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Mat Kearney Idaho Falls Youth Symphony WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 7:30 P.M., BARRUS CONCERT HALL

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Women of the World

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Ultimi will perform a program of popular operatic, inspirational and Broadway music. $5 BYUI students/Ed Week participants, $10 public

Mercy River Education Week Concert FRIDAY, JULY 28 7:30 P.M., HART AUDITORIUM

Mercy River, made up of three women, will perform at concert of spiritual music. $5 BYUI students/Ed Week participants, $10 public

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Going to college for the first time can be a confusing experience, and most people don’t come into it knowing intuitively what they should do, especially since every college and university is different. In addition, some of the mistakes new students make can negatively affect their education, experiences and opportunities. At Brigham Young UniversityIdaho, there are several programs in place to assist students and be a resource for them from the beginning of their education to the time they take aim at a career. We spoke with leaders in these programs to discuss the common mistakes students make and the resources they can use to find success. Workload “They tend to maybe overschedule

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themselves,” said Kimball Benson, a student support coordinator who works with Heber J. Grant mentoring, a program designed for students who are at risk or struggling with issues academically. “They may take on more credits than is reasonable to do, or they think they can do that and work 20 hours and do a lot of other things and overschedule themselves. Another one is time management. They’re used to a high school model, where you start at a certain time each day, and you have a schedule, and then you end in a certain part of the day.” Scheduling classes for college can, of course, be different than taking classes in high school, with breaks of several hours between classes and different classes. Benson encouraged students to think about how to use that time effectively. Allen Jones, the director of Student Support, suggested that students should be

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careful about the courses they take simultaneously. “They think if they were a great student in high school, they think they can sign up for two or three really hard classes — biology, and whatever else it might be, physics — all in one semester, but, you know, college is different, and you might have to pace yourself and not have all hard classes in one semester. Students struggle that way,” Jones said. “For your first semester I think that’s a good time to learn the pace.” Students should keep in mind when scheduling classes that BYUIdaho semesters are accelerated; classes at BYU-Idaho are completed in 12 weeks, whereas semesters at other universities can often be longer. BYU’s most recent semester, for instance, totaled 14 weeks. Boise State’s totaled 16 weeks. So taking a four-credit class at BYU-Idaho may be a different experience from taking a four-credit class at another university. Get Connected Get Connected is the new student orientation at BYU-Idaho, designed to teach students more about the school — its unique atmosphere, the learning model, the Honor Code, student living and opportunities for activities. In addition to the orientation, new students are assigned a new student mentor who can help guide them through their first semester in college. “Every student who is at Get Connected, a new student to BYUIdaho, is assigned a mentor for their first semester,” said Melodi Johnson, a coordinator with the Student Support department who works with

new student orientation and mentoring. “During that first semester they stay in contact with that student, whether it is a text, an email, a meeting, each week of their first semester. And it’s as-needed basis. ... That mentor is there and a resource to that student, as a friend and as a mentor, to BYU-Idaho and what it has to offer.” Relationships and environment Students relocating to any college will find themselves in a different type of living situation, perhaps for the first time. Most will be living with peers who are not members of their family. Benson said that college students have to learn how to deal with living with people who had different upbringings than them, and that other types of relationships they experience can be challenging as well. “Maybe for students coming from a non-LDS community, the unique dating culture ... can be very different than what they’re used to,” he said. He also said being at college for the first time can be emotionally taxing. “You’re away from home for the first time, you’ve got a lot of stress, a kind of stress that you haven’t dealt with before, and just their emotional wellness — it can be a very challenging time, the stress of any of those potential weak areas,” he said. Jones said homesickness can also be an issue. “I think homesickness — that kicks in around week two or week three. For some there’s some homesickness being in a new town, a new place, new roommates, so that’s an

Spring 2017 One of those resources is the Tutoring Center on campus. Benson said though students may think there is a stigma about getting help, students who get help tend to also be the ones who are the most successful. He said he talked with the director of the university tutoring center recently, who told him the highest population of students who use that resource have a GPA between 3.0 and 4.0. “I think he was saying the people that are the smartest students are the ones that are getting help, because they recognize how this is going to help them perform well academically, and so ... it’s a sign of strength, actually,” he said. “Those are the smart kids who have figured it out, that ‘Man, if I just do it on my own, I’m just going to struggle. Life’s going to be a lot rougher.’ No one wants life to be rougher than it has to be. And so you can choose the rough path, and ‘I’m just going to go through and whack through these weeds myself and try to find where I want to get to,’ or ‘I can take this path which has been designated for me, that has people all in the way supporting me, getting me there.’ “So it’s kind of like, you know, what do you want to achieve, and do you want to take the hard way on your own, or do you want to take the way with people doing it with you to get you there? And I also think it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks,” he said. “You know you. You know what you need. If you want to be successful, that should be what’s most important, even more than what you think someone else might think.” Academic advising is another

