twitter during one of the level of play just hasn’t quite it’s something home games on ESPN for been there. how amazing of a showing special that It may have been the per- gets everbody’s our crowd displayed. sonnel here, a lack of depth, But now it’s back to footor just the fact that Andersen attention.” ball again, and it’s time to was the head coach and had keep this trend alive. handed the defensive coorJust like how things such dinator duties to someone as the winning team, loselse. Consider all three of those issues now ing team and I believe chants would be remedied. nothing special if it weren’t for everyone As if it weren’t enough of an indicator involved, the same can be said for the of things that USU has four players that spring football game. Just a few fans filling coaches see as too good to risk injuring in the stands would be nothing special, but if spring with Bobby Wagner, Kyle Gallagher, thousands of students showed up, imagine Levi Koskan and Quinn Garner, the fact the motivation that would create for the that the guys behind them have stepped summer for the football program. up and looked like stars themselves speaks It’s simple strength in numbers. A few to where the defense currently stands com- students and it’s nothing of significance. pared to where it has been.

A few thousand and it’s something special While the front seven have undergone that gets everybody’s attention. some construction switching from a 4-3 to Be there Saturday to make this thing hapa 3-4 defensive front, it hasn’t stopped the pen. Make it as legit as it should be. lesser known players like Jake Doughty, Zach Vigil, Connor Williams and Tevita Vaifoou from using their opportunities to Matt Sonnenberg is a senior majoring in get first-team reps to show that these posiprint journalism. Matt is an avid fan of tions, for the first time in years it seems, Aggie athletics and can be found on the have some real depth. front row of every home football and basBut the real excitement comes simply ketball game. He can also be reached at from the seeing-eye test. That’s where matt.sonn@aggiemail.usu.edu. this team’s defense looks to be for real.

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Aggie women’s ultimate Frisbee, no bulls allowed

By MITCH FIGGAT staff writer

They run just as fast, catch just as well and are covered in just as much mud as the boys team. This is the USU women’s ultimate Frisbee team, the No Bulls.

There have been multiple attempts in Utah State University’s history to create an all-girls ultimate Frisbee team. The founding mothers of the all-girls ultimate team have different plans this time around. Team captains Katie Larsen and Rachel Davis and team mother Jo Leary, along with others, have worked hard to keep the No Bull team alive, competing and growing all year. Not only do they have to compete against other university teams, but also find their own place and identity separate from the boys’ ultimate team.

“For our first practice, we just wanted girls to come out and play. We didn’t care if they knew how,” said junior accounting major Leary, known as “Mamma Jo” on the team.

Leary received her title not only because she has two kids of her own who come to practices often, but because she brings snacks for the rest of the team during practices and tournaments.

She became interested in playing for the team when she started coming to see her husband, who played on the boys’ team last year.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, both boys’ and girls’ teams take to the Quad to practice and prepare for their tournaments. The No Bulls have played in enough tournaments to solidify their line-up against other universities. They lost to BYU’s well-established team, but beat the first-year team of the University of Utah. USU hosted the Big Sky tournament and went 2-3. They are planning to combine forces with the University of Utah team for a few tournaments over the summer, including one in Eugene, Ore. The two biggest challenges for the No Bulls this season have come not from their opponents, but in getting their name out to recruit more players and forging a team identity.

“We had a huge turnout for our first practices but some of the boys team’s drills scared the girls away,” Leary said.

Larsen and Davis both agree that practicing with the Mad Cows men’s team

helps the No Bulls to play competitively.

“The boys’ bark is a lot worse then their bite,” Larsen said.

“Leary added, “But a big part of what makes the girl’s team fun is the guys team.

They are really helpful, and they respect us as people and as players.”

According the the girls on the team, the Mad Cows are also the best cheering section during their games.

They agreed that ultimate Frisbee is one of best sports for girls who are looking for a fun time, to make friends and to learn to play a sport competitively.

“On road trips, it’s like a big sleepover. We stay up late talking, share all our stories, eat treats and all that. It’s those really great friendships that make it fun,” Leary said.

Larsen and most of the other girls have either played ultimate Frisbee or another sport before joining the USU ultimate team. Many cross country and soccer jerseys could be seen on the field during practices. But other players, like Leary, did not have any sports experience prior to joining the team.

“I didn’t know anything about Frisbee, I wasn’t one that played in high school, I did not know anything about it,” Leary said.

Larsen knows that everyone on the team is a student with other priorities but encourages anyone with interest to come out to a practice.

