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UtahUtahCampusCampus VoiceVoice tatesman SUtah Statetatesman University • Logan, Utah • www.aggietownsquare.com since 1902 SUtah State University • Logan, Utah • www.aggietownsquare.com since 1902 Big Blue wants you to bleed Aggie blue USU Aggies join universities across the nation in celebrating College Colors Day
By CHELSEY GENSEL Aggies, and nationally join the bookstore’s Hollingshead said Aggie gear includes anything staff writer to celebrate higher educa- Facebook group.” in school colors and with the name of the school, tion. We enjoy an increased The theme of not just apparel. Utah State University will join schools and quality of life here in the “Caught in Aggie Blue” is “If you want to buy a license plate and take alumni across the country this Friday for College United States and colleges something in addition to it to the game, go ahead. Ten percent off,” Colors Day, an event encouraging people to have no doubt factored into the event to encourage Hollingshead said. “We, at the bookstore, have wear their college colors and logo. In honor of that standard of living.” Aggies to show that they a lot of Aggie pride and encourage students to the first football game of the season against To encourage students and are “not only proud of their col- participate, because you’ll be rewarded for it. University of Utah, the event has been extended community members to get ors, but of Utah State, of their Who doesn’t want a $25 gift card?” until Saturday. decked out and come out in USU school,” Hollingshead said. In addition, DeVilbiss said money from sales College Colors Day was initiated Sept. 2, apparel, the USU Bookstore “We want a strong of Aggie products with the USU logo, the proper 2005, by the Collegiate Licensing Company will be giving away $25 showing at U of U, but it use of which is monitored by the CLC, goes (CLC), which represents over 200 universi- gift cards Thursday goes beyond just the toward scholarships at the university. ties around the country. USU spokesman John and Friday every game,” Hollingshead DeVilbiss, also a licensing director and works DeVilbiss said they have been working with hour from 8 a.m. said, “We really want with the CLC almost daily, said they approached CLC for about 20 years, and they are in charge to 5 p.m. Gift to see Aggie pride.” him last year about getting involved in College of licensing university gear and “making sure cards are also Because Colors Day. They felt this year would be appro- everybody is playing by the rules.” being handed out the bookstore is priate for USU to start because of the proximity “So they may have one reason for wanting at various down- the largest source of USU’s football season-opener against the everyone in the country to wear their favorite town locations. for Aggie-related University of Utah. college colors, but our reason here is that it gives Celestyn items, there will “It’s our first year, it’s a good start,” DeVilbiss us an excuse to celebrate our good fortune to be Hollingshead, the be a 10 percent said. “It would’ve been nice to get it together Aggies, to be part of an exceptional university bookstore’s marketing manager, discount on Aggie six months ago, but as it is, we’re starting what with extraordinary opportunities,” DeVilbiss said, “We’ll be giving hints about Gear for anyone who hopefully can be an annual tradition, and hey, said. “It’s twofold: a tradition like this promotes where we’ll be (downtown) on comes in wearing Aggie how hard can it be to wear blue?” university spirit, it’s a day to celebrate being Facebook, so make sure you blue Thursday and Friday. – [email protected]
AS PART OF COLLEGE COLORS DAY, a national event created by the Collegiate Licensing Company, USU students are encouraged to wear their Aggie apparel Friday and Saturday. photo courtesy of JOHN DEVILBISS Missing hiker’s body found in Green Canyon, suicide likely
By DELAYNE LOCKE staff writer
It was a tragic ending this week for all involved, when the body of 18-year-old Andrea Celina Roye was found Sunday at 5 p.m. in Green Canyon just off the Beirdneau Trail. The path is IN AN EFFORT TO STOP LOCALS FROM TUBING in Logan Canyon, the located three quarters of a mile Logan, Hyde Park and Smithfield Canal Company put up fences. TODD JONES photo away from the trail head in Green Canyon. Hikers called the Logan City Police Department Canal closed to tubing Communications Center, report- ing a suspicious odor they smelled By BENJAMIN WOOD Sgt. Tony Hutson of the Utah Highway on the trail, according to Lt. Matt senior news writer Patrol said the decision to close the canal Bilodeau of the Cache County entrance had been talked about in the Sheriff’s Office. Search and Rescue In response to mounting safety past. officials responded to investigate concerns, the Logan, Hyde Park and “The safety concerns have been pres- the scene. Smithfield Canal Company has fenced ent for years,” Hutson said. “We were see- Extensive efforts by Search off the entrance to a popular tubing ing people nearly being hit.” and Rescue were made after Roye The canal entrance is located off the was reported missing with her THE BODY OF 18-YEAR-OLD ANDREA CELINA ROYE WAS location in Logan Canyon. Tubing has FOUND just off the Beirdneau Trail in Green Canyon. Lt. Matt Bilodeau of never been a sanctioned activity, said Jim side of a bend on Highway 89 in the can- 4-month-old Wolf-Husky mix, the Cache County Sheriff’s Office said hikers called police after they smelled Huppi, a member of the company board, yon. Hutson said visibility around the Jerome (pronounced Jer-o-mee), a suspicious odor. photo courtesy of CACHE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE but encouragement from Utah Highway turn is low, and vehicles entering, exiting Aug. 6. The search was continued, Patrol and discussions of public safety and parking around the area have led to using helicopters and dogs until of the Search and Rescue team. Sheriff Nelson said, “We will have increased the need for more action. traffic incidents in the past. “No Parking” Aug. 17. This has been a very long and try- do what we can to try and support “We don’t allow people to use the signs were placed in the area but showed Sheriff Nelson of the Cache ing search.” the family as they try and deal canal for recreational purposes. They use County Sheriff’s Office said, “I The Utah State Medical with this tragedy.” it at their own risk,” Huppi said. -See FLOAT, page 3 really appreciate all of the time Examiner’s Office is now ruling –[email protected] and efforts given by the volunteers this case as a suicide.
Inside This Issue 9/02/09 The Celebrate www.aggietownsquare.com America show Being a college student The Aggie women’s displays patrio- often means looking for volleyball team tism through ways to save cash. Check defeats BYU in the performance out “Watching Your Wallet” fifth set of its home arts in the TSC by Karlie Brand online at opener Tuesday. Ballroom. Aggietownsquare.com. Page 8 Page 5 Official Student Newspaper of Utah State University • “It’s All The News You Need!” 2 Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 Page 2
World&Utah State University • Logan, UtahNation • www.aggietownsquare.com ClarifyCorrect Cheney says politics The policy of The Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you behind CIA investigation find something you would like clarified or find unfair, please WASHINGTON (AP) rogators went beyond Bush “Now you get contact the editor at states- – Former Vice President Dick administration rules that gave a new administra- [email protected] Cheney says politics are driving them wide latitude to use tion and they say, the Justice Department’s deci- severe tactics against detain- well, we didn’t like sion to investigate whether CIA ees such as waterboarding, a those opinions, Celebs&People interrogators abused terror sus- simulated drowning technique we’re going to go TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) pects detained after the Sept. that critics call torture. Three investigate those – Madonna brought her mix 11 attacks. high-level suspects underwent lawyers and per- of provocative music and “I just think it’s an outra- waterboarding scores of times. haps have them spirituality to the Holy Land geous political act that will Cheney called the tech- disbarred,” Cheney with a concert Tuesday in do great damage, long term, niques “good policy,” saying he said. “I just think front of 50,000 to our capacity to be able to was comfortable in cases where it’s an outrageous fans who had have people take on difficult interrogators went beyond what precedent to set, to endured a jobs, make difficult decisions, they were specifically autho- have this kind of, 16-year wait without having to worry about rized to do. The CIA report I think, intensely FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY speaks at the National Press since the pop what the next administration is found they included cases of partisan, politi- Club in Washington June 1, 2009. AP photo going to say,” interrogators cized look back at icon’s last gig in available, it is clear to me that “My recollection of it is, in Cheney said in threatening a the prior administration.” Israel. “I just think it’s this review is the only respon- the reporting I’ve seen, is that an interview detainee with Cheney was striking out Madonna MADONNA sible course of action for me to the direction was for them not aired on “Fox an outrageous a handgun at a Justice Department that is wrapping up her worldwide take.” to tell Congress until certain News Sunday.” precedent to and an elec- has reeled from accusations Sticky & Sweet tour with two Cheney said he has serious lines were passed, until the At issue tric drill. of bending to White House concerts this week in a country set, to have this doubts about Obama’s poli- program became operational, is Attorney Cheney politics for years, most recently whose place at the heart of the kind of, I think, cies – especially whether the and that it was handled appro- General Eric said those under the Bush administration. Mideast conflict has made it new Democratic administra- priately,” Cheney said. Holder’s deci- intensely parti- techniques Asked for comment Sunday, more of a magnet for diplomats tion understands the threat to In the interview taped last sion to look were “directly Justice Department spokes- than big-name performers. san, politicized Americans. week at his home in Wyoming, into abuse responsible man Matt Miller pointed to look back at the “I was not a fan of his when Cheney also touched on policies allegations for the fact Holder’s earlier comments he got elected, and my views for two reclusive regimes – Iran after the prior administra- that for eight about the probe in which the have not changed any,” Cheney and North Korea. He said he release of an tion.” years, we had attorney general said he would Briefs said of Obama. supported taking military News internal CIA no further not target anyone who was act- – Dick Cheney In a related issue, Cheney action against Iran’s nuclear inspector gen- mass casu- ing within the Bush-approved Gallivan Center’s said he was aware of a Bush program but was overruled by eral’s report. alty attacks interrogation guidelines. administration order prohib- President George W. Bush. concerts uprooted President Barack Obama has against the United States.” “I fully realize that my deci- iting the CIA from advising “I thought that negotia- said interrogators would not He noted that the Justice sion to commence this prelimi- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The Congress about a program to tions could not possibly suc- face charges if they followed Department, during the Bush nary review will be controver- popular downtown Thursday kill or capture top al-Qaida ceed unless the Iranians really legal guidelines. administration, approved the sial,” Holder said in comments concerts at Salt Lake City’s leaders. But he stopped short of believed we were prepared to However, the report con- harsh tactics in legal memos to last week. “In this case, given Gallivan Center will likely have saying he personally issued that use military force,” Cheney cluded that some CIA inter- the White House. all of the information currently to find a temporary home while order, as has been reported. said. their normal venue undergoes a $6 million renovation. The Gallivan Center is being redesigned in part to accom- Bell confirmed as Utah’s new lietenant governor modate the large crowds at the SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – State Sen. Gov. Gary Herbert for showing con- ed class like age, gender and religious carrying his administration’s message weekly summertime Twilight Greg Bell was confirmed as Utah’s fidence in him and pledged to avoid beliefs are. to the Legislature. Concert Series. Renovations lieutenant governor Tuesday, ending “self-righteousness and finger pointing Bell provides a balance to Herbert, Bell