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Education college ranks in U.S. Top 50

By KAYLA HALL staff writer

For the 12th consecutive year, USU’s College of Education ranked in the top 50 of the U.S. News and World Report’s 2012 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools” placing 29th.

“We are the only college in Utah to be in the top 50,” said the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services Dean, Beth Foley. “It is very impressive to maintain a ranking in the Top 50 for that long of a time period.”

Foley said most of the programs in the college have 100 percent job placement. Some of those programs are psychology, early childhood and communicative disorders. The college also produces the most public school teachers, special educators, and communicative disorder specialists in the state.

Although the college was ranked 29th overall, they

USU’s COLLEGE OF EDUCATION is currently tackling 200 research projects and received $33 million in grant and contract money in the last year. Dean Foley said nearly every one of the students in the education school are able to land teaching jobs. JON LARSEN photo

received the fifth most external funding, securing $33 million of grants and contracts over the past year. This puts the college above Stanford, Harvard and Northwestern in the amount of research dollars received.

To give a comparison, Foley

said the University of Utah received $5.4 million and placed 66 in the overall ranking. BYU received $600,000 and placed 91st.

The Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation had two programs ranked in the top 20: The Rehabilitation

and Counseling Program, which ranked ninth in the nation, and the Special Education Graduate Program, which ranked 17th.

Department head of special education Ben LignugarisKraft said, “Because we have a productive faculty and work

well with our students. If you ask our students – undergraduate through doctoral students – why they chose to come to USU, they will tell you is because of the quality of the faculty.”

Foley said, “The U.S. News and World Report looks at

11 different things when ranking each school. Some of these include an assessment of the program by the super intendent, peer assessments between deans of other college’s of education grad

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Chapter warns about pornography addiction

By CATHERINE MEIDELL news editor

MEMBERS OF FIGHT THE NEW DRUG participate in an activity created to attract the attention of passersby in hopes of ultimately sharing their message about the harmful effects of viewing pornography. The group stresses they are not affiliated with any religious or political stances. Photo courtesy Clay Olsen

The first ever Utah State University chapter of Fight the New Drug, a non-profit organization with the goal to warn about the dangers of pornography, was formed last week, and its members are already planning events that will improve students’ knowledge about the lasting consequences of viewing pornographic material.

“Outside of a moral conversation, outside of a legislative conversation, we talked

about this issue, and it really resonated with us,” said one of the organization’s founders, Clay Olsen.

Lynn Walker, president of USU’s Fight the New Drug chapter, said it is crucial students and others in the community understand that their group does not use the word “anti-” in relation to the group.

“This is a public health issue,” Olsen said, “if people want to take it to the religious realm that’s fine. Fifty years ago there

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Counselors hope to improve USU students’ sleeping habits

By MEGAN BAINUM assistant news editor

Countless students suffer from sleeping problems, and USU’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is offering a workshop to help students understand the reasoning behind sleep issues and tips to having a better night’s sleep, said Tom Berry, USU staff psychologist.

Whether it’s not being able to fall asleep, waking up multiple times in the night or waking up early and never being able to fall back asleep, insomnia affects students all year.

“Getting the Most out of Your Sleep” will have information about how to sleep better as well as experts there to answer questions. The workshop will be held in the TSC Room 310B, Wednesday from 5-6 p.m.

Berry said many students don’t have the medical definition of insomnia, which is

a “prolonged and usually abnormal inability to obtain adequate sleep.” He said students have other things going on in their lives like stress, that affect their sleep, and as soon as those stresses are gone, sleep returns to normal.

“Many students play fast and loose on their sleep and they can’t get back into a pattern, and then their schedule changes and it is hard to shift that biological clock,” he said.

“Insomnia is something that you are finding even when there are not those other reasons going on.”

Dr. Jim Davis, director and physician for the Student Health and Wellness Center, said it is important for him to figure out what type of insomnia he is dealing with before he can help his patients. He said sleep disruption can be caused by depression, jet lag, a job, stress, anxiety and some diseases like thyroid disorders,

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TYLENOL P.M. AND AMBIEN are two medicines prescribed to students by the USU Health and Wellness Center to those students’ having a difficult time sleeping. Students can learn more about improving the quality of their sleep by attending a workshop held by counseling services. ARMEN HOVSEPYAN photo illustration

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Utah cell carriers roll out ‘mobile wallets’

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A joint venture between while the Utah Transit Authority is already equipped making mobile payments the future of purchasing three of the nation’s four largest cell phone carriers with the necessary technology to read the phones, transactions. will soon offer the nation’s first commercially availretailers will also have to begin upgrading their sys“If you look back 10 years ago and wanted to get able mobile fare payment program to a public trans- tems. a phone with a camera, you might be able to find portation system. “There are some out there already but not the one. Today, you can’t buy a phone without a camera,�

Isis, a mobile commerce joint venture between majority and it won’t be the majority for quite some he added, noting NFC technology will also soon be AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon time,� Golvin said. “This is almost certainly going to standard.

Wireless, announced Tuesday it will roll out the be like most technology adoption, a slow and steady AT&T’s Mark Siegel said the companies expect pilot program in Salt Lake City in 2012, offering an build over a long period of time.� the program to eventually expand nationwide, much alternative to credit and debit cards for Utah Transit However, the fact that three of the four largest like how text messaging became wildly popular once Authority fare payments. wireless carriers are now supporting the program cell phone companies began allowing messaging Man charged after “This is the evolution of moving off of plastic,� means it should gain momentum in the coming between different carriers. barking at police dog Isis CEO Michael Abbott said in an interview years. “So what happened after that is text messaging Tuesday. “This is the future of payments.� “They have their own incentives now to see profit exploded and really started to grow,� Siegel said.

MASON, Ohio (AP) – Police Abbott said the idea is to eventually make Salt and improve their business through NFC, and that “That’s kind of similar to what’s happening now with say an Ohio man has been charged Lake City, and other cities across the country, places means they will most likely demand that many of Isis.� with a misdemeanor for barking at where consumers don’t need to carry their wallets their suppliers include that function in the phones The industry has been talking about including a police dog. anymore, communities where your cell phone is as they sell,� Golvin said.

NFC technology in phones for years, largely to do A police report says 25-year-old good as cash or credit.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., has just what Isis is proposing, turn them into “elecRyan James Stephens was charged The idea sounds simple: Hop a train, swipe your said most new BlackBerrys will have NFC chips by tronic wallets.� But beyond a few trials, not much has with teasing a police dog in the phone, payment made. Grocery shopping? No cash? later this year. Google Inc.’s Nexus S already has one, come to fruition except in places like Japan where a Cincinnati suburb of Mason.

No problem. and the company’s latest Android software for that similar technology is in place and most cell phones Officer Bradley Walker wrote Not so fast, say industry watchers. and other phones has NFC support. Nokia Corp., the are equipped with the needed chips. that he heard the K9 dog barking “This is simply a silly claim on the part of these world’s largest maker of phones, has committed to It works like this: A consumer attaches a specific uncontrollably inside his patrol vendors,� said Charles Golvin, a principal analyst putting NFC chips in all its next-generation smart account to their cell phone – a credit card or a checkcar while he was investigating a with Forrester Research, Inc. phones. ing account, for instance – and simply swipes it for car crash at a pub early Sunday The chips needed to make the so-called Near There’s also speculation the new iPhone model purchases or to board trains or buses and the charge morning. Walker says Stephens Field Communications wireless technology work due this summer will have an NFC chip, though is automatically pushed through and paid. was making barking noises and aren’t yet available in most cell phones. Many carriApple isn’t commenting.

Still, Golvin said it will be a long transition on the hissing at the animal. ers will be rolling them out next year, but it will take Abbott acknowledged the move will take time path to persuading people they simply don’t need to Walker reported that Stephens time to get them in the hands of consumers. And to catch on, but said the industry is serious about carry their wallets anymore. said “the dog started it� when asked why he was harassing the animal. The officer said Stephens appeared highly intoxicated.

There was no answer to calls to Stephens’ home in Mason. He QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador expulsion “unjustified� and described sador,� Ecuador’s Washington embassy is to appear April 21 in municipal said Tuesday it is expelling the U.S. Hodges as “one of our most experienced said in a statement. court. ambassador over a diplomatic cable and talented diplomats.�

Hodges issued a statement saying divulged by WikiLeaks that accuses a The U.S. typically responds to such the order “left me saddened tremenN.Y. politicians push newly retired police chief of a long his- cases by expelling the country’s ambas- dously, both personally and for this tory of corruption and speculates that sador, but department spokesman country.� to close Sing Sing President Rafael Correa was aware of it. Mark Toner said it would be premature “I will not speculate about what this Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino to say how it would respond.

Officials can mean,� she added.

OSSINING, N.Y. (AP) – Some New announced Ambassador Heather said it could jeopardize consulates Hodges is the second U.S. ambasYork politicians have no love for the Hodges’ expulsion at a news conference. that Ecuador has recently reopened sador to fall victim to WikiLeaks, which infamous Sing Sing prison and sugHe said the ambassador, called to or announced plans to open in New has released more than 6,300 State gest Gov. Andrew Cuomo close it to his office the previous afternoon, had Orleans and Phoenix.

Department cables since November save money.

Patino stressed that the expulsion through international news media.

Now a maximum security prison, not explained what led her to suggest in the 2009 cable that Correa knew of was not directed against the Obama Correa has now expelled three U.S. housing about 1,700 inmates Sing “supposed acts of corruption by memadministration: “We hope this will not diplomats since taking office in 2007.

Sing opened in 1826 on the Hudson bers of the police leadership and more affect the cordial relations between our While a close ally of leftist Presidents River, about 30 miles north of New specifically the former commander of two governments.�

Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Evo York City. The phrase “up the river� the institution, Jaime Hurtado Vaca.� “It is unfortunate that the published Morales of Bolivia, Correa has been far was coined for it. Convicted in a spy “We have asked that she leaves the documents on WikiLeaks have made less antagonistic with the United States. ECUADOR’S FOREIGN MINISTER case, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were country as soon as possible,�

Patino it impossible to continue collaborating Hodges’ expulsion will leave all RICARDO PATINO gives a press conexecuted at Sing Sing in 1953. The said. with the current ambassador to Quito, three nations without U.S. ambassaference in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday after prison often was portrayed in gangexpelling the U.S. ambassador. AP photo The State Department called the but we hope to work with a new ambas- dors. ster movies.

State and local officials said in a letter Tuesday that the prison is unwanted by the community. They said it contributes little to the economy, and selling the riverfront site PHOENIX (AP) – Boeing engineers figured of the Southwest plane a year earlier. could bring in some revenue for the the joints holding the skin in place on their older And it also focused attention on the specific 737 state.

737 jetliners would begin to wear, but only as the model. That model was redesigned after similar Cuomo’s office said he had no planes neared retirement. They never expected it to joint problems caused a huge section of the roof of comment. happen in middle age. an Aloha Airlines jet to break off in 1988. A flight Caught off guard when a piece of the fuselage attendant was sucked out and fell to her death. on a Southwest Airlines jet peeled away as it flew “We want to understand why we saw the extent over Arizona last week, they are rushing to create of tearing on the aircraft and this size of a rupture Top 10 Titles For The HBO Dick inspection and repair instructions for hundreds of so that we can prevent it from happening again,�

Cheney Mini-Series – April 1, 2011 similar planes in service worldwide.