“It keeps you in shape and it is a great break from school,” Davis said.

The team usually plays what is called “savage” during practices and games.

This means absolutely no substitutes during the entire game, which usually lasts 90 minutes. This is why some team members find time to work out together to improve their endurance and game toughness, while at the same time becoming a stronger team.

With the end of the term approaching, the No Bulls are planning recruitment efforts over the summer and starting next year to build up the No Bull ranks for the next season.

“With a $50 registration fee you get to go to these tournaments that get you outside of the Valley. It’s one of the cheapest and funnest clubs on campus,” Davis said.

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We’re not a one-sport school, act like it A couple weeks ago, I wonexcited you would be to go on another one. dered in a column how good the Word Turns out a little confidence booster is all the softball team really is. From the team needed to start kicking trash and from the softball day the column ran on April 6, taking names. little guy It has been said that Aggie basketball games our women have clawed out a positive record on the diamond. are the reason at least 5,000 USU students are They snapped a 19-game losenrolled at the Logan campus. While Tai Wesley Tavin Stucki ing streak on April 8 by beating is a household name in Cache Valley, I doubt San Jose State on the road in California. They are 4-2 anyone reading this can name more than four women in conference play since then and have won back-toon the softball roster or say the coach’s name. Utah back series. To put it frankly, they’ve started winning State is not a one-sport-wonder school and should not like they have been so close to doing since the season be treated as such. If Aggie fans want the USU softball began. team to win championships, Aggie fans should treat I’m especially happy to see the softball team has them like champions. Fans should view the games like beaten Boise State because of the other things that actual sporting events, and not with the attitude that came along with the series win. Before facing they are lame activities no one cares USU, the Broncos were atop the standings in about. “if I see more the WAC. After our women won two games I’m not claiming any credit for red in the stands the sudden increase in wins or sayand the series, Boise is down to third behind New Mexico State and Fresno State. ing it is a coincidence. I do not care at these games I doubt it is easy to be one of the women on than game-day what sparked it. The softball team the softball team. They’ve wanted to win more headed in the right direction. It’s blue, we will all istime than anything, to light up the A on Old Main for them to get some love from have failed to like the basketball, hockey and soccer teams Aggie fans. A big homestand is comsupport those regularly do and to represent students at USU ing up starting Friday, April 22 when like you and me to the best of their abilities. All who have trained the Aggies welcome Fresno State. of the speculation and doubt they hear from us so hard to repre- On Tuesday, April 26, USU will host as their peers undoubtedly wears on them, but the University of Utah at 3 p.m. If I surely pales in comparison to what they face in sent us” see more red in the stands at these the dugout and within their own skulls. Besides, games than game-day blue, we will it’s not like any of us could do better (unless all have failed to support those who you’re a Ms. Bigshot Douchebag holding out have trained so hard to represent us. on the team).

We will not deserve to call ourselves true Aggie fans in It’s kind of a big deal to break a 19-game losing any sport or definition of the word. streak. I can only wonder how difficult it was for the women on the team to continue to show up at pracTavin Stucki is a freshman majoring print journalism. He tice and games during such a long dry spell. Imagine can be contacted at tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu.edu getting rejected by 19 dates in a row and how not-

Celtics top Knicks, lead series 2-0 BOSTON (AP) – Kevin Garnett sank the go-ahead basket with 14 seconds left, then stole the ball as the Boston Celtics overcame Carmelo Anthony’s 42 points and beat the depleted New York Knicks 96-93 to take a 2-0 lead in their playoff series on Tuesday night.

The Knicks played the entire second half without Amare Stoudemire, who had back spasms. Chauncey Billups missed the game with a sore left knee.

Garnett hit the decisive jump hook after backing Jared Jeffries into the lane.

The Knicks then got the ball to Anthony in the left corner, where he was doubleteamed by Paul Pierce and Glen Davis.

Anthony passed inside to Jeffries, but Garnett stole the ball and called timeout with 4 seconds remaining.

The Knicks then fouled Delonte West, who made two free throws with 0.6 seconds to go.

Rajon Rondo led the Celtics with a career playoff-high 30 points.

Game 3 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series is scheduled

for Friday night in New York.

Anthony matched his career playoff high for points and set a new high with 17 rebounds. Toney Douglas had 14 points in place of Billups, whose status for Game 3 was uncertain.

Pierce had 20 points after missing his first five shots, and Ray Allen, who hit the game-winning 3-pointer in Boston’s 87-85 win in the opener, scored 18.

