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By ROB JEPSON and JESSICA SWEAT the past 15 years. difference I see is entirely different cul- staff writers “The focus of ASUSU tends to fall tures. An African student from Ghana with American minorities and overshad- is entirely different than an African International Student Council (ISC) ows the international students,” Orr American student from say, New York.” president Christian Orr submitted said. “My intention is to create the unity Crosby also said they were worried a bill to the ASUSU Executive Coun- that we have lacked.” that creating a new vice president posi- cil (ASUSUEC) on Nov. 16 proposing tion would encourage other groups to the creation of an international vice Diverse vs. international also petition for vice presidential posi- president position. The council voted to tions. rewrite the bill, changing the proposal Orr, who was elected ISC president Anthony “T.J.” Pratt, who is a mem- from a full member to an ex-officio, or in September, said he feels there is a ber of the ASUSU Diversity Council and non-voting position. The modified bill is large distinction between diversity stu- this year’s Mr. USU, said he feels like scheduled to be addressed in tomorrow’s dents and international students. He international students are adequately council meeting. said diversity students are those with represented by the diversity vice presi- American citizenship or dual-citizen- dent position. Representation ship. International students are those “’Diversity’ isn’t a specific term,” he who do not have American citizenship. said. “It’s not, ‘oh there’s multi-cultural “There are approximately 16,472 ASUSU Diversity Vice President Kaho for international students and then students attending the Logan campus Fiefia said: “I don’t believe there is a there’s multi-cultural for American stu- of USU,” Orr said. “Of those students, distinction between international students’ – ‘cause then we’d just be segre- 1,069 are international students attend- dents and students from USA. The word gating.” ing USU. This means that about one out ‘diversity’ represents all students no Pratt said he doesn’t see any benefits of every 15 students are international. matter what or who they are. There is no to creating either a voting or an ex-offi- For those 1,069 students, student life is distinction between their color, sexual cio position. different.” orientation, background, socioeconomic C r o s b y said the biggest reason for According to the Office of status, and religious beliefs.” creating a position was to integrate International Student Services (OISS), ASUSU executive vice president Brent international students with the students the last time an ASUSU executive Crosby, who sponsored the bill, said he on campus. council position was designated for the absolutely sees a distinction between “Right now it’s like they are on their INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COMPOSE about 7 percent ISC was in 1962. Orr said since that international students and Diversity stu- own island,” he said. of USU’s population, which is why International Student Council position’s elimination, the ISC has been dents. He said it would be an enormous president, Christian Orr, proposed a bill to ASUSU Executive working toward once again being more “Diversity covers individuals who are Council to create an new international representative position. connected and represented within the ethnically diverse – mostly American International students are involved in dozens of ethnic activities includ- minorities,” Crosby said. “The biggest -See REPRESENT, page 4 ing Salsabration and the Miss international Pageant. Statesman file photos ASUSU executive council, especially in North and South Korea conflict prompts analysis of origin

By CATHERINE MEIDELL news editor

As the consequences of North and South Korea’s pent-up tension unfold, Korean students, political science professors and others find themselves asking which country is at fault, and what will keep the countries from war. The residual effects of a cold war were recently ignited after lingering tension between North and South Korea provoked North Korea to react. South Korea’s military units were put on high alert Nov. 23 when North Korea attacked Yeonpyeong Island with more than 100 artillery shells. Two marines were killed in the line of fire and wounded soldiers and civilians totaled 18. In defense, South Korea opened artillery fire back to North Korea, and the once-quiet fishing island was abandoned by many of its residents who have not yet returned. “It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong in this,” said Kai He, a USU professor of Asian politics. When North Korea opened fire on South Korea, they felt it was an action of defense because South Korean warships were found in waters too close to their land, he said. This provoked North Korea to feel unsafe, which is why their reaction was “nuclear,” Kai said. “It’s not the right behavior, but it is rational,” Kai said. “No one can control North Korea, that’s the danger right now. They are a sovereign nation.” “When I saw the explosion on CNN, it was bad,” said USU student and native South Korean Jun Hee Han. “It didn’t look like they were just protecting themselves, they destroyed an entire village.” Logan resident and native of China, Ansheng, said he doesn’t believe North Korea set out to kill many people through the attack on Yeonpyeong, but rather to say “don’t push me too hard.” They want sur- rounding countries to know they are not weak, he said. East Asian politics professor Heiyun Fung said she agrees North Korea’s behavior was rational, because their country needs protection. “They need security,” Fung said, “but by attacking South Korea they are asking for it in a way that is not tasteful.” Han served two and a half years in the South Korean Air Force, and said he is upset with the North Korean government. His immediate family currently resides in Seoul, the South Korean capital where he grew up, and some relatives live in North Korea, but none of his family mem- said, because this expectation is ingrained into their society. them due to their current conservative government lead by President Lee bers know if they are alive, Han said. Han’s uncle fled from North Korea, “The people in South Korea want the government to take a stand,” Myung-bak. leaving his family behind, and has not been able to speak with them Kim said, “I think North Korea only has one trump card, which is hav- Also, the accommodation of a new North Korean leader to succeed since. ing nuclear warheads.” Kim Jong-il has caused domestic conflict, Han said. Han would like to see the two countries unite as one because broth- The U.S. has the danger of being involved in this conflict if govern- Han said, “Last time North Korea transitioned to a new leader we ers and sisters, parents and children, are fighting against each other. ment operation leaders are not careful, Kai said, but may be able to avoid almost went to war. I assume that their internal issue is really compli- “Before what happened now, I felt sorry for North Korea,” Han said. the tension becoming worse if they agree to participate in the six-party cated, which is why this happened.” “Their government isolates the whole country so nobody can move. talk China proposed. However, the U.S. will not participate until North “Just like when the U.S. was attacked by terrorists and wanted Their people suffer and starve.” Korea issues some sort of apology, Kai said. some type of revenge, well, it’s the same thing for Koreans,” Kim said. USU student Jeng Kim, whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Due to the U.S.’s poor economy and the conflict with Iraq in motion, “Koreans are pretty prideful, pretty homogenous. But, I kind of think Seoul, said his cousin was not allowed take leave from his manda- Kai said “we (the U.S.) will do whatever we can to avoid war.” this whole thing is South Korea’s fault, too.” tory two years of military service to see his family because the tension In winter months, Fung said North Korea usually acts out like a between North and South Korea is so high. Those who put off their “spoiled child” to receive funding for their country. She said this type – [email protected] required time in the South Korean military are considered outcasts, Kim of behavior happens in cycles, but South Korea isn’t giving money to

