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Utah State University, Logan, Utah Week of November 16, 2020 BE NEWS CONTENT MANAGER By weeks. than those in their immediate household for the nexttwo ticipate in or host social gatherings with individuals other wear aseatbelt. is no different than asking someone to obey traffic laws or rus,” headded. ing them is the easiestwaytoslowspread of thevi sion. Commis Labor the by fined be will comply to fails who post signageencouraging patrons todo thesame.Anyone date untilfurthernotice,”hesaid. events andtargettesting. mask mandates, volved social gatherings, most sporting four critical announcements. The announcements in unit capacity. dress hospital overcrowding and protect intensive care pandemicsofar.Utah’s worstweekoftheCOVID-19 cy Sunday evening. The announcement came following Page 2 - The Utah Statesman November 16, 2020 Utah Gov. Gary Herbert declared a state of emergen When it comes to social gatherings, Utahns may not par According to Herbert, requiring someone to wear a mask affect oureconomyandwear “Masks donotnegatively Businesses will require employees towearmasks and “I am placing the entirestateofUtah under a mask man had he said Herbert office, his from Utahns Addressing Herbert saidtheemergencywasbeingdeclaredtoad mandatory maskpolicy TaylorCripe Utah imposesnewmandates Gov. Herbertissues S usustatesman.com/best-of-logan T STATESMAN FILEPHOTO LOGAN ------the disease. you to do everything in your power to stop the spread of about personal responsibility. I ask you now and I implore fections lowuntilanewvaccineisavailable. our nurses,”headded. spread toothin,”Herbertsaid. capacity and medical professionals are exhausted and but theycannot give thebestcarewhenhospitals are at place under35. activities, high-school teachers and people in the work high-school studentswhoparticipate inextracurricular toms. This will include weekly testsfor college students, will dotargettestingforthosewhonothavesymp sporting events. test their players, they willbeallowedto continue their group,” Herbertsaid. est ratesofthespreadarenowoccurring among thisage careful intheircasual social gatherings and thatthehigh championship gamesandintercollegiatesports. tivities arecancelled,withtheexceptionofhigh-school per occurrence. $10,000 of fine a to subject and prosecuted be will ings where onLogan’smaincampus. on,” he suggested thenewtesting facility could besome make iteasierforstudentstoaccessCOVID testing. more studentsaretestedfrequently. testing. However, thegovernor’sorderwillrequire that spokesperson Tim Vitale said. dated byUtahGov. GaryHerbertSundayevening. testing man virus testingcentertohelpwiththeweekly In addition to testing people whohavesymptoms, they Herbert alsosaidthattestingoperationswillexpand. Because intercollegiate sports are already required to “Our date showsthat individuals 18to24havenotbeen For thenexttwoweeks,allsportsandafterschoolac and gather who sponsorsorholdslargeevents Anyone Although Vitale said, “the details arestillbeingworked As aresult,theuniversityissettingupanotherfacility to Currently, Maverik Stadium is being used for COVID-19 “Our hope is that all students will betested,” USU Utah State University is working to add another Corona “This is about so much more than just mandates, this is Herbert alsosaid Utahns must do theirpart to keepin we needour doctors and “In our war against COVID-19, “Our hospitals inUtahareamong the bestinworld, facility tomeetneeds USU addstesting
NOV. 1 – NOV. 30 ------taking something back to their communities. We knewwe for Thanksgiving break,”hesaid. “We don’twantthem will wanttobeevaluated. to get tested. However, Vitale said he still hopes everyone don’t gettested.” the risktotheircommunities and theirfamiliesifthey said. “We areinapandemic. I thinkstudentsrecognize will dotherightthing. sure that everyone getstested, he has faith that students out inthenextfewdays. get testedimmediately, canstillaccessMaverikStadium. tested weekly. will nothavetobe days andstudents athletes the last90 permanent home, students who have testedpositive in ties anddiningserviceswillremainopen. go virtualorbepostponeduntilNov. 30. sports and speaker eventsnottiedtoclasseswillhave until Nov. 21. ett saidinthestatement. day season, and getting testedisessentialforthis,” Cock as studentsheadhomeforThanksgivingbreak. elle Cockettalsosaid this increase in testing is important virus iscomingfrompeople18-24.” said. “We arenowseeingthatmuch of thespreadfrom cases arerisingatanalarmingrate. comes tothepandemic, Vitale saiditcan’tbeignoredthat had tojumponthisandtakeaction.” “We haveapredicament now withstudents going home Students whoonlytakeclassesonlinearenotrequired “I think students recognize how important this is,” he en to difficult be may it although Vitale, to According Information about thenewtesting facility should besent Students withsymptoms, or anyonewhowouldliketo Students whohavealreadyleftcampus to studyin their Campus facilities, such as thelibrary, recreational facili All events,including student clubs, intramurals, club According to theemail, classes will continue as planned “Wesafe overthe holi wantyouandyourfamiliestobe In anemailsentouttostudentsyesterday, PresidentNo “At first we didn’t think young people were high risk,” he Although he believesUSU has done a good job when it
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bring herd immunity and stop the spread the stop and immunity herd bring there is a need for a vaccine that can help can that vaccine a need for a there is excited to spend one more year living college life to the they’re on. this life. They’re excited about the future and the path might be a little stressful, but juniors have grown to love feel familiarwiththecollegecampus andtown. made some friends, picked a major and have started to strangers, and still figuring out what to do with their lives. experience. Studentsareina newplacesurrounded by Page 4 - The Utah Statesman November 16, 2020 SENIOR STAFFSENIOR WRITER By With senior year approaching, students are generally In junioryear,starts to feel likehome.School college Sophomores might havealittlemoreclarity. They’ve can beanintimidating Freshman year atanycollege Karcin Harris USU seniorsshare theirstories Robbed oftheirfinal year, isfying. niors. don’t expectto have thesameexperiencesas previous se They graduation. a have to Velazquezexpect Lydia don’t the waythey’vebeenlooking forward to. work atgraduation. Dee GlenSmithSpectrum and celebratingyearsofhard