promised to put partisan poli- start next spring. a transition process that began when and personal attacks” that he says have who had been Huntsman’s lieuten- tics aside in his mission, although it Salt Lake City Arts Council Jon Huntsman resigned last month to overtaken Washington. ant governor and is widely seen as largely seems unnecessary in a state Program Director Casey Jarman become U.S. ambassador to China. “I pledge to show civility and more conservative than Huntsman. controlled by Republicans. On the is now looking for a possible The Utah Senate approved Bell’s respect to everyone,” Bell said. “Let’s Huntsman was the most popular gover- Democratic side, Senate Minority replacement site. nomination during a special session give alternatives instead of complaints.” nor in state history, but was falling out Leader Pat Jones called Bell’s nomina- 27-0, with two Democratic senators Herbert chose Bell to serve as his of favor with conservative delegates. tion a “great choice.” absent. lieutenant governor on Aug. 5 over the Bell’s appointment should help broad- Herbert oversaw Bell’s confirmation There was never any question that objections of some conservative groups. en Herbert’s appeal if he makes it out hearing by taking the unusual step of LateNiteHumor Bell would be confirmed. He is well Bell, a fellow Republican, is widely of the state convention in May ahead of a governor sitting next to the Senate respected among colleagues on both considered a moderate, best known a special election in 2010 to fill out the president during the special session. David Letterman, Aug. 31, sides of the aisle and is often described for pursuing ethics reforms in the remainder of Huntsman’s term. Herbert later joked the effusive praise 2009 - Top Ten Ways To as the voice of reason in passionate Legislature and sponsoring a failed Although nobody has filed to run for Bell usually only comes at funerals. Irritate Dick Cheney debates. bill backed by Huntsman that would against Herbert yet, highly popular Salt “There were so many nice things, “I think all of us feel a great deal of have extended some legal rights to gay Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon is I kept looking around for the body,” 10. Try to talk to him before remorse in losing a good colleague,” couples. considered the Democratic Party’s best Herbert said. he’s had his morning heart said Sen. Lyle Hillyard, R-Logan. “It’ll Bell has reaffirmed his position chance at returning to the governor’s The Davis County Republican Party attack. never be the same.” that he’s opposed to gay marriage, but office for the first time in more than will hold a convention on Sept. 12 to 9. Don’t have weapons of mass Bell was sworn in shortly after his it remains unclear if he’ll make state- two decades. nominate its choice to fill Bell’s Fruit destruction he keeps saying confirmation in a ceremony filled with ments in support of legal rights for gay As lieutenant governor, Bell’s prima- Heights seat. GOP chairman Dave you had. family and other elected officials. couples. ry task will be overseeing state election Hansen will then forward the nomi- 8. Reveal plot spoilers before In comments to his colleagues after Herbert has said he doesn’t believe and campaign finance laws. Herbert nee’s name to Herbert for his appoint- he’s had a chance to watch being confirmed, Bell gave thanks to sexual orientation should be a protect- has also said Bell will be tasked with ment. “Gossip Girl.” 7. Leave the lights on in the dungeon – “You think I’m made of money?” Mexico evacuates thousands ahead of hurricane 6. “Accidentally” throw out LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) – Heavy winds, bat- oncoming storm onto an exposed rocky point where arrived. tub of Crisco he was saving for tering waves and bands of intense rain pummeled he leaned against the onslaught of the hurricane’s Francisco Cota, head of Los Cabos civil defense, lunch. residents and tourists in this vacation resort as outer winds. said that more than 2,000 people from low-lying 5. Call him “Ricky.” Hurricane Jimena, one of the largest hurricanes this “It’s like getting sandblasted with water!” said neighborhoods and squatters’ camps had sought ref- 4. Beat him in sneering con- year, neared the coast on Tuesday. Legeyt, his back to the wind, sand and spray blowing uge in shelters at local schools, and many more were test. The center of the roaring hurricane, which weak- in from the ocean. “It’s quite strong.” staying with relatives in safer areas. 3. Replace Lipitor with ened to a still threatening Category 3, was on course The Mexican government declared a state of Another 5,000 people have been evacuated, and refreshing Mentos. to pass west of Los Cabos late Tuesday or early emergency for Los Cabos and the Baja California Sur 159 shelters with a capacity for 29,000 people now 2. At dinner ask, “Who’s got a Wednesday, close enough to punish the picturesque state capital of La Paz and schools, many ports and stand ready, state civil protection spokesman Luis good hunting accident story?” beaches and fishing villages that fringe the harsh most businesses were closed. Rescue workers from Armando Diaz. 1. Irritate Cheney? No, he’s a desert. the Red Cross and the Mexican military prepared pretty laid back dude. Ashley Legeyt, 62, a retiree from British Columbia for post-hurricane disaster relief, and two Mexican who lives in Cabo San Lucas, pushed through the Army Hercules aircraft loaded with medical supplies -See STORM, page 11 FREE TATOOS FREE USU TATOO PACKET 42 South Main, Logan, Utah EXPIRES DECEMBER 30, 2009 08.24
Hoodies, Hats, T-Shirts Polos, Beanies, Kids Apparel, Blankets $5.00 OFF Back Packs, and more! ANY USU HOODED SWEATSHIRT IN THE STORE! EXPIRES DECEMBER 30, 2009 08.24 3 Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 StatesmanCampus News Page 3 Utah Poet Car goes up in blazes Briefs Campus & Community Laureate Music around the visits USU world at museum The Museum of Anthropology’s Saturdays at the Museum series at By CATHERINE MEIDELL Utah State University next looks assistant news editor at music in activities Saturday, Sept. 5. The event, “More Than The department of English Meets The Ear,” is based on the is hosting a reading as part of museum’s traveling exhibit that the English Speakers Series highlights music from world cul- Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in tures. the Haight Alumni Center with Interactive activities will focus Katharine Coles, Utah’s third on musical styles associated with Poet Laureate. The event is free specific regions of the world and and students are welcome to are targeted to children of all ages attend. and adults. A lecture spotlighting The State Laureate Program associated musical instruments was established in 1997 and will be ongoing throughout the has chosen two Poet Laureates day. before Coles, including David All tours and activities Sept. 5 Lee and Ken Brewer, said Marina will be given throughout the day. Hall, head of Public Relations USU students and members of the and Educational Outreach in the public are invited to the museum English department. The Poet any time during the 10 a.m. to 4 Laureates are made available for p.m. Saturday hours. readings in numerous schools A RESIDENT’S CAR STOPPED WORKING AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE as the driver backed into a Funding for the event is made parallel parking spot near 900 North and 700 East Tuesday, said Fire Chief Mark Meaker, Meaker said the fire department is 80 possible by a grant from the U.S. and libraries. The poets are cho- percent sure the ‘98 Chevy Blazer went up in flames due to a fuel line failure. CATHRINE VRIE photo sen to serve a five-year term. Institute of Museum and Library Coles’ most recent collection Services (IMLS). More informa- of poems, “Fault,” was published tion about the IMLS and its grants in 2008. Some of her other is available online at www.imls. poetry collections include, “A Float: Canal closed off for safety purposes gov. History of the Garden”, “One -continued from page 1 The USU Museum of Right Touch” and “The Golden Anthropology is on the USU Year of the Fourth Dimension.” little deterrent power, which lead to campus in the south turret of the She recently completed a non- the decision to fence off the site. historic Old Main Building, Room fiction book, “Burnt Letters,” “It had to be done,” Hutson said. “It 252. Free parking is available that recounts the lives of her was just a matter of time before some- in the adjacent lot, south of the grandparents. Her poetry has one got hurt.” building. For more information on been included in art projects, Huppi said while the canal com- this event or the museum, anyone in which she assisted designing, pany agreed that action was necessary, can call museum staff at 797-7545. such as Salt Lake City’s Passages the decision to close the area ultimate- Park. She has been recognized ly came from Utah Highway Patrol. with many awards to comple- “They’re the ones that want it Museum offers ment her position as Utah’s Poet closed,” Huppi said. Laureate. These include National Huppi agreed the location poses Boy Scout badge Endowment of the Arts and problems with the high flow of traf- For two consecutive the PEN award. She received fic through the canyon, commenting Saturdays, Sept. 12 and 19, Utah her bachelor’s degree from the that recently he and Watermaster State University’s Museum of University of Washington, her Kim Cronquist were almost struck by Anthropology will hold its bian- master’s from the University of passing motorists while attempting to nual Boy Scout Archaeology Badge Houston and her Ph.D. in English exit the area. Cronquist could not be Workshop. literature and creative writing reached for comment. The popular workshop meets all from the University of Utah. She “There’s a definite safety issue,” the requirements for the archae- has received multiple awards Huppi said. ology badge, including a mock from the University of Utah for Canal safety has been in ques- archaeological dig and hands-on her books and contribution as a tion around Logan following a recent experiences with skills practiced by staff member. breach that resulted in the death of prehistoric Native Americans. Coles founded the Utah three Logan residents, but Huppi said “This is a great opportunity for Symposium of Science and the canyon canal closure was unre- scouts to meet all their require- Literature and is currently the lated. ments and have fun at the same co-director with Fred Adler at “They talked about shutting it time,” said Holly Andrew, program the University of Utah. She is down last year,” Huppi said. “It has coordinator. “This fall, the format now an English professor at the nothing to do with the breach.” will be different from our previous University of Utah, teaching Hutson, however, said due to the workshops to incorporate more creative writing and literature. rechanneling of the water that would hands-on learning.” In addition to her positions at otherwise pass through the Island, Scouts can choose between one University of Utah, Coles is the water levels could rise, posing more of two sessions: the first from 9 director of Chicago’s Harriet risks to canal users. a.m. to noon or the second from 1 Monroe Poetry Institute at the “My understanding is they are p.m. to 4 p.m. Scouts must attend Poetry Foundation. going to have to increase flows and both Saturdays to meet all require- Hall said Coles was chosen to redistribute water based on that slide,” ments. Entire troops and individual share her works with the students Hutson said. scouts are welcome to attend. of USU because of her esteemed Deb Harvey of the Logan Parks and Interested scouts and troops award as Utah’s Poet Laureate. Recreation office, which is not affili- should call the museum to regis- The department of English stated ated with or responsible for the canal ter beginning Monday, Aug. 24. that the purpose of the speaker that runs through the canyon, offered Because of limited space, all partici- series is “to promote the value of her suggestion to would-be tubers. pants must RSVP with the museum arts and humanities in American “If people want to tube they should THE CANAL UP LOGAN CANYON is fenced up so residents can no longer use it for tuving. Jim Huppi, member of the Logan, Hyde Park and Smithfield Canal by Wednesday, Sept. 9, by calling public life.” try the Oneida Narrows (in Preston, Company board, said the decision to close the canal came before the breach that 797-7545. Cost is $5 per scout, and – catherine.meidell@aggiemail. Idaho),” she said. killed three Logan residents. TODD JONES photo a troop leader must be present. usu.edu –[email protected] Funding for this event is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Contact USU Police at 797-1939 Institute of Museum and Library for non-emergencies. Services (IMLS). More information Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 about the IMLS and its grants is Blotter EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 available online at www.imls.gov. Police The USU Museum of Saturday, Aug. 22 • USU Police responded to a medical problem • USU Police was called to the Wellness Center to Anthropology is on the USU at the Quad. A female student fell while danc- transport a student who had taken an unknown campus in the south turret of the • USU Police was advised by complainant that ing and hit her head according to witnesses. quantity of prescription medication to the emer- historic Old Main building, room when he showed up to work at the library, he The female was transported to Logan Regional gency room. 252. Free parking is available in the noticed a male sitting at one of the public com- Hospital by Logan City Fire Department. adjacent lot, south of the building. puters. Because the library was closed, the com- • USU Police received a complaint of a vehicle plainant asked this subject to leave, which he did. Sunday, Aug. 23 being hit by eggs in the Snow Hall West parking Complainant then reported this incident to the lot. Police are investigating. Learn to Swim police. USU Police is documenting this incident • USU Police received a report of water bub- as suspicous. No further action taken. bling up from the grass near the Veterinarian Wednesday, Aug. 26 starts Sept. 8 Diagnostic Lab. Police arrived and found no • USU Police was called to San Juan Hall on an excess water in the area. There had been an • USU Police responded to San Juan Hall for a USU Learn to Swim session 1 starts individual selling magazines. The individual left extensive down pour of rain just 10 minutes delayed report of three males throwing eggs at Sept. 8 and runs through Oct. 1 before police could arrive. prior. The excessive water was determined to the building. Police searched the area but were between 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. There have come from the rain. unable to locate the individuals. Police are inves- are eight lessons per session and • USU Police was dispatched to the Fine Arts tigating. each lesson is 45 minutes. Classes Center on a fire alarm. An officer arrived to Monday, Aug. 24 are taught through the American find the USU band was having a cook out on the • USU Police responded to the USU town- Red Cross. Classes include pre- south lawn area and the smoke from the grills • USU Police responded to a report of individu- houses on two 5-year-old children who were left school levels, levels 1-6, BSA lifesav- went into the Fine Arts Center through the open als swimming and fishing in a USU pond. The alone. Police made contact with the parent and ing and swimming merit badges, doors, setting off the alarm system. USU Police individuals were trespassing. Police arrived and informed her the children were too young to be adult beginning, adult advanced had the individuals move the grills and advised could not locate the individuals but do have some left unattended. Police issued a warning. and parent-tot. Registration is now names and police are investigating. open at the HPER service desk. them to keep the doors closed on that side of the There is a $40 fee for USU affiliated building. The officers reset the alarm system and • USU Police responded to the sidewalk between and $50 for non-USU. More infor- no further action was taken. Tuesday, Aug. 25 the Natural Resources Building and the library. mation can be found at http://www. Upon arrival the police located a woman sitting usu.edu/camprec/learnToSwim.com • USU Police responded to a bicyclist perform- • USU Police assisted Logan Police with a DUI on the sidewalk who had been hit in the left or by calling 797-7529. ing tricks near the Tanner Fountain. The student at Aggie Station. The driver of the vehicle was ankle by a run away skateboard. was stopped, advised and warned of USU side- booked into the Cache County Jail on several -Compiled from staff walk policy. The student was given a warning. charges. -Compiled by Rachel A. Christensen and media reports 4 Page 4 World&Nation Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 Video shows chicks ground up alive at egg hatchery DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An ani- the nation’s leading egg producer. grinder – is a standard practice sup- Producers called the proposal “almost mal rights group publicized a video The video, shot with a hidden cam- ported by the animal veterinary and a joke.” Spokesman Mitch Head said Tuesday showing unwanted chicks era and microphone by a Mercy for scientific community. Mercy for Animals had no credible being tossed alive into a grinder at an Animals employee who got a job at the Company spokesman Tom Jorgensen authority, as well as questionable Iowa plant and accused egg hatcheries plant, shows a Hy-Line worker sorting said Tuesday an investigation was con- motives. “This is a group which espous- of being “perhaps the cruelest industry” through a conveyor belt of chirping tinuing, and once it’s completed the es no egg consumption by anyone – so in the world. chicks, flipping some of them into a company would release more informa- that is clearly their motive.” The undercover video was shot by chute like a poker dealer flips cards. tion. Mercy for Animals estimated 200 Chicago-based Mercy for Animals at These chicks, which a narrator Runkle acknowledged that his million male chicks are killed a year, a hatchery in Spencer, Iowa, over a says are males, are group’s ultimate which the United Egg Producers also two-week period in May and June. The then shown being “The egg indus- goal was to get confirmed. video was first obtained Monday by dropped alive into a try is perhaps the people to stop eat- “There is, unfortunately, no way to The Associated Press. grinding machine. cruelest industry ing eggs. He said he breed eggs that only produce female “We have to ask ourselves if these In other parts of believe many would hens,” Head said. “If someone has a were puppies and kittens being the video, a chick on the face of the refuse to eat eggs need for 200 million male chicks, we’re dropped into grinders, would we find is shown dying on planet.” if they knew what happy to provide them to anyone who that acceptable?” asked Nathan Runkle, the factory floor – Nathan Runkle, happened to male wants them. But we can find no market, the group’s executive director, at a news amid a heap of egg chicks. no need.” conference in Des Moines. “I don’t shells after falling Mercy for Animals “The egg Using a grinder, Head said, “is the think that most people would.” through a sorting executive director industry is perhaps most instantaneous way to euthanize The group said that tossing male machine. Another the cruelest industry chicks.” chicks, which have little value because chick, also still alive, is seen lying on on the face of the planet,” Runkle said. There is no federal law that ensures they can’t lay eggs or be raised quickly the floor after getting scalded by a wash Mercy for Animals also sent letters the humane euthanasia of animals enough to be raised profitably for meat, cycle, according to the video narrator. to the nation’s 50 largest grocery store on farms or hatcheries, according to into grinders is common industry Hy-Line said the video “appears to chains, including Walmart, Whole Jonathan Lovvorn, vice president and practice. United Egg Producers, a trade show an inappropriate action and viola- Foods, Safeway, Harris Teeter and chief counsel of the Humane Society of group for U.S. egg farmers, confirmed tion of our animal welfare policies,” Trader Joe’s, asking them to include the United States. that. referring to chicks on the factory floor. a label on egg cartons that says, The Humane Society also says that The hatchery is owned by West Des But the company also noted that “Warning: Male chicks are ground-up virtually all egg farms, even those that Moines-based Hy-Line North America “instantaneous euthanasia” – a refer- alive by the egg industry.” sell cage-free eggs, get their hens from and is one of many operations in Iowa, ence to killing of male chicks by the A spokesman for United Egg hatcheries that kill their male chicks. Twitter opens a door to Iowa operating room FREE DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – From anesthesia to the recovery room, 70-year-old Monna Cleary’s children followed her surgery – 140 characters or less at a time. Twitter is opening doors to the sterile confines of operating rooms, paving the way for families – and anyone else for that mat- ter – to follow a patient’s progress as they go under the knife. WI-FI Most of the Cleary family chose to track the developments from a laptop computer in the hospital’s waiting room. But one daughter-in-law kept tabs from work. “It’s real time information instead of sitting and not knowing in the waiting room,” said Cleary’s son Joe, hours after his moth- er’s surgery Monday at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. “It made the time go by,” said Cleary, who was joined by a brother, two sisters and a sister-in-law at the hospital. “We all feel it was a positive experience.” His mother, who underwent a hysterectomy and uterine prolapse surgery, had given her OK for hospital spokeswoman Sarah Corizzo to post a play-by-play of the operation on Twitter, a social-networking site that lets users send out snippets of infor- mation up to 140 characters long using cell phones or computers. Corizzo sent more than 300 tweets over more than three hours from a computer just outside the operating room’s sterile field. Nearly 700 people followed them. Eight tweeted questions to Corizzo about the procedure and a Cleary family member com- mented on how fascinating it was to follow the surgery. The primary goal of the Twitter posts was education, Corizzo said, but it had the added benefit of keeping the family informed during surgery. It also helps to raise the profile of the hospital. The idea to follow the surgery on Twitter at St. Luke’s evolved after a similar surgery was Webcast several months ago. “A lot of people would like to go into the operating room and see what happens but don’t want all the visuals and stuff,” said Laura Rainey, another hospital spokeswoman. “This is a more gentle way to help inform patients and consumers.” The Iowa hospital isn’t the first to describe a surgery on Twitter. 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By happenstance, the faculty time, and he knows his stuff.” member that interviewed Skinner remembered Skinner started playing pool at the age of 15. He said him from Logan High School and asked him after having played a couple of games with friends, he if he’d like to teach pool. moved to Okinawa, Japan, where he joined a teen club at What began as a class with 18 stu- his high school there. They played a variety of games and dents has grown to more than 300 and had a pool table, but “nobody really knew how to play, so is split into 17 sections, Skinner said. even though I’d only played a couple of games, I showed The classes are taught in the Bullpen ‘em how,” he said. of the Fieldhouse, he said, and stu- Skinner said he continued to play recreationally and dents enroll because they are curi- worked up to a point at which he played six to 10 hours ous and some even retake it. 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Show helps students Celebrate America the performance for audience members. It is By STOREE POWELL $25 without a USU card. staff writer Celebrate America began as a way to com- memorate Constitution Week, enhance the The Fourth of July might be over, but it is arts and to foster gratitude for America and never too late to celebrate the home of the free. her service people, according to Celebrate That’s the idea behind the annual Celebrate America’s Web site. America show in Logan. Brenda Anthony, production director, said, This year’s show, held in the Stevenson “There is nothing else like it all year. The Ballroom at USU, is the 10th year anniver- dance is the best dance of the year, and the sary. “Yankee Doodle Dazzle” is the theme, music is phenomenal. It is definitely the occa- comprised of the past 10 years best numbers, sion to bring the prom dresses out and dress along with some new ones. The Broadway-style up.” show plays from Sept. 2-5. The music is provided by a live 17-piece Sept. 2 is student night. Students who orchestra, many of who are from USU’s music bring their USU cards will be admitted for $8 CELEBRATE AMERICA PERFORMERS REHEARSE for their upcoming show. The broad- to enjoy the show, as well as a dance held after -See SHOW, page 6 way-style perfomance plays from Sept. 2-5. The theme for this year’s show is “Yankee Doodle Dazzle.” PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo Try Our Specials! Monday: Family Night, Feed 4 for $30 Tuesday: Kids Eat FREE! Wednesday: Free Coke product with meal Thursday: USU Students get 20% off Friday: Date Night Special- 2 for $25! Saturday: Watch games on one of 3 Students always get 10% off with ID! Saturday Night on the Screen!