issue that they definitely deal with as well,” he said. If students need help sorting through emotional difficulties, they can schedule an appointment with the BYU-Idaho Counseling Center, which “provides students the opportunity to explore concerns, resolve difficulties, and receive assistance in managing life’s challenges in a safe environment with a professional counselor,” according to its website. Students can receive individual, couples and group counseling free of charge. To schedule an appointment, call the counseling center at 208496-9370. If you are experiencing a crisis while the center is closed, call 208-496-HELP to receive help. Academic growth There are many resources students can use to find academic help.

“Sometimes the students who are doing the best are the ones using the tutoring, and those that are struggling don’t go, for various reasons. Maybe they’re not aware of it, maybe they’re worried there’s a stigma around having to get help, having a tutor, or they’re not aware that it’s a free service to all students.” - Kimball Benson

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Spring 2017 service that is available to students to help them plan their semesters. “There’s advisors for every college, every major that are there that can help them make a plan,” Benson said. In addition, there is a mentoring program specifically designed to give help to students who might struggle in college. Benson said students who are having a difficult time in college and end up on academic probation will be invited to have a mentor, and so will students who are determined to be at risk to struggle in college. “There’s statistical studies that show people who come from certain backgrounds — for example, a firstgeneration college student would be a student who may potentially have more struggles and may be less likely to graduate,” he said. Benson said these students are flagged and then invited to sign up with a Heber J. Grant mentor. Heber J. Grant mentors are a little more involved than new student mentors, meeting regularly one-on-one with students throughout their college career. The help students get from these services can help them far into the future. “I’ve also heard some students talk about the opportunities that they have taken to work with either the tutoring center or working with their mentors that helped them create successful habits that will help them throughout their education, just creating good time-management, study skills that will help them to do their work more efficiently,” said Student Support coordinator Brandi Miguel. Benson encouraged students to get help if they think they might need it, and not to wait until they’re in crisis. “The moment that you know that this class is going to be hard for you, just get in right away and get the help you need from the beginning,” he said. “If you’re aware of maybe these emotional challenges that you’ve had in the past, don’t wait until they blow up and you’re forced to get help. If you know you need — if you see the signs, we don’t want

Welcome Back BYU-Idaho students to hesitate or feel a stigma about reaching out for help, and I think a lot feel that stigma that prevents them from getting a lot of useful help they need to have.” Benson said though using these services takes time, ultimately they will help students save time. “Having a mentor, using a tutor, meeting with an advisor, that’s actually going to save you a lot of time. It’s actually going to free up hours. Because, you know, if you’re sitting and staring at this assignment that you don’t understand, you’re going to spend a lot of frustrating hours trying to figure it out on your own, or you go and spend one hour with the tutor and have it all understood and have the assignment done way earlier,” he said.

Career preparation BYU-Idaho also has a Career Services center where students can prepare for success after college. “Our career services center does a great job,” Jones said. “They do mock interviews so that students can come and get practice on interviews before they actually go to a live interview process. They do resume reviews so their resume can be ready to go. They encourage LinkedIn, that every student create a LinkedIn account so they can network professionally.” In addition, the university connects students with and promotes internships. “The university has been very

forward-thinking with internships and helping the students who start preparing for their future career by going out, doing internships with companies, nationally and internationally. For many programs that’s a requirement, even, to complete an internship,” Jones said. The university also encourages students to connect with mentors from a career standpoint, and they set up several internship expeditions, in which students can visit places like New York to learn about job opportunities. To learn more about Career Services, visit www.byui.edu/careerservices. Student Support “Involvement is one of the things that we stress a lot, is that going to college is a lot more than just attending class and turning in assignments — that if that’s all you do, then you really haven’t experienced college,” Benson said. “We feel like there’s a lot more to develop your leadership skills, to do service

5 opportunities, and that’s a lot of opportunities that student support provides and helps you connect to, is those abilities to become involved, go to activities, volunteer, serve, become leaders.” Benson said he thinks a lot of people miss these opporunities. “They focus so much just on the academic, which is obviously valuable, but there’s so much more to enrich their student experience.” If you are a new student and would like assistance understanding or accessing any of the services mentioned in this article, please contact Student Support, either by calling them at 208-496-1420 or visiting their office in Rigby Hall, room 272. You can also visit their website at byui.edu/student-support. “They can definitely come to our office anytime, and we’d be happy to help them or send them to where they might need a different service or resource,” Jones said. Benson indicated that Student Support is invested in students’ success. “Everything is designed here to help students succeed,” he said.