National Transportation Safety Board Chairman 10. “From Sneer To Eternity�

Federal aviation officials issued an emergency Deborah Hersman told reporters Tuesday.

9. “Dial ‘M’ For ‘Medic’� order Tuesday that requires inspections of certain Paul Richter, Boeing’s top engineer for older 8. “The Fat, The Bald And The Ugly� types of 737s.

737s, said Boeing also didn’t anticipate the need to 7. “Clear!�

Southwest, which operates nearly all of the inspect for cracking on the redesigned lap joints 6. “Mr. Cheney Goes To Washington U.S.-registered 737s requiring urgent inspections, – where two pieces of the fuselage skin overlap And Everything Goes To Hell� inspected its planes and found five with the same – until it had reached 60,000 pressurization cycles, 5. “Do The Wrong Thing�

4. “Lord Of The Onion Rings� (You types of cracks suspected of causing the 5-foot-long the number of takeoffs and landings. know, because he’s fat) hole to open on Flight 812 last Friday.

The Southwest jet, which made an emergency THE PEELING AWAY OF A 5-foot-long hole 3. “How I Waterboarded Your The failure raised concerns about the adequacy landing in Yuma, Ariz., had about 39,000 cycles recently on a Southwest Jet as the plane traveled at Mother� of safety inspections that failed to catch the proband was 15 years old. Pressurizing and depressur35,000 feet raised questions about how vulnerable 2. “Raging Bullsh**� lem even though nearly two dozen other instances izing the cabin can weaken the aluminum skin and the world’s passenger air fleet is to similar cracks.

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Exhibit confronts national discrimination issues

By KEVIN MITCHELL staff writer

ResLife, local volunteers and the Aggies Think, Care, Act (ATCA) campaign organized an event to forward diversity and help prevent social injustice within the community, Tuesday in the TSC Ballroom, and yielded a turnout of 705 people.

The Light at the End of the Tunnel exhibit was created to confront issues of social injustice prevalent within our community.

It was organized in a multi-staged, maze-like setup which took the viewer through many of the different forms of discrimination including racism, sexism, religious discrimination, and discrimination against those with mental and physical disabilities.

“I see a lot of religious discrimination … people aren’t actively going out of their way to offend others but because there is one dominant religion, people aren’t mindful that not everyone is part of that religion.”

At each stage, statistical facts were presented to create awareness of the existing problems within the community. One statistic displayed in the sexism section stated in 2006, 69,107 women reported experiences of domestic violence.

The section depicting religious discrimination said in 2008 one in five hate crimes were targeted toward religion.

Participants were also invited to take part in activities like writing down a common stereotype on a large poster or watching video clips to help students understand

the presence of these issues within the community. It was also organized to show that many people are guilty of discrimination, said Becca DuPaix, the event’s coordinator.

“I think a lot of times people just say things without really thinking about it like ‘that’s so gay’ or ‘that’s retarded,’” DuPaix said.

“That is offensive to so many people and they don’t even think about it. They just say it … stereotyping and assuming without knowing.”

Angie Batista, a student who attended the event, said, “I think we need stuff like this to make us realize that bad things are going on in our society like racism and classism … and that we all might be guilty of being racist or homophobic at some point.”

Much of the event aimed at

inspiring change on the individual level. ATCA, a campaign organized by the Student Engagement Committee, was utilized at the final stage of the event to ensure that students act on the information that was presented.

The ATCA’s philosophy is to help students “make positive individual decisions about the activities they choose to engage in” and learn “what it means to be an Aggie,” their initiative states.

Toward the end of the tour, students were given cards and invited to write down a goal of how they can better themselves personally.

Wristbands were also given out to remind everyone that ‘We must be the change’ if we want to end discrimination.

At 6 p.m., refreshments were served and the event turned into an open format where anyone could discuss their views on diversity and social justice. This is the second time the event has been organized.

“We tried to give it a more hopeful spin, and it went really well,” DuPaix said.

Many students left with a much better understanding of social justice and felt inspired to make a difference.

“It turned out really, really well” DuPaix said, “A lot of people have come in and have been really respectful and are actually learning something.”

Cristina Medrano, a sophomore majoring in psychology, said, “It motivated me to teach and educate people about not calling people names … it helped me to want to speak up for those who are being judged or discriminated against. It gives me the motivation to (stand up) because that’s the right thing to do.”

– kevin.mitchell@aggiemail.usu.edu

BRIANNA OLSEN, AN UNDECLARED FRESHMAN and Pauline Jenkins, a junior majoring in interdisciplinary studies get involved in an activity set up for those who attended Tuesday’s Light at the End of the Tunnel exhibit. BRECK BYINGTON photo

Health: Group teaches pornography is similar to drugs -continued from page 1 was a large debate about whether tobacco is lege level, when you are looking for marriage, harmful, and we are facing the same thing now pornography affects what you are looking for in with pornography.” a relationship,” Smith said.

Olsen, a USU alumnus, pioneered the group Individuals who are addicted to pornograwith Beau Lewis, Cam Lee and Ryan Werner, phy cannot love another person, Smith said, and in 2009 received stabecause they expect tus as a non-profit organitheir relationships to be “Fifty years ago there was a a certain way that isn’t zation. large debate about whether realistic. When students Fight the New Drug uses articles and research tobacco is harmful, and we are making the steps studies about the relafrom dating to finding are facing the same thing tionship of pornography their lifetime partner, now with pornography.” to drugs as educational the effects of pornogra– Clay Olsen, phy build walls in that tools. The studies suggest the same chemicals that Founder of Fight the New Drug process, he said. College cause addiction to drugs students may be more are present when viewing likely to begin viewing pornography, said Zach pornographic mateSmith, a member of USU’s Fight the New Drug rial, Smith said, because they are on their own, chapter. which makes temptation difficult to resist.

Smith’s parents lead an addiction recovery The chapter hopes to get involved in the program in Idaho, but he said this has not community by conducting high school asseminfluenced his decision to become involved. blies and other events that will grab Cache “This problem is bad at any age, but at a col- Valley citizens’ attention.

“Here, I feel people are so much more curious, and they get addicted that way,” Smith said.

Walker hopes the group will allow people to feel more comfortable about bringing pornography up as a serious issue.

“Nobody wants to talk about it because it’s a taboo topic,” Walker said. “It’s uncomfortable for people to talk about, so if we can be a resource for people to come to and see that it’s fine to talk about.”

From a female perspective, the club’s vice president Kylie Johnson said she became interested in the organization after learning its stance on intimacy in relationships. Olsen and the other founders decided to stress the importance of close relationships in contrast with the “disturbing” images contained in pornography, Johnson said.

“We are all affected,” Olsen said, “I had a cousin who was affected and now he is in prison.”

– catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu.edu

FIGHT THE NEW DRUG is a non-profit awareness group created by USU alumni that presents the value of intimacy in dating and marriage relationships. Photo courtesy Clay Olsen

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Briefs Campus & Community

Student improves athletic tutoring “Can you imagine a parent arriving at a parent-teacher conference and saying ‘We’re not a reading family’?” said Utah State University undergraduate Morgan Summers.

“For some reason, it’s okay to give up and dismiss mathematics as something at which only a few can succeed.”

Summers, a USU Honors student who graduates in May 2011 with a degree in mathematics education and a minor in speech communications education, understands math phobia.

“I struggled with math in middle school and early high school and had severe test anxiety,” says Summers, who graduated from Utah’s Weber High School in 2007. “But I was determined to take advanced placement calculus.”

Summers believes in the adage, “If you want to learn something, teach it.” During her USU career, she’s honed her math and teaching skills with fellow undergraduates.

In 2009, she received the Athletics Department’s “Outstanding Tutor Award” for her years of work with USU’s student-athletes.

From faculty member Brian Bornholdt, she’s learned to consistently ask her students if they understand a concept before moving to the next topic.

As part of her Honors thesis, Summers completed a qualitative research project focused on issues determining middle and secondary mathematics placement. The project included a literature review as well as a case study she conducted of a local school district. Summers presented her findings at the 2011 Undergraduate Research Day on Utah’s Capitol Hill, the 2011 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research and USU’s March 29 Student Showcase during the university’s 2011 Research Week. In the latter, she earned the top poster award in the physical sciences category.

Connections book presented to Pres.

As part of the tradition of Utah State University’s Common Literature Experience, students Amber Bowden and Rebecca Fitzgerald present USU President Stan Albrecht with this year’s selected book.

Zeitoun, the story of one man’s struggles to hold on to the American dream after hurricane Katrina, will be read by the incoming freshman class of 2011 who are enrolled in USU 1010 – Connections.

Members of the community are invited to also read the book and then attend the Common Literature Experience Convocation to be held Aug. 27, 9:30 a.m., in the Kent Concert Hall, Chase Fine Arts Center, on the Utah State University Logan campus.

Alphatraz on TSC Patio raises funds From April 6-8, Alpha Chi Omega will be running the Alphatraz Jail by the TSC Fountain, with all the proceeds going towards a scholarship given to a reentry student that has been affected by domestic violence.

Warrants to have someone arrested are $3 each. We are asking anyone that is arrested and put in jail to raise a bail of $10 to be released. Prisoners can raise bail any creative way possible. Although we will not force anyone to be in our jail or raise bail, we are asking for everyone’s help in this fight against domestic violence.

This will be a fun and one-of-akind event to come check out while helping to raise money for those affected by domestic violence. Even if your not arrested or don’t have much free time in the busy school day, come by the jail and see who is arrested, and even try to help bail them out with your donations.

-Compiled from staff and media reports

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Congress commends three students’ achievements

BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS

Three Utah State University students are 2011 Goldwater Scholars and one Aggie received honorable mention in a prestigious national competition established by Congress that recognizes outstanding undergraduate achievements in science and mathematics.

Linsey Johnson, Brooke Siler and Brian Tracy are recipients of the award, which is administered by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, and Karen Nielson received honorable mention. With this year’s honorees, USU boasts 18 Goldwater Scholars and seven honorable mention recipients since 1998.

USU leads the state in the number of 2011 awardees and this year’s competition marks the most Utah State students to receive the honor in one year.

“This is a tremendous honor for these students and a tremendous honor for Utah State University,” said USU President Stan Albrecht. “This award is a testament to the stellar achievements of these individuals in academics, research and service, as well as the outstanding mentorship provided by our faculty members.”

“The Goldwater Scholarship rewards students who have a strong record of undergraduate research,” said Christie Fox, director of USU’s Honors program. “Our students’ fantastic showing in this year’s competition demonstrates the commitment of our faculty to give students exceptional opportunities to get involved in hands-on research very early in their academic careers.”

Each year, USU may submit up to four nominations for the award; a process coordinated by the USU Honors Program that begins in November. Scholarship award recipients receive up to $7,500 toward annual tuition and expenses.

USU’s 2011 honorees, who represent the university’s College of Science and College of Engineering, are members of the USU Honors Program and actively involved in undergraduate research. All also volunteer their time to community outreach in science education.