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World&Utah State University • Logan, UtahNation • www.utahstatesman.com ClarifyCorrect Medicaid patients’ Rx drugs go to dealers The policy of The Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Ethel on Medicaid, the program is possible. If you find something you Johnson couldn’t get her pre- billed about $1,060 for a typi- would like clarified or find unfair, scription for pain medication cal prescription, along with the please contact the editor at 797-1762 filled fast enough. The 60-year- cost of the doctor’s visit. or TSC 105. old Buffalo woman was hurt- “These patients, in essence, ing – but investigators say that become the source for the wasn’t the reason for the rush. drugs,” said Dale Kasprzyk, According to secretly acting head of the Drug Nat’lBriefs recorded telephone conversa- Enforcement Administration tions, the sooner Johnson could in Buffalo. Small plane crashes pick up her pills, the more “This is a lucrative under- quickly she could sell them to ground business for people,” he into homes in Roy her dealer. Her pain pills were said. destined for the street. A report last year by the ROY, Utah (AP) – A small plane Johnson is among 33 people Government Accountability crashed into a Roy house Sunday, set- charged so far in a large-scale Office estimated that 65,000 ting that home and at least two oth- investigation that has opened a Medicaid beneficiaries in New ers on fire. window into an emerging class York and four other states had No one has died but the pilot was of suppliers in the illicit drug visited six or more doctors in “severely” injured, Roy Police Chief trade: medical patients, includ- fiscal 2006 and 2007 to acquire Greg Whinham told The Salt Lake ing many who rely on the pub- duplicate prescriptions for con- Tribune. licly funded Medicaid program trolled substances. The small plane was flying toward to pay for their appointments The cost to Medicaid was the Ogden-Hinckley Airport when and prescriptions. She has $63 million for the drugs DALE KASPRZYK, ACTING HEAD of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Buffalo, it began hitting utility poles and pleaded not guilty. alone, excluding doctors’ N.Y. stands next to a compilation chart of suspects in a recent prescription drug ring arrest raid in trees and then crashed into a home, For the first time, the exams. The report examined Buffalo. AP photo causing an explosion, the newspaper Buffalo investigators devoted Medicaid abuse in New York, reported. The home that was struck prescribed medication, McCall say he would meet his suppliers eral states, including Alaska, the kinds of resources normal- California, Illinois, North responds: “You want some?” in pharmacy parking lots or Florida, Maine, Ohio, South and two others were on fire Sunday ly aimed at street drugs like Carolina and Texas, high-vol- night. and offers to bring the urine to pick up the pills at their homes. Carolina and West Virginia, heroin or crack. ume states in Medicaid pre- her home. After OxyContin was require state approval before Whinham said all the neighbor- “I have to admit we were scription drug payments. hood’s residents have been accounted Dealers “don’t have to get introduced in 1996, it quickly OxyContin prescriptions sort of surprised at how big The criminal cases brought their money together, smuggle became the top prescribed are filled, according to the for, and no one but the pilot is report- this had become,” said Charles in July by U.S. Attorney ed to be injured. KSL-TV reports or reach out to connections painkiller in the nation, and National Conference of State Tomaszewski, former supervi- William Hochul’s office in in Mexico or anything,” said among the most abused. The Legislatures. the pilot was the only person in the sor of the DEA office. “The Buffalo illustrate how patients plane. Tomaszewski, who helped Food and Drug Administration McCall, Johnson and their suburbs, the city, there was no are coached about which oversee the Buffalo crackdown in April approved a new ver- co-defendants are charged with Residents near the crash site were area that wasn’t touched by doctors to see and what to being evacuated to a church. But before becoming the city’s sion of the painkiller with a possessing and distributing this.” say when they get there. deputy police commissioner. coating designed to make the oxycodone and hydrocodone, Whinham said the evacuation cen- Often at no charge, the Prosecutors, in November ter could be relocated due to power “They were clever enough to drug harder to crush and snort two of the most commonly pre- patients see a doctor, or sev- court filings, said plea agree- find the sources of supply were or inject. States have cracked scribed and commonly abused outages caused by the crash. Rocky eral doctors, and come away ments are being negotiated. Mountain Power officials said the in their own neighborhood.” down, as well, with New York opiate pain medications, but with prescriptions for narcotic When another patient, a 60- After buying the pills from and others adopting tamper- authorities say various seda- outages were affecting about 1,700 OxyContin and other pills year-old woman, tells McCall customers. patients, dealers resell them for proof prescription pads. tives and stimulants changed they then sell to a dealer for a doctor is insisting on a urine an average of $1 a milligram, To curtail abuse by hands, too. Whinham said the aircraft was as much as $1,000. If they are test to be sure she’s taking the badly damaged but appeared to be investigators say. Authorities Medicaid patients, sev- a small, noncommercial plane, the Tribune reported. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined. Mexican state will try boy accused of beheadings Resident Gary Cox told KSL-TV he helped pull the pilot from the plane. CUERNAVACA, Mexico (AP) – A of the gravity of the allegations against federal police were stationed inside and were researching whether he has dual He said the pilot was confused and 14-year-old boy accused of participating the boy, known as “El Ponchis.” outside the court building. nationality. A U.S. Embassy official, badly burned but was able to answer in four beheadings for a Mexican drug The judge said that Mexican law Authorities said they arrested El who spoke on condition of anonymity questions. cartel will be tried under a state juvenile allows him to preside over cases involv- Ponchis on Thursday at an airport due to embassy policy, said earlier that “Pretty banged up, burnt on his law that carries a maximum of three ing minors facing federal charges and south of Mexico City with a 19-year- American officials had not confirmed hands and face, but he was actually years in prison if convicted, a judge said that the teenager will face charges of old sister. Mexican officials allege the his citizenship. coherent and remembered what his Sunday. murder, organized crime and other alle- boy was working for the Cartel of the As of Sunday his citizenship status name was and what he was doing,” The juvenile court judge in the state gations in the state of Morelos. South Pacific, a branch of the splintered was still unclear as was the possibility Cox said. He added the plane was of Morelos made the ruling after a day- After the hearing, the boy was Beltran Leyva gang. The sister has said of the teenager being sent to the United destroyed and that pieces of it were long hearing on whether the federal gov- escorted from the courthouse by 15 state they were headed for Tijuana, where States. scattered across the road. ernment should handle the case because police officers. Dozens more state and they planned to cross the border and Despite apparently being born in The pilot was taken to a nearby seek refuge with their stepmother in San the United States, he grew up in a poor, hospital for treatment. Additional Diego. urban neighborhood packed with busi- details on his condition and injuries Many youths have been used by drug nesses near the city of Cuernavaca, were not immediately available. cartels, but the story of El Ponchis may where the people who knew him said be the most shocking. A YouTube video everyone called him El Ponchis since he Father says 2 missing that emerged a month ago sparked talk was 4, although no one knew why. of a child hit man – said by some to be On Saturday, a car with a speaker on kids dead, buried as young as 12. its roof drove around the neighborhood MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – A father told “I participated in four executions, narrating how the boy had been cap- investigators that his two young chil- but I did it drugged and under threat tured. The neighbors remembered him dren missing since the summer are that if I didn’t, they would kill me,” the as a quiet boy and said they think the dead and buried, prompting corpse- boy said when he was handed over to allegations against him are false. abuse charges for the man and a search the federal prosecutor Friday. The boy’s capture, and subsequent for the bodies, police said. Authorities identified the curly presentation to the press, angered a The father, John DeBlase, and the haired suspect only by his first name, Mexican children’s advocacy group that children’s stepmother have also been Edgar. said Sunday the teen’s privacy and due charged with child abuse. SOLIDERS ESCORT A 14-YEAR-OLD known as “El Ponchis” who is sus- Morelos Gov. Marco Adame Castillo process rights were violated. “We know that both of them are pected of working as a killer for a drug cartel, in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico. has said the boy was born in San The teen’s next court date has not going to be responsible for the deaths AP photo Diego, Calif., and Mexican officials been set. of both children,” Mobile police spokesman Christopher Levy said Saturday. “But the exact details of how they died, it’s still too early to tell.” Hundreds attend hostage taker’s memorial DeBlase was arrested Friday in the MENOMINEE, Mich. (AP) – Hundreds of people period students to report to the library. As a result, Hengel’s family stood in front of the auditorium’s Florida Panhandle town of Navarre and showed up Sunday for a memorial to a 15-year-old no one realized the class was in danger until about a stage and hugged one well-wisher after another for charged with two counts of aggravated Wisconsin boy who held his social studies class hos- half-hour after school ended, when a man came to the more than two hours. They had set up a tent, a canoe child abuse and two counts of abuse of tage before shooting himself last week, setting aside school office looking for his daughter. and paddle and a mock campfire on the stage. They a corpse. He is now jailed in Mobile. the terrifying standoff to remember him as a quiet, Principal Corry Lambie determined the last class hung up Hengel’s Boy Scout and tae kwon do uniforms helpful leader who loved the outdoors. the girl attended was Western Civilization and went and his replica Green Bay Packers jersey with lineback- Sam Hengel’s family held the gathering in a school to the room to find the door locked. When Lambie er A.J. Hawk’s No. 50 on the front next to the stage. LateNiteHumor auditorium in Menominee, Mich., because they unlocked the door, Hengel pointed his gun at him and A slide show showing Hengel hiking in the woods, Top 10 Ways Tiger Woods Can expected so many supporters. Menominee lies just told him to leave. Hengel allowed the girl to go with canoeing and riding horses with his family played Improve His Image – Dec. 7, 2009 across the Menominee River from Marinette, Wis., Lambie. before the ceremony started. Many of the photos fea- where Hengel held 26 classmates and his teacher at The standoff dragged on for four more hours, with tured him with his father, Jon. 10. Crash a State Dinner at the White gunpoint for nearly six hours. teacher Valerie Burd acting as a go-between for Hengel Keith Schroeder, Hengel’s scoutmaster, said he had House. Why Hengel took his class hostage remains a mys- and police. looked forward to seeing how Hengel would turn out 9. Change name from “Tiger” to more tery. Other students and his teacher have said he was A SWAT team stormed the room after Hengel fired as a man, because he was such a compassionate youth adorable “Puppy.” well-liked and had many friends. three shots about 8 p.m., destroying the classroom and always had a smile on his face. He said Hengel 8. Fix this whole health care mess. The standoff last Monday at Marinette High phone and hitting a computer. Hengel shot himself as would be any scout’s partner and made the best French 7. Put on a scarf and a hat and sing School began when Hengel returned to his sixth-hour officers reached him. He died the next morning. toast in the troop. Christmas carols with Regis. Western Civilization class from a bathroom break. Flurries fell under an overcast sky Sunday after- “Sam was my best friend,” Schroeder said. “We 6. Instead of sweatshops in Asia, have He had two semi-automatic pistols and a backpack noon, adding to a feeling of gloom. The line to greet don’t know for sure what went on in Sam’s mind, but Nike merchandise made in a sweat- jammed with more than 200 rounds of ammunition the teen’s parents and two younger brothers stretched we know he chose a permanent solution to a tempo- shop right here in the U.S.A. and a pair of knives. out of the auditorium and into the lobby, where rary problem ... his emotional bucket was empty. We 5. Retire, then come back and play for Students and police said he immediately fired three mourners gazed at collages of photos depicting Hengel didn’t see his bucket was empty and I don’t think Sam the Vikings. shots, blasting a hole in a wall and tearing apart a film as a small child, holding a string of fish and paddling did, either.” 4. Safely land golf cart in the Hudson projector. Students talked to him about everything along on a canoe trip with his family. Jon Hengel told the crowd his son was a quiet river. from hunting and fishing to his favorite movies in an On a table was a message board. Hengel’s brother, leader who was “always ready to go.” 3. Release list of women he did not attempt to keep him calm. Ben, had written “I will always miss you, brother” on “Someday when we meet again you can tell me have sex with. No one else in the school apparently recognized it. Next to the board were pin-on buttons emblazoned what happened. You are one of the great ones,” he said. 2. Find Osama bin Laden. the sound of the shots as gunfire, and Hengel told with Hengel’s face and take-home cards listing symp- “You and your brothers are the North Star in my life. 1. Blame Letterman. the teacher to post a note on the door telling seventh- toms that might indicate suicidal thoughts. ... I love you, Sam.” 3 Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 StatesmanCampus News Page 3 Commercial for Super Bowl gaining views Briefs Campus & Community

By ARIANNA REES Barbara and has been involved with staff writer photography for more than 16 years, Officials say Old wanted to participate in the contest A bag of Doritos and a day’s work last year. It was a trip to The Pickleville Main Hill unsafe could win USU MBA student Cory Playhouse that helped him discover Keate and his colleagues $25,000 and Keate, who has worked there for three USU officials renew their warning a chance to have their own Doritos years, and convince him to help with about the dangers of using Old Main advertisement aired on national televi- the ad. Though they were not able to Hill for sledding activities. sion during the Super Bowl. participate last year, Keate said they Joe Dulin, USU risk officer, said Keate, his uncle Dave Kotter, and learned some things to help them he understands the lure and popu- Ron Adair of the Logan marketing make a better attempt this year. larity of Old Main Hill. It is centrally firm Adair Creative Group created “We started brainstorming. We located and has a longstanding tra- a 30-second ad in response to the were doing it mostly for fun. Of course dition by students and community Doritos and Pepsi Max “Crash the we had that hope that things would members for various winter activi- Super Bowl” advertising contest. The work, that our commercial could be ties. contest challenged amateur cinema- Super Bowl material,” Keate said. Nevertheless, speeding down a tographers across the nation to create Adair said they wanted to try to see tree-lined hill without steering or commercials that could potentially how a small-town, local advertisement braking mechanisms toward a busy represent these two companies during could fare against the rest of the coun- city street is an accident waiting to next year’s Super Bowl. try. “We didn’t care so much about the happen. The top five finalists for both prize,” he said. He said injuries have already Doritos and Pepsi Max will take home They decided to focus on a spoiled AN MBA STUDENT, Cory Keate, created a commercial for the Doritos and occurred this year, including a stu- Pepsi Max “Crash the Super Bowl” contest that has potential to be aired during dent who suffered a serious spinal $25,000, and those voted into the top grandson being tricked by his grandfa- the Super Bowl if its high views continue. Photo courtesy Cory Keate three in each category by the public ther. Idea-forming proved easier than fracture after she flew off a hand- will have airtime during the Super actual filming, Keate said. was exactly what we were looking for. ” “He’s never acted a day in his life,” built snow ramp and landed on her Bowl. There is also a later chance to “Once you start filming, you have Peterson said he had two reasons he said. “I said, ‘I’ve got a great uncle back. win $1 million if the top three ads of an idea that seems so simple, but it for lending them the car. with a great look and a great voice, and “The threat of serious injury is the Super Bowl, as decided by USA turns out being a lot of work. It’s a big “I have friends that are into making he has great property that we could use great, and for those who insist on Today, are worthy of being Doritos or challenge to create what you saw in movies. I didn’t know if they were that for filming.’ We thought he might not using Old Main Hill for sledding do Pepsi Max commercials. Adair believes your mind and bring it all together,” he type, but I thought it was really cool. be comfortable acting, but that he may so at their own risk,” Dulin said. “It that his group has, at the least, a “good said. And if they would have been doing be up for an adventure.” troubles me greatly to learn of the chance of making the top five final- Both Keate and Adair remarked that a school project, I probably wouldn’t Keate credits his uncle for being the numerous broken bones and injuries ists.” the whole process of putting the film have lent it, but since it was something best part of the ad, even after only a that occur each year on the hill. It is In their ad, Keate plays the entitled together was “incredible” and “a happy as big as the Super Bowl, I thought it few hours of informal acting lessons. always a worry.” grandson of Kotter and pulls up to his accident.” Actual filming didn’t occur was pretty neat,” he said. Kotter said, “It was an educational grandfather’s property in his Porsche until the day before their deadline, and Without the budget to buy a wood- thing for me. I really enjoyed it. The during the opening scene. Kotter is acquiring props was what Keate called chipper, Keate said that they again most interesting thing was just learn- Ceramics guild outside with a woodchipper and asks “a mixture of luck and blessings.” searched town for something they ing how these things come together, his grandson for some help. He then “We wanted a really nice sports could use and found one at Northwest how they’re done. I’d never done any- pretends that his arm gets caught in car,” he said. “Come to find out, that’s Rentals. Again, they were lent one for thing like that before.” prepares for sale the machine so that he can steal Keate’s one of the hardest things to find in free. On Jan. 3, 2011, the finalists of the USU Ceramics Guild will hold bag of Doritos. Logan.” While the cost of the average Super contest will be announced, and the its annual Holiday Sale Thursday, After only a few weeks online, the The group tried several businesses Bowl commercial can be over $1 mil- public will be able to vote for their Dec. 9, through Saturday, Dec. 11, crew’s video, titled “The Woodchipper without success until they met with lion, Keate said his crew only spent favorites until the 30th. The reaction to on the USU campus. The sale is (Alternative),” has received over 27,000 Jordan Peterson, who is employed at $59. the ad has already been very positive, held at the guild’s home territory hits on crashthesuperbowl.com, and the Murdock Hyundai dealership near “Half of that was spent filling up said both Keate and Adair, with both – the Ceramic Studio – in Fine Arts moved from position 9,205 to 50 in the Hyde Park. gas for the guy who lent us the car,” strangers and friends voicing their Visual, FAV 123, on the university first day, Adair said. “We showed him what we wanted he said, “and then we bought a v-neck praise. campus. “The ones ahead of us have been for our commercial, but he still didn’t shirt because I needed to look hip- “It’s fun to see that we’ve done The sale kicks off Thursday, 5- there for at least four weeks,” he said. have what we were looking for,” Keate per than I am. The rest was for the something others will enjoy,” Adair 9 p.m., and continues Friday and “They had a three-to-four week lead on said. “We were about to leave when he Doritos.” said. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. us, and we caught right up to them.” said, ‘I have a black convertible Porsche Instead of holding auditions for the “Avoid the chaos at the mall Adair, who attended the Brooks Boxter that you could use. It’s mine part of the grandfather, he suggested – [email protected] in favor of supporting local and Institute of Photography in Santa and it’s out back. Could that work?’ It his uncle. independent artists and designers,” said Jake Herbert, a USU ceramics student. “Shop for one-of-a-kind items for everyone on your gift-giving list and don’t forget to include Rockin’ around the Christmas trees something uniquely hand made just for yourself.” Patrons will have the opportunity to browse the wide range of both functional and decorative pot- tery, meet the artists and purchase affordable art. Cash and checks will be accepted. Proceeds raised from the holiday sale are used to promote education of the ceramic arts through the financial support of the USU Potter’s Guild. Monies raised in previous USU guild initiatives have included the purchase of a clay mixer as well as helping to send students to the National Ceramics Conference. Office celebrates the year’s grant success