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Sports fans may feel their options are limited, but there are a number of ways to participate in sports in the Upper Valley Marshall Snow Thomas sjsports@uvsj.com

When it’s springtime at a university, you think of spring football practice and rooting on your school’s baseball team. Unfortunately, when Brigham Youn University–Idaho did away with athletics many years ago, those dreams went up in flames. Nevertheless, you can still get your sports fix in Rexburg. The first thing you can do is join an intramural league, or go watch your friends as they play in them. You’ll find that BYU-Idaho has some of the most competitive intramural programs you will find on a universi-

ty campus. You can have your choice of playing in either a recreational or a competitive league for these sports, and there are many to choose from. Recreational sports include dodgeball, men and women’s flag football, kickball and several other more casual sports. If you want to get serious and want to try your luck in the competitive league, there are sports such as golf, lacrosse and softball. “Playing intramural here really has made a difference here, especially since BYU-Idaho doesn’t have a sports program, they do a really good job at making the program feel very competitive,” said junior student

Connor Brown. The intramural leagues are easy enough to access: Just go to the byui. edu/activities/sports and click on “rec” or “competetive” to learn more. Games are usually played below the temple in the many fields available, or at the BYU-Idaho Center or Hart Building. There is another option for those sports fans that feel they need to rally around a team to feel that school excitement. While there might not be a college team to root for here in Rexburg, there are several talented high schools to check out. Madison, Sugar-Salem, North

Fremont and South Fremont are nearby schools with talented spring sports teams. For coverage of these teams, visit uvsj.com. For a schedule of their games this season, drop by the Standard Journal office and pick up a copy of our Spring Sports preview. It’s easy for sports fans to feel alone and disheartened here at BYU-Idaho because we don’t have an intercollegiate athletic program, but take heart because you have friends. While you may not be screaming for your university this spring, you can always find other ways to increase your sports fanfare.

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BYU-Idaho Science and Technology Center presents new opportunities to students Gabe Davis Standard Journal staff

On Tuesday, Feb. 14, Apostle Neil L. Andersen visited Brigham Young University-Idaho to dedicate three facilities: The Science and Technology Center, the Central Energy Facility and the Agricultural Science Center. Both the Science and Technology Center and the Central Energy Facility were open for tours. The Science and Technology Center is now home to the departments of Computer Information Technology, Animal and Food Science, Applied Plant Science and Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. “State-of-the-art laboratories and equipment in the STC provides students in the College of Agriculture and

Life Sciences an applied learning environment that increases student engagement. The new workspace also enables Computer Science and Electrical Engineering students to engage in a wide range of collaborative projects,” according to a press release issued by BYU-Idaho. The lower level of the building holds dairy and meat processing facilities. Students put out ice cream samples and sausage samples that were created on site for the tour. Charlie Muncy, a sophomore in the food science program, said the building contains more space and more specialized rooms and equipment than students previously had access to. “We have a lot more space and a lot more room specific to our major. So there’s a meat processing facility.

Upstairs there are a lot of labs for food analytics and product development — spaces dedicated to each,” he said. “Before, when we were in the Clark, we had a lot of classes in the same rooms and kitchens, and not as much of the specialty equipment. It’s a lot of fun.” The dairy processing facility includes a pasteurizer, a two-stage homogenizer and a freezer, which were used to make the sample ice cream. The lab is the first facility on campus with that kind of equipment. Muncy said the school and students hope to get the lab state-inspected so they can sell the products they make. “Our plan is to get the lab stateinspected so we can sell it legally. Since we’re working with raw ingredients, we have to get it state-inspected, saying that we’re doing everything correctly to

make sure no one gets sick. That is the plan pretty soon,” Muncy said. Also on the lower level is an anatomy and physiology lab, where students can study, dissect and learn about animals. “We used to be in the livestock center,” said Mariah Kuta, who is studying pre-veterinary medicine. “It’s nice that it’s on campus because it just makes the commute a lot easier, and the new technology, the kinds of microscopes and tables and ventilation just makes it a lot more pleasant and professional.” The lower level of the building also houses a tool room for students in technology programs to use. It contains a 3-D filament printer. Richard Grimmett, chair of the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, said the department is

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hoping to buy another 3-D printer of a different kind. “I just call it a ‘goo printer,’” he said. He explained that the printer uses light and a basin of resin to print objects, creating them as it pulls them out of the resin. The tool room also has an acrylic cutter and engraver, and a circuit board plotter for printing custom circuit boards. “We generally build kind of robotics stuff with this. ... The mechanical engineering department, which is over in the Austin Building, they have similar stuff to this,” Grimmett said.