A physics major, Johnson serves on the steering committee of USU’s Science Unwrapped public outreach program and founded the Science Unwrapped Student Corps. The Payson, Utah, native, who graduated as Salem Hills High School’s first valedictorian in 2009, began organizing science

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outreach activities as high school student.

A USU Undergraduate Research Fellow and active member of USU’s Society of Physics Students chapter, Johnson plans to pursue doctoral studies in physics and pursue a career in science education.

She is the daughter of Brent and Leslie Johnson of Payson.

A native of Utah’s Cache Valley, Siler majors in biochemistry and economics. A 2009 graduate of Sky View High School, she pursues research in chemical and molecular signaling processes that take place at the neurological level.

Siler participated in USU’s Go Global Study Abroad to Asia program and is a member of Rotaract, the Science Unwrapped Student Corps, the Society for International Business and Economic Development and USU’s Women in Science and Medicine organization.

The daughter of Jon and Marianne Siler of North Logan, she plans to pursue doctoral studies in neuroscience.

Tracy is a 2006 graduate of Utah’s Lone Peak High School. The physics major entered USU after earning a scholarship at USU’s 2006 Physics Day at Lagoon.

At USU, Tracy studies the Earth’s equatorial ionosphere and has been invited to present his research at two national physics conferences. The recipient of USU’s 2009 Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award in Physics, he plans to pursue doctoral study in theoretical materials physics and a teaching and research career as a university professor.

Tracy serves as vice president of outreach for USU’s Society of Physics Students chapter and has participated in more than 30 community outreach projects in science education.

He is the son of J. David and Lucinda Tracy of Highland, Utah.

A Las Vegas native, Nielson is a 2009 graduate of Nevada’s Silverado High School. The mechanical and aerospace engineering major is a USU Undergraduate Research Fellow and is conducting research in thermal fluids and tissue engineering.

Nielson served as a team leader for a USU Engineers Without Borders trip to Mexico and is a member of the outreach committee of USU’s Society of Physics Students chapter.

She is the daughter of Lynn and Becky Nielson of Las Vegas.

Big Blue dominates with big air

-continued from page 1 ders, and the first step is to find out as much as possible about the pattern of sleep disruption.

Jeff Riches, a senior in marketing, said his bad habits contribute to his sleeping problems.

“I’m pretty sure it is my own fault. I have horrible sleeping habits. My biggest problem though is when I have something to get up for the next morning I get really anxious and can’t sleep at all,” he said.

Berry said there are things that can be done before bedtime that help sleep patterns. He said if someone is having difficulty falling asleep, having a routine an hour before bed can help shut down the body so it isn’t wired up as soon as someone jumps into bed.

He said turning down the lights and sounds will start to “calm you down psychologically.”

He said all of that can signal to the body that it is time for bed. He said others find free writing helpful, a process where someone just writes down everything they are thinking with as little interruption as possible.

“Some people take time to write down their thoughts, some make lists, it takes the stuff out of their heads and puts it down on paper,” Berry said.

Doing things other than sleeping in your bed is something that can hinder sleep patterns, Berry said. He said if someone wakes up in the middle of the night and it is clear they won’t be able to sleep again for a while, to get out of bed and train their mind that their bed is for sleeping.

“It’s also not very helpful to study in your bed because very often you are studying and falling asleep and falling asleep worrying about studying. Have separate places for separate things,” he said.

Davis said the biggest misconception students have about sleep problems is their own contribution. He said if students examined themselves and their night behavior, they would normally be able to see why they are having a hard

time sleeping.

“We are genetically programmed to sleep,” Davis said. “There are some genetic conditions that could result in insomnia, but by far, moods and emotions come into play. Most sleep disruption we see is a result of sleep habits being disrupted on purpose.”

He said many students can see their sleep patterns improved in as little as five days if the specific bad habits and stresses are addressed. When students come into the clinic, medication to help them sleep is seen as short-term, he said, never a long-term solution.

When students do need a prescription for sleep he usually prescribes ambien or other sedatives, Davis said. He said sleep is a neurological function that every body needs and so it is rare to find someone who can’t sleep with the help of medication. He said the medication turns of the brain and allows the body to relax.

Riches sometimes uses over-the-counter drugs like Tylenol P.M., he said, but since they make him drowsy all the next day he doesn’t use them very often. He has also used Ambien, which he said he really liked, but didn’t like the side effects.

The CAPS workshop is a way for students to learn and understand why sleep patterns are disrupted and how that can be prevented, Berry said. He said learning relaxations skills and stress management at their workshops can be very helpful for a wide range of people. CAPS also offers handouts that have general information that students can pick up if they are unable to attend the workshop.

Berry said some people have very strong biological clocks and can’t function very well unless they get eight hours of sleep and others have more flexible biological clocks that allow them to get various amounts of sleep throughout the week. Either way, he said, it is important to listen to the body.

– megan.b@aggiemail.usu.edu

BIG BLUE SHOWS OFF during e-Week’s annual Rail Jam, Wednesday, an event in the Romney Stadium parking lot that invited student snowboarders and skiers to compete. STERLING BOIN photo

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studies, graduation and retention rates, faculty I would be able to get experience in many difresources, student selectivity, CRE scores, perferent ways in terms of focusing on behavior cent of faculty who have awards analysis and culture diversity,” and research expenditures.”

Shea said. “I had also done “I knew USU had research with one of the proFoley explained the tests a really great make up the ranking and confessors, Dr. Duran, and was secutive rankings build a good really interested in the work program and I reputation. It is mainly the she was doing and I wanted to would be able to reputation that brings students continue to work with her.” get experience who want to attend the best Lignugaris-Kraft said Shea in many differcollege of education. She also came from Minnesota specifiexplained many students are ent ways in terms cally to work with faculty and drawn because they want to do had not originally intended of focusing on research with the faculty memto obtain a master’s degree in behavior analybers who are well-known for special education, but has now sis and culture their research. learned a lot.

A first-year master’s student The Emma Eccles Jones diversity.” in USU’s special education proCollege Education and – Kerry Shea, Human of gram, Kerry Shea came to USU Services is currently graduate student working on more than 200 from Minnesota because of the diverse program and the desire research projects. to do research with Lillian Duran, an assistant professor in the education school.

– kayla.barclay@aggiemail.usu.edu “I knew USU had a really great program and

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Students lock out domestic violence

By NOELLE JOHANSEN staff writer

Alpha Chi Omega is locking out domestic violence, and for once it is recommended to send your friends to jail.

The Alpha Chi Omega sorority built a jail for their spring philanthropy. Alpha Chi Omega is serving mock arrest warrants and raising charitable bail from April 6-8. Warrants are $3 and the resulting arrest can be lifted after arrestees raise a $10 bail. The money goes toward a $1,000 scholarship for a reentry student who was a victim of domestic violence.

“We’ll be selling warrants to arrest people all the way up to Thursday,” said Emma Shoaf, philanthropy chair for Alpha Chi Omega.

The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity helped construct the Alphatraz jail out of old ASUSU election a-frames, Shoaf said.

The jail will sit outside the TSC near the fountain for the duration of the event. The jail has no door as the bars, made of PVC pipes, are set wide enough to allow for entry and exit, Shoaf said. Therefore, it is up to the arrestee to remain in the jail to creatively raise money to post his or her bail.

“We’re not going to force anyone into the jail cell, obviously,” said Sarah Korich, Alphatraz public relations representative.

Korich said arrested students and faculty are encouraged to allow themselves to be arrested and in turn raise bail in whatever way they choose, because “whatever they want to contribute helps.”

Shoaf said one girl plans to bring her puppy if she is put in Alphatraz, and let 10 people play with her puppy for a dollar each to raise her bail.

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco held some of history’s most notorious prisoners; Alphatraz will house some of the most well-known figures on campus, and anyone with mischievous friends.

“We’ve asked people for help being in the jail,” Korich said, “Some of our campus’ more famous people.”

Shoaf said a greater bail amount will be set for more wellknown arrestees to escape from Alphatraz, such as ASUSU president Tyler Tolson.

Korich said students, faculty and anyone around campus are free game to be incarcerated in Alphatraz. People will be notified by call or text that someone has paid for a warrant for their arrest. If professors allow, arrestees will be picked up during class, Korich said.

“We don’t want to cause a scene or anything,” Korich said.

She said Alpha Chi Omega does, however, want to increase awareness about Alphatraz and the prevention of domestic violence. Alphatraz shirts reading “I Helped Lock out Domestic Violence” will be sold for $7, with all proceeds going toward the scholarship.

“Every year we give a $1,000 scholarship to a reentry student coming to USU that has been a victim of domestic violence,” Shoaf said. The scholarship is then awarded at a special

- See ALPHATRAZ, page 7

By NATSHA BODILY staff writer

During the 40 days of Lent, a Christian tradition of 40 days of sacrifice, followers and participants fast and sacrifice a personal vice.

Most know of Lent as a Catholic observation, but some followers of various religions, or no religion, also participate.

Zachary Smith, a junior in speech communication, said he thinks Lent is a good practice regardless of your religion because you have to demonstrate self-control over your vices.

“I think it’s impressive that people will take the teachings of their religion and practice them,” he said.

Molly Austinson Allison Huntsman Last year Allison Huntsman, marketing sophomore, gave up Facebook as a Lenten sacrifice.

“One of my roommates was celebrating Lent, so I figured I might as well give up something as well,” she said. “It’s a good practice for anyone of any religion.

I decided to give up Facebook for Lent and it was a lot easier than I thought. I realized after the 40 days I didn’t need it, so I ended up deactivating it for a while.”

She said she did it on a whim, but realized it was a good thing to do. Huntsman said it was like having a built-in support group.

“It’s nice to know that so many other people are also giving up something. I thought, I can get through it if they are doing the same thing,” she said.

After her social media sacrifice, Huntsman said she developed a respect for the Catholic church.

“It’s a hard thing to do,” she said. “Even if you’re not Catholic, it’s a good thing to implement in your life.”

Lynn Walker and Kerian Ludeman Lynn Walker, an environmental engineering senior, witnessed his Catholic grandmother observe Lent. He said she gave up chocolate, “but she still made brownies for everybody.”

“It shows self control and dedication to give up something that you really enjoy,” he said. “It shows that you mean it and it shows that you’re serious about it.”

Freshman Kerian Ludeman, who is studying dental hygiene, gave up sweets. She said she chose to become healthier during Lent because it gave her more motivation.

“I am LDS, so Easter does have a significant place in my life, but it’s not in the traditional Catholic way,” Ludeman said.

Molly Austinson, who graduated in English education, said she would describe Lent as a preparation for Easter.

“During Lent, Catholics reflect on Jesus and his teachings. We cleanse ourselves spiritually by prayer and by physically abstaining from things to remember the sacrifices Jesus made for our sins,” she said.

Austinson said she participates in Lent, though she had not for a few years recently. She said she found it was one of her favorite times of the year.

“During this time, I have a conscious reminder of my faith and why I choose to be Catholic,” she said.

“First, I have given up wine. I am not a lush by any means, but I really enjoy a glass at dinner,” Austinson said.

She said she also is participating in a traditional Catholic fast throughout the duration of Lent.

“This means that I do not snack between meals, cannot have meat before dinner, and my breakfast and lunch cannot equal an evening meal combined,” she said.