ties, singing The Scotsman—loudlyandbadlyinthe the stands at MaverickStadium, going to dances and par experience. That’swhatsenioryearisallabout,right? fullest, making valuable memoriesand really savoring the Hansen, an economics major, said his education is en sat feel to degrees their finishing expect don’t they And USU seniorsJonahHansen, Alyssa Hill,Kirsten Warr and This year seniors won’tbeable to dothat. At leastnotin At Utah State University, that means cheering loudly in PHOTO BY Mickelle Yeates - - - - help fromhimortheonlineclass.” thought hewasteaching,” he said, “andIcouldn’tgetany the internet. for help in real time, instead of needing to resort to asking the answer. Hewishedhehadawaytoasktheprofessor find to Google to turning before twice lecture the viewed ping on theright part of thevideo,with no luck. Hansen the knowledgeheneededtoanswerquestions. about talked the professor where part the find couldn’t work assignment. He watched a recorded lecture and the schoolyear. line classes,hesaid, are thebiggestdisappointment of with the professors, but hecan’t dothat now. The on attending his classes and getting great one-on-one time and he was excited. This semester was going to be about to ensureitwouldworkoutthatway. great semesterfor his last yearofcollegeand made plans tirely onlinethissemester. Hewasoriginallyexpectinga week ontowinterbreak. istocancel spring break and add a spread of COVID-19 nior year. has still had her moments of frustration regarding her se She’s trying to stayoptimistic about virtual learning, but semester. this class in-person one and classes online five ing tolookforwardto.Everydayfeelslikelimbo.” said. “I can’t help but feel hopeless and like there is noth ter thanIhaveduring any other semester,” Velazquez pointless. great professorsandclassmates, but hercourseworkfeels are onlinethis semester. Shesaid she’sthankful for her technical difficulties. more outoftheirlastfewcollegeclasses. with their professors and classmates. Theywantedtoget before thiswholething.” or keepingupwithCanvas because theydidn’tuseitatall professor who stillhas a hard time with recording videos savvy, it’sachallenge. her onlineclasses and professors whoaren’texactlytech things she actuallycancontrolrightnow, butwithallof learning experience,”hesaid. they’re missingthemark. tried to do while adjusting to this new wayof teaching, Hansen said while heapplauds what professors have “I wassoangryIhadn’tlearnedwhattheprofessor He triedclicking on different spots, in hopes ofstop Just theotherday, Hansenwastryingtodohishome Hansen handpicked his professors for this semester, One of the measures USU has taken to prevent the Recreation administration major Kirsten Warr is taking semes this more cried have I that say confidently can “I classes her of five all major,said English Velazquez,an They didn’t want online classes filled with busywork and Seniors wantedmore.Theytocommunicate “The classes are not going great,” Hill said. “I have one Hill, aninternational studies major, istryingtofocuson Most seniors taking onlineclassesthis year feelsimilarly. “It’s my last year and I feellikeI’mbeing robbed of a full *The restofthisstoryisavailable on —[email protected] usustatesman.com. @HarrisKarcin ------Page 5 - The Utah Statesman November 16, 2020 - - - - -
f I met Emma Chamberlain I’m pretty sure we would be best friends. OK, prob be best friends. pretty sure we would Chamberlain I’m f I met Emma YouTube with Emma’s If you’re not familiar it is a nice thought. ably not, but was a rumor in a year (which she hasn’t showered might think that channel, you Emily White “Anything Goes” can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify music with new epi and Spotify Goes” can be found on Apple Podcasts “Anything One thing I love about Emma Chamberlain is she actually cares about people and is she actually cares about people and One thing I love about Emma Chamberlain Goes,” has helped me to realign “Anything During these last few historical months, internet was, like, the end all be all,” she “I just got this feeling in my head that the Goes” is an inspiring and raw podcast that has helped me focus on the “Anything Chamberlain’s podcast is very appropriately named because she talks about abso is very appropriately named because Chamberlain’s podcast Most people who jump on becoming internet famous. I appreciate her perspective I times, incredibly relatable. times, incredibly relatable. sodes every Thursday. maintain an air of humility, which is definitely intriguing. She started getting atten which is definitely intriguing. maintain an air of humility, in 2017 (at 16 years old) and her subscriber count keeps growing. tion from YouTube human being who cares about her fans, shows it. She genuinely seems like a good because they’re people with real problems. not because they’re giving her a job, but an episode of her podcast to her listeners, Chamberlain even occasionally dedicates episodes, Chamberlain reads questions Session.” In these titling the episode “Advice giving advice on relationships, mental her fans send in and answers them honestly, embarrassing personal story to light health, forgiveness and even tells the occasional Chamberlain “The Illusion of Money,” en the mood. In one of her recent episodes, She explains, “If you don’t work hard to gives her listeners some impactful advice. with others, and you have all this keep up your mental health and your relationships none of the money matters.” money, Phone episodes is called “Put Your and adjust my priorities. One of my favorite not being on her phone and how it’s positively Down.” In it, Chamberlain talks about affected her anxiety. is a big deal, everything that somebody said. “Everything that happens on the internet to fall into that when you’re on it all the time says about me is a big deal. It’s so easy can’t and you don’t have a life outside of it. But the life that we all could have and have and do have outside of our phones is actually so much better.” and at most important things in my life during the global pandemic. It’s light, funny Emma started as a joke, but people actually started believing it to be true), but there true), but there believing it to be actually started as a joke, but people Emma started she ridiculously real, but is hilarious and Chamberlain more to Emma. Yes, is so much showcases that video and she YouTube since she made her first has learned so much Goes.” on her podcast, “Anything knowledge and growth opens vulnerability, discusses