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Student fees to increase almost $10 next year

By STOREE POWELL features senior writer

In the last academic year, 2009-’10, USU projected a collection of between $11 million and $11.5 million. That is $392.31 per student, which includes the $78.75 for student service fees, the rest are academic fees. Ever wonder what the fees are at the end of the tuition statement?

Student fees cover student services expenses such as the library, computer labs, the Aggie Shuttle and campus recreation.

The allocation of fees is decided by the 15 students on the student fees board. ASUSU Student Advocate Vice President Tyler Haws chairs the meetings, but does not vote. Votes must be unanimous. Haws said 10 of the members are elected ASUSU representatives and five are appointed students. Every January, the student fees board meets to hear proposals from various USU departments on their requests for increases in student fees.

Jan. 19 the board met and approved a $9.87 increase for the next academic year’s student fees, which was proposed to USU President Stan Albrecht for final approval, said James Morales, vice president for Student Services. He said this is a quarter of a percent increase in the student body fees.

“The job of the fee board is to find the balance between meeting the needs of students while not having the fees skyrocket,” Morales said. “We have to make sure the proposals are legitimate in their requests, not just in the nature of the request, but also in the amount.”

Morales said the requests this year were $2.50 from the Student Health Center, 53 cents from the computer labs, $2 from campus recreation and $10.02 from the Aggie Shuttle, a total proposed increase of $15.05 per semester. All of the proposals were accepted, except for the Aggie Shuttle, Morales said.

The final approved increase for the Aggie Shuttle was $4.84 per semester, which is a little over a third of what it requested, Morales said.

Haws said the board cut the shuttle’s requested fee because the board’s main focus this year

STUDENTS RIDE THE AGGIE SHUTTLE, a service paid for by student fees. Aggie Shuttles asked for a $10.02 student fee increase next year, but was given $4.84 per semester. STEVE SELLERS photo

is to stay conservative.

“There’s no need to require a bunch more than what we are already paying,” Haws said.

“We are asking only for what we need. We felt that was the best way to represent students. A junior paying the proposed $10.02 next year is basically helping pay for what students will benefit from when he or she is gone. We didn’t think that is fair, especially since he or she will only benefit from it for one year.”

Morales said the Aggie Shuttle proposed the increase based on a plan replacing two buses over a five-year period so it can maintain a newer fleet. However, Morales said the proposed amount of $10.02 was too large of an increase, 82 percent from the previous amount. The proposal did “have a lot of merit to it,” Morales said.

James Nye, the assistant director of Parking and Transportation said, “We are thrilled we

got an increase, even though we asked for a large amount up front. We are trying to do a five-year plan. We have 10 buses and four of them are over 10 years old. We asked for the large amount for the safety, convenience and reliability of the buses for students.”

Nye said he was disappointed the board did

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ASUSU’s Biggest Loser competition helps Aggies shed pounds

Lavaki said he hopes the competition continues to be a tradition at USU. “It would be so cool if Utah State, a school in Logan, Utah, where it’s freezing cold, was the healthiest school in the nation,” USU’s Biggest Loser competition has educated 22 students and Lavaki said. faculty how to achieve the lifestyles they want by eating better When something tragic happens, many people turn to food, and exercising effectively, said Dave Knighton, ASUSU service Lavaki said, and in order to accomplish personal goals, people vice president . need to take care of their bodies.

In a one-week period, 22 participants have Knighton said 22 people lost 62 pounds, said Tim Bikman, the direcwere chosen to compete in USU’s “This competition is tor of Aggie Health Club. USU’s Biggest Biggest Loser. Applicants who had Loser is different from “The Biggest more about changing high body fat and motivation to Loser” TV show, Bikman said. By keepchange their lifestyle were chosen, your lifestyle.

We are ing the competition more private and educating people instead Knighton said. doing the contest without eliminations, “This competition is more Bikman said, the contestants feel more of just telling them to about changing your lifestyle,” comfortable and have more success. work out.”

Knighton said. “We are educating “We never wanted to do eliminapeople instead of just telling them tions. We want to help people without – Dave Knighton, to work out.” negative feelings,” he said.

Contestants are judged Kevin Nielson, a student participatASUSU service vice president based on a point system, Knighton ing in the contest, said he has learned a said, and every week a lecture and lot about portion control. Nielson said he physical activity is held. Contestants ate fast food every day, not because he enjoyed it, but “because get a point for attending each event and filling out a nutrition there was a dollar menu.” Nielson said he went from eating assessment, and two points for every pound lost during that more than 6,000 calories a day at fast food restaurants to not week, Knighton said. After nine weeks, the person with the most eating out at all. points wins a year membership donated by the Sports Academy Seeing the weight on the scale go down every day is motivatand Racquet Club, Knighton said. ing, Nielson said. Nielson said he has dieted before, but this USU’s Biggest Loser was set up to promote healthy living, program has taught him the proper way to work out and stretch. Bikman said, and was organized by Knighton for a service-learnEmil Lavaki said the competition has taught him a lot about ing project. USU’s Biggest Loser was organized in a way to be eating right, and he now eats five small meals a day. Lavaki continued and changed in the future by the Aggie Health Club, attends USU and works full time at a bank.

Bikman said, so more people can benefit from this program. He Lavaki said he has lost 19 pounds in the two weeks he has said it would be great to let 40 to 50 people participate in the conbeen in the competition, and he and his wife spend five to seven test next year. hours on the weekend preparing healthy meals for the next week.

– steph.blatchford@aggiemail.usu.edu

By STEPHANIE BLATCHFORD staff writer

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WANDA BARZEE ENTERS Judge Judith Atherton’s court in Salt Lake City, Monday Feb. 8, for a competency hearing. The judge found her competent to stand trial. Barzee then pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart in July 2002. AP photo

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Prosecutors on Monday dropped state charges against a woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart’s cousin.

Wanda Eileen Barzee pleaded guilty but mentally ill to one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping. The second-degree felony stems from the July 24, 2002, attempted abduction of Smart’s 15-year-old cousin Olivia Wright – 50 days after Smart was taken from her Salt Lake City

home at age 14.

Sentencing in 3rd District Court is set for May 21.

The plea helps resolve a nearly 7year-old case that slowed when Barzee was twice deemed incompetent to stand trial.

Judge Judith Atherton ordered Barzee to undergo forced treatments with anti-psychotic medications. That process began in May 2008.

Doctors at the Utah State Hospital said last fall that Barzee had responded to the treatment and was competent.

Atherton accepted that determination

Monday but said Barzee remains mentally ill. Barzee’s treatment, primarily for depression, is ongoing, said her attorney, Scott Williams.

In November, Barzee, 64, pleaded guilty to federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines for Smart’s abduction. Sentencing in that case is scheduled for May 19.

Barzee could face up to 30 years in state and federal prison. As part of both plea deals, she has agreed to cooperate with the government in the pending state and federal cases against her estranged husband, Brian David Mitchell.

Barzee was originally charged with six felonies in state court after her 2003 arrest. One of those was related to Wright’s attempted kidnapping.

Court papers say Barzee helped Mitchell plan to take Wright to a mountain campsite where Smart had been tethered on a 10-foot cable since her own abduction.

Smart testified in federal court that she was taken from her bedroom at knifepoint on the night of June 5, 2002, was forced into a polygamous marriage with Mitchell, and endured repeated rapes and other abuse.

She was held captive for nine months.

A one-time itinerant street preacher, Mitchell allegedly wanted Smart as a plural wife so that he could fulfill a religious prophecy laid out in a 27-page manifesto he drafted in early 2002.

On Monday, Salt Lake County Assistant District Attorney Alicia Cook said she believed Wright would have suffered the same fate had the kidnapping attempt been successful. But it

was thwarted by clumsiness.

In statement to The Associated Press in 2003, prosecutors and Wright’s father, Steven Wright, said a thin object poked through a cut window screen knocked over a picture frame on the desk in front of the window.

The clatter woke Wright’s sister Jessica, and police were called.

Prosecutors and family said the attempted kidnapping was not aimed not at Jessica Wright, then 18, but at Olivia, who was close to Smart and used to sleep in the bedroom where the break-in occurred.

It was Smart who led Mitchell and Barzee to the Wright home, former Salt Lake County District Attorney David Yocum said in 2003.

Mitchell also was deemed incompetent to stand trail in state court, but a judge ruled against forced medications.

In federal court, a judge has yet to issue a decision after a 10-day competency hearing was held late last year.

Now 22 and serving a mission in Paris for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smart did not attend Monday’s court hearing.

Her father, Ed Smart, said the family is comfortable with the plea agreement because Barzee has accepted responsibility for the kidnapping in federal court and is expected to testify against Mitchell. “Elizabeth has basically said that Wanda and Mitchell felt they were above the law, that they were answering to a higher law, and would do anything to accomplish their goal,� Ed Smart said. “You hope that Wanda is sincere and that she’s trying to change her life. We really hope that’s the case.�

Scandal draws attention of Pope Benedict VATICAN CITY (AP) – A scandal in Italy’s Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal admonishment Tuesday to put the matter to rest.

The scandal erupted in August, when the newspaper Il Giornale reported that it had court documents showing the editor of the newspaper of the Italian Bishops’ Conference had paid to settle charges that he harassed the wife of a man he was romantically pursuing.

The revelations were initially seen as retribution by Il Giornale, which is owned by Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s brother, against the bishops’ newspaper, Avvenire.

The Catholic paper had harshly criticized the premier and demanded he answer questions about his purported liaisons with younger women.

Il Giornale accused Avvenire editor Dino Boffo of hypocrisy, saying the journalist had been fined in a plea-bargain several years ago for making harassing calls to the man’s wife.

Prosecutors say Boffo made the calls, but have denied the case involved a gay angle. Boffo acknowledged being fined in the case but said someone else had used his cell phone to make the calls. Amid the fallout, he resigned from Avvenire in September, saying he wanted to

spare his family and the church further humiliation.

Three months later, Il Giornale’s editor Vittorio Feltri – who had penned the initial articles – admitted the document implying Boffo is gay was falsified, and apologized in a front-page letter.

The scandal resurfaced last week when Feltri said the document in question had been given to him by an “institutional� church official whom he trusted.

Some Italian media suggested that the editor of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, essentially the pope’s mouthpiece, was involved.

Others suggested the Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, was behind it.

