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Is a college degree worth all that debt?

Professors and students voice their opinions of college, money and the economy

By MEGAN BAINUM staff writer

Despite Utah being the lowest-ranked state in average debt at graduation, seniors will be graduating and entering a job market that has climbed to a 10 percent unemployment rate – the highest it’s been in years.

However, Dennis Welker, a USU professor, said a college degree is more important now than it has ever been regardless of the price.

“The major advantage that one receives is in the expanded range of jobs that one can pursue,” Welker said. “Most of the higher paying and more satisfying jobs in our country require higher education degrees.”

Students agree that a college degree is something money should be spent on.

Veronica Nelson, senior in political science, said her $4,000 debt is “absolutely worth it.”

Nelson said she received grants to help her pay for school. Her parents didn’t help, and she also didn’t receive scholarships. Nelson said she does not have a job lined up after graduation but doesn’t regret the money spent for school.

“America keeps getting dumber, and you need to have an advantage above other people,” Nelson said. “I think it is a personal choice whether or not someone feels that it is worth it. I went because I wanted to further my education, and the money was worth it to me.”

Furthering education isn’t the only reason why students feel college is important. Dave Thomas, a sophomore from Colorado, said even if after graduation a student doesn’t land a better job, it is still worth it because of experiences students can only get in college.

“College is about building life experiences and friendships. It’s not always about making more money in the long run,” Thomas said.

Thomas doesn’t have any debt because he said he makes enough money working in the summer. Thomas is also a resident assistant for Richards Hall, and he said

since that takes care of rent and food he doesn’t have very many expenses to worry about.

Thomas represents many students at USU. A Utah survey showed 41 percent of graduates had debt, putting Utah at the top of the list for having the least amount of students with debt at graduation. South Dakota has the most students in debt with 79 percent graduating with an average $23,000 in student loans.

Welker said a USU degree is a bargain compared to other schools in the nation.

“USU students graduate with relatively little debt compared to students graduating from many other state-supported schools, such as Penn State or Ohio State,” Welker said.

According to a study done by The Institute for College Access and Success, an independent, nonprofit organization, the average debt rose from $18,650 in 2004 to $23,200 in 2008, or about 6 percent per year. The highs are near $30,000 while Utah’s average is $13,041.

Even living in the state with the smallest debt average, students still worry about how they are going to pay off their school loans after graduation since the unemployment rate is still high, and according to a survey done

by Michigan State University, larger companies plan to decrease hiring.

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 19.7 percent of college graduates who applied for a job in 2009 have one by graduation, compared to 26 percent in the class of 2008 and 51 percent of the class of 2007.

USU provides ways to help pay for school, whether it be through loans, grants or scholarships. For more information visit www.usu.edu/finaid and www. usu.edu/finaid/scholarships.

– megan.b@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Budget cuts take turn for worse USU’s Starks case prompts undereage drinking bill

the committee had its second meeting Tuesday.

Committee members discussed, in particular, ways to enhance the office of Student Advocate.

“We don’t really want to get rid of the posiConcerns about the upcoming finalization of tion,” Winn said, “but rather make it one with the Utah Legislature’s higher education budget more accountability.” dominated ASUSU’s Executive Council meeting Student Advocate Tyler Haws said the commitTuesday. tee came up with a set of more standard responExecutive Vice President Spencer Lee said sibilities for the Student Advocate to help prevent things have taken a turn for the worse in the “complacency,” which has been an issue with the last several days, and students are likely to feel office in the past. He is working on changes to budget cuts much more severely than was previhis office charter to incorporate new ideas for the ously expected. Although the final budget will position. probably not be as severe as the 22 percent cut He said his student-response survey project USU President Stan Albrecht had projected as a is successful so far. He has had more than 300 worst-case scenario, Lee said the university could responses to the current survey and unveiled a see about 19 percent.

Student Advocate fan page on Facebook so stu“It’s looking bleak, very negative,” Lee said. dents can voice concerns there, as well.

A couple of weeks ago, Lee had reported “We’re making progress, but we welcome any encouraging figures from Legislature, but it ideas,” Winn said. “We’re all in this together.” has since been decided that In updates from varia portion of the Rainy Day ous council members, Winn Fund will not be allocated to “It’s looking bleak, said student-athletes are backfill 8 percent of existing looking for nominations for a very negative.” budget cuts. The 8 percent is family in the valley who may part of 17 percent already cut, benefit from a home renovabut was cushioned last year by – Spencer Lee, ASUSU tion. They plan to complete a federal stimulus money, Lee executive vice president renovation as part of a “Meet said. Now, the Legislature is the Challenge” service project. discussing an additional 2 or 3 Rick Kelly, Graduate percent on top of the existing Studies vice president, said the 17 percent, only 9 percent of which the university has already addressed. Lee said it will translate to graduate program’s symposium has more than a loss of 80-90 faculty in addition to the 57 lost in doubled in registrants from last year and will be attended by representatives of seven different addressing previous cuts. schools.

Lee said although he’s been pushing the issue Applications for appointed officials – includall year, the severity of the issue is at a peak. Final ing traditions director, public relations director, budget numbers are expected to be reported in arts and lectures director, activities director about one week. and administrative assistant – are due March Wednesday, March 3, Lee will be holding a 8. Programming Vice President Erin Reeder Write-a-Thon for students to express concerns to said applications are available in the Student the Legislature. He will be on the TSC Patio with Involvement and Leadership Office on the third doughnuts and a megaphone from 10:30 a.m. floor of the TSC. until 1:30 p.m.

– chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu Athletics Vice President Jeremy Winn, head of the ASUSU restructuring committee, said

By CHELSEY GENSEL news senior writer

Inside This Issue

3/03/10 Utah has one of the toughest texting-while-driving laws.

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By EMILY HOFERITZA staff writer

On Nov. 20, 2008, Michael Starks was found not breathing at the fraternity residence for which he had pledged, with a blood alcohol content four times the amount legal to drive.

The tragedy was a result of hazing in relation to pledging for Sigma Nu fraternity.

Now, just more than a year later, members of the Utah House of Representatives have proposed two bills intended to prevent a repeat incident.

Rep. Christine Johnson sponsored HB277, which is intended to address underage drinking specifically.

Johnson said, “The bill will require that if an individual is under the age of 21 and illegally in possession or consuming alcohol, they would be guaranteed that the judge would consider their good deed of reporting emergent medical care as a mitigating factor in their adjudication.”

The bill passed through the House Judiciary Committee with a unanimous vote on Feb. 8, then passed unanimously through the House of Representatives on Feb. 17. The bill passed through the Utah Senate with a unanimous vote and has been submitted for signing by state leadership.

Rep. Carol Moss has sponsored HB-138, which will raise the hazing penalty from a class B to a class A misdemeanor if alcohol is involved.

The bill also allows for leniency when the hazing is reported. HB-138, line 61 states, “A person who in good faith reports or participates in reporting of an alleged hazing is not subject to any civil or criminal liability regarding the reporting.”

Moss said there will be a higher penalty if

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a death occurs as a result of hazing.

Moss’ bill passed through the House of Representatives on Feb. 22 and is currently being reviewed by Senate committees.

Both bills were initiated through the incident that happened on campus, when Starks was discovered dead as a result of alcohol poisoning as a result of hazing.

Both representatives mentioned that they had worked with the Starks family to write their bills.

Johnson said she got involved when the Starks family sent a petition around her daughter’s high school, of which Starks was an alumnus, asking for support to initiate a “Good Samaritan law.”

Moss said the Starks family approached her because she has experience working with legislation regarding bullying and hazing.

“The Starks family feels good about the progress that is being made,” Moss said.

“They’re not vindictive. They’re not just trying to get back at people. They’re trying to right a wrong.”

Utah is not the only state with hazingand alcohol-related laws. Forty-four states have hazing laws in place. Statistics from the University of Connecticut show that 82 percent of hazing-related deaths involve alcohol, and at least one hazing-related death has occurred on a college campus each year since 1970.

Penalties across the country in regard to hazing range anywhere from a class C misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor, with fines ranging between $100 and $5,000. Some states also include time served in prison as part of the minimum sentence. “(Starks’) death is only in vain if we don’t learn the lessons,” Johnson said.

– emily.hoferitza@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Celebs&People CHICAGO (AP) – Jessica Simpson says she’s “a little bit angry” with ex-boyfriend John Mayer for an interview he gave to Playboy magazine in which he called the SIMPSON singer “sexual napalm.”

In quotes provided by Harpo Productions, Simpson says on the Wednesday episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that she doesn’t want people “to know how I am in bed.” In the interview, Mayer talked about Simpson’s sexual ability and said Simpson “is like crack cocaine to me.”

NewsBriefs Washington changes method of execution OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Washington state has changed its method of execution from a three-drug cocktail to a onedrug system, according to paperwork filed Tuesday with the state Supreme Court.

The filing by state Attorney General Rob McKenna reveals that the state made the decision last Thursday. It wants the high court to dismiss portions of the appeal of death-row inmate Darold Stenson, arguing that a challenge of the drug protocol’s constitutionality is now moot.

LateNiteHumor Monday, March 1, 2010 Top 10 Signs You Have Winter Olympics Withdrawal 10. Will only eat your pancakes if arranged like Olympic rings.

9. You excercise on Nordictrack with a rifle strapped to your back.

8. You weep uncontrollably every time you see snow.

7. Turned your closet into a “kiss and cry” area.

6. Office manager says, “We’re getting complaints about your speed skating body suit.’

5. You’re curling on your patio with a Swiffer and a fruit cake.

4. Now only watch television if it’s on a nine hour tape delay.

3. Already purchased snacks for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

2. Brushing your teeth involves an opening and closing ceremony.

1. You sold your BMW and bought a bobsled.

Geneva Auto Show: Hybrid or Hype?

GENEVA (AP) – Hybrid or hype?

More and more automakers rolled out their newest hybrids, or announced plans to do so, at the Geneva Auto Show on Tuesday, begging the question: Is the future now, or is this just attention-grabbing while the real powerhouse of the automotive world remains king combustion?

For the time being most automakers are hedging their bets.

Porsche kicked off the show with a hybrid version of its Cayenne S sports utility vehicle. French group PSA Peugeot Citroen SA is launching hybrids in 2012. And Toyota aims to have a hybrid across every model range by 2020.

Executives cite consumer demand for gasoline-electric powered cars and the drive to stay competitive as fuel efficiency standards get stricter.

“Our experience with Prius and other hybrids tells us that market acceptance of hybrids is growing,” said Toyota Europea Vice President Andrea Formica.

Last year, 530,000 customers purchased hybrids around the world, up 24 percent from 2008, and in Europe, Prius sales in a difficult market increased 3 percent in 2009 to 44,000 units.

“Drivers of hybrids are no longer pioneers or earlyadapters. They are more and more mainstream buyers,” Formica said.

But while the world’s largest car company can point to the third generation of its successful Prius range for its green credentials, most manufacturers have bet the firm on improving their gas-powered vehicles for the foreseeable future. Some appeared content to offer hybrids as little more than a moral fig leaf for consumers who feel guilty about their carbon footprint.

THE NEW PORSCHE Cayenne Hybrid is shown during the press day at the 80th Geneva International Motor Show, Tuesday, March 2, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Motor Show will open its gates to public from March 4- 14, presenting more than 1,000 brands with more than 100 World and European firsts. AP photo

“Hybrid sales are not booming in any part of the world,” said Saab CEO Jan Ake Jonsson. “One reason being, of course, is it is a very expensive proposition and today’s gasoline and diesel applications are getting more and more efficient.”