podcast. She reads her diary, lutely anything on her to the illusion of and fears, and even has an episode dedicated up about her anxiety is on the table, nothing is off she has ever experienced in her life Everything money. limits. Chamberlain has been able to whereas get a little bit crazy, into the world’s spotlight By LIFESTYLES WRITER SENIOR Your new favorite podcast: ‘Anything Goes’ ‘Anything podcast: favorite new Your LIFESTYLES REPORTER By Page 6 - The Utah Statesman November‘The Mandalorian’season 16,In agalaxyfar, faraway: 2020 a deal:iftheMandalorianhelps defeatthedragon,Vanth promisestorelinquishthe Greater KraytDragon.Inthemomentsfollowing,Vanth andtheMandalorianstrikeup in MosPelgo hasbeenperiodicallyterrorizedbyagiantAlaskanBullWorm calleda rumblings ripplingthroughthesand.After witnessinganattack,welearnthelivestock Mandalorian, thethreatofviolencebetweentwoisonly brokenbyearthquake-like by thetownmarshal,CobbVanth (Timothy Olyphant),andveryobviously notanother with aclose-upofBobaFett’s batteredarmor, lastseenin“Return of theJedi.”Worn through thetown. the chaosafterfallofEmpire,asenseforeboding hangsheavyoverourstroll ed toanuncomfortablyquietghosttowncalledMosPelgo. Thoughttobedestroyedin brash, ifevergenerous,mechanicPeli Motto(AmySedaris),theMandalorianisdirect an, inthehopestheywillbeabletoprovideassistance.After abriefreunionwiththe with theMandalorian(Pedro Pascal) toTatooine toconnectwithafellowMandalori the attempttoreuniteBabyYoda withhiskind,wereturn dalorian-turned-cowboy inanintergalacticWestern. In ing spin. all three,“TheMandalorian”offersagenuinelyentertain can feelcheesy, predictableorcampy, andevenattimes with othermembersofhisspecies.Whilethequesttrope — BabyYoda, ashehasbeen solovinglyrebranded— “Star Wars” withanentirelynewgoal:reunitingtheChild offered awonderfuldivedirectlybackintotheworldof wait foreachnewplotdevelopment.Thefirstepisode keeping theaudienceonedgeoftheirseatswhilethey two episodesthathavedeliveredonitslegacyofsuccess, guilty pleasure. watching TVaneventagain,insteadofjustabadhabitor cally start.Inotherwords,“TheMandalorian”ismaking next episode,notjustwaitfortheepisodetoautomati time whenwehadtowaitanentireweekwatchthe Airing oneepisodeperweek,itisreminiscentofthe of ‘TheMandalorian.’ I Eventually stumblingacrosstheotherMandalorianinadeserted bar, wearestruck The firstepisodeofthesecondseasonsetsupMan “The Mandalorian”haskickedoffitssecondseasonwith Editor’s note:thisreviewcontainsspoilersforchapter10 SageSouza season twoofitssmashhit,“TheMandalorian.” revolutionary “StarWars” trilogies,Disney+released n thecontinuationofGeorgeLucas’andDisney’s - - - @madiaz2 and I’mlike Ineverleft! have togointo quarantine again Some peopleare like ohno, we - - seems tobedeliveringonthatpromise—knockwood. promise ofanewdeepdiveintothe“StarWars” universe. Writer-director JonFavreau maintained andexpandedthefanbaseinawaylastthree moviesdidn’t,witha outside ofthecriticallycontroversialsequeltrilogy. TheMandalorianhas successfully people andevenTusken Raiders. ing onastalwartsheriffandmysterious,gunslingingstranger tohelpsavetheday.” than thestoryofascrappy, dusty frontiertownthreatenedbyagranddanger, depend armor. Disney+ hasbeenofferedauniqueopportunitytoexpandthe “StarWars” universe The Mandalorianexceedsexpectationsinthecoalitionformed withVanth, thetowns National PublicRadiocriticEricDegganswrote,“thereisnogreaterWestern trope —[email protected] @sagesouza @utahmads write normalize beingawriterwho doesn’t PHOTO VIA two
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- Page 7 - The Utah Statesman November 16, 2020 I Want it All — COIN I Want Cringe — Matt Maeson Silhouettes — Colony House On The 5 — Winnetka Bowling League On The 5 — Winnetka Cigarette Daydreams — Cage the Elephant Cigarette Daydreams — Cage About This — The Mowgli’s Good I Feel @koolgalkay I’m midnight, around day Every only 6pm. to find out it’s shocked Gage Duffin via Twitter via Gage Duffin PHOTO BY BY PHOTO @darcyrrose @rodeoman A24 twilight was the first spiritually, film —[email protected] If there’s anything Duffin has learned from the great bell If there’s anything Duffin has learned from “Never give up on your dreams. And if anybody tells you Gerrish came up with the idea to turn the bell tower Gerrish came up with the idea to turn the and there’s a long The first episode will be the bell tower, this Friday, Gerrish is aiming to release the first episode After waiting since spring, Duffin was finally given the go After tower saga, it’s to never give up. you can’t accomplish something, take it personally and prove them wrong,” Duffin said. “If your dream is getting it’s accomplishable.” into a bell tower, ahead, and on Nov. 6, one year and seven months after his ahead, and on Nov. in. he made it first tweet about the bell tower, Duffin will take story into an Instagram TV series where that they students on virtual tours to places on campus may not know about or have access to. next, including the list of potential locations to take Duffin shop, the the theater costume Aggie Chocolate Factory, — or and maybe even St. Ann’s Retreat Caine Dairy Farm the nunnery — in Logan Canyon. until the and the goal is to release new videos monthly end of the school year. - - -
other problems I don’t want to think other problems about?? I’ll never tell @fr0g_enthusiast my upset about leaving Am I extremely fridge an hour in my parents leftovers or am I using that as an outlet for away,
hat began as a joke on Twitter soon became a soon became as a joke on Twitter hat began student to let Utah State University campaign bell tower, into the Old Main Gage Duffin
The Belltower Saga Saga Belltower Belltower The The
Darcy Ritchie Darcy
“At the end of September, they messaged me and they’re the end of September, “At
Though Gage knew he was going to be let in at some Though Gage knew he was going to be
“We told Gage about it long ago, so he’s known he’s told Gage about it long ago, “We
Gerrish planned to let Duffin into the bell tower early in Gerrish planned to let Duffin into the bell
“He was very consistent with it, and we kept seeing “He was very consistent with it, and we
When Matt Gerrish became the assistant director for When Matt Gerrish became the assistant
At first, Duffin was told that he wouldn’t be let into the was told that he wouldn’t be let into the first, Duffin At
“I remember walking out, and I sat on the block A and “I remember walking
Duffin’s bell tower campaign began over spring break Duffin’s bell tower
W
me again.”