“I benefit from my Lenten sacrifices because it is a reminder that my trials are not impossible,” Austinson said. “It humbles me to feel small pangs of hunger, especially before dinner, and realize that many people feel this all the time and not by choice.”

Austinson said she supports non-Catholics participating in Lent.

“I would hope that they are doing it for spiritual fulfillment and they can connect their sacrifices to their beliefs,” she said.

For Catholics in Cache Valley, St. Jerome Newman’s Center holds regular mass every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at noon. Tuesday and weekend masses are held at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Hyde Park.

– natasha.bodily@aggiemail.usu.edu

The price was right for one USU student

By JESSICA SWEAT features senior writer

Ault is responsible for the history education at Baby Animal Days. She will be running a historical treasure hunt and an art project booth, which will provide information about summer camp programs.

“Everyone at the center contributes by doing the heavy lifting, fence building and other physical labor required to put on this event,” she said.

All staff members work hard for this event, as its proceeds provide funding for all events for the rest of the year, Megan Darrington, True Blue Communication account manager said.

Darrington has been helping with the PR for Baby Animal Days since January.

“Our team has been working incredibly hard on reaching the USU student demographic, The SLC demographic and

Whitney Kofford is one student that can say she had a memorable spring break.

This fourth-year student majoring in photography ventured out to the west California coast for her mid-semester break. Not knowing what was to come, Kofford said she sought a good time with friends in attempting to appear on the game show “The Price is Right.”

Kofford said she was at the gym one morning when she saw the show air and thought to obtain tickets to a filming of the show.

When she returned home, Kofford went online and got tickets but they told her that even with tickets, a spot in the audience was not guaranteed.

On a sunny California morning, Kofford said she and her friends decided to arrive at the studio at 6 a.m. to receive an order-of-arrival pass. Kofford was number 22. With spots secured, Kofford and her friends returned around noon and found they had been bumped up in line. Kofford was then given the famous pricetag name badge and proceeded through the studio to participate in a pre-screening group interview. Kofford said one man would ask individuals questions while a woman would jot down notes about potential contestants.

“I just had this feeling … I just knew I was going to make it up there,” Kofford said.

From then on, the crowd of 200-300 was asked to wait until filming would begin.

“It was way fun, even the line, because we met a lot of people,” Kofford said.

Feeling antsy, Kofford ended up in the third row of the set and enjoyed music and old episodes of the show. She then said everyone was getting pumped up for the show to begin when “all of a sudden, it just started.”

Because of all the excitement, Kofford said she did not actually hear the announcer call her name, but she saw it on a cue card producers hold up to help contestants know when they have been selected to play. Kofford was the third contestant called to play.

“I swear I was going to have a panic attack, I was like ‘oh my gosh!’”

Sophomore Stephanie Romney, who was on the trip with Kofford,

- See ANIMALS, page 6

- See PRICE, page 7

‘Tis the season for furry little animals Spring is swiftly approaching and with the warm change of weather comes another annual springtime event. Baby Animal Days, which has been running for more than 25 years, will take place April 7-9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the American West Heritage Center. Each year this event brings baby animals, American history, demonstrations, vendors and pony and train rides to Cache Valley.

Nelda Ault, education manager for the American West Heritage Center, said Baby Animal days is “a festival that celebrates springtime through giving people a chance to pet and hold baby farm animals, learn about the history of the American West and come together as a community that remembers its agricultural past.”

Some people attempt the sacrifice, but do not complete the entire 40 days. Brooke Siler, a sophomore in biochemistry, heard about Lent and said she decided it was a good idea.

“I decided to give up caffeine for at least the month of March. I made it two weeks and it was good for my pocketbook,” Siler said.

She said she was doing pretty well until her friend offered her caffeine as a gift. But she still feels Lent is a good sacrifice.

“I think it’s a good idea because if you have a vice, having motivation to give it up for over a month can be liberating,” Siler said.

Giving up worldly vices

COURTNEY MORALES AND ASHLEY BROUGH hold baby chicks. American West Heritage Center is hosting Baby Animal Days, an annual event where participants can get up close to various baby animals. KYLE PETT photo

By NATASHA BODILY staff writer

Brooke Siler

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Bad movies to fill the semester’s final days

Consider me the actconfident there is only one ing voice of the Utah State single better option: sitting University campus when I Just a few down to enjoy a very, very exclaim, “Charizard’s tail, it’s laughs BAD film. Anyone with a April already?!”

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Animals: Event tied with university -continued from page 5 elementary school students,” she said.

“Baby Animal Days is the biggest annual festival in Cache Valley. We have hundreds of different baby farm animals, food vendors, historical reenactments including a candy cannon, outdoor adventure games and much more,” Darrington said.

Darrington said the American West Heritage Center strives to provide educational and entertainment events for the community throughout the year.

“Utah State is a stakeholder, so it is directly tied to USU, which is helpful,” Darrington said. “It’s a vital organization.”

She said her main goal was to get USU students involved and increase awareness of the American West Heritage Center.

Ault said this event allows the community to ignore their technological gadgets and turn to something real.

“As fewer families have access to farms, fewer families understand what it’s like to depend on hard physical labor, the weather and animals for their livelihood,” she said.

“Families can learn about the fragility of little chicks and the relationship between mother sheep and their lambs, all within the context of Utah’s history.”

Ault said the community can enjoy many aspects of the event.

“Not only are there animals to touch and see, there are a lot of fun activities including the Lil’ Buckaroo Rodeo, food and craft vendors who all have to have some kind of tie to the history of this area, non-profit organizations with presentations and activities, stage performances by local musicians, storytellers

and animal tellers,” she said.

She said they have living history demonstrations, which is what they do best. There will also be wood burning stove cooking, horse farming, sheep-shearing by hand, woodworking and blacksmithing.

Ault said this event provides a unique experience.

“It’s one thing to hold a chick in the springtime and it’s quite another to hold a chick while learning about the importance of animals on a farm in 1917 Utah, about the chores family members would have done without the aid of modern conveniences and about the relationship between people and their food supply.

“Baby Animal Days places the joy of baby animals in the springtime in the context of Utah’s history and creates connections between the present and the past,” she said.

The American West Heritage center has a mission to celebrate and teach about the history of the American West that took place during the years 1820-1920, Ault said.

“We have thousands of school kids who come by for field trips annually. Each of our festivals and special events preserve historical skills and knowledge through presentation to the public,” Ault said.

Tickets are available for $8 for adults, $7 for students, military members and seniors and $6 for kids age 3-11.

– natashabodily@gmail.com

OFTEN THE RAIN CAN ruin students’ outdoor plans, but there are other ways to have fun. Both indoor activities and taking advantage of the rain for outdoor adventures can be ways to pass the time.

ALISON OSTLER photo

Take a rain check on life

By APRIL ASHLAND staff writer

The month of April is notorious for being one of the most rainy, gray and boring months of the year. The saying, “April showers bring May flowers,” almost seems to say it’s okay, because May will be beautiful.

But the rain can be more than just wet – it can be fun. There are many things to do in the rain. Logan gets about 1.85 inches of rain a year in April alone, which is approximately 9 percent of the yearly rainfall, according to the Western Regional Climate Center.

As long as there is no lightning and thunder, there are many fun and safe things people can do to take advantage of wet weather.

Dance: If you want music, you can put the music indoors, and turn the volume up really high, or you can just let the inner music of the soul be the guide.

Kiss someone: Serious bonus points with your girlfriends, here, guys.

Hot tub: It’s relaxing to have the cool rain come down while hanging out in hot water.

Puddle jump: Most people don’t like being soaked, but if the proper footwear and/or rain gear are worn, puddle jumping can create many hours of entertainment. Remember to wear rainboots.

Build dams in the gutter, and watch the water destroy them.

Play soccer: It’s a muddy adventure, but the professionals do it, so why not?

Make yourself a work of art: Get washable markers and bathing suits, and draw all over yourself. Then go out into the rain and let the water wash you off. Feel free to do another activity from the list while waiting.

Be a rain photographer: Buy a waterproof camera and take pictures of the rain, the rainbows, the puddles, the clouds. Be creative.

Camp out: Put up a tent on the quad, in the backyard or at a park. Bring books, pillows,

- See RAIN, page 7

Street Speak What was your favorite childhood TV show and why?

“Arthur, because it was funny and D.W. has the same name as me.”

– Dora Poon, junior graphic design “Jonny Quest. He was 14 and saved the world, how can it get any better?”

– Jeff Oliver, sophomore ceramics

“Spongebob Squarepants, there was an element of humor in there that few people understood.”

– Megan Bell, senior graphic design, defense against the dark arts

“I always watched Power Rangers because I had a crush on the pink ranger.”

– Mac York, junior finance, economics

Information gathered by Breck Byington

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Rain: Things to do during the rain -continued from page 6 blankets. Cuddle up and drink hot chocolate from a thermos and read or tell ghost stories.

Break out the chalk: One of the coolest things is to use chalk to draw on the street, the sidewalk or a driveway during a dry spell. When it rains, the artwork is washed away and you can do it again.

Take a drive: Go for a drive, and make up songs by varying the speed of the windshield wipers.

Make mud-pies: Get large amounts of mud, and, during breaks in the rain, play with it.

Who can make the biggest pie? The grossestlooking?

Get out the slip-n-slide: Turn the hose on, and slip and slide like it’s summer.

Go rainbow hunting: Some stores sell notebooks that are waterproof or water-resistant.

Buy one, and some of the pens that go with it.

Take it with you when you go hunting around town or in the canyon for rainbows. Jot down where they are, how big they are or what they look like.

Have a “rain-day” where everyone in the house stays home from work or school, and relax.

– april.ashland@aggiemail.usu.edu

WHITNEY KOFFORD SPENT part of her spring break being a contestant on “The Price is Right.”

Although she did not last until the end, she won $12,000 in prizes. ANI MIRZAKHANYAN photo

Price: Paying taxes on the winnings -continued from page 5

Alphatraz: Money goes to a victim -continued from page 5 dinner, where the recipient tells her story, Shoaf said.

“We ask (applicants) to write a story about their situation,” said Michelle Bogdan, director of the Student Access and Diversity Center.

“We take a look at the person’s financial situation, we look at their academic performance. The biggest part of that application process is their biography or their essay they write for that scholarship,” Shoaf said.

Shoaf said Alpha Chi Omega is looking to have multiple scholarships in future years.

She said the idea for Alphatraz came from another school’s chapter of the sorority. When Alpha Chi Omega learned about this idea it was too late in the semester to implement it successfully.

“I’ve been trying to really run with it,” Shoaf said. “It should be good. This year, one of my goals was just to get the event out there and to get people to know that, as Alpha Chi Omega, we want to do this event and raise

money for domestic violence.”

The monetary goal for Alphatraz is $1,500, with $1,000 going toward the scholarship and the remainder toward next fall’s philanthropy event, Korich said.

Alpha Chi Omega has been advertising the event through a window countdown at the sorority house as well as through ASUSU and around campus.

“Mostly our focus has been on social media advertising,” Korich said. “A lot of it has been word of mouth.”

Members of Alpha Chi Omega have also been doing announcements in their classes.