“Many people are asking themselves, for another two miles per gallon or whatever it might be, is it really worthwhile paying $5,000 or $6,000 for a hybrid solution?” he asked. “I think the hybrids need to be a little more cost efficient until we see a volume.”

Saab, of course, has its own set of problems, relaunching an automaker that sputtered to a standstill in the absence of buyers until the Dutch automaker Spyker made a deal in December. Right now Saab is focusing on restarting production and filling its distribution chain – but Acker says hybrid solutions will be part of all vehicles in the future.

- See AUTO, page 10

Racist incidents set off storm at UC campuses LOS ANGELES (AP) – A firestorm over racially and ethnically charged incidents at several University of California campuses spread Tuesday as UC San Diego announced a KKK-style hood was found on campus and students in Los Angeles and Irvine demonstrated against intolerance.

“What kind of campus promotes an environment that allows people to think it’s acceptable to target people for their ethnicity, gender or sexuality?” said Corey Matthews, one of about 200 mostly minority UCLA students who held a lunchtime rally. “It’s something about the tone of the environment that allows this.”

At UC Irvine, about 250 people gathered for a “student solidarity speakout”

to condemn the recent spate of racist incidents at UC San Diego that targeted black students and another incident last month at UC Davis, which targeted a Jewish student with a swastika carved on her door, said Marya Bangee, an event organizer.

The protests came on the same day UC San Diego announced the discovery of a white pillowcase fashioned into a KKK-style hood – the third racist incident around the campus in as many weeks – and a day after UC Santa Cruz officials found an image of a noose scribbled on the inside of a bathroom door.

Officials found the hood, which bore a hand-drawn circle and cross, on a statue of children’s book author Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, outside the main

campus library late Monday. A rose had been inserted between the statue’s fingers.

Detectives were analyzing the pillowcase for fingerprints and DNA evidence, a university statement said.

UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox vowed to punish the culprits to the fullest extent of the law. “We will not tolerate these despicable actions,” she said in the statement.

The hood came on the heels two other UC San Diego incidents: a February offcampus, student-organized “Compton Cookout” party that mocked Black History Month with ghetto stereotypes; and a noose found hanging from a library bookshelf last week.

UC San Diego campus police said they had completed their investigation into the noose incident and turned their results over to the city attorney on Tuesday for possible hate crime charges.

One of the students responsible for the noose apologized to the university community in an anonymous letter published Monday in the campus newspaper.

She said the noose was formed while she and friends were playing around with a piece of rope and had no meaning as a lynching symbol.

The student said she is not black, but is a minority.

The incident also is under investigation by law enforcement agencies, campus spokeswoman Judy Piercey said.

Senate votes after days of Republican stalling WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate on Tuesday passed a $10 billion measure to maintain unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and provide stopgap funding for highway programs after a holdout Republican dropped stalling tactics that had generated a Washington firestorm.

Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning had been holding up action for days but conceded after pressure intensified with Monday’s cutoff of road funding and extended unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless.

Bunning wanted to force Democrats to find ways to finance the bill so that it wouldn’t add to the deficit, but his move sparked a political tempest that subjected Republicans to withering media coverage and cost the party politically. Bunning’s support among Republicans was dwindling, while Democrats used to being on the defensive over health care and the deficit seemed to relish the battle.

The bill passed by a 78-19 vote. It passed the House last week and President

Barack Obama is likely sign the bill into law quickly so that 2,000 furloughed Transportation Department workers can go back to work on Wednesday.

Doctors faced the prospect of a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments, and federal flood insurance programs had lapsed with Monday’s expiration of an earlier stopgap bill that passed late last year.

Tuesday’s action will provide a monthlong extension of the expired programs to give Congress time to pass a yearlong – and far more costly – fix that’s also pending.

Without the legislation, about 200,000 jobless people would have lost federal benefits this week alone, according to the liberal-leaning National Employment Law Project. Jobless people normally get 26 weeks of unemployment benefits and 20 more weeks in states with higher unemployment rates. The legislation extends several additional layers of benefits added since 2008 because of the stubborn recession.

Earlier on Tuesday, Bunning objected to a request by Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a fellow Republican, to pass a 30-day extension of jobless benefits and other expired measures.

When asked Tuesday if Bunning was hurting the Republican Party, Collins said, “He’s hurting the American people.”

Other Republicans were more diplomatic in their assessments of Bunning, who has a stubborn and often irascible personality. Bunning is reluctantly retiring at the end of the current term and enjoys a tense relationship with homestate colleague and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who privately urged Bunning to step aside.

Bunning had blocked the stopgap legislation since Thursday, insisting that Democrats find offsetting revenues or spending cuts to finance the bill.

Instead, he settled for a vote to close a tax loophole enjoyed by paper companies that get a credit from burning “black liquor,” a pulp-making byproduct, as if it were an alternative fuel. The amendment

failed.

Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, said that Bunning was accepting an offer that he had rejected for days.

“As a result ... unemployment benefits were cut off for thousands of people across America, assistance for health care was cut off across America, thousands of federal employees were furloughed,” Durbin said.

Democrats had promised to force Bunning to repeatedly lodge objections to bringing the bill to a vote. Otherwise it could take almost a week to slog through the procedural steps required to take up the measure and defeat Bunning’s filibuster.

“Today we have a clear-cut example to show the American people just what’s wrong with Washington, D.C.,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said. “That is because today one single Republican senator is standing in the way of the unemployment benefits of 400,000 Americans.”

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Philosophy prof honored in inaugural speech Briefs Campus & Community

By CATHERINE MEIDELL assistant news editor

Through his alterego Erudite Ridiculosis, Charlie Hueneman, USU professor of philosophy, explained his perceptions of life with indirect humor during his inaugural speech Tuesday.

After 15 years teaching at USU, Hueneman has been awarded full professor after being approved by the inaugural board for the position.

The event was held in USU President Stan Albrecht’s formal home, and Hueneman’s family, colleagues and a few students were in attendance to applaud his teaching career at USU. HASS Dean Yolanda Flores Niemann introduced Hueneman.

Niemann said he was born in Iowa and attended the University of Wisconsin, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He received his doctorate’s degree in philosophy from the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Ryan Nelson, philosophy major and student of Hueneman, said, “He has the ability to take technical matters and make them something you can comprehend.”

CHARLIE HUENEMAN talks to guests at his inaugural speech Tuesday at President Stan Albrecht’s formal home.

The examples Hueneman gives Hueneman is now a full professor of philosophy. TODD JONES photo in his class lectures pertaining to philosophy are hilarious, comical and trayed through his presentation the eightfold path.” Eight elements of able,” Hueneman said while expoundcreative, Nelson said. This is imporon a character he named Erudite wisdom comprise the eightfold path ing upon his points of embracing tant, he said, because, otherwise, a lot Ridiculosis, a philosophy teacher and include embracing silence, know- silence and speaking truth. of the philosophical material would who believes values can be found in ing thyself, speaking truth and loving If Hueneman’s character be dry and students would lack moti- the deeper aspects of life. Hueneman fully.

Ridiculosis was asked what his day’s vation to learn it. said the character he made up also “Speak as a rock would speak: - See ERUDITE, page 4 Hueneman’s creativity was porbelieves “depth is cultivated through infrequent, unforgiving, unassail-

Fallout gives students chance to worship

By KASEY VAN DYKE staff writer

The TSC Auditorium shook with the music of religious fervor at the Christian Fallout Tuesday night.

Several on-campus Christian groups were involved with the event, including Focus, Risen, Tribu InDependiente, Freedom Christian Fellowship and Chinese Christian Fellowship.

Taking its name from the historic radioactive fallouts, the Christian Fallout hopes to have a similar, lasting impact on the audience, with a more positive effect.

The creator of the Fallout is Ryan Toth, a sophomore in religious studies. After spending a couple years away from his Christian upbringing, Toth experienced a spiritual reawakening during his first semester at USU. After his first experience with the Christian Fallout last semester, he was told by an attendee that, because of the experience, she had “recommitted her life to Christ.” Toth said he hopes this semester’s event will have this same effect.

“Ultimate success would be getting one person with a cool story,” he said.

Toth also mentioned the personal benefit he’s

seen from being involved with the event.

“Spiritually, it’s been a great, great thing,” he said. “Doing this stuff gives you a spiritual high.”

This worship service may be targeted toward Christians, but Blake Ewton, sophomore in mechanical engineering, said they hope everyone feels welcome.

“We want to keep it open to anybody,” he said.

“Anybody is welcome. You don’t need to be into God or anything. It doesn’t matter what your religious views are. We just want everyone to come.”

Ewton has spent his life embracing Christianity, saying he accepted Christ when he was 6. He said his involvement with the group Focus has helped him grow.

He said, “I do feel like I’ve grown from the group, by having better relationships with people, and with this event, because it’s really tested my patience and stress.”

This is the second Christian Fallout on campus and this semester Ewton had the chance to lead the worship service. He hoped to bring people to Christ with this event, he said.

“For Christians,” he said, “I hope they’re able to worship God. It’s one of the things we’re put on this Earth for – is to worship God and glorify him.”

Andrew Marquette, freshman in aerospace

engineering, has worked with Focus and Risen, and said it has been a good experience.

“It’s helped me meet a lot of cool people who can grow in God with me,” he said.

He went on to say he hoped the event showed people a way they can worship, aside from any one religion.

He said, “I hope they can understand that you can worship God and Jesus with a big group of people on campus, with religions put aside and that a Christian belief is more about a relationship with God.” George Ferris, sophomore in political science, said he attended the event for the environment.

“That worship environment, you can’t get it anywhere else,” he said.

Lauren Page, freshman in biology, also commented on the spirit of the room.

“It’s a very happy atmosphere,” she said. “It’s nice to come here and be surrounded by happiness.”

Toth summarized the goal behind the Christian Fallout, showing his priorities for orchestrating the event.

He said, “The whole point is to worship God.” – k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu

Career Fair Prof publishes first book opportunity to network

By RACHEL A. CHRISTENSEN news editor

The USU Career Fair will take place Wednesday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center International Lounge and Ballroom.

Randy Jensen, assistant director of Career Services, said the Career Fair is an opportunity for students to network and make connections.

In some cases, Jensen said, students can work directly on getting a job and some are even able to schedule interviews with the guest employers.

“The fair really is for everyone,” Jensen said.

“Everyone should take advantage of it.”

Students who go to the fair need to be proactive about asking companies if they have positions that will suit the student and that student’s individual area of study, Jensen said.

According to the Career Services Web site, students serious about the Career Fair should plan ahead. The Web site suggests six steps in order to maximize their fair experience: research organizations, prepare résumé, dress for success, prepare approach and introduction, ask questions and follow up after the fair with potential employers.

As of last week, Jensen said, 110 companies had signed up to come to the Career Fair and there was still time for more to do so. However, Jensen

- See FAIR, page 4

By REBECCA SEARLE staff writer

Early in March, Christine Cooper-Rompato will publish her first book, “The Gift of Tongues: Women’s Xenoglossia in the Later Middle Ages.”

Cooper-Rompato is an assistant professor of English and is involved in the program of religious studies.

“I think it’s a very specialized topic,” Cooper-Rompato said about the theme of her book. “I’m very interested in miraculous speech and miraculous languages.”

The book recounts and analysis times when a man or woman was given the gift of COOPER-ROMPATO a miraculous language, or xenoglossia.