that sucked. And then a week or two ago, he messaged
like they were gonna let me up and now they’re not, like
little frustrated. I was like, man, I got so far. They told me little frustrated. I was like, man, I got so far.
weeks, and I thought they were ghosting me. And I was a
said. “And then I didn’t hear from them for a couple then I didn’t said. “And
like, ‘all right, we got the green light we’re going,’” Duffin
for a while.
point, he was worried when he didn’t hear from Gerrish point, he was worried when he didn’t hear
very patient throughout the whole process.”
when it was going to happen,” Gerrish said. “He’s been when it was going to happen,” Gerrish said.
going to be getting into the bell tower, he just didn’t know going to be getting into the bell tower,
kept getting pushed back.
the spring, but due to safety concerns and COVID-19,the spring, but due to safety concerns and it
social media engagement.”
bell tower because we thought it would make for great bell tower because we thought it would
this happen. Like, how can we actually get this kid in the this happen. Like, how can we actually
our office are like, ‘these are great.’ Like, we need to make our office are like, ‘these are great.’ Like,
said. “And they were really funny, like, even everybody in they were really funny, said. “And
mentions in our inbox over the course of months,” Gerrish mentions in our inbox over the course of
sity. sity.
was one of the students regularly tweeting at the univer was one of the students regularly tweeting
USU’s social media just over a year ago, he noticed Duffin USU’s social media just over a year ago,
ter page started to have some fun with him.
him. He kept tweeting and eventually the university Twit him. He kept tweeting and eventually the
bell tower due to safety concerns, but this didn’t deter bell tower due to safety concerns, but this
kind of became a thing.”
the rest of that semester. And over that summer it just And over that summer it the rest of that semester.
“And then I tweeted about it like once or twice throughout then I tweeted about “And
how to get into Old Main’s bell tower. Failed,’” Duffin said. Failed,’” Main’s bell tower. how to get into Old
tweeted something along the lines of, ‘Tried to figure out to figure out ‘Tried the lines of, tweeted something along
er. He found a few doors, but they were all locked. He found a few doors, but er.
and wondered if there was a way to get into the bell tow and wondered if there
2019. He was exploring the different buildings on campus 2019. He was exploring
known as the Bell Tower Boy — finally made it in. known as the Bell Tower
and after one year, seven months and 26 days, Duffin — months and 26 seven year, and after one
LIFESTYLES REPORTER LIFESTYLES
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- two @sagesouza —[email protected] National Public Radio critic Eric Deggans wrote, “there is no greater Western trope wrote, “there is no greater Western National Public Radio critic Eric Deggans the towns the coalition formed with Vanth, The Mandalorian exceeds expectations in universe to expand the “Star Wars” Disney+ has been offered a unique opportunity armor. armor. depend dusty frontier town threatened by a grand danger, than the story of a scrappy, gunslinging stranger to help save the day.” ing on a stalwart sheriff and mysterious, Raiders. people and even Tusken The Mandalorian has successfully outside of the critically controversial sequel trilogy. a maintained and expanded the fanbase in a way the last three movies didn’t, with Jon Favreau universe. Writer-director promise of a new deep dive into the “Star Wars” seems to be delivering on that promise — knock on wood. In a galaxy far, far away: away: far far, a galaxy In season Mandalorian’ ‘The Page 8 - The Utah Statesman November 16, 2020 next weekby scheduling an appointment ataggiehealth.usu.edu. testing supervisor.COVID-19 Logan students can be tested this or students hadbeen tested,according to Elisabeth Spraggins, USU’s dents adaybeginning onNov. 12.AsofNov. 13,around3-4,000 President Cockett Noelle said they would test up to 2,000 stu center allowed500appointments on Wednesday asatrial run, counts haverisenacrossthestate inrecentweeks. ty studentsweekly.mandate wasannounced Nov. The 8ascase center after Gov. Gary Herbert announced plans to testuniversi Thursday, Nov. 12. workers, plexiglassdividersandmaskedstudentsbeginning on MANAGING EDITOR By The TSC ballroom actsasaCOVID-19 testingcenterastheschoolprovides testingtostudentsbefore Thanksgiving break. TSC ballroom transformed into COVID-19 testingcenterineffortto test studentsbeforeThanksgiving TSC ballroomtransformed intoCOVID-19
PUTThis week, the center focused on on-campus residents. While the testing The spacious room was transformed into a COVID-19 gowned of flurry a hosted Taggartballroom The Center Student TO THE TEST Alek Nelson Alek - - that thetesting swabs the school isusing do notneed togo as testing process was convenient and painless. He said it was nice they returnfrom winterbreak,aswell. before Thanksgiving break, she said they willteststudents when tests available.Inaddition to thecurrenttesting,whichcomes just ly basis, Cockettsaid they areconcerned about thenumber of classrooms,” Cockettsaid. as awholeisdoingwell,though. a weekandhalf ago.Cockettsaid loween shefeelstheuniversity socialization among students over the past few weeks,with Hal ty, notonlybecauseofincreased testing, but becauseofincreased doing this,” Cockett said. “The wholepoint is to keepotherssafe.” Third year biological engineering student Cheng Chen said the While Herbertrequesteduniversity studentsbetestedonaweek “There havebeennoincidents of infection through any ofour Cockett expectsthecase count to increase at Utah State Universi “I can’t say enough about how much I appreciate our students - - - plastic face shields. istration. Volunteers worePPE, including gowns, N95 masks and dent Affairs employees, pre-med students, and university admin the testtoquickly returnresultstostudents. code and were givena barcode sticker. This barcode is kept with and received a QR