Shoaf said she hopes Alphatraz will turn into a memorable tradition, one where people reminisce on the time they had their friends arrested.

“Hopefully it will be a big even that the whole campus can enjoy,” Shoaf said.

– noelle.johansen@aggiemail.usu.edu

MEMBERS OF ALPHA CHI OMEGA construct the “jail” to be part of their latest event raising money for a scholarship given to a victim of domestic violence. Participants will be locked up and will have to raise $10 for their bail in order to be released. CARL R. WILSON photo

said, “We were completely surprised because we had been joking about Whitney being the one that would be called up on stage the whole day.”

After arriving at her podium, Kofford saw host Drew Carey appear on stage before understanding it was her turn to bid on the first item, a plasma TV. Kofford said it was ironic because she had just been looking at plasma’s online, but she ended up losing the bid. Kofford also lost the second round of bidding. When the third round began, a free standing range was presented and it was time for Kofford to bid once again.

“I looked back to my friends and this lady next to them that I had sort of talked to earlier was saying, ‘$2,400!’ then changed her mind and said, ‘$2,000’,” said Kofford.

Kofford made her bid $2,000.

The actual retail price was $2,400 and Kofford was announced the winner.

“I ran up there (on stage) and and gave Drew Carey a huge hug then did a little dance,” Kofford said.

“He kept kind of singing, ‘you’re on the Price is Right... you’re on the Price is Right,’ as I danced,” Kofford said.

Carey then presented Kofford with the game “Switch?” where, according to www.thepriceisright.com, the contestant is asked to decide whether the price of two prizes are to be switched or to stay as they are. If correct, the player wins both prizes. Kofford said she turned to the audience and tried to make her decision. She said to Carey that she would switch the prices of the products. Carey exclaimed that Kofford was a winner and would take home a large steam shower and a home gym.

Kofford ran to check out her prizes and Carey said, “Do you realize you just won $12,000 worth of prizes?”

Kofford said she was then directed off stage

where producers explained she would advance to be part of the big wheel spin after the commercial break. Kofford ended up being second to spin the wheel and spun a total of about 85 cents, the highest amount yet.

“The whole thing is so fast-paced,” she said.

It was the third contestant’s turn to spin, and as luck would have it, the contestant spun the highest amount possible, one dollar, ending Kofford’s winning streak.

When Kofford exited the stage, she had to fill out paperwork and was then able to return to the audience to watch the rest of the filming.

After the show, Kofford was taken aside backstage to fill out more paperwork and was surprised to find her prizes would be delivered to her home within 90 days. She would also have to pay taxes on her winnings.

“The whole thing was so fun,”Kofford said.

“It was like I had this little ‘Price is Right’ family because everyone was saying ‘Way to go Whitney!’”

Despite not appearing on stage, Romney said, “It was so much fun and I’m going to go again.

I would recommend it to any college student because it is free and a great experience.”

After leaving the studio, Kofford said she called her family to tell them her news.

“They didn’t believe me!” Kofford said.

Kofford said she plans on selling her prizes to buy a new camera that Nikon will soon release, as well as paying for some school.

“The possibilities are endless,” Kofford said.

Kofford will appear on the Thursday, April 7, episode of “The Price is Right,” which airs at 9 a.m., and she will be hosting a potluck breakfast to celebrate.

– jessie.a.sweat@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Turbin ready for the gridiron after a season away Conference (WAC). However, in spite of his many awards and achievements, Turbin has one simple goal for the It has been a rough year upcoming season. for Robert Turbin. Now, the “I just want to win the fully-healed running back is WAC,” he said. “Of course, preparing to make it a rough I have individual goals in year for opposing defenses. my own mind that I want to After tearing his anterior do, and individual accolades cruciate ligament and missing that I want to accomplish. the entire 2010 football seaBut when I step on the field son, Utah State’s No. 1 offenand when I get in the locker sive threat is ready to return room, it’s about the team. As to his dominant self. Turbin, a team, we want to win the a junior and team leader, WAC championship. And hurt his knee early last year then, we want to win whatevduring spring er is after that.” practice. The With spring “I guess initial plan practice underwas for Turbin (Anderson) just way, Turbin to attempt to wants to keep and the Aggie return for the some of the coaching staff conference are choosing to players safe. portion of the play it safe. So schedule, but Bobby (Wagner) far, Turbin’s he ended up is also limited, participation sitting out the and he’s perfect- in full-contact remainder of scrimmages has ly fine...” the season to limited.

–Robert Turbin, been let his knee The plan is to heal entirely.

USU Football work Turbin into Now, as the contact drills Aggies enter slowly, as he gets the third year acclimated to in the Gary Anderson era, taking and giving hits with Turbin is ready to revisit his his aggressive running style. record-setting ways.

“In the short amount Only halfway through his of practices and the short already impressive career as amount of live reps that we’ve an Aggie, Turbin has put up seen, it’s been good to keep some notable stats. In his two Robert Turbin out of a lot seasons, Turbin has displayed of things, just to keep him his consistency. With 1,798 healthy,” said Aggie running career yards rushing, Turbin backs coach Ilaisa Tuiaki. is the most recent player to “We know what he can do, so gain over 1,500 yards on the we will just keep him healthy ground since Emmett White, and bring him back in the who graduated in 2001. fall.”

The dynamic athlete from Turbin is aware the imporFremont, Calif., has also dem- tance in not taking any chanconstrated his explosiveness es on re-injuring himself. as a ball carrier. Turbin owns “I guess (Anderson) just the school record for the wants to keep some of the longest run from scrimmage, players safe,” he said. “Bobby as he scored from 96 yards (Wagner) is also limited, and out against Utah in the 2009 he’s perfectly fine. We’re season opener. Turbin has just trying to keep guys safe, garnered respect from oppos- because the most important ing coaches and players. In part of this season is the 2009 he was named second season, it’s September and team all-Western Athletic October. That is what we are

By WESTON MANGUM staff writer

JUNIOR ROBERT TURBIN is fully healed and ready to lead the Aggies in what he hopes to be a successful 2011 campaing. The junior running back holds the record for the longest run in Aggie football and was the first Aggie to record 1,500 yards on the ground since Emmett White in 2001. STERLING BOIN photo

working towards.”

While he has not been fully active in practice, that is not to say that Turbin has completely missed out on the physicality of the game that he loves.

“On the first day of pads, I got tackled when we were going nine-on-seven,” Turbin said. “Coach Anderson came up to me and said, ‘How did that feel, Turbin?’ and I said, ‘It felt pretty good. It felt regular.’ You know, it’s obviously

Golf fares well on the road

By MARK ISRAELSEN staff writer

Utah State’s golf team got back in action this week, playing in the Wyoming Cowboy Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Aggies finished 17th in the 20-team tournament, with a score of 33-over 873.

USU was led again by junior Chanse Godderidge, who shot a 5-under 65 on Tuesday to give him a total score of 5-over 215, and a tie for 30th place. The team champion was Baylor and the individual champion was Tarquin Macmanus of Arizona.

“After his good performance last weekend, he (Godderidge) came out totally different,” USU head coach Dean Johansen said. “He’s always had a good attitude, but he seemed a little more fired up.”

The tournament started on Monday, when the teams played 36 holes, followed by only 18 on Tuesday.

Godderidge came out to play as he carded a 2-under 68 through the first 18, but then struggled a bit shooting a 12-over 82 through the next 18. The Aggies as a team were in 17th place after the first day, mainly due to senior Benjamin Schilleman, who

finished the first day tied for 25th after rounds of 72 and 71.

“It helped that we were able to practice this week,” Johansen said. “We were a little bit sharper than we were then we were at Cal Poly.

We’re still not as sharp as we’d like to be, but we’re getting there.”

Similar to their performance at Cal Poly, the Aggies came out strong on the second day of play. On Tuesday USU shot a 3-over 283, 11 shots better than the previous day.

Johansen also talked about the mental and emotional difference between this tournament and their last.

“There’s a difference when you come to a tournament and it’s not raining, it’s not cold, and you’ve been able to practice. You feel like you can compete,” he said.

Tuesday was also a historic day for Godderidge and the Aggies. After struggling through the second round, Godderidge came back with the best round of his career, and the best performance for an Aggie since Devin Daniels shot a 64 during the 2007-08 season at a tournament in Palm Springs, California “He had a real good practice round and both Barry

(the assistant coach) and I felt like after the practice round that he was going to play well this week,” Johansen said.

“He struggled on the second round for about four or five holes, but other than that he played a good week of golf.”

Tuesday’s performance was also very good for USU as a team. The Aggies score of 283 was the ninth best of the day, an accomplishment with which Johansen was quite pleased.

“That is probably the strongest field we’ve seen in years.” Johansen said. “It’s good for the guys to see that, for the day, they beat some really good teams.”

USU now has just one more tournament before the WAC championships. They head down to Provo, Utah for the PING Cougar Classic on April 15-16. As it is their last tournament before the conference tournament, Johansen is looking to use it effectively to get them ready.

“We’ve got to get sharper from 100 yards and in,” Johansen said. “That’s one of the first things that goes when the weather turns bad.

We need to keep getting better and better.”

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a great feeling to be out here with the guys in full pads, just having fun.”

As spring practice continues, Turbin will fill two roles, one of which he developed last year. Turbin may not have been on the field in 2010, but he was definitely valuable to his football team.

He spent the entire year as a player-coach, traveling with the team and mentoring the fleet of young Aggie running backs. Turbin will continue to

guide his teammates this year, something Tuiaki is grateful for.

“The young guys look up to him,” Tuiaki said. “They can always turn to him in the game or out on the sideline for questions and everything.

He is just another set of eyes for me.”

One of those young backs Turbin is mentoring is sophomore Robert Marshall, one of the players that filled in for Turbin last year.

“It’s still good, because last year he was still coaching us, but this year when he’s not in he is still coaching us,” Marshall said of Turbin. “He’s still doing his thing when he’s on the field, but when he’s off he is helping those guys that are off the field. He balances both the playing field and coaching us, so that he can do both.”

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Success carefully measured Sometimes it’s difficult Word to know for from the certain how good a team little guy really is.

Look at the softball team.

These women have played some of the best collegiate teams in the country, but have scraped out a meager five wins in the 28 games they have played thus far. 11 of those losses ended early in the dreaded mercy rule. To be fair, 17 of their losses have been decided by just three runs or less; it’s not like our girls are falling over dead every time they take the field. Besides, I doubt anyone else on the USU campus could do better.

I’m not saying I’m an expert judge of talent. I didn’t pick a single final four team correctly and I don’t envy the job of those on the selection committee. There were no 1-seeds or 2-seeds in the final four this year. If people knew Butler would be in the championship game again, they would not have been ranked eighth. If people knew Virginia Commonwealth would be in the final four, they would not have been ranked 11th. Charles Barkley said something like that will never happen again.

Is the success other mid-major teams have good or bad for Utah State basketball? Aggie fans everywhere remain everconfident Stew Morrill’s crew is among the elite powers in college basketball year in and year out. Yet, year after year, we are disappointed when our boys almost pull off an upset to a team with a less-than-stellar resume. Butler and VCU have proven it is possible for a mid-major to cut deep into the madness, but will Logan ever get

Tavin Stucki

a chance to celebrate?