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Student clubs call campus home the university once said that there shall be can also ask for more information in Room By JILL STETTLER no clubs. As a result of the policy, a group 326. “ staff writer of students gathered together to make the When forming a club, it is important Be-No club.” to keep the club running. Jessie Kingsford, There’s much more to the college experi- The Bee Keeping club, Fort Night club, junior in technical writing and an officer ence than just school work. There are many and the Lumberjack club are some of in the Golden Key International Honour extracurricular activities around campus to the more unique clubs on campus, says Society, says to try and involve food in participate in, and, according to Associated Bustamante. With such a vast variety of activities and meetings. Students of Utah State University (ASUSU), clubs, it is clear that not all clubs are for all “As far as activities go, we’re trying to Utah State University is home to more than people, so ASUSU has provided a for stu- involve food when we can, or plan fun activi- 100 student clubs. dents to make their own club. ties that would make people show up,” says “The most popular clubs would have to be “The first step would be to make sure Kingsford. “Since we are in school, meetings HURD, Aggies for Africa, Latter-day Saints that there are no similar clubs on campus,” are great when they are short, straight and Student Association (LDSSA) and the multi- Bustamante said. “There are so many clubs straight to the point. We’re all students, and cultural student services clubs,” said Krista and organizations that it may be good to it’s hard to commit a lot of time to extracur- Bustamante, diversity and campus organiza- find one and join. 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STUDENTS PRACTICE BILLIARDS DURING class on Tuesday. The class is taught by instructor Rick Skinner, who began playing pool at age 15 and at one point played six to 10 hours a day. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo Billiards: Man who knows the game -continued from page 5 a day. to play against other students about once a “Pros practice 10 to 14 hours every day for month at Idaho State University in Pocatello and two years before they get to play professionally,” at Weber State about once a month, and Skinner FEeK AF@E FLI "8:<9FFB Skinner said, who is not a professional player. competes in a tournament himself once every Even so, he began hustling – gambling – and couple of months. %= PFLeM< 9< VOLLEYBALL TouchBase Hansen earns Ags beat WAC, local honors BYU in a BY USU ATHLETICS Junior forward Lauren Hansen has been named both the Western thriller Athletic Conference By CONNOR JONES sports senior writer Offensive Player of the Week and the America First Credit Union Utah In true Spectrum fashion the energy was electric for State Student-Athlete Utah State Woman’s Volleyball 2009 home opener, of the Week it was which they won in a thrilling fifth set. announced on Monday. “The crowd was awesome tonight,” head coach The USU weekly award is Grayson DuBose said. “The crowd really was the voted on by a state media eighth person out there on the court tonight and I panel. can’t thank them enough.” Hansen, a junior from Maybe from the promise of “Star Trek” just out- Camano Island, Wash. side on the HPER Field or maybe because it was the (Stanwood HS) scored first home sporting event of the semester, Aggie fans three goals in two matches showed up to support the now 2-2 team. as Utah State went 2-0 last USU started out hot in the first set with a season week to win the Miner high .560 hitting percentage (15-1-25). The hitting Classic title in El Paso, percentage is the number of kills minus the number Texas. Hansen scored of errors divided by the total attempts. After USU’s JUNIOR CHELSEA FOWLES, 2, SOPHOMORE EMILY KORTSEN, 12, and teammates celebrate after the game-winning goal quick start, BYU pulled back into contention, the in USU’s 3-2 win over game felt close until junior libero Christine Morrill, beating rival BYU in a heated tiebreaker Tuesday night at the Spectrum. CODY GOCHNOUR photo .387 percentage. Stephen F. Austin. In Utah from Neola, Utah, stole the momentum by laying out for a diving play that State’s 3-2 win over Texas brought the ball back in play and eventually led to an Aggie point making the The fourth set started with a 6-2 run by the Aggies, after which BYU’s head coach, Shay Goulding, quickly called a time out. The break seemed to success- Tech, Hansen scored the score 16-10. The Aggies went on to win the set 25-18. first two Aggie goals as The second set was more of the same for the Aggies who were kick started by fully break USU’s momentum and the score soon became to 13-9. Back-to-back attack errors by McArthur followed by an error from Taylor allowed the Cougars USU won its first-ever an opening serve ace from Morrill, who finished with two aces in the game. The match against a next crucial point came at 7-4 when a long rally ended with a kill from outside to swiftly move one point behind USU, 12-13. Throughout the rest of the set the score was tied 10 times and the lead changed hands seven times. Eventually, Big XII opponent. Utah hitter Liz McArthur bringing the score to 8-4. McArthur, sophomore from St. State’s 3-0 record marks George, Utah, had a career high 19 kills Tuesday. six-foot five-inch Kayla Walker of BYU banged out four straight kills giving the Cougars a 28-26 set win. the team’s best start in BYU had a large front line and the outside hitters knew they needed to be program history. creative with their kill shot, McArthur said. Their creativity paid off with 65 The deciding fifth set is played to 15 points rather than the usual 25, which means it’s especially important to get a quality start, and even though BYU won This is the first WAC total team kills. At 14-10 the USU crowd showed no mercy or class when they Player of the Week honor cheered and mocked BYU’s libero, Chelsea Goodsell, after being hit hard in the the hard fought fourth set, DuBose said, it still felt like USU had the momen- tum. for Hansen this season. face by a forceful kill from junior middle-blocker Shantell Durrant. Redshirt This is the second-straight junior Danielle Taylor, who hasn’t had game time since Sept. 2, 2008 when an Similar to the previous four sets USU wasted no time, they jumped out to a 4-0 lead. A ball handling error followed by a service error allowed BYU to reach week that the Aggies have ankle injury kept her on the sideline, got one play of action late in the second set been honored by the WAC but subbed-out with no touches on the ball. USU went on to lose the set 21-25 one point behind the Aggies at 9-8. The one point deficit proved to be the clos- est USU would allow BYU to get. The Aggies won the set by a final score of 15- after Summer Tillotson hitting a game low .105 percentage. was named WAC Defensive The Aggies started the third set coming out of the locker room with Taylor 11, winning the game three sets to two. The final two points scored in deciding fifth set were on a service error fol- Player of the week last serving. They made quick work going on a 5-1 run. The Aggie women frustrated week. BYU throughout the third set allowing zero aces and avoiding the Cougar front lowed by an attack error for BYU. Errors from BYU and high energy from USU proved to be the deciding factors. After a successful 2- line from tallying up any blocks. BYU hit its game-low hitting percentage of 0 road trip, the Aggies .174 while USU surpassed its season high for the second time that night with a “The mental game is really important. You have to always be thinking about the next ball,” said McArthur. return home for a two- .667 percent. match home stand against McArthur had a personal hitting percentage of .800 with four kills on five USU’s next challenge comes from another in-state rival. University of Utah, who is ranked 17th in the nation, travels to the Spectrum Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7 a pair of Cowgirls. USU attempts with zero errors. Sophomore opposite side hitter from Hollister, Calif., takes on No. 21 Oklahoma Emily Kortsen matched McArthur’s four kills in the third set, which the Aggies p.m. – [email protected] State on Friday, Sept. 4 won 25-15. Kortsen’s 15 kills on the night gave her a new career high. She hit a at 4 p.m. and Wyoming on Sunday, Sept. 6 at 1 p.m. Both matches will be played at Chuck and Andersen, Aggies ready for first game Gloria Bell Soccer Field. time he coached in Rice-Eccles Stadium, it was Nov. a blocker on big number 10 in red – linebacker By G. CHRISTOPHER TERRY 22, 2008 in the BYU vs. Utah game, when his defense Stevenson Sylvester. Sylvester was a second team All- assistant sports editor intercepted BYU’s Max Hall five times. Mountain West selection a year ago and is a senior Racquetball Andersen sounded completely focused on prepar- with three varsity letters. He leads a defense that Thursday’s game against USU’s ing his team Tuesday. is probably the strength of the Utah team for now, club tryouts cousin to the south represents a “I would say more in the summer I thought about even without defensive backs Sean Smith and Bryce historic point in the Utah, USU that stuff but not now,” Andersen said. “Our situa- McCain, and athletic pass-rusher Paul Kruger. on Sept. 8 rivalry in more ways than one. tion is we need to go out and play our game and do “They have very good linebackers,” said USU’s The teams won’t meet again for what we do. We can’t sit there and worry about what starting running back, Robert Turbin. “Sylvester, two years, so the loser won’t The Utah State tunnel we’re coming out of. Football is football ... I’ve you know he’s their top guy. I’ve tried to watch as Racquetball club, cur- have a chance at redemption any come out of a lot of different tunnels.” much film as I could on number 10 because he’s that time soon. The “Battle of the Brothers” has been rently ranked 10th in the Once the ball is snapped, fans will see two teams good of a player that you have to spend a few hours nation, is looking for new played every year since 1943, making it the 12th-most with similar philosophies going at it. Both teams studying him. He’s tall and lanky. His body is kind played rivalry in the Football Bowl Subdivision. members both male and want to spread the field on offense and play at a high of unorthodox, which I think makes him a good line- female. It’s also just the second time since 1982 that a tempo, while hammering the quarterback on defense. backer. It’s hard to block him, he gets off blocks really head coach has begun the season against his former Tryouts will be held “The best pass defense is always a pass rush. well because of his body type.” Tuesday, Sept. 8 from 7-9 team. The last time Gary Andersen was coaching in a There’s no question,” Andersen said. “Every coverage The defensive line is a traditional position of live game situation, it was in the Sugar Bowl in New p.m. at the Racquetball no matter how you play ends up breaking down at strength for Utah, but sustained a major loss when it courts in the HPER. Orleans, and he was wearing Ute red and watching the end of the day if you give them enough time.” his defense throttle a favored Alabama team. The last If USU wants to sustain drives they need to get -See PREVIEW, page 9 9 Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 StatesmanSports Page 9 Preview: Ags ready for Utes -continued from page 8 was announced two weeks ago without a clear-cut leader at that starting end Koa Misi, a the game’s most important preseason All-Mountain West position, and Andersen will no selection this year and second doubt attack the Ute’s signal team All-Mountain West selec- caller aggressively from the tion last year, is out until fur- first whistle. ther notice with a back injury. “You can change the game His replacement is Nai Fotu, a if you have a young quar- converted linebacker. terback, or if you have any On the flip side, Utah pos- quarterback, if you have the sesses a strong offensive line ability to get pressure on him and a great stable of running and that’s something I believe backs, led by Matt Asiata. in,” Andersen said. “On the “He’s an NFL running back offensive side of the ball we in my opinion,” Andersen said don’t want that to happen and of Asiata. “He’s a force, he’s a we’ll do everything we can to power. He’s a good blocker, not let that happen. But on the he’s deceptively shifty and defensive side of the ball we when he lowers his head he definitely want to do every- definitely packs a punch. thing we can to take advantage THE AGGIES HOPE TO be able to pressure Utah’s QB’s just like they did