“They’ve got one of these, for example, a laser printer, that’s about $25,000. A little bigger, a little more powerful because they do a lot more of that kind of work. But again, this allows us to do prototypes, physical prototypes pretty easily.” The main level of the science and technology center contains an RF lab where students can work on and test robotics and electronics, an industrial kitchen, a food processing lab, a sensory prep lab, a plant lab and other areas for food analysis and plant science. The industrial kitchen is used for food preparation, and students also use

it to learn about food chemistry, engineering and science, learning about why and how ingredients react in the way that they do. “When we did our meat lab, we experimented with the differences in temperature and how it affects the tenderness of the meat,” said Patrisha Williams, a student taking Introduction to Food Science. “Also we experimented with how different marinades — like different acids, oils, seasonings — how they affect the meat as well. ... Last week we learned about carbohydrates. This week we learned about fats in water.”

Samples of potato chips made in the building were distributed on the main level. Apple juice pressed in the food processing lab was also given out to patrons. On the upper floor are teacher’s offices and a number of classrooms, as well as a cyber network operations center, where students can monitor the security of different companies as part of their education. “These new facilities will better prepare students for their careers as successful leaders and innovators,” according to the press release.

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President Henry J. Eyring: Beginning a new chapter Standard Journal staff

President Henry J. Eyring, soon to be the new president of BYU–Idaho, will go into this new office with memories of his father, President Henry B. Eyring, filling the same position in a time when education was very different. Eyring said his father was called to be president of Ricks College in 1971. “In many respects this place is unchanged in its spirit and its mission and its commitment to serving students, even those who might not gain a higher education of this quality otherwise. But it was different in those days,” Eyring said. When his father was called to serve at Ricks College, the family lived in Atherton, California, which Eyring said is a lovely place. His family was living on a hilltop where the temperature variation was in a pleasant range of 30 degrees. “I remember standing in front of my second grade class during show and tell at Los Lomitas Elementary School and announcing that we were moving to ‘Rexburg, Iowa,’” he said. At that time, what is now Ricks Gardens was lava rock and sage brush. The college was small,

about 5,000 students, and headed into demographic downturn. The baby boomers had come to college in the 1960s, and the campus had expanded dramatically. His father was coming to a 2-year college from Stanford Henry J. Eyring has been chosen University in a as the new president of Brigham time of protest in Young University-Idaho. the late 1960s and early 1970s. “That was the time in higher education in the country at large, and here we come to Rexburg, Idaho, such a sweet spirit,” he said. The challenges Eyring’s father dealt with at the time were very different than the ones BYU– Idaho is currently experiencing.

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The budget had to be cut significantly with the downturn in students, and inflation was also a challenge. “I didn’t realize at the time what a heavy load he was carrying,” Eyring said. “For me it was Shangri-La.” Eyring has fond memories of playing basketball with his father in the Hart gym, and he said those days felt even better than their hilltop in California. In many ways, Eyring said he is grateful things are different than they were in the days his father was the president. Now, he said, the university is in a position where their challenge is not shrinkage, but growth. “Our great challenge will not be cutting budgets and to trying to figure out how to fill the classrooms, but we have to worry about classrooms being big enough. And fortunately those preparations have been very well made, particularly with our expansion onto online learning, which is a very high quality,” he said. “The challenge that we’ll have in the coming seven or eight years especially is how to deal with that dramatic demographic growth, and then the fact that our

Spring 2017 tuition is so low relative to others means that even if it weren’t for demographics we’d have increasingly more students interested in coming for economic reasons.” He said people will discover that BYU–Idaho is not only a good deal financially but also a wonderful place for education. Eyring had spoken to his father on the phone two nights previous, and he said they had a sweet conversation. He said the two share great experiences in Rexburg. One bit of encouragement his father gave was that he said he had been in prayer seeking to know whether the proposal, which he had not made, that his son serve as president was heaven’s will, and he had an image of the two of them on the basketball court. Eyring said his dad was a good basketball player and could jump well enough to dunk the ball. One morning he challenged his father to dunk the ball. Eyring said his hands were a little too small, so the ball kept falling out of the basket. “But I’ll never forget cheering for him and sort of standing on my toes, like this, at the moment he jumped, and I think that I felt in that call from him that he was kind of standing on his toes for me,” Eyring said. “And I’ll need that if I’m going to make the kinds of dunk shots that President Gilbert has done.” He said the emotion he experienced at the devotional where his new position as president was announced had to do partly with being engaged in a work he feels is bigger than not only any one person but also bigger than everyone on the campus. Gilbert added that he thinks Eyring was also feeling the weight of prophetic and heavenly expectation on him. But he said comfort comes when he realizes hundreds, if not thousands, of people all join with him in that responsibility. “He understands this place in a way that’s very unique and has prepared him for this time and season,” Gilbert said. “I’m grateful for his insights and understanding of BYU–Idaho and its mission and the