Xenoglossia is the claimed ability of a person to speak in an unfamiliar language, she said. The book also examines the importance of miraculous language attainment.

Cooper-Rompato said, “My book is about the miracle of xenoglossia from the 1200s to the 1500s. That (xenoglossia) is basically the gift of tongues.”

In the book, examples are given of women and a few men with gifts of miraculous language, “mostly with the Catholic church,” CooperRompato said.

Cooper-Rompato said, “There are many gifts to women in Latin, especially on particular holidays.”

Examples of xenoglossia were drawn from written works like Chaucer, Saint’s lives and records of the canonization processes. Artwork was also used.

“There’s a lot of artwork about the spirit coming down on the Pentecost,” Cooper-Rompato said of an example of xenoglossia.

“The Gift of Tongues: Women’s Xenoglossia in the Later Middle Ages” is “geared towards medieval historians and medieval scholars and students,” Cooper-Rompato said.

Cooper-Rompato began writing the book when she was in college. She was first interested in xenoglossia after reading “The Book of Margery Kempe,” an autobiography by a woman who claimed to receive visions of Christ, Mary and several saints while being treated as a nuisance and mocked.

“That’s what got me to be a medievalist,” Cooper-Rompato said. “And I wrote on this topic because I’m obsessed with the book about a woman who thought she was a saint. She had visions. I thought this was very strange so I researched it.”

Afterward, Cooper-Rompato took many medieval literature classes and attended conferences held in a small town every year for medievalists.

Cooper-Rompato said, “It’s really exciting and thrilling being in a small community where everyone is on the same page and has the same interests.”

Later, in graduate school at the University of Connecticut, Cooper-Rompato started her dissertation on xenoglossia.

Cooper-Romato said, “While working on my dissertation I had a wonderful adviser, C. David Benson. He said what I really need to do is publish a book.”

While transforming her dissertation into a book, Cooper-Rompato worked with the Huntington Library in California to research different texts and artwork. After writing a

- See BOOK, page 4

Aggies needed to write letters to legislators Aggies are encouraged to stop by the Taggart Student Center Patio Wednesday, March 3, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to write legislators letters during the Write-a-Thon. Students will be writing the letters to Utah legislators, who will be making final decisions about the next round of budget cuts to hit USU. All supplies will be provided.

Students are needed to come write about their experiences at USU and ask legislators to consider students and how severe budget cuts will impact Utah’s future.

ASUSU Executive VP Spencer Lee will be on the patio during that time to guide the Write-aThon.

PRSSA names spring officers For spring semester 2010, Utah State University’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (USU PRSSA) is making changes to more fully accomplish the national PRSSA mission: “to serve our members by enhancing their knowledge of public relations and providing access to professional development opportunities; to serve the public relations profession by helping to develop highly qualified, well-prepared professionals.”

USU PRSSA restructured its executive board in January to better meet the needs of chapter members.

The current USU PRSSA executive board includes President Courtney Lewis, Vice President Jill Little, treasurer Jackie Banda, secretary McKell Christensen, PR and marketing director Krista Park, employment director Celia Child, multimedia director Lisa Janssen, student relations director Michon Winget, true blue firm director Natalie Curtis, conference director Lauren Hong, conference chairperson Brittany Brown, and faculty adviser Preston Parker.

Range science Aggies take second in comp.

USU range science students placed second in an academic competition among teams from Mexico, Canada and throughout the U.S. that challenged young scientists to evaluate and offer solutions to the impact of invasive species on varied ecosystems. The Aggies also participated in plant identification and natural resources management competitions at the 63rd annual Society for Range Management meeting held Feb. 711 in Denver.

USU Rangeland Cup team members Jenny Addy, Larry Johnson, Halley Kartchner and Makeda Trujillo zeroed in on cheatgrass and Utah juniper in the Great Basin as their topic entry for the poster competition.

“We chose the Great Basin region because it’s close to home, and we could easily relate to the issues associated with the region,” says Trujillo, a senior wildlife science major. “Sagebrush ecosystems, such as those of the Great Basin, are among the most endangered ecosystems in the United States.”

She notes that sagelands of the Great Basin, which covers 190,000 square miles in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and California, are succumbing to cheatgrass at lower elevations and juniper encroachment at higher elevations.

Johnson, McCarrell and fellow USU students Casey Addy, Levi Bennington, Janessa Chew, Cari Forsgren, Laura Hansen, Chris Jorgensen, Jeff Reese, Ailina Smith and Trent Staheli also competed in the Undergraduate Range Management Exam, in which students were grilled on questions ranging from natural resources management and ecosystem services to mathematical problems.

-Compiled from staff and media reports

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USU student aims to bring comedy to Logan mostly stand up.”

The night included videos of the local comedians introducing themselves and the comedians took the stage with a song they had selected.

The Cache Valley Comedy Night opened to a large Deaton and Fabis also would like to help develop the crowd Friday night. Eight local amateur comedians comlocal talent. peted for the title of Cache Valley’s King of Comedy.

Regarding LOL Productions long-term plans, Fabis The winner was decided solely on crowd applause. The said, “We want to make sure we get the large talent in here local competitors performed with the night’s headlinfor Cache Valley but give the opportunity to locals – to ers Ricky Hacking, Guy Seidel and Dave Ackerman. Lam help them expand their market – then we want to export Guluki won in the final round against Niel Aboshamaa the local talent we have here.” and took home $300 and the faux LOL Productions is also condiamond encrusted King of Comedy scious of the tastes of the local crowd. crown.

“We wanted to “A lot of people will ask, ‘Is it The majority of competitors has bring something clean?’

Once we show them what we been involved on comedy for fewer have in place, they say that it’s great,” big to Logan.” than six months.

Deaton said.

“It was great,” said USU student Fabis said each person to take Lindy Jensen. “A couple of them were – Tanner Deaton, student the stage had to sign a contract that kind of awkward. I kind of felt bad for their material would be “PG-13, but and co-founder of LOL them, but there were some really good also relatable.” ones. I was surprised.”

Productions Mr. USU 2003, Ricky Hacking, USU student Tanner Deaton and his came to host the event. Hacking, a USU business partner Dustin Fabis teamed graduate, has been involved in stand-up comedy for nearly up to form LOL Productions to bring more stand-up comsix years. After starting his own improvisation troupe at edy to northern Utah.

USU, Hacking was offered his first stand-up gig.

“There’s just not a lot in Logan,” Deaton said. “There “I loved it, and I’ve been doing it ever since. I grew up have been comedy events, but we wanted to bring someas the chubby sweaty kid, so here I am,” he said. “You have thing big to Logan.” to hide the pain with some laughs. I thought getting into Fabis said, “We decided to put on this one event and if it does well, then we are going to either expand it to several comedy would get me chicks ... when you make fun of yourself for a living, it points out your flaws rather than events a year, take it on tour or have an actual comedy covers them up.” club. We wanted to get as many college students here, get In a more serious moment, he later admitted that it was it known, and then we can build on it. It’s a preliminary really because he enjoyed the attention. Hacking’s material event.” centered on his weight and young married life.

Regarding the possibility of Cache Valley having a fullUSU alumnus Ackerman was the main act of the evetime comedy club, Rakael Deaton, who attended the production, said, “I think that it would be a good outlet for the ning. After graduating in broadcast journalism, Ackerman was encouraged to pursue his comedy talent by a brother. students.”

The two business partners have decided to take a differ- He then moved to Chicago and studied comedy writing and improvisation at The Second City, a leading perforent strategy than some of their competitors. Rather than simple open-mike format, “its more of a production,” Fabis mance company and training center for comedians. He now tours locally and lives in Salt Lake City. said. “We want people to be entertained. It’s a produc– jesse.fowers@aggiemail.usu.edu tion with stand-up in it. There’s videos, there’s music. But

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D’SEAN, RIGHT, GETS LAUGHS at the Cache Valley Comedy Night at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. SCOTT PAGE photo

Fair: Economy may make job hunt hard for grads -continued from page 3 said he thinks this number is down from years past due to the recession.

The career market students will face in May is better than last year, Jensen said. However, the economy has not yet rebounded fully from the recession, he said, and the slowest part of the economy to rebound will be the job market.

“That doesn’t mean there aren’t jobs available, but it is a little bit tougher than it used to be,” Jensen said about finding jobs.

One thing Jensen said students need to realize when looking for a job during economic hard times is that a lot of people have already been laid off from positions.

He said this adds extra competition for jobs that graduates might want because those who were laid off might already have more experience in the field.

Jensen said statistics show networking is the best approach to finding a job, whether during a recession. He said along with a strong résumé and cover letter, students should be making connections with future employers. The better connection a student has with possible employers, the more likely they are to get a job, he said.

Invitations are sent during the summer, Jensen said, to companies who might be interested in being represented at the Career Fair. He said a variety of employers are contacted who are looking for different kinds of students with different majors in the hopes of creating a diverse fair.

Companies who come to the fair pay a standard price to set up a booth. Jensen said this is standard practice that any university would do when setting up a fair.

This way, Jensen said, the fair is financially self-sufficient.

The Career Fair is not the only service Career Services provides students. Jensen said Career Services can be used by students and alumni alike. Aggies, both current and graduated, can sign up to get information about internships and jobs via mass e-mails. Career Services also provides career development and exploration assessments, internship information, graduate school preparation and first career job placement help.

Career Services is in the University Inn, Room 102, and is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

– rac.ch@aggiemail.usu.edu

Book: Author’s first -continued from page 3 draft, Cooper-Rompato approached many different publishers, finally going to Penn State University Press. An editor, Eleanor H. Goodman, went over the book draft with her. The draft was revised and other readers and editors looked over the book.

“Ten or more editors got a look at the book to make it what it is today,” Cooper-Rompato said.

Later this month, “The Gift of Tongues: Women’s Xenoglossia in the Later Middle Ages” will be published and released to the public. A copy will be available in the Merrill-Cazier Library.

“It’s really thrilling,” Cooper-Rompato said about publishing a book. “It’s like an adrenaline rush.”

Now that her first book has been completed, Cooper-Rompato has more ideas for future projects.

“I’m interested in how missionaries learned languages in order to teach,” Cooper-Rompato said. “In 16th and 17th century Spain, the missionaries would go off and then teach in the native tongues.”

Cooper-Rompato said, “I was thinking about a project where spiritualism and xenoglossia are intertwined. Modern tongues may also be a future project.”

– becca.searle@aggiemail.usu.edu

Erudite: Finding clarity in deep issues is miraculous occurrence, prof says -continued from page 3 plans were, he would say he planned to create something of eternal value, Hueneman said. He said he believes finding clarity in deep issues is a miraculous life occurrence. When the deep things of life are discovered, the dialogues found there must be seized, Hueneman said. From there, humans have the capacity to concoct genuine creations.

Provost Ray Coward addressed the audience briefly at the end of the lecture and jokingly said, “We’ve always said these lectures are original to each honoree.”

Among his colleagues and students, Hueneman is known for filling the shoes of a philosopher by fitting the quirky and comical stereotype, said friend and colleague John Seiter, speech and communications professor.

Seiter chaired the inaugural committee that decided to give Hueneman a position as full professor. Hueneman’s work is astounding, Seiter said, and he has been published in presses as prestigious as Oxford. Though Hueneman is an accomplished

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philosopher and professor, Seiter said what stands out most about Hueneman is the person he is.

Seiter’s wife, Debora Seiter, said Hueneman is a wonderful father on top of everything else.