USU ORGANIZATIONS decorate trees that will be donated to less fortunate families this Christmas. Aggie Recyclers created ornaments made from recy- More than $80,000 in SEED- cled paper and organizations from USU Athletics to Macey’s grocery store in Providence participated. BENJAMIN WOOD photo grant funds were awarded this year to help faculty establish eight new study-abroad options and eight Contact USU Police at 797-1939 international curriculum programs, for non-emergencies. according to Mary Hubbard, vice Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 provost for International Education PoliceBlotter EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 in the Office of Global Engagement. Saturday, Nov. 27 student’s vehicle out of a snowbank. The roads is estimated at $700. Four faculty members served as were slick and snow-packed which caused the a committee to work with the vice provost on the development and • USU Police responded to a fire alarm at student to slide off the road. • USU Police responded to a fire alarm at guidelines for the new USU SEED Merrill Hall. A stove burner was left on with Reeder Hall. Police arrived to find that a stu- Grant Programs. a tea pot on top of the burner. The tea pot • USU Police investigated an accident where dent was heating oil to fry chicken and the oil “We had a good response, and became very hot and the plastic handle melt- a USU snowplow hit a USU equipment trailer produced smoke in the apartment. The area I’m excited about the new interna- ed, which oozed onto the burner. causing approximately $1,000 damage. was aired out and the alarm was reset. tional exposure that will result for our students both on and off cam- • USU Police arrested an individual that had • USU Police investigated a delayed report of • USU Police was called to an Aggie Village pus,” Hubbard said. an outstanding warrant. The individual was a minor traffic accident that occurred in the parking lot because a vehicle was running The committee initially received transported to Cache County Jail to be booked Aggie Village Parking lot. with the lights on for several hours. The vehi- 13 applications with requests total- on the warrant. cle was turned off and the keys left inside the ing $86,708.50 for the Study Abroad Monday, Nov. 29 vehicle when the owner was not located. grants, and 11 applications request- Sunday, Nov. 28 ing a total of $61,812.50 for the • USU Police took a report of phone harass- • USU Police responded to a minor traffic Curriculum Development grants. • USU Police, Logan City Police and Animal ment to a USU staff member. Police are inves- accident in the stadium parking lot. A vehicle The committee members made Control responded to the Valley View Tower tigating. attempting to pull into a parking stall hit a recommendations, and Hubbard on a motorist assist. An individual who was parked vehicle. coupled these recommendations visiting from California needed help getting • USU Police received a report of damage that with programmatic and strategic snow chains on her tires. Police and Animal occured to a vehicle while it was parked next Wednesday, Dec. 1 considerations before making final Control assisted in getting the snow chains on to the Janet Quinney Lawson building. Snow decisions on the funding. The result the tires. slid off the building and damaged a vehicle • USU Police responded to the Student is an effort to provide opportunities parked near the building. The building does Wellness Center on a leak in the ceiling. The in a variety of countries around the have warning signs stating this may occur. leak was found to be coming from a building globe and for majors from all of the • USU Police informed several groups of indi- USU colleges. The team also consid- viduals about the dangers of having a person heater water pipe so and plumbers ered regions where USU is working on a snowboard while being towed by a vehi- Tuesday, Nov. 30 were called out to repair the leak. to establish a strategic presence. cle in the snow. The individuals were warned and left the area. • USU Police investigated a traffic accident in the parking lot of Lundstrom Hall involving a -Compiled by Catherine Meidell -Compiled from staff • USU Police and Logan City Police pushed a USU snowplow and another vehicle. Damage and media reports 4 Monday, Pg. 4 CampusNews Dec. 6, 2010 Represent: ISC fighting for vice president position -continued from page 1

responsibility to cover such a large group of international students on top of the 260 clubs that fall under the diversity vice president’s stewardship.

Funding

Orr said one of the bill’s original purposes was to give the ISC direct control of its funding, rather than receiving its funding from the Diversity VP. He said while international students pay around $7,283 per semester in tuition and fees, none of that money goes to the ISC for programming. As an ex-officio member, the ISC representative would not have direct control over ISC funding. Fiefia said: “The funds that the ISC uses to operate comes from my budget made up of student fees. In the past it has generally been $9,000 … I have now only transferred $4500.00 to the ISC which is half of what was given to them in the past. For them to receive the second half of their funds they will have to give a full accounting of what they used the funds for this semester. This is not asking too much considering that these funds come from students’ pockets.”

Communication

During the bill’s presentation, Orr suggested one of the main problems with having international students under Diversity was communication. Orr said it had been very difficult to contact Fiefia, and that as a result ASUSU does not know about the ISC’s programs. Orr said this often results in ISC events being under-promoted and under-attended. Additionally, he said, ASUSU programs are often scheduled during already-planned ISC events. Fiefia said he and his council had tried many times to contact the ISC, but that phone messages and e-mails were often not returned, or returned too late to meet his council’s time- frame. Orr later said he would be interested to find out what address the e-mails had been sent to, and that most of his phone calls to Fiefia went unanswered. Academic vice president Tanner Wright said, “If there is any problem – which it has been addressed that there is – it should be worked out through them.” He said, “I think there is a difference between Diversity and international, but I think international students fall under being diverse.” Erin Reeder, who served as last year’s ASUSU programming vice president, said, “The diversity vice president is not the only avenue for a student who’s international to voice their opinion. We have the student advocate as well as all the academic senate members who represent their respective colleges. So there are plenty of mediums for voicing your opinion if you make the effort to do so.” She said, “If you want your voice to be heard, you will take the appropriate actions for it to be heard, and sometimes you need to go in sequential order... . If they want to forge a relationship, they need to put forth the effort and respect the system.” She said the discussion “inspires a separation of people rather than a unification.” Reeder said if she were still on the executive council, she would want to see more effort to communicate on both sides before addressing the bill. Orr said while the diversity vice president has allocated an international student chair on his committee, the chair is currently being filled by an international student that is not on the ISC. During the bill’s presentation, Fiefia said this, too, was due to communication problems.

Voting

The original bill stated that the new position would be elected only by international students. During the bill’s reading, some concern arose about the potential of a double vote for international students. Council members questioned whether it would be fair to the entire student body if international students were represented through their colleges, the Diversity VP, the Student Advocate and the new International VP position. Orr said, “My council has been reputed for working unethi- cally for the idea of a multiple vote. We are not trying to create multiple votes, but one direct voice.” Kayla Harris, former traditions director and this year’s ASUSU elections co-chair, said having an International VP was a great idea, but all students should be able to vote for the candidate, rather than just international students. “I feel that every other position on ASUSU represents a certain aspect of student life. Just because it’s an international student doesn’t mean they can’t represent every student at Utah State,” Harris said. “I would consider myself international with my travel and foreign experience,” she said. “I feel strongly about the ISC and the role that they play on campus and the role that international students play, and I would want to vote … I include myself in them. Just because I’m American doesn’t mean I’m not international.”

Executive council

ASUSU President Tyler Tolson said, “I think the bill shows positive steps in a direction worth continued exploration. I don’t think the conversation of international representation is over; especially with the university’s efforts of a global campus.”

– [email protected] – [email protected] 5 Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 Page 5 AggieLife Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com Not your average Shakespeare play

reminiscent of a fairy circle. By GENEVIEVE DRAPER However, the spiral staircase staff writer prominent across the stage does incorporate the early “Forget all preconceived 19th century popularity for notions that Shakespeare spiral staircases. is boring,” said Felicia The stage has what is Stehmeier, a senior major- called a “unit set,” where it ing in theater. With a 65- doesn’t change a lot in the piece orchestra playing Felix course of the roughly two- Mendelssohn’s score, and hour play. Hassan’s design the USU Women’s Choir all has opportunities for dra- onstage, this production is matic entrances, while still truly a collaborative effort of allowing the orchestra to be the Caine College of the Arts. seen in the back, the conduc- “We have worked pretty tor actually stands on the hard to make non-boring, stage. A path winds through vomit-less Shakespeare,” the orchestra, and the fairies said Richie Call, a visiting interact with and respond to assistant professor of the- the orchestra, Hassan said. atre arts who is directing “A “The thought was of weav- Midsummer Night’s Dream.” ing in and out of their fairy Lance Rasmussen, a world. The queen comes sophomore majoring in the- down from above and the atre who is playing Bottom in king comes up through the the play, said, “Shakespeare sand,” Hassan said. He con- is meant to be seen onstage. siders the set a type of sculp- There are things in the ture with abstract aspects. script that don’t make Call said he thinks the sense unless you act them.” music, the set, the cos- Rasmussen said many people tume and the cast have are deterred from enjoying all combined to make this Shakespeare because they’ve CAST MEMBERS OF “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” perform during a dress rehearsal in the Morgan Theatre. The Shakespeare production the play that been exposed to it in school play runs Dec. 8-11 at 7:30 p.m. and features a 65-piece orchestra and the USU Women’s Choir. ARMEN HOVSEPYAN photo Shakespeare, one of the great- where it’s often presented as est writers in the world wrote. dry. audition. more dance-oriented fairy a dancer, she said working so Mustardseed? The music He said everyone involved The play was cast in early Call said this idea was movement. Jackson Simmons, closely with Litalien and the makes a great opportunity to has brought their own idea of October with 28 actors. Camille Litalien’s. Litalien is freshman theatre major play- movement choreography has showcase their fairy world.” what the world of the play is. Twenty are theatre majors, an assistant theatre professor ing a fairy, said he has more allowed her to explore move- Call said. “My job is to rein all of but there are five other USU who specializes in move- sound effects than lines. ment more studiously. The fairy world is well them in to one world,” Call students involved, as well as ment and dance and choreo- “You are telling the story The orchestra score represented in the set, said said. a 2-year-old, a community graphed the show. Call said with your body,” Simmons makes this production of set designer Dennis Hassan, Stehmeier said doing member and an associate the movement pieces varied said. He said this helps makes “Midsummer” a unique expe- associate professor of scenic Shakespeare and working professor. The audition from actor to actor. the play very understandable, rience that is different than design and assistant depart- with Call has been a differ- itself involved some differ- “Some were very ballet-y even with the Shakespearean other productions of the play, ment head. ent experience than previous ent aspects. Stehmeier said and some had no other dance language. Call said. The orchestra con- Though the play is shows. in addition to the standard experience,” Call said. “The play incorporates tinues to play for several min- set in the time period of “He really pushes you,” monologues, there were six Litalien’s choreography a lot of movement. You’re utes after the dialogue ends, Mendelssohn’s score, the Stehmeier said. The cast has fairy pictures on display emphasizes the movement of creating something,” said meaning the actors have to 1820s, and has period cos- held rehearsals five days a which the actors used as the fairy world in particular. Jessica Jackson, a junior the- incorporate a visual. tumes, Hassan’s set focuses inspiration for a prepared, There is rope dancing and ater major, playing the fairy “Who are Puck and more on the fairy aspect, with -See PLAY, page 7 one-minute movement piece gymnastics in addition to Moth. Because Jackson is not Peaseblossom and a circular walkway onstage performed as part of the Cache Valley family grateful despite tragic loss