their own in USU’s recent scrimmage. USU opens the season You don’t want to spend your of that.” Thursday at Utah. PATRICK ODEN photo whole evening trying to tackle One bit of good fortune Matt Asiata up high, I can for the Aggies, who will walk promise you that. He’ll make into Rice-Eccles Stadium as Ags have a chance at upset of ranked Utes you pay.” three-touchdown underdogs s the Aggies’ first game of the season approaches and the spent 11 seasons as an assistant coach for the Utes, including the Utah may stick to a power to the Sugar Bowl champs, is Gary Andersen era is set to kick off, I’ve been fielding a last four as the defensive coordinator. running attack early on to that they have come through lot of questions about the Aggies’ chances against 19th- Along with Andersen, seven other current Utah State coaches try and keep its quarterbacks spring and fall camps under A ranked Utah. Here’s my take: USU’s chances are decent. have experience on the Utah sideline. That knowledge should comfortable, because they Andersen without suffering Traditionally games against teams ranked in the top 25 have give the Aggies a competitive edge that they probably won’t have have a serious lack of experi- any major injuries. not been good to the Aggies. Thursday’s contest will mark the against other opponents. ence at that position. Brian “We’ve got some nicks and 50th time Utah State has taken on a ranked opponent, and the Similar to the Utes, this year’s version of the Aggies is not the Johnson graduated after a long bruises but we should walk Aggies have amassed a not-so-stellar 1-48 record in the previous same as in years past. and successful career capped in fairly healthy, which goes 49 games. There has been a not so subtle buzz around the Valley about by a Sugar Bowl MVP award, to show that the kids did a If that wasn’t enough to extinguish the hopes of the Aggie the 2009 football season, but that buzz is even more palpable and his backup Corbin Louks fantastic job in the offseason faithful, the Utes have won 19 of the last 21 meetings between within the team. The players have a new energy, one that has transferred late in the sum- conditioning themselves,” the two schools, including 11 in a row. Despite these forlorn been clearly visible in practices, scrimmages and interviews. mer when it became obvious Andersen said. “You can call it statistics, there are some positive signs that the Aggies can stamp Each player I’ve talked to is bigger, faster, stronger and hun- he wouldn’t be the clear-cut lucky, you can call it fortunate, their name back on this rivalry before it takes a two-year hiatus. grier. With a new offensive system that should highlight junior starter. This leaves Utah with a you can call it whatever you Last year, Utah went 13-0, dismantled national power quarterback Diondre Borel’s talents and a fast, blitzing defense, true freshman, Jordan Wynn, like but I don’t believe that. Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and in the mind of most college foot- the product on the field should be markedly better this year. and a junior college transfer, I believe it’s because the kids ball aficionados was the true National Champion. That said, Utah still has a lot of assets. Terrence Cain, who have been prepared themselves right.” That is not this year’s Utah team. Running back Matt Asiata, who ran all over the Aggies for named co-starters. No coach –[email protected]. Defensive studs Paul Kruger and Sean Smith are now show- three touchdowns last year, is back in the backfield and safety wants to begin the season edu casing their skills in the NFL, longtime starting quarterback Robert Johnson anchors a solid, speedy, big defense. Utah is Brian Johnson has graduated and his backup Corbin Louks, who deserving of its highest preseason ranking ever. got pushed to third on the depth chart, eventually transferred to This will be a tough matchup for WAC foe Nevada. the Aggies, as will the majority Tim Olsen is a F Louks’ transfer leaves the Utes with no clear-cut QB as true of their preconference games. senior majoring in Section freshman Jordan Wynn and junior college transfer Terrance Cain The Utes will hand nothing to print journalism. A different point of view have been named co-starters for Thursday’s season opener. USU, but unlike years past, Comments can be Obviously these two signal callers must have some talent to the conclusion of this game sent to him at he scent of the last of the summer air dwindling away, knockout Louks who was the only QB on Utah’s roster with game is not forgone. If the Ags t.olsen@aggi- the feel of the temperature outside cooling down, the experience after playing in games during his freshman and soph- show up and handle their email.usu. Tlook of fear and uncertainty on the faces of freshmen omore seasons, but the fact still remains that neither has taken a business, 1-0 is a feasible edu, or online everywhere ... This must mean football season has finally snap in a Division I football game. start to the season. at aggietown- come to Logan. It is no secret that I can’t keep my excite- Players aside, the biggest and most obvious advantage for the square.com. ment reigned in for this season, and I have fair reason. When Aggies going into this year’s game could be familiarity. Andersen you consider the factors of facilities, institutional support and quality personnel within the program, it is tough to argue that there has ever been a better foundation laid at any point over the past 30 years for USU football to return USU Bid Sale to glory. Public Invited In case you have been actively trying to ignore Utah State football, you should know by now that our new head coach is former University of Utah defensive coordinator September 2-4, 2009 Gary Andersen. Andersen was the architect behind that Time: 9 am-6 pm dominating defense that pretty much shut down Alabama in last year’s Sugar Bowl and carried Utah to an undefeated 880 East 1250 North season, so the guy obviously knows a thing or two about North Romney Stadium running a football team. Andersen knows at least one thing about bringing legiti- macy to struggling programs too. Andersen’s prior head Hundreds of Items including: coaching experience in the college ranks took place in 2003 pickups CNC verticle mill TVs when he coached Division I-AA Southern Utah, a team that had won just three total games in two seasons prior to sedans computers copiers Andersen’s arrival. In 2002, SUU finished ranked No. 102 box vans printers chipper in the nation in the I-AA Gridiron Power Index (GPI), which farm tractors monitors shelving is a ranking system used to determine playoff selection in I- desks steel lockers furniture AA, where they actually determine a champion by having a chairs projectors & much more! playoff. At the end of the 2003 season with Andersen at the file cabinets riding lawn mowers helm, SUU finished No. 36 in that same ranking, a jump of 66 spots in just a single season. As if Andersen’s 2003 success wasn’t enough to give Check our Web Site at: him some credit as a potentially great head coaching candi- www.usu.edu/surplus date, I’m sure he picked up a few more tips from a certain guy he coached with in 2004. That person would be two- time national champion head coach Urban Meyer, whom Andersen was the defensive line coach for during Utah’s first BCS run that season. It probably isn’t right to try and put Andersen, a first time Division-I head coach and Meyer, a veteran head coach with two national titles, into the same conversation, and just to be clear, I’m not proclaiming Andersen to be the next Urban Meyer. The main similarity I feel needs pointing out is the aspect of a heavy increase in strength training after Andersen arrived on USU’s campus. Andersen has men- tioned several times the improvements his team has made in getting stronger, particularly the improvement of having more than just the four players on last year’s team who could lift 300 pounds. The number of USU players capable of lifting 300 pounds is now in the mid-30s. When Urban Meyer arrived at his first head coaching job at Bowling Green State University in 2001, he put a similar emphasis on his players getting stronger. Meyer inherited a team that finished 2-9 in the 2000 season. In Meyer’s first year, Bowling Green improved to 8-3. Similarly, when Meyer went to the University of Utah he inherited a team that went 5-6 the previous year with only 11 total returning starters. Utah went 10-2 in Meyer’s first year there and went undefeated in his second year. Given the quality players that have found their way to Logan in the past couple years, the overall increased strength of the team and considering the resume of Andersen, and who he has coached with, it all lends plenty of legitimacy to the excitement sur- rounding the program. What it all real- ly comes down Matt Sonnenberg is a junior to though is that majoring in print journalism. college football Matt is an avid fan of Aggie season is finally athletics and can be found here. When on the front row of every you look at home football and it that way, basketball game. He we’re all winners. can also be reached at matt.sonn@aggi- email.usu.edu. 10 Page 10 StatesmanSports Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 WOMEN’S SOCCER MEN’S SOCCER MEMBERS OF THE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM practice for their upcoming season. The Aggies made a run at a region title in 2008 and hope to do so again this year. TYLER LARSON photo High hopes for ‘09 season pretty good soccer.” By STEVEN CLARK The Aggies have a tough region looking at staff writer them this year, including BYU-Idaho, BYU, and nationally ranked Weber State. Both Firmage Let’s talk about football, but not the football you and Fonseca said they are confident that players skip church to watch on Sunday with your dad. will step up in crucial times during the season. It’s soccer season. With all the hype about the Some of those expected stand out players for 2009 Aggie football season, it’s time to highlight this year are midfielder Vic Carlson, defense- the men who actually play futbol. man Tyson Kelly – a transfer from Iowa Western The USU men’s soccer club sweated through – and Fonseca. tryouts last weekend with aspirations to put “Make it to nationals, that’s always our goal,” together a team good enough to win a region co-captain Dave Firmage said. championship and qualify for nationals. With The Aggies’ take their first step toward 13 returning players, including seven starters, accomplishing that goal on Sept. 12 when they the Aggies have high hopes of accomplishing take on the Juventas. All home games will be their goal of improving on last year’s record of played at the Tower Field. 8-5 and winning a region title. There is one game in particular that the The Aggies had a strong 2008 season where Aggies are licking their chops to play and it will they finished 3rd in the region tournament take place Sept. 25 against the team down south which consisted of 12 teams. The region itself – BYU. has about 20 teams. Due to the lack of an NCAA “We lost to both BYU and BYU-Idaho last men’s soccer league, the Aggies are a part of year,” Fonseca said. the National Intramural Recreational Sports The Aggies are definitely hoping for a better Association (NIRSA). In NIRSA, the teams who result this season. qualify for nationals are those who finish with It should be some good soccer, indeed, if the the best record in their region or make the two Aggies play as hard as they’ve been practicing. available wild card spots. Barely missing the Final cuts have been made and they are hitting wild card for nationals last year left a bad taste the ground running. From the looks of it, USU in the Aggies’ mouth, but captains Dave Firmage can expect two very successful football/futbol and Danny Fonseca are positive that this year’s seasons. squad has what it takes to get the job done. “We hope for a lot of support,” Fonseca said. SENIOR LINDSEY SMART is one of three captains on this year’s women’s soccer team. Smart has “We have a really good team this year, and “Come watch some good soccer this year.” been an integral part of USU’s success over the past few seasons, culminating with the WAC regular sea- everyone will contribute,” Fonseca said. “We –[email protected] son championship last season. This year Smart has her sights set higher. PETE SMITHSUTH photo have people from all over who’ve played some Smart a leader on and off the field in well, get a lot of playing time and be able to make a meaning- ing soccer for them. By LANDON HEMSLEY ful contribution to the team. She said she felt very comfortable With all of this young lady’s strengths, awards, recognition staff writer with her peers and with the head