John Seiter said, “He is a compassionate leader with an amazing sense of humor. He makes movies with his kids. He invests a lot of time into being a father.”

John Seiter has been friends with Hueneman since they both started teaching at USU in 1994. Their offices were located next door, and they would talk to each other while both sitting at their desks.

Albrecht was not able to attend the event at his formal home due to a meeting he had with federal representatives in Washington, D.C. His wife, Joyce Albrecht, hosted the event on his behalf and after hearing Hueneman’s thought-provoking speech said, “Now I know why Stan wanted to sneak away from his administrative

duties to come to your speech.”

Felix Tweraser, a professor of German, said a group of students asked Hueneman to be in their film “Sir Fatso” and asked him to play the role of himself. The most difficult thing an actor can do is play the role of his or herself, he said.

“He nailed it,” Tweraser said concerning Huneman’s role as himself. “He is brutally honest with himself, which is why he is such a role model to his colleagues.”

Len Rosenband, professor of medieval history, said Hueneman’s inaugural speech was doing what every philosopher loves to do: play with reason. Hueneman explained his philosophical platforms in an indirect and inventive way.

“He was speaking about himself, which is deeper than his alterego,” Rosenband said.

– catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu.edu

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C misdemeanor for individuals caught using text messaging behind the wheel. If texting while driving causes an accident and injury or death, it is considered a felony and includes It is as dangerous as driving with a .08 up to a $10,000 fine and 15 years in prison. blood alcohol level, which is considered “When I found out it was passed I was drunken driving. happy with it,” Shaw said. “It’s pretty strict.”

Texting while driving has become comLt. Lee Perry, from the Utah Highway monplace for many students. In a Statesman Patrol, said individuals should use Shaw as survey taken of students and faculty on camthe example that texting while driving is danpus, 54 percent of students have sent a text gerous and wrong. while driving a motorized vehicle while 46 “Take a look at Reggie Shaw who this law percent will not send or type a message while came from,” Perry said. “It didn’t cost him his driving. life, but cost two others. This is something Becky Cheketts, sophomore in exercise Reggie has to live with his entire life. Is sendscience, is one who texts ing a text so important while driving. that it is risking your life “I can text subtly,” or someone elses?”

“What I did was dumb she said. “I can drive and Perry said the law and against all comtext.” doesn’t give any leeway mon sense. Had there However, Bri Clark, for when individuals can junior in biology, said it been a law then, I def- text while operating a is something she will not vehicle. He said individuinitely would not have consider doing. als who text at stop signs been texting.”

“It is a hazard. I will and stoplights are still call someone instead of breaking the law. Some texting,” she said.

– Reggie Shaw, exemptions are during a Last year, Utah passed medical emergency and texter involved in accident reporting criminal activone of the toughest laws regarding cell phone ity. use in the nation. The Perry said he likes the law prohibits texting in a motorized vehicle. strict texting law. However, he said it is difReggie Shaw visited the Utah Legislature last ficult to enforce. For police officers, the law year to make sure law regarding texting was makes it more clear when spotting and taking passed. care of texting. Perry said if individuals are Shaw was responsible for taking two men’s seriously injured, their cell phone records will lives as he headed eastward to Logan on be subpoenaed. It then becomes easy to prove Highway 30 in 2006. The then 19-year-old whether that individual had been texting Shaw was texting his girlfriend when his subwhile driving when the crash occurred. urban clipped a Saturn. The Saturn was then Subpoenaing phone records has become a hit by a pickup that was behind Shaw. The serious part of vehicle accident investigations, two occupants in the Saturn were killed on and Perry said the records have become one of impact. the first things involved. If the records show “What I did was dumb and against all com- texting was involved, the courts look at the mon sense,” Shaw said. “Had there been a law case much more seriously. then, I definitely would not have been texting.

Although, the texting and driving law covThis law is great. It prevents accidents. It preers the basics, it is not the only law involved vents people from making that same mistake.” with cell phone use. Utah has a law against The law that was passed allows police careless driving, which can be defined as officers to pull over drivers who are texting committing a moving violation while disbehind the wheel. The Utah law provides a maximum penalty of three months in jail and - See DRIVING, page 7 a $750 fine. The penalty is considered a class

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UTAH HAS ONE OF the toughest laws regarding texting while driving. The law does not provide any leeway for texting while operating a motorized vehicle. STEVE SELLERS photo

A shepherd of other’s wisdom

PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR HARRISON KLEINER has taught at USU for the past five years. His favorite part about teaching is watching students engage in great ideas. photo courtesy HARRISON KLEINER

By KELLYN ANDERSON staff writer

Of the many professors USU employs, one philosophy professor will not be returning to expand the minds of students next fall.

Professor Harrison Kleiner has inspired the hearts of his pupils here for five years, but because of the budget cuts, he no longer will teach them how to think like Socrates, write like Plato and study like Aristotle. He has challenged beliefs, encouraged open discussion and stimulated ethical conversation unlike any other.

Kleiner began his college career as a political science major, but was drawn more and more to the philosophical side of learning. After moving away from his hometown of Colorado Springs, he attended Cornell College, double majoring in political science and philosophy. He met his wife while attending graduate school in Boston and continued along the path to teaching.

When asked what his favorite part about teaching is, Kleiner replied, “I love seeing students engage great ideas. Seeing the seeds of wonder cultivated in students.”

Kleiner may enjoy watching this, but he takes no credit. He believes that the texts are responsible for students learning, not the teacher.

“I am merely a humble shepherd of other people’s wisdom,” he said.

As with most liberal arts majors, philosophy is not a career-oriented degree. Many times parents will encourage their children to study areas that focus toward finding a job, such as accounting or engineering. Kleiner said his parents wished he had chosen a different path, but he has no regrets.

“I had so much fun myself exploring ideas.

I knew that I wanted to teach,” he said.

Kleiner enjoys challenging his students intellectually. He said that while the upperdivision classes are fun, Intro to Philosophy is his favorite.

“Most students have not engaged great books and ideas,” he said. “I like to be there when students think a great thought for the first time.”

Kleiner opens discussion on many controversial subjects, from abortion and homosexuality in his Social Ethics course to the philosophical challenges to Mormonism in his Intro to Philosophy class.

“Most Latter-day Saint students have not had their faith challenged in this way,” he said. “I do not try to take away their faith, but it is good for them to have it challenged.”

When asked if he believes anyone can be a philosopher, Kleiner replied that everyone already is.

“Some do it intentionally and thoughtfully. Others do it unintentionally and thoughtlessly,” he said.

Kleiner answered an inquiry by stating that if he was king of USU, he would make Intro to Philosophy required for all students.

“You cannot live a happy and fulfilling life unless you engage the great ideas,” he said.

Kleiner loves mountains and skiing, and doesn’t have lofty goals or aspirations.

“I do not have some extraordinary goal or task I feel the need to accomplish in my life,” he said. “I find meaning in the ordinary as much as the extraordinary.”

Kleiner believes he lives an ordinary and uninteresting life, and continued by telling a

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SKI PATROL MEMBERS are dedicated to the safety of individuals on the ski slopes. To be a ski patrol person, one has to take a class called the Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC), that takes about 90 hours. photo courtesy TREY LEONARD

Saving lives on the slopes currently employed as a ski patrolman, but he took the OEC class at McKay Dee Hospital.

He said his class was like cramming three majors into a three-week course.

Keith Moore is the director of Powder “We cover everything from medical termiMountain’s ski patrol and said ski patrol nology to bandaging,” he said. “We do what’s members are “ a little bit EMT, a little bit called moulage, where we role play different mountaineer and a little bit ski bum.” events. One time we had a time where we To be a ski patroller, one has to take a class opened the guy’s jacket and sausage came out, that takes about 90 hours, or three and a half like he was cut and his intestines were commonths, called the Outdoor Emergcency Care ing out,” Van Dyke said.

(OEC), he said.

Belliston said his favorite part about workTyler Belliston, volunteer patrolman, has ing as a ski patrolman was the free skiing and been a ski patrolman for eight years and is a having an office outside. part of Powder Mountain’s volunteer week“No one does it for the money. You do it end patrol. He said he became a ski patrolso your office is a 20-acre or 10,000-acre ski man because his dad has been one since he resort,” he said.

Belliston was 3.

Moore said one of the nice things about He said ski patrol is dedicated to mounhis job is the free skiing, but it’s more than tain safety. that. It’s a brotherhood.

“We work with avaHe said, “You can lanche safety, customer go to another resort and “Some days are better safety, checking out lifts, meet up with the ski customers, escorting snow than others. Most days patrol people there, and cats and more,” Belliston they know what it’s like.” it’s a pretty nice job, said. “I’ve dealt with Moore said he’s and we all feel lucky everything, from people done some odd things as to have it.” stealing snowboards to a ski patrolman, such as putting people in helicoprescuing sheep from the ters.”

– Keith Moore, director of mountain.

Moore has been a “We rope them, tie Powder Mountain ski patrol them and patrolman for 20 years put them on a and said it’s a good job, toboggan, and take them but that some days it down the mountain,” he really is just a job. said. “It’s definitely a job.”

“Some days are better than others. Most Van Dyke said he’s impressed with the days it’s a pretty nice job, and we all feel lucky amount of time that people volunteer for the to have it,” he said. job and the training.

There are days when patrol people are “I am shocked at how much time they give under the weather, or the weather conditions away,” he said. “For teaching the class and for on the mountain are inconducive to skiing in testing, they were all volunteer.” general, and ski patrollers are still out on the Belliston said when people show interest mountain, Moore said. in becoming a ski patrol person, they are Powder Mountain has 68 volunteers on the taken out on a couple ski runs, to get a feel ski patrol for nights and weekend skiing, with for their ability. Then they can take the class, about 20 to 24 working each time. There are and if they pass the test, they can be a patrol about 39 people on pro patrol, he said. Pro person. patrol is a paid position and a daily job.

Moore said that in the past, the patrolmen “On a typical day, we’re booted up and on have been firefighters and EMTs, as well as the mountain by 8:15, and we usually start being the original patrollers. He said the difthe last closing sweep at 4:30,” Moore said. ference between the two groups is that EMT “But depending on weather, visability or late training is for rural areas and OEC training is injuries, we could be up there longer. I’ve for the outdoors and back country. been there sometimes till 3 or 4 a.m.”

– april.ashland@aggiemail.usu.edu Wes Van Dyke, a volunteer, said he is not

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Once again, it’s ASUSU election time at USU. We’ve already had our own juicy scandal, so I thought I’d give the candidates some pointers on how they can get out of scandals, if they get wrapped up in them.

If you are losing an election, claim fraud, demand a recount, then make sure your immediate family is in office and hope the government puts a time limit on the recount. This method worked for George W. Bush in the “Floridagate” scandal of the 2000 election against Al Gore. The question of the “hanging chads” mixed with the familial relationship between him and Jeb Bush, his brother, was a recipe for media fire. Bush got away with it and served as president for eight years. Al Gore wrote a book.

If you are accused of being a “Rake, Libertine, father of a bastard, a gross and licentious man, a moral leper, a man stained with disgusting infamy” all for having an illegitimate child, take your cues from 1884 presidential candidate, Grover Cleveland. After word of his sex scandal was made public, Cleveland owned up to the accusation, admitting to having an affair in 1874 with Maria Halpin.

Everyone has dirty laundry. If yours is brought up, telling the truth will show honesty and promote loyalty.