There have been long-running reports in the Italian media of battles between Bertone and the leadership of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, particularly its previous head Cardinal Camillo Ruini. Italian news reports have said Bertone sought to wrest dealings with the Italian government away from the bishops’ conference and had vetoed candidates for the conference leadership who he deemed were too powerful.

Italian newspapers routinely publish unsourced stories about machinations in the Vatican. Rarely, though, do such reports elicit thorough and high-ranking denials.

On Tuesday, however, Bertone

POPE BENEDICT XVI gestures to the faithful, during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at The Vatican, Wednesday Jan 13. AP photo

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L’Osservatore Romano ran the statement on its front page with a note saying Benedict had approved the text and ordered it published.

The statement – unusual in its line-by-line denial of unsourced rumors – was confirmation that the case had reached the highest echelons of power in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, making clear that

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Student Services to undergo restructuring Briefs Center’s services, each program coordinator will have what Morales called a “backup,” who will not be as expert as the coordinator, but will still have enough knowledge to help a student in that area.

The Access Center, the result of upcoming The Access Center will employ 11 people full restructuring in the division of Student Services, time, the same number of full-time employees will begin the hiring and rehiring process as early currently employed by those student services, and as this week, pending any “showstopping concerns,” the vice president of Student Services, James Morales said many of the staff for the Access Center will be those who currently work within student Morales, said at the ASUSU Executive Council services. meeting Tuesday, Feb. 9.

Each program coordinator will have a student The process will first intern, as well. Morales said involve detailing the transithere are some internships tion of duties in each job posi“Everyone will still be currently within student tion being moved or created services, but the majority creable to connect with by the changes, Morales said. ated will be new internship Services for multicultural; everyone positions. gay, lesbian, bisexual and working together

“You will see some transgender allies (GLBTA); familiar faces,” he said. instead of in those re-entry and veteran students,

Students may also see a as well as educational outindividual silos for familiar location become the reach and GEAR UP, will all each service areas.” home for the Access Center. be part of the Access Center.

Morales said the center is Under Morales, the Access Center will have a director – James Morales, considering the current locations of the Financial Aid with two staff assistants in vice president of Student Office and the Statesman charge of budget and daily Services office, both of whom are operations, respectively. amenable to relocating.

There will also be an associ “There will definitely ate director. Each service area will have a program coordinator, and Multicultural be some jockeying for space and juggling going on,” he said.

Student Services will have two, because it repre To start up the Access Center, $25,000 has been sents the largest body of students served in any of approved and additional funds are being considthe six areas, Morales said. ered.

With the new structure, the program coordina “My promise to everyone has been that I don’t tors are expected to be an expert in their service want to drag out this process,” Morales said. area, but they should all be able to assist students The bulk of the process has occurred in the past in any of the service areas. Morales has met with students in the affected service areas. He said many month, he said, and he hopes to finish the restructure as soon as possible. of the concerns he heard while considering the “The purpose is to leverage the skills and energy restructure were that students would lose a personal connection within the service area, but many we have to better support students in these areas.

I like to use the word ‘synergy,’ because what it changed their minds and decided to support the means is a lot of components coming together that change after talking with him. work better than they would by themselves,” he “It will be much more of a team collaboration,” said. he said. “Everyone will still be able to really con Also at the Executive Council meeting, ASUSU nect with everyone working together instead of in Service Vice President David Knighton said that those individual silos for each service area.”

In addition to the basic knowledge of the Access although the USU Student Nutrtition Access Center

By CHELSEY GENSEL news senior writer

(SNAC), an extension of the Cache Valley food pantry, has been open since the beginning of the month, no one has yet sought its services. SNAC is available to provide food items to students in need and is open Mondays from 3 to 6 p.m. at the USU trailer park, space 106.

“It’s there to help students out when they are in a tough situation,” Knighton said.

Information about SNAC and an application for assistance can be found on the university Web site under the Val R. Christensen Service Center.

In other service updates, USU’s Hope for Haiti Dare to Care campaign plans to have jars available for donations by Thursday. The booth will be in front of The Hub, said Tasha Jorgensen, student volunteer for the campaign. Each jar will be associated with a particular dare and the amount of money needed for it to be performed.

ASUSU also discussed “image” concerns during its meeting. Executive Vice President Spencer Lee cautioned council members about Facebook groups that are “anti-” something, such as one currently circulating called “Students Against Senator Chris Buttars.” Lee suggested that council members should discourage such groups, even those with whose sentiments they agree.

“It doesn’t look good,” he said. “That negative approach to things is not going to be of any help.”

The council also discussed its role in upcoming ASUSU elections as current candidates. Though many members have friends running in elections and are willing to answer candidates’ and other students’ questions, they unofficially planned not to take an active role in any one campaign and use their common sense in choosing how to support a candidate or to remain neutral.

Student Advocate Tyler Haws suggested that students voice any concerns they have about any campus issue using the link in the bottom lefthand corner of the ASUSU Web site, http://www. usu.edu/asusu. Students can also take concerns or information to ASUSU’s Executive Council meetings and address the council during the public forum portion of its meeting. The meetings are held every Tuesday at 5 p.m.

– chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu

Fees: Board decides student fees will total $88.62 next semester -continued from page 1 not look at it in a long-term sense because it would help them plan for new buses.

“Nobody is running 12-year-old buses anywhere, especially if they’re carrying over 1 million people a year like the Aggie Shuttle,” Nye said.

Morales said the proposed fee was more than the Aggie Shuttle needed to replace two buses next year. So the student fees board felt that instead of doing the large increase now, it would approve a small increase, so about two buses could be replaced next year and approach it more incrementally, meaning the Aggie Shuttle can come back next year for another possible increase.

Nye said he thought it would be easier to go for an average increase of the total cost each year rather than appealing year by year, because in three or four years the shuttle would be asking for a $10 or $12 increase.

“We won’t run unsafe buses, so we may be forced to run fewer buses,” Nye said.

The Aggie Shuttle runs eight buses every day and two of the oldest are in reserve in case one breaks down, which happens often, Nye said.

“This leaves us with not much backup. It takes a week or two to repair a broken bus because parts are hard to find with old buses.

They don’t even make the engine anymore,” Nye said.

Ironically, Morales said an ASUSU representative asked whether the Aggie Shuttle could add more buses into the circulation to provide efficient service to students.

Morales said, “(The Aggie Shuttle repre-

sentatives) weren’t prepared to answer this question and didn’t have data on that. We’d like them to find out and come back with that next year.”

There are two problems with this, however, Nye said. Currently, the state of Utah and USU have a moratorium on buying vehicles: they’re only allowed 10 buses.

“There’s a good chance of getting allocation for more, but you never know,” Nye said.

“Also, right now the Aggie Shuttle is only covered 70 percent by student fees. We have to have charters and advertising to make up the remaining 30 percent. We’d love to increase the number of buses, but we do not have the man power or money for more labor, insurance and fuel to provide more service.”

Nye said he thought the 15 minutes they had to explain their case to the board and 10 minutes for questions was too small a deliberation on a large amount of money.

“We had to rush, and I don’t think some of the members have a total understanding of the shuttle system. The board didn’t think enough people use shuttles to need an increase more than athletics or the library or the health center, even though nearly 6,300 people ride them a day,” Nye said.

The total fee increase that will be on next semester’s fees, according to Morales, is $9.87, bringing the total to $88.62.

“We try to keep our fee increases reasonable. We felt it wouldn’t be right to pass an 82 percent increase onto students. We don’t want them to be overly ‘taxed,’” Morales said.

– storee.powell@aggiemail.usu.edu

AGGIE SHUTTLES HAS 10 BUSES, one of which is shown above in the mirror of another. Aggie Shuttles is 70 percent covered by student fees. STEVE SELLERS photo

Shutle Endeavour pulls in at space station

SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LIFTS-OFF from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 8. AP photo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station early Wednesday, delivering a new room and observation deck that will come close to completing construction 200 miles above Earth.

The midnight rendezvous occurred as the two spacecraft sailed over the Atlantic, just west of Portugal.

“We’ve got the place ready for you,” space station commander Jeffrey Williams assured the shuttle astronauts.

“Looking forward to welcoming you on board.”

Back at Mission Control, meanwhile, NASA said that standard checks hadn’t revealed any launch damage so far. All the pictures and information collected during the first two days of the flight indicate Endeavour suffered no serious damage during Monday’s liftoff. But the analysis is continuing, and a few hundred photos taken from the space station during Endeavour’s final approach will yield additional data, said LeRoy Cain, chairman of the mission management team.

Endeavour’s crew of six will spend more than a week at the space station, installing the compartments and helping with space station maintenance.

This represents the last major construction work at the orbiting outpost. Once the room, named Tranquility, and the observation deck are in place, the station will be 98 percent complete.

Five men are living at the space station. That makes for

a crowd of 11 with Endeavour’s presence.

Before docking, commander George Zamka guided Endeavour through a 360-degree back flip so two of the space station crew could photograph the shuttle’s belly with zoom lenses. The photos were transmitted immediately to Mission Control so experts can scour the images for any scrapes or holes.

A few pieces of foam insulation came off the external fuel tank during the launch, but none appeared to strike Endeavour.

The only oddity in the pictures from orbit was a protruding seal on the top of the left wing. The seal is part of a door for an access panel; about 4 inches of the 2- to 3-foot seal is sticking out.

Cain said the flapping seal poses no concern, but engineers will look into the matter to find out how it happened. Mission Control asked the station crew to take pictures of the seal, as the shuttle performed its somersault.

As for the rest of the wings and nose — the most vulnerable parts of the shuttle during re-entry — the laser inspection conducted earlier in the day by the astronauts was coming up empty. “Nothing that threw any unusual flags for us,” Cain told reporters late Tuesday afternoon.

The rigorous checks were put in place following the 2003 Columbia disaster.

Three spacewalks are planned to hook up the 23-foot Tranquility.

Campus & Community

Test of alert system planned for Thurs.

On Thursday, Feb. 11, at approximately 9 a.m., USU Emergency Management will be conducting a test of the USU Emergency Alert System. Students and faculty should make sure they are signed up to receive critical emergency information in a timely manner in the event of a major crisis on campus. Campus community members can sign up by logging into USU Access (www.access.usu.edu), selecting “personal information,” selecting “View/Update Emergency Alert Phone Numbers,” and entering up to five voice and text message numbers (one text number only) The test notification will come from the telephone number 797-7622. faculty and students are encouraged to program this telephone number into the phones of numbers entered when the individual signed up.