Anthony was the obvious choice to shoot on New York’s final possession.

So Pierce and Davis swarmed him when he got the ball just inches from Boston’s bench, forcing him to pass to Jeffries, who tried an interior pass instead of going up with the shot.

The Knicks had gone ahead 91-88 with 2:35 left when Anthony took a pass beyond the left arc and made a 3-pointer despite being bumped by Pierce. Pierce followed with two free throws, then both teams missed jumpers.

On the next possession, Pierce drove the lane to draw a defender and fed a wide-open Garnett for a dunk that put the

Celtics on top 92-91 with 49 seconds to go.

Jeffries followed with a layup, giving New York its last lead at 93-92 with 20 seconds left.

Now the sixth-seeded Knicks, who have given the third-seeded Celtics all they could handle in two down-to-the-wire games, must win at least one of two at home to bring the series back to Boston.

With the score tied at 59, the Celtics went on a 15-4 run led by Pierce’s seven points. Allen and Jeff Green hit 3-pointers during the surge that put Boston on top 74-63 with 45 seconds left in the third quarter.

Then Anthony single-handedly brought the Knicks back by scoring their first seven points of the fourth quarter while Boston managed just a jumper by Pierce. New York was making a game of it, down only 76-74 with 10:01 to play.

At that point, Anthony had scored the Knicks’ last 13 points and 18 of 20.

After a timeout, Ronny Turiaf tied the game for the Knicks at 76 with a short shot.

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e live in perilous times. Witches have been burned. Messengers have been persecuted. And anyone trying to intervene has been caught in the crossfire of a ballistic war on love that’s been spreading across campus. We’re speaking, of course, about the less-than-friendly exchange that’s taken place between male and female guests of the Statesman’s opinion page on the topic of dating.

There’s no doubt feelings have been hurt in the columns and comments written by different guests, and getting hurt is, sadly, part of dating. But in the wake of all this bantering about who’s failing at what and who needs to step it up, has anyone actually gotten better at dating?

Enter the Date Doctor. The real-life “Hitch” (on whom the movie was based) is coming to USU to teach us the dos and don’ts of Earth’s most notorious sport. He’ll be teaching about conversation, style, tactics and maintaining a healthy relationship. He’ll even teach us how to think about dating, and how to know when it’s just not working. And, of course, he’ll be open to questions.

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The truth is, almost everyone has a hard time with dating.

Who hasn’t had to call a friend, a parent or an unsuspecting roommate to unload all your dating woes?

Who hasn’t felt insecure about their looks, their conversation skills or their personality?

Who hasn’t dumped a whole jar of jelly into the bathtub and sat in it for 20 minutes to try to forget about a bad date?

We are grateful to the attentive and insightful programmers who saw the need for a little love advice and brought in the right man for the job. We’ll all be there with our boyfriends, girlfriends, fiancés and imaginary friends to learn a thing or two about being a better partner, and we hope you will too.

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Put the sex back into sexual education First, I’d like to acknowlLizzen edge Brian Evans’ article in response to my previUp ous column. He is correct, I should have cited better sources. Although my base argument still stands – that athletes should meet the same academic requirement as nonathletic peers to receive those scholarships – I am glad he pointed this out and will not make that mistake again. Thank you, Brian.

And now, onto the good stuff.

If you’re reading this, you probably live in Utah and reality for way too many Utah youth is that they do not receive essential comprehensive sex education in school or at home. They are exposed to risks with lifelong impacts such as HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea and pregnancy primarily because our elders, who have the responsibility of educating them with the proper knowledge to protect them, did not do so.

Although research consistently shows that abstinenceonly sex education does not have any impact whatsoever on unsafe sexual practices, it still has an abundance of advocates. Conservative professionals like Miriam Grossman, whose personal tagline is “100 percent M.D., 0 percent P.C.,” criticize organizations like Planned Parenthood as groups with social agendas, arguing that they undermine parents. She believes the message these organizations send “…(are) about sexual rights and the freedom to make their own decisions at any age, regardless of what adults think.” Miriam, I hate to break it to you, but youth have agency and therefore the freedom to make those decisions and you can bet your left ovary that they will.

A major advocate of abstinence-only sex education is unsurprisingly that of religious persons. According to one study, church attendance was directly linked to negative attitudes towards sex education (Chappell, Maggard, and Gibson, 2006). Because many religious parents feel that abstinence is the best and most moral cause against sex before marriage, they see no need for sex education

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Give ‘em a break It’s registraThe ’Low tion week. It is that time of the Down semester when everyone is fighting to get the perfect schedule for next semester while striving to not crack under the pressure of finals week as it looms in the near future. This registration season has been extra frustrating for me.