I don’t mean to rub salt into wounds again and get another F on my report card (thanks a lot JFFR from Salt Lake City), but how good was the team this year? I know all the achievements and accolades; 30plus wins, four conference championships in a row, 90-something percent home winning percentage ... . I’m not saying the team is bad, I’m just saying Raegan Pebley has as many post-season wins at Utah State as Stew Morrill.

Ok, time for all of Section F and Adam Nettina to calm down now, this is not about hating on the basketball players behind their backs. Like I said, it’s tough to tell for sure how good a team really is. I watched the games as closely as the next Aggie and I saw how good Tai Wesley was.

I was there in Provo when Nate Bendall couldn’t play and the BYU win could have come down to one momentum-swinging flagrant foul called. I remember Stew talking about being lucky to play poorly in Boise and come out with a win. Yes, the WAC was bad this year but losing only three games over the course of an entire season is impressive in any conference.

I have been an Aggie all my life, and it is painful to know the rest of the country judges the quality of USU basketball by the shortage of NCAA tournament wins.

Unfortunately for you and I, the win/loss scale, specifically in the postseason, will ever be the be-all, end-all of determining the best of the best in any sport at any level. It’s up to us to support our teams when the rest of the county won’t.

Tavin Stucki is a freshman majoring in print journalism. He can be reached at matt.sonn@aggiemail.usu.edu.

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TouchBase UCONN Huskies headed Softball postpones twinbill against UVU

BY USU ATHLETICS

LOGAN, Utah – Expected snow and wet field conditions have led to the postponement of Utah State softball’s doubleheader with Utah Valley in Logan on April 6. The Aggies and the Wolverines are looking to reschedule the games for, May 9 at 1 p.m.

Utah State returns to the diamond on April 5 for a doubleheader against Weber State in Ogden at 2 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for March 22. Following the games with the Wildcats, USU will remain on the road for a three-game Western Athletic Conference series against San Jose State.

The Aggies will begin the series against the Spartans with a single game on April 8 at 4 p.m. (MT).

Utah State softball (5-30, 0-6 WAC) looks to snap a 17-game losing streak this week. The Aggies are led by freshman Kassy Uchida who is hitting .307 this season.

Fellow freshman Krista Bava has come on of late and is hitting .288 for the Aggies, including hitting her second home run of the season last weekend against New Mexico State.

Weber State is 5-19 this season and has yet to start Pacific Coast Softball Conference action. Weber State took two of three games against North Dakota last week in Ogden. The Wildcats are led by Erika James who is hitting .362 this season with 25 hits. In the circle, Weber State has had four different start this season. Kelsie Vallies has the most starts with 10 and holds a 0-8 record. The Aggies hold a 27-9 overall series record against the Wildcats. Last season, Utah State swept Weber State in Logan, 11-1 in five innings and 9-3. The doubleheader in Ogden was cancelled due to inclement weather.

AggieSchedules Women’s Soccer

home with hardware

HOUSTON (AP) – Seen as little more than a one-man novelty, Connecticut wasn’t given much chance in the brutally tough Big East. A national title contender? Please.

With a bruising finish to an improbable run, the Huskies have a message for all the doubters: Shhh!

Connecticut wrapped up its third national championship Monday night, pushing Butler around for a 53-41 victory to secure a spot in history for coach Jim Calhoun and star Kemba Walker. “In the beginning of the season, we were hearing a lot of negativity: too young, all we have is Kemba Walker, no true post presence,� sophomore forward Alex Oriakhi said. “With this team, we just worked hard. I’m happy the hard work has paid off and we were able to prove people wrong when they said we couldn’t.�

The doubt started in the preseason, when Connecticut was picked 10th in the Big East and an afterthought in the polls.

Calhoun wasn’t even sure what he had in this group of mostly underclassmen, joking before the Maui Invitational he was still trying to learn everyone’s name.

Walker raised the Huskies’ profile – not to mention his – with a carry-on-his-back performance in Maui and did it again in the Big East tournament after 9-9 run through conference nearly derailed their season.

The Huskies (32-9) were a nearly unstoppable combination of star power and grit in the NCAA tournament, riding Walker’s scoring bursts and body-bruising defense into the program’s fourth Final Four.

Connecticut capped it off with two eye-of-the-beholder defensive gems, swarming Kentucky in the national semifinals, followed by a body-blow takedown of Butler in the title game, holding the Bulldogs to a championship-game low 18.8 percent shooting. “We were unstoppable. That’s why we’re national champions,� said Walker, who fought through a tough shooting night to lead UConn with 16 points in the final. “We’re the best team in the country.�

UConn’s run rejuvenated Calhoun after one of his most difficult seasons in 39 years as a coach.

Coming off a trip to the Final Four the year before, Calhoun looked worn down in the 2009-10 season, the toll of an NCAA investigation and the death of his sister-in-law and college roommate exacerbating the difficulties his team had on the court.

But, after missing the NCAA tournament for one of the few times in his career, Calhoun seemed to have the bounce back in his step this season, pulling off one of the best coaching jobs of his career.

Relying on his entrenched basketball wisdom, Calhoun always seemed to know what move to make and precisely when to make it. He handed the reins of the offense over to Walker, his coaching extension on the floor, and brought the young players along with his own brand of tough-love nurturing.

When it was over, Calhoun had won his third title since 1999, joining John Wooden, Adolph Rupp, Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight as the only coaches to cut the final nets of the season three times.

Ready: Turbo-powered legs -continued from page 8 This year, Turbin will not have to be on the sideline to make his teammates better. His on-field example inspires his fellow Aggies to perform better. “Every time that I am out there, I just look at him to get better,� Marshall said. “Looking at him is like a blessing in disguise, because while he’s doing his thing, it feels like I’m out there doing it. Whatever he does, it just motivates me to do better as well as the other guys. We just look at him to bring us along because he is a veteran. He knows what he is doing, and he knows how the system should be ran. It’s a good thing to have (Turbin) back out there.�

With more than 140 days before he will take the field against defending national champions the Auburn Tigers on Saturday, Sept. 3, Turbin has a lot of time to prepare. Already a force to be reckoned with, Turbin is looking to improve each and every day. “As an individual, the thing I want to focus on the most is being consistent. We have 15 practices in the spring, and I want to make sure that I am better on day 15 than I was on day one,� he said.

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CONNECTICUT’S KEMBA WALKER HOLDS the net after his team won the men’s NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game against Butler, 53-41 April 4, in Houston. AP photo

Butler’s run gives hope Another season in The View the books, from another 345 dreams that Section F didn’t come true, and another year that the little guys came up short.

I know it probably seems brutally redundant at this point for me to still be talking about the hopes and dreams of the midmajors, but it is important to know that all of the emotion poured into hoping to see the other mid-majors of the world like Butler succeed is based around the hope that Utah State will be the team in that position.

Would I be content with back-to-back losses in the national championship game?

Probably. Would I be forever haunted by the idea of “what if?� Of course.

Regardless of that though, the ride to get to even one Final Four or championship game would be one hell of a rollercoaster, and it’s a ride I would get on every time.

Yes, Butler fans had their dreams shattered on the final day of the season once again, but don’t think for a second that they won’t remember these past two years for the rest of their lives and tell stories about the players whose names will undoubtedly go down as legends.

Don’t think that the memories for those fans won’t live on forever and don’t think that the students who were there through the thick and thin of the past two seasons won’t be forever bragging that Butler’s best year (I assume) came while they were packing student sections.

It’s almost unfair to future Butler players because chances are Bulldog fans will forever compare them to the likes of Shelvin Mack, Matt Howard and Gordon Hayward, no matter how accomplished of a career they put forth shy of actually winning the title game. Not to make Butler fans sound fickle or anything, but it seems to be a universal idea carried throughout humanity that “things just aren’t as good as they used to be.�

Regardless, it’s been an amazing past

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two years for Butler, and even though I shouldn’t be writing them off for next year just yet, losing Howard and Mack alone should be too much to put together another Final Four run. Then again, who knows? Maybe head coach Brad Stevens just instills that sense of mental toughness that gets teams through March, which his teams have demonstrated each of the past two years?

Either way, the right group of players came together for Butler and made all the right plays at all the right times to put together two incredible back-to-back seasons. And for everyone scoring at home, Butler has the best average finish of any team in the country over the past two years with two straight second-place finishes.

Utah State is currently on that same fringe of big time success that Butler was on just three or four years ago. Not to say back-to-back Final Fours will happen for USU anytime soon, but carving out their own unique and exciting story of NCAA Tournament success doesn’t seem too far off for the Aggies.

Two years ago we thought that it would be the likes of Gary Wilkinson, Jared Quayle and Tai Wesley elevating their names to household status much like Hayward, Howard and Mack have for Butler, but USU came up just short. Now all three of those players’ careers in an Aggie uniform are finished, and that epic story of March Madness has yet to show itself for this USU team.

With this college basketball season officially over, and the past generation of staples in USU’s starting lineup graduated, it’s time for the next group of guys to take their shot at writing Utah State’s success story just like Butler has had written for them.

Brockeith Pane, Brady Jardine and Preston Medlin, it’s your turn now.

Matt Sonnenberg is a senior 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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Lent not limited to one denomination

orty days and 40 nights. The Bible tells the story of Jesus Christ spending that time in the wilderness fasting, praying and resisting temptation. In commemoration of this event, the Catholic church began the celebration of Lent in which people do essentially the same thing, preparing themselves for Easter Sunday, celebrating the resurrection of Christ.

Lent participants choose something they see as harmful or too excessive in their lives, and they give it up. Candy, soda and Facebook are all common things that are cut from peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives in this time of fasting.

However, these days, Lent has become more and more common among those outside of Catholicism and other Christian traditions. And we say, props to them!

We live in a complicated, busy and stressfilled world. We all have a lot going on in our lives, yet we still find things to waste time or live slothfully. Facebook is a place we probably all spend more time than we should. Many students spend most of their time on campus where we are often limited to very selected, and not-so-healthy meal options, so we resort to a Happy Hour soda and some M&Ms. There are also more options and interpretations to the spirit of Lent than the strict definition of fasting. Some choose to donate monetarily or give their time to a cause related to what they have given up â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or unrelated. No harm in an excuse for a little charity. Some choose to implement a policy such as attending church, studying or eating five vegetables a day in their version of Lent. You know, something along the lines of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;it takes so many repetitions to form a habitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;you have to replace a bad habit with something else.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; By definition, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance to reflect on your faith and how you implement that faith in your life. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a chance to reflect on where you are and where you want to be and pour some effort into making the changes that otherwise youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never find the motivation for.

Forty days? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardly anything. There are less than 40 days until our semester is over. Compared to the 365 days in our normal year, 40 of those seems like nothing. To give something up from our lives for 40 days would not be that hard.

To give up something â&#x20AC;&#x153;importantâ&#x20AC;? in our lives teaches valuable life-lessons. Everyone needs a little sacrifice in their lives. It can show us how much we really do value that thing, or let us see that it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually something vital and we can, in fact, live without it.

To the single, scorned men of Logan This column was written in response to â&#x20AC;&#x153;To the single ladies of Logan,â&#x20AC;? a guest column that appeared in The Utah Statesman on Monday, April 4.