In addition, participants should share the test date and time with the individuals whose telephone numbers were entered when signing up (parents, spouses, roommates, etc.).

More information can be found by logging on to the Campus Safety Web site, www.usu.edu/campussafety, or contacting Judy Crockett, 7970807.

Pianist opens festival at USU Stephen Hough, a pianist acclaimed worldwide, opens the 2010 Wassermann Festival at USU with a solo recital Thursday, Feb. 11, at the Performance Hall.

Concert time is 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for the event are available at the Caine School of the Arts Box Office, located in the Chase Fine Arts Center, FAC 139B on the USU campus; online or call 797-8022. Adult reserved seats are $20 and student tickets, available to all students – not just USU students – are $8.

The Wassermann Festival is presented by the department of music in the Caine School of the Arts and is directed by faculty member Dennis Hirst. Concerts and master classes form the festival, with offerings presented over a two-month period, February to March.

Praise for Hough’s playing abounds, and can be summarized by Great Britain’s The Guardian when it said, “The most perfect piano playing conceivable.”

This is Hough’s second appearance with the Wassermann Festival, a rare occurrence. He first appeared in 2008, and the festival’s director brought him back both as an audience favorite and for his broad range of artistic expression.

“Stephen Hough is a musician, a composer, a writer for newspapers, magazines and books,” Hirst said. “He blogs, he is a painter and has won awards as a poet. He’s a modern renaissance man.”

For information on the 2010 Wassermann Festival, visit the festival Web site or contact Hirst at 797-3257 or dennis.hirst@usu. edu.

Students take Aggie Ice Cream to Capitol Students will visit the Utah Capitol Thursday, Feb. 11, for Aggie Ice Cream day. They will be taking Aggie Ice Cream to legislators and “making a lot of legislators like us more, hopefully,” said ASUSU Executive Vice President Spencer Lee, who will be attending. Students interested in attending should meet at 11:30 a.m. at the University Inn. They will be leaving at noon. The group plans to be back in Logan by 4 p.m.

– chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Obama would compromise on bill WASHINGTON (AP) – Signaling he’d meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’s willing to sign a bill even if it doesn’t deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.

The Democrats’ massive health overhaul legislation is stalled in Congress by disagreements within the party and the loss last month of their 60th Senate vote, and with it, control of the agenda.

Republicans suspect that Obama’s invitation to a televised health care summit Feb. 25 is a thinly disguised political trap. On Tuesday, the president tried to change the dour dynamic, indicating he could settle for less in order to move ahead.

“Let’s put the best ideas on the table,” Obama told reporters after meeting with congressional leaders of both parties. “My hope is that we can find enough overlap that we can say, this is the right way to move forward, even if I don’t get every single thing that I want.”

Obama’s overarching goals are to rein in medical costs and expand coverage to millions of uninsured. Specifically, Obama said he’d be willing to work on ways to limit medical malpractice lawsuits – one of the main ideas Republicans have for reducing costs, by addressing the problem of defensive medicine. Democrats, who count trial lawyers among their most generous contributors, especially in an election year, have blocked all previous attempts to tackle the issue.

Obama’s flexibility marks a contrast with the approach former President Bill Clinton took in the 1990s when his health care overhaul got bogged down in Congress. Clinton sternly waved his veto pen at lawmakers and threatened to reject any legislation that fell short of his goal of covering all Americans. The bill died, and Democrats lost control of Congress in the 1994 midterm election.

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“It’s going to be very difficult to have a bipartisan conversation with regard to a 2,700-page health care bill that the Democrat majority in the House and the Democrat majority in the Senate can’t pass,” said House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio. “It really is time to scrap the bill and start over.” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky echoed those sentiments, even though the White House says Obama has no plans to set the clock back to beginning.

Republicans may run political risks if they just say no. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll found that most Americans want Congress and the president to keep working on a comprehensive health care overhaul. Two-thirds supported the goal in the survey, released Tuesday. Nearly 6 in 10 said Republicans aren’t doing enough to find compromise with Obama, while more than 4 in 10 said Obama is doing too little to get GOP support.

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“What I don’t think makes sense – and I don’t think the American people want to see – would be another year of partisan wrangling around these issues,” he said.

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“I will be open to any ideas that help promote these goals,” Obama said.

If lawmakers can’t overcome partisanship and policy differences and the health care bill dies as a result, Obama said the alternative is not good. He pointed to a 39 percent premium hike just announced by California’s largest for-profit seller of individual health insurance policies, Anthem Blue Cross. Insurers say part of the problem is that healthy people hit by the economic downturn are dropping coverage, raising premiums for everybody else left in the pool.

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Sheriff’s deputies also asked residents to move their vehicles and trash cans away from the streets, where heavy rain took residents and officials by surprise on Saturday by washing away cars, punching holes in houses, filling swimming pools with debris and inundating homes with mud.

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Glowing, bronze, sun-kissed and nonfluorescent. Nothing like a healthy tan, right?

Wrong, according to Logan dermatologist Rob Young of Rocky Mountain Dermatology.

Young said, “The FDA just recently categorized sunlamps at the same cancer causing level as smoking. Each year more studies are done that show a stronger correlation statistically between skin cancer and ultraviolet light and sunlamps.”

According to the FDA’s tanning Web site, “The FDA wants consumers to know that UV radiation in tanning devices poses serious health risks. A recent report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization, concludes that tanning devices are more dangerous than previously thought.”

Why do so many young people think that they are immune to the effects of tanning?

Young said, “the tanning salon industry is a huge multibillion-dollar industry that targets young people and along with the fact that our culture is such that people believe they look better and healthier with a tan and the fact that skin cancer doesn’t show up for 30, 40 years after the damage has been done. These three things have contributed to the provable misconception young people have that tanning beds aren’t cancer boxes.”

The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology reported in May 2005 that the U.S. indoor tanning industry is a $3 billion per year enterprise. There are around 25,000 tanning salons, nationally. The majority of customers are young women, age 20 to 39.

The provable misconception is that over the past 14 years Young has practiced in Logan, he has seen younger people having more and more cases of skin cancer, even “life threaten-

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Nationally, Utah ranks consistently in the top 10 for skin cancer cases in young people, Young said.

And it is no joke. In April 2005, the Associated Press reported that Utah was ranked fourth in the U.S. for skin cancer.

More than 60 Utahns die annually every year

from the skin cancer, according to the Utah Department of Health.

The increase is undeniable.

Young said, “Statistically, a child born in the year 1900 had approximately one in 1,500 chance of having malignant melanoma in their lifetime. The last numbers I saw were one in 63.”

Things that contribute to this statistic in Utah, Young said, are the “outdoor lifestyle, high altitude and the northern European genetic background.”

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They make up the directors of an organization with a focus on fighting poverty and giving the children of third-world countries better facilities and an opportunity to become educated. Their name: Effect International.

Zaman, the director of Effect’s operations in India, said the children from her home were the inspiration for the project.

“I wanted to do something for the children in my state because I know they are very poor,” she said. “These children, either they don’t go to school and those who do go to government schools and they don’t attend classes because there aren’t teachers there.”

The Government of Bihar Web site says only 47.53 percent of the population of Bihar is literate, making Bihar the most illiterate

state in India. Not only is it the most illiterate, it’s also the poorest and, currently, the primary focus of Effect International’s efforts.

Zaman recognizes this and admits her state’s inadequacies.

“It’s the most backward state in India,” she said.

The vision statement of Effect International states that it is working to break the “socioeconomic hierarchy” in underdeveloped countries, where education is reserved for the “elite, privileged and prosperous individuals.” So far, the organization has set a date of completion for a school and begun to build a library.

Come April 2010, 115 children in Sasaram, India, will have a new school and an opportunity to receive an education.

While visiting Nepal, India, Allred, director of Effect International, and Senft, vice director, noticed a shortage of books in the libraries. This became the catalyst that led to a future book drive, planned and organized by the USU sister of Effect International, the USU Effect Club. Tyson Stevens, president of the USU Effect Club and senior in psychology, said the goal is to get everyone involved.

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veryone has irrational fears. Whether they be balloons, spiders, chest hair, Delaware, llamas, the word “schematic,” that flying dog in the movie “Never Ending Story,” ring pops, English people with long hands, The “~” character, unpleasantly large mustaches, Osh Kosh B’Gosh, the fact that nothing rhymes with orange, liposuction, lol catz, Chevron with Techron, glitter, girls with face glitter, boys with face glitter, animals with glitter, stupidly large amounts of glitter, etc., we all have them.

I’d like to (at the risk of sounding feeble and frail) talk to you about one of my irrational fears. Hopefully this will be an exercise in catharsis, and I will, with proper counseling and encouragement, finally be able to get over it.

It all started when I was roughly 3 or 4.

So there I was, just laying on my bunk bed, fast asleep, the soft hum of the humidifier doing its job ... then bam! I would have this nightmare. It would start out with me looking over my bed into my window. As I squinted in the dim light, a motionless figure lurked outside my window, staring into my very soul with its beady eyes and long neck. Then it would raise its long, terrible wings and start honking.

Yep, it was a goose. Straight from the underworld, risen from the hellish pond that housed all bad-behaving geese that pass from this life. It would make a terrible, raucous honk as it strutted, flapped and raged in the night air. Terrified, I would try to escape by climbing down my bunk-bed stairs and running out the room. But my legs felt as if they were made of cement, and I lay there like a slug. I could hear glass shattering behind me as the goose broke in, the window my last defense. The honking would get louder and louder as it stealthily and swiftly waddled its way over to me. Right at the moment I was doomed to submit myself to destruction and torment via demonic waterfowl, I would wake up with a bloodcurdling scream, my little eyes darting around the room in terror. My parents would have to come and “throw” the goose out the window, giving it some verbal abuse for good measure. I would lay in bed, unable to sleep, knowing that the goose would be back soon. Back, and in a bad mood.

So you think that would scar someone to be afraid of geese? Well of course. And it did. However, I only wish that my ill-fated experiences with geese were that singular.

This next little story is the event that solidified my phobia.