Aside from the fact that I can’t register for the quickly filling classes until my final grades are posted a month from now, I am also begrudgingly accepting the reality that common hour is going to fundamentally destroy my way of life. Just like the critics warned, I have a Tuesday/Thursday class that is only offered at the unholy hour of 7:30 in the morning or the part-time-job destroying hour of 4:30 in the afternoon. I argued my point in a previous article, it fell on deaf ears, and now we all get to suffer the consequences of the 2011 Robins Award winner’s legacy of nonsense.

Many students will find themselves a single credit short or so of their desired number of hours for the semester. In the past there was a simple, enjoyable solution to this problem.

A billiards class was an excellent way to fill a credit with something fun and educational.

However, like seemingly all good things at this university, an arrogant, ignorant, inefficient and outright preposterous proposal wants to get rid of the billiards classes as they stand and move them all to the Cache Valley Fun Park, a place where bowling classes have been meeting for years. Now, why on earth would anybody with a brain in their head consider such a thing? Whoever came up with such a counterintuitive idea wants to replace the pool tables in the Bull Pen with a Fun Fit Forever class. From what I could gather, it is a class designed to keep one’s heart rate going while exercising several parts of the body at different stations.

Apparently they need the space to accommodate such a class. The Bull Pen is 60 feet by 20 feet or, for those of you good at math, 1,200 square feet. Would it surprise any of you to know that there is a perfectly good 1,300 square foot space partitioned off and ready for use in the field house? It is the part of the weight room that many people refer to as the “girl area.” There is ample space for stretching and mirrors so the prospec-

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tive body builders can see themselves hoist those 20 pound weights over their heads.

With a little organization and rearrangement of machines, this space could easily be transformed to accommodate the class. There is plenty of ventilation up there, and even windows to look out of. Compare this to the poorly ventilated Bull Pen where the powers that be plan on installing radiant heaters to accommodate the new class. Those heaters would be great for billiards, but heaters designed to warm bodies as opposed to air seems like a terrible idea for high intensity workout. Then again, there was nothing logical about this move to begin with.

Now, let’s run through some statistics. The billiards classes accommodate more than 320 students in 19 class periods. The Fun Fit Forever class Shanghaiing the room will consist of a maximum of 60 students over 4 class periods, assuming they are all full. This move will be forcing 300-plus students to drive to the Fun Park every day so 60 over-privilegedby-comparison students can be taught how to keep their heart rate up. Call me old fashioned, but anybody who needs a class to get them to exercise has bigger problems than 40 minutes of a cross-fit “class” is going to fix.

Why should we, as a university, succumb to lazy students who can’t exercise on their own and force 320 students to drive two miles to attend a class they enjoy? It is not financially responsible, it is not logical and it simply isn’t fair to figuratively throw the majority under the bus like this.

Perhaps this move to accommodate the minority comes from the same stem of people that want to force the university to have more vegan food options when such a negligible percentage of the student population would be affected or even care. We all know, however, that the minorities have the power.

The relatively small group of smokers still gets to pollute our campus and force the rest of us to breathe in their carnal weakness, and those that actually care about guest lectures get to mess up everybody else’s class schedules.

So, the next time you need an extra credit to fill your schedule, think back fondly on the days when logic prevailed and this university put their facilities and assets to good use by turning a profit on a game as culturally celebrated as billiards.

Tyler Barlow is a sophomore in computer engineering and is currently enrolled in a USU billiards class. He can be reached at tyler.barlow@aggiemail.usu.edu.

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Should there be a ‘fat tax’?

If an individual’s body mass index isn’t a purely personal matter, what is? We have the right to choose between healthy food or junk food, even if the latter is more likely to result in obesity and related health problems. But once our choices affect others, there’s a natural conflict between individual freedom and social responsibility. In a nation where rising health-care costs and diminished access to medical care are issues of grave concern, personal decisions are no longer strictly private.

The treatment of obesity- and smoking-related disease is tremendously expensive, which in turns drives up health insurance premiums for everyone, as well as raising the costs for Medicaid, Medicare and health coverage for public employees.