By TAM ROUNDS staff writer

The Wentz family has suffered some major setbacks over the years, yet as they contemplate the upcoming holidays, their focus is on what they are grateful for and their dreams for the future. They are famous locally for their annual Halloween haunted yard on Canyon Road, Deads End. Locals may also know that their yard and home were destroyed in the 2009 Logan Northern Canal failure. Tom and Linda Wentz moved to Logan from Ohio 28 years ago. When the economic downturn of the 1980s caused the shutdown of the steel mills, where his family had worked for generations, Tom found himself looking for work. Upon the promise of a job, they packed up and headed west. When they arrived in Cache Valley, that job was unavailable. Tom said he eventually found work at Thiokol and they set about rais- ing their family of nine children here in Logan. In 1996 they settled into what the Wentz’s refer to as “their hap- piest place,” their home on Canyon Road. Deads End began when they were asked to put on a haunted yard for the local church youth group. All 11 Wentz’s have a passion for Halloween. “We are Halloween people ... it’s a fascinating time to us. Fall’s coming in with the leaves and the color,” Wentz said. “To us it can be a paper skeleton sitting on your door or it can be heavy like us. Halloween is a fun-loving type of thing.” The Wentzs put all their effort into the haunt, creating home- made decorations and special effects. When the community saw the incredible results of their efforts, they came by to check it out. The Wentzs decided to create an annual tour, free of charge for the public. Each year they started building new sets in January, and revised their haunts each time. Fall of 2009 was to be their 13th produc- TOM WENTZ AND his youngest daughter MacKenzie are two of the faces behind Deads End, an annual Halloween haunted yard. tion. To capitalize on that number’s traditionally frightening sig- Tom lost his home in the 2009 Logan Northern Canal failure. ANI MIRZAKHANYAn photo nificance, they worked harder than ever. Then, on Saturday, July 11, 2009, the landslide caused by the canal break devastated the people and killed a mother and her two children. Wentz said as their losses. They went to 78 landlords looking to rent before they neighborhood. much as they lost that day, he will be forever grateful that his found a house to live in. “About three minutes to noon, we heard the rump that shook family is intact. Understandably discouraged by the local response to their the house and we ran out in the front yard … water was every- Having no other family to turn to, they sought help from local need, the Wentz’s were amazed when approached by a private where and the gas lines all broke and filled the air with gas, organizations to support them. Wentz said they soon found that citizen right before Christmas of 2009. The man, who wishes to power lines fell down in the water,” Wentz said. nobody was prepared to fully deal with the situation. The local remain anonymous, offered to give them money to compensate Wentz said the gas was burning their eyes as they rushed to church and Red Cross provided them with a few supplies, but the tax value of their former home. Wentz said the man wanted to evacuate. they were forced to spend the next three and a half weeks in sleep- ease the suffering he was reminded of every time he drove down “A young guy across from us ran out into that water – I don’t ing bags on their daughter’s studio apartment floor. Their sons Canyon Road. know how he wasn’t killed – and he took a rake and he held up slept in their vehicles. The Wentzs used the money to pay off their mortgage, yet they the electric lines and we all jumped in our cars and took off,” he Wentz said when they were finally allowed into their home, said. the water had destroyed their possessions. The home was unfit to The landslide caused by the canal break displaced 18 other live in and their homeowner’s insurance would not cover any of -See LOSS, page 7 6 Page 6 AggieLife Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 Individuals warned of avalanche dangers said. Currently, there is a moderate danger By STOREE POWELL level, but that can change quickly. senior features writer “People probably overestimate their knowledge of avalanche terrain or condi- A person who gets caught in an avalanche tions, and a lot of that comes from being can’t survive very long. After about 18 min- really good at the sport they do,” Weed said. utes, a victim has about a 50 percent chance “It seems to override peoples’ actual knowl- of being dead. If the victim is buried in a very edge or experience of avalanches, so they are wet snow, they will die faster from asphyxia- unprepared and underestimate the condition, Logan’s avalanche forecaster said. tions.” Toby Weed is the avalanche forecaster for An important thing to know is what Logan’s Utah Avalanche Center. He assesses causes avalanches to occur. One thing that avalanche-prone areas and alerts the public does not cause avalanches is noise, Weed through a website, utahavalanchecenter.org. said. Weed said while there are things people “This is a myth, you could go out there can do to increase survival changes if they are with your 44 and shoot all day and it caught in an avalanche, it is just better to not wouldn’t cause an avalanche,” he said. be caught at all. He said there are about four What does cause an avalanche is addi- avalanche fatalities a year in Utah. tional weight on the snow pack, Weed said. “Most avalanche victims do not access our This can be snowfall on a weak snow pack or website to check conditions. This is one of the someone on a snowmobile. best ways you can be prepared,” Weed said. Part of being prepared for an avalanche Already there has been an in-state fatality is bringing safety equipment, a companion this year in the Uintah Mountains. According and practicing using the equipment. All par- to a Nov. 29 article on ParkRecord.com, a ties should bring a shovel, a probe, a beacon Park City news site, an avalanche killed an and an avalanche airbag, Weed said. An experienced snowmobiler Nov. 26, east of avalanche airbag is a safety device that, when Kamas. The victim was 54-year-old Dennis K. deployed, floats a victim to the surface of an THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY four in-state avalanche fatalities a year. An avalanche killed a Barnes of Wyoming. He was not wearing an avalanche when it is occurring. Weed said the snowmobiler on Nov. 26 near Kamas, Utah. MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE photo avalanche beacon, and got caught in a slide device is very successful and not too heavy to while snowmobiling. The man was covered in carry. space under your elbow, and put your head only two feet of snow, but his partner could According to the Utah Avalanche Center, under your elbow,” Weed said. not dig him out in time. traveling wisely is key to safety. This means People driving in the mountains can be Avalanche Red Flags Weed said another tragic accident hap- one person at a time should cross steep caught in an avalanche spilling onto the road. pened two years ago on Christmas Eve. Two Weed said this happens at Little Cottonwood • Reevaluate your route when you encounter these slopes or avalanche paths. Everyone else conditions: snowmobilers were killed in Logan Canyon should watch from a safe zone. Canyon every once in awhile and there after being caught in an avalanche. If a person does become engulfed in an is some potential for it to occur in Logan The Utah Avalanche Center website advis- Canyon. • Recent avalanches: If there are new avalanches, avalanche, Weed said some people say to more are possible. es on the current level of danger on a scale “swim” or do a barrel roll to get off of the Weed said people who are stopped by an from low to extreme. It also gives the current avalanche coming into the road shouldn’t slab. • Signs of unstable snow: Shooting cracks, col- weather conditions and recent activity. Weed “Avalanches are a strange medium, it’s stop and get out because another one could said there is very rarely an extreme avalanche come down right next to it. The best thing to lapsing or whumpfing noises, or hollow drum-like flowing? like a river, but it is not like water sounds. danger in the Cache Valley area, or they don’t because it is a solid. That is why the airbags do is turn around and leave. catch it in time to call it extreme. work, it is like a bowl of mixed nuts. When The best thing people can do is be aware “We evaluate avalanches based on size and and educated on avalanches, Weed said. The • Heavy snowfall or rain: Recent significant you shake it, all the Brazil nuts come to the snowfall or rain can make the snowpack unstable. probability. They are most common in the top,” Weed said. “That is because they are Utah Avalanche Center offers classes and upper elevations around here, but they do workshops through their website for a fee as Avalanches are often triggered directly after a larger in terms of surface area, and that is storm. happen down low as well,” he said. what the airbags do, they increase your sur- well as free tutorials, like the “Know before The Logan Peak and Tony Grove area are face area.” you go” awareness video. Also, interested the most common areas where people get parties can call the Advisory Hotline for cur- • Wind drifting: Warm temperatures can cause Trying to get out while the avalanche is snow to become saturated and less stable. into trouble, Weed said. Also, Providence occurring is better than waiting for it to stop, rent conditions, (888) 999-4019. Canyon, Franklin Basin, the Mt. Wellsville “We are finding more and more in Weed said. When the snow stops, it sets up • Severe consequences: If you get caught, could wilderness area and Mt. Naomi wilderness like concrete. research that you just don’t want to be caught area are very avalanche prone. he said. in an avalanche at all,” Weed said. “Your an avalanche carry you into trees or other terrain “At that point, you don’t want to have your traps, like gullies or cliffs below? 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He said they have the means of reserving a For years, USU has expanded in its many room, spreading the word, and getting other departments to bring students from all walks interested filmmakers in to see it. of life to campus. However, the university To club member Travis Bourne, a fresh- still is without a film major, reason enough man in interdisciplinary film, the club has for some students to overlook USU in their opened up numerous opportunities that oth- college decision-making process. For students erwise would not have been there. in the Utah State Film Organization, the “For an independent filmmaker like fact that USU doesn’t have a film program myself who only has a limited number of or major is merely something they hope to resources, the club has given me information change in the near future. and a circle of associates that I can discuss Tyler Woodbury, a senior in interdisciplin- films and ways to produce work,” Bourne ary film and president and said. founder of the organization, Vice President Jesse Budd said they have been working “What I really said one of the club’s long term hard toward starting a film wanted to create goals is to hopefully start a major at the school for some was a way for more broad film festival at time, and the organization is those students the school. Budd said the film meant to help bring students who were inter- festival offered by the Caine CAINE together who share the com- School of the Arts was a good COLLEGE mon interest of filmmaking. ested in film to festival, but there were too of theARTS For his first few years at have a way of many limitations and require- USU, Woodbury remained networking.” ments for filmmakers. undeclared, as he wanted to Budd said what the group go into film and there wasn’t –Tyler Woodbury, would like to do is hold a film a major for that. He finally president and founder festival for all filmmakers to worked with some HASS of Utah State Film showcase their work so they advisers to take specific class- Organization wouldn’t have to worry about es in his field of interest, and making the film specifically FREE for USU Students with ID turn it into an interdisciplin- for the festival. He said what ary film major. The problem he says, is there happens is there are so many requirements Get your tickets EARLY! just aren’t a lot of resources for students on for the art school’s film festival, that students campus who are interested in film. He hopes had to make their films catered to those his organization will help in this area. specific requirements because they often “I’ve been working on putting this togeth- included things you had to have in your film, er for the past year and a half,” Woodbury such as a sneeze. said, “and what I really wanted to create was a Woodbury said the group plans on attract- way for those students who were interested in ing more students and letting members know Dec. 8–11, 2010 film to have a way of networking.” when events are using their Facebook page Woodbury said part of that networking and keeping their website, www.usufilm.com, ,17(50(',$7( 7:30PM | Morgan Theatre is having casual, fun activities where every- updated with events and opportunities for one can meet, such as the group’s monthly those interested. screening night where the group watches a “We really just want this to be a place for film together and discusses it. Last month, other film-ographers to get together but we Box Office | Chase Fine Arts Center the group watched “Maltese Falcon,” starring still want this to be a place for anyone to Humphrey Bogart, and plan on having their come,” Budd said. “If you want to watch a RM 139-B | USU Campus | M–F 10–5PM next screening Dec. 15. good movie with a fun group, then come.” Woodbury said eventually the group arts.usu.edu | 435.797.8022 would love to start doing screenings for inde- – [email protected] pendent filmmakers. He said if someone had Play: Incorporating movement -continued from page 5 week, from 6:30-9:30, since two classes he teaches and early October. The orchestra family has made the sched- has also been working on the ule hectic but he said he has score all semester. enjoyed it as well. Hassan also plays Oberon, The play runs Dec. 8-11 king of the fairies. His wife, at 7:30 p.m. in the Morgan Wendy, plays the fairy queen Theatre. There is also an Titania. As newly engaged additional matinee at 2 p.m. students 20 years ago, they on Dec. 11. Tickets are free both appeared in a produc- for students with ID and $9- tion of “Midsummer” here at $13 for the public. They are USU. available at the Box Office in “It’s a once in a lifetime the Chase Fine Arts Center or opportunity to work with my online. wife in a play I love and with great parts,” Hassan said. – genevieve.draper@aggiemail. Balancing the set design and usu.edu construction, rehearsals, the Loss: Contributing despite trials -continued from page 5 are now unable to buy another Wentz said despite all the home due to the economic difficulties they have faced, climate. Wentz, who is unable they are grateful for each other to work due to disability, lost and look to a brighter future. $1,000 per month from his They have dreams of expand- pension due to the country’s ing Deads End to be a world financial crisis. class Halloween attraction. His wife Linda, who had Wentz said MacKenzie lost her real-estate job, went would like to work with the back east to search for employ- top special effects team in ment. Wentz said she went to Hollywood, K&B group, which seven states, to no avail. has worked on countless films. “The economy is even worse Tom said he wants to outside of Utah,” he said. Upon do whatever it takes to sup- looking for work in Colorado, port the dreams of his kids they discovered that there “because some day when you’re were tent cities, full of the older, you’ll be sitting in a unemployed and people whose chair somewhere and all you’ll homes had been foreclosed on. have will be your memory.” The family, especially Tom In the face of what appears and their youngest daughter like an insurmountable per- MacKenzie, decided to work petual stroke of bad luck, the on a new Deads End this year. Wentzs’ positive outlook seems Being at a new location, an unlikely. empty lot and adjacent ware- But, Wentz said, “life is too house, in conjunction with short for always squabbling, poor weather probably con- always worrying about every- tributed to the dismal turnout thing, every morning will just this year. put you in the grave quicker. Where before the haunt gar- There are always bills to pay nered upwards of 2,000 people, and always the next day.” Wentz said less than 100 peo- In the end, he said they ple showed up this year. They ultimately want to be known may have also been discour- as people who contributed to aged by the $5 entrance fee, their community. which they needed to charge to offset the cost of the property – [email protected] they leased from someone else. 8 Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 Page 8 MondaySports Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com Aggies fall apart in second half to No. 14 Georgetown