So there I was, 5 years old, minding my own business, at a duck park, loving life and the summer season, with a bag of bread in my tiny, innocent hands, giggling in a general amiable manner as the ducks fought with their winged might to get the bread I was shelling at them. Then, without a moments notice, a menacingly large white goose appeared from behind a grouping of cattails. It eyed me and my

loaf of bread with a haughty look, as a predator eyes its prey. I stood there in terror as it glided onto the shore and made its way toward me, chest puffed up, feathers bristling. Suddenly, I snapped to my senses.

“Run, you fool,” my mind shouted. Just as the goose was closing in, I turned tail and ran, my little legs pumping as fast as they would go. Sensing my fear, it immediately gave chase. I was running for my life, and the life of that poor, helpless bag of bread that I held in my flailing arms. Now the park in which this event took place had a peculiar landscape. In the middle of the park, there was a large, steep hill with an aluminum slide at the top. In my 5-year-old brain, getting to high ground seemed like a viable plan. Geese don’t like heights, I thought. As the goose honked, foaming at the mouth, bread-thirsty eyes fixed on their prey, I dashed toward the hill, screaming in desperation, legs burning in agony. But I couldn’t give up. My life flashed before my eyes as I looked back at the goose, its chest heaving in rage as the fowl gained ground on me. I reached the hill and started making my frantic ascent. With each pump of my little white legs, I could feel my energy depleting, and the long, craning neck of the goose getting nearer. Finally, in desperation, terror and exhaustion, I collapsed near the top of the hill in a wave of exhaustion and tears. The goose slowed to a stop and looked down upon me, spreading its wings. Circling me in victory, it honked and lifted its evil head into the air. It proceeded to eat the entire loaf of bread, including the plastic, as I laid there paralyzed with fear, silently sobbing in miserable defeat.

These experiences cast upon my mind a vexing paradigm, one of fear and deep loathing of large white geese. Over the years, I have healed from these scars, but have never forgiven. My eventual and final revenge came as I was driving around in a suburb of Chicago called Gurnee. Not paying close attention to the flurry of traffic, a giant goose stepped stupidly into the middle of the road. Swerving to miss it, I pelted the poor thing squarely with my license plate. The last thing that goose saw in its life was “greatest snow on earth.” I drove home with mixed feelings that day. I had just committed goose-slaughter, but one thing was for sure: the nightmares had come to an end. All was quiet that night, as I lay in bed with my hands behind my head, smiling at the ceiling. James: one. Geese: zero.

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Health: Tanning myths exposed -continued from page 5 lar industry often gets the tagline of providing “safer than the sun tanning,” Young said.

The reality is that tanning beds have mainly UVA rays with a little UVB rays, according to Young. UV stands for ultraviolet. UVB rays penetrate at a more shallow level and are more likely to cause sunburn. UVA rays penetrate deeper and are less likely, but still possible, to cause skin cancer. Young said the industry claims it is safer than the sun.

“If they mean safer as less chance of sunburn then that is correct. If they mean safer as less chance of getting skin cancer that is not correct,” Young said.

Young said ultraviolet light, much like radiation damage, is cumulative. Both have been linked to skin cancer, early aging, fine lines, wrinkles and fragile skin earlier than would otherwise be the case. Ultraviolet A and B “penetrate deep enough to damage the DNA of our genome,” Young said.

UV light has been associated with all three major types of skin cancer: melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, Young said.

“Physiologically, it is impossible to get a safe tan. Your body tans in response to damage.

Malignant melanoma is most dangerous in the sense that it is most likely to metastasize and kill people. Ironically, that is the one I am seeing earlier and earlier in young people,” Young said.

According to Young, the immune system repairs DNA damage. The repairing slows down as people mature and is likely one reason why people who have sun damage decades ago are now just seeing the skin cancer.

Another myth is that a person must be sunburned for damage to occur. This is not true, Young said. And although people with naturally dark skin are more protected than fairskinned people, they still can get skin cancer, Young said.

This is because DNA repair from sun damage is the skin’s primary defense against cancer, not pigmentation, according to an August

1997 report in the Skin and Allergy News.

What if sunscreen is worn in the tanning bed? That is not good enough, according to a 2003 Dermatology Times article, “Beyond the Norm.” It stated sunscreen alone, even if properly applied, is insufficient protection against sun exposure.

Some argue tanning beds provide them with vitamin D, which Young said is true.

However, he said people can get vitamin D a lot less expensively at the grocery store. It’s also safer.

Young said vitamin D has been shown to help the body fight cancers.

“But it doesn’t make sense that someone would consciously expose themselves to a proven carcinogen in order to increase your chances of fighting off a cancer,” Young said.

Another myth is that since someone has already had lots of exposure, there is no sense in stopping. But Young said, “Since UV light is cumulative, when you decide to become responsible about your health, it is never too late. You can’t go back and undo what you did when you were 20, but you can stop from doing further damage to yourself.”

Early diagnosis and removal is the best scenario for someone with skin cancer. But once it is spread to another part of the body, Young said, it is difficult, if not impossible, to cure.

Avid tanners may want to think of using an alternative, such as a spray-on tan. But if people are going to tan anyway, they should check their skin at least once a month, Young said.

“If they see anything new or growing or changing, they need to have it looked at by a professional,” Young said. “I think at a certain age there is a sensation many of us have of invulnerability. We think it will always happen to someone else. It is a challenge to convince young adults that what they are doing now will harm them later.”

For more information on skin cancer in Utah, visit http://health.utah.gov/pio/ nr/2008/061108-SkinCancer-NR.pdf.

– storee.powell@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Year of the tiger begins Saturday

By APRIL ASHLAND staff writer

Saturday Feb. 13 is Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year as it’s called in the U.S. 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, and according to online newspaper Chron.com, The Houston Chronicle, it is supposed to be a year for success and competition.

Beatrice Yip Ka Ying, senior in marketing, said the best part of Lunar New Year is being with her family, giving and receiving blessings for the new year. She said visiting relatives and hanging out with the whole family is an important part of the Lunar New Year, which brings the whole family together.

“We give blessings, for a happy, healthy and fortuitous year,” she said.

Yip Ka Ying said Lunar New Year is a very important holiday in the Chinese tradition – the most important holiday of the year.

“It’s like Christmas and Thanksgiving in America,” Yip Ka Ying said. “We all buy new clothes and wear red, which is the symbol of happiness and fortune.”

Justine Leung, junior in finance and economics, said the best part of Lunar New Year is that it’s a rest day, when no one works or goes to school.

“We do special things – we have fireworks and a dragon dance,” Leung said.

Leung said her family also has traditions that go along with the Lunar New Year, such as visiting family and friends, and eating special foods.

“My family has a tradition that on the Lunar New Year we don’t eat meat, to refresh your

system,” she said. “We have vegetables and sticky rice, like a stir-fry.”

According to a 2007 documentary on the History Channel called “History of the Holiday’s: Chinese New Year,” the holiday was born out of fear – there was a wild beast who would appear at the end of the year and prey on villagers.

To frighten it off, people would use loud noises and bright lights. And that’s when the festivities were born.

Yip Ka Ying said the Chinese have different traditions to celebrate the Lunar New Year, but her family in Hong Kong doesn’t always follow all of them.

“We have this weird tradition, where on the eve of the new year, you’re not supposed to sweep the floor,” she said.

“It’s said you’ll sweep away luck and happiness. My family doesn’t really follow that though. We pretty much always still sweep the floor.”

She said that in Hong Kong, which is where she’s from, the traditions are a little more relaxed.

Leung said she isn’t doing anything really special this year for the new year, since it’s different and harder to do in America.

“I might do something with my friends, and celebrate, but I don’t really know yet,” she said.

Yip Ka Ying said she’ll call her family in Hong Kong and get together with friends, but it won’t be a huge celebration.

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College tuition and fees have gone through the roof as government funding has dried up. This comes at a particularly bad time as college-saving accounts have toppled. At the same time, supplemental work for students has dried up as older American’s, laid-off from career-track jobs, willingly accept minimum-wage jobs just to bring in some cash.

College endowments also continue to shrink, making it more difficult for colleges to offer grants and scholarships. Finally, private student loans are harder to obtain, with a drop in about 30 percent of loans as banks raised lending standards.

In response, our federal government has broadened loan programs for students by offering more loans, more money, and better rates while increasing tax breaks for parents. An expanded tuition credit for households with up to $160,000 in adjusted gross income could trim as much as $2,500 from your tax bill. Still, the economic downturn means many families need to rethink how and how much they’ll need to borrow.

Here are six public and private types of college financial aid.

1. Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Your first step is to fill out the FAFSA form colleges usually require before awarding aid, from merit scholarships to need-based grants and loans.

The Department of Education begins accepting the application Jan. 1 of each year. Applicants who have filled out aFAFSA in previous years are able to fill out a renewal FAFSA, but information on taxes and savings, for example, must be updated annually. The form includes numerous questions regarding the student’s finances, as well as those of his or her family, if the student is a dependent.

The answers are entered into a formula that determines the Expected Family Contribution (EFC).

2. Federal Perkins Loan Program Low-interest Perkins loans of up to $4,000 a year goes to students with the greatest financial need. Perkins Loans carry a fixed interest rate of 5 percent for the duration of the 10-year repayment period. Borrowers begin repayment in the tenth month after graduation, falling below half-time

student status, or withdrawing from college.

Interest doesn’t begin accruing until the borrower begins to repay the loan. The Perkins Program should balloon to $6 billion a year, from $1 billion, under President Obama’s proposed 2010 budget.

3. Stafford Loans Stafford Loans are the most common needsbased student loans and almost always have better terms than private bank loans. These loans may be subsidized, in which the government pays the interest while the student is in school, or unsubsidized. Twelve percent of students from families with adjusted gross incomes more than $100,000 received subsidized Staffords in 2008/09 and the interest rate will decline from 5.6 percent to 3.4 percent by the 2011-12 academic year.

Unsubsidized Stafford loans, which any student can receive, are getting more generous, too.

You can add $2,000 to the former limits of $3,500 for freshman year, $4,500 for sophomore year, and $5,500 thereafter. Loan terms will remain at 6.8 percent; your college can provide a list of lenders.

4. PLUS Loan Program PLUS loans allow you to borrow for the full cost of a dependent child’s college education, minus any financial aid. For the 2009/10 school year, the interest rate is 7.9 percent for loans that come directly from the government, and 8.5 percent for those in which a financial institution is the intermediary. The fees run from 3 percent to 4 percent of the loan.