Welcome Back BYU-Idaho steady, upward course that we’re on.” Gilbert said Eyring grew up here as a young child and watched his father lead the university, and also served there in many roles. He said in many ways Eyring’s father helped guide and prepare him to be an effective president for the past two years. Students, faculty, staff and administration love working with Eyring, Gilbert said, because he loves the university so much. He also said his wife will be a wonderful example, loves school and is an amazing mother, great person and friend. Eyring expressed his gratitude to be the father of three BYU–Idaho graduates who have been served by the institution and grown spiritually in ways he couldn’t imagine. They have also received world-class education in secular terms, he said. He mentioned previous presidents Elder Kim B. Clark and Elder David A. Bednar and all the other presidents who came before him. “It’s a blessing to stand on the shoulders of giants,” he said. Eyring said much good is going on in the world even though “rising to the call,” a mantra BYU–Idaho has lived by under Gilbert, seems to be more of a challenge for students and youth everywhere, and they live in a world of uncertainty and tumult. He encouraged others to think of 100 years ago on this campus, in 1917, where war and pandemic, loss of life and difficult economic times were the challenges of the day. “There is today so much reason to be grateful and optimistic,” he said. He challenged students to not only rise to the call, but also be optimistic. The Eyrings hope to carry on a tradition of having Family Home Evening with university students. Eyring’s wife, Kelly, said their sons are looking forward to having Family Home Evening with a group larger than just the four of them. “We’ll do our best to enjoy the students and to encourage them and to make them part of our family,” she said.

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Who do you call? Gabe Davis Standard Journal staff

Most of us were taught from a young age that if we are in an emergency, we should get on a phone and call 911. Of course, local law enforcement in Rexburg will respond to those calls just like law enforcement will anywhere, but there are also a number of organizations in the area that help with safety, security and crime prevention in other ways. Here are a few of those organizations and what they offer. BYU-Idaho Security and Safety The university’s Security and Safety organization monitors the campus and is responsible for its security, but it also makes several services available to students who need them. “We provide what is called a ‘safe walk,’ where if you’re on campus, and it’s after dark, we provide escorts out to your car or from on campus to your apartment if you live off-campus,” said Fire and Security Systems Supervisor Stephen Bunnell. “We have students that go in pairs, and they will walk you from on campus.” In addition, security will help people retrieve items from buildings after hours, help you if you’ve locked your keys in your car on university property, and give you a jump start if your car battery is dead on university property. Security and Safety also teaches courses about first aid and AED certification training to student groups. They also have equipment in their office that they can use to mark students’ property for them so they can identify it. “We have personal engravers that we keep here in our office, and we encourage people to, if you have an item of value, to somehow mark it so that if it’s stolen and gets recovered we can get it back to you. And we provide services so that you can do that, so that you can mark your personal gear. That almost never gets used,” Bunnell said. You may have noticed that there are

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a number of blue poles sticking up out of the ground all over campus. These are direct lines to the university’s dispatch, so if you find yourself in a medical situation or another circumstance in which you find yourself in danger, you can push the red button on any of these poles to request immediate help. Bunnell emphasized, however, that these are intended for emergencies, not simple information calls. For general information about the university, please call 208-496-1411. To learn more about BYU-Idaho Security and Safety, and for information about their services, visit www. byui.edu/university-operations/ security-and-safety; visit their office in the Spencer W. Kimball Student & Administration Services Building, room 150; call 208-496-3000; or send them an email at securityandsafety@ byui.edu. Rexburg Police Department The Rexburg Police Department does more than just patrol and respond to calls. If you are new to the area, you may notice that in addition to parking spots on campus, there are a number of streets around campus marked by signs advertising the need for a “U” or “R” parking pass. Those can be purchased not from the university, but from the Rexburg Police Department, either online or at the department itself. If you purchase a pass online, you must come to the department to pick it up — it will not be mailed to you. The police department also teaches Rape Aggression Defense classes, which use lecture, discussion and practice to teach self-defense techniques to women ages 12 and older. For more information, visit www.rexburgpolice. com/programs/rad.cfm. These classes are also available on the Brigham Young University-Idaho campus on occasion. The department also teaches “Alive at 25” driving safety courses, which focus on preventing some of the most common causes of fatal accidents among 15- to 24-year-olds; provides free car seat checks for parents and