By TYLER HUSKINSON shouldn’t have as much of a at the end of the first half to web editor problem with that kind of bring the Aggies within four thing.” points, but that is as close as Aggie Head Coach Stew Morrill said, “That’s one the Aggies would get to the Morrill might be rethinking of our problems, not being Hoyas. The Hoyas started whether to schedule guaran- very smart. We’ve always the second half on a 15-2 run tee games anymore. been a good assist-to-turn- in the first seven minutes to Senior guard Chris over ratio team, but we’re put the game completely out Wright scored 21 points on not right now. We’ll get bet- of reach. 6-of-9 shooting to lead the ter, but as an experienced “In the second half they No. 14 Georgetown Hoyas of a team as we’ve got, you’d hit us in the mouth at the over the Utah State Aggies think we’d take a little bit beginning of the half, and Saturday, 68-51. Everything better care of the ball.” we laid an egg,” Newbold went wrong that could have Not playing smart also said. “We didn’t respond possibly gone wrong for the caused the Aggies to get into and you get too far down in Aggies, but turnovers and foul trouble, and the Hoyas another team’s building like stagnant offense doomed the were able to capitalize as this and it’s going to be hard Aggies from the start of the they shot 20-of-27 from the to come back.” second half. charity stripe. The Aggies Morrill said, “We didn’t “Georgetown is obviously were only 4-of-8 from the play well enough in the good and obviously very free-throw line. second half to even give our- talented, but I was disap- For the second consecu- selves a chance. Credit them, pointed that we didn’t play tive game, Aggie senior for- their speed, their size all smarter,” Morrill said. “I ward Tai Wesley found him- that bothered us, but we’ve didn’t think we played a self in foul trouble. Against got to play better than that.” very smart game. We hung Denver the senior forward Does a guarantee-game in for a half and we were only scored seven points like this help out the Aggies keeping ourselves close mix- in 27 minutes of play, and in the future? ing our defenses, running a against Georgetown Wesley “I’m not sure of that,” little time and some of those scored eight points in 20 Morrill said. “If we can kinds of things. We never minutes of play and fouled get back to the NCAA had an opportunity to do out with just more than 10 Tournament, at least we have much of that in the second minutes remaining in the experienced this type of ath- half, the game was really game. leticism, but to come in here, over about five or six min- “How many points and you get beat and they’re not utes in.” minutes did Tai Wesley get coming back. That’s the dan- The Aggies uncharacter- on this trip?” Morrill said. ger of not getting a return istically committed 15 turn- “That’s ridiculous. You’re a game. I’m not sure. Maybe overs, and many of those fifth-year senior. Stay on the it is. For some people it is. turnovers were caused by a floor.” Once in a while, what does it Georgetown press similar to The Aggies were able to hurt to get a game like this?” what the Aggies see almost keep things close in the first Newbold said, “Hopefully every game. half and even held the lead games like this will definite- “It’s a three-quarters- a few times. USU led 13-10 ly help us. We better contin- court press,” senior guard midway through the first ue to learn from games like Tyler Newbold said. “We see half when sophomore guard this. Understand that we’re E.J Farris fouled Hoyas not that great right now. We that a lot, and for some rea- GEORGETOWN SENIOR GUARD CHRIS WRIGHT slashes to the basket during Saturday’s son we didn’t handle it the junior guard Jason Clark gotta continue to practice, on a 3-point attempt. Clark continue to get better and game against Utah State. Wright scored 21 points and made six of nine shots from the field and shot 8- way we needed to. They do 10 from the free throw line in becoming the only player to score in double-figures in the game. AP photo have athletic guys; that’s part would hit all three free- continue to improve if we of the problem. We’re a good throws to spur a 12-0 run want to get where we want to The Aggies lost to the 49ers Tip-off against the 49ers Beach State, visit www.usus- basketball team too, and if that put the Hoyas up for be this year.” on the road last season, 75- is slated for 7:05 p.m. in the tatesman.com. we’re playing the way we can good. The Aggies now prepare 62, and the Aggies will be Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. and are mentally tough and Senior forward Pooh for the Long Beach State looking for more revenge For a full preview of – [email protected] taking care of the ball, we Williams nailed a 3-pointer 49ers at home on Tuesday. against the 49ers. Tuesday’s game against Long Broncos upend Aggies in 50-14 blowout in Boise One and done: Cal By ADAM NETTINA sports editor