If you publicly admit to smoking an illegal substance during your younger years, immediately backpedal. Claim that you “didn’t like it” and “never inhaled.” This little number is credited to Bill Clinton, who later “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky, debated the definition of “is,” argued the definition of “alone” and had a “deep and emotional connection to ‘Starsky and Hutch.’”

If you’re driving drunk with a woman in your car, crash in the Chappaquiddick

River, killing the woman, then don’t report it until the car and dead body are found. You should state in court that you weren’t under the influence, refuse medical care, claim emotional distress and ask the citizens of Massachusetts to decide whether you should resign, like Ted Kennedy in 1969. Because of this event, he chose not to run in the 1972 presidential election, but served as a senator until his death Aug. 25.

If your accused of groping women, attempting to remove their bathing suits and admiring Adolf Hitler, take notes from Arnold Schwarzenegger and fall back on your extensive movie career, where the sets can often become “rowdy.” You don’t need political savvy to run for office, just a toned physique, good friends and an “outrageous, but not offensive” personality.

If allegations are made that you were trying to bribe your opponent to drop out of the race in a church building, claim that it wasn’t really a bribe, and if a disciplinary council doesn’t act in your favor, scream conflict of interest. It seems to have worked for a USU candidate.

Kasey Van Dyke is a sophomore majoring in print journalism and international studies.

Questions and comments can be sent at k.vandyke@ aggiemail. usu.edu.

Street Speak Have you never left a tip at a restaurant?

“Not on purpose.

Once as I was leaving a restaurant with my friends I saw a man that was eating near us get up and swip the tip we left. ” – Nathan Ballard, senior, mechanical engineering “I was at a breakfast place and the waitress was being real catty. She was rude and yelled at me after I tried to refill my own drink because it had been empty for a long time.”

– Tony Litke, senior, biochemistry

“The only time I have is when the waiter spilled an entire pitcher of beer on me.”

– Jen Kenison, sophomore, nutrition

“As a poor college student I’m very good at finding reasons to withold a tip – like when I don’t get mayonnaise for my fry sauce or they take too long bringing me a straw for my drink.”

– John Yelland, sophomore, general studies photos and information gathered by STEVE SELLERS

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Are humans really built to run?

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ello, readers. Hi. I’m good, thanks. This week I’d like to deviate from my normal rant of disjointed, bombastic humor and tell you about a book I’m reading. It’s called “Born To Run.” As of late, I’ve been telling everyone with a face about this book. Anyway, this book has captured my attention, imagination and my productivity as I’ve read, thought and stewed about its contents. And it starts out like this: Picture a charismatic, successful, 6’4”, 230-pound man. He’s a journalist of sorts and, despite his massive frame, loves to run. The only problem with this healthy pastime choice is the fact that with his gargantuan frame, he hits the pavement with enough force to stun a Holstein heifer. Therefore, you can imagine what this does to his ankles, knees, other moving lower-body joints, etc. It’s murder.

After multiple consultations and a jubilee of cortisone shots in just about every place one can think of, he decided there must be a better way. And so the journey starts as this man, the author of the book, embarks on an intrepid journey in answer to an interesting question: “Are humans built to run?” An interesting question indeed.

Studies have shown that impact-related injuries occur to more than 80 percent of athletes. The vast majority of these injuries being those that come from the impact of running. And as you’re icing down your sore heels after a long, painful jog, you can’t help but wonder: How come my foot hurts?

Because, according to doctors, running is bad for you.

But why is running bad for you?

Because it makes your foot hurt.

But why? The book’s author, Christopher McDougall, points out: Antelope don’t get shin splints. Wolves don’t ice-pack their knees. I doubt that 80 percent of all wild mustangs are annually disabled with impact injuries.

Well said, Chris. So why should every animal on the planet be able to depend on its lower extremities, but us?

We are constantly nursing our stupid legs back to health.

Most runners can tell you what it feels like to deal with a long-standing injury that stemmed from running. Large and tall men and women athletes suffer from chronic

Ideas: Challenging beliefs -continued from page 5 story of when he got his parents’ Suburban so incredibly stuck in a creek that even a tow truck couldn’t pull it out.

“I didn’t even try to lie to my parents when I got home,” he said. “I figured that by the time they had to call the Army in to pull me out, there was no way to hide it.”

Kleiner has grown from “You cannot that troublesome teenager into a knowledgeable live a happy educator who believes the and fulfilling capacity for wonder is all life unless you it takes to become a phiengage the losopher. A lover of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Kleiner great ideas.” lists his biggest pet peeve as chronological snobbery.

– Harrison Kleiner, “I hate the presumption that just because time philosophy has passed, wisdom has professor increased,” he said.

The texts he chooses for his students to read are proof of this belief. Students are asked to study Plato and Socrates, urged to understand that though these texts may be thousands of years old, they are still relevant today.

When asked if he could give one piece of advice to USU students, he encouraged the cultivating of intellectual capacity.

“Don’t just pursue a diploma, pursue an education,” he said.

– kellyn.anderson@aggiemail.usu.edu

knee and joint pain. And the question comes again, why?

Well the answer didn’t come from science, at least not this time. And it didn’t come from Nike, Adidas, Asics or any other fancy shoe brand. It came from a small village high in Mexico’s Barrancas mountains. It came from a group of people called the Tarahumara.

The Tarahumara are a people who’s pastime, culture and spirituality are built around running. And they’re rippin’ good at it. Their intervillage competitions consist of leisurely jogs that could last not two miles, not two hours, but two full days. According to the Mexican historian Francisco Almada, a Tarahumara champion once ran 435 miles, the equivalent of setting out for a jog in New York City and not stopping till you were closing in on Detroit.

The most puzzling thing about the Tarahumara is that there are zero running-related injuries among them. It just doesn’t happen. And it seems completely counter-intuitive upon viewing their choice of shoes: sandals. How come they’re not crippled? The answer may shock you.

When most of us were a twinkle in our parents’ eye, aka back in the early and middle 20th century, runners wore those classic, simple, thin-soled Converse shoes.

Then Nike came along, with the arched shoe design. And unbeknownst to it, created the most destructive force ever to hit the human foot.

You see, your foot has just as many sensory nerve endings as your lips, which means a lot if you’ve ever had the pleasure of doing any kissing in your day. Take off your shoes and walk around for a while. Every grain of sand, rock, blade of grass – they’re all felt with exquisite detail.

And as you’re walking, or running perhaps, your feet are constantly gauging, feeling and using your toes as stabilizers, minimizing the impact.

And that’s where modern shoes come in and muck everything up: they don’t allow any feeling for the foot.

So naturally, you plod along, slamming your feet against the ground with unbelievable force, and your knees, ankles, arches and heels take the beating.

The solution? Take off the shoes. You’ll find yourself instantly running a completely different way: on your toes. Your arch acts like a springboard, launching you forward, minimizing impact and saving energy.

So the answer to the question, “Are humans built to run?” is a resounding yes. And not only that, but we are perhaps the best animal equipped to run on this entire earth. Our diaphragms sit upright, allowing more air in, and the air we breathe in isn’t pushed out by the movement of our running because we walk and run upright.

This gives us literally unlimited access to air. Nothing is stopping us from getting it but our own healthiness.

Specialists theorize that ancient humans literally ran down their prey, running for miles and miles until an exhausted deer or antelope would simply collapse, unable to run any further.

Lately, the world has caught on to this and started making shoes that handle more like our bare feet. They’re called The Five Finger Vibram, and you can buy them anywhere you buy running shoes. They’re like toe socks, but in shoe form, and allow much more feeling and sensitivity, without the pain of running around barefoot.

I hope you enjoyed this brief synopsis of “Born to Run,” and my subsequent musings. I can’t help but smile as I think that we, as humans, are the land-dwelling organism that can run the longest distances for the longest periods of time. That’s incredible to me. So I’m going out, buying some of those Five Finger Vibram shoes and training up. I have a goal of running from Logan to Salt Lake City. How awesome would that be? Let me answer that: dang awesome.

Questions or comments can be sent to James Rasmussen at jamesrasmus@googlemail.com.

Driving: Law cracks down on drivers texting -continued from page 5 tracted by the usage of a hand-held cell device or similar activities. Perry said these activities include the use of iPods, radios, cell phones and

anything else that would distract individuals in a vehicle.

Perry said he often looks at the driving pattern of vehicles – improper lane changes

or following a car too closely, for example – and if police officers can’t prove texting while driving, they can prove careless driving.

“This includes everything we shouldn’t be doing while we are driving, such as talking on the phone, putting makeup on and eating,” he said. “We shouldn’t be doing any of those things. It is distracting and there are serious ramifications from doing it.

The innocent can even be injured because of it.”

Shaw has been across the state and country working to get the message out about the dangers of texting and driving. He has given presentations in Washington, D.C., and had appearances on “Oprah” and the “Dr. Oz” show. Shaw said he feels it is important to get the message out. He said as long as people will let him talk to them, he is willing.

“It has changed everything,” he said. “I wouldn’t be doing anything I do today had that accident not happened. I can’t really explain it. There is a lot of bad and it haunts me every day. Some days I can’t even sleep. This has changed a lot of people’s lives and it’s hard. Be more aware behind the wheel. It can change lives so fast.”

– courtnie.packer@aggiemail. usu.edu

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Aggie D-fense stifles Bulldogs

By TYLER HUSKINSON staff writer

The Utah State Aggies claimed a share of their third straight Western Athletic Conference regular season title Monday night at the Spectrum.

Junior forward Tai Wesley scored 21 points to lead the Aggies to their 13th straight victory, as they defeated the Fresno State Bulldogs, 76-39. The Aggies’ solid defense held the Bulldogs scoreless for the first 10 minutes of the game, and the Bulldogs never recovered.

The Aggies, however, are not celebrating quite yet. According to the team, there is still business to take care of Saturday against the New Mexico State Aggies. “Statistically it was a strange start to the game,� Aggie head coach Stew Morrill said. “ They had a hard time scoring. I thought we were certainly a part of that. We came out and guarded pretty well and started the game awfully well. It just was a tough night for them. A lot of things went our way and a lot of things didn’t go their way.�

The Aggies started the game on a 22-0 run. Sophomore guard Mike Ladd hit a jumper to score the Bulldogs’ first points of the game at the 10:09 mark of the first half.

The Bulldogs only managed 14 points in the first half.

Fresno State head coach Steve Cleveland told the Fresno Bee this is as poorly as he’s seen a team shoot in his 30-plus years of coaching.

The second half was much more productive for the Bulldogs. However, the Aggies held the Bulldogs to 22 percent shooting from the field and 10 percent from the 3-point arc. “It’s one of those things that happens sometimes,� Morrill said. “I was pleased with our guys. We were ready to play. For the most part we handled everything they threw our

way.�

The Aggies definitely came ready to play, hitting 55 percent of their shots from the field and 50 percent of their shots from the 3-point line. Along with Wesley, three other Aggies hit double-figures in scoring. Junior guards Tyler Newbold and Brian Green finished with 12 and 11 points, respectively, while junior forward Nate Bendall chipped in 10 points.

The Aggies thrived on unselfish play, dishing out 25 assists as a team, one of the many indicators of how the Aggies have changed since WAC play started. “They’re mature. They listen to what you tell them,� Morrill said. “There is a lot of experience on our basketball team right now.

It helps when you’re winning games, but this is a high character group that listens no matter what.�

Even more impressive is that the Aggies said they won’t dwell on their shared WAC Regular Season Title. “We haven’t won anything yet,� Wesley said.