teaches how to install car seats securely; and accepts unwanted prescription medications at a drop box in the department’s lobby. To contact the Rexburg Police Department and learn more about this and other programs, visit their website at www.rexburgpolice.com, visit the department at 25 E. Main St., call 208-359-3000 or send them an email at rpd@rexburg.org. Family Crisis Center The Family Crisis Center, with offices on Rexburg’s Main Street, is an organization dedicated to serving victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. “Not all abuse is criminal, but we serve all victims of any type of abuse,” reads the organization’s website. “We understand that domestic violence and sexual assault can happen to anyone, regardless of age, gender, ethnic background, economic background, orienta-

tion or religion. Anyone in need of help is welcome to our services.” According to their website, among the Family Crisis Center’s services are • A 24-hour crisis line • Immediate response • Emotional advocacy and follow-up support • Safe shelter • Legal and court advocacy • Support groups • Counseling • Child forensic interviews In addition, the center also hosts a food bank and is home to a thrift store, the proceeds from which go to benefit victims. The Family Crisis Center also accepts donations of food and clothing and accepts help from volunteers. To learn more about the Family Crisis Center, visit their website at familycrisiscenter.info, visit their offices at 16 E. Main St., call 208-3560064 or send them an email at crisis@ ida.net.

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Capt. Lewis advises students to take safety precautions Lisa Dayley Smith lsmith@uvsj.com

REXBURG — The Upper Valley proves a wonderfully peaceful and safe place for young adults to get an education. Yet often that serenity blinds students into neglecting to secure their homes. “That’s probably one of the number one things — secure your home, close your drapes and lock your doors,” Rexburg Police Captain Randy Lewis said. Lewis says police occasionally get reports of unwelcome people entering apartments. “Every year that goes on. I’m not saying it’s a daily or weekly thing, but it happens,” he said. Lewis reports that it hasn’t been unusual for thieves to sneak in at night and take expensive items like laptop computers. He noted that there has been a significant amount of burglaries. “We’ve had burglars go check these apartments while people are asleep. They’ll look through windows and see somebody has a laptop on the table. They’ll walk 10 steps into the apartment, and they’re gone,” Lewis said. There have also been cases where young women have awoken to someone in their bedrooms. “They couldn’t see the face, but someone was hovering over and looking at them. They scream, and the person takes off. All those are very serious calls,” he said. Lewis encouraged students to park their cars where there are lots of street lamps and to walk in well-lit areas. Lewis suggested that landlords add extra lighting to apartment complexes and parking lots. He also urged them to place surveillance cameras on their rental property. “Make sure your parking lot is well-lit. Lighting and even surveillance is needed. Surveillance cam-

eras are so cheap anymore. With surveillance cameras, you can record,” Lewis said. “Those are all good things to encourage. The managers or the owners are fulfilling their requirements in making it a safe place to reside.” Lewis emphasized that there really is safety in numbers. “Let someone know where you’re going, and try to go in groups,” he said. Lewis cautioned students about staying out of parks after dark. “A lot of students will go out there after they’ve had a bad day. They’ll go out there and meditate. That’s just asking for trouble,” he said. Davis warned students to be familiar with the areas they frequent, and especially so while on campus at night. He stressed that BYU-Idaho officials are always concerned about student safety and are consistently working on ways to improve conditions on campus. “At night, in any of those buildings, we have people up there that shouldn’t be up there roaming around. Be aware of your surroundings. If something looks out of place, it probably is,” he said. “You can tell if a person belongs there. When you get that feeling that they don’t, get out,” he said. The number one key to safety is securing apartment doors, Lewis said. He reported two instances where criminals got into homes and exposed themselves or attempted to molest residents all because students left doors unlocked. While there will always be bad guys out there breaking the law or taking advantage of residents’ belief that crime happens elsewhere, Lewis says that generally Rexburg is a very nice place to live. “Overall it’s a safe community, but it’s better to be aware and on your toes,” he said.

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Stuck in smallville Rexburg’s a small town — but you may find that’s a good thing Gabe Davis Standard Journal staff

As you were driving into town for your first time, you probably saw open fields, a number of chain restaurants and stores and a few movie theaters. It may have been disheartening for you to see that “downtown Rexburg” mostly consisted of two main streets populated mostly by restaurants, grocery stores and a number of city buildings. If you’ve come from anywhere near a sprawling urban environment, Rexburg probably feels desolate to you. It’s often somewhat quiet, and some say that around here, there’s nothing to do for fun. These are downsides some students think about when they think

of living in Rexburg. It’s a relatively small town — the United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Rexburg at about 39,000 in 2016 — and it seems like there’s nothing to do here. But there are some upsides to this community as well. The size of the city Yes, Rexburg doesn’t cover a lot of acreage compared to other, larger cities, and that can be disappointing at first, but it can also be an advantage. If your housing is anywhere near the university, almost everything you need is within walking or biking distance: groceries, restaurants, parks, clothing stores — walk a mile down Main Street and you’ll see all of those things. And when