code. Students checked in, scanned their QR students scheduled an appointment through aggiehealth.usu.edu gerous places,soIneedtomake sureIamclear,” Chensaid. and infantson. basis. He wantedtomakesureheissafewhenaround his wife works asateaching assistant, meeting withstudents on aweekly about aninchintothenostrilsbypatient. deep into the noseas some othertests.Theswabs are inserted Testing center volunteers included everyone from Office of Stu of Office from everyone included volunteers Testingcenter The testing process tookabout four minutes per student. First, “I’m theonlyonewhoworks outside in, maybe someverydan He alsoappreciated theopportunity tobetestedbecausehe - - - PHOTOS BY Alek Nelson Page 9 - The Utah Statesman November 16, 2020 Alek Nelson PHOTOS BY BY PHOTOS @nelsonalek —[email protected] Received a test in the past week a test in the Received result in the past 90 days a positive test Received Have COVID-19(These students should be tested at symptoms Are currently in quarantine due to exposure to COVID-19 347 with cases, 369 active reported 11, the university Nov. As of The testing center will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m on Nov. 12 and Nov. on p.m 5 to a.m. 8 from will run center The testing with symptoms, will continue to process tests, as well. with symptoms, An email up for a evening encouraged students to sign sent out Wednesday time at the ballroom unless they: the stadium, which can be scheduled through the same website.) on the main Logan campus. erations of the university.” week. The this Wednesday through Monday open will be 13 and which is now reserved for those center near Maverik Stadium, - - - Cockett, who is President Noelle Cockett’s spouse, said the uni Noellesaid President Cockett’s spouse, who is Cockett, you because the university for good incredibly been it’s think “I McKenna Rich, a pre-med student studying human biology, was biology, human studying student pre-med a Rich, McKenna done really the school has given all the circumstances, “I think, results would be available While signage at the center said versity’s testing centers were the result of a team effort, with de with effort, team a of were the result centers testing versity’s partments across campus helping out. John together,” working are … that groups have all these different op the day-to-day in doesn’t happen that “Normally, Cockett said. one of the students volunteering at the center. Rich said she would one of the students volunteering at the center. She be working there for multiple day for about eight hours per day. smooth. pretty going were operations center testing the felt she said getting are things because all the changes navigating well with thrown at them, as well,” Rich said. the for technology of director Cockett, John 24-48 hours, within could receive results as soon as students college, said education evening through the Aggie Health website. Wednesday - - - The testing process took about four minutes per student. First, student. per minutes four took about process The testing center Testing volunteers included everyone from Office of Stu He also appreciated the opportunity to be tested because he the opportunity He also appreciated maybe some very dan in, outside “I’m the only one who works dent Affairs employees, pre-med students, and university admin university and students, employees, pre-med Affairs dent and N95 masks gowns, wore PPE, including Volunteers istration. plastic face shields. gerous places, so I need to make sure I am clear,” Chen said. gerous places, so I need to make sure I am clear,” aggiehealth.usu.edu through appointment scheduled an students QR their scanned in, checked Students code. QR received a and kept with is barcode This sticker. barcode were given a code and the test to quickly return results to students. deep into the nose as some other tests. The swabs are inserted the nose as some other tests. The swabs deep into about an inch into the nostrils by the patient. on a weekly meeting with students assistant, works as a teaching his wife He wanted to make sure he is safe when around basis. and infant son. TSC ballroom transformed into COVID-19TSC ballroom before Thanksgiving in effort to test students testing center The TSC ballroom acts as a COVID-19 testing center as the school provides testing to students before Thanksgiving break. Thanksgiving testing to students before testing center as the school provides acts as a COVID-19 TSC ballroom The SENIOR SPORTS WRITER SENIOR By new headcoach. this season: winagame. Secondly, the program needsa attempt todowhat Andersencouldnotdowith thisteam ordinator, willtakethe reins asinterimheadcoachand Frank Maile,the assistantheadcoach/co-defensive co Utah Statefootballhastotry andsalvagethisseason. five games on the schedule, and though Andersen is now out, remain there Firstly, future. immediate the inate tainted bythecompleteddud ofthelastyear-and-a-half. stint. For some,the glory ofthatearlierrunnowslightly early 2010s, Andersen lasted just 16 games in his second of UtahStatefootball.After afour-yearrunspanning the Page 10 - The Utah Statesman November 16,Andersen out:What’snext? 2020 Let’s look at the latter of those two issues first. So wheredotheAggiesgofrom here?Two issues dom And justlikethat,GaryAndersenisoutasheadcoach Jason Walker - - that youhave tohave been ahead coach. to box us into that, nor am I going to box us into saying ple on the staff that have been here? No. I’m not going coached here, lived here,haveacertainnumber ofpeo an understanding ofUtah?Yea. Butdotheyhaveto mission program, things like that? Do they need to have “Do they need to have an understanding of the return I want us to find the best guy for this job,” Hartwell said. job. the for guy right the finding about answer long-winded ence addressingthecoachingchange,Hartwellgavea gram backforalongtime.During a Nov. 9 pressconfer but hewillhavetonail this pickor it couldsetthepro His resume for hiring new coaches is already impressive task of bringing in the next head of Utah State football. I want us to be wide open in this search and go find the “I