These legitimate concerns have resulted in a raft of nanny-state proposals to shape the public’s dietary habits by taxing this food or that drink or by outlawing free toys that accompany unhealthy children’s meals at some restaurants. Such proposals raise inevitable questions of fairness and effectiveness. Does it make sense to tax a can of soda but not a fruit juice that contains more calories per cup and very little additional nutrition? Would a vitamin-fortified soda be exempt from the tax? And it’s hard to

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figure out whether the bigger obesity culprit is a small order of fried chicken at a fast-food outlet or a giant slab of prime rib at a pricy restaurant. Or, as many dieticians now think, maybe it’s the carbs; has the time come for a public pasta tax? In any case, there is much uncertainty about whether such tactics would have any effect on the country’s collective bulging belly.

We prefer the approach most recently proposed in Arizona, where officials hope to levy a $50 annual fee on some Medicaid patients who don’t take steps to improve their health. It is vague at this point how the proposal would work, who would be liable for the fee and under what circumstances; but some examples mentioned are obese patients who fail to follow their doctors’ plans for losing weight, smokers who shun programs to help them quit the habit or certain diabetes patients who ignore medical advice on lifestyle changes that would improve their lab results.

News reports have cast the Arizona fees as a way to bring in more money for the state’s Medicaid program, which might then be able to afford to reinstitute coverage for organ

transplants for poor people.

Even if that were the point – and it’s not – there’s no way the state would save money in the short term with what some are calling a “fat tax.”

Administrative expenses alone would be higher than the $50 fee; the state would have to figure out which Medicaid recipients were affected, oversee progress and deal with appeals. In addition, the state would pay for at least some level of treatment, such as smoking-cessation programs or regular doctor visits for diet check-ins and advice. Instead, the program is expected to help Arizona’s bottom line over time, by reducing healthcare costs for those patients.

Private companies already are trying similar strategies, with financial incentives for employees who make the kinds of smart decisions that are associated with better health. Safeway, for instance, offers significant discounts on health insurance premiums to employees who don’t smoke and who maintain healthy weight, blood-pressure and cholesterol levels. The company reported that its per-person healthcare costs remained flat for four years during which such costs rose 38 percent for most companies.

This editorial first appeared in the Los Angeles Times on April 1.

Study: Comprehensive education

shown to have preventative effect -continued from page 12 because they anticipate that will include abstinence, but children will simply follow will also include methods their moral obligations to of contraception such as God – and we all know how birth control and condoms, often that happens. Ironically as well as protection techenough, it is immoral to with- niques for less common sexhold information that can be ual practices, like queer sex vital to the health and well- or oral and anal sex. Most being of someone; yet that abstinence-only programs is exactly what teach just the is going on in very basics of a b s t i n e n c e - “Some believe sex and advoonly sex edu- that teaching cates that abstication. from youth to be safe nence S o m e sexual activity believe that about sex encour- until marriage teaching youth ages them to go is the best and to be safe about out and romp safest way to sex encourages ensure safety them to go out wildly in the roses and prevent and romp wild- with whoever unwanted pregly in the roses comes their way.” nancy – which, with who although true, ever comes is often the their way. On the contrary, road not taken. Consider research shows that com- the following facts: prehensive sex education A whopping third of sexdoes have a significant pre- ually active young women ventative effect on sexual become pregnant before behaviors in youth. They 20 (about 820,000 a year), have fewer sexual part- and four million teens conners and are more likely to tract a sexually transmitted use protection when they disease each year. Mothers do have sex (Somers and unprepared to have children Surmann, 2005). lead to higher poverty rates, Although most adults more money is spent on agree that some type of treating these teens with sex education is needed, STDs and unnecessary fatalthey disagree on what actu- ities result from the spread ally should be taught. What, of HIV. All of these things then, is comprehensive sex can be prevented with the education? The most com- use of protection that results prehensive sex education from young adults who are

educated about sex.

I’ll wrap this up by telling you to wrap it up. Tell your friends, too. Spread the information around like you would an STD you didn’t know you had. Get involved in promoting sex education in schools, because not learning math and science isn’t going to kill you; not learning proper protection quite literally could. Get involved in your community and let your school board know that you want safe sex taught in your schools. As Surgeon General C. Everett Koop said, “There is now no doubt that we need sex education in schools … . The lives of our young people depend on our fulfilling our responsibility.”

Liz Emery is a senior majoring in English with an emphasis in creative writing.

She can be reached at liz. emery@gmail.com.

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Idaho rescuers alter search operation for miner BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Rescuers trying to reach a trapped Idaho silver miner on Tuesday were forced by dangerous conditions to shift their efforts to a new route, more than quadrupling the distance that officials say workers must dig through to reach him.