beats USU The million-dollar question of the week was how Boise State was going to come back from last Friday night’s historic loss to Nevada. in NCAAs It didn’t take long for Boise State to answer the question, as Derrell Acrey picked off Diondre Borel on the game’s first play from scrimmage to set By MARK ISRAELSEN staff writer the tone as Boise State (11-1, 7-1 WAC) rolled over Utah State (4-8, 2-6 WAC) to capture a share of the All good things must come Western Athletic Conference title. to an end. In taking down Utah State 50-14 on senior day, The Utah State Volleyball the Broncos not only concluded their third-straight team learned that principle season with 11 wins or more, but made a strong firsthand as their magical case that last week’s meltdown, which saw kicker season finally came to an Kyle Brotzman miss a chance to defeat Nevada end Friday night. The Aggies in regulation, was little more than fluke. For the lost in straight sets to No. 4 Aggies, the loss concludes a disappointing season California in their first-round dominated more by news of injuries than wins, and match of the NCAA tourna- wraps up a decade of losses to the Broncos, who will ment, ending their six-game transition to the Mountain West Conference next winning-streak and their sea- season. son. Utah State struggled from the get-go with the Despite the early-round Broncos, managing just 41 passing yards against loss, this Aggie team has no the Bronco defense. Aggie signal caller Borel, who reason to be disappointed. finished a mere 4-of-15 on the afternoon, threw two The Aggies’ 24-9 record this interceptions, including Acrey’s on the game’s first year is the most wins for the play. program since 1982, and even “That was awesome,” said Boise State running more impressive compared to back Jeremy Avery of the early swing in momen- their record last year, when tum. “That is how you start the game off. From they went 15-14 and failed to there it was like ‘let’s go.’” UTAH STATE RUNNING BACK KERWYNN WILLIAMS is brought down by a pair of Boise State even make the WAC tourna- It didn’t take long for Boise to build off of Acrey’s defenders during the Aggies’ 50-14 loss Saturday against the Broncos. Williams rushed for career-high147 yards in the game, including a 40-yard run for the Aggies’ first touchdown of the game. AP photo ment. This year, USU also touchdown. Only a few minutes after the 31-yard captured its first-ever WAC interception return, Boise State’s offense struck capping off a career day by rushing for 147 yards every day. Not just game day, he brings it in practice championship, stunning No. when quarterback Kellen Moore hit tight end Kyle and a touchdown on just 19 carries. The sopho- every single day.” 3 Hawaii in the champion- Efaw in the back of the endzone. A subsequent two- more, filling in after senior Derrvin Speight went Williams was pleased with his performance and ship game, and their NCAA point conversion gave the Broncos a 15-0 lead just down early in the first quarter with injury, also set his new record, but unhappy with the circumstanc- tournament berth is only the halfway through the first quarter. new WAC and NCAA kick-return yards records in es under which they came. Knowing Speight’s final fourth in school history, and “When you’re playing Boise, or any very, very the game, finishing with 1,444 kickoff return yards Aggie football game was over just minutes after it the first since 2005. good football team, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist on the season. began wasn’t the way in which Williams envisioned “I really enjoyed this group to figure out you can’t go down 15-nothing,” said Andersen said the Aggies need more players like having his coming out party. of kids,” said head coach Utah State head coach Gary Andersen, whose team Williams if the team is to final get over the hump of “I’d rather it had been the different way – espe- Grayson DuBose. “As good as ends the season 4-8 for the second consecutive year. losing and finish a season above .500. cially it being Derrvin’s last game as an Aggie – I’d they are at volleyball they’re Andersen’s Aggies fought back later in the first “We need more young men – not just athletically rather it had been the other way around where he probably even better people. quarter when running back Kerwynn Williams – in the program that have the fight, the want-to, had an amazing day,” Williams said. converted a fourth-and-one by taking an off-tackle the consistency you get out of Kerwynn,” Andersen run play 40 yards for a touchdown. Williams spear- said. “That extra edge you have in a tremendous -See BUCKED, page 9 -See SPIKED, page 9 headed a 250-yard rushing day for the USU offense, competitor, Kerwynn Williams brings to the table 9 Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 StatesmanSports Page 9 Bucked: Aggies end season with loss -continued from page 8 While the USU offense may have cut the only managed 30 yards in the second quarter lead to eight in the first quarter, the Aggie against the swarming Bronco defense. defense was hard pressed to slow down the “We can’t protect,” Andersen said. “When high flying Bronco offense for much of the you can’t protect, any quarterback in the afternoon. Following Williams’ touchdown, country can’t throw the football. If you can’t Moore efficiently moved the Boise offense protect, you have no chance of throwing the down the field in eight plays, again connect- ball down the field.” ing with tight end Kyle Efaw for a touchdown. Andersen called Boise’s defense “tremen- Moore finished the day a mistake-free 24-of- dous” and also pointed to USU’s inability 34 while throwing for 237 yards and three to convert consistently on third downs as a scores. For the junior quarterback, who is reason for falling behind early. The Aggies expected to be one of the finalists for the converted only five of 16 third down attempts. Heisman trophy when they are announced “We fought, continued to battle, but we Monday, the win goes a long way to showing didn’t execute on third down on offense. We skeptics that Boise State’s loss to Nevada was didn’t execute on third down on defense good an anomaly. enough,” he said. “(This game) was all about rebounding The win was the final WAC game the coming off a bad loss,” Moore said. “We had Broncos will play before moving on to the AGGIE FORWARD JAY MCFADDEN led the scoring charge for Utah State this past weekend to prove we can keep this thing rolling. We MWC next season. And while teams like Utah as the team went 3-1 over four games, including a win over No. 1 ranked Colorado State, putting the can’t be down forever. It was just an opportu- State likely won’t miss what has become a near Aggies in position to take over the top spot in the rankings. BRANDEN FONDA photo nity to rebound and play some good football.” certain loss when playing Boise State every Boise State’s defense, fresh off its worst year, the Broncos will miss their conference performance of the season against the Wolf success. Boise State departs the conference Pack, rebounded as well, overwhelming the with a 75-5 record against WAC foes, includ- Hockey knocks off No. 1 ranked USU offense line and causing Aggie quarter- ing a perfect 40-0 against WAC teams on the back Borel to run for his life in the pocket. ‘smurf turf’ of Bronco stadium. The Aggies failed to move the ball effectively Rams at Colorado tournament against the first string Bronco defense, and – [email protected] against CSU. carried us through tough By LANDON HEMSLEY “What can I say?” Eccles times.” staff writer said. “We beat CSU twice USU defeated the Texan Spiked: Volleyball falls in first round Utah State Hockey went this year on their home ice. Aggies without Matt -continued from page 8 3-1 over the weekend on the The team as a whole stepped Hamilton, who suffered road in Colorado, defeating up. They played with a sense a shoulder injury in the They like being around each other, they enjoy tough Golden Bears defense. For the match, the No. 1 regionally-ranked of urgency. They played like CSU game, and Martin and each other’s company, and they are very sup- USU hit a season low .060 (26-19-117), while Rams of Colorado State on a championship team. They Sanders, who were both still portive of each other. We were able to accom- allowing Cal to hit .342 (49-11-111). Cal also the road for the second time just brought it. Everyone out with the flu. McFadden plish the most wonderful sense of team.” recorded 21 more digs and six more blocks this year. brought it.” stepped in brilliantly and After their incredible WAC tournament than Utah State which was too much for the The Aggies played Eccles said his team filled their shots. performance, the Utah State Aggies took Aggies to overcome. Northern Arizona University responded very well after the Eccles said USU con- that sense of team to the NCAA tournament, “There’s a reason they’re the PAC-10 on Thursday, losing 6-3. USU previous night’s setback. trolled the game pretty where they were pitted against PAC-10 champs champs,” DuBose said. “It’s not like that’s a then bounced back and beat “It happened to us when much throughout, but were California, who finished the season with a 25- piece of cake conference. They were good at CSU on their home ice 6-4, we lost to San Jose,” he said. hindered because of poor 3 record and No. 4 national ranking. what they did and they executed at a really following up the monumen- “We came back and blew ice conditions. He said the “We wanted to do those things that we do high level and we didn’t.” tal win with victories against out Eastern. You never want Aggies compensated for well,” said coach DuBose when asked about One difference leading up to the tourna- Texas A&M University 5-2 to lose, but if you can learn the ice with hard work and his game plan. “We wanted to be able to serve ment for the Aggies was the amount of time on Saturday and Northern from it, then it’s good.” skilled passing. really tough and to block well. One of the they had between matches. After winning Colorado 6-3, on Sunday Perhaps the most remark- With the win, USU only things we always concentrate on is taking care the WAC championship on Nov. 24, USU had night. able aspect of this win was needed to down the Bears of of our side, making sure that we’re doing the almost a week and a half to prepare for the USU is currently cam- the fact that USU had to play Northern Colorado to fin- right thing on our side of the net, and that tournament. Such a long break can sometimes paigning for the No. 1 without three of their top ish the weekend and return gives us our best opportunity to compete.” kill a team’s momentum, but DuBose said that ranking in the American players. Defenders Jeremy home 3-1. The Aggies, though, came out in the first was not the case. Collegiate Hockey Martin and Jeff Sanders set a little flat and a little outmatched. After “I didn’t feel like the break affected our Association’s D-2 Western were bedridden with the Sunday: USU 6, UNC 3 tying the set at 6-6, Cal used a 7-2 run to push momentum,” DuBose said. “I thought it was region. If the Aggies end flu, and winger Brendan Down the Bears is exactly their lead as they went on to the 25-15 set win. a benefit to us. We gave the players a couple in the spring with the No. MacDonald of Canada was what the Aggies did on The second set was even worse for USU as they days off and I thought that was a real benefit 1 rank, they will earn an cutting through govern- Sunday night, once again in went down 8-1 early and never recovered as physically for us. Having those days off really automatic bid to the national mental red tape at the U.S.- poor ice conditions. the Golden Bears cruised to a 25-11 win. allowed those girls to come back into the prac- tournament without having Canada border. Additionally, “For a speed team like us, “One of the things they did very well is tice gym rejuvenated.” to play in the regional tour- Kent Arsenault and Billy the poor ice hurt us a little,” they served a lot tougher than I thought they The Aggies’ accomplishments this season nament. It is probable that Gouthro were suffering from Eccles said of his team in the were going to,” said DuBose. “That limited are about more than just a great team who after this weekend USU will the flu, but still played. win. “But we pretty much our offensive opportunities because we were worked together, and DuBose is very apprecia- overtake CSU and hold the Eccles said USU was able controlled the game all three not in system as much as we would have liked tive of the support of all the Aggie fans that No. 1 ranking heading into to pull this win out on the periods.” to have been.” have helped make this season so memorable. Christmas break, as USU road in a hostile environ- Eccles said the Aggies After the halftime break, the Aggies came “I really appreciate the support of the stu- defeated the No. 1 Rams on ment because of an excellent played slightly less disci- out with some fire. In the third set, Utah State dents,” DuBose said. “They made playing in the road and CSU lost twice Aggie team effort, particu- plined on Sunday night, fought back, forcing six ties in the set, but it the Spectrum a wonderful experience for our at home. larly on the part of the goal- as USU was forced to kill a was not enough to stop Cal as they went on kids, and a not-so-comfortable experience for tender Dan Cornelius and five-minute power play and another 8-1 run to give them a 20-13 lead and the opposing team. They really gave us a home Thursday: USU 3, NAU 6 USU’s most recent scoring compensate for the poor ice propel them to a five-point win. court advantage.” Utah State started its road sensation, Jay McFadden. with harder work and faster The Aggies had trouble throughout the trip poorly in the Aggies’ “Dan (Cornelius) stood on passing. But the inferior match offensively, struggling to penetrate a – [email protected] first meeting against the his head,” Eccles said. “This competition was no match Lumberjacks of NAU this is his second win against for USU’s skill and determi- season. Aggie head coach Jon CSU in enemy territory. He nation. Eccles said the Lumberjacks’ played awesome. Also, Jay This weekend was not energy put USU on the McFadden has been scor- only a showcase for Jay defensive early, and the ing out-of-control. People McFadden, but was also momentum never really haven’t been able to stop a breakout weekend for swung back the Aggies’ way. him.” freshman forward Chase “I can’t put a finger on it,” With this win in the Allington of Wasilla, Alaska. he said. “They had nothing rear-view mirror, the Aggies In the win against Northern to lose for the game so they all but took control of the Colorado, Allington scored basically laid it all on the western region of ACHA D2 two goals against UNC, line, and we basically didn’t hockey. bringing his week total to show up.” “This win should give four goals and one assist. USU was awful defensive- us the opportunity to move Eccles said Allington has ly. Six different Lumberjacks into first,” Eccles said. “If we filled a role left open by struck gold on USU goalten- take care of business the rest injuries quite nicely. der Cody Palmer. of this year, then we should USU’s Cody Palmer also Eccles said the blame be ranked No. 1.” redeemed himself from for USU’s lack of defensive a lackluster performance prowess cannot be placed on Saturday: USU 5, Texas against NAU. Palmer had any line, group, individual A&M 2 one assist in the UNC victo- or player. He said the team Take care of business ry, and Eccles said he played was responsible for this one. is exactly what Utah State much more alertly and atten- Despite the loss, Eccles said proceeded to do against tively while communicating the campaign for No. 1 was the maroon Aggies of Texas better in this win. not over. A&M. McFadden had “At times losses are good another brilliant night, Next Up: Utah for us,” Eccles said. “It all scoring two more goals and The Aggies are now 25-4 depends on how we rebound one more assist to bring his after their road trip and will from this loss and what we weekend total to six. return to Logan to play their learn from it and how we “Awesome,” Eccles said of final home game of the fall come to play tomorrow.” McFadden’s play. “Jay brings semester this Friday against it every night. He actually the University of Utah. The Friday: USU 6, CSU 4 gets upset when he doesn’t puck drops at 7 p.m. If motivation was what get much ice time. He wants USU was seeking in a loss, to get in there and create – [email protected] they certainly found it havoc. I was proud of him Friday night in the game because he stepped up and Yes, it sold that FAST on www.a-bay-usu.DPN (that’s what thousands of eyes can do for you! 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were able to turn them over and high in like 15 minutes,” Pebley By TAVIN STUCKI go on a run ourselves. It felt like said. “We had big threes hit by staff writer a game of runs.” guards off the bench.” Freshman guard Jennifer Schlott and Christensen Any coach will tell you it Schlott got things going for combined to hit five 3-pointers, is hard to win on the road. the Aggies with a steal and a playing an average of 19 min- With their 80-75 overtime win layup to cut the lead back to utes of the game between the against Northern Arizona, the two points with three minutes two. Aggies have accomplished that remaining. Patton, who came into the feat in each of their last three Utah State took its first lead game as NAU’s leading scorer, opportunities. in overtime two minutes later was held to 14 as Utah State After being down by as when Christensen made a layup forced the Lumberjacks to much as 12 in the second half, to put the Aggies up by two. spread the ball around to their USU used defense and rebound- From there, Utah State was able other players. ing to force their way back into to ice the game from the foul “Our kids believed,” Pebley the game and get to within one line. said. “We knew with the type with 14 seconds left in regula- “I think in general just our of offense and personnel they tion. A steal and subsequent confidence that we can still have that they were going to get layup by Lumberjack guard score and get stops,” Pebley said quick shots no matter what.” Amy Patton put Utah State of how her team managed the Pebley said the game defi- down by three points with just win. “We were able to follow nitely came down to who could five seconds remaining. After through. We shot free throws rebound best. USU has won a timeout, sophomore guard and rebounded.” the battle of the boards for Devyn Christensen hit a 3- Junior forward Ashlee the second straight game, out- pointer to send the game into Brown had a double-double and rebounding the Lumberjacks overtime. led all scorers with 26 points 46-41, including 9-6 during the Aggie head coach Raegan and 10 rebounds. She also had overtime. Pebley said Christensen’s trey five of the final eight points in “If you want to win on the had great impact on the game. the game. road you have to rebound,” “She just came off a play we “A lot (of her points) came Pebley said. “It was an absolute practice for special situations off foul shots hitting big free grind. As a coach, you would just like that,” Pebley said. “She throws,” Pebley said. “That was love to have a game like this in was really aware of the time and a great effort on her part.” the preseason to give your team ended up with space. She can USU went 15-24 from the confidence and experience for hit deep threes.” charity stripe in the game, com- when you head into conference During overtime, the pared to NAU’s 11-21. During play.” Lumberjacks jumped out to an overtime, the Aggies hit 6-8 to Utah State will begin a early lead with a couple of field the Lumberjacks’ 1-6. four-game homestand begin- goals to go up 74-70 in the first Schlott had a career high ning with the University of San 1:15 of overtime. with 13 points. The 5-foot-6 Francisco on Wednesday, Dec. 8 “(NAU) scored off of our true freshman from Mesa, at 7 p.m. turnovers in the first few min- Ariz. added three steals, three utes of the second half,” Pebley rebounds and an assist. – [email protected] UTAH STATE FORWARD ASHLEE BROWN goes up for a shot during a home game earlier this said. “They’d go on runs where “Jenn Schlott had her career season. Brown, an Arizona native, had 26 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks in the Aggies’ overtime they get like a 5-0 run and we victory against Northern Arizona Saturday. CARL R. WILSON photo Auburn and Oregon set to play for BCS National Championship