Saturday night, USU will face the Aggies of New Mexico State. New Mexico State is in second place in the WAC and faces the Nevada Wolf Pack in Reno on Thursday. If New Mexico State loses on Thursday, the Aggies will have an out-right claim to the WAC title.

Earlier this season, NMSU defeated Utah State in New Mexico, 55-52. Morrill said New Mexico State will be a difficult opponent. “Guarding the 3-point line is a huge challenge,� Morrill said. “They’re very talented at every position. They’re gonna pressure us the length of the court and cause some problems.�

Quayle will be playing his last game as an Aggie at the Spectrum on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.. – ty.d.hus@aggiemail.usu.edu

Ag’s No. 1 tennis player opens up ... sort of

By KAYLA CLARK staff writer

Jakob Asplund looks pretty mainstream-clad in a large snow coat, slumping in a chair outside of the Hub. His expression is unreadable, perhaps bored. Jakob, while he may look bored, is not looking for anything to occupy his time.

Down time is rare for the Utah State No. 1 singles and doubles player. His days filled with tennis, 3,000level classes and more tennis. The team gets done with practice around 6 or 7 every night, and the rest of his day is devoted to homework, perhaps watching TV, and sleep.

Jakob made the 5,500 mile leap from Stokholm, Sweden, to Logan before the 2007-’08 school year.

When asked if he misses his family back home, he replies: “Not really. I get to go home for summer and for winter break. That’s only four months in between each visit, and it goes by really fast, especially

spring semester.�

Asplund said his family is the reason he began to play tennis. At age 7, he crushed his finger in an accident. To regain full use of his hand, his mother put him into a tennis class to work out his grip, and the sport stuck.

Of his move across continents, Asplund said, “At first it seemed – not scary – but weird.�

He attributes it to the Mormon culture, as well as being in a small town. Stockholm’s population is near 1 million, in comparison to the 46,000 of Logan. Stockholm is thriving, busy and the financial capitol of Sweden – a stark contrast to agriculture-oriented Logan.

Asplund made the move with two friends, Oscar Ericsson and Jonas Tyden, whom he played club tennis with back in Stockholm. Moving with the two friends, although one is now graduated and the other moved back to Sweden, helped to make the transition easier for him.

The cold weather in Logan makes

the move up here, for some, difficult.

Sub-zero temperatures, constant snow and ice proves hard for some students, but not Jakob. “The cold does not bother me at all, and the climate is pretty much the same in Stockholm,� he said.

Stockholm has been experiencing record low temperatures this winter, so he says he is glad to be in Logan, where the weather is mild to him. “The dating culture is very different here,� Jakob said. “In Sweden people date for seven or eight years before getting married, usually in their late 20s or 30s ... I can’t see myself getting married to someone here.�

While the girls and dating culture may not be his ideal, Asplund said he loves American music, movies and food, commenting that he likes to indulge in hamburgers, pizza and Olive Garden.

Jakob played club tennis in Sweden, and when it came time for

- See DEUCE, page 9

JUNIOR JAKOB ASPLUND (front) and doubles partner junior Bryan Marchant play against the Wildcats of Weber State earlier this season CODY GOCHNOUR file photo

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It’s all in a state of mind for Ags

By TIM OLSEN staff writer

Nate Bendall stole the ball and drove for a layup, Tai Wesley had his way inside, and Brian Green and Tyler Newbold knocked down multiple 3-pointers. These plays were not mere highlights spread throughout the game, but part of what may have been the Aggies’ most dominant start to a conference game ever.

For nearly the first 10 minutes of the opening period, the streaking Aggies blitzed Fresno State. Before the Bulldogs could even catch their breath, they were on the wrong side of a 22-0 deficit.

After struggling during a lackadaisical effort at Hawaii, USU opened the floodgates Monday. The Aggies knocked down eight of their first 11 shots, including a trifecta of 3’s

by Green and Newbold. Even more impressive, however, was USU’s dominating defense.

While the Aggies were scorching the nets on the offensive end, the Bulldogs looked about as comfortable as a Californian enjoying a Cache Valley winter. Led by former BYU coach Steve Cleveland, Fresno State missed its first 11 shots and turned the ball over seven times in the first 9:51.

“I thought they were great defensively … . We had great looks early on, and it just seemed like we could not get the shots to go down,” Cleveland said. “They are really tough in this building, but we’ve always played them tough in this building, but we didn’t tonight. They completely

dominated, and it’s just been a really difficult road trip.”

Trailing at one point by as many as 43, Fresno State shot a season low 22 percent for the game. The Bulldogs’ 39 points was also a season low, and had USU not scored the entire second half, the Aggies still would have won by one (USU scored 40 points in the opening period).

“Defense wins games, and we came out and played really aggressive on defense,” Green said. “We talked to each other and played as a team, and as you can tell that really helped a lot. Twenty-two percent is really good defense. We need to keep that up.”

Monday’s win was more than just another dominating win in the string of 14 straight victories the Aggies have put together.

The performance against Fresno State highlights the growth the Aggies have made from earlier in the season.

Once a group that struggled to put teams away – especially on the road – and seemed to play to the level of its competition, the Aggies are no longer that squad. USU is now a team that establishes itself early and doesn’t slack off on its way to victory.

“Our team has matured as we have gone along,” Wesley said.

“We’re really a different team than we were to start the WAC season.”

Fans need look no farther than head coach Stew Morrill to understand where that change in mentality has taken place. After USU opened up its biggest lead of the night at 62-19, Morrill sent the bench in to get some time. Following a 12-2 run by

the Bulldogs though, the starters found themselves back in the game with five minutes remaining.

Though the starting players only re-entered the game for a couple of minutes, the flow of the game was again returned to the Aggies’ favor, and Morrill’s point was made.

Following the blowout, the bespectacled coach lamented that he needed to have more patience with those players deep on his bench do to the limited minutes they have played this season. He joked, however, that increased patience might have to wait until a next life.

Lost in the midst of Utah State’s drubbing of the Bulldogs, is the fact that the Aggies did lock up at least a share of their third consecutive regular season conference title. There was no big celebration or cutting of the nets following the win though, as the Aggies have their eyes focused ahead.

Saturday night, the New Mexico State Aggies visit the Spectrum in what could be a battle for the No. 1 seed in next weekend’s conference tournament. The NewMags are a game behind USU in the conference standings, but a win in Logan would tie New Mexico State with the Ags for the regular season crown and give NMSU the No. 1 seed, as they would hold the head-to-head tiebreaker.

“We feel like we haven’t won the WAC yet,” Wesley said. “We didn’t cut down the nets ... We want to get greedy. We want to win the WAC outright, and Saturday night is when we’re going to do that.”

– t.olsen@aggiemail.usu.edu

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A different point of view

n a mid-major conference like the one in which Utah State plays, the annual measure of success comes in the form of conference championships. NCAA tournament victories are the next step for a dominant mid-major program to take, but even if a team reaches the tournament, the opportunities for winnable games are sparse. The very fact that Utah State has clinched a share of its third consecutive conference championship speaks volumes about the quality of the program Stew Morrill is running, and when a program operates at this high of a level for long enough, NCAA tournament victories inevitably follow. That is the current state of Utah State, and if you go back two months from now, who can say they really saw this great of a season coming?

Split this basketball season into two halves and you get two completely different results.

The first half was a pretty solid disappointment by USU’s standards, with just a 10-6 record through 16 games. Even though it included the heroics and excitement of the win over BYU, the negatives of losses at Utah, Northeastern and Saint Mary’s in the Spectrum seemed to outweigh the positives.

The potential of the team was apparent to anyone watching it, whether it be in the elite skill and smarts of players such as Tai Wesley, Tyler Newbold and Nate Bendall, or in the form of the athleticism and talent from the likes of Jared Quayle, Pooh Williams and Brady Jardine. Even though Jardine and Brian Green had yet to emerge as the true aces off the bench that they are now, the team has excellent talent and potential.

While production was still a long ways behind the team’s potential, it appeared to at least be the best defensive team in the entire Western Athletic Conference. Now, with just one regular season game remaining in the second half of this tale of two seasons, it seems impossible to exclude the Aggies from being in the conversation of the best defensive team in the nation.

Topping off the stellar defensive play is the Aggies’ return to the top of the charts in offensive efficiency in the nation. Following Monday’s 55.4 percent shooting performance against Fresno State, the Aggies are now tied for No. 9 in the nation in field goal percentage. USU moved up to a tie for second place in assist-to-turnover ratio nationally and further distanced itself from the rest of the country as the No. 1 3-point shooting team in the nation.

The statistics in WAC play are even more staggering for Utah State, particularly in scoring margin, where the Aggies have outscored all WAC opponents by an average of 13.9 points per game. The next best in that category is New Mexico State, with a margin of 3.9 points.

Although Utah State litters the top of the charts in essentially every crucial WAC statistic, New Mexico State checks in at No. 2 in many of those spots behind USU. The main shortcoming for NMSU, though, is scoring defense, where the red Aggies of the WAC rank at No. 7 in the entire conference, allowing 74.9 points per game compared to 58.7 allowed by USU. Regardless of statistics or conference standings going into Saturday’s regular season finale in the Spectrum against New Mexico State, this game is crucial for Utah State. USU can clinch an outright WAC championship if Nevada beats New Mexico State in Reno this Thursday evening. The Wolf Pack handed NMSU one of its three conference losses already this year in Las Cruces. So to think that Nevada will win again on its home court is nothing unreasonable.

Should the Aggies clinch the outright title Thursday, Saturday’s game remains relevant in the sense of continuing USU’s dominance at home over other WAC teams. A senior night victory would be the third consecutive season in which Utah State swept its home WAC schedule, and with a team looking to return four starters again next year, that dominance doesn’t look to be slowing down at all. It’s safe to say that the Spectrum has a mystique about itself to other WAC teams to the point where the opposition has its back against the wall from the second the game tips off.

If New Mexico State does indeed win at Nevada, then Saturday’s game is the real regular season WAC championship game in that New Mexico State could claim the top seed in the WAC tournament with a victory with what would be a tiebreaker over USU. It would technically be a shared championship, and the record books would state that USU won a WAC championship this season, but some things in life are just not meant to be shared.

Given the Aggies’ most recent dismantling of a super athletic team that lacks discipline, it seems reasonable to think that the nets hanging on the rims in the Spectrum might be coming down pretty soon.

Matt Sonnenberg is a junior majoring in print journalism. Matt is an avid fan of Aggie athletics and can be found on the front row of every home football and basketball game.

He can also be reached at matt. sonn@aggiemail. usu.edu.

POOH WILLIAMS (5) handles the ball during the first half of Monday night’s game against Fresno State. The Aggies led at halftime 40-14. PATRICK ODEN photo

Deuce: From big city to agricultural town -continued from page 8 him to decide where to go to college, he was in contact with three different coaches in the U.S., but ultimately decided on USU for two reasons: Ericsson chose to come here as well, and the scholarship USU offered was too good to pass up.

“It was an easy decision,” Asplund said. “This is a unique opportunity to be here, play tennis and have my schooling paid for.”

He enjoys the opportunity to travel as well as the team atmosphere that tennis in the U.S. brings and hopes to continue to see lots of places, in and out of the U.S., throughout his life.

Jakob had a rough time when it came to choosing a major. He switched between multiple majors until he decided on public relations and marketing. After more schooling, he hopes to eventually open up his own firm.

“Any type of company doing PR would be great,” he said.