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You seem to have a dating problem. The problem is that you keep dating â&#x20AC;&#x153;witches.â&#x20AC;?

You seem to think that every single woman on campus is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;witch,â&#x20AC;? a word it feels like you are trying to substitute for one from a less professional vocabulary. Not every girl is a witch and not every guy is Prince Charming. We are not all psycho, lying, lazy, selfish and arrogant witches as you say we are.

After all, you may have dated some rude women in the past who have not handled the situation in the most pleasing way but it is inaccurate to take those experiences and generalize them for all the ladies in the area.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be honest, we are busy, not being able to go out because of a legitimate excuse does not give you the right to pin us down to â&#x20AC;&#x153;ditchingâ&#x20AC;? you. Maybe offering multiple scheduling options would garner you more dates. Perhaps â&#x20AC;&#x153;douche guyâ&#x20AC;? at Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was able to give an option that

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ForumLetters Rejection is a part of dating To the editor: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing to clarify a few points in the otherwise wellwritten and extremely insightful opinion piece â&#x20AC;&#x153;To the single ladies of Logan.â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure that in rushing the Monday newspaper went to print, the author forgot to include a few points.

After all, he must not have learned the lesson the rest

of us learned in high school: rejection is a part of dating.

Maybe the author would do better to focus on the one constant variable in all of his failed relationships â&#x20AC;&#x201C; himself â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and less on the enormous perceived defects in everyone else. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tired of taking the initiative in dating; after all, any reasonable guy would surely be exhausted after planning and inviting a girl to three consecutive dates. Wow. And by the use of fabulous phrases like â&#x20AC;&#x153;lying with,â&#x20AC;?

Letters to the editor â&#x20AC;˘ A public forum â&#x20AC;&#x153;psycho witch,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looks like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been mixing all of your food groups with Tollhouse cookie dough,â&#x20AC;? I can tell he must have a ton of success with the ladies. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure all girls are eager to drop their plans and rearrange their schedules to go out with him.

But just a humble suggestion: insults and names wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get tou anywhere, so man up, because you just sound sad and bitter.

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The word Perhaps if the Huntsman School of The â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Low Business university had some bigger names, they originates would attract more students, but at what Down from the cost? If new, better-qualified professors are same word brought in, there are going to be plenty as universe of current professors that lose their jobs, and universal. especially if these new professors cost so It seems that much more. The university may be trading what we conthree capable professors for one prestisider to be a gious name. If logic holds true, this will lead university is far from the idea of a universal to larger class sizes. I would rather have a education for all those who attend. While smaller class with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;no-nameâ&#x20AC;? professor general education courses are still required than sit in a 300-seat lecture hall with a hotfor graduation, the gap between students shot egomaniac. in different colleges continues to widen. In All of us are students. It is clear that we this world of specialization and exclusivity have different interests and are better at that we live in, one can attend a university, certain things than our peers. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we graduate, and learn very little about subjects specialize. We choose something that we outside of their narrow-minded major. To are interested in and pursue it. Perhaps art me, this seems like a waste of a wonderful is your forte. Maybe you want to become opportunity to learn a bit of everything from an elementary school teacher. Who is to say those who have, by definition, mastered the that a degree in business is worth more than subjects. a degree in industrial hygiene?

A university is often a place where The Huntsman School of Business is dreams come true. Students one of the wealthiest colleges from low-income childhoods on campus. They take pride or even outside the country â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would rather in their accomplishments and are given the opportunity to have a smaller their rising status among the come get an education and nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s universities. By chargreturn home to make a differ- class with a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;no- ing differential tuition, they ence with the knowledge and nameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; professor will in effect discourage stuexperience they gain from a than sit in a 300- dents from other colleges from university education. Limited seat lecture hall taking both lower and upper resources are a fact of life for division courses in business. most students. When differen- with a hot shot Furthermore, those seeking a tial tuition is factored in, how- egomaniac. â&#x20AC;? business minor in addition to ever, the limited resources of their major can expect to pay a given student may prevent more than $1,000 in additional them from achieving their dreams and hav- tuition just to broaden their horizons. ing a fruitful and successful life providing for This is not a call to action. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see themselves and their family. Sure, this may any way for differential tuition go to away. be a rather drastic view, but there is some I just find it unfortunate that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all underlying truth. In the coming years, dif- just come to school and take the classes we ferential tuition will make a business degree want. In an ideal world, we would all come cost up to $1,500 more per semester than to school, take classes that interest us, learn any other degree at our fine university. a little bit of everything and get a degree Considering the big picture, business stu- in what we are best at. Unfortunately, it is dents are paying upwards of 50 percent much cheaper to decide your major before more than the rest of us for their education. attending the first day of school. I personThis seems like the perfect breeding ground ally declared my major nearly three years for the development of a serious superior- before my first day of school. I hope to be ity complex among the fine scholars of the the exception rather than the rule, but I MessageBoards Huntsman School of Business. fear too many commit the same error.

Join that the conversation Most of the arguments that I have heard Luckily I happen to enjoy my major. In that @utahstatesman.com in favor of differential tuition come from regard, I hope to be the rule rather than the business students themselves. They agree exception. Take some thought as to what with the idea, and see it as a way to become you want out of your university education. a more competitive institution. More money Diversity in education is a wonderful thing. allows for the hiring of â&#x20AC;&#x153;betterâ&#x20AC;? professors. Narrow-mindedness rarely leads to success Another argument that I heard is that a in the real world. school has to be able to pay competitive wages to bring in successful businesspeople Tyler Barlow is to become teachers. I am forced to ask a sophomore what makes a quality business person a majoring in comThumbs up or quality teacher. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem logical to puter engineerThumbs down on hire an entrepreneur that struck gold with a ing. He can be USUTube DIFFERENTIAL reached at tyler. brilliant idea to try to teach students how to do the same.

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Academics, not athletics, is the priority Students attend universities for a variety of reasons â&#x20AC;&#x201C; maybe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here because you hope your degree will reward you with money, perhaps your parents are paying and you feel pressured to attend, or maybe you really just love to learn. Whatever your reason for engaging in scholarly studies may be, there is one principle that is consistently held throughout universities worldwide and is even included in Utah Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission statement: Academics come first.

What is academia? Loosely defined by the Oxford dictionary, it is the compilation of teachers, students and learning in an academic environment. This should be the foremost priority for all college attendees, but there is a particular breed of students for which the principle of academics coming first is consistently untrue: Our beloved athletes.

As a former high-school athlete, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the first to admit that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m crazy about an exciting basketball game. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun and powerful and winning boosts the school morale. However, athletics should not be the priority for the players. They are students, first and foremost, and especially prominent students because they represent the school through their athletic involvement.

An average of 85 percent of student athletes are on scholarships (NCAA standards only allow 13 full scholarships per basketball team); so in menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball and football alone, we have about 120 male athletes on full scholarship. This includes tuition, food and housing, books

and a monthly stipend of around $400. Altogether, in these two menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports, this is well over $1 million spent every year on scholarships alone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estimated using the cheapest meal plan and in-state tuition.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing short of incredible that this much money is being spent on their education when you consider that a majority of players do not come close to the national average GPA, which, according to MSNBC, is 3.22. Not even half of USUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student athletes have met that range, and our school brags an unusually high athletic GPA. As a group, athletes are no less intelligent than any other random sampling of college students. Why, then, are they consistently given lesser academic standards to measure up to, and then rewarded with full scholarships? Very little effort is required with classes and assignments to get a 2.0 GPA, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all it takes to keep an athletic scholarship.

Some say that the sports programs make money for the school, but the NCAA financial report I obtained from Indystar.com states that the difference between the revenue spent and the revenue made from sports was a grand total of $502 for USU. This is disgustingly unjustifiable; especially because the bottom line is that the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibility is not to make money off the athletes. It is to give them an education. All students should be earning scholarships based on their academic achievements, not athletic prowess.

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spent well worth them getting their education?â&#x20AC;? According to Thesportjournal. org, â&#x20AC;&#x153;College athletes earn fewer bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees than do students in general, they take longer to do so, their grades are lower, and their curricula are less demanding.â&#x20AC;? I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty solid no for an answer. Universities do a great disservice to athletes by demanding less of them academically; only 2-3 percent of athletes go on to play professional sports.

The rest are generally left with a BA in an area you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a good job in without a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree (psychology, sociology, etc), but their GPAs are too low for graduate school admission.

If athletes had to take out loans or meet scholarship criteria, just like the rest of us, and if they were held to the same academic standards that their non-athletic peers are, their grades would shape up real fast in order to keep a scholarship and they would have to take school more seriously. And what if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t?

What if these athletes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to pay to be a student? There are so many others who want to play college sports that finding those who are willing to pay for it themselves or meet a higher academic standard will not be a problem.

I understand that the athletic programs of colleges are not going to change anytime soon, and maybe they will never change at all. But for an institution whose top priority is supposedly educating students, I find the double standard between athletes and other studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; academic expectations to be, quite frankly, bullshit.

Liz Emery is a senior majoring in English.

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

Men: Comminucation is essential in relationships -continued from page 10 fit her scheduling needs better. Dating is a nice, fun thing to do but you have to understand that it cannot be a priority over things that are more pressing like homework and prior commitments. Are you saying you would rather have a girl flake out on someone else to be with you? Who is the selfish one again? Yes, backing out of a date is rude but sometimes there is no other option. Both parties should express the desire to reschedule in the case of cancellation.

You obsess about whether or not a girl is going to turn you down. Most guys I talk to have a major fear of rejection right off the bat. You want girls to be honest but you want them to give you a chance for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;man insideâ&#x20AC;? so what are we supposed to say: Okay Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go out with you even though I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really want to just so I can give you a chance? That is ridiculous! From most of my female friends, who are not witches by any means, most of us have a one-date policy: If a guy has the guts to ask us out we will respect them and give them at least one date to see if any compatibility is there. We know it is scary to ask a girl out, we understand that, so we are not going to be cruel and instantly turn you down.

Yes, there are girls out there that will not follow up because they do not want to turn you down. Yes, I agree that is wrong on their part. Communication is essential for a relationship.

How are you supposed to potentially start a relationship if you do not talk? I also say that women are not the only ones at fault for this. Many girls I have talked to get the cold shoulder from guys after they have gone on a single date or hung out once or twice. Both sides just need to get over it and be honest.

You know that fear in your gut when you are getting ready to talk to a new girl or ask a girl out? Guess what?

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Illegal immigrants detained at Atlanta protest ATLANTA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Eight young illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday for sitting in the middle of a busy street in front of the Georgia Capitol, protesting their lack of access to higher education in a scene reminiscent of civil rights demonstrations decades ago.

The group, made up of mostly students, believe their plight is similar to movement the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led, and they met with former activists from the 1960s to hash out their civil disobedience plan. As the foreign-born youngsters sat in the road, at times holding hands, hundreds of supporters lined the street and cheered in support as the illegal immigrants were led away in handcuffs.

Before the sit-in the youngsters, their voices trembling, each stood before the crowd, took a microphone and announced: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am undocumented, and I am unafraid.â&#x20AC;?