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Change is coming to the for a trip to the Rose Bowl to play No. 4 Wisconsin, The Ducks began the year ranked 11th in the AP Newton avoided punishment and the sports govern- national title game, though it has nothing to do the Big Ten co-champion. poll, with questions at quarterback after Heisman ing body let the QB play on. He denied any wrong- with any of those BCS busters you heard about all “I think we’ve done a lot, not just what TCU’s Trophy hopeful Jeremiah Masoli was kicked off the doing after the SEC championship game Saturday. season. done, but non-automatic qualifying schools,” TCU team. While the NCAA will keep on looking into the Southeastern Conference champion Auburn and quarterback Andy Dalton said. “We still have one The Tigers were even further back, second in pay-to-play scheme, there’s no reason to believe his Pac-10 champ Oregon each will be making their more game, and we’ll go out and prove how we play their own state to Nick Saban’s defending national status will change between now and the champion- first trip to the BCS title game, a rarity for the big- and hopefully people will see that.” champions at Alabama and No. 22 in the nation. ship game. gest showdown of the bowl season. As for Boise State, one loss was one too many, Plus, they were breaking in a junior college transfer With Newton on one side and Ducks tailback The top-ranked Tigers and No. 2 Ducks will and the Broncos ended up out of the BCS and in the at quarterback. LaMichael James, another Heisman hopeful, on the bring perfect records and potent offenses to MAACO Bowl in Las Vegas, playing No. 20 Utah. Oregon never missed Masoli as coach Chip Kelly other, this has the makings of one wild champion- Glendale, Ariz., for their Jan. 10 matchup. The other BCS matchups announced Sunday simply plugged Darron Thomas into his fast-paced ship. “It will be a night of fireworks in Glendale,” were: Arkansas and Ohio State, which also won a spread offense and watched his team lead the nation Who says defense wins? Fiesta Bowl president John Junker said. share of the Big Ten title, in the Sugar Bowl; Big 12 in scoring. The Ducks are averaging 537.5 yards per game All the Bowl Championship Series pairings were champion Oklahoma taking on Big East co-champ The fashion plates of college football, thanks to and 49 points. James leads the nation in rushing in made official Sunday night, but the championship Connecticut in the Fiesta Bowl; and No. 5 Stanford the ever-changing uniforms provided by alum and an offense that is simple yet breathtaking. game announcement was just a formality after playing ACC title-winner Virginia Tech in the Nike founder Phil Knight, Oregon reached No. 1 Kelly, who five years ago was offensive coordi- Auburn and Oregon completed their unbeaten runs Orange Bowl. in the rankings for the first time this season and nator at New Hampshire, has taken high-speed through regular season Saturday. While teams from the power conferences will emphatically replaced USC as the Pac-10’s team to football to a new level. In their season-ending, 37-20 Oregon players gathered with friends and family play for the biggest prize of all, the Tigers and beat with its second straight conference title. victory against Oregon State on Saturday, none of in a lounge at the athletic complex on campus to Ducks still represent a changing of the guard in As for Auburn, that JUCO transfer turned out to the Ducks’ six scoring drives lasted longer than 2 watch as the BCS lineup was revealed on television. their own way. be the story of the year on and off the field. minutes, 43 seconds. There wasn’t a peep in the room when Oregon (12- Since the BCS was born in 1998, its title game Cam Newton has been peerless as a player, the Newton and the Tigers like to play fast, too. 0) popped up on the screen at No. 2 in the final BCS has almost always been stocked with college foot- nation’s top-rated passer and its 15th-best runner. “We’re different but I think we have some simi- standings behind first-place Auburn (13-0). It was ball’s blue bloods and programs with championship “I think Cam Newton can play for anybody, lar philosophies,” Kelly said. “They obviously run typical Ducks: all business. pedigrees. including the NFL,” Kelly said. “He can throw it their quarterback a whole heck of lot more than we “There was no surprise to anybody that we were Auburn has one national title to its credit – and and he can run it. He’s the top football player in the do.” going to be one or two,” defensive tackle Brandon it came in 1957. That’s one more than Oregon has. country.” Auburn’s spread averages 498 yards per game Bair said. “I think you’d have had a great response if In fact, the Ducks are just the second team in the By the time he gets to Arizona, Newton will and the Tigers are averaging 43 points. you’d seen us down there four or five.” 13-year history of the BCS to reach the champion- most likely have the Heisman Trophy to prove it. They were never better than Saturday at the Across the country, Auburn linebacker Craig ship game looking for the program’s first national “There were several moments (this season) Georgia Dome. Newton threw four touchdown Stevens had trouble putting his emotions into title. Virginia Tech was the first in 1999. where we said this guy is going to be different from passes and ran for two more scores in a 56-17 demo- words. “It’s just an amazing feeling,” he said. Also, this title game will be just the second, not most,” second-year Auburn coach Gene Chizik said. lition of South Carolina to win the Southeastern “We’ve put in all that hard work (to) see our dreams including the inaugural BCS championship in 1998, It’s just as likely unanswered questions about an Conference championship. unfold.” with two teams that have never been there before. NCAA investigation into Newton’s recruitment will As has become customary, the SEC champion Those outsiders from TCU and Boise State were The other was in 2001, when Nebraska and Miami be following the Tigers to Glendale, too. moves on to play for the national title. The Tigers closer than ever before to playing for college foot- – not exactly a couple of upstarts – played for the The NCAA determined Newton’s father, Cecil, will try to make it five straight BCS titles for the ball’s biggest prize. But the third-ranked Horned crystal ball. tried to peddle his son to Mississippi State for cash, country’s best conference. Frogs, the nation’s only other undefeated team, Another first: Never before have two teams that but said there was no evidence Cam or Auburn The Ducks will try to become the first Pac-10 couldn’t overcome playing in the lightly regarded started the season ranked outside the AP top 10 knew about it. team other than USC to finish the season No. 1 in Mountain West Conference and will have to settle played for the BCS title. So when the ruling came down last week, Cam both the AP and coaches’ polls. 12 Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 Page 12 Views& Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.comOpinion OurView AboutUs Editor in Chief Thank you from the Benjamin C. Wood News Editor Utah Statesman Catherine Meidell s the semester quickly comes to a close, Assistant News Editor and we look back at the news and hap- Megan Bainum Apenings of the past few months, we feel Features Editor several organizations deserve a few pats on the Courtnie Packer back for the work they have accomplished over Assistant Features Editor the last few months. Kellyn Neumann Aggie Shuttle is one organization that has heard our complaints and is making a change. Sports Editor Aggie Shuttle is adding two new buses to bus Adam Nettina routes, during peak hours, due to a high demand Assistant Sports Editor of students during these freezing winter months Matt Sonnenberg in Logan. Aggie Shuttle has listened and under- Copy Editor stand that students experience these bus issues on a daily basis and can recognize the problems Chelsey Gensel better than someone who sits behind a desk. Photo Editor Transportation and parking is already difficult Carl R. Wilson enough on campus without the hassle of fight- Letters to Assistant Photo Editor ing a crowded bus on your way to class. By the editor • Alison Ostler ForumLetters A public forum adding these two buses during peak times, they Web Editor are making our transportation experience much from WikiLeaks? Is it al- dealing the boot are num- more pleasant and enjoyable on campus. Info best left Qaeda, who now knows berless. Tyler Huskinson Another big pat on the back goes to the un-leaked more about how the U.S. Editorial Board Armenian Student Association. This organiza- conducts intelligence and Jake Call tion here on campus has been working on more To the editor: security operations? Or is Benjamin C. Wood it North Korea, who now Winter parking Catherine Meidell than 20 different humanitarian service projects I would like to comment knows how to better avoid Courtnie Packer for the community and throughout the world. on Justin Hinh’s opinion of sanctions over its nuclear etiquette Adam Nettina Also, last summer, 12 of their members went the WikiLeaks fiasco. Mr. program? I suppose Mr. To the editor: Chelsey Gensel to the Zatik Orphanage in Armenia to do service Hinh seems to think that Hinh is happy, though. He Tyler Huskinson along with several other service-oriented clubs the information WikiLeaks now knows how his tax I just wanted to express from schools all across the nation. The Armenia published is simply the gos- dollars are spent. my opinion on parking at Student Association is one organization that has sip of State Department Utah State. I think that per- About letters officials that should be Eddie Summit not just sat along the sidelines but has diligently mit parking is a great idea • Letters should be lim- available to everyone in Ticketing for on campus and I don’t have ited to 400 words. worked hard to give something a little better to the world. a problem with buying a • All letters may be individuals living in Armenia. Here is the reality: violations permit. BUT – I do have a shortened, edited or The Student Nutrition Access Center (SNAC), People can die because problem with people who of these leaked classified rejected for reasons also has been working hard to give students To the editor: seem to think that when it of good taste, redun- a better college experience as an on-campus documents. According to snows they can park in two the New York Times, many dancy or volume of food pantry. The food comes to the pantry This letter is in response parking stalls. Just because of the documents sent by to the article, “Oh, the there is snow on the ground similar letters. through donations and is free for students WikiLeaks to newspapers parking outside is frightful.” doesn’t mean you can park • Letters must be with a student ID. We find it impressive that like Britain’s The Guardian The “booting” of vehicles wherever you feel. I under- topic oriented. They no information regarding income is needed to included the names of is most commonly used on stand that it can be difficult may not be directed receive food. If students are hungry, they have informants in places like private property. There are to see the parking lines, but toward individuals. the opportunity to be fed, for free. Thank you, Afghanistan and Iraq. two companies in town that I manage to see them well Any letter directed to What does that mean? SNAC, for endeavoring to keep us students well- I am aware of that pro- enough to park in the cor- a specific individual Those informants have a vide parking enforcement fed. rect area. may be edited or not very real chance of being to apartment complexes In my humble opinion, I printed. Facilities, also has been working hard this killed for giving informa- in Logan. They are Cache think that people who feel tion they believed would • No anonymous let- past semester. We have complained about the Auto Booting Services the need to take up two ters will be published. improve conditions for and Integrated Parking construction around campus before, but we can parking spaces (in the lim- Writers must sign all now enter the TSC, the patio looks great and we people in their country. Solutions. Cache Auto ited parking space we have Not only that, but the doc- letters and include a do appreciate all the hard work you have done Booting Services boot cars already) should be ticket- uments are further ham- as their method of parking ed. Myself and many other phone number or e- to keep our campus in tip-top shape. We may pering relations with coun- enforcement and Integrated students have paid for the mail address as well be whiners at times, but we do recognize all the tries like Russia and North Parking Solutions writes tick- right to park in the parking as a student identifica- hard work you have done for our campus. Korea (as reported in the ets that are $20 if paid with- lot and if we show up early tion number (none of To everyone who has been at work this Times.) That is exactly in seven days. Integrated we expect to find a spot, which is published). semester bettering their school, their communi- what rational people want Parking Solutions boots not some car in two spaces. Letters will not be – countries with nuclear ties both local and global, and even themselves vehicles that have unpaid If you think you car is privi- printed without this weapons becoming even parking tickets. Though stu- leged enough to need two verification. – keep working at it, it does make a difference. less likely to negotiate and dents will complain about spots, then pay for two per- behave as good global citi- • Letters representing both methods of parking mits! groups — or more zens. enforcement, the advantag- So tell me, who benefits es of parking tickets over Stephanie Kendall than one individual — must have a sin- Each student is capable gular representative clearly stated, with all of causing change The GOP political draft picks necessary identifica- E l e c t i o n s he has made some changes on who is tion information. I have the opportunity to sit are finally Republican warming his bench in response to the cur- • Writers must wait 21 on various committees where ASUSU over and the Rumblings rent turbulent political climate. Hatch saw days before submit- I am the lone student repre- View R e p u b l i c a n Sen. Bennett’s forced retirement from the ting successive letters sentative. I also am privileged Party here in U.S. Senate as a wake-up call from the — no exceptions. in working jointly with each Utah is see- Tea Party and is on the warpath moving • Letters can be hand college senator to address the ing the after- toward 2012. I guess you can consider the delivered or mailed concerns of each college sepa- math from Renae Cowley Tea Party movement as Vikings fans call- to The Statesman in rately. This job is important Tanner Wright “ D e c i s i o n ing for Brett Favre’s retirement. Hatch has the TSC, Room 105, and I need to make sure that I 2010.” The responded by appointing a new Chief of or can be e-mailed to appropriately address the con- only government-related excitement to be Staff, Utah State’s own Michael Kennedy. statesman@aggiemail. cerns of the students. I feel for the most part that I do the had during this time of year is the political Kennedy was Utah State’s lobbyist at the job to the best of my knowledge and strive to express all the version of the NFL draft. ‘Tis the season state and federal level as well as a profes- usu.edu, or click on students’ concerns. for not only newly-elected officials to take sor in the political science department. He www.utahstatesman. The biggest obstacle with this is that I don’t know every their positions, but to start appointing runs a tough game and his training camp com for more letter student, nor do I have an idea of all their concerns or ideas staff as well. Secret meetings and strategy will surely re-shape Hatch’s staff into a guidelines and a box for this university. One thing I feel the student body needs to sessions to determine who has the better lean, mean fighting machine. to submit letters. know is that they can be heard and that no matter who they deep pass and most blocks is as close to Sen. Hatch is a smart man, whether are or where they are from they can make a difference at the Kansas City shuffle as it gets – kudos to you agree with his political history or Online poll Utah State. Many do not know that ASUSU is an acronym for the movie buffs that got that last pop cul- not, and is looking towards 2012 when Does ASUSU need an Associated Students of Utah State University. We are here to ture reference. Here is my John Madden his number comes up for re-election. He International VP? address your concerns and to work for you. If it weren’t for the rundown of who has been drafted to which already has campaign plans underway and whole student body, the members of the student government teams and who has been traded. is assembling a crack team to thwart the • Yes, international would not be where they are. Senate-elect Mike Lee has kept some Tea Party’s anger. His next draft pick was students are under- I want USU students to understand that their voices are familiar faces around from his campaign as Dave Hansen, who has just stepped down represented. more than capable of being heard. What they need to do his starting lineup such as Dan Hauser and as State GOP Chairman to become Hatch’s • No, current posi- is speak out and let the appropriate people know what they Ellen James, but he has also incorporated campaign manager. This team won’t be on tions, like Diversity want to see change. There are so many avenues that students some new blood such as former Utah lob- the sidelines for long as Hatch is preparing can take to voice their concerns. Some of our great resources byist Spencer Stokes. Stokes is known for to crank up a political machine, the likes VP and Student are: Senators for each college, the student advocate, advisers, being a heavy-hitter and hails from my of which have never been seen before in Advocate, are suf- myself and many other students that know what they want neck of the woods, Ogden. The dynamics Utah politics. I predict it will be much like ficient. and how to make a difference. A great example of this is the of this new team are going to be interesting the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Visit us on the Web at new late hours that the library remains open for for dead to follow with the blending of Lee’s good- Not everyone is assuming new political www.utahstatesman. week and finals week. The library last year would usually close little-Mormon-boy persona and Stokes’ staff positions, however. Jason Perry, Gov. com at midnight during the last two weeks, and would prevent fight to the death, hit below the knees style Gary Herbert’s former Chief of Staff, has to cast your vote and of politics. see results from this Even though Sen. Orrin Hatch didn’t straw poll. -See VOICE, page 13 have to worry about re-election this year, -See ELECTION, page 13 13 Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 Views&Opinion Page 13 Shakespeare’s