don’twanttoestablishany preconceivedparameters. All eyes turn to athletic director John Hartwell for that - - - to find his new man. Countless coordinators are eager are coordinators Countless man. new his find to prominent local name, Hartwell couldreach anywhere titles and threestraight 10-winseasons. Asidefrom that secutive postseason appearances,threestraight BigSky playoff contenderwithfourcon into aperennial FCS ference). The 45-year oldcoachhasbuilt the Wildcats may havesubtlyacknowledged thatfactinhispresscon didate is Weber State head coach Jay Hill (and Hartwell ulation willberifeforweeks. Acurrentfan-favoritecan considered. Allthatjazz. undertaken and interim head coach Frank Maile will be usual clichésthatpopup.A“nationalsearch”willbe candidates fromthatperspective.” I’d liketoseebutI’mnotgoingbeboxedintermsof ball forward. I’ve got some ideas about what qualities best person,thecandidatetoleadUtahStatefoot The outsidecandidatescould beanyone,thoughspec As forotherthingssaidatthepresser, theywerethe
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The Utah State football program is going The Utah State football program is going Much like the man whose position he is he is man whose position Much like the him with sat down when I Bodie told “I In that same answer he also In that same answer he also we have good have talented kids, “We “It’s always been about two things for me for me been about two things “It’s always gram history. about the offense to be him. Be him and and about the offense to be him. Be him do what he came here to do,” Maile said. “I’m the last guy to walk into that offensive room and start telling him what to do so I ain’t going to do that.” through a major pivot. Since 2009, Ander sen has had an influence on this program who both as the head coach and from Wells time, short In successor. Andersen’s was the Aggies are going to permanently move away from that Andersen influence,source of one of the best decades in pro the players,” Maile said. “They’ll play hard for for players,” Maile said. “They’ll play hard physical. play they’ll fast, play They’ll us. situa better in them put to got we’ve But plan.” game that execute to able be to tions by coach head defensive a is Maile taking, trade, meaning offensive coordinator Bodie will retain much of the responsibil Reeder ity as the resident offensive expert. Maile said he has no intent of getting in Reeder’s way. commented on the talent the team has and and commented on the talent the team has staff’sthe right the in them put to duty place. the press conference he did expound on the the on expound he did conference press the for suc in place to be that needed things offense. cess on execution,” and it’s effort and football-wise a problem “Effort’s never been Maile said. execu really it’s now Right team. our with that game plan and sometimes tion of our means simplifying things.” say he’d go with one style and seemed will seemed and style one with go he’d say in earlier But style. current the to keep ing - - — John Hartwell
I’m not going to rush rush going to I’m not
the right person. the right make sure that we get get sure that we make to a decision. I want to to I want to a decision.
While problems abound on both sides of of sides both on abound problems While
“I was put in a place where I had to lead “I was put in a place where I had to lead
As for how different that experience and As for how different that experience and
As many are aware, this isn’t the first time time first the isn’t this aware, are many As
As for what the football team will do in in As for what the football team will do
Hartwell went on to state he would like to to Hartwell went on to state he would like
“The sooner the better,” he said, “because he said, “because the better,” “The sooner
The timeline for hiring a new head coach coach new head hiring a for The timeline
what his philosophy would be, Maile didn’t what his philosophy would be, Maile didn’t
drawn plenty of ire. When asked about drawn plenty of ire. When asked about
the ball, Utah State’s anemic offense has the ball, Utah State’s anemic offense has
bowl game helped a little bit.”
said. “The experience of doing that for the said. “The experience of doing that for the
like I’m in the same situation again,” Maile like I’m in the same situation again,” Maile
young men and coaches forward and I feel young men and coaches forward and I feel
him.
have an entire staff and coordinators under have an entire staff and coordinators under
fact that unlike the New Mexico Bowl, he’ll fact that unlike the New Mexico Bowl, he’ll
doesn’t see a difference, aside from the the from aside difference, a see doesn’t
this opportunity will be, Maile said he this opportunity will be, Maile said he
as.
they ultimately won 52-13 over North Tex
prepared that team for the game which which game the for team that prepared
Bowl. Maile and his ‘little staff that could’ could’ that staff ‘little his and Bowl. Maile
had one game left to play: the New Mexico had one game left to play: the New Mexico
time coaches with him — when they still still time coaches with him — when they
left the Aggies — taking all but four full- left the Aggies — taking all but four
position as head coach of Texas Tech, he he Tech, position as head coach of Texas
Matt Wells accepted the job for his current job for his current accepted the Matt Wells
Maile has been interim head coach. When Maile has been interim head coach. When
when they went 0-8).
ry (the last and only winless year was 1941 ry (the last and only winless year was 1941
just the second winless team in Aggie histo
will attempt to avoid being the coach of of will attempt to avoid being the coach
the immediate future, interim coach Maile the immediate future, interim coach Maile
“doing well.”
15,” adding that if they did so they’d be be 15,” adding that if they did so they’d
hire a new head coach “on or before Dec. hire a new head coach “on or before Dec.
that we get the right person.”
decision. I want to make sure decision. I want to make sure
But I’m not going to rush to a But I’m not going to rush to a
questions. questions.