parking can be an issue, that closeness can be a boon. Crime According to the United States Department of Justice, there were just 12 violent crimes reported in Rexburg by law enforcement in 2015 (the latest complete, aggregated data offered by that institution). Violent crimes are defined by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program as “those offenses that involve force or threat of force.” There were 181 property crimes reported in Rexburg that year (the UCR definition of property crimes includes offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson). By comparison, law enforcement in Boise, which in 2015 had a population of 218,844,

recorded 676 violent crimes and 4,980 property crimes that year. Law enforcement in Salt Lake City, with a population of 191,992 that year, recorded 1,642 violent crimes and 17,914 property crimes. Now, of course, a low rate of crime does not mean people should be reckless (see our articles in this publication about crime and safety), but perhaps it does mean that you and your fellow students can rest just a little easier, and it may be one of the reasons there is as much trust as there is among members of this community. Remoteness Yes, for some people, living in the middle of the “Idaho desert” is a downside. But in the spring, if you get outside your apartment, you

Spring 2017 might find it’s one of the most beautiful places to be. Wake up in the early morning, get up on the hill, and look just about any direction for a stunning view of mountain ranges — the Tetons to the east and the Bitterroot and Salmon River Mountains and Cascade Range to the west and northwest. The fact that we don’t have tall buildings in the city may just be what allows you that view. And if you can get a few miles away from the city and the light pollution on a clear night, perhaps driving out east past Newdale, that Idaho remoteness you might be griping about can give you a chance to see tens of thousands of stars all at

Welcome Back BYU-Idaho once — to see the Milky Way sprawl across the night sky. You can’t get that kind of a view just anywhere. Nearby features If you have trouble finding things to do right here in Rexburg, and you have a car, look at a map. The west entrance to Yellowstone National Park is just an hour and a half’s drive from here. And after a day touring the park near the end of the semester, maybe you can drop by the Playmill Theatre in West Yellowstone and see a show (I’d personally recommend it). If you don’t want to go quite that far for natural beauty, there’s a state park, Harriman, about an hour north, where you can go on hikes,

biking trips and horseback rides (check out Dry Ridge Outfitters). Still north, but a little closer to home are the St. Anthony Sand Dunes, where visitors often take offroad vehicles (which can be rented in the nearby city). About 30 minutes north are the Civil Defense Caves, which can be a favorite exploration place for students. Or look another direction besides north. To the east are the Tetons, Grand Targhee resort, the university-owned Outdoor Learning Center at Badger Creek (with a ropes course, climbing wall, giant swing and a number of other activities) and some beautiful hikes. A short way to the west is the Menan Butte, which has at its top a great view of the valley and the Snake River. If you need help getting to some of these places, check with the university’s Outdoor Activities program. They do a number of excursions to nearby outdoor hot spots each semester.

17 Community After you’ve lived here as long as I have, you’ll have heard many stories about people who stopped by a stuck car in the middle of winter to help get it out, who turned in lost credit cards they found at the store, who gave rides to students trying to walk home with their arms full of groceries and who gave of themselves to others who were in need. Again, while this doesn’t mean that you should be reckless or unwise, or that everyone in this community is a ray of sunshine eager to do you a favor, you may run into those types of people more often than you expect. In short, the thought of living in this community may seem unpleasant to you (it certainly does to some students), but if you take some time to think, you may find that there are plus sides to living in a small town, and even advantages to living in Rexburg that you may not find anywhere else.

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Clark G. Gilbert called to head BYU–Pathway Worldwide Standard Journal staff

Brigham Young University–Idaho President Clark G. Gilbert, left, and Academic Vice President Henry J. Eyring spoke at a press conference Thursday about Eyring’s new role as president and Gilbert’s new role leading BYU–Pathway Worldwide.

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During a BYU–Idaho press conference Feb. 9, President Clark G. Gilbert reflected both on his time as president and on his new role as president of BYU–Pathway Worldwide (BYU–PW). “We will miss this place terribly,” Gilbert said. “We love BYU–Idaho in ways that are really almost impossible to describe, and we’ve loved raising our family here. But we know this is the right time and the right season, and that the Lord will bless our work here at BYU–Idaho and the work that will expand as BYU–Pathway Worldwide grows and expands throughout the church.” He said Rexburg and the college had been built by pioneering, modest, prophetic, direction-seeking people and that culture laid a foundation and wellspring for what became Ricks College and then BYU–Idaho. This, he said, has allowed remarkable things to happen, including the creation of the Pathway program in 2009. “BYU–Idaho is a remarkable place,” he said. “The announcement that happened yesterday was historic, but it’s also not by accident. There’s a reason BYU–Idaho is where it is, and there’s a reason BYU–Pathway Worldwide came from where it came. This place, deep in its very identity, was built on the culture and history of people who built this valley,” Gilbert said. The BYU–Pathway Worldwide organization has responsibility for the Pathway students. Pathway is a pre-matriculation, one-year program before students start online degree programs, Gilbert said. It is also for