In telling their stories, they took a risk like many of their parents made when they came to the U.S. to find a better life. Many said that, despite their grades, they have found their immigration status might prevent them from going to college, in part because they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford costly out-of-state tuition fees. Most also donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t qualify for federal aid and at times, state help.

The Rev. Timothy McDonald was one of the activists who met with the students at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the room where King and other preachers founded the Southern

VIRDIANA MARTINEZ IS ARRESTED during a protest for rights for higher education for illegal immigrants that blocked traffic Tuesday in Atlanta. AP photo

Christian Leadership Conference, the organization that led the movement for equality and justice for blacks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We felt the connection,â&#x20AC;? McDonald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We pointed out that there has never been a successful movement of any kind without young people, and that was especially true of the civil rights movement. It was the students who filled up the jails, not the preachers.â&#x20AC;?

The group protested in an effort to bring

national attention to the issue of equal access to education. They are also upset with what they see as anti-immigrant legislation in Georgia and elsewhere across the country.

South Carolina passed a law banning illegal immigrants from attending state colleges and universities, but a similar measure in Georgia failed. However, Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s university system late last year approved a rule that essentially bans illegal immigrants from the five most

competitive public schools in the state, if those colleges had rejected academically eligible students because of a high number of applicants.

The protest was not unlike the lunch counter sit-ins led by students in Greensboro, N.C., more than 50 years ago, and was similar to efforts staged recently across the country, including a sit-in at the Tucson, Ariz., offices of U.S. Sen. John McCain.

The protests are part of The Dream is Coming project, which was created to advocate for the DREAM Act, legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for certain young people who were brought here at a young age. It has failed to pass Congress several times, most recently in December.

One of the protesters in Georgia, Dulce Guerrero, said she was done being afraid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been living in fear for years, not knowing whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen to my family,â&#x20AC;? said the 18-year-old. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m tired of it. Today, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here to tell the world that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m undocumented. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here for a lot of my friends who are still in the shadows. They need to step up and step out.

There is no more being neutral.â&#x20AC;?

The protesters were charged with obstructing traffic. Atlanta police do not participate in a local-federal partnership that empowers local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law, so the likelihood of the students being turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was low.

Evacuations lifted on wildfire near N.M. Boys Ranch ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A 2,700-acre fire in central New Mexico was caused by sparks from a hand-held metal grinder that ignited grass and weeds, authorities said Tuesday.

State Forestry Division officials were looking for a person or persons they believe stripped steel parts from a bulldozer, an act that led to the fire near the Sevilleta Wildlife Refuge.

Authorities found parts of the machine missing and hand tools left at the scene, forestry spokesman Dan Ware said. They believe that whoever was using the tools left the area quickly once they realized a fire had started.

The fire that broke out Saturday afternoon led to the evacuation of about 50 people from the New Mexico Boys Ranch. Fire officials have lifted that evacuation and a second evacuation in southern New Mexico that forced people from their homes and the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and Casino.

Evidence suggests the stripping activity started several other small fires that were put out with a shovel before the larger fire escaped.

The fire was listed as 50 percent contained Tuesday.

Boys Ranch residents were allowed to return at noon Tuesday. Most of the ranchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 25 young people went to their families or stayed with a counselor at a motel. About 18 staff members and their children also left the ranch along the Rio Grande near Belen, about 60 miles south of Albuquerque.

Crews were working on the flanks of the blaze as vegetation inside the fire lines continued to smolder, fire information officer Vicky Fox said. No structures burned, she said.

Barricades were lifted Monday from neighborhoods evacuated in the Ruidoso Downs area of southern New Mexico.

Residents had been forced out Sunday by a wildfire that offi-

cials said burned five homes and seven outbuildings, damaged two other homes and two outbuildings and burned numerous vehicles.

That fire, which has burned more than 10,000 acres, was 20 percent contained Tuesday.

The fire broke out Sunday in steep, rugged Gavilan Canyon and grew rapidly, pushed by winds estimated at 50 to 60 mph.

As of Tuesday, it had burned nearly 16 square miles of grass, brush and pinon and juniper trees on private, state and federal land about 200 miles south of Albuquerque.

Lighter winds and cooler temperatures helped the battle, fire officials said.

A third fire that blackened about 2,000 acres of brush in the Uvas Valley in southwestern New Mexico along N.M. 26 did not burn any structures, authorities said.

Tribe of Yemen president clashes with army, 3 dead SANAA, Yemen (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tribesmen loyal to Yemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embattled president on Tuesday clashed with a group of soldiers whose commander has sided with the opposition, and the fighting in a suburb of the capital Sanaa left three tribesmen dead, according to tribal elders and military officials.

It was the latest violence in weeks of turmoil in Yemen, where President Ali Abdullah Salehâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s military and police forces have cracked down on protesters demanding he step down after 32 years in power.

The clash erupted as a convoy of about 30 cars with armed tribesmen from Salehâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sanhan tribe arrived at the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division in western Sanaa to meet with its commander, Maj. Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who had earlier joined the opposition.

Tribal members and army officers at the scene said al-Ahmar, who also hails from Salehâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tribe, met a tribal chief, Ismail Abu Hurriya, who tried to persuade the renegade commander to return to the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s camp.

It was unclear how exactly the shooting started at the gate of the army compound. Some said a group of government supporters appeared at the scene and opened fire, but conflicting reports could not be clarified. Several tribesmen were also wounded by the gun-

fire, witnesses said.

Al-Ahmar said gunbattle was a failed attempt to assassinate him. In a statement from his office, he accused a group of infiltrators among the mediatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guards of being behind the violence. He would not say who sent the alleged assassins.

The powerful Sanhan tribe is split between those remaining loyal to Saleh and those who have crossed over to the opposition.

Al-Ahmarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s troops have stationed themselves close to the central square near Sanaa University to protect thousands of anti-Saleh protesters who have been camping for weeks, refusing to give up their protest until Saleh leaves office.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Yemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president Ali Abdullah Saleh in a telephone call Tuesday that he sent a small team to determine how the United Nations could best help quell tensions.

The U.N. chiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office said Ban â&#x20AC;&#x153;expressed strong concerns for the dead and the injured, and urged utmost restraint from both government and oppositionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forces.â&#x20AC;?

Yemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opposition parties urged the international community, regional powers and human rights groups to help stop the bloodAN INJURED ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTOR gesshed in the country. More than 120 people have been killed and 5,000 injured since Yemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protests started in Feb. 11, inspired by tures as he arrives to a field hospital during clashes in Sanaa,Yemen, Tuesday.Opposition parties in Yemen have urged everyone to help the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. stop the bloodshed in their country. AP photo

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Wednesday

April 6 Today is Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Heather Hill, a freshman majoring in human movement science from Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Almanac Today in History: In 1896 the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned

by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. At the opening of the Athens Games, King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition.

Weather High: 52° Low: 37° Skies: Partly cloudy

- E-Week Service Project, Quad, all day - Alphatraz, TSC Patio, All Day - Mediation Club, TSC 335, 12 p.m.

- Softball vs. Utah Valley, 2 p.m.

- Honors Last Lecture, TSC Ballroom, 2:30 p.m.

- Perfectionism and Procrastination, TSC 335, 3:30 p.m.

- Nature Night, Stokes Nature Center, 4 p.m.

- Getting the Most out of Your Sleep, TSC 306, 5 p.m.

- Women’s History Month Student Showcase Awards, TSC Ballroom, 6 p.m.

- Ecology Center Seminar, ENGR 103, 6 p.m.

- Reuse, Reduce, Recycle Auction, 6 p.m.

- The Magic Flute, Kent Concert Hall, 7:30

Thursday

April 7 - Alphatraz, TSC Patio, all day - FREE Fitness Assessents, HPER, 12 p.m.

- Mindfulness Workshop, TSC, 4 p.m.

- Medical Unity Club, 4:30 - CIL Short Course ESLC Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.

- Dinner with Dr. Marion Bishop, NR Building, 6 p.m.

- The Magic Flute, Kent Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

- Guvu International Benefit Concert, Ellen Eccles, 7:30 p.m.

- Garden Tips, Macey’s, 7 p.m.

- Learn Social Dance, FAC 104, 8-11

Friday

April 9 - Alphatraz, TSC Patio, all day - Women’s indoor 6-on-6 Volleyball Tournament, HPER, all day - Collecting Clothes for Families in Need, 4 p.m.

- Scout Friday, Stokes Nature Center

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Hey girls! The USU Men’s Volleyball is sponsoring a women’s indoor tournament (6-on-6) April 8-9 at the HPER Building. Get your team together and start practicing now to compete against some great teams from all over the Utah/ Idaho/Wyoming area! Cost is $15 per student with ID, $20 per person for non-students. Check our website for the registration form: https://www.usu.edu/ camprec/htm/clubsports/mensvolleyball/womens-tourney

Come to the Fringe Film Festival on April 15 at 8 p.m. at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema located at 795 N. Main Street in Logan. Pre-show entertainment will begin at 7 p.m. Directors of the top four films will share their comments between films. Tickets are $10 for general admission or 2 for $15.

The Honors Program is pleased to present the 36th Annual Last Lecture given by Dr. Joyce Kinkead, Dr. Kinkead’s Last Lecture, Standing on Boo Radley’s Porch: The Importance of Story, combines a love for the humanities Peanut Butter and Japan with a passion for teaching. Please Jam Carnival on April 9! join us on April 6 from 2:30-3:30 Performances by PSU, Velociti p.m. in the TSC Ballroom. This and a fashion show featuring event is free and open to the public. traditional Japanese apparel G.O.L.F.(Golf Once, Lovit and modern Japanese fashion.

Forever). Come learn how to golf Raffle with great prizes. Free for free at the Birch Creek Golf food. Face painting, Cake Walk Course in Smithfield (550 E 100 and more! Help USU reach N). There will be course pros at its campus-wide goal of raisseveral stations teaching the skills ing $15,000. 7 -10 p.m. in the of putting, chipping, and drivFieldhouse! ing. Complete all the stations and receive a free bucket of balls on your next visit. We will also have Come the a Music Therapy competitions and prizes for the Forum April 12 from 11 a.m.winners. Free hot dogs and drinks 1p.m. Join the music therapy will be provided. Come anytime on program for live music and walk April 16 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. away knowing a bit more about This event is sponsored by the PRP how music therapy is being used 3075 Parks & Recreation class. in the Cache County Jail and The Registrar’s Office would Avalon Hills Eating Disorder like to remind everyone from now Program. until May 6 dropping of classes is not permitted.

Our Living With Wildlife Alphatraz: Locking Out service project group wants to Domestic Violence” Apr. 6-8 at hear about your coyote and cougar 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on the TSC Patio sightings, etc around campus and Members of Alpha Chi Omega throughout Cache Valley. Tell us will “arrest” your friends and what you’ve seen, heard and found. put them in a jail cell on the Through your accounts we hope to TSC patio for $3 for a warrant be able to both inform and protect of your choice. Help bail out the public while living with wildlife your friends for $10. Prisoners in a positive way. Contact us via can raise bail any creative way email: cachepredatorsusu@hotpossible. Although we will not mail.com. force anyone to be in our jail or raise bail, we are asking for everyone’s help in this fight against domestic violence!

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