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CAINE legislators bring talents to the hill COLLEGE -continued from page 12 of theARTS recently accepted the position as the Vice lobbyists and colleagues, but time will only President of the University of Utah. Is this tell how this young gun holds up under like going from tight end to wide receiver? pressure. Perry, a quiet academic type, should be Utah’s newest Speaker of the House, well suited for his new posi- Becky Lockhart, is headed tion. towards the Legislative Hall Within the Utah Legislature, “Utah’s new- of Fame as the first woman there are quite a few new est Speaker of to hold this position of power FREE for USU Students with ID faces that will play a very the House Becky and all I can say is “you go, big part in this year’s leg- girlfriend!” She has the sup- Get your tickets EARLY! islative session, tackling Lockhart is head- port of the Patrick Henry issues such as redistricting ed towards the Caucus and Utah County for the new congressional Legislative Hall Yuppies alike. I wonder if the seat and immigration reform. State Capitol Gift Shop will Representatives Derek Brown of Fame as the start selling Lockhart jerseys? and Steve Eliason are just a first woman to The swearing in of the small sampling of Republicans hold this position 111th Congress and the legis- Dec. 8–11, 2010 who have reclaimed seats lative session marks the begin- from Democrat incumbents of power and all I ning of the political regular ,17(50(',$7( 7:30PM | Morgan Theatre in Salt Lake County. These can say is ‘you go, season. With Republicans in underdogs were reminiscent girlfriend!’” an even stronger majority in of Utah State’s big football Utah and controlling the U.S. victory over BYU. Chocolate House of Representatives, it Box Office | Chase Fine Arts Center milk addict Sen. Daniel should make for an action- Thatcher is another rookie pick in the State packed, crowd-pleasing year. Game on. RM 139-B | USU Campus | M–F 10–5PM Senate. Though none of these rookies has ever held an elected office before, Brown Renae Cowley is a senior majoring in pub- and Eliason bring a range of new talent. lic relations. She can be reached at renae- arts.usu.edu | 435.797.8022 Thatcher might be a little harder to predict [email protected]. how he will respond to strongarming from Voice: Student’s ideas help the university to keep growing -continued from page 12 students that are cramming for those last finals, forcing them to resume studying in an unfocused apartment or dorm. A student last year came to Ben Croshaw, the former Academic Senate President, and mentioned we should extend those hours to a later time so students might have more time to study. Ben took that concern and made it happen. As we all know, the library on those last weeks “Questions need now stays open until 1 a.m. This to be asked, con- is just a minor example of what can happen when one student cerns need to be decides to make a change. voiced and dif- Now I don’t mean for this to ferences need sound over the top, but think of the many ideas that you have to be made. had while attending USU. I’m Without them we sure that there are many instanc- don’t grow as a es such as walking around cam- University or as pus that you think to yourself “I sure wish they did this different,” a student body.” or “Why don’t we have more things like this?” or even “Why have this as a requirement to graduate?” Questions need to be asked, concerns need to be voiced and differences need to be made. Without them we don’t grow as a University or as a student body. Now don’t get me wrong, things are going great at this university. I love it, but there are many things that go overlooked and improvements that need to be made. So next time you complain to your roommate about something you would like to see change, do something about it. If you don’t, nothing will change.

Tanner Wright is the ASUSU Academic Senate president.

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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – Dozens of fans football teams,” Qualls said. brawled in a Rose Bowl parking lot before USC fan Michael Lane of Los Angeles said he on death penalty law the Southern California-UCLA football game was tailgating with friends in the lot when the HOUSTON (AP) – In the deeply Republican questioned since several fire experts found serious Saturday, leaving two men stabbed, two police melee broke out around him. state that has executed more convicts than any fault in the arson findings that led to his convic- officers with minor injuries and three men arrest- “People from USC and UCLA were fighting other and the county that has sent the most to tion. ed, authorities said. against each other,” Lane said. “It was bottles death row, an unusual legal proceeding will begin Jones was convicted in the 1989 killing of a About 40 fans of both schools fought at about being thrown and different things happened ... I this week: A Democratic judge will hold a lengthy liquor store owner during a robbery near Point 4:20 p.m. in a grassy part of Brookside Golf saw a person come out with a bloody face.” hearing on the constitutionality of the death pen- Blank, about 75 miles north of Houston. His 2000 Course that the stadium uses for event parking, Qualls said that the last time the annual rival- alty in Texas. execution was called into question after a new Pasadena police Cmdr. Darryl Qualls said. ry game was held at the Rose Bowl in 2008, there State District Judge Kevin Fine surprised many DNA test showed a hair that had been the only One person was stabbed in the cheek and the were about 50 arrests, but he didn’t think any of Texans last spring when he granted what is usually piece of physical evidence linking him to the crime other was stabbed in the back during the melee them were for assault. a routine and typically rejected defense motion and scene didn’t belong to him. some three hours before the crosstown-rivalry “It doesn’t happen at normal college football ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. Green’s attorneys say they plan to bring up the game between the Bruins and Trojans was set to games,” he said. Following a torrent of criticism from Willingham and Jones cases at the hearing. They start, Qualls said. Both were taken by ambulance The brawl occurred before most fans or either Republican Gov. Rick Perry and other Texans, claim the state’s death penalty procedures violate to Huntington Memorial Hospital. He described team had arrived at the Rose Bowl, but thousands Fine clarified his ruling, saying the procedures the the Eighth Amendment right to freedom from their condition as stable. of tailgating fans spent most of the day gathered state follows in getting a death sentence are uncon- cruel and unusual punishment because they cre- One officer was treated for a sprained hand, around RVs or barbecues in quiet Arroyo Seco, stitutional. Then Fine rescinded his ruling and ate a “substantial risk” that innocent people are the other for a sprained ankle, and both were waiting for the late kickoff dictated by television ordered the hearing, which starts Monday, saying wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death. released, Qualls said. coverage. he needed more information before making a final Harris County prosecutors, who unsuccessfully Arturo Cisneros, 44, was arrested on suspi- UCLA’s rivalry with USC is among the most decision. tried to get Fine removed from the case, declined to cion of attempted murder, police said. Steven intense in college football, pitting two schools Most Texans consider the death penalty a fit- comment before Monday’s hearing. But in a peti- Radu, 27, and Joshua Elder, 23, were arrested for separated by just 13 miles between USC’s down- ting punishment for the worst kind of crimes, and tion filed last month, they asked the Texas Court investigation of assault on a police officer. They town campus and UCLA’s Westwood address. Harris County has sent more inmates to the lethal- of Criminal Appeals to stop the hearing, saying were being held in Pasadena City Jail. The rivalry divides fans from every section of Los injection gurney than any other in Texas. But, anti- Fine doesn’t have the authority to declare the state’s Police did not know if any of the men had Angeles, sometimes even splitting families. death penalty activists have created serious doubt death penalty law unconstitutional and higher retained attorneys. UCLA was overshadowed while the Trojans recently about whether two men were wrongly courts have previously rejected Eighth Amendment The names of the victims were not released. won seven straight Pac-10 titles during the past executed. challenges to capital punishment. USC later beat the Bruins for the 11th time in decade. He declined to be interviewed for this story, Prosecutors said Fine has shown “antagonism 12 games, 28-14. Saturday’s USC victory in the 80th meeting but he’s said that he’s taken notice of recent death against the death penalty” and a jury should decide It was not immediately clear what sparked the between the teams was for nothing but civic row exonerations and his ruling will “boil down Green’s fate. brawl, but police said the school rivalry and tail- pride, with the Bruins failing to qualify for a bowl to whether or not an innocent person has actually The appeals court is dominated by Republicans gate party drinking were major factors. game and USC banned from the postseason by been executed.” and led by a chief judge who was disciplined for “The fans are pretty passionate about their NCAA sanctions. But Fine also has said he has no personal inter- closing the court promptly at 5 p.m. while a death est in the death penalty, he believes the death row inmate tried unsuccessfully to file an appeal penalty is constitutional and the hearing will be hours before he was executed. But it denied the limited to issues related to Green’s case. The hear- prosecution’s motion, saying it couldn’t act until ing, which could last up to two weeks, is expected Fine ruled. to include testimony that Green’s attorneys say will Anti-death penalty groups have lauded Fine, show how flaws in such things as eyewitness identi- while those in favor of capital punishment call him fication, confessions and forensic evidence have led misguided. to wrongful convictions. “It’s appropriate that a Harris County judge is Green’s attorneys say the hearing is not a ref- stepping up and saying we need to take a time out Downloading erendum on whether Texas should have a death and look at the system,” said Scott Cobb, president to laptops penalty. of the Texas Moratorium Network, a group that is what we do best. “We don’t say a state doesn’t have the right to advocates for a suspension of executions in the The Utah Statesman have a death penalty,” attorney Casey Keirnan said. state. “We’re saying the way we do it in Texas under our Harris County has sentenced 286 people to statute is unconstitutional.” death since Texas resumed executions in 1982, and The debate over possible wrongful executions 115 of those have been executed. in Texas has been fueled by the cases of Cameron Dudley Sharp, a death penalty expert from Todd Willingham and Claude Jones. 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