5. Scholarships Students needn’t always have a 4.0 GPA to qualify for scholarships, although it certainly does help. The Department of Education provides a searchable database for college scholarships based on degree area and location.

6. Private Loans Leave private loans until last. Before the credit crunch, you could cosign a private student loan with a credit score as low as 620. Now, banks require credit scores of 680 to 700, or even 730.

Books: Group uses local workforce to build schools -continued from page 5

“We’re going to get the university involved and the community,” he said. “We’re going to work with libraries, and we’re going to fill this cargo crate and send the books over so these kids can learn how to speak English.”

Senft expresses how the mind-set of the project is not to Americanize the children, but to create employment and educational opportunities.

“We don’t want to go into these areas as the great, big Americans,” she said. “We want the community to feel like they have ownership over these schools. We employ the local community members to build their schools and teach in their schools, because these are their schools.”

The visit to Nepal opened Allred’s and Senft’s eyes to the need across the country. Allred mentioned how they worked to create bonds with the people of Nepal.

“We worked hard with these people,” he said. “We lived with these families.”

Senft agreed, saying there is a feeling of responsibility for the people from spending time with them.

“It’s pretty heavy,” she said, “the feeling of being on the ground interacting with the people. It puts a lot of responsibility on you. There’s a lot to do.”

While students will be able to donate books, Allred said that won’t always be enough.

“These schools cannot be built with donated books,” he said. “We still need cash.”

Though money may not flow freely for some college students, Allred shows how the project is less expensive than people might initially think.

He said, “$20 buys a bench for four students, so they don’t have to sit on the floor. They (USU students) might not think that’s a lot, but we can build a school for under $20,000.”

Senft said donating small amounts can make a big difference.

“It’s really not costly,” she said. “Think of the things we buy for hundreds of thousands of dollars that are frivolous. That money could help thousands of children get an education. It definitely has a ripple effect.”

Though Effect International and the USU Effect Club have begun to meet their goals, Allred said there is still work to do.

“There’s a huge bucket of water,” he said, “and we’re just adding little drops. When you look at the whole forest it can be quite daunting, but we’re trying to focus on the trees.”

If students want to get involved with Effect International or the USU Effect Club, contact Allred at effectinternational@ gmail.com or Stevens at tysonnstevens@gmail.com.

– k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu

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IRON EAGLE

Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.aggietownsquare.com

By MATT SONNENBERG assistant sports editor

The start of a college career is a new beginning for any student. High school accolades are a nice thing to have, but for the most part they are what get a person to college, rather than get a person through college. Grade point averages, course credits and overall structure of gaining an education take a drastic change in the jump from high school to a university. It is a giant step from completing one challenge to taking on a new one.

Brady Jardine’s high school accolades were nothing short of abundant, whether it be his Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year award, an Idaho state championship from his senior year of high school or being the state’s dunk champion. Those honors are what got Jardine an offer to play basketball for one of the nation’s winningest programs.

Succeeding in such a basketball program is another story and succeeding in such a program was Jardine’s next challenge.

Much like the case is for academic standing when a student enters the college ranks, Jardine came to USU starting from scratch.

As a senior at Twin Falls High School, Jardine earned all the accolades and accomplishments that he earned while playing the small forward position. Upon arrival at Utah State, Jardine learned he was going to be moved down to play in the post at the power forward positions, with a style of play that he had never played before.

Head coach Stew Morrill said, “When he came back off his mission, he had gotten stronger and bigger, and in terms of him needing to develop his skills, he was more of a post player than he was a wing.”

Even though Morrill knew the move would come at the price of some struggles through the learning process, he said moving Jardine to the post just made sense and was what the team needed of him.

“He gives us an athletic post, which is so important in our league,” Morrill said.

Despite the confidence in the position change from Morrill, who is regarded as an elite coach of post players, Jardine struggled with the transition at first. For the first time ever, Jardine was faced with the challenge of playing with his back to the basket, while having to learn on the fly against other Division-I athletes who had played that style for years.

“I was playing guys that were way bigger than me and way stronger than me,” Jardine said. “It was frustrating. It was a whole new world.”

After sitting out for the first 13 games of the season with plans of redshirting the 2008-2009 season, Jardine’s redshirt was pulled after teammate Modou Niang broke his hand. The 6-foot-7-inch forward began his freshman season when he checked in for the last minute of the second game of the Aggies’ annual holiday tournament. On

top of coming in midway through the season after several years away from basketball because of a two-year LDS mission, Jardine was thrust almost immediately into WAC play against post players such as Magnum Rolle, Luke Babbitt and Sylvester Seay, who are potential NBA players.

“It was hard for me because it’d been three years since I’d played in a game,” Jardine said.

“I didn’t get any kind of warmup for the athletes we play against.”

By the end of his freshman season, Jardine had appeared for an average of 7.7 minutes per game over a span of 22 games.

He averaged just 1.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, but surprisingly managed to finish tied for the third most blocks on the team with 11, despite the limited role. There were instances where Jardine’s potential translated into quality production for the team, and others where youthful mistakes overshadowed his contributions.

Jardine’s sophomore season started in many ways similar to how his freshman season finished. Flashes of the brilliance also began to show for the sophomore forward as he made consistent contributions in rebounding the ball and scoring with some efficiency when the opportunities presented themselves. There were still mistakes and turnovers early on, but an improvement over his freshman season was apparent, although Jardine still appeared to play with a constant tension in his game. Through the first 11 games of this season Jardine had nearly doubled his scoring output from his freshman campaign to 2.54 points per game, while pulling down 3.4 rebounds per contest.

Then something clicked.

A year prior, Jardine had played his first college

- See IRON EAGLE, page 14

BRADY JARDINE has emerged as a powerful inside man coming off the bench this season, averaging 8.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game since the Aggie’s annual holiday tournament. PATRICK ODEN photos

Women: Meet the Challenge USU (11-11) @ SJSU (5-17)

Men: Meet the Challenge USU (18-6) @ BOISE ST. (11-12)

Raegan Pebley (6th year) Pam DeCosta (3rd year)

Stew Morrill (12th year) Greg Graham (8th year)

Feb. 11, The Event Center, 8:05 p.m.

USU probable starters

SJSU probable starters

C- Lydia Whitehead F- Nicole Johnson G- Tahara Williams G- Alice Coddington G- Amber White

C- Sayja Sumler F- Marnesha Hall G- Addie Schivo G- Dominique Hamilton G- Shaunna Ridge

7.2 3.3 5.8 8.5 11.5

Feb. 11, Taco Bell Arena, 7:05 p.m.

USU probable starters 7.5 5.0 2.0 1.6 6.5

C- Nate Bendall F- Tai Wesley F- Tyler Newbold G- Pooh Williams G- Jared Quayle

SJSU probable starters 10.1 13.3 8.6 7.8 12.3

F - Daequon Montreal F - Ike Okoyo F - Robert Arnold G - Anthony Thomas G - La’Shard Anderson

11.4 21.9 10.5 9.3 9.7

Meet the Enemy

What USU Coach Stew Morrill says about Boise State:

• “The thing you always worry about with players and youth is they look at first place and last place. Hopefully we are not that stupid and realize that Boise State has good personnel. All you have to do is look at the second half of the game here with us to see that they can step up and play with us. You can’t not show up and expect to win. You have to keep playing solid basketball. The nature of our team is we have to have a lot of guys contribute. So if three or four guys don’t play well, that is a recipe for a loss.”

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Aggie golfers swing into season in St. George

By JUSTIN HARRISON staff writer

The Utah State men’s golf team kicked off the spring 2010 golf season at the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational at the Sunnybrook Golf Course in St. George, Utah. “It was nice to see grass again,� commented Dean Johansen, the men’s golf coach. The Aggies aren’t able to practice as much as they would like to due to the weather conditions of

Cache Valley. Coach Johansen said, “You have teams down here (southern Utah) who can practice up to three times a week, we don’t get that luxury.� Even with the poor climate in northern Utah, the Aggies came out strong. The Aggies finished 4th out of eleven teams in the tournament, among the teams were Southern Utah the host of the tournament. He said, “This is the best team to come out of winter since I’ve been coaching,� and, “everyone has stayed in pretty good golf shape.�

Clean sweep against Wolfpack

By TIM OLSEN staff writer

Five seasons ago, Utah State joined the Western Athletic Conference after nearly a decade of domination in the California heavy Big West. The common thought was that USU’s program would struggle during its first couple years in the WAC as the players, coaches and system adjusted to bigger and better competition.

That transition, however, went much smoother than anyone anticipated. The Aggies picked up right where they left off in the Big West, challenging for the WAC title in their first year. Not even USU’s streak of 23-plus win seasons was damaged, as the Ags posted a 23-9 record during the 2005-’06 season.

Prior to USU’s entrance into the WAC, the conference had been perennially owned

by Nevada. The Wolf Pack had posted back-to-back regular season conference championships and fielded multiple NBA prospects.

Despite all that, Utah State meant business, serving notice to Nevada and the rest of the conference. In the first meeting of the new WAC foes, the Aggies left Reno with a 59-53 victory.

Later during that 2005’06 season, Nevada returned the favor as it thumped Utah State in the Spectrum (its last win in Logan). The teams met once again that year on the Wolf Pack’s home floor in the championship game of the WAC tournament, the winner was guaranteed a ticket to the field of 64 teams joining in March Madness.

Nevada won that game in overtime, but that battle served as the starting point for a rivalry that has turned into a battle for conference supremacy.

Early in USU’s WAC career, the Wolf Pack continued their overall domination of the conference, winning the regular season title in 2005’06 and the 2006-’07 seasons.

Twice during that 2006-’07 season, though, the Aggies handed then-No. 9 Nevada a

79-77 loss: once in overtime in the Spectrum and once in the second round of the WAC tournament. “It’s definitely a rivalry, probably because of the quality team they are. They’re such a good team,� said Aggie forward and three-year starter Tai Wesley. “Anytime you get a win against them, whether it be home or on the road, it’s a big thing and it’s something to be proud of.�

Despite the battles with USU, Nevada managed to hang onto its title as the WAC’s most dominant team during the Aggies first couple years in the league. The following year, things would start to change.