They’re also still trying to get a separate air hole to Larry “Pete� Marek, a 53-year-old employee of Hecla Mining Co., who was trapped Friday in the cave-in and hasn’t been heard from since. The company expected to complete the air hole Tuesday.

Instability deep inside the Lucky Friday Mine led to the shift in plans to reach Marek, said Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Amy Louviere.

Before, workers needed to clear through about 40 feet of the collapsed area; from the new, safer set-off point more than a mile underground, workers face as many as 225 feet left.

It’s unclear just how the change of plans will impact the duration of the rescue or the time needed to reach the area where Marek might be.

Company officials said the conditions underground are unstable, as rescue workers encountered a debris field laden with boulders, twisted wires, mesh and broken concrete that had been used to shore up the tunnel before it caved in. “It’s a long tedious, process,� said Stephany Bales, a Hecla

spokeswoman. “What they’re dealing with, under there, boulders, cement and wires, it isn’t an easy task, by any stretch. It is unstable.�

The company says its new effort will include blasting the rock with a jumbo drill, removing the material and then buttressing the newly exposed ground to keep it from collapsing, too. “The drifting procedure is a standard mining method,�

Hecla said in a statement.

Louviere, whose agency has set up a command center at the Lucky Friday Mine, said the effort to use a diamond drill to bore a 2-inch hole from another tunnel inside the mine continues, with completion hoped for on Tuesday.

Officials at the Lucky Friday Mine, tucked into the forested mountains of the Idaho Panhandle’s Silver Valley, hope to find an open area that could have provided Marek refuge behind the cave-in. The distance to drill is 184 feet; as of early Tuesday, about 110 feet had already been penetrated.

Once it’s competed, they’ll try to pump air inside.

Mine officials say the haphazard nature of the collapse means there are likely pockets in the debris, so somebody trapped inside could still be alive. “There’s pockets here and there,� Hecla spokeswoman Melanie Hennessey said. “There’s air getting through.�

Before Tuesday’s change in plans, workers had been using a remote-controlled digging machine called a mucker, advancing a total of 39 feet into the collapsed area, estimated at as long as 75 feet.

The process of shoring up the caved-in tunnel behind the excavation, to make it safe for rescuers to advance, had been consuming valuable time, with supports placed in only about four more feet of tunnel over a span of about 12 hours.

Rescuers on Monday more than doubled their estimate on the volume of the collapse: from 10 feet high to 25 feet high.

In the end, however, they could go no further without risking their own lives. “Rescue operations have been suspended from the west side ... due to worsening ground conditions,� Louviere said in a press release. “Further mucking will not be taking place in the caved area at this time.�

It’s unclear if Marek, a 12year Hecla employee, had communication equipment at the time of the accident. It could have been left in a vehicle he was using at the time. He likely had water, his lunch pail and protective equipment with him.

Marek and his brother, Mike Marek, another mine worker, had just finished watering down blasted-out rock and ore on existing mining areas when the collapse occurred about 75 feet from the end of

A REMOTE-CONTROL DIGGER has arrived, Monday, April 18, to help rescue workers advance more quickly, but progress may still be slowed by boulder-sized rocks and time-consuming safety work to shore up tunnels from further collapse. AP photo

the 6,150-foot deep tunnel, according to the company. His brother was able to escape.

They had been working at roughly opposite ends of the stope, or active mining area, when the collapse occurred, with Larry working furthest from the exit.

The family has not commented. Federal officials said many of the family’s members work at the mine.

All mining activity has been halted for the rescue effort, Hecla said. Officials said they will focus on how the collapse occurred once the rescue is complete.

The mine in Mullan employs roughly 275 workers, about 50 of whom were underground in various parts of the mine when the collapse occurred, Hennessey said.

On its website, Hecla describes itself as the oldest U.S.-based precious metals mining company in North America and the largest silver producer in the U.S. The Coeur d’Alene company currently produces silver from two mines, Greens Creek and Lucky Friday, which has been operational since 1942.

Silver prices have soared about 38 percent this year, and

Hecla is spending $200 million to increase its production of the metal by about 60 percent. The upgrades will extend the life of the Lucky Friday mine beyond 2030.

Hecla appears to have a good record of health and safety at Lucky Friday.

The mine has reported no fatalities dating back to 2000, according to a Mine Safety and Health Administration database. The federal regulator has cited the mine for violations but none in the last year specifically tied to the kind of accident that occurred Friday.