All those those All
to be?’ to be?’
is it going is it going
‘Who it’s going to be? What kind of coach What kind of coach ‘Who it’s going to be?
what that does is it alleviates the anxiety of the anxiety of does is it alleviates what that
possible.
have the new coach as quick as reasonably as reasonably coach as quick have the new
Hartwell himself said he would prefer to to prefer would he said himself Hartwell
is something fans are laboring over as well. as well. over are laboring fans is something
upgrade from their current programs. current from their upgrade
head coaches would consider Utah State an an State Utah consider would coaches head to move up the coaching ladder and some some and ladder coaching the up move to Page 12 - The Utah Statesman November 16, 2020 contact tracing A dayinthelife: O own cough started. Jorge’s kids had convinced him to gettested oncehis ing a mild fever last week before she tested positive. breath away. His cuñada (sister-in-law) had been fight the housewithoutatight,painful chest siphoning his lying onthecouch for days, unable towalkaround tain the conversation. I discoveredthat hehadbeen thing farmoreserious. own smile faded,andthesituation shifted intosome glad toworkwithhim. As wecontinued talking, my seemed to have an easy, patient personality and I was be glintinginthelastlightofAutumnsunset.He squinting as we laughedabout my rusty Spanish, may it was a good time to talk. I could imagine his eyes computer withafewfollow-upemailsafterward. the on notes my all recording finally and contacts, and their lab results,calling to ask about their symptoms checking rhythm of selecting a newcase of COVID-19, That much was typical and easytohandlewithin the morrow, and one had refused to talkany more at all. the interview, a few more would needanother try to A fewofthepeoplebeforehad been abletocomplete ing shiftfortheUtahDepartment of Health(UDOH). contact trac 6th personin the queueofmyCOVID-19 protect confidentiality. pseudonyms and some other details have been changed to Department of Health (UDOH). Names mentioned are theUtah by recommendation nor statement official an of theauthor.views, andopinions Itdoesnotrepresent My heart sank with every wheeze he tookto main Any given call usuallylasts 20 minutes, and Jorge said the was he Jorge, to talked I time last and first The The following only represents the personal experiences, OPINION ------our link tothelargerNational Electronic DiseaseSur tact tracing in Utah is anetwork calledEpiTrax, part of formation we view. The backboneof our actual con into a secure network that encrypts every byteof in a shadow. and at times I feellikeweare chasing the shadow of how orwhentheygotinfected. The virus slinks silently, often nowthan earlier in the year, people donotknow ver (ifthat),butthen,that’spart of theproblem.More to fend off the infection with some aches and a low fe healthcare hasbeenanexception.Mostpeoplewetalk that Jorge’s combination of symptoms and access to friends—not evenourownrecords. not checkuponpeoplewecareaboutorfriends of cannot look uprecordsforanyotherreason.We can ple weare working with right then, but after that, we Contact Tracers have access to therecords of thepeo The hospitalwouldfinishhiscontacttracing. Jorge’s status and marked his investigation “complete.” and thanked him for his efforts. After I hung up, I noted time I called, so I answered some questions for his son in the ERwith his Dad. Jorge was in the ICU by the and told me how he drove two hours to spend the night ferent phonenumberwaslisted.Jorge’ssonanswered him gotocalltheER. all theinformation and encouragement I could and let him and thenearesthospital. tance between I gavehim severity of his disease became clear, and so did the dis had been abletoreach him by phone. Bit by bit, the The contact tracing team works by computer. We log Since I began working with the UDOH I am grateful I willneverknowwhat happened to Jorge after that. The nextdaywhenIloggedontofollowup, a dif That wasthreedaysago,anditonlynowthatwe ------big bandswingdancing. majoring in Biochemistry and enjoys puns,drawing, and looking forwardtohowwecanallimprovetogether. es, reverent for those we have lostalong the way and of theplanettotipscale.Iamgladforoursuccess one. Thistimewehaveones,zeroes,andtheingenuity packaged to rip apart any cell on its way toanother information age; avirus is genetic misinformation, pre Age now, but for coronavirus, it has always been the heavier. depends, anditmakeseverymouseclickseemabit of peopleexposedtothevirusgetsabitlonger. Itall about UncleBilly’sBBQlastweek;sometimesthelist times we can happily say that there is no needtoworry may beuntiltheycanreturnto(anew)normal.Some on when they weremost infectious and how long it tains ofdatacontinuetopileup. something we can record and learn from as the moun affects people into the littledetailsofhowCOVID-19 veillance System (NEDDS). Our job is to boildown all [email protected] Keith Wilson isacartoonistfortheStatesman.He We might be facing this pandemic in the Information We askabout the symptoms people feeltogetagrasp - - - -
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The United States Senate - Office of Senator Kamala Harris, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons - - - [email protected] We need to recognize the competency and wisdom and the competency need to recognize We la the only remember not we must forward, Moving an em with senior studying English is a Kirkham Addy during our nation’s continuing battle with Covid-19 battle with continuing nation’s our during would have been essential that their perspectives and in facing the civil unrest. have lost to the table. We bring female leaders can our For too many great potential presidents to sexism. to let misogyny to thrive, we cannot continue nation deny us our right to principled and qualified leader ship. dies but we must vote for them. running, analysis. She enjoys reading, phasis in literary and mountain biking. - - - - - Eleanor Roo , the firstAfrican American wom would not have forgotten the ladies would not have forgotten , the organizer of the last stand for wom , the organizer fulfilled many of his duties. Her wisdom and Six women ran for the nomination of the Democratic of the nomination for women ran Six Shirley Chisholm Due to her husband’s failing health, failing Due to her husband’s To name a few: To Abigail Adams Alice Paul the nation moving forward and probably would have moving forward the nation long before war out of the Vietnam troops pulled our 1975. help I cannot failed. six election cycle and this Party but think their leadership would have been beneficial temperament would have been beneficial during the War. Great Depression and Second World Party’s an elected to congress, ran for the Democratic been have would 1972 and in nomination presidential She could have used leader. decisive and inspiring an movement to keep of the civil rights the momentum en’s suffrage, led a hunger strike, withstood abuse led a hunger strike, withstood abuse en’s suffrage, outside the White House gates, as well as in prison, standing social and every class of women inspired and coura a been have would She rights. their for fight to 1. War geous leader during the despair of World sevelt heartening to recognize what we have lost by dismiss to recognize heartening could women driven and principled Many women. ing our had we not been blinded by have led our nation sexism for so long. long suffrage women would have been granted and before 1920. ------