Led by the 2007-’08 WAC Player of the Year, Jaycee Carroll, Utah State rolled to a 12-4 league record, tying Nevada for the regular season championship (along with Boise State and NMSU). Each team held its home court that year, and for the first time the two did not meet in the conference tournament.

In USU’s fourth year in the conference, the Aggies served notice that the power in the conference had indeed shifted. The Ags posted a 14-2 record as they ran away from the rest of the conference.

Once again the Aggies and Wolf Pack split the regular season series, and for the third time in four years, they met in the conference tournament.

Once again the game was played on the Wolf Pack’s home court. This time, though, it would not help Nevada. Led by USU’s second consecutive conference Player of the Year, Gary Wilkinson, the Aggies jumped out to a big lead early and pulled away at the end for a 72-62 victory.

That Aggie win marked the first time a WAC team had won the regular season title and the conference tournament since Nevada during USU’s first year in the conference. It was also the first time the Wolf Pack hadn’t won at least a share of either title in six years.

Now in the Aggies’ fifth year, the team has the weight of being the conference’s top

dog. For the first time since joining the WAC, USU was picked in the preseason to win the league. And, after a slow start, the Aggies may do just that.

After dropping their first two conference games, the Aggies have rebounded to post eight straight wins, all in the WAC. The current streak also included something the Aggies have never done since joining the conference: a regular season sweep of Nevada.

With last Saturday’s win, the Aggies now hold a 5-4 regular season record against the Wolf Pack since joining the WAC and a 2-1 record in the conference tournament.

USU and Nevada are neckand-neck in conference wins as a whole since the 2005-’06 season, with the Wolf Pack holding a slim 55-54 advantage. “Nevada’s a great team. We look forward to it all year to play them,� said USU sophomore Brady Jardine. “When they get to come to the Spectrum, the students are ready for it, the fans are ready for it and we’re definitely ready for it. It’s electrifying out there.�

Though the Wolf Pack currently sits fourth in the conference standings, behind USU, New Mexico State and Louisiana Tech, there is no doubt who poses the biggest challenge for the Aggies.

After all, not since the 20022003 has a team other than Nevada or Utah State been the outright regular season conference champions.

With the conference tournament once again being played in Reno, Nev., all signs point to another Utah State-Nevada tournament battle. With the possibility of a rematch looming and the Aggies having won the last four in this rivalry, Jardine knows what to expect if the teams do meet again. “When you’re rival’s, you look forward to playing each other like that and you’re going to get everything everybody’s got for the whole night,� he said.

- t.olsen@aggiemail.usu.edu

Freshman Tanner Highman (Shelley, weather starts to get warmer.

Idaho)had the best score for the Aggies tying Even with the cold weather Coach for first place Johansen and on Monday the Aggie golf shooting a 70, team feel this and then shot a will be a great 74 on Tuesday, season. “This finishing with was a positive a par overall for motivator to go the tournament. – Eric Collins, into the spring Junior Chance he said.

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rior to last Saturday’s game against Nevada, USU was rolling high on a seven-game win streak. Everything seemed to be going right for the Aggies – whether it be their 52.8 percent shooting from the field, the 37.5 shooting clip they were holding opponents to or the average margin of victory of 21.1 points during the win streak. Domination was an understatement for seven consecutive games, and Utah State was running a train over the rest of the Western Athletic Conference.

It had to be too good to be true. At some point the Aggies had to have a game where the shots just weren’t falling or where the ball didn’t bounce a certain way in a few key moments that would ultimately lead to a slipup. It’s an inevitability that seems to grow closer and closer the longer a winning streak is sustained, and with a conference power like Nevada coming to town, it was a bad time to be due for a slipup.

Believe it or not, but Saturday night’s 11point win over the Wolf Pack was indeed that slipup for the Aggies. For the first time in eight games, an opposing team shot better from the field than USU, with Nevada connecting on 4.4 percent more of its shots than the Aggies Saturday. San Jose State’s performance of shooting 4.7 percent worse than the Aggies was the next closest shooting margin over the now eight-game win streak.

It also would be safe to say that the crowd was a factor against Nevada yet again. This year the Wolf Pack players and coaches acknowledged the challenge they faced in playing in the Spectrum, rather than denying any increased level of difficulty like they had last year. The lack of having fuel to throw on the fire didn’t hurt the crowd at all as the Spectrum rocked as hard as it has all season. Saturday’s crowd was right up with the level of noise and excitement as there was against BYU earlier this season, and it was all needed as the Wolf Pack performed well enough to win against most teams on most nights.

Now comes the home stretch of WAC play for Utah State, starting with the last true road test of the conference season this weekend against Boise State and San Jose State.

Boise State continues to struggle and are fresh off a blowout loss at home to Idaho. The Spectrum on Wheels crew likely won’t make things any easier on the Broncos Thursday, but even without the aid of traveling fans, the Aggies should cruise against Boise State one more time around.

Saturday’s rematch against San Jose State is much more interesting, as the Spartans are currently 5-0 at home in WAC play, with wins over Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State. They also have the most dangerous scorer, Adrian Oliver, in the conference. Despite the Aggies handling the Spartans by 19 points in the Spectrum two weeks ago, this game poses a major threat to USU. Something tells me though that Spartans still won’t have any answers for Nate Bendall, Pooh Williams or Brady Jardine, much like they didn’t have any means of stopping any of those three last time around.

If USU comes out of this weekend with still just two losses in WAC play, it could potentially set up a senior night showdown between Utah State and New Mexico State in the Spectrum to decide the WAC’s regular season champion, and crucial seeding positions for the WAC tournament in Reno. New Mexico State jumped back into a first-place tie with Utah State with their last-second victory over Louisiana Tech on Monday, and with the belated declarations of academic eligibility from two of NMSU’s best players, they look poised to take the WAC championship race down to the wire. Fortunately for Utah State, that wire comes to an end in a building where the Aggies are 172-13 under head coach Stew Morrill.

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.

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Things to watch for The medals for the 2010 Winter Games will each feature a unique cropped section of a large master artwork.

The best days to tune-in to Winter Games competition

BY CRAIG HILL

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McClatchy Newspapers

Even if you’re a bona fide Olympiholic, plopping down on the couch 17 nights in a row to watch the Winter Olympics is probably unrealistic.

Like the athletes competing in the games, you’re probably going to have to pick your moments.

And like the athletes, you better pick the right ones.

Of course, even the casual Olympics fan will tune in for NBC coverage of the marquee events that bookend the games: Opening ceremonies on Feb. 12 and the closing ceremonies on Feb. 28.

But what about the 15 days in between?

Here are your 10 best bets:

Feb. 13

Medal events: Six Highlights: Men’s downhill,

6. TV RATINGS

BY DAVID THOMAS McClatchy Newspapers

More than 5,500 athletes from 80-plus countries are expected to take part in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. The third Winter Olympics to be held in Canada begins Feb. 12 and runs 17 days through Feb. 28. A look at 10 things to watch in these Games:

1. VANCOUVER

The Turin Games of 2006 were the leastwatched Winter Olympics since at least 1988.

Delayed coverage in the age of immediate results on the Internet was largely to blame. But with the 2010 Games in North America instead of Italy, NBC will be able to offer more live programming in its planned 835 hours of coverage. Fox has said it will send “American Idol” up against NBC’s Olympics coverage.

Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to host a Winter Olympics. Selecting Vancouver as host city represents an interesting switch for these Games, moving the event away from the cozy, snowy village feel often associated with the Winter Olympics. Vancouver was selected in 2003, one year after the Salt Lake City metropolitan area hosted the Games. A successful Games in Vancouver could lead to a philosophical shift in selecting host cities.

2. INDOOR OPENING CEREMONY

The Opening Ceremony at BC Place Stadium will be the Olympics’ first to be held indoors. BC Place, which opened in 1983 as Canada’s first covered stadium, is the world’s largest air-supported domed stadium and is pressurized by 16 jet engine fans. After the Olympics, the home of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League will replace its inflatable roof with a retractable roof.

3. U.S. VS. CANADA

The United States edged Canada for second in the medal standings in 2006, with 25 medals to Canada’s 24. (Germany was tops with 29.) As host country, Canada has embarked on an “Own the Podium” program designed to move Canada to the top of the medals count. U.S.-Canada hockey matchups — men and women — could be particularly intense.

Feb. 14

Medal events: Six Highlights: Women’s com-

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Sumi, Quatchi and Miga are the mascots of the 2010 Winter Games.

7. QUATCHI, MIGA AND SUMI

Quatchi, Miga and Sumi are these Olympics’ official mascots. Quatchi, the largest of the three, is a hockey-loving Sasquatch that wants to become a goalie. Snowboarding is the favorite sport of Miga, a young sea bear. Sumi (yes, pronounced “sue me”) is an animal spirit from the British Columbia mountains that, not surprisingly, is a big fan of alpine skiing.

8. SKI CROSS

The only new sport at the 2010 Games is not really a new sport. Ski Cross, classified under freestyle skiing, included contact and crashes, which should lead to exciting finishes. Like Snowboard Cross but on skis, Ski Cross features four riders racing down a course filled with jumps and turns.

4. UNIQUE MEDALS

9. LINDSEY VONN

5. CURLING

10. FIGURE SKATING

In an Olympic first, each medal will be unique. Each will feature a different crop of artwork by Canadian designer Corrine Hunt. The medals, which are round and undulating, are the heaviest in Olympic history at 500 to 576 grams (just over 1 pound to 1.25 pounds) each.

Each Winter Olympics, curling becomes even cooler. Curling is like chess on ice, except the competitors actually have to do something physical instead of sitting in a chair. USA Curling has 13,684 members. Membership increased 12 percent in the four years after the 2002 Winter Olympics and 14 percent since the Turin Games in 2006, and USA Curling officials say they expect another membership bump after these Games.

women’s moguls and short track Storylines: Bode Miller bombed in his unrealistic mediaimposed goal to win five medals in ’06. With much less pressure this time, he’ll try to win his first gold on the first day of competition.

A strong Canadian women’s moguls team led by top-ranked Kristi Richards will try to win their nation’s first gold on home soil. However, U.S. star Hannah Kearny stands in their way.

Apolo Ohno could get his first chance of the games at winning a U.S. record sixth medal in short track.

Americans will love Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn. Not only is she friendly with an engaging smile, but she also is the most successful U.S. female skier ever. She is the only two-time World Cup champion from the United States, and NBC cameras will be all over her quest for gold medals.