coach, Heather Cairns. and aspirations it’s hard to believe that Smart said she felt very “I talked with Heather and visited campus a lot,” Smart said. intimidated starting here as a freshman. Lindsey Smart, one of three captains for the USU women’s “I knew it was a good fit for me. I knew that this was a program “Starting that first game as a freshman I was super, super soccer team, is a player with a lot of family history at Utah State headed in the right direction, and in my years here at Utah State scared,” Smart said. “I felt like I had been thrown into it. It forced University, not all of it in athletics. it’s just gotten better and better.” me to grow, so it was good, but it was hard. I For example, the Ross A. Smart Veterinary Diagnostics Smart certainly has the soccer and athletic feel like I’ve been able to grow into my role on Laboratory is in fact named after her grandfather, and that’s not resume to back USU’s athletic scholarship “Starting the first this team, though.” all. Her father was a student body officer, her mother was a cheer- offer. She won the 5A State Soccer champion- game as a fresh- The team apparently agrees, because Smart leader and her sister helped coach the women’s gymnastics team ship while at Brighton High School, in addi- was voted into her captaincy role by her team- last year before moving to Washington. tion to being selected to the 5A All-State team man I was super, mates. Smart said she feels humbled by the With a load of family history in Cache Valley, it’s not surpris- by both The Deseret News and The Salt Lake selection. ing that the soccer star from Sandy decided to make Cache Valley Tribune. Since coming to USU, she has started super scared. It “I’m honored,” Smart said. “It means the her collegiate home. Smart said there were a number of reasons all 66 matches she’s played in, a respectable team has confidence in my abilities. When I that she came to play for the Aggies when considering her colle- feat alone. Beyond starting, Smart was named felt like I had been was selected as a junior to be captain, Coach giate destination, but the determinant was that she knew she’d fit WAC thrown into it. It said it was because I was an example to the Freshman team. I thought it was cool that my example of the Year forced me to grow, rubbed off a little bit. It’s a great feeling.” in 2006, Smart’s leadership abilities have helped the Come play earned all- so it was good, but Aggies do very well so far this season. The WAC aca- defensive midfielder has led the team to its demic hon- it was hard. I feel best start in school history, 3-0-0, and said Northern Utah’s ors in the like I’ve been able that this team’s aspirations and abilities for same year, this year are very high. earned to grow into my “This team has a ton of talent,” Smart said. Best-Kept Secret. the Joe E. “There’s just so much depth. Everyone can and Elma role on this team, play, everyone’s competing every single day in Whitesides though.” - Lindsey practice and in the games. We want to win the 18 Championship Holes Scholar- WAC tournament and get to the NCAA tour- Athlete Smart nament this year, especially after last year’s Driving Range award in double-overtime loss to Fresno.” 2006, 2007 Although this team has been selected to Practice Putting & and 2008, earned the College win the conference this year, Smart said she knows that what’s on Sports Information Directors paper is very different than what happens on the field. Smart said Chipping Greens of America (CoSIDA) academic that every WAC match is a battle, no matter who you play. all-district eight honors, and “It could be Fresno, Hawaii or whoever,” she said, “The thing is part of the team that has about WAC games is that every game’s a battle. When I got here, garnered six straight NSCAA we were at the bottom, and we earned our respect. You can’t rely 550 East 100 North Team Academic Awards. This is on the polls. You have to play.” a young lady who has earned a In particular, Smart said the WAC championship match from Smithfield, Utah lot for herself. last year’s tournament was a very difficult loss. Smart has strong career and “It was a back and forth battle. We would advance, then they academic aspirations. She is would advance. It was so heartbreaking to play for that long, get GOLF COURSE 435-563-6825 an exercise science major with to the double overtime, and then they sent in a perfect shot to hopes of getting to graduate win it. It was a shot out of nowhere,” she said. “We want to get to school in order to become a the NCAA tournament this year, and we can.” physician’s assistant. Smart, With all of that in the past, there is a lot of hope for the USU who will graduate this year, soccer team this year, and the team has earned respect. It has Fall USU Student Special: said she has already sent off already beaten Texas Tech, its first Big XII opponent ever, and applications to seven differ- will have the opportunity to take out No. 21 Oklahoma State 9 Holes of Golf, Sunday-Friday ent graduate schools in four when the Cowgirls come to Logan Friday on the Bell Soccer Field different states, including the at 7 p.m. University of Utah’s physician’s Smart and her co-captains are excited to lead their team out to $10, must show current USU ID. assistant program. Luckily for meet the challenge, and earn the respect they so covet. us Aggies, Smart won’t be play- –[email protected] Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 World&Nation Page 11 Crews make gains on southwestern Utah fire SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Crews made progress and buildings in the area. on a large wildfire burning in southwestern Utah Slightly cooler and calmer conditions allowed on Tuesday but another fire farther north jumped crews to make small gains Tuesday, including a highway, torched power poles and knocked out solidifying a fire line on the fire’s east flank, electricity to several communities. which is closest to the developed areas. The Mill Flat fire, which burned three homes Also Tuesday, two firefighters sustained over the weekend, had blackened more than 17 minor injuries but details were not available. square miles by late Tuesday afternoon, accord- There are about 650 people assigned to the ing to Kathy Jo Pollock, a spokeswoman for the fire, along with four helicopters, 30 engines and firefighting team. two bulldozers. The fire is 10 percent contained but continues To the north, stiff winds fanned the Sawmill to threaten about 550 homes and 58 commercial Canyon fire. Earlier in the day, fire officials esti- properties in the area of New Harmony. mated it had burned about 8 square miles. But Residents in the area remain on a one-hour Lisa Reid, a spokeswoman for the fire crew, said notice for evacuations if the fire picks up again. late Tuesday afternoon that fire south of Scipio Local fire departments are monitoring homes had jumped Highway 50 and was moving quickly. Storm: State of emergency declared -continued from page 2 SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, R-Ariz., center, speaks as Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, left, and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, look on during a health care forum in Charlotte, N.C. AP photo While the storm’s eye was fore- remained came out to see the to leave their imperiled shan- cast to pass west and north of storm with avid anticipation, ties. the city, another 20,000 were fighting the winds and inter- Marco Nina, 24, a brick- expected to evacuate elsewhere mittent bands of rain at the layer, warily eyed a growing Republican senators on the road in the peninsula. Schools, shore. stream that rushed past his many ports and most busi- Hurricane chaser Brian plywood and sheet metal nesses were closed. Osburn of Pensacola, Florida, home. to slow health care reform Children ran through stood on a beach in high tech “We are here with our CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Obama’s top domestic priority. GOP filibusters and control strong gusts of wind Tuesday gear and protective padding nerves on edge,” he said. “If – An odd couple of Republican In North Carolina on policy. waving pieces of paper and while holding a plastic- this hits, the roof is not going senators have hit the road, argu- Tuesday, they interacted with Political recovery is an issue trash bags under bands of encased, submersible Hi-defi- to hold. Other storms have ing for a go-slow approach to something close to deference, for McCain, too. intermittent rain. Forecasters nition video camera to take passed but not this strong.” President Barack Obama’s push unity and self-deprecation. The decorated war vet- expect the hurricane to leave shots of the poundin g surge By Tuesday afternoon, to revamp health care. McConnell introduced eran and recognized expert on between 5 and 10 inches of and gusts. Jimena had weakened slightly, Minority Leader Mitch McCain as the “famous GOP national security and campaign rain in Baja, but already the “I think Cabo San Lucas is with winds of 125 mph (205 McConnell of Kentucky and senator.” finance reform has largely dry stream beds had turned still in for a good blow,” said kph), still a major hurricane 2008 presidential nominee John McCain answered, “You deferred to other Republicans into gushing torrents. Osburn, holding his water- with potential to do huge dam- McCain are headlining the mean our most famous loser.” on health care although the Hank and Maureen Butt, proof microphone into the age. It was located 110 miles GOP’s answer to the raucous Hardly an upbeat outlook, Arizona lawmaker is a member from Los Gatos, California, shrieking winds. (175 kilometers) southwest of town hall meetings of August in but on health care they have of the Senate Health, Education, snapped photos outside their Others wandered the now- Cabo San Lucas and traveling which congressional Democrats reasons to work together and Labor and Pensions Committee. Cab San Lucas Hotel, enjoying deserted streets, some ankle- north-northwest near 12 mph had to shout over angry constit- try to frame Republican opposi- But in recent weeks, McCain the driving winds. deep in water, enjoying the (19 kph). uents about health care, grow- tion to a comprehensive health has been outspoken on health “The waves have been storm. Local officials say ing deficits and the increasing care overhaul in thoughtful and care overhaul and its pricetag great,” said Maureen Butt, an “We’re going to go, get Hurricane Juliet, also a role of the federal government. credible terms. of $1 trillion-plus over 10 years intensive care nurse. some more liquor and go back Category 4 hurricane on a sim- Not known for working Start with the GOP’s drive to and basing his argument on his “I think we’re going to be to the room and just watch it,” ilar course that killed several closely or particularly liking recover in next year’s midterm reputation as a deficit hawk. out of harm’s way as far as said Mark Lopez, 29, a truck people and caused $20.5 mil- each other – the two waged elections after the drubbing Health care also offers major damage,” her husband dispatcher from San Jose, lion in September 2001, was a fierce fight for years over Republicans took from Obama McCain a chance to revise said. “We’re in a very good California, as he walked near the most damaging hurricane campaign finance – McConnell and the Democrats in 2008. To his image with millions of structure here.” a marina with a half-dozen in the storm-prone state’s his- and McCain nonetheless have do that, they must bring the Americans and fill the elder Most tourists had already friends. “We’re making the tory. That 145-mph (230 kph) been united at three events in Democrats down a notch from statesman role embodied by his fled by Tuesday, leaving most of it.” storm made a raging 12-day two days in which they’ve urged an effective hold on 60 Senate friend and former colleague, the 75 percent of hotel rooms Many slum dwellers con- trip through Mexico and the a more modest approach on votes, potentially enough to kill late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. vacant. But some of those who cerned about looting refused southern United States. 