A year after spill, Gulf Coast is healing, hurting NEW ORLEANS (AP) – It was the catastrophe that seemed to crush a way of life, an oil rig exploding in the darkness and plunging the Gulf Coast and its people into months of chaos.

One year after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill began, solemn ceremonies will mark the disaster Wednesday and underscore the delicate healing that is only now taking shape. Oil still occasionally rolls up on beaches in the form of tar balls, and fishermen face an uncertain future.

But traffic jams on the narrow coastal roads of Alabama, crowded seafood restaurants in Florida and families vacationing along the Louisiana coast attest to the fact that familiar routines are returning, albeit slowly. “We used to fuss about that,� said Ike Williams, referring to the heavy traffic headed for the water in Gulf Shores, Ala., where he rents chairs and

umbrellas to beachgoers. “But it was such a welcome sight.�

Although life is getting back to normal, many questions linger: Will the fishing industry recover?

Will the environment bounce back completely?

Will an oil-hungry public ever accept more deepwater drilling? “It seems like it is all gone,� said Tyler Priest, an oil historian at the University of Houston. “People have turned their attention elsewhere. But it will play out like Exxon Valdez did. There will be 20 years of litigation.�

On Tuesday, the federal government reopened the last of the waters that were closed last year after the massive spill, about 1,040 square miles near the sunken rig. And fresh revelations from a BP engineer’s email exchanges with his wife highlighted the missteps made on the ill-fated rig

NESTING BIRDS ARE SEEN on Cat Island on May 22, 2010, left, as oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts the shore of an island just inside the the coast of Lousiana. The island is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills. The second photo taken on April 8, near the same location, shows the shoreline heavily eroded, and the lush marsh grass and mangrove trees mostly dead or dying. AP photo

before the explosion.

In the months since the April 20, 2010, blast aboard the Deepwater Horizon, an administrator has handed out $3.8 billion from a $20 billion claims fund set up by BP. The number of cleanup workers went from 48,000 at the height of the spill to 2,000 today.

Most scientists agree the effects “were not as severe as many had predicted,� said Christopher D’Elia, dean at the School of the Coast and Environment at Louisiana State University. “People had said this was an ecological Armageddon, and that did not come to pass.�

Still, biologists are concerned about the spill’s long-term impact on marine life. “There are these cascading effects,� D’Elia said. “It could be accumulation of toxins in the food chain, or changes in the food web. Some species might dominate.�

Meanwhile, accumulated oil is believed to lie on the bottom of the Gulf, and it still shows up as a thick, gooey black crust along miles of Louisiana’s marshy shoreline. Scientists have begun to notice that the land in many places is eroding.

For example, on Cat Island, a patch of land where pelicans and reddish egrets nest among the black mangroves, Associated Press photographs taken a year ago and compared to those taken recently show visible loss of land and a lack of vegetation. “Last year, those mangroves were healthy, dark green. This year they’re not,� said Todd Baker, a biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Land is eroding on sites where the oil has killed vegetation.

Confidence in Louisiana’s seafood is eroding, too. “Where I’m fishing it all looks pretty much the

same,� said Glen Swift, a 62-year-old fisherman in Buras. He’s catching catfish and gar in the lower Mississippi River again. That’s not the problem. “I can’t sell my fish,� he said. “The market’s no good.�

But the BP spill has faded from the headlines, overtaken by the tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan, unrest in the Middle East and political clashes in Washington. “Nationally, BP seems like a dim and distant memory,� said Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University historian. But the accident will have long-lasting influence on environmental history, he said.

A presidential commission and an internal BP report concluded that the disaster was caused by a cascade of technical and managerial failures, including a faulty cement job. A testing firm hired by the government concluded that the key device used for preventing blowouts failed because of a design problem that prevented it from cutting through pipe.

Fresh revelations from a BP drilling engineer who worked on the blown-out well shed some new light on the jitters and missteps overtaking the illfated facility in the weeks before the explosion.

Brian Morel first gained national attention when he referred to the Macondo as the “nightmare well� in an email to a colleague revealed by lawmakers last summer. Last week, the AP obtained additional email exchanges between Morel and his wife, including one in which he said his team at the company was “out of control.� “I can’t take it, so I am staying away from the issues today,� he wrote.

In a performance review a few weeks earlier, Morel had been told to “be aware of cynicism and criticism of company policies, actions, processes, etc. Don’t be a victim.�

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April 20 Today is Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Hillary Newton, a sophomore majoring in art from Terre Haute, Ind.