Women’s figure skating is the glamour event of the Winter Olympics. American women have won the Ladies’ Singles gold medal in three of the past five Games and have won at least silver in all five of those Olympics. But reigning world champion Kim Yu-na is from South Korea, and her top competition figures to come from Mao Asada and Miki Ando of Japan and Canada’s Joannie Rochette. Not since 1964 has the United States not medaled in the event.

David Thomas writes for the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram.

bined and men’s moguls Storylines: Lindsey Vonn enters these games as the face of Team USA and perhaps the best alpine skier in American history.

A training run injury slowed her down in ’06, but this time she’ll be going for what she hopes is the first of several golds.

Defending moguls world champ Patrick Deneen of the United States will go for gold at Cypress Mountain, where he finished fourth in a World Cup race last year.

Feb. 16

Medal events: Six Highlights: Men’s super com-

bined and women’s snowboard cross Storylines: Lindsey Jacobellis lost gold in the ‘06 snowboard cross when she fell while showboating on the race’s second to last jump and lost a three-second lead. She’s not likely to make the same mistake in Vancouver.

Ted Ligety will try to become the first Olympian to defend a combined title. This year the event includes one slalom run (the ’06 games had two runs) and a downhill run. This change doesn’t favor Ligety who excels at the technical events.

Feb. 17

Medal events: Seven Highlights: Women’s down-

hill and men’s halfpipe Storylines: Vonn is the undisputed queen of the downhill and has won three consecutive downhills in Canada. However, her last loss in Canada in this event came on the Olympic course in ’08. She finished 0.01 seconds behind Nadia Styger of Switzerland.

Defending gold medalist Shaun White and Louie Vito of “Dancing with the Stars” fame lead a loaded U.S. team in the halfpipe. Americans have won six of the nine Olympic medals ever awarded in this event.

Feb. 18

Medal events: Five Highlights: Men’s figure skat-

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Membership in USA Curling increased 14 percent after the 2006 Winter Games.

ing and women’s halfpipe Storylines: It’s been 22 years since an American man has won figure skating gold. Evan Lysacek, the reigning world champ, is the best hope for the U.S. since Brian Boitano’s ’88 win in Calgary.

U.S. women have won the last two halfpipe golds. Kelly Clark, Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler, all Olympic medalists, will go for the sweep they just missed in ’06.

Feb. 20

Medal events: Six Highlights: Women’s super G,

Men’s speed skating and short track Storylines: Ohno has medaled in the short track 1,000 meters at the last two games. He has five medals and is trying to become the first U.S. man to win six.

Speed skater Bonnie Blair holds the U.S. record of six.

Ohno U.S. speed skating teammates and rivals Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick will likely race in the 1,500, an event they both medaled in in ’06.

Vonn will once again be the favorite in Whistler during the women’s super G, another event she dominates.

Feb. 21

Medal events: Six Highlights: Men’s hockey,

bobsled and skier cross Storylines: Watch the debut of a new Olympic sport — ski cross. Four skiers at a time race down a twisting, undulating course in the skiing version of snowboard cross. Former Olympic downhiller Daron Rahlves could challenge for gold.

Steven Holcomb will drive the two-man bobsled trying to win America’s first men’s gold in the sport since ’48.

The U.S. Men’s hockey team will try for an upset when it faces Canada, this games’ version of the Dream Team.

Feb. 24

Medal events: Six Highlights: Men’s hockey and

Women’s bobsled and aerials Storylines: Lacy Schnoor and Emily Cook lead a U.S. team trying to win its first gold in aerials since ’98.

Barring an upset, the U.S. men should be playing in the hockey quarterfinals, while U.S. women race three bobsleds with medal aspirations.

Feb. 25

Medal events: Six Highlights: Women’s hockey

and men’s aerials Storylines: If all goes as most think it will, Team USA and Canada will play for gold in women’s hockey. Expect physical play from a pair of teams that don’t like each other should that game happen.

In the men’s aerials, Jeret “Speedy” Peterson promises to try to land the Hurricane, his trademark fivetwist, two-flip jump. He failed to land the jump in ’06 and it cost him a medal.

Peterson This loaded day concludes with the women’s figure skating finals where the U.S. will try to medal for the 12th consecutive games.

Feb. 26

Medal events: Seven Highlights: Men’s hockey and

short track Storylines: Team USA general manger David Poile says six men’s hockey teams have a realistic shot at gold. That should make for dramatic semifinal games.

Three short track medal races ought to give the U.S. a chance to pad its medal total.

The U.S. women’s curling team hopes to be playing for its first Olympics medal, which might be enough of an accomplishment for some rare primetime TV coverage.

Craig Hill writes for The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.).

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USU students will pay $88.62 in student service fees next year. Since the students pay these fees and the amount of fees changes from year to year, it’s probably good for students to know what the money is being used for. Here’s why: Students decide how to implement the fees.

The student fees board is made up of, you guessed it, students. So if these students know where they want their money to go, they’re more likely to get it there.

You have a right to have an opinion about where the money goes. The more active you are in the process, the more likely your opinions will be heard. The student advocate VP’s position means he does just that: advocates for the students. He also heads the student fees committee. However, he doesn’t know what to advocate if the students aren’t telling him their opinions. While voicing your thoughts doesn’t mean they’ll necessary be put into action, it doesn’t mean your efforts are futile. You’ll be helping those who actually make the decisions get a better idea what the student body wants.

It’s your money, it should be used for things you use. The fees board decided not enough students utilize the Aggie Shuttle system, and therefore a $10.02 increase for the bus system wasn’t approved. Some students rely on the shuttles to get them from point A to point B. If you’re one of these students and you’re affected by what changes the new student fees will bring to Aggie Shuttle, you’ll want your voice heard next time.

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Students will also be selling “I [heart] Suki” shirts as a part of HASS Week for $5 and buttons for $1 all week long in the Taggart Student Center, Room 326, to raise money for student scholarships.

Yasuko Brown, also known as Suki or The Pizza Lady, who is famous for selling food in The Hub, agreed to be the face for the products in order to serve the students.

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As a matter of faith

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f there aren’t grown men diving for Tootsie Rolls and plastic coins, guys fighting over strands of colored beads thrown by a drag queen from an acid trip float and if the street sign doesn’t say Bourbon, it ain’t Mardi Gras.

My first year at USU, I attended our school’s more humble version of the event. It wasn’t bad for a school event in a small mountain town, but the most it had in common with the real Mardi Gras was the number of cops present.

The “casino area” in The Hub was packed. Hundreds of people going from Black Jack to roulette to craps, rolling die for the chance to roll more die, or for popcorn or whatever. I’ve lived in this state most of my life and know a thing or two about the culture, and I saw more than one CTR ring fidgeting with cards and die over those dark wooden tables. No one was gambling for money, but they seemed to be feeding that impulse all the same.

It was a night for fun and seemed harmless, but then again the community might have thought differently.

Looking back I wonder how seriously people take the laws or teachings of their faith.

Some prudence should be applied to them depending on circumstances, but these rules are supposed to guide us along the right paths of piety and honor. They aren’t to be thrown aside out of personal convenience.

Some rules make practical sense at their core, such as

things taught to the youth. It doesn’t make a huge difference whether the kids know the deep meaning of the rule, they just need to follow it and benefit from it, and as they age they’ll understand on their own.

Some rules are a lot more complicated and too dangerous to just apply at face value. Marriage and sexuality are both extremely important parts of our relationships, and most religions put them together for this reason. On its surface this just turns one thing into an obstacle for another in the culture, turning the whole thing into a competition instead of a relationship.

Most of the people I grew up with took it this way: marriage was just a way to banish virginity, and the sooner the better, yet they still put themselves on pedestals above others because they followed protocol. The marriage may be built on nothing but lust and convenience, but it’s still superior. This is where the roots of hypocrisy set in. Hypocrisy is born out of pride, and pride goeth before the fall. It’s called a deadly sin for a reason.

In hypocritical worship like this, expecting to be forgiven for Saturday’s fun on Sunday morning, pride is the poison that leads to madness, blinding its hosts from seeing where they really stand in the grand scheme of things.

- See FAITH, page 13

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Ask Miss Jones

omething extremely sad happened this week. I opened my e-mail account and found it empty. At first I chuckled to myself and went looking in my spam folder, because surely someone must have problems that needs to be shared with Miss Jones, right?

Well, apparently, that’s wrong. I looked in every folder and only found letters from past issues.

I found myself wondering, “Could this really happened? Has USU stopped needing Miss Jones?”

Surely not, I thought, so I rushed over to my Facebook page, thinking that the hip generation I write for has resorted to what it finds easiest and coolest. I signed in – zero new messages, zero friend requests, zero wall posts and, worst of all, zero picture comments (no, not even a thumbs up). I sat in my massage chair, staring at the screen. Amazed at what was happening, I literally sat in my favorite chartreuse computer chair for eight hours.

“How?” I asked myself. “How can this be?”

I know people read my column. One of them has more than 1,200 views on aggietownsquare.com.

“Why would students pick up the paper every Wednesday specifically to read Miss Jones but not contribute to the greater purpose? The discussion, bringing issues to light that their fellow students surely have?”

I snapped out of this trance only because my black cat named Princess Tasja Brown, which I long ago renamed Lucifer, was peeing on my foot. I flung her across the room and was soon bombarded by all 18 of my cats, meowing and rubbing against my leg. After feeding them, I returned to contemplating possible reasons for this tragedy.

I felt like Tiger Woods, that cute young golfer who was one day loved by all, more popular than the president of the United States and then shunned by all society and forced into sex rehab just like those no good liberals on “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew.”

The thing is, I didn’t cheat on my husband.

All I wanted was to give USU students advice that would help improve not only their college experience but their life.

- See JONES, page 13

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Faith: following faith’s rules, laws and teachings -continued from page 12 I’ve seen this problem my entire life no matter the faiths involved. I do not believe that piety is a matter of getting it right just enough of the time, or just making sure you can do the secret fancy handshake one day a week. A pious life isn’t one day a week or memorizing a few dogmatic

phrases. It isn’t being devoted to a faith halfway or discounting the authority. There are no Catholics who don’t believe in the Pope, but there are very confused Christians.