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Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 Page 12 Utah State UniversityViews& • Logan, Utah • www.aggietownsquare.comOpinion Letters to the editor • View Letters A public forum Us Our Forum EditorAbout in Chief scarred pit bulls and 10 deceased dogs’ Patrick Oden No sympathy for Vick bodies. When this evidence was revealed, Trying to make sense of Vick’s dog-fighting business had been active News Editor To the editor: for six years. We will never know the actual Rachel A. Christensen count of lives lost or the number of dogs Assistant News Editor health care reform An opinion article appeared in The who lived their lives suffering at Vick’s Bad ealth care. Oh, those two dreaded words. Statesman contending that Michael Vick Newz Kennels, but 21 months sure seems a Catherine Meidell These words are thrown around in debate should be forgiven and receive a “second lot shorter than 6 years to me. Features Editor as sort of a political buzzword. The system chance”. Yet, this article glossed over Vick’s Thirdly, Vick has RECEIVED his second Courtnie Packer H crimes so allow me to examine this view a bit chance. He spent less than two years in jail, is going through big measures of reform in hopes more critically and make a few points. and he is now free. Wait, that is not enough, Assistant Features Editor to cut costs and create a more effective program. To begin with, the view simply states Vick fans want protestors to leave Vick alone so Greg Boyles But honestly, what is health care and how does it performed “horrible” actions, yet this word is he can rebuild his all-American “image”. Yet, not strong enough to describe Vick’s vicious, Sports Editor affect us, Aggies, in Utah? have any of you Vick fans considered why Tim Olsen President Obama’s Web page states he is work- cruel and sick torture tactics. He not only these protestors do not want him in the NFL? ing to create a health care plan that will be benefi- bought, bred and trained dogs to fight, he The NFL in America is part of our culture Assistant Sports Editor used bait dogs, pry bars (to rip their mouths and to let a man with this sort of charter in Graham Terry cial to every citizen of the U.S. He said he’ll do this open during fights), Rape Racks, and several the NFL is devastating to many American by reforming the health care system, promoting other fighting tools. citizens. Copy Editor scientific and technological advancements and And if the dogs were not good fighters, Lastly, Vick is not the least bit remorseful. Mark Vuong improving preventative care. Preventative care him and his buddies (all part of Bad Newz If he were, maybe he would have stopped Photo Editors Kennels – which is quite a catchy name for includes things like cancer screenings and better after he killed the first dog, or maybe after Pete Smithsuth someone to come up with who later claimed nutrition coupled with investments in electronic the 100th fight, or maybe after the first year, Tyler Larson he was regretful that he ran this business) yet he never stopped until he was caught. health records can help save lives, the site states. electrocuted, drowned and brutally beat Being convicted is what he is sorry for, not Web Editor “A better system is also essential to rebuilding dogs in order to kill them. for the lives lost, not for the money he made, Karlie Brand our economy,” it states. Secondly, the view argued that the values and not for the example he set for all of his Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, during his visit in of our society seem backwards because young fans. Logan said Obama has tried to let the House Vick’s crimes received so much attention. My point is this: before you forget Vick’s The article also implies that Vick’s 21-month actions at least investigate his crimes or and Senate create a health care bill from which sentence was excessive, yet it is not even one a health care plan can be constructed. Neither spend two minutes looking at the pictures About letters month for each dogs’ life he ruined. When of the dogs that survived Vick’s fighting ring • Letters should be lim- body could agree on an affordable, realistic bill. Vick’s dog-fighting ring was busted, inves- and try to imagine their suffering. Bennett said Obama set a deadline for these leg- tigators cited three key points of evidence: ited to 400 words. • All letters may be islative bodies to have a bill prepared, which was the fighting arena itself with bloodstained Kelsie Martinez walls, carpets and kennels, 56 injured and shortened, edited or before the August recession. More information rejected for reasons about progress on the health care reform process of good taste, redun- can be found at www.healthreform.gov. dancy or volume of “Health care reform cannot wait, it must not similar letters. wait, and it will not wait another year,” Obama • Letters must be said Feb. 24. topic oriented. They So let’s get this straight. Obama says he wants may not be directed to create a program that will fit every U.S. citizen, toward individuals. but Bennett said no one has been able to come up Any letter directed to with a bill so far. If politicians can’t grasp the situa- a specific individual tion enough to decide on an outline of a program, may be edited or not the rest of us are in for a headache. printed. And let’s be honest, not many of us have really • No anonymous let- ters will be published. tried to work our way through the health care Writers must sign all program’s intricate details. At least not seriously. letters and include a Many USU students are young and health care is phone number or e- far from their thoughts. These students, however, mail address as well are getting close to or have already reached that as a student identifica- point where being educated on what health care tion number (none of is and how it’s used is important. The problem is, which is published). with all this information flying around – different Letters will not be plans, different ideals, different politician’s motives printed without this – health care becomes so muddled and confus- verification. ing that deciphering the concept is too much to • Letters representing stomach, especially after spending an hour doing As a matter of faith groups – or more assigned reading for an upper-level physics class. than one individual s a boy, the only parts of those museum bridge between our world and nature and – must have a singular I feel a headache coming on. field trips that didn’t bore me to death that of transcendence (or divinity). The sto- were dinosaurs and anything involv- ries, parables and beings present in religion representative clearly We want to help you make sense of health A stated, with all neces- care, which is why we’re recruiting some expert ing ancient legends. The stale smell of the are our ways of explaining these things to building and broken cassette-player guides ourselves, regardless of the presence or lack sary identification help from someone who actually understands it. couldn’t have contrasted more with the glory of scientific empirical evidence. Christ talked information. Submit your questions to us online at www.aggi- and violence on the canvas. Whether they to his followers in parables for this same • Writers must wait 21 etownsquare.com and look for the answers in a showed the fury of Zeus, or the might of reason, to show the nature of divine will and days before submit- future Monday edition of The Statesman. Ra, I dreamed of being with these incredible how we relate to it, as well as each other. He ting successive letters figures (sometimes combining them with the was not speaking of God as a physical man – no exceptions. dinosaurs), watching them battle for com- operating a vineyard that we will one day see • Letters can be hand mand of the universe. Few things can spur a with the Hubble Telescope, that was never delivered or mailed Japan’s new rulers young lad’s imagination more than a bunch his point. to The Statesman in of monstrous reptiles throwing lightning at Just as it was with Christ’s life and the the TSC, Room 105, ow do you say “throw the bums out” in Japanese? one another. The day I discovered old Z- parables he left us, it is with religions around That’s what Japanese voters did on Sunday, booting grade Godzilla movies, my life couldn’t have the globe. It doesn’t matter whether it is the or can be e-mailed to Hthe Liberal Democratic Party that has ruled almost been more pristine. self sacrifice of the great Norse allfather statesman@aggiemail. continuously for more than half a century and leaves now In school and church however, my wide- Odin so that he might gain true knowledge, usu.edu, or click on with the world’s second-largest economy in sorry shape. The eyed questions about the gods and monsters the self immolation of Hercules on a pyre www.aggietown- newly elected Democratic Party of Japan is an eclectic mix were always dismissed with adults’ fake to atone for his great sin or the near murder square.com for of leftists and defectors from the ruling party. Its ability to run smiles and rolling eyes. They just answered of Isaac by his father Abraham’s hand to more letter guidelines the country is untested, and its leaders have yet to explain that these old tales were merely ways of fulfill his covenant with God. From profound and a box to submit how to pay for their populist campaign promises. “explaining things they couldn’t understand.” loss to immeasurable joy, along with my letters. (Link: About Nevertheless, this page sees the election upset as a poten- This phrase was always used regarding a sci- deep intellectual revelations, I have learned Us.) tially positive development. A one-party state is bound to entific account, referring to weather events of their truths regardless of any prejudice. grow stale; competition is as important in politics as it is in or medical anomalies. Eventually I swal- These stories are about the deep truths of business. lowed the pill that these awesome stories our existence, the cost and impact of our The outgoing Liberal Democratic Party helped turn Japan were just dodges of reality or reason by a decisions. Religion can be subject to mis- from a post-World War II wreck into a global powerhouse. In bunch primitive brutes. My church at the taken reasoning, which often is, with dev- Online poll league with industry and a powerful government bureaucra- time though, which was of the literalist vari- astating consequences. However, this takes Your a Statesman cy, the ruling party oversaw decades of growth that offered ety, inadvertedly refused to let my wonder nothing away from its wisdom and truth, and reader, and we want its citizens lifelong jobs with housing and health care. But fail me. I began to question why one faith the guidance and hope it seeks to give us to know why. What is that system has been unraveling since the Japanese econ- was less legitimate than another, if the gen- in our dark hours. The billions in the world omy collapsed in the 1990s. Now, government scandals, your favorite part of the eral rule was that the account was merely who have devoted their lives to faith of any Statesman? recession, unemployment and an aging population’s deep a cover up for limited technology or other kind, I realized, are no different than I was, anxiety about the future have prompted voters who normally tools. Sitting at my window at night, watch- looking to explain what they could probably value stability to reject the known and embrace the promise ing lightning dance beautifully across a black never grasp through reason alone, what they • News of change. sky as a storm mercilessly pummels the land, could never understand. In the words of St. Although the Democratic Party has never held power, I refused to believe that things could be so Anselm, “For I do not seek to understand that • Features key members come from the political elite, starting with simple, so cut and dry. I may believe, but I believe in order to under- leader Yukio Hatoyama, who is expected to be named As I’ve grown in my experience – in the stand. For this also I believe, – that unless I • Sports prime minister. His grandfather is a founder of the just- loss of loved ones, feeling the earth shake believed, I should not defeated Liberal Democratic Party, and Hatoyama himself from an Iraqi car bomb, or the joy of expe- understand.” • Opinion was a legislator. Other party members also have served in riencing real beauty – my understanding the Legislature or held Cabinet posts. At the same time, the has grown with me. Most of the arguments Will Holloway is • Puzzles and comics party and the country should benefit from an infusion of new between my fellow soldiers in our oven-like a senior major- political blood, including many first-time legislators and more barracks were about faith and in another ing in philosophy • Other women. About a third of the 480 seats in the lower house way, truth. This has been true throughout from Salt Lake City, will be filled by newcomers. our history, leading to some of our greatest Utah. His column This kind of change is necessary but not sufficient to fix art, philosophy and heroes, as well as our will appear every Visit us on the Web at Japan’s problems. During the campaign, the Democratic most horrific wars. Faith and religion, I’ve other Wednesday. www.aggietownsquare. Party promised support for come to realize, are about more than over- Comments can be com to cast your vote. families with children as well -See JAPAN, page 13 active imaginations or ignorance of scientific sent by e-mail to will. methods. It is about humanity’s pursuit of the [email protected] Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 Views&Opinion Page 13 Japan: Change Answers -continued from page 12 as reduced taxes and highway tolls. To Today’s SomeThese of the policies suggested a Are Your Times. 