Almanac Today in History: In 2008, 26-year-old Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Montegi in Montegi, Japan, making her the first female winner in IndyCar racing history.

- A-Week!

- Interior Design Senior Exhibit, Tippetts, 10-4 p.m.

- 3rd Annual Silent Art Auction, TSC, 11 a.m.

- Ancestry Int. TSC lounge, 11-3 p.m.

- Marijuana Open Discussion Panel, TSC Auditorium, 12 p.m.

- Meditation Club, TSC, 1:30 p.m.

- Community Construction Project, Juniper Lounge 3 p.m.

- Math Anxiety Workshop, 3:30 p.m.

- Healthy Sexuality Workshop, TSC, 5 p.m.

- Reuse Reduce Recycle Auction, 6 p.m.

- The Three Musketeers, Morgan Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday

April 21 - Free fitness assessments, HPER, 12 p.m.

- Gallery Talk, Library, 2:30 p.m.

-Medical Unity Club, 4:30 p.m.

- Kiger Hour, 5:15 p.m.

- CIL Short Course, ESLC Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.

- The Three Musketeers, Morgan Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

- USU Symphonic Band Concert, Kent Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Friday Weather High: 58° Low: 41° Skies: P.m. showers.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

April 22 - Open Registration - Uintah Basin Campus Research Day, all day - Environmental Observatory Ribbon-Cutting, 1 p.m.

- Softball vs. Fresno State, 1 and 3 p.m.

-Vegan News Movie Night, TSC Auditorium, 5 p.m.

- Women’s Choir ‘About a Girl’ concert, Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.

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Do you have an old cell phone laying around at home? DVD’s you don’t want anymore? Or any old electronics? Bring them to A-Day on the Quad and drop them off at the USU Recycling Center booth. Celebrate HURD Bowl!! Sign up at the TSC Earth Day with us.

Music Theatre West is holding info booth or HPER building auditions for their September proand come on April 23 and play!

Starts at 9 a.m. and goes until the duction of Annie on April 27 (for USU spring game that afternoon! the role of Annie and the orphans) and 28 (for all other roles). Prepare a Ten players max per team! Get coached by USU football players! one-minute song and come dressed to dance! Auditions begin at 6:00 pm Get prizes and come have fun! both evenings. For more info visit musictheatrewest.org.

Come to Winnie the Pooh at A panel of experts will be available for an open discussion about 7:30 p.m. April 28-30 with a 2 p.m. marijuana on April 20 from 12-1 matinee on April 30 at the Caine Lyric Theatre in Logan. Tickets are p.m. in the TSC Auditorium. $10 for adults and $3 for youth 3-13.

Guests will include an attorney, On April 22 at Noon on the Quad, medical provider, law enforcement, and substance abuse coun- the Utah State University Pagan Alliance (USUPA) will be leading an selor. Students are encouraged Earth Day Unity Ritual open to all. to come with questions about The USUPA feels it is important to marijuana use and the debate of offer a ritual of unity on Earth Day its legalization. and on A-day, to help students come together under a combined cause of Join the Native American Student caring for the world around us. This is a non-religious rite celebrating our Council as they host the 3rd awareness of and gratitude for the Annual Silent Art Auction. This wonderful planet one which we live event will take place on April 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (each day). . Copies of the ritual are posted at http://usupa.org/ and the group welIt will be held on the south side of the TSC Ballroom. Most of the comes any questions.

On Saturday, April 30, the Logan artwork is open bid! So come and bid on various artworks ranging University 7th stake will be hosting a community garage sale at Lee’s from paitings, drawings, and beadwork. Any questions contact Marketplace in Logan (600 East 1400 North) from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. us by email at nasc@aggiemail.

All money raised will go toward the usu.edu NASC thanks you for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day your continued support and we Saint’s humanitarian fund to support hope to see you there! the victims of the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Donations are accepted the week before the event at the Come to “About a Girl: It’s church at 1490 North 400 East from Complicated” presented by the 5-9 p.m. and the morning of the USU Women’s Choir April 22 event, or the morning of the event, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performance Hall. Tickets are $8 for adults and before it begins. Everyone is encouraged to come donate items and/or $5 for students. purchase items at the garage sale.

Local easy listening group “ City Come to the Symphony Orchestra Heat,” featuring Bill Gabriel on Concerto Evening April 27 at 7:30 guitar, performs each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Pier 49 San Francisco p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall.

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