a letter urging the Continental Congress to “re to Congress Continental the urging letter a country, a As not. They did the ladies.” member n 1776, Abigail Adams wrote her husband, John, John, her husband, wrote n 1776, Abigail Adams
When we look through American history, it is dis history, When we look through American If we truly want the best for our nation, we must If we truly want the best for our nation, We demand near perfection of women running for for of women running perfection near demand We Harris’s mantra—“you may be the first but don’t be Kamala Harris, the first female, person of color and Women, and especially women of color, do not make especially women of color, and Women, Maintaining the status quo is a pastime afforded the afforded pastime a is quo status the Maintaining The truth is they probably were not. Biden and and Biden were not. they probably is The truth Were Joe Biden and Donald Trump the best America Trump Joe Biden and Donald Were
In the 2020 election, both major party candidates I women a chance. serve our nation. Most importantly, we need to give Most importantly, serve our nation. pect of female candidates—an equal playing field. We field. playing equal candidates—an female of pect should demand excellence anyone seeking to from hold male candidates to the same standards we ex to the same standards hold male candidates dent, while women running for officehave to watch their every word. the fervor and accuracy of a rabid dog can be presi of a rabid dog can the fervor and accuracy office. Meanwhile, a man who tweets at 2 a.m. with them, but to every woman who tries to come behind come to tries who everywoman to but them, them. shatter a glass ceiling must face. Their every move is Their face. must ceiling glass a shatter will not just be tied to their mistakes and scrutinized the last”—underscores the reality that all women who the reality that the last”—underscores “ambitious woman.” Harris has been continually criticized and deemed un and criticized has been continually Harris fit to lead because half of the nation is afraid of an biracial vice president, has been called a “Monster.” has been called a “Monster.” vice president, biracial voters comfortable. Instead, they are demonized. system. past the sexism and racism exhibited by both candi past the sexism and racism the current with comfortable they are because dates sideration for those who are marginalized. It is dis It is those who are marginalized. for sideration are willing to look that enough Americans couraging privileged group, and privilege usually prevents con privileged group, as their leaders because it is the status quo. Trump were the safest options available to each party. options available to each party. were the safest Trump old white men are comfortable recognizing Americans had to offer? portedly made racist remarks. Yet, these candidates Yet, remarks. racist portedly made inspired more voters to vote than ever before. were male, in their seventies, had at least one sexu at had seventies, their in were male, al assault case filed against them, and have both re too long. ified to lead. Unchecked sexism and oppressive stan far for the presidency from have kept women dards en we have ignored them and deemed them unqual deemed them and en we have ignored neither have we. Not only have we forgotten the wom neither have we. Not Vote for the ladies the for Vote GRAPHIC BY Keith Wilson Page 14 - The Utah Statesman November 16, 2020 could be the first sign that we’re not alone in this uni likely tobeclosermicrobes than Spock orE.T., it on oursister planet? Whilethislife(if it islife) first it find company,to for only galaxy our through nothing shortofamiracle. the gas. To stumble upon it so close to home feels like this year havesuggestedsearching distant planets for tential implicationsaredizzying. previously-unknown, non-biological source, the po a or miscalculation, a is finding the that possible it’s served signalsofphosphine.” happens that this cloud deck is where the team ob the onlyplacewhereit would survive.Andit just so this layer oftheatmosphere, or clouddeck,is likely with muchcontroversy, thatiflifeexistsonVenus, degrees Fahrenheit. atmosphere, with temperatures between 30to200 habitable layerintheplanet’s small, theoretically pitable planet. But, as MIT News reports, there is a indicator oflife. phosphine in Venus’s atmosphere, which is a possible networks like we see in sci-fi movies are still a long a still are movies sci-fi in see we like networks easily accessiblespace travel, andinterstellartrading first contact. I don’tthink that will happen. World make peace, they when banner one under unite and or long-deadsofar away wecan never reachthem. verse –that possible companions aren’t nonexistent on Venus Hope T What would it mean for us to cast out far and wide According to National Geographic, scientists earlier On Earth, phosphine can only bemade by life. While The report continues, “Scientists havespeculated, Venus haslongbeenregardedasabarren,inhos In some stories, humans put aside their differences It couldbeabeginning. an exciting discovery: evidence ofthegas versity, MIT, andotherinstitutions published his September, astronomers from Cardiff Uni - - - - - NASA/JPL-Caltech this newsbroke. way off. Inmany ways, very littlehas changed since Statesman. miracles justwaitingtobeuncovered. that, outthere,theuniverseisstillturning. we struggletogetthrough each week—weknow make dinnerandsetalarmsbrushourteeth,as tiful, andthereissomuchyettodiscover. The universeis enormous and mysterious and beau is, it doesn’tevenregister on thescaleofeverything. planet this as Incredible firsthand. them experience dreamed of. Everybreakthroughisavalidation. bringing us stepbyinto the future we’ve only work andlookingforwardtothenextbreak. dents continuedgoingtoclass, doingtheirhome The pandemic and theelectioncontinued, and stu [email protected] Katelyn Allred is an opinion columnistfor the Utah Even in the cradle of our own solar system there are So evenwhilewefretoverouranxieties, as we We havebeenrighttolookatthestars and acheto But underneath all that, the research continues, - - - Page 15 - The Utah Statesman November 16, 2020 Keith Wilson Keith CARTOON BY BY CARTOON Nothing gets you ready for the holidays quite like a swab up the nose. Sudoku puzzles are provided by www.sudokuoftheday.com. - - - forever! LeafFilter, the most forever! LeafFilter, advanced debris-blocking gutter protection. 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