Other than the Mormon culture, Asplund said he has adapted well.

“That’s what surprised me the most: the Mormon culture. Sweden is one of the least religious countries around and moving here is so different.” he said. “Everyone is always at church activities, people are always knocking on our door to get us to come to family home evening.”

Asplund said his adversity to the culture is escaped within the walls of his apartment, how-

ever.

“My roommates aren’t Mormon,” he said. “We kind of band together. We all get along really well.”

“I am a lot different from everyone up here,” Asplund said. “Everyone is always happy, and I normally keep to myself. Someone will come up to you on campus and say, ‘What’s up? How are you?’ and I wonder if they expect me to say something back.”

Asplund said he has made a system for life in Logan – he manages a B average in his classes, stays current on tennis and sleep and has a group of tight-knit friends on the team.

Asplund said that after graduation he plans to go back to Stockholm. He plans on furthering his education, hopefully, at the University of Stockholm, he said.

While university athletics are not offered in Sweden, Asplund said he got an offer from a German tennis league.

“I have not really thought about that much though,” he said.

As for now, Asplund said he is content with what he’s got and will continue to roam USU’s campus as a silent victor – preferring to pass by without a word.

– kayla.clark@aggiemail.usu.edu

Baseball team struggles on real grass

By DAN FAWSON staff writer

Escaping the friendly confines of its snowcovered home field, the Utah State club baseball team made the long trek down to sunny St. George last weekend to open the spring 2010 baseball season.

The Aggies suffered losses of 10-2 and 5-0 Friday against the College of Eastern Utah, and fell 8-5 and 10-3 Saturday against Colorado Northwestern Community College. While they certainly would have been happier coming away with victories, the Aggies felt it was important to get live game action under their belts.

“Despite the losses it was a good weekend for us,” said assistant coach Norm Doyle. “We were finally able to get outside and play some real baseball, instead of just practicing in the Fieldhouse.”

Both Aggie opponents were at an advantage having already begun their respective seasons in early February. Outfielder and pitcher Jesse Kunz agreed with Doyle that the live experience was something the team needed, and noted that he thought the Aggies would be in a position to beat both opponents later in the year.

USU struggled offensively for the entire doubleheader with the CEU, managing only two runs and two hits over the two games. The Aggies struggled with offensive consistency throughout much of the fall season, but players and coaches believe their slow start over the weekend should more rightly be attributed to season opening rustiness.

“In those games (CEU doubleheader) we had little to no offense,” Doyle said. “It was our first time against live pitching. Our players felt like they were swinging the bat underwater.”

The Aggies’ bats started to heat up in the second doubleheader, producing eight runs on 13 hits and getting solid contributions from a number of hitters. After the Aggies fell behind 6-1 through the first three innings of game one against CNCC, Kunz provided the highlight of the weekend by belting a grand slam in the top of the fourth inning.

“I just saw a fastball away and tried to drop a bat on it,” Kunz said.

Kunz’s weekend performance was especially promising for the Aggies, who were without the starting pitcher and outfielder for all of the fall season while he was rehabbing a broken right pitching arm. The season-opening games were Kunz’s first game action back since breaking his

arm.

“Actually, I was really pleased with my arm,” Kunz said, noting he didn’t feel any soreness in the days following his return to the diamond.

He was able to pitch two innings over the weekend and said any problems he had on the mound were more an issue of mechanics than anything else.

The first game against CNCC was probably the Aggies’ best opportunity to pick up a win in St. George, but they ultimately came up short due in large part to some poor work on the field.

“The first game against CNCC was probably our best of the weekend,” Doyle said. “We pounded out seven hits and scored five runs.

Ryan Doyle pitched a complete game for us and had seven strikeouts but was hurt by some poor defense.”

The Aggies committed four errors in the game and eight in the four games total, compared to only two combined from both of their opponents.

Ryan, coach Doyle’s son, was the ace of the USU staff during the fall season and will be expected to continue in that role during the spring.

While the team wasn’t as sharp as it would liked to have been, the Aggies were pleased with the progress they made at the plate through the four games.

“Everybody started hitting the ball in that second series,” Kunz said, noting he felt catcher Gavin Johnson and shortstop Zack Gunn seemed to be leading the way. “Zack and Gavin are just really good hitters, so it’s not surprising it came to them first.”

Gunn and Johnson both had four hits in the CNCC doubleheader. All told, Johnson went 5 for 11 on the trip, with three doubles and a stolen base.

The Aggies were without Eudy Sanchez over the weekend. Sanchez’s speed, range and strong performance during the fall season will give him a good chance at winning the team’s starting center field spot. In his absence, Brad Singer, typically the team’s starting third baseman, spent time in center field.

The Aggies will remain on the road for another week, competing in the National Club Baseball Association “Swing into Spring” Tournament March 4-6. The tournament is held in Mesquite, Nev., and will see the Aggies face off against Eastern Washington, Loyola Marymount, UC-Santa Cruz and Arizona State.

– dan.fawson@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Mitchell competent for trial in Smart case SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Brian David Mitchell, the man charged with snatching Elizabeth Smart nearly eight years ago, could finally face a jury after a federal judge ruled Monday that Mitchell was faking mental illness and is competent to stand trial.

“The evidence proves that Mitchell has the capacity to assist his counsel in his defense and the ability to behave appropriately in the courtroom,” U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball wrote in his 149-page ruling issued in response to a 10-day hearing last year on Mitchell’s competency.

Lawyers for Mitchell said his hallmark disruptive singing in court was evidence he’s mentally incompetent.

Kimball, however, called the outbreaks a “contrivance” used by the suspect to give the impression he can’t control his behavior.

“Although the defense has suggested that Mitchell’s singing is a psychotic response to stress, Mitchell has repeatedly demonstrated that he has the capacity to be composed and in control, even in stressful situations,” the judge wrote.

Elizabeth Smart’s father, Ed Smart, said he was thrilled Mitchell was found competent.

“Because he is competent; he’s crazy like a fox,” Ed Smart said.

He didn’t think his daughter, who is serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Paris, had heard the news.

Mitchell’s federal public defender Robert

Steele took issue with the ruling while acknowledging it was a “close call.”

Steele said an appeal wasn’t likely to succeed, and he was instead preparing for a trial expected to start later this year.

“It is our firm conviction that Mr. Mitchell is certainly mentally ill,” Steele said.

“Therefore, we are prepared to go to trial with an extremely mentally ill client.”

The ruling was a leap forward in a case that languished in state court as a judge twice ruled Mitchell incompetent and refused to force him to be medicated. The U.S. attorney’s office intervened in 2008, indicting Mitchell in federal court on charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines.

A March 26 hearing was scheduled to set a trial date.

Smart was 14 when she was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002. She was found nine months later walking a suburban Salt Lake City street with Mitchell and his now-estranged wife, Wanda Barzee.

“The abduction of Elizabeth Smart was every parent’s nightmare,” FBI special agentin-charge Jim McTighe said Monday.

Smart, now 22, testified in October as part of the competency hearing, saying she was raped after a marriage ceremony staged by Mitchell and repeatedly throughout her captivity.

Experts who testified during the hear-

ing last year split in their opinions about Mitchell’s competency.

A prosecution witness, New York forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner, concluded Mitchell suffers from a range of disorders, including pedophilia and anti-social and narcissistic personality disorders but was not psychotic or delusional.

Welner also described Mitchell as an “effectively misleading psychopath” who has duped those around him into thinking he is incompetent.

A key expert for the defense, Dr. Jennifer Skeem, diagnosed Mitchell with a delusional disorder and said he was incompetent to stand trial.

Judge Kimball concluded Mitchell was faking mental illness to avoid responsibility for wrongdoing.

Carlie Christensen, acting U.S. attorney for Utah, applauded the ruling, calling it a significant step in holding Mitchell accountable.

Mitchell “wasn’t successful in punking the system” and won’t be offered a plea deal, she said.

Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank, whose department investigated Smart’s disappearance, said it was frustrating to see Mitchell hold up the court proceedings for so long.

“The system never works as fast as we’d like,” he said.

Barzee, 64, pleaded guilty in November to federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful

IN THIS DEC. 18, 2006, file photo, Brian David Mitchell, the alleged kidnapper of Elizabeth Smart, enters court for his competency hearing in Salt Lake City. AP photo

transportation of a minor across state lines.

Last month, she pleaded guilty in state court to a charge related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart’s cousin. Prosecutors dropped other state charges against her.

Barzee’s lawyer, Scott Williams, said Barzee has agreed to testify at Mitchell’s trial.

AUTO: Geneva show explores hybrid market in U.S., world -continued from page 3 That can range from full hybrids, which alternate between gasoline and electric engines to achieve improved fuel economy, to so-called partial hybrids, or cars with such features as start-stop technology, which automatically shuts down and restarts an engine when stopped to reduce idling and reduce carbon emissions.

Porsche CEO Michael Macht touted the Cayenne as “a milestone on the way to electric mobility” for the Volkswagen brand, even as Porsche’s head of development acknowledged the powerful SUV can manage only 2.8 miles (4.5 kilometers) in pure electric mode.

“Our aim is to get a double digit range in the medium term,” said Wolfgang Duerheimer.

Selling from $61,000 in the United States, it is the German carmaker’s first production

hybrid.

Daimler sells a fifth of its S-class saloons as a hybrid version – a fraction of total annual sales across its product range. In Geneva, Daimler added the E-300 BlueTEC diesel-electric to its hybrid lineup, and announced plans for a joint venture with BYD to produce an electric car for China.

BMW went for a tried and tested gas-only formula with the redesign of its best-selling 5-series model and the new Mini Countryman, both of which were unveiled in Geneva.

Still, the Bavarians said they are working on a hybrid 5-series that automatically switches to electric mode once the car leaves the highway.

Audi, Nissan, Chevrolet and Mitsubishi all have various hybrid and electric vehicles in the pipeline, mostly with modest sales figures in mind.

Opel is pushing its lithium-battery powered fully electric Ampera hatchback, introduced two years ago at Geneva.

This year, Opel Chef Nick Reilly drove one part way from Germany to the auto show this year in a publicity stunt.

Yet the twin sister to the Chevy Volt manages only 40 miles (60 kilometers) on batteries before having to switch to combustion.

The Volt goes on sale at the end of this year, the Ampera at the end of 2011.

In the United States, the market share for hybrid vehicles rose from 2.4 percent to 2.7 percent last year. Toyota’s Prius accounts for half of those, with the only other mass market models – Ford’s Fusion hybrid and Honda’s Insight – trailing far behind.

For many automakers, hybrids are still about improving their image, said IHS Global

Insight analyst Rebecca Lindland. She said drastic regulation and gas price increases may be the only way to push consumers – and manufacturers – to embrace hybrids in bulk numbers.

PSA Peugeot-Citroen plans to launch the Peugeot 3008, a plug-in hybrid with diesel, in 2012, as well as the Citroen DS5 Hybrid as part of its goal to have 1 million cars in its fleet below 120 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer by 2012.

By 2020, CEO Phillipe Varin thinks hybrids will grab as much as 15 percent of the market.

“We think that probably hybrids are going to be the area to give the most development in the years to come,” Varin said. “We think hybrid may be more important than electronic vehicles.”