Piety involves understanding and incorporating laws of faith into life however possible. Religious laws are meant

to bring out the best in us and guide us to be better human beings, not just slabs of talking meat. Sometimes understanding them requires a bit of searching beneath the surface, and sometimes it really is just a matter of faith. As Dr. Lawrence Hemming put it, “I know when I go to mass on

Jones: A sad day in the inbox -continued from page 12 Thinking that I was loved made me feel even worse, because I was reminded of the story of Narcissus, the handsome boy who continuously looked at his reflection in the pond. Day after day Narcissus would return to the pond and stare at his beautiful face. He was so in love with himself that he didn’t care about the others who loved him, he shunned them and, as a consequence, one day as he’s staring at his reflection, he leaned too close and fell into the pond. He drowned.

Was I no better than Narcissus? So in love with my own answers that I forgot the true meaning of what I do? Were my answers more to help me than to help my readers? If so, I apologize. I’m just a lonely lady with cats who piss all over my home. You, the readers and contributors are my spouses, children, grandchildren and neighbors. You’re my mistresses and, most importantly, you are my friends. I’m

Sunday that 99.9 percent of London is sitting in bed reading a newspaper. It makes it seem like a choice, but it isn’t.

I go because I have to.” That may seem absurd, but that’s part of the process of faith.

Laws in faith should still work with reason so they don’t become over simplified dogma that either frustrates inquiry or gets seen as an easy way to heaven. Understanding and applying these laws sincerely to our lives is also part of our obligation to the success of our culture and future generations. These laws and how we live them aren’t just for the benefit of individuals, which the prideful forget. They are the foundations of societies and civilizations in every successful part of the world, whereas pride and hypocrisy have been their fall.

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Please forgive me and allow me another chance.

I honestly don’t know what to say. I can’t end with my usual tagline, and I’m almost too embarrassed to even give out my e-mail because I still fear no one will use it.

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Men looking for 9th straight win

By TYLER HUSKINSON staff writer

Even though the Utah State Aggies are riding an eight-game win streak and play 4-out-of-7 games at home to finish the season, they won’t be looking past their upcoming road trip. The Aggies (18-6, 8-2) face the Boise State Broncos on Feb. 11. The Broncos (2-8, 11-12) are currently tied for last place in the Western Athletic Conference with Hawai’i.

The Broncos started WAC play with seven straight losses and almost didn’t win a game in the month of January.

At home this year the Broncos knocked off the University of Idaho and Fresno State, but then

lost to Idaho on the road, 79-55, Feb. 6. However, it is not the upand-down Bronco season that rests on the Aggies’ minds. It is the fact that the Broncos ended the Aggies 19-game winning streak last season in Boise. The Aggies had the chance to claim the WAC Regular Season Title outright, but were forced to wait until they faced Hawai’i.

The Aggies defeated the Broncos on Jan. 16 at the Spectrum, 81-59. Junior guard Brian Green and sophomore forward Brady Jardine played solid off the bench. Green had 14 points while Jardine had 10.

The Aggie bench was a big factor in the game, as it outscored the Bronco bench, 35-15.

Utah State only scored two

points in the first four minutes of the second half and the Broncos went on an 11-2 run to cut the lead to eight points. After the sluggish start, the Aggies woke up and finished the night shooting 56.2 percent from the field and limited the Broncos to 40.8 percent from the field.

While senior forward Ike Okoye leads the Broncos in scoring, the Aggies may need to watch out for Bronco’s starting point guard Anthony Thomas.

Thomas is only averaging 7.6 points per game and fewer than three assists, but it seems that when Thomas does well, the Broncos do well.

When asked if this was accurate gage, coach Stew Morrill said: “I think that’s fair. He had

a big game against us, as I recall last year there.”

Anthony scored 18 points on 6-of-14 shooting against the Aggies last season in Boise.

If the Aggies continue to play as a team, it will be a recipe for success against the Broncos.

However, if the Aggies don’t play team basketball, it may be a recipe for disaster.

“You have to keep playing solid basketball,” Morrill said.

“The nature of our team is we have to have a lot of guys contribute. So if three or four guys don’t play well, that is a recipe for a loss.”

Tip-off against the Broncos is set for 7 p.m. at Taco Bell Arena in Boise, Idaho.

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Jardine settling into playing at the NCAA level and just enjoying the game rather than being his own worst critic. Echoing Morrill’s assessment, Jardine said: “I just threw caution to the wind. I was worrying too much.”

In the past 13 games for the Aggies, Jardine has not only sustained that sudden burst in production, he has continued to elevate his production. He has averaged 8.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, as well as provided crucial defense and play off the bench in critical WAC games since his holiday season breakout. Jardine was especially effective in last Saturday’s 11-point victory over Nevada, where he scored 13 points, pulled down eight rebounds and was the primary defender in the second half against preseason WAC Player of the Year Luke Babbitt.

Babbitt shot just 3-8 and logged all five of his personal fouls in the second half of that game. He was also the victim of an emphatic block by the hand of Jardine.

Even though Jardine has elevated his game to the level of stardom, Morrill remains optimistic of what the future may still hold for his go-to big man off the bench.

“He’s just a sophomore,” Morrill said. “He’s going to do nothing but get better. As his feel improves and his skill level improves, he could be an AllWAC type of player.”

When it comes to the work that his super-sophomore must put in to be the best player he needs to be, Morrill plainly said: “Never was there a question of Brady not playing hard enough or Brady not having a good attitude. He’s good as gold on all the things you want as a coach.”

Though he and his coaches

say his game still has plenty of developing left to do, Jardine believes that he will continue to develop as long as he keeps working and enjoying playing basketball instead of worrying about making mistakes.

“I’ve just been going out and enjoying it,” Jardine said.

“I’ve made mistakes, I still make mistakes, but I’m just trying to keep a smile and just play. I’m here to help the team win.”

His career has not yet even reached the halfway point, but the sophomore forward has already established himself as a standout player after starting from scratch at both his new position on the court and in the college game in general.

If the strides he has made in just a year and a half are any indicator, college basketball looks to have much more fun in store for Jardine.

- matt.sonn@aggiemail.usu.edu

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• EDGE OF DARKNESS (R)* 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:40

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MOVIES 5

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2012 PG-13 Daily 9:15 NO 9:15 on Sunday

Planet 51 PG

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New Moon PG-13 The Spy Next Door PG Daily 4:45 Daily 7:15, 9:45 NO 9:45 on Sunday

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Today’s Issue

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Wednesday

Feb. 10 Today is Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Eric Packard, junior in graphic design, from Layton, Utah.

Almanac Today in History: In 1763, the Seven Years’ War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. In the treaty, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings overseas.

Weather Thursday’s Weather High: 24° Low: 9° Partly cloudy

-Recyclemania, all day.

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

-USU ecology seminar, NR 105, 6 p.m.

Thursday

Feb. 11 -Recyclemania, all day.

-USU ecology seminar, ENGR 101, 3 p.m.

-Men’s basketball at Boise State, 7 p.m.

-Wassermann Festival, Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.

-Women’s basketball at San Jose State, 8 p.m.

-Jazz Night, Skyroom restaurant, 8 p.m.

Friday

Feb. 12 -Recyclemania, all day.

-Softball vs. Maine and Idaho State, St. George, 11 a.m.

-Women’s tennis at UNLV, 2 p.m.

-International film series, Old Main, 6 p.m.

-Jazz Night, Skyroom restaurant, 7 p.m.

-Women’s gymnastics at Utah, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010

No class Monday You need to know....

Brain Waves • B. Streeter

The Registrar’s Office would like to remind everyone that Feb. 15 is the President’s Day holiday and there are no classes. On Feb. 16 everyone should attend Monday’s schedule.

Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) Grants are due at noon on Feb. 15, electronic submission. Info at http://research.usu.edu/undergrad.

A Hunger Banquet will be held on Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. in the USU Healthy Relationships and East Ballroom. Dinner will be Sexual Responsibility Week is served and the cost is $2.

Feb. 8-12th. Sponsored by the USU extension will present USU Student Health Services. a series of personal and family Events include True Aggie financial management workDating Game, a Relationship shops beginning Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.

Panel. Open to public.

To register, call 752-6263.

An information session on studying Spanish or volunteering The ORC will be hosting a Hike to teach in summer of 2010 will be for Haiti on Feb. 17. Come hike held in TSC 335 on Feb. 10 at 3:30 up Green Canyon anytime p.m. For more info visit contact us between 6 and 12 p.m. with a at studyabroad@usu.edu. candlelight vigil at 10 p.m. Cost On Feb. 11, professional comeis $10 which includes gear rental dian Dave Ackerman will perform and refreshments. All proceeds to benefit Wings of Angels and the go to Hope for Haiti. Sign up at Rotoract Club, at 7:30 p.m. in the the ORC. TSC Auditorium.

The Ecology Center will host a seminar series by Dr. Lawren Ignite your passion for advenSack from the University of ture. The Banff Mountain California, Los Angeles on Feb. 10 Film Festival World Tour will in ENGR 101 at 6 p.m. and Feb. 11 Exhilarate you with amazing in NR 105 at 3 p.m. big-screen stories when it comes Religion in Life Devotional to the Kent Concert Hall at 7 will be Feb. 12 at 11:30 a.m. in the p.m. on Feb. 18-19.

Institute Cultural Center. LDSSA Olympic Opening Ceremony Night is Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m.

A series of Webinars are going On Feb. 11 and 13 the men’s to be held discussing the best basketball games that are away way to help students who are will be broadcast in the Institute. also veterans. All Webinars will Come enjoy free food and cheer on be held in the ASUSU Senate the Aggies.

Chambers. All programs run The Nordic United Fun Race from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. RSVP to series has its last race on Feb. 13 the Veterans Resource Office, at Sherwood Hills. Registration is 797-9187. $5 for members, $8 for non-members. Registration starts at 9 a.m.

For more info visit www.nordicuNominations are now open nited.org. for USU Employee of the Year Perfectionism and Award. The guidelines for nomi- Procrastination Workshop will nation and evaluation may be be held Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. found at https://www.usu.edu/ in February. Register by calling hr. The deadline for nomina797-1012. Space is limited. tions is Feb. 25. If you have any questions contact Maria Boyer at 797-5475.

Relationships

Hike for Haiti

Moderately Confused • Stahler

Film festival

Webinar series

Nominate USU E.O.Y.

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