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I was just awe struck by be somewhat sensitive because your kind of lover, so this is what I think you her beauty, but did not have the balls or roommate is involved and since it’s just gotta do: next time she’s at your soc- time to talk to her because I was there the beginning of the semester it would cer practice warm-up kicking the ball to play soccer. She stayed and watched be miserable to live with a rift between with someone – now this is important the tryouts that day and even came you two. Second, you have to turn from – warm up so your back is facing her, back the next day. I really wanted to the alternative choice into the primary after a few good punts and blocks from spit my charm at her but just couldn’t target, which can be tough. you, let the ball go past you. On the find the right moment ... then it was Before we speculate let’s start with pretense of getting the ball, jog close too late and she was gone. The dilem- the facts: Soccer tryouts and practices to her and give her a little smile. If you ma I have is the next day (last Friday) take place behind the freshmen dorms; feel the smile is well received then on the wily temptress decided to add my if this young hussy came to both ses- the way back stop and give her a witty roommate on Facebook. This just took sions of tryouts there are only two remark like, “Oh man, he really sucks a knife and stabbed it into my heart. reasonable explanations: she’s a fresh- at kicking balls.” A remark like that will My roommate is an awesome guy, but man coming out to watch because she show her that you’re intelligent, quick the only problem is he cannot take lives right there and it’s convenient, witted and totally ready for a relation- advantage of this gorgeous woman or she’s coming out to watch because ship. who has presented herself to him due she has a friend (boyfriend?) that was to the fact he already has a gorgeously- trying out. 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His wife said one as much as the other drove driver scoured the river bottom beside a laid-off furniture the decision to auction off everything that wouldn’t fit in the mover, back to prospecting after a day spent wrestling with the trailer and leave Vermont for the mother lode. unemployment office. “Thought we’d try to make a living at it,” Kim Lague said, “You have to consider the economy,” said Gary Rhinevault, standing in a mining camp that was busier during the Great caretaker of the Lost Dutchman’s Mining Association Depression than it was in the Gold Rush of 1849, and is busy once campground, where 45 prospectors pay as little as 30 cents a day again. to pitch their tents. “In 1932, there were more prospectors out trying to make a living than in the 1850s.” SCOTT GREENE, standing on rocks, and Benard Cruz, under- And so, 18 months after a co-worker’s pneumatic hammer water, search for gold using a suction dredge to vacuum up gravel. drove a 2 1/2-inch stainless-steel nail into Ray Lague’s skull — Even in the trough of today’s great recession, most of the Both are out of work and say they have nothing better to do. Post “the plunger of the gun brushed my hat and discharged” — the prospectors still double as hobbyists. The Lost Dutchman’s photo by Katherine Frey. once-thriving contractor took his place among the prospectors club allows members to camp for six months at a time, and its lining the steep banks of the South Fork of the Stanislaus River, dozen or so claims are crowded first with the motor homes of westward after gold was discovered in early 1800s, have more freewheeling retirees. than doubled since 2007. But as the economy soured, “People come out with high hopes and don’t realize the work their ranks were swelled by that is involved until they get into it,” LeGrand said. “ Most try adults of working age, pulled a few days and give up. Many struggle on and learn to pan. Very by gold prices flirting with few get enough gold to do them any financial good.” $1,000 a troy ounce — the On the South Fork, everyone claims to know this. highest in more than two “No one’s making a living down here,” said Tony Stroud, an decades — and pushed by unemployed machinist who, like the other prospectors repeating unfortunate circumstance. the phrase, surely believes the words. While there is no way to And yet, here they all are, investing $1,500 to $5,000 for quantify the trend, anecdotally the suction dredges that vacuum up gravel, for the sluices that it is clear that the jobless separate the gravel from the black sand, and, not least, for the are showing up not only in big plastic pans that, after the machines have done the heavy California but also elsewhere work, reveal the glimmers of color that set hearts to racing and around the country where gold render reason irrelevant. has been found in the past. “You didn’t hear it from me,” Stroud went on a moment later, “I have been seeing a lot of it “but a guy in Columbia said downstream he took 14 ounces out this year, with so many people in 48 hours. And we’re going to jump his hole.” getting laid off or hours cut Robert McFadden, seated to his right on a picnic table, set way back,” said Tim LeGrand, down his morning beer. owner of TN Gold & Gems “What’s the appeal of prospecting?” he said. “Hope I can get in Coker, Tenn. Permits for rich, number one.” prospecting in the nearby The river is cluttered with the miners’ gear and the boulders BERNARD CRUZ, left, and Scott Greene sift through sand for gold in Columbia, Calif. The price of Cherokee National Forest, they constantly rearrange in the search for a spot not already the precious metal is at its highest level in decades. Post photo by Katherine Frey. named for the tribe pushed groomed of flakes. Yet the feeling is orderly, tents and motor homes lined around a rustic clubhouse that evokes familiar notions of prospecting as reliably as the bushy beards sported Less support, more ‘trigger-pullers’ in Afghanistan by many of the men. In a shady bend a mile downstream, DeWayne and Nick WASHINGTON (LAT) -- U.S. officials Taliban gains and demonstrate progress in mander, officials said. Shepard labored in frustration beside the Michigan flag, planted are planning to add as many as 14,000 the war nearly eight years after it began. McChrystal submitted a broad assess- upon arrival 30 days earlier on a trip planned for three years. combat troops to the American force in Forces that could be swapped out ment of the Afghan war effort this week, Their vision of prospecting was informed by repeated Afghanistan by sending home support include units assigned to noncombat duty, calling the situation “serious.” Details of viewings — “must be hundreds of times,” Nick said — of units and replacing them with “trigger- such as guards or lookouts, or those on the assessment remain secret, but officials “Gold Fever” and other cable television programs produced by pullers,” defense officials say. clerical and support squads. said it did not contain a request for more members of the family that owns the camps. The move would beef up the combat “It makes sense to get rid of the clerks troops. Such a request could be submitted “He shows you, in his pan, what must be $15,000 in gold he force in Afghanistan without increasing and replace them with trigger-pullers,” in coming weeks. says he got in two days,” said Nick Shepard, 28, who left his the overall number of U.S. troops -- a said one Pentagon official, speaking on The planned changes in the U.S. troop masonry job to come west with his retired father. contentious issue as public support for the condition of anonymity because the plans mix are part of what military officials call “We wonder if there aren’t people who got sucked in worse war slips. Many of the noncombat jobs are have not been announced. a “force optimization” review, a critical than us,” DeWayne said. likely be filled by private contractors, a The changes will not offset the poten- middle step between the assessment and The Lagues watched the same shows. source of controversy in Iraq and a grow- tial need for additional troops in the a request for additional troops, designed “Realistically, when we first started out, they say you can ing issue in Afghanistan. future, but they could reduce the size of to ensure the existing force is operating as make an ounce a day,” said Kim Lague, in the 31-foot trailer the The plan represents a key step in the any request from Army Gen. 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Sept Runs Sept. 2-19. Reception on Ballroom, 7 p.m. 7: Labor day (no Classes) Sept 4 from 5-9 p.m. in the -College Democrats Opening Social, Twain Tippetts Gallery in the Quad, 5:30 p.m. GRE & LSAT prep Fine Arts Building. Today is Wednesday, GRE & LSAT prep course. Women’s Resource Center Courses run Sept. 8-Oct 15. and Reentry Student Center Sept. 2, 2009. Today’s LSAT is T/Th 4 - 6 p.m. and scholarship reception Sept. issue of The Utah Thursday GRE is T/Th 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 3 in the TSC Sky Room. 6:30- Statesman is published For more information contact 10 p.m. Donors and recipients especially for Chris Sept. 3 Melanie Klein at melanie. invited. Please RSVP. Questions [email protected] or cal 797-0452. call 797-1728 or womenscenter@ Plowman, junior major- -USU @ Utah Football Pre-Game ing in biochemistry from usu.edu. Party, Rodizio Grill, 7 p.m. Childrens music Come practice with the Seattle, Wash. -Celebrate America Show, TSC MUSIC FOR THE Small and Institute choir for the CES Ballroom, 7 p.m. Tall 2009 Fall Session starts broadcast in the Institute build- Almanac -Football @ Utah, 7 p.m. Sept. 15. This is a program for ing Sept. 1 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Today in History: In young children, ages 6 months Aggie mountain bike race: to 6 years old. All classes take Short track @ Renegade Sports Moderately Confused • Stahler 1945, aboard the USS place at the Book Table and Sept. 18 @ 5 p.m., cross country Missouri in Tokyo Friday include a Family Class at 10:15 @ Sherwood Hills Sept. 19 @ 9 Bay, Japan formally a.m., a Babies and Tots Class at a.m., Check out www.usucycling. surrenders to the Sept. 4 11 a.m., and a Preschool Class com for more info. Allies, bringing an at 11:45 a.m.. For more infor- Study abroad fair and pass- -Car-Free Fridays, All-Day mation contact Ewa Wilczynski port fair. Learn about study end to World War -Women’s Soccer vs. Oklahoma State, at: 755-0853 or email at music- abroad options at USU. Sept. 15 II. Japanese foreign 4 p.m. [email protected]. in the TSC Sunburst Lounge. 10 minister, Mamoru -Celebrate America Show, TSC USU Lacrosse a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info con- Shigemitsu, and Ballroom, 7:00 p.m. tact 797-0601 or studyabroad@ the chief of staff of -True Aggie Night, Quad, 11:30 p.m. THE USU MEN’S Lacrosse usu.edu. the Japanese army, team will be holding an Ever wonder who you can talk informational team meeting to about classes, but want some- Yoshijiro Umezu, on Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. meet in one that can relate to you? Find signed the “instru- the lobby of the HPER build- out who is your peer advisor at ment of surrender.” ing. All those returning need usu.edu/peers to attend or contact Coach Touch lives and lift spirits. If Mercer. All new students wish- you are interesting in becoming Weather ing to participate this year need a hospice volunteer and mak- to be in attendance. ing a difference in someone’s life, High: 88° Low: 52° call Sabrina at 435-752-3355 for Live music more info. Skies: Clear Fictionist live: Popular Salt Lake band returns to Why More Calendar and FYI Sound (30 Federal Ave) listings, Interactive Calendar Thursday Sept. 3, 8:00 p.m. They will be joined by and Comics at locals Libbie Linton and Armorie. $6. myspace.com/ whysound. www.aggietownsquare.com Welcome Back AGGIES! Change your body, change your life! USU Aggie Special! Cardio $19.95/month + Free Weights O er ends 09/30/09 Free Group Fitness Classes 50% Off Enrollment Personal Training Tanning 880 South Main Building a New 435-753-GOLD Facility this fall. (4653)