students in the online degree programs. “That essentially doubles the size of the enrollment, so the total enrollment is about 37,000 students. That’s more students than attend BYU or BYU–Idaho,” he said. Gilbert said BYU–PW will be working on creating virtual resources such as mentoring. In many places Pathway sites are reaching huge numbers, many with as many students as small community colleges, and the organization will be working on resources in those places to help serve the needs of those students. Gilbert said the decision to move BYU–Pathway Worldwide’s headquarters to Salt Lake was something that was decided after careful consideration. BYU–Pathway Worldwide will continue to work with BYU–Idaho, and the two will be intricately connected. Gilbert said he had heard the counsel when the question was asked if the headquarters could stay in Rexburg that this would work fine for a year or two, but in five years they would regret that decision. “BYU–Pathway Worldwide is a worldwide organization,” Gilbert said. “It will interact very intimately also with different organizations in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including its missionary department and including its self-reliance services and including all the area presidencies from all around the world.” For a more extensive version of this article, visit our website, uvsj. com, and search for “President Clark G. Gilbert: On a new path.”

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REXBURG — While college living often means living in a temporary abode, that doesn't mean the new digs can't be homey. According to Moveline.com, there are several ways to turn a shortterm residence into a comfortable cozy home. Moveline specializes in helping people move and also in helping them adapt to their new surroundings. Such could come in handy for new and returning Brigham Young University-Idaho students moving into what can be sterile, bland apartments. That change may prove a shocker, but Moveline says that it's possible to transform a new place into a cozy, comfortable abode by following a few simple, inexpensive steps. Those steps include adding everything from plants to pictures to a favorite fragrance. It also encourages new move-ins to bring something from home that conjures up fond memories. Moveline notes that of the five senses, scent is often attached to memory. “If you had a favorite candle, room spray or reed diffuser in the last place you lived, by all means, reintroduce it in your new space. If not, spend a little time choosing a fragrance that you’re instantly drawn to when you smell it for the first time,” the webpage said. Next, Moveline suggests decorating the walls of a new home. It notes that such companies as Blik and Wallies that sell vinyl decals with “impermanent adhesive” on the back that won't damage walls. “It's an artistic way to add some personality to an apartment that can be taken down in seconds with zero evidence left behind,” it said. For shutterbugs, it's possible to add pictures to walls without using a nail, says the Wikihow webpage. It suggests using adhesive picture hanging strips. But you should

always cheeck with your landlord or apartment manager about what is permitted on walls. “Two sets of strips will hold up to six pounds and most 11x17-inch pictures,” it reported. To really breathe life into a new apartment, Moveline recommends adding plants to the new home. It also suggested adding a small herb garden. “Small herb gardens can pull double duty, (by) giving your apartment a touch of green and your food a dash of flavor with a few small snips,” it said. Moveline said adding a terrarium really make things cozy. “(It) can fill up empty space and lend a calming, Zen-like sensibility to the place where you crash-land at the end of each day,” it reported. The webpage said that plants like Cactus are low maintenance and great for those with little time to spend on gardening. Plants help brighten up the place while also giving residents something else to think about after a long day at school, it said. “For the more nurturing among us, plants requiring daily watering give us a sense of ritual and something, however little, to come home to and take care of. Few things are more comforting than that,” it said Moveline also suggested adding longtime “security blankets” to the new apartment. “Whether it's a favorite pillow, a set of framed photos or even a particular color or motif that makes us smile, there’s no reason to keep it stuffed in a box or on hold for the next stop during a period of transition,” it stated. The webpage says that such cherished items affect a person's happiness level by keeping them connected to fond memories. “Choosing the five personal belongings most important to you – and keeping them with you in your temporary space – can go a long way toward making an intermission feel

personal,” it said. “Even if you pick up something new to match the wall colors or to suit the climate wherever you might be, something singular but often used can have a daily, yet meaningful, impact on your mood.” Moveline did reminded those moving into new digs that temporary homes are called that for a reason. “If short-term strain equals long-term gain, just imagine how much fun you can have once you’ve finally settled into your next, more permanent home,” it said. For more information on making a temporary house a home visit www.moveline.com/blog/how-to-makea-temporary-apartmentfeel-like-home.

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