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The sad thing is that many agree whole-heartedly, and yet recall a time in the last week or so when they sent a text while driving. It’s pretty easy to rationalize away -- most are proficient enough to text without hardly looking down at their phones or are simply sending a short reply. But that’s probably all 19-year-old Reggie Shaw was doing when he sent a text to his girlfriend while driving his suburban into Logan. Shaw, distracted, clipped a Saturn with two passengers, causing an accident that killed both instantly. Since his accident, Shaw said it has “haunted him every day” but has since worked toward lobbying for laws against texting and driving, which passed in Utah last year. We commend Shaw for his proactive efforts against texting while driving, moving past the accident and becoming a catalyst for change.

It is amazing what little it takes to change a life forever. Shaw’s small decision to be distracted while texting and driving changed countless lives in addition to his own. “Be more aware behind the wheel,” Shaw warns. “It changes lives so fast.” We challenge you to stop texting and driving. You may think you’re in control, that you can send it quickly or that you just do it without getting caught. But regardless of the law that prohibits texting while driving, think beyond the risk of getting a ticket to the lives that will be affected by your actions.

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s chairman of the task force that created the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMIV), which came out in 1994, I learned from painful experience how small changes in the definition of mental disorders can create huge, unintended consequences.

Our panel tried hard to be conservative and careful but inadvertently contributed to three false “epidemics” – attention deficit disorder, autism and childhood bipolar disorder. Clearly, our net was cast too wide and captured many “patients” who might have been far better off never entering the mental health system.

The first draft of the next edition of the DSM, posted for comment with much fanfare last month, is filled with suggestions that would multiply our mistakes and extend the reach of psychiatry dramatically deeper into the ever-shrinking domain of the normal. This wholesale medical imperialization of normality could potentially create tens of millions of innocent bystanders who would be mislabeled as having a mental disorder.

The pharmaceutical industry would have a field day – despite the lack of solid evidence of any effective treatments for these newly proposed diagnoses.

I have been trying to gather my courage and a little bit of my will to write to you. It has been a tough beginning of the year. I got dumped and cheated on in the worse way and then left alone to ponder why. After that horrible breakup, I just shut down for a while but later got up when I found out all the horrible things that man was doing. So I moved on and met this wonderful guy who wasn’t my type at all. In fact, the first time I met him I went “ugh” in my mind. Then I got to know him, talk to him, hang out with him, etc. I was having a blast, and I just fell for him, and I thought he did for me. He called me, sent me texts and chat conversa-

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became evident that I had not.

After reading the recent article regarding the campaign for Graduate Student Senate vice president, I feel as though many facts were not stated and that it was significantly skewed to one direction. I agree with Trevor when he said there needs to be “transparency in the election process” and since none of my actions were done in secrecy, here are the facts the Statesman left out on Monday:

– The meetings regarding my situation are to remain confidential. However, since comments have already been made regarding Trevor’s issue with a conflict of interest, I will only state that the university administration described it as “very egregious behavior.”

– Before acting on my idea, I sought advice from an expert on campaign policy.

This faculty member not only told me that I would not be breaking the rules, but in their mind it was not unethical based on the university’s 10 principles of ethics.

– Even though people may not believe it was the best idea, I did not break campaign bi-laws, the USU student code or any State of Utah laws, specifically Utah Law 76-8103, which resulted in the retraction of my disqualification.

– I received an apology from university administration and attorneys for previously stating that I had broken the law, when it

– Trevor’s problem is a separate issue and did not affect my ability to run in the race.

It is unfair to link his problem with my favorable situation.

– Lastly, everyone involved, I believe, including myself, have tried to do the right thing. I’m happy that in the end the correct decision was reached.

Thank you for allowing me to voice my side of the story. Although some might have previously disagreed, I hope that students will see that I am running an honest and transparent campaign, and welcome any comments or questions they may have regarding my platform and goals.

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him mine or just forget about him? Nothing seems to work.

PLEASE HELP. Hurtin Dear Hurtin, I’m not sure if you read my column regularly, but last week’s answer would fit perfectly with your problem. I’m not saying this is a bad thing, but you seem a little clingy – try relaxing, let things flow.

When I was young, my siblings and I would go catch salamanders in the pond near our house. My first time was when I was quite young, and after catching my first ever slimy salamander, I made sure I could hold on to it as I ran around showing everyone. The problem was, when I went back to release it in the pond, the salamander was dead. The eye balls were popping out, the skin was dry, and when

I unclenched my hand, the tail fell off. See, all I was thinking about was myself. I forgot that by squeezing too hard the poor salamander couldn’t breathe and that its skin was delicate, and without it staying moist, the skin dried and cracked. This dead salamander changed my life.

From that point on, I went by the mantra that I would never hold on to something so tight that I would suffocate it.

Do you see where I’m trying to go with this? Because you were hurt in that previous relationship, I think the next time you had feelings for someone you went all salamander-killer on him and held on so tight there was no room for him to breath.

While guys love having a girl pay attention to them, if they get too much attention, they are afraid they can’t perform and resort to hiding

in their shell or just shutting you off completely. Give this guy some time, if he comes back, great, just remember to loosen your grip. If he doesn’t, then remember to take it easy next time.

Good luck and remember: With as many times as Miss Jones has been around the block, her directions must be good.

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DSM: Psychiatry’s latest manual goes too far -continued from page 11 The manual, prepared by the American Psychiatric Association, is psychiatry’s only official way of deciding who has a “mental disorder� and who is “normal.� The quotes are necessary because this distinction is very hard to make at the fuzzy boundary between the two. If requirements for diagnosing a mental disorder are too stringent, some who need help will be left out; but if they are too loose, normal people will receive unnecessary, expensive and sometimes quite harmful treatment.

Where the DSM-versus-normality boundary is drawn also influences insurance coverage, eligibility for disability and services, and legal status – to say nothing of stigma and the individual’s sense of personal control and responsibility.

What are some of the most egregious invasions of normality suggested for DSM-V? “Binge eating disorder� is defined as one eating binge per week for three months.

(Full disclosure: I, along with more than 6 percent of the population, would qualify.) “Minor neurocognitive disorder� would capture many people with no more than the expected memory problems of aging. Grieving after the loss of a loved one could frequently be misread as “major depression.� “Mixed anxiety depression� is defined by

commonplace symptoms difficult to distinguish from the emotional pains of everyday life.

The recklessly expansive suggestions go on and on. “Attention deficit disorder� would become much more prevalent in adults, encouraging the already rampant use of stimulants for performance enhancement. The “psychosis risk syndrome� would use the presence of strange thinking to predict who would later have a full-blown psychotic episode. But the prediction would be wrong at least three or four times for every time it is correct – and many misidentified teenagers would receive medications that can cause enormous weight gain, diabetes and shortened life expectancy.

A new category for temper problems could wind up capturing kids with normal tantrums. “Autistic spectrum disorder� probably would expand to encompass every eccentricity. Binge drinkers would be labeled addicts and “behavioral addiction� would be recognized. (If we have “pathological gambling,� can addiction to the Internet be far behind?)

The sexual disorders section is particularly adventurous. “Hypersexuality disorder� would bring great comfort to philanderers wishing to hide the motivation for their exploits behind a psychi-

atric excuse. “Paraphilic coercive disorder� introduces the novel and dangerous idea that rapists merit a diagnosis of mental disorder if they get special sexual excitement from raping.

Defining the elusive line between mental disorder and normality is not simply a scientific question that can be left in the hands of the experts.

The scientific literature is usually limited, never easy to generalize to the real world and always subject to differing interpretations.

Experts have an almost universal tendency to expand their own favorite disorders: Not, as alleged, because of conflicts of interest – for example, to help drug companies, create new customers or increase research funding – but rather from a genuine desire to avoid missing suitable patients who might benefit.

Unfortunately, this therapeutic zeal creates an enormous blind spot to the great risks that come with overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment.

Allen Frances is professor emeritus and former chairman of the department of psychiatry at Duke University. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

StatesmanBack Burner

Today’s Issue

Wednesday

March 3 -Recyclemania, all day.

-Career Fair, TSC, 9 a.m.

-Women’s basketball vs. Boise State, 7 p.m.

Today is Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Larry Okhomina, sophomore in physical therapy, from NYC, NY.

Thursday

March 4 -Recyclemania, all day.

-Women’s tennis vs. Montana State, noon.

-Love’s Labour’s Lost, Morgan Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Almanac

Friday

Today in History: In 1955, Congress establishes the United States Geological Survey, an organization that played a pivotal role in the exploration and development of the West. From the beginning, the USGS focused its efforts on practical geographical and geological investigations that might spur western economic development.

March 5 -Recyclemania, all day.

-Softball at North Dakota State, 9 a.m.

-Founders Day celebration, TSC Ballroom, 6 p.m.

-Women’s gymnastics at Boise State, 7 p.m.

-Love’s Labour’s Lost, Morgan Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Weather Thursday’s Weather High: 37° Low: 29° 40% chance of showers

Self acceptance

You need to know....

Brain Waves • B. Streeter

Every “Body” Rocks by the USU Counseling and Psychology Services will be held Mar. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the TSC International Lounge to celebrate each body’s uniqueness.

Indoor Triathlon will be held March 6 at 10 a.m. Register by 9:45 a.m. at HPER Service Desk.

300-yard swim in HPER pool, 2-mile bike on spinning bikes, 1 mile run on Fieldhouse track. Call 435-797-1504 for more info.

Religion in Life devotional “Writing Women Back into will be held March 5 at 11:30 History.” Come and enjoy a.m. in the Institute Cultural the Amelia Earhart biograCenter. The speaker will be Daniel phy on March 10 in the TSC W. Bachman who serves as a Auditorium from noon - 2 counselor in the Logan Temple p.m. Light refreshments will Presidency. be provided. Sponsored by the FNA Food Drive and ‘90s Women’s Resource Center, 797- dance will be held March 5 at 8 1728. p.m. at the Institute. Come enjoy a night of fun and dancing as we venture back to the ‘90s. Bring a Register your team now for can of food to be donated to the intramural indoor soccer, 4Community Abuse Prevention on-4 volleyball and dodgeball.

Services Agency.

Registration deadline is 5 Steven Halliday CD release p.m. on March 10 at the HPER concert will be March 23 in the Service Desk. Space is limited.

TSC Auditorium. Doors open Call 797-1504 for more info. at 6:30 p.m to promote his new album “Beginner’s Luck.”

USU Extension in Cache The Phi Upsilon Omicron Honor Country will present an emerSociety will host its Spring gency preparedness class on Social on March 4 at 5:30 p.m. organizing financial information in FL 113. A light dinner will on March 11 at 11 a.m. Pre-made be served. This club is open to packets are available for $12. Cost FCSE, FCS, FCHD, ID and NFS for workshop is $2. Reserve your majors. See you there. spot at 752-6263.

Stokes Nature Center invites all ages to join us for a famPsi Chi and Psychology Club ily showshoe event at 10:30 a.m. social/fundraiser will be on March 6. Children must be held March 3 at 6 p.m. in the accompanied by an adult. Fee is Education Atrium. Come eat $4, which includes shoe rental. For pizza and help out at the wom- more info call 435-755-3239. en’s basketball game.

Come study abroad in the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this summer. Info can Enjoy an evening of Celtic music be found at http://www.usu. and Irish dance at Celtic Night. edu/studyabroad. The dealine for The show starts at 7:30 p.m., applications has been extended!

March 5 and 6 at the Eccles Los Rasquet is headling at Theater. Tickets will be half Why Sound on March 5. Show price with USU student ID start- starts at 8 p.m. with two opening ing one hour prior to the show bands. Cost is $5. Stop by and get both nights